and seminomads, who are
dependent upon livestock for their livelihood, make up a large
portion of the population. Crop production generates only 10% of GDP
and employs about 20% of the work force. The main export crop is
bananas; sugar, sorghum, and corn are grown for the domestic market.
The small industrial sector is based on the processing of
agricultural products and accounts for less than 10% of GDP; most
facilities have been shut down because of the civil strife. The
greatly increased political turmoil of 1991-93 resulted in a
substantial drop in agricultural output, with widespread famine. In
1994 economic conditions stabilized in the countryside, followed in
1995 by slight improvements. However, ongoing civil strife in
Mogadishu and outlying areas is interfering with any substantial
recovery.

GDP: purchasing power parity - $3.6 billion (1995 est.)

GDP real growth rate: 2% (1995 est.)

GDP per capita: $500 (1995 est.)

GDP composition by sector:
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%

Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA

Labor force: 3.7 million (very few are skilled laborers)(1993 est.)
by occupation: agriculture (mostly pastoral nomadism) 71%, industry
and services 29%

Unemployment rate: NA%

Budget:
revenues: $NA
expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

Industries: a few small industries, including sugar refining,
textiles, petroleum refining (mostly shut down)

Industrial production growth rate: NA%

Electricity:
capacity: 75,000 kW prior to the civil war, but now largely shut
down due to war damage; some localities operate their own generating
plants, providing limited municipal power; note - UN and relief
organizations use their own portable power systems
production: NA kWh
consumption per capita: NA kWh

Agriculture: bananas, sorghum, corn, mangoes, sugarcane; cattle,
sheep, goats; fishing potential largely unexploited

Exports: $100 million (1995 est.)
commodities: bananas, live animals, fish, hides
partners: Saudi Arabia, other Gulf states, Italy, US (bananas)

Imports: $249 million (1990 est.)
commodities: petroleum products, foodstuffs, construction materials
partners: US 13%, Italy, FRG, Kenya, UK, Saudi Arabia (1986)

External debt: $1.9 billion (1989)

Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $NA

Currency: 1 Somali shilling (So. Sh.) = 100 cents

Exchange rates: Somali shillings (So. Sh