embers. Undeveloped natural resources include
titanium, iron ore, manganese, uranium, and alluvial gold. Growth
will remain 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: 20%
industry: 60%
services: 2.4% (2003 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
63.6% of GDP (2003)

Population below poverty line:
NA

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

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
6% (2003 est.)

Labor force:
NA (October 2000)

Unemployment rate:
30% (1998 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $708.5 million
expenditures: $317.6 million, including capital expenditures of NA
(2003 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:
23.56 million kWh (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
21.91 million kWh (2001)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2001)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2001)

Oil - production:
181,400 bbl/day (2001 est.)

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

Oil - exports:
NA (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA (2001)

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:
$-1.168 billion (2003)

Exports:
$2.1 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Exports - commodities:
petroleum, methanol, timber, cocoa

Exports - partners:
US 33.6%, Spain 25.8%, China 14.4%, Canada 11.8%, Italy 6.4% (2003)

Imports:
$1.371 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Imports - commodities:
petroleum sector equipment, other equipment

Imports - partners:
US 30.6%, UK 16%, France 15.1%, Cote d'Ivoire 11.9%, Spain 8.1%,
Norway 5.9%, Italy 5.3% (2003)

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$206 million (2003)

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

Economic aid - recipient:
$33.8 million (1