The 1999 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC,

       IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Intelsat (nonsignatory user), Interpol, IOC, ITU,

       NAM, OAU, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO,

       WToO, WTrO

      Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Thomas NDIKUMANA chancery: Suite 212, 2233 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007

      Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Morris N. HUGHES, Jr. embassy: Avenue des Etats-Unis, Bujumbura mailing address: B. P. 1720, Bujumbura

      Flag description: divided by a white diagonal cross into red panels (top and bottom) and green panels (hoist side and outer side) with a white disk superimposed at the center bearing three red six-pointed stars outlined in green arranged in a triangular design (one star above, two stars below)

      Economy

      Economy—overview: Burundi is a landlocked, resource-poor country with a poorly developed manufacturing sector. The economy is predominately agricultural with roughly 90% of the population dependent on subsistence agriculture. Its economic health depends on the coffee crop, which accounts for 80% of foreign exchange earnings. The ability to pay for imports therefore rests largely on the vagaries of the climate and the international coffee market. Since October 1993 the nation has suffered from massive ethnic-based violence which has resulted in the death of perhaps 250,000 persons and the displacement of about 800,000 others. Foods, medicines, and electricity remain in short supply.

      GDP: purchasing power parity—$4.1 billion (1998 est.)

      GDP—real growth rate: 4.5% (1998 est.)

      GDP—per capita: purchasing power parity?$740 (1998 est.)

      GDP—composition by sector: agriculture: 58% industry: 18% services: 24% (1997 est.)

      Population below poverty line: 36.2% (1990 est.)

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

       lowest 10%: NA%

       highest 10%: NA%

      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 17% (1998 est.)

      Labor force: 1.9 million

      Labor force—by occupation: agriculture 93%, government 4%, industry and commerce 1.5%, services 1.5% (1983 est.)

      Unemployment rate: NA%

      Budget:

       revenues: $NA

       expenditures: $165 million, including capital expenditures of $42.6

       million (1998 est.)

      Industries: light consumer goods such as blankets, shoes, soap; assembly of imported components; public works construction; food processing

      Industrial production growth rate: NA%

      Electricity—production: 122 million kWh (1996)

      Electricity—production by source: fossil fuel: 1.64% hydro: 98.36% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (1996)

      Electricity—consumption: 152 million kWh (1996)

      Electricity—exports: 0 kWh (1996)

      Electricity—imports: 30 million kWh (1996)

       note: imports some electricity from Democratic Republic of the Congo

      Agriculture—products: coffee, cotton, tea, corn, sorghum, sweet

       potatoes, bananas, manioc (tapioca); beef, milk, hides

      Exports: $49 million (f.o.b., 1998)

      Exports—commodities: coffee, tea, cotton, hides

      Exports—partners: UK, Germany, Benelux, Switzerland (1997)

      Imports: $102 million f.o.b., 1998)

      Imports—commodities: capital goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs, consumer goods

      Imports—partners: Benelux, France, Germany, Japan (1997)

      Debt—external: $1.1 billion (1995 est.)

      Economic aid—recipient: $286.1 million (1995)

      Currency: 1 Burundi franc (FBu) = 100 centimes

      Exchange rates: Burundi francs (FBu) per US$1—508 (January 1999), 477.77 (1998), 352.35 (1997), 302.75 (1996), 249.76 (1995), 252.66 (1994)

      Fiscal year: calendar year

      Communications

      Telephones: 7,200 (1987 est.)

      Telephone system: primitive system domestic: sparse system of open wire, radiotelephone communications, and low-capacity microwave radio relay international: satellite earth station—1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)

      Radios: NA

      Television broadcast stations: 1 (1997)

      Televisions: 4,500 (1993 est.)

      Transportation

      Railways: 0 km

      Highways: total: 14,480 km paved: 1,028 km unpaved: 13,452 km (1996 est.)

      Waterways: Lake Tanganyika

      Ports and harbors: Bujumbura

      Airports: 4 (1998 est.)

      Airports—with paved runways: total: 1 over 3,047 m: 1 (1998 est.)

      Airports—with unpaved runways: total: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 1 (1998 est.)

      Military

      Military branches: Army (includes naval and air units), paramilitary Gendarmerie

      Military manpower—military age: 16 years of age

      Military manpower—availability:

       males age 15–49: 1,260,909 (1999 est.)

      Military manpower—fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 658,115 (1999 est.)

      Military manpower—reaching military age annually:

       males: 73,271 (1999 est.)

      Military expenditures—dollar figure: $25 million (1993)

      Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 2.6% (1993)

      Transnational Issues

      Disputes—international: none

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