n ore, manganese, uranium, and alluvial gold. Growth
presumably remained strong in 2004, led by oil.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$1.27 billion (2002 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
20% (2002 est.)

GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $2,700 (2002 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 3%
industry: 95.7%
services: 1.3% (2004 est.)

Labor force:
NA

Unemployment rate:
30% (1998 est.)

Population below poverty line:
NA

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
8.5% (2004 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
50.8% of GDP (2004 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $813.2 million
expenditures: $375.3 million, including capital expenditures of NA
(2004 est.)

Agriculture - products:
coffee, cocoa, rice, yams, cassava (tapioca), bananas, palm oil
nuts; livestock; timber

Industries:
petroleum, fishing, sawmilling, natural gas

Industrial production growth rate:
30% (2002 est.)

Electricity - production:
26.69 million kWh (2002)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 94.3%
hydro: 5.7%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
24.82 million kWh (2002)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2002)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2002)

Oil - production:
350,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
2,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA

Oil - imports:
NA

Oil - proved reserves:
563.5 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Natural gas - production:
20 million cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
20 million cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
68.53 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Current account balance:
$-578.6 million (2004 est.)

Exports:
$2.771 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
petroleum, methanol, timber, cocoa

Exports - partners:
US 29.3%, China 22.8%, Spain 16%, Taiwan 14.9%, Canada 6.8% (2004)

Imports:
$1.167 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
petroleum sector equipment, other equipment

Imports - partners:
US 26.8%, Cote d'Ivoire 21.4%, Spain 13.6%, France 8.8%, UK 7.8%,
Italy 4.4% (2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$235.2 million (2004 est.)

Debt - external:
$248 million (2000 est.)

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