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better off than other segments of the population, often approaching European standards, whereas indigenous groups suffer the poverty and unemployment typical of the poorer nations of the African continent. The outbreak of severe rioting in February 1991 illustrates the seriousness of socioeconomic tensions. The economic well-being of Reunion depends heavily on continued financial assistance from France. GDP: purchasing power parity--$3.4 billion (1998 est.) GDP--real growth rate: 3.8% (1998 est.) GDP--per capita: purchasing power parity?$4,800 (1998 est.) GDP--composition by sector: agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA% Population below poverty line: NA% Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA% Labor force: 261,000 (1995) Labor force--by occupation: agriculture 8%, industry 19%, services 73% (1990) Unemployment rate: 35% (1994) Budget: revenues: $856.7 million expenditures: $2.2437 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1993) Industries: sugar, rum, cigarettes, handicraft items, flower oil extraction Industrial production growth rate: NA% Electricity--production: 1.1 billion kWh (1996) Electricity--production by source: fossil fuel: 54.55% hydro: 45.45% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (1996) Electricity--consumption: 1.1 billion kWh (1996) Electricity--exports: 0 kWh (1996) Electricity--imports: 0 kWh (1996) Agriculture--products: sugarcane, vanilla, tobacco, tropical fruits, vegetables, corn Exports: $171.78 million (f.o.b., 1994) Exports--commodities: sugar 63%, rum and molasses 4%, perfume essences 2%, lobster 3%, (1993) Exports--partners: France 74%, Japan 6%, Comoros 4% (1994) Imports: $2.35 billion (c.i.f., 1994) Imports--commodities: manufactured goods, food, beverages, tobacco, machinery and transportation equipment, raw materials, and petroleum products Imports--partners: France 67%, Bahrain 4%, Italy 3% (1994) Debt--external: $NA Economic aid--recipient: $NA; note?substantial annual subsidies from France Currency: 1 French franc (F) = 100 centimes Exchange rates: French francs (F) per US$1--5.65 (January 1999), 5.8995 (1998), 5.8367 (1997), 5.1155 (1996), 4.9915 (1995), 5.5520 (1994) Fiscal year: calendar year Communications Telephones: 219,000 (1995) Telephone system: a
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