GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $19.02 billion (2003 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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3% (2003 est.)
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $2,100 (2003 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 24.9%
industry: 38.2%
services: 36.9% (2003 est.)
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Investment (gross fixed):
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21.2% of GDP (2003)
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Population below poverty line:
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40% (2003 est.)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: 2.6%
highest 10%: 32% (1994)
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Distribution of family income - Gini index:
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40.3 (1994)
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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14.8% (2003 est.)
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Labor force:
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3 million (1999)
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Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture 80%, industry and services 20% (2000 est.)
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Unemployment rate:
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NA (2002 est.)
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Budget:
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revenues: $410.7 million
expenditures: $708.5 million, including capital expenditures of $NA million (2003 est.)
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Industries:
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bauxite, gold, diamonds; alumina refining; light manufacturing and agricultural processing industries
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Industrial production growth rate:
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3.2% (1994)
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Electricity - production:
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790.6 million kWh (2001)
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Electricity - production by source:
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fossil fuel: 45.5%
hydro: 54.5%
other: 0% (2001)
nuclear: 0%
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Electricity - consumption:
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735.2 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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0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - consumption:
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8,600 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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rice, coffee, pineapples, palm kernels, cassava (tapioca), bananas, sweet potatoes; cattle, sheep, goats; timber
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Current account balance:
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$-252 million (2003)
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Exports:
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$726 million f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Exports - commodities:
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bauxite, alumina, gold, diamonds, coffee, fish, agricultural products
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Exports - partners:
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South Korea 21.7%, Spain 9.8%, US 9.2%, France 8.4%, Russia 8.3%, Ukraine 8.1%, Ireland 7.2%, Belgium 5.8%, Germany 5.1% (2003 est.)
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Imports:
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$646 million f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Imports - commodities:
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petroleum products, metals, machinery, transport equipment, textiles, grain and other foodstuffs
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Imports - partners:
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France 16.7%, China 9.3%, Belgium 7.1%, Italy 6.5%, Netherlands 5.4%, UK 5.4%, Cote d'Ivoire 4.8%, US 4.5% (2003 est.)
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Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
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$191 million (2003)
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Debt - external:
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$3.25 billion (2001 est.)
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Economic aid - recipient:
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$359.2 million (1998)
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Currency code:
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GNF
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Fiscal year:
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calendar year
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