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GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $3.78 billion (2003 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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-1.3% (2003 est.)
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $600 (2003 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 47.4%
industry: 19.3%
services: 33.3% (2003 est.)
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Investment (gross fixed):
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9.8% of GDP (2003)
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Population below poverty line:
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68% (2002 est.)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: 1.8%
highest 10%: 32.9% (1998)
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Distribution of family income - Gini index:
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42.5 (1998)
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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10.7% (2003 est.)
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Labor force:
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2.99 million (2002)
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Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture 93.6%, industry 2.3%, services 4.1% (2002 est.)
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Unemployment rate:
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NA
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Budget:
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revenues: $179.4 million
expenditures: $209 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003)
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Industries:
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light consumer goods such as blankets, shoes, soap; assembly of imported components; public works construction; food processing
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Industrial production growth rate:
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18% (2001)
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Electricity - production:
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155.4 million kWh (2001)
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Electricity - production by source:
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fossil fuel: 0.6%
hydro: 99.4%
other: 0% (2001)
nuclear: 0%
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Electricity - consumption:
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177.5 million kWh (2001)
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Electricity - exports:
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0 kWh (2001)
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Electricity - imports:
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33 million kWh; note - supplied by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2001)
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Oil - production:
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0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - consumption:
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2,750 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - exports:
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NA (2001)
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Oil - imports:
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NA (2001)
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Agriculture - products:
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coffee, cotton, tea, corn, sorghum, sweet potatoes, bananas, manioc (tapioca); beef, milk, hides
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Current account balance:
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$-35 million (2003)
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Exports:
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$40 million f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Exports - commodities:
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coffee, tea, sugar, cotton, hides
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Exports - partners:
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Germany 16.3%, US 14%, Belgium 11.6%, Kenya 9.3%, Netherlands 9.3%, Rwanda 7%, China 4.7%, France 4.7% (2003 est.)
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Imports:
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$128 million f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Imports - commodities:
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capital goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs
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Imports - partners:
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Saudi Arabia 12.7%, Belgium 10.1%, Kenya 7.6%, France 7%, Algeria 5.7%, Tanzania 5.7%, India 4.4% (2003 est.)
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Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
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$67.4 million (2003)
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Debt - external:
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$1.133 billion (2002)
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Economic aid - recipient:
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$92.7 million (2000)
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Currency code:
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BIF
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Fiscal year:
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calendar year
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