its economy to
private enterprise so that the diaspora's money and expertise can
foster economic growth.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$4.471 billion (2005 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):
$1.244 billion (2005 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
2% (2005 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):
$1,000 (2005 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 9.9%
industry: 25.4%
services: 64.6% (2006 est.)

Labor force:
NA

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 80%
industry and services: 20%

Unemployment rate:
NA%

Population below poverty line:
50% (2004 est.)

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

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
14% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
24.5% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $257.6 million
expenditures: $424 million; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
sorghum, lentils, vegetables, corn, cotton, tobacco, coffee, sisal;
livestock, goats; fish

Industries:
food processing, beverages, clothing and textiles, light
manufacturing, salt, cement, commercial ship repair

Industrial production growth rate:
NA%

Electricity - production:
276.1 million kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
256.7 million kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
5,300 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

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

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

Current account balance:
$-440.5 million (2006 est.)

Exports:
$17.65 million f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
livestock, sorghum, textiles, food, small manufactures (2000)

Exports - partners:
Italy 36.4%, US 13.8%, Belarus 6.8%, Germany 5.3%, UK 4.6% (2005)

Imports:
$701.8 million f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery, petroleum products, food, manufactured goods (2000)

Imports - partners:
Germany 21.3%, Italy 19.5%, France 15.3%, US 12.3%, Ireland 7.9%,
Jordan 5.5% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$30.6 million (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$311 million (2000 est.)