| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $40.05 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
6.5% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $700 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 55%
industry: 11%
services: 34% (2000 est.) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
14% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
14.51 million (1993 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $269 million
expenditures: $244 million, including capital expenditures of $24 million (1996 est.) |
| Industries : |
mining (diamonds, copper, zinc), mineral processing, consumer products (including textiles, footwear, cigarettes, processed foods and beverages), cement |
| Electricity - Production : |
5.243 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 1.8%
hydro: 98.2%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
3.839 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
1.097 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
60 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber, tea, quinine, cassava (tapioca), palm oil, bananas, root crops, corn, fruits; wood products |
| Exports : |
$1.417 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
diamonds, copper, crude oil, coffee, cobalt |
| Exports - Partners : |
Belgium 55.6%, US 15.6%, Zimbabwe 11.2%, Finland 4.9% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$933 million f.o.b. (2002 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
foodstuffs, mining and other machinery, transport equipment, fuels |
| Imports - Partners : |
South Africa 16.1%, Belgium 14.1%, France 11.9%, Nigeria 10.7%, Germany 6.5%, Kenya 5.1% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$11.6 billion (2000 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$195.3 million (1995) |
| Currency : |
Congolese franc (CDF) |
| Currency Code : |
CDF |
| Exchange Rates : |
Congolese francs per US dollar - NA (2003), 346.485 (2002), 206.617 (2001), 21.82 (2000), 4.02 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
