GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $9.062 billion (2003 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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3.8% (2003 est.)
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $800 (2003 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 39%
industry: 17%
services: 44% (2001)
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Population below poverty line:
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63% (1993 est.)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: 0.8%
highest 10%: 35.4% (1995)
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Distribution of family income - Gini index:
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50.5 (1995)
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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3% (2002 est.)
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Labor force:
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70,000 receive regular wages or salaries (2002 est.)
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Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture 90%, industry and commerce 6%, government 4%
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Unemployment rate:
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NA (2002 est.)
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Budget:
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revenues: $320 million - including $134 million from foreign sources
expenditures: $320 million, including capital expenditures of $178 million (2002 est.)
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Industries:
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uranium mining, cement, brick, textiles, food processing, chemicals, slaughterhouses
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Industrial production growth rate:
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NA (2001 est.)
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Electricity - production:
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242 million kWh (2001)
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Electricity - production by source:
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fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
other: 0% (2001)
nuclear: 0%
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Electricity - consumption:
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325.1 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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100 million 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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5,000 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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Agriculture - products:
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cowpeas, cotton, peanuts, millet, sorghum, cassava (tapioca), rice; cattle, sheep, goats, camels, donkeys, horses, poultry
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Exports:
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$280 million f.o.b. (2002 est.)
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Exports - commodities:
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uranium ore, livestock, cowpeas, onions
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Exports - partners:
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France 42.2%, Nigeria 28.9%, Japan 17.2%, Spain 4.4% (2003 est.)
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Imports:
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$400 million f.o.b. (2002 est.)
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Imports - commodities:
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foodstuffs, machinery, vehicles and parts, petroleum, cereals
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Imports - partners:
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France 16.4%, Cote d'Ivoire 13.8%, China 10.5%, Nigeria 7.7%, US 5.5%, Japan 4.9% (2003 est.)
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Debt - external:
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$1.6 billion (1999 est.)
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Economic aid - recipient:
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$341 million (1997)
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Currency:
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Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States
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Currency code:
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XOF
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Exchange rates:
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Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) 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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calendar year
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