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"text": "Algeria's economy remains dominated by the state, a legacy of the country's socialist postindependence development model. In recent years the Algerian Government has halted the privatization of state-owned industries and imposed restrictions on imports and foreign involvement in its economy. ++ ++ Hydrocarbons have long been the backbone of the economy, accounting for roughly 60% of budget revenues, 30% of GDP, and over 95% of export earnings. Algeria has the 10th-largest reserves of natural gas in the world and is the sixth-largest gas exporter. It ranks 16th in oil reserves. Hydrocarbon exports have enabled Algeria to maintain macroeconomic stability and amass large foreign currency reserves and a large budget stabilization fund available for tapping. In addition, Algeria's external debt is extremely low at about 2% of GDP. However, Algeria has struggled to develop non-hydrocarbon industries because of heavy regulation and an emphasis on state-driven growth. ++ ++ The government's efforts have done little to reduce high youth unemployment rates or to address housing shortages. A wave of economic protests in February and March 2011 prompted the Algerian Government to offer more than $23 billion in public grants and retroactive salary and benefit increases, moves which continue to weigh on public finances. Since late 2014, declining oil prices forced the government to spend down its reserves at a high rate in order to sustain social spending on salaries and subsidies, particularly since the government has been unable to boost exports of hydrocarbons or significantly grow its nonoil sector. In 2015, the Algerian Government imposed further restrictions on imports in an effort to reduce withdrawals from its foreign exchange reserves. The Government also increased the value-added tax on electricity and fuel, but said it would address subsidies at a later date. ++ ++ Long-term economic challenges include diversifying the economy away from its reliance on hydrocarbon exports, bolstering the private sector, attracting foreign investment, and providing adequate jobs for younger Algerians."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$580.7 billion (2015 est.) ++ $558.9 billion (2014 est.) ++ $538.5 billion (2013 est.)",
"text": "$578.7 billion (2015 est.) ++ $557.8 billion (2014 est.) ++ $537.4 billion (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
"text": "$166.8 billion (2015 est.)"
"text": "$172.3 billion (2015 est.)"
},
"GDP - real growth rate": {
"text": "3.9% (2015 est.) ++ 3.8% (2014 est.) ++ 2.8% (2013 est.)"
"text": "3.7% (2015 est.) ++ 3.8% (2014 est.) ++ 2.8% (2013 est.)"
},
"GDP - per capita (PPP)": {
"text": "$14,500 (2015 est.) ++ $14,300 (2014 est.) ++ $14,100 (2013 est.)",
"text": "$14,500 (2015 est.) ++ $14,300 (2014 est.) ++ $14,000 (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
"Gross national saving": {
"text": "34.9% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 43.4% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 45.1% of GDP (2013 est.)"
"text": "34.1% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 41.1% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 43.9% of GDP (2013 est.)"
},
"GDP - composition, by end use": {
"household consumption": {
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"text": "$NA"
},
"Current account balance": {
"text": "-$27.45 billion (2015 est.) ++ -$9.436 billion (2014 est.)"
"text": "-$27.04 billion (2015 est.) ++ -$9.436 billion (2014 est.)"
},
"Exports": {
"text": "$36 billion (2015 est.) ++ $60 billion (2014 est.)"
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}
},
"Electricity - production": {
"text": "53.99 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "60 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "42.87 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "49 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
"Electricity - exports": {
"text": "985 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "900 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
"Electricity - imports": {
"text": "936 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "700 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
"Electricity - installed generating capacity": {
"text": "15.2 million kW (2013 est.)"
"text": "16 million kW (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "98% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0.2% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - production": {
"text": "1.42 million bbl/day (2014 est.)"
"text": "1.37 million bbl/day (2015 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - exports": {
"text": "1.158 million bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "1.146 million bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "5,900 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "2,920 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - proved reserves": {
"text": "12.2 billion bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
"text": "12 billion bbl (1 January 2016 es)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
"text": "484,500 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "505,900 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - consumption": {
"text": "390,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "430,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - exports": {
"text": "432,700 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "435,400 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "94,180 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "108,800 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - production": {
"text": "79.65 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "83.29 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "36.65 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "37.5 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - exports": {
"text": "43 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "40.8 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - proved reserves": {
"text": "4.505 trillion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "4.504 trillion cu m (1 January 2016 es)"
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy": {
"text": "133.9 million Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "128 million Mt (2013 est.)"
}
},
"Communications": {

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"text": "Angola's economy is overwhelmingly driven by its oil sector. Oil production and its supporting activities contribute about 50% of GDP, more than 70% of government revenue, and more than 90% of the country's exports. Diamonds contribute an additional 5% to exports. Subsistence agriculture provides the main livelihood for most of the people, but half of the country's food is still imported. Increased oil production supported growth averaging more than 17% per year from 2004 to 2008. A postwar reconstruction boom and resettlement of displaced persons has led to high rates of growth in construction and agriculture as well. Some of the country's infrastructure is still damaged or undeveloped from the 27-year-long civil war. However, the government since 2005 has used billions of dollars in credit lines from China, Brazil, Portugal, Germany, Spain, and the EU to help rebuild Angola's public infrastructure. Land mines left from the war still mar the countryside, and as a result, the national military, international partners, and private Angolan firms all continue to remove them. The global recession that started in 2008 stalled economic growth. In particular, lower prices for oil and diamonds during the global recession slowed GDP growth to 2.4% in 2009, and many construction projects stopped because Luanda accrued $9 billion in arrears to foreign construction companies when government revenue fell in 2008 and 2009. Angola formally abandoned its currency peg in 2009, and in November 2009 signed onto an IMF Stand-By Arrangement loan of $1.4 billion to rebuild international reserves. Consumer inflation declined from 325% in 2000 to less than 9% in 2014. Falling oil prices and slower than expected growth in non-oil GDP have reduced growth prospects for 2015. Angola has responded by reducing government subsidies and by proposing import quotas and a more restrictive licensing regime. Corruption, especially in the extractive sectors, is a major long-term challenge."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$184.8 billion (2015 est.) ++ $179.4 billion (2014 est.) ++ $171.2 billion (2013 est.)",
"text": "$184.4 billion (2015 est.) ++ $179.1 billion (2014 est.) ++ $170.9 billion (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
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"text": "3% (2015 est.) ++ 4.8% (2014 est.) ++ 6.8% (2013 est.)"
},
"GDP - per capita (PPP)": {
"text": "$7,000 (2015 est.) ++ $7,000 (2014 est.) ++ $6,800 (2013 est.)",
"text": "$7,300 (2015 est.) ++ $7,300 (2014 est.) ++ $7,200 (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
"Gross national saving": {
"text": "0.6% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 12.4% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 21.4% of GDP (2013 est.)"
"text": "2% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 12.4% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 21.4% of GDP (2013 est.)"
},
"GDP - composition, by end use": {
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}
},
"Electricity - production": {
"text": "5.475 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "9.2 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "4.842 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "8.1 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
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"text": "1.53 million kW (2012 est.)"
"text": "1.7 million kW (2014 est.)"
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"text": "50.3% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
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"text": "1.742 million bbl/day (2014 est.)"
"text": "1.842 million bbl/day (2015 est.)"
},
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"text": "1.815 million bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "1.745 million bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "9.011 billion bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
"text": "8.4 billion bbl (1 January 2016 es)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
"text": "40,010 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "46,050 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "112,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "132,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - exports": {
"text": "21,740 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "33,600 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "75,790 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "97,760 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - production": {
"text": "925 million cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "731 million cu m (2014 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - consumption": {
"text": "495 million cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "231 million cu m (2014 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - exports": {
"text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
"text": "500 million cu m (2014 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - imports": {
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - proved reserves": {
"text": "275 billion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "308 billion cu m (1 January 2016 es)"
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy": {
"text": "31.61 million Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "33 million Mt (2013 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "Botswana has maintained one of the world's highest economic growth rates since independence in 1966. Diamond mining has fueled much of the expansion and currently accounts for one quarter of GDP, approximately 85% of export earnings, and about one-third of the government's revenues. Tourism is the secondary earner of foreign exchange and many Batswana engage in subsistence farming and cattle raising. Through fiscal discipline and sound management, Botswana transformed itself from one of the poorest countries in the world to a middle-income country with a per capita GDP of $17,700 in 2015. Two major investment services rank Botswana as the best credit risk in Africa. ++ ++ Botswana's economy is highly correlated with global economic trends because of its heavy reliance on a single luxury export. According to official government statistics, unemployment is 19.5%, but unofficial estimates run much higher. De Beers, a major international diamond company, signed a 10-year deal with Botswana in 2012 and moved its rough stone sorting and trading division from London to Gaborone in 2013. The move was geared to support the development of Botswana's nascent downstream diamond industry. ++ ++ Following the 2008 global recession Botswana’s economy recovered in 2010. However, the Government of Botswana estimates the economy grew by only 1% in 2015. This was primarily due to the downturn in the global diamond market; water and power shortages also played a role. In October 2015 President Ian KHAMA announced a stimulus plan to boost the economy through projects in agricultural production, construction, manufacturing, and tourism development. In 2016, Botswana entered its fourth year of drought, detrimental to Botswana’s small, but vital agriculture sector. ++ ++ The prevalence of HIV/AIDS is second highest in the world and threatens the country's impressive economic gains."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$34.94 billion (2015 est.) ++ $35.03 billion (2014 est.) ++ $33.95 billion (2013 est.)",
"text": "$34.84 billion (2015 est.) ++ $34.96 billion (2014 est.) ++ $33.88 billion (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
"text": "$14.41 billion (2015 est.)"
