| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $2.148 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
1.3% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $700 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 6.9%
industry: 53.9%
services: 39.2% (2003 est.) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
2.4% (2003 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $1.025 billion
expenditures: $946.8 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
petroleum extraction, cement, lumber, brewing, sugar, palm oil, soap, flour, cigarettes |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
0% (2002 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
358.1 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 0.3%
hydro: 99.7%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
633 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
300 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
cassava (tapioca), sugar, rice, corn, peanuts, vegetables, coffee, cocoa; forest products |
| Exports : |
$2.293 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
petroleum, lumber, plywood, sugar, cocoa, coffee, diamonds |
| Exports - Partners : |
China 27.1%, South Korea 21.4%, US 15.2%, Taiwan 14.4% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$666.9 million f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
capital equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs |
| Imports - Partners : |
France 22.4%, US 6.9%, Italy 6.3%, China 5.2%, Belgium 4.7%, India 4.4% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$5 billion (2000 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$159.1 million (1995) |
| Currency : |
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF); note - responsible authority is the Bank of the Central African States |
| Currency Code : |
XAF |
| Exchange Rates : |
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar - 581.2 (2003), 696.988 (2002), 733.039 (2001), 711.98 (2000), 615.7 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
