Statistics
GDP: purchasing power parity - $18.48 billion (2011 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 4.5% (2011 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $4,600 (2011 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 4.2% (2011 est.)
industry: 70.7% (2011 est.)
services: 25.1% (2011 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2.1% (2005)
highest 10%: 37.1% (2005)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6% (2011 est.)
Labor force: 1.514 million (2007)
Ease of Doing Business Rank: 181st
Budget:
revenues: $6.938 billion (2011 est.)
expenditures: $3.535 billion (2011 est.)
Industries: petroleum extraction, cement, lumber, brewing, sugar, palm oil, soap, flour, cigarettes
Industrial production growth rate: 12% (2010 est.)
Electricity - production: 452 million kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity - consumption: 534 million kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2009 est.)
Electricity - imports: 436 million kWh (2008 est.)
Agriculture - products: cassava (tapioca), sugar, rice, maize, peanuts, vegetables, coffee, cocoa, forest products
Exports: $12.38 billion (2011 est.)
Exports - commodities: petroleum, lumber, plywood, sugar, cocoa, coffee, diamonds
Exports - partners: China 37.9%, United States 20%, Australia 6.2%, France 6.0%, Spain 4.8%, Italy 4.3%, Netherlands 4.3% (2011)
Imports: $4.917 billion (2011 est.)
Imports - commodities: capital equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs
Imports - partners: France 17.3%, China 12.6%, India 9.5%, Italy 7.5%, Brazil 7.3%, United States 5.8% (2011)
Debt - external: $4.955 billion (2011 est.)
Currency: 1 Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (CFAF) = 100 centimes
Fiscal year: calendar year
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