d to alleviate poverty. Long-term growth through
2005 featured a pickup in industrial production and a substantial
increase in output of minerals, led by gold. Recent banking reforms
have helped increase private-sector growth and investment. Continued
donor assistance and solid macroeconomic policies supported real GDP
growth of nearly 6% in 2006.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$29.25 billion (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):
$13.13 billion (2006 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
5.8% (2006 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):
$800 (2006 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 43.3%
industry: 17.7%
services: 39% (2006 est.)

Labor force:
19.35 million (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 80%
industry and services: 20% (2002 est.)

Unemployment rate:
NA%

Population below poverty line:
36% (2002 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 30.1% (1993)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
38.2 (1993)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
5.9% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
19% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $2.431 billion
expenditures: $3.001 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2006 est.)

Public debt:
30.5% of GDP (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
coffee, sisal, tea, cotton, pyrethrum (insecticide made from
chrysanthemums), cashew nuts, tobacco, cloves, corn, wheat, cassava
(tapioca), bananas, fruits, vegetables; cattle, sheep, goats

Industries:
agricultural processing (sugar, beer, cigarettes, sisal twine);
diamond, gold, and iron mining, salt, soda ash; cement, oil
refining, shoes, apparel, wood products, fertilizer

Industrial production growth rate:
8.4% (1999 est.)

Electricity - production:
2.562 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 18.9%
hydro: 81.1%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
2.383 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2004)

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

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

Oil - exports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2002)

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

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

Natural gas -