| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $3.3 billion (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
2% (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $700 (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 12.4% industry: 25.3% services: 62.4% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
53% (1993/94) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
12.3% (2003) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 80%, industry and services 20% |
| Budget : |
revenues: $235.7 million expenditures: $375 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
food processing, beverages, clothing and textiles |
| Electricity - Production : |
220.5 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
205.1 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
sorghum, lentils, vegetables, corn, cotton, tobacco, coffee, sisal; livestock, goats; fish |
| Exports : |
$56 million f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
livestock, sorghum, textiles, food, small manufactures (2000) |
| Exports - Partners : |
Malaysia 65.7%, Italy 10.5%, France 4.4%, Canada 12.7% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$600 million f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
machinery, petroleum products, food, manufactured goods (2000) |
| Imports - Partners : |
US 42.3%, Italy 20.4%, Turkey 7.2%, Russia 5.7%, France 5.1% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$311 million (2000 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$77 million (1999) |
| Currency : |
nakfa (ERN) |
| Currency Code : |
ERN |
| Exchange Rates : |
nakfa (ERN) per US dollar - NA (2003), 13.9582 (2002), 11.3095 (2001), 9.5 (2000), 7.6 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |