| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $4.183 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
-7% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $1,100 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 55%
industry: 20%
services: 25% (2001 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 0.7%
highest 10%: 47.7% (1993) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
3.6% (2001 est.) |
| Industries : |
diamond mining, logging, brewing, textiles, footwear, assembly of bicycles and motorcycles |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
3% (2002) |
| Electricity - Production : |
106 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 19.8%
hydro: 80.2%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
98.63 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
cotton, coffee, tobacco, manioc (tapioca), yams, millet, corn, bananas; timber |
| Exports : |
$172 million f.o.b. (2002 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
diamonds, timber, cotton, coffee, tobacco |
| Exports - Partners : |
Belgium 42.5%, Italy 10.8%, Spain 10%, France 7.5%, Indonesia 6.7% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$136 million f.o.b. (2002 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
food, textiles, petroleum products, machinery, electrical equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals |
| Imports - Partners : |
France 27%, Cameroon 9.2%, US 5.3% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$881.4 million (2000 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
ODA $73 million; note - traditional budget subsidies from France (2000 est.) |
| 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), 711.976 (2000), 615.699 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
