mposition by sector:

agriculture: 65%
industry: 10%
services: 25% (2000 est.)

Labor force:

3.7 million (few skilled laborers) (1975)

Labor force - by occupation:

agriculture: 71%
industry and services: 29% (1975)

Unemployment rate:

NA%

Population below poverty line:

NA%

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Budget:

revenues: $NA
expenditures: $NA

Fiscal year:

NA

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

NA%; note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates
cannot be easily determined

Agriculture - products:

bananas, sorghum, corn, coconuts, rice, sugarcane, mangoes, sesame
seeds, beans; cattle, sheep, goats; fish

Industries:

a few light industries, including sugar refining, textiles, wireless
communication

Industrial production growth rate:

NA%

Electricity - production:

280 million kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

260.4 million 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 (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

5,040 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

0 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

4,772 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:

0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)

Natural gas - production:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - imports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

5.663 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Exports:

$300 million f.o.b. (2006)

Exports - commodities:

livestock, bananas, hides, fish, charcoal, scrap metal

Exports - partners:

UAE 50.7%, Yemen 21%, Oman 6.1% (2007)

Imports:

$798 million f.o.b. (2006)

Imports - commodities:

manufactures, petroleum products, foodstuffs, construction
materials, qat

Imports - partners:

Djibouti 34.4%, India 9.1%, Kenya 9%, Oman 6%, UAE 5.6%, Yemen 5.5%
(2007)

Economic aid - recipient:

$236.4 million (2005 est.)

Debt - external:

$3 billion (2001 est.)

Currency (code):

Somali shilling (SOS)

Currency code:

SOS

Exchange rates:

Somali shillings (SOS) per US dollar - NA (2007), 1,438.3 (2006)
official ra