GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $4.361 billion (2003 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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2.1% (2003 est.)
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $500 (2003 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 65%
industry: 10%
services: 25% (2000 est.)
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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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note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be sensibly determined (2003 est.)
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Labor force:
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3.7 million (very few are skilled laborers)
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Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture (mostly pastoral nomadism) 71%, industry and services 29%
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Unemployment rate:
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NA
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Budget:
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revenues: NA
expenditures: NA, including capital expenditures of NA
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Industries:
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a few light industries, including sugar refining, textiles, petroleum refining (mostly shut down), wireless communication
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Industrial production growth rate:
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NA
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Electricity - production:
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245.1 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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227.9 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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4,000 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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0 bbl (1 January 2002)
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Natural gas - proved reserves:
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2.832 billion cu m (1 January 2002)
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Agriculture - products:
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cattle, sheep, goats; bananas, sorghum, corn, coconuts, rice, sugarcane, mangoes, sesame seeds, beans; fish
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Exports:
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$79 million f.o.b. (2002 est.)
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Exports - commodities:
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livestock, bananas, hides, fish, charcoal, scrap metal
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Exports - partners:
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UAE 38.9%, Yemen 23.2%, Oman 10.5%, China 6.3%, Kuwait 4.2% (2003 est.)
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Imports:
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$344 million f.o.b. (2002 est.)
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Imports - commodities:
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manufactures, petroleum products, foodstuffs, construction materials, qat
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Imports - partners:
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Djibouti 32.5%, Kenya 14.8%, Brazil 10.7%, UAE 4.9%, Thailand 4.1% (2003 est.)
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Debt - external:
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$2.6 billion (2000 est.)
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Economic aid - recipient:
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$60 million (1999 est.)
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Currency:
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Somali shilling (SOS)
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Currency code:
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SOS
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Exchange rates:
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Somali shillings per US dollar - 11,000 (November 2000), 2,620 (January 1999), 7,500 (November 1997 est.), 7,000 (January 1996 est.), 5,000 (1 January 1995)
note: the Republic of Somaliland, a self-declared independent country not recognized by any foreign government, issues its own currency, the Somaliland shilling
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Fiscal year:
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NA
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