| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $14.55 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
5.2% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $1,100 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 39.8%
industry: 19.6%
services: 40.5% (2003) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
45% (2003 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 46.8% (1994) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
1.9% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
5 million
note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2003) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 90% (2000 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $599.8 million
expenditures: $748.8 million NA, including capital expenditures of NA (2003) |
| Industries : |
cotton lint, beverages, agricultural processing, soap, cigarettes, textiles, gold |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
14% (2001 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
279.2 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 69.9%
hydro: 30.1%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
259.6 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
cotton, peanuts, shea nuts, sesame, sorghum, millet, corn, rice; livestock |
| Exports : |
$293 million f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
cotton, livestock, gold |
| Exports - Partners : |
Singapore 13.2%, China 12%, Thailand 8.3%, Italy 6.6%, India 6.2%, Colombia 5.4%, Ghana 5.4%, France 5%, Niger 4.1% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$633.6 million f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
capital goods, foodstuffs, petroleum |
| Imports - Partners : |
France 30.6%, Cote d'Ivoire 14.4%, Togo 8.8%, Belgium 4.9% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$1.3 billion (2000) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$484.1 million (1995) |
| Currency : |
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States |
| Currency Code : |
XOF |
| Exchange Rates : |
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 581.2 (2003), 696.988 (2002), 733.039 (2001), 711.976 (2000), 615.699 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
