t.)

Labor force:
NA

Labor force - by occupation:
population mainly engaged in subsistence agriculture and fishing
note: shortages of skilled workers

Unemployment rate:
NA

Population below poverty line:
54% (2004 est.)

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

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
14% (2004 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
31.5% of GDP (2004 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $27.94 million
expenditures: $43.91 million, including capital expenditures of $54
million (2004 est.)

Agriculture - products:
cocoa, coconuts, palm kernels, copra, cinnamon, pepper, coffee,
bananas, papayas, beans; poultry; fish

Industries:
light construction, textiles, soap, beer; fish processing; timber

Industrial production growth rate:
NA

Electricity - production:
17 million kWh (2002)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 41.2%
hydro: 58.8%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
15.81 million kWh (2002)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2002)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2002)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
700 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA

Oil - imports:
NA

Current account balance:
$-31.5 million (2004 est.)

Exports:
$6.7 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
cocoa 80%, copra, coffee, palm oil

Exports - partners:
Netherlands 35.9%, China 12.3%, Belgium 7.4%, Germany 6.3%, Poland
5.1%, France 4.8%, Thailand 4.1% (2004)

Imports:
$41 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and electrical equipment, food products, petroleum
products

Imports - partners:
Portugal 52.3%, Germany 9.5%, US 6%, Netherlands 4.8%, South Africa
4.3%, Belgium 4.1% (2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$29.78 million (2004 est.)

Debt - external:
$318 million (2002)

Economic aid - recipient:
$200 million in December 2000 under the HIPC program

Currency (code):
dobra (STD)

Currency code:
STD

Exchange rates:
dobras per US dollar - 9,900.4 (2004), 9,347.6 (2003), 9,088.3
(2002), 8,842.1 (2001), 7,978.2 (2000)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Sao Tome and Principe

Telephones - main lines in use:
7,000 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
4,800 (2003)

Telephone system:
general assessment: adequate facilities