| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $1.27 billion (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
20% (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $2,700 (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 20%
industry: 60%
services: 2.4% (2003 est.) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
6% (2003 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $708.5 million
expenditures: $317.6 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
petroleum, fishing, sawmilling, natural gas |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
30% (2002 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
23.56 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 94.3%
hydro: 5.7%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
21.91 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
coffee, cocoa, rice, yams, cassava (tapioca), bananas, palm oil nuts; livestock; timber |
| Exports : |
$2.1 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
petroleum, methanol, timber, cocoa |
| Exports - Partners : |
US 33.3%, Spain 25.5%, China 14.2%, Canada 12.7%, Italy 6.3% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$1.371 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
petroleum sector equipment, other equipment |
| Imports - Partners : |
US 31%, UK 16.2%, France 15.2%, Cote d'Ivoire 12.1%, Spain 8.2%, Italy 5.4%, Norway 4.5% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$248 million (2000 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$33.8 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), 711.976 (2000), 615.699 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
1 January - 31 December |
