ion below poverty line:

70.2% (2004)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: 0.5%
highest 10%: 43.6% (1989)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:

62.9 (1989)

Budget:

revenues: $96 million
expenditures: $351 million (2000 est.)

Fiscal year:

calendar year

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

11.7% (2007 est.)

Central bank discount rate:

NA (31 December 2007)

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

25% (31 December 2007)

Stock of money:

$184.6 million (31 December 2007)

Stock of quasi money:

$177.7 million (31 December 2007)

Stock of domestic credit:

$162.9 million (31 December 2007)

Agriculture - products:

rice, coffee, cocoa, palm kernels, palm oil, peanuts; poultry,
cattle, sheep, pigs; fish

Industries:

diamond mining; small-scale manufacturing (beverages, textiles,
cigarettes, footwear); petroleum refining, small commercial ship
repair

Industrial production growth rate:

NA%

Electricity - production:

250 million kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

232.5 million kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - imports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Oil - production:

0.7008 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

8,430 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

432.3 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

8,271 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:

0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)

Natural gas - production:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - imports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

Current account balance:

-$63 million (2007 est.)

Exports:

$216 million f.o.b. (2006)

Exports - commodities:

diamonds, rutile, cocoa, coffee, fish

Exports - partners:

Belgium 49.3%, US 20.5%, Netherlands 4.5%, Canada 4.1% (2007)

Imports:

$560 million f.o.b. (2006)

Imports - commodities:

foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, fuels and lubricants, chemicals

Imports - partners:

Cote d'Ivoire 10%, China 10%, US 9.5%, UK 6.2%, Netherlands 5.1%,
India 4.7% (2007)

Economic aid - recipient:

$343.4 million (2005 est.)

Debt - external:

$1.61 billion (