The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ Gambia has no confirmed mineral or natural resource deposits and has a limited agricultural base. About 75% of the population depends on crops and livestock for its livelihood. Small-scale manufacturing activity features the processing of peanuts, fish, and hides. Reexport trade normally constitutes a major segment of economic activity, but a 1999 government-imposed preshipment inspection plan, and instability of the Gambian dalasi (currency) have drawn some of the reexport trade away from The Gambia. The Gambia's natural beauty and proximity to Europe has made it one of the larger markets for tourism in West Africa. The government's 1998 seizure of the private peanut firm Alimenta eliminated the largest purchaser of Gambian groundnuts. Despite an announced program to begin privatizing key parastatals, no plans have been made public that would indicate that the government intends to follow through on its promises. Unemployment and underemployment rates remain extremely high; short-run economic progress depends on sustained bilateral and multilateral aid, on responsible government economic management, on continued technical assistance from the IMF and bilateral donors, and on expected growth in the construction sector.

      GDP (purchasing power parity):

      $2.061 billion (2007 est.)

      GDP (official exchange rate):

      $653 million (2007 est.)

      GDP - real growth rate:

      7% (2007 est.)

      GDP - per capita (PPP):

      $1,200 (2007 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector:

      agriculture: 32.8% industry: 8.7% services: 58.5% (2007 est.)

      Labor force:

      400,000 (1996)

      Labor force - by occupation:

      agriculture: 75% industry: 19% services: 6% (1996)

      Unemployment rate:

      NA%

      Population below poverty line:

      NA%

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

      lowest 10%: 1.8% highest 10%: 37% (1998)

      Distribution of family income - Gini index:

      50.2 (1998)

      Investment (gross fixed):

      25.4% of GDP (2007 est.)

      Budget:

      revenues: $181.1 million expenditures: $163.4 million (2007 est.)

      Fiscal year:

      calendar year

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

      5.1% (2007 est.)

      Central bank discount rate:

      10% (31 December 2007)

      Commercial bank prime lending rate:

      27.92% (31 December 2007)

      Stock of money:

      $186.7 million (31 December 2007)

      Stock of quasi money:

      $180.4 million (31 December 2007)

      Stock of domestic credit:

      $169.9 million (31 December 2007)

      Agriculture - products:

      rice, millet, sorghum, peanuts, corn, sesame, cassava (tapioca), palm kernels; cattle, sheep, goats

      Industries:

      processing peanuts, fish, and hides; tourism, beverages, agricultural machinery assembly, woodworking, metalworking, clothing

      Industrial production growth rate:

      −2.3% (2007 est.)

      Electricity - production:

      200.2 million kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - consumption:

      143.6 million kWh (2006 est.)

      Electricity - exports:

      0 kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - imports:

      0 kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - production by source:

      fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)

      Oil - production:

      0 bbl/day (2007 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

      2,082 bbl/day (2006 est.)

      Oil - exports:

      41.62 bbl/day (2005)

      Oil - imports:

      2,123 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 - imports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

      Current account balance:

      -$71 million (2007 est.)

      Exports:

      $88 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

      peanut products, fish, cotton lint, palm kernels, re-exports

      Exports - partners:

      India 37.7%, China 17.5%, UK 8.7%, France 5.1%, Belgium 4.2% (2007)

      Imports:

      $271 СКАЧАТЬ