inued donor assistance and
solid macroeconomic policies supported real GDP growth of nearly 7%
in 2007.
GDP (purchasing power parity):
$51.07 billion (2007 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):
$16.18 billion (2007 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
7.3% (2007 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$1,300 (2007 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 42.5%
industry: 18.9%
services: 38.5% (2007 est.)
Labor force:
20.04 million (2007 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 80%
industry and services: 20% (2002 est.)
Unemployment rate:
NA%
Population below poverty line:
36% (2002 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 26.9% (2000)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
34.6 (2000)
Investment (gross fixed):
23.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $3.561 billion
expenditures: $3.594 billion (2007 est.)
Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June
Public debt:
19.6% of GDP (2007 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
7% (2007 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
16.4% (31 December 2007)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
16.03% (31 December 2007)
Stock of money:
$2.263 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of quasi money:
$2.885 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of domestic credit:
$2.25 billion (31 December 2007)
Agriculture - products:
coffee, sisal, tea, cotton, pyrethrum (insecticide made from
chrysanthemums), cashew nuts, tobacco, cloves, corn, wheat, cassava
(tapioca), bananas, fruits, vegetables; cattle, sheep, goats
Industries:
agricultural processing (sugar, beer, cigarettes, sisal twine);
diamond, gold, and iron mining, salt, soda ash; cement, oil
refining, shoes, apparel, wood products, fertilizer
Industrial production growth rate:
9.5% (2007 est.)
Electricity - production:
2.682 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - consumption:
2.225 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - imports:
123 million kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 18.9%
hydro: 81.1%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
Oil - consumption:
27,270 bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - exports:
0 bbl/day (2005)
Oil - imports:
26,760 bbl/day (2005)
Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January
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