54% (2001 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: 2.7%
highest 10%: 33.4% (2001)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:

41.3 (2001)

Investment (gross fixed):

25.2% of GDP (2007 est.)

Budget:

revenues: $2.614 billion
expenditures: $3.036 billion (2007 est.)

Fiscal year:

calendar year

Public debt:

22.9% of GDP (2007 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

5.9% (2007 est.)

Central bank discount rate:

4.25% (31 December 2007)

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

NA (31 December 2007)

Stock of money:

$2.842 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of quasi money:

$1.579 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of domestic credit:

$2.97 billion (31 December 2007)

Agriculture - products:

peanuts, millet, corn, sorghum, rice, cotton, tomatoes, green
vegetables; cattle, poultry, pigs; fish

Industries:

agricultural and fish processing, phosphate mining, fertilizer
production, petroleum refining; iron ore, zircon, and gold mining,
construction materials, ship construction and repair

Industrial production growth rate:

5.2% (2007 est.)

Electricity - production:

2.28 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

1.657 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - imports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Oil - production:

0 bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - consumption:

36,200 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

4,298 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

40,450 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:

0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)

Natural gas - production:

50 million cu m (2006 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

50 million cu m (2006 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

NA cu m

Natural gas - imports:

NA cu m

Natural gas - proved reserves:

NA cu m

Current account balance:

-$1.458 billion (2007 est.)

Exports:

$1.65 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities:

fish, groundnuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates, cotton

Exports - partners:

Mali 18.9%, France 9.1%, Italy 5.9%, India 5.7%, Gambia, The 5.2%
(2007)

Imports:

$3.731 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities:

food and beverages, capital goods, fuels

Imports - partners:

France 22.2%, Netherla