style="font-size:15px;"> GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 30.1%
industry: 20.7%
services: 49.2% (2009 est.)
Labor force:
6.668 million country comparison to the world: 64 note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2007)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 90%
industry and services: 10% (2000 est.)
Unemployment rate:
77% (2004) country comparison to the world: 197
Population below poverty line:
46.4% (2004)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 32.2% (2004)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
39.5 (2007) country comparison to the world: 64 48.2 (1994)
Investment (gross fixed):
19.7% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 90
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1.4% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 32 2.6% (2009 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
4.25% (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 103 4.75% (31 December 2008)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
NA% (31 December 2009 est.)
NA% (31 December 2008 est.)
Stock of narrow money:
$1.416 billion (31 December 2010 est) country comparison to the world: 127 $1.303 billion (31 December 2009 est)
Stock of broad money:
$2.406 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 139 $2.22 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of domestic credit:
$1.373 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 138 $1.236 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$NA
Agriculture - products:
cotton, peanuts, shea nuts, sesame, sorghum, millet, corn, rice; livestock
Industries:
cotton lint, beverages, agricultural processing, soap, cigarettes, textiles, gold
Industrial production growth rate:
5.5% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 59
Electricity - production:
611.6 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 155
Electricity - consumption:
568.8 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 158
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 201
Oil - consumption:
9,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 152
Oil - exports:
0 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 206
Oil - imports:
8,283 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 144
Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 197
Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 191
Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 115
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 197
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 75
Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 198
Current account balance:
-$486 million (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 115 -$330 million (2009 est.)
Exports:
$991 million (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 151 $772 million (2009 est.)
Exports - commodities:
cotton, livestock, gold
Exports - partners:
Singapore 16.76%, Belgium 12.78%, China 7.59%, Ghana 6.89%, India 6.36%, Denmark 5.76%, Niger 5.13%, Thailand 4.52% (2009)
Imports:
$1.48 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 162 $1.186 billion (2009 est.)
Imports - commodities:
capital goods, foodstuffs, petroleum
Imports - partners:
Cote d'Ivoire 24.31%, France 19.48%, Togo 6.42% (2009)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.588 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 105 $1.296 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Debt
