Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 85%
industry and services: 15% (2003 est.)
Unemployment rate:
NA
Population below poverty line:
40.5% (2006 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 0.6%
highest 10%: 44.7% (2000)
Investment (gross fixed):
15.9% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 124
Public debt:
20.3% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 109 21.7% of GDP (2009 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
13.3% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 215 13.7% (2009 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
30% (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 12 19.57% (31 December 2008)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
15.68% (31 December 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 66 12.53% (31 December 2008 est.)
Stock of narrow money:
$8.74 billion (31 December 2010 est) country comparison to the world: 74 $9.792 billion (31 December 2009 est)
Stock of broad money:
$24.92 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 77 $29.04 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of domestic credit:
$17.52 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 83 $22.06 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Agriculture - products:
bananas, sugarcane, coffee, sisal, corn, cotton, manioc (tapioca), tobacco, vegetables, plantains; livestock; forest products; fish
Industries:
petroleum; diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, feldspar, bauxite, uranium, and gold; cement; basic metal products; fish processing; food processing, brewing, tobacco products, sugar; textiles; ship repair
Industrial production growth rate:
5% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 63
Electricity - production:
3.722 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 119
Electricity - consumption:
3.173 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 125
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Oil - production:
1.948 million bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 17
Oil - consumption:
70,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 90
Oil - exports:
1.407 million bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 16
Oil - imports:
28,090 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 101
Oil - proved reserves:
13.5 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 15
Natural gas - production:
680 million cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 65
Natural gas - consumption:
680 million cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 92
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 204
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 204
Natural gas - proved reserves:
271.8 billion cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 42
Current account balance:
$2.089 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 41 -$1.668 billion (2009 est.)
Exports:
$51.65 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 52 $40.08 billion (2009 est.)
Exports - commodities:
crude oil, diamonds, refined petroleum products, coffee, sisal, fish and fish products, timber, cotton
Exports - partners:
China 35.65%, US 25.98%, France 8.83%, South Africa 4.13% (2009)
Imports:
$18.1 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 74 $15.74 billion (2009 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and electrical equipment, vehicles and spare parts; medicines, food, textiles, military goods
Imports - partners:
Portugal 18.71%, China 17.39%, US 8.51%, Brazil 8.22%, South Korea 6.72%, France 4.51%, Italy 4.28%, South Africa 4.02% (2009)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$16.89 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 43 $13.64 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Debt - external:
$17.98 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 75 $13.64 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$91.55 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 34 $79.88 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
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