oa they control to neighboring countries where cocoa
prices are higher. The government remains hopeful that ongoing
exploration of Cote d'Ivoire's offshore oil reserves will result in
significant production that could boost daily crude output from
roughly 33,000 barrels per day (b/d) to more than 200,000 b/d by the
end of the decade.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$28.47 billion (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):
$17.19 billion (2006 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
1.2% (2006 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):
$1,600 (2006 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 27%
industry: 18.5%
services: 54.5% (2006 est.)

Labor force:
6.738 million (68% agricultural) (2006 est.)

Unemployment rate:
13% in urban areas (1998)

Population below poverty line:
37% (1995)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 3.1%
highest 10%: 28.8% (1995)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
45.2 (1998)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.2% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
11.8% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $2.837 billion
expenditures: $3.154 billion; including capital expenditures of $420
million (2006 est.)

Public debt:
69.4% of GDP (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
coffee, cocoa beans, bananas, palm kernels, corn, rice, manioc
(tapioca), sweet potatoes, sugar, cotton, rubber; timber

Industries:
foodstuffs, beverages; wood products, oil refining, truck and bus
assembly, textiles, fertilizer, building materials, electricity,
ship construction and repair

Industrial production growth rate:
15% (1998 est.)

Electricity - production:
4.625 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 61.9%
hydro: 38.1%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
3.202 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
1.1 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
32,900 bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - consumption:
23,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - proved reserves:
220 million bbl (2006 est.)

Natural gas - production:
1.3 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
1.3 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserv