The 1996 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ because of the volume of black market trade. A major ongoing problem is the failure to achieve monetary and fiscal stability. Although Burma remains a poor Asian country, its rich resources furnish the potential for substantial long-term increases in income, exports, and living standards.

      GDP: purchasing power parity - $47 billion (1995 est.)

      GDP real growth rate: 6.8% (1995 est.)

      GDP per capita: $1,000 (1995 est.)

      GDP composition by sector: agriculture: 60% industry: 10% services: 30% (1995 est.)

      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 38% (1994 est.)

      Labor force: 16.007 million (1992) by occupation: agriculture 65.2%, industry 14.3%, trade 10.1%, government 6.3%, other 4.1% (FY88/89 est.)

      Unemployment rate: NA%

      Budget:

       revenues: $5.3 billion

       expenditures: $10 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA

       (1995 est.)

      Industries: agricultural processing; textiles and footwear; wood and wood products; petroleum refining; copper, tin, tungsten, iron; construction materials; pharmaceuticals; fertilizer

      Industrial production growth rate: 4.9% (FY92/93 est.)

      Electricity: capacity: 845,000 kW production: 3.5 billion kWh consumption per capita: 46 kWh (1995 est.)

      Agriculture: paddy rice, corn, oilseed, sugarcane, pulses; hardwood

      Illicit drugs: world's largest illicit producer of opium (2,340 metric tons in 1995) and source for over 60% of US heroin imports; minor producer of cannabis for the international drug trade; Rangoon's antinarcotic programs hindered by lack of resources, government commitment; growing role in methamphetamine production for regional consumption

      Exports: $879 million (FY94/95 est.) commodities: pulses and beans, teak, rice, hardwood partners: Singapore, China, Thailand, India, Hong Kong

      Imports: $1.5 billion (FY94/95 est.) commodities: machinery, transport equipment, construction materials, food products, consumer goods partners: Japan, China, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia

      External debt: $5.5 billion (FY94/95 est.)

      Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $61 million (1993)

      Currency: 1 kyat (K) = 100 pyas

      Exchange rates: kyats (K) per US$1 - 5.8475 (January 1996), 5.9170 (1995), 5.9749 (1994), 6.1570 (1993), 6.1045 (1992), 6.2837 (1991); unofficial - 120

      Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March

      Transportation———————

      Railways: total: 3,569 km narrow gauge: 3,569 km 1.000-m gauge (1995)

      Highways: total: 26,861 km paved: 3,181 km unpaved: 23,680 km (1988 est.)

      Waterways: 12,800 km; 3,200 km navigable by large commercial vessels

      Pipelines: crude oil 1,343 km; natural gas 330 km

      Ports: Bassein, Bhamo, Chauk, Mandalay, Moulmein, Myitkyina,

       Rangoon, Akyab (Sittwe), Tavoy

      Merchant marine:

       total: 40 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 444,957 GRT/610,420 DWT

       ships by type: bulk 11, cargo 15, chemical tanker 5, container 1,

       oil tanker 3, passenger-cargo 3, vehicle carrier 2 (1995 est.)

      Airports:

       total: 74

       with paved runways over 3 047 m: 2

       with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 2

       with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 13

       with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 10

       with paved runways under 914 m: 28

       with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 2

       with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 17 (1995 est.)

      Communications———————

      Telephones: 122,195 (1993 est.)

      Telephone system: meets minimum requirements for local and

       intercity service for business and government; international service

       is good

       domestic: NA

       international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1985 est.)

       note: radiobroadcast coverage is limited to the most populous areas

      Radios: NA

      Television broadcast stations: 1 (1988 est.)

      Televisions: 88,000 (1992 est.)

      Defense———

      Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force

      Manpower availability: males age 15–49: 11,759,636 females age 15–49: 11,588,181 males fit for military service: 6,291,986 females fit for military service: 6,184,667 males reach military age (18) annually: 473,255 females reach military age (18) annually: 454,786 (1996 est.) note: both sexes liable for military service

      Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $135 million, NA% of GDP (FY95/96)

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      @Burundi———

      Map—

      Location: 3 30 S, 30 00 E—Central Africa, east of Zaire

      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)

      Geography————

      Location: Central Africa, east of Zaire

      Geographic coordinates: 3 30 S, 30 00 E

      Map references: Africa

      Area:

       total area: 27,830 sq km

       land area: 25,650 sq km

       comparative area: slightly larger than Maryland

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