ey and was approved for IMF-World Bank
Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) initiative debt relief in late
2000. Kigali's high defense expenditures have caused tension between
the government and international donors and lending agencies. An
energy shortage and instability in neighboring states may slow
growth in 2005, while the lack of adequate transportation linkages
to other countries continues to handicap export growth.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$10.43 billion (2004 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
0.9% (2004 est.)

GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $1,300 (2004 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 41.1%
industry: 21.2%
services: 37.7% (2004 est.)

Labor force:
4.6 million (2000)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 90%

Unemployment rate:
NA

Population below poverty line:
60% (2001 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 4.2%
highest 10%: 24.2% (1985)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
28.9 (1985)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
7% (2004 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
20% of GDP (2004 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $354.5 million
expenditures: $385 million, including capital expenditures of NA
(2004 est.)

Agriculture - products:
coffee, tea, pyrethrum (insecticide made from chrysanthemums),
bananas, beans, sorghum, potatoes; livestock

Industries:
cement, agricultural products, small-scale beverages, soap,
furniture, shoes, plastic goods, textiles, cigarettes

Industrial production growth rate:
7% (2001 est.)

Electricity - production:
166.7 million kWh (2002)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 2.3%
hydro: 97.7%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
195 million kWh (2002)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2002)

Electricity - imports:
40 million kWh (2002)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
5,300 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA

Oil - imports:
NA

Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2002)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
28.32 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Current account balance:
$-212.5 million (2004 est.)

Exports:
$69.78 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
coffee, tea, hides, tin ore

Exports - partners:
Indonesia 64.2%, China 3.6%, Germany 2.7% (2004)

Imports:
$260 million f.o.b. (2004 es