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Economy - overview:
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The discovery and exploitation of large oil reserves have contributed to dramatic economic growth in recent years. Forestry, farming, and fishing are also major components of GDP. Subsistence farming predominates. Although pre-independence Equatorial Guinea counted on cocoa production for hard currency earnings, the neglect of the rural economy under successive regimes has diminished potential for agriculture-led growth (the government has stated its intention to reinvest some oil revenue into agriculture). A number of aid programs sponsored by the World Bank and the IMF have been cut off since 1993 because of corruption and mismanagement. No longer eligible for concessional financing because of large oil revenues, the government has been unsuccessfully trying to agree on a "shadow" fiscal management program with the World Bank and IMF. Businesses, for the most part, are owned by government officials and their family members. Undeveloped natural resources include titanium, iron ore, manganese, uranium, and alluvial gold. Growth will remain strong in 2004, led by oil.
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GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $1.27 billion (2002 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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20% (2002 est.)
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $2,700 (2002 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 20%
industry: 60%
services: 2.4% (2003 est.)
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Investment (gross fixed):
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63.6% of GDP (2003)
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Population below poverty line:
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NA
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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6% (2003 est.)
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Labor force:
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NA (October 2000)
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Unemployment rate:
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30% (1998 est.)
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Budget:
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revenues: $708.5 million
expenditures: $317.6 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)
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Industries:
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petroleum, fishing, sawmilling, natural gas
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Industrial production growth rate:
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30% (2002 est.)
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Electricity - production:
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23.56 million kWh (2001)
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Electricity - production by source:
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fossil fuel: 94.3%
hydro: 5.7%
other: 0% (2001)
nuclear: 0%
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Electricity - consumption:
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21.91 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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0 kWh (2001)
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Oil - production:
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181,400 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - consumption:
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2,000 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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Oil - proved reserves:
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563.5 million bbl (1 January 2002)
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Natural gas - production:
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20 million cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - consumption:
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20 million cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - exports:
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0 cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - imports:
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0 cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - proved reserves:
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68.53 billion cu m (1 January 2002)
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Agriculture - products:
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coffee, cocoa, rice, yams, cassava (tapioca), bananas, palm oil nuts; livestock; timber
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Current account balance:
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$-1.168 billion (2003)
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Exports:
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$2.1 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Exports - commodities:
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petroleum, methanol, timber, cocoa
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Exports - partners:
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US 33.3%, Spain 25.5%, China 14.2%, Canada 12.7%, Italy 6.3% (2003 est.)
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Imports:
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$1.371 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Imports - commodities:
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petroleum sector equipment, other equipment
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Imports - partners:
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US 31%, UK 16.2%, France 15.2%, Cote d'Ivoire 12.1%, Spain 8.2%, Italy 5.4%, Norway 4.5% (2003 est.)
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Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
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$206 million (2003)
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Debt - external:
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$248 million (2000 est.)
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Economic aid - recipient:
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$33.8 million (1995)
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Currency:
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Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF); note - responsible authority is the Bank of the Central African States
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Currency code:
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XAF
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Exchange rates:
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Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar - 581.2 (2003), 696.988 (2002), 733.039 (2001), 711.976 (2000), 615.699 (1999)
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Fiscal year:
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1 January - 31 December
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