countries, such as a top-heavy
civil service and a generally unfavorable climate for business
enterprise. Since 1990, the government has embarked on various IMF
and World Bank programs designed to spur business investment,
increase efficiency in agriculture, improve trade, and recapitalize
the nation's banks. In June 2000, the government completed an
IMF-sponsored, three-year structural adjustment program; however,
the IMF is pressing for more reforms, including increased budget
transparency, privatization, and poverty reduction programs.
International oil and cocoa prices have a significant impact on the
economy.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$42.2 billion (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):
$16.37 billion (2006 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
4.1% (2006 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):
$2,400 (2006 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 45.2%
industry: 16.1%
services: 38.7% (2006 est.)

Labor force:
6.394 million (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 70%
industry: 13%
services: 17%

Unemployment rate:
30% (2001 est.)

Population below poverty line:
48% (2000 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 1.9%
highest 10%: 36.6% (1996)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
44.6 (2001)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.4% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
16.8% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $3.339 billion
expenditures: $3.157 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2006 est.)

Public debt:
28.4% of GDP (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
coffee, cocoa, cotton, rubber, bananas, oilseed, grains, root
starches; livestock; timber

Industries:
petroleum production and refining, aluminum production, food
processing, light consumer goods, textiles, lumber, ship repair

Industrial production growth rate:
4.2% (1999 est.)

Electricity - production:
3.924 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 2.7%
hydro: 97.3%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
3.649 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
82,300 bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - consumption:
24,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA bbl/day

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day

Oil - proved reserves:
90 million bbl