velopment and will
contribute to a growing imbalance in growth between urban and rural
areas over the near term. Moreover, the government's lack of
experience in administering economic and technical assistance
programs and rampant corruption among officials will slow the growth
of critical public sector investment. The decline of inflation from
the 1992 rate of more than 50% is one of the bright spots.

GDP: purchasing power parity - $7 billion (1995 est.)

GDP real growth rate: 6.7% (1995 est.)

GDP per capita: $660 (1995 est.)

GDP composition by sector:
agriculture: 52%
industry: 13.5%
services: 34.5% (1993)

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6% (1995 est.)

Labor force: 2.5 million to 3 million
by occupation: agriculture 80% (1988 est.)

Unemployment rate: NA%

Budget:
revenues: $210 million
expenditures: $346 million, including capital expenditures of $NA
(1994 est.)

Industries: rice milling, fishing, wood and wood products, rubber,
cement, gem mining

Industrial production growth rate: 7.9% (1993 est.)

Electricity:
capacity: 40,000 kW
production: 160 million kWh
consumption per capita: 14 kWh (1993)

Agriculture: rice, rubber, corn, vegetables

Illicit drugs: key transshipment country for Golden Triangle
heroin en route to West; possibly becoming money-laundering center;
high-level narcotics-related corruption in government, military, and
police; possible small-scale opium, heroin, and amphetamine
production; large producer of cannabis

Exports: $240.7 million (1995 est.)
commodities: timber, rubber, soybeans, sesame
partners: Singapore, Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia

Imports: $630.5 million (1995 est.)
commodities: cigarettes, construction materials, petroleum products,
machinery, motor vehicles
partners: Singapore, Vietnam, Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia

External debt: $383 million to OECD members (1993)

Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $NA
note: IMF pledged $120 million in aid for 1995-98

Currency: 1 new riel (CR) = 100 sen

Exchange rates: riels (CR) per US$1 - 2,585 (December 1994), 2,470
(December 1993), 2,800 (September 1992), 500 (December 1991), 560
(1990)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation
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Railways:
total: 603 km
narrow gauge: 603 km 1.000-m gauge

Highways:
total: 34,100 km
paved: 3,000 km
unpaved: 31,100 km (1994 est.)

Waterways