est.)
$300 (2008 est.)
note: data are in 2010 US dollars
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 37.4%
industry: 26%
services: 36.6% (2008 est.)
Labor force:
23.53 million (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 26
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Unemployment rate:
NA%
Population below poverty line:
NA% (2006 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 34.7% (2006)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
26.2% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 223 46.2% (2009 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
70% (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 2 40% (31 December 2008)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
65.42% (31 December 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 4 43.15% (31 December 2008 est.)
Stock of narrow money:
$613.9 million (31 December 2008) country comparison to the world: 152 $597 million (31 December 2007)
Stock of broad money:
$1.562 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 147 $1.275 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Stock of domestic credit:
$NA (31 December 2008)
$928.5 million (31 December 2008)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$NA
Agriculture - products:
coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber, tea, quinine, cassava (tapioca), palm oil, bananas, root crops, corn, fruits; wood products
Industries:
mining (diamonds, gold, copper, cobalt, coltan, zinc, tin, diamonds), mineral processing, consumer products (including textiles, footwear, cigarettes, processed foods and beverages), cement, commercial ship repair
Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
Electricity - production:
8.217 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 98
Electricity - consumption:
5.997 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 105
Electricity - exports:
1.916 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - imports:
6 million kWh (2007 est.)
Oil - production:
16,360 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 78
Oil - consumption:
10,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 148
Oil - exports:
20,090 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 91
Oil - imports:
11,350 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 136
Oil - proved reserves:
180 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 60
Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 183
Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 195
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 186
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 188
Natural gas - proved reserves:
991.1 million cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 98
Current account balance:
-$1.47 billion (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 150 -$402 million (2007 est.)
Exports:
$3.8 billion (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 119 $6.6 billion (2008 est.)
Exports - commodities:
diamonds, gold, copper, cobalt, wood products, crude oil, coffee
Exports - partners:
China 46.75%, US 15.35%, Belgium 10.68%, Zambia 5.78%, Finland 4.38% (2009)
Imports:
$5.2 billion (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 111 $6.7 billion (2008 est.)
Imports - commodities:
foodstuffs, mining and other machinery, transport equipment, fuels
Imports - partners:
South Africa 18.22%, Belgium 10.2%, China 8.34%, Zambia 7.77%, France 7.28%, Zimbabwe 6.52%, Kenya 5.48%, Netherlands 4.13%, Italy 3.96% (2009)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.01 billion (March 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 110 $1 billion (December 2009 est.)
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