unskilled work force, and a legacy of misdirected macroeconomic
policies. Factional fighting between the government and its
opponents remains a drag on economic revitalization. Distribution of
income is extraordinarily unequal. Grants from France and the
international community can only partially meet humanitarian needs.

GDP (purchasing power parity):

$3.007 billion (2007 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

$1.714 billion (2007 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:

4% (2007 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

$700 (2007 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 55%
industry: 20%
services: 25% (2001 est.)

Labor force:

1.857 million (2006)

Unemployment rate:

8% (23% for Bangui) (2001 est.)

Population below poverty line:

NA%

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: 0.7%
highest 10%: 47.7% (1993)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:

61.3 (1993)

Budget:

revenues: $250 million
expenditures: $273 million (2007 est.)

Fiscal year:

calendar year

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

0.9% (2007 est.)

Central bank discount rate:

5.25% (31 December 2007)

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

15% (31 December 2007)

Stock of money:

$218.3 million (31 December 2007)

Stock of quasi money:

$47.58 million (31 December 2007)

Stock of domestic credit:

$320.2 million (31 December 2007)

Agriculture - products:

timber, cotton, coffee, tobacco, manioc (tapioca), yams, millet,
corn, bananas; timber

Industries:

gold and diamond mining, logging, brewing, textiles, footwear,
assembly of bicycles and motorcycles

Industrial production growth rate:

3% (2002)

Electricity - production:

110 million kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

102.3 million kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - imports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 19.8%
hydro: 80.2%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Oil - production:

0 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

2,322 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

0 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

2,057 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 -