billion (2007 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
1.5% (2007 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$1,100 (2007 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 23.8% industry: 38.6% services: 37.6% (2007 est.)
Labor force:
3.7 million (2006 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 76% industry and services: 24% (2006 est.)
Unemployment rate:
NA%
Population below poverty line:
47% (2006 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 1.9% highest 10%: 41% (2006)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
38.1 (2006)
Investment (gross fixed):
11.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $347.1 million expenditures: $742.7 million (2007 est.)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
23.4% (2007 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
22.25% (31 December 2005)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
NA (31 December 2007)
Stock of money:
$309.8 million (31 December 2005)
Stock of quasi money:
NA (31 December 2007)
Stock of domestic credit:
$422.1 million (31 December 2005)
Agriculture - products:
rice, coffee, pineapples, palm kernels, cassava (tapioca), bananas, sweet potatoes; cattle, sheep, goats; timber
Industries:
bauxite, gold, diamonds, iron; alumina refining; light manufacturing, and agricultural processing
Industrial production growth rate:
7.6% (2007 est.)
Electricity - production:
800 million kWh note: excludes electricity generated at interior mining sites (2006 est.)
Electricity - consumption:
744 million kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 45.5% hydro: 54.5% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
Oil - consumption:
8,559 bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - exports:
0 bbl/day (2005)
Oil - imports:
8,811 bbl/day (2005)
Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)
Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)
Current account balance:
-$424 million (2007 est.)
Exports:
$1.128 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities:
bauxite, alumina, gold, diamonds, coffee, fish, agricultural products
Exports - partners:
Russia 10.8%, Ukraine 9.6%, Spain 8.8%, US 7.5%, Germany 7.4%, South
Korea 7.2%, France 7%, Ireland 5.5%, China 5% (2007)
Imports:
$1.202 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities:
petroleum products, metals, machinery, transport equipment, textiles, grain and other foodstuffs
Imports - partners:
China 10%, France 7%, Netherlands 6.3% (2007)
Economic aid - recipient:
$182.1 million (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$119 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt - external:
$3.351 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$NA
Currency