"text": "$12.86 billion (2015 est.)"
},
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"text": "-0.3% (2015 est.) ++ 3.2% (2014 est.) ++ 9.9% (2013 est.)"
},
"GDP - per capita (PPP)": {
"text": "$16,400 (2015 est.) ++ $16,700 (2014 est.) ++ $16,300 (2013 est.)",
"text": "$16,400 (2015 est.) ++ $16,600 (2014 est.) ++ $16,300 (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"Gross national saving": {
"text": "39.1% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 46.3% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 41.8% of GDP (2013 est.)"
"text": "38.9% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 46.2% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 42.2% of GDP (2013 est.)"
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"text": "1 April - 31 March"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"text": "3% (2015 est.) ++ 4.4% (2014 est.)"
"text": "3.1% (2015 est.) ++ 4.4% (2014 est.)"
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"Central bank discount rate": {
"text": "6% (31 December 2015) ++ 7.5% (31 December 2014)"
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"text": "$4.588 billion (31 December 2012 est.) ++ $4.107 billion (31 December 2011 est.) ++ $4.076 billion (31 December 2010 est.)"
},
"Current account balance": {
"text": "$1.043 billion (2015 est.) ++ $2.478 billion (2014 est.)"
"text": "$1.202 billion (2015 est.) ++ $2.496 billion (2014 est.)"
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}
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"text": "235 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "2.2 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
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"text": "3.213 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
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"text": "1.7 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
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"text": "132,000 kW (2012 est.)"
"text": "100,000 kW (2014 est.)"
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"text": "100% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
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"text": "18,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "23,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
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"text": "22,400 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (1 January 2014 es)"
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"text": "3.919 million Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "4.4 million Mt (2013 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "The free market economy of Benin remains underdeveloped and dependent on subsistence agriculture, cotton production, and regional trade. Cotton is a key export commodity; high prices supported export earnings. Growth in real output has averaged 6.5% since 2014. Inflation has subsided and remained 1% over the past several years. ++ ++ An insufficient electrical supply continues to hamper Benin's economic growth though the government recently has taken steps to increase domestic power production. Private foreign direct investment is small, and foreign aid accounts for the majority of investment in infrastructure projects. ++ ++ Benin’s 2001 privatization policy continues in telecommunications, water, electricity, and agriculture. Benin has appealed for international assistance to mitigate piracy against commercial shipping in its territory. Though security remains a problem, the Port of Cotonou has made progress towards implementing the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code in an effort to remain competitive. Projects included in Benin's $307 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact (2006-2011) were designed to increase investment and private sector activity by improving key institutional and physical infrastructure. The four projects focused on access to land, access to financial services, access to justice, and access to markets (including modernization of the port). The Port of Cotonou is the largest component of Benin’s economy with revenues projected to account for more than 40% of Benin’s national budget. Realizing its economic potential requires further efforts to infrastructure upgrades, stemming corruption, and expanding access to foreign markets in Nigeria and neighboring landlocked countries. In September 2015, Benin signed a MCC second Compact for $375 million that is designed to strengthen the national utility service provider, attract private sector investment, fund infrastructure investments in electricity generation and distribution, and develop off-grid electrification for poor and unserved households. In order to raise growth, Benin plans to attract more foreign investment, place more emphasis on tourism, facilitate the development of new food processing systems and agricultural products, encourage new information and communication technology, and establish Independent Power Producers (IPP)."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$22.94 billion (2015 est.) ++ $21.86 billion (2014 est.) ++ $20.51 billion (2013 est.)",
"text": "$22.95 billion (2015 est.) ++ $21.81 billion (2014 est.) ++ $20.47 billion (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
"text": "$8.475 billion (2015 est.)"
"text": "$8.471 billion (2015 est.)"
},
"GDP - real growth rate": {
"text": "5% (2015 est.) ++ 6.5% (2014 est.) ++ 6.9% (2013 est.)"
"text": "5.2% (2015 est.) ++ 6.5% (2014 est.) ++ 6.9% (2013 est.)"
},
"GDP - per capita (PPP)": {
"text": "$2,100 (2015 est.) ++ $2,100 (2014 est.) ++ $2,000 (2013 est.)",
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}
},
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"text": "16.7% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 16.3% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 20.5% of GDP (2013 est.)"
"text": "15.3% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 15.7% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 21.1% of GDP (2013 est.)"
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"text": "$NA"
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"Current account balance": {
"text": "-$893 million (2015 est.) ++ -$834 million (2014 est.)"
"text": "-$937 million (2015 est.) ++ -$896 million (2014 est.)"
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"text": "$1.841 billion (2015 est.) ++ $2.562 billion (2014 est.)"
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}
},
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"text": "154 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "200 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "911 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "1 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "983 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "1.1 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
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"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2015 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "8 million bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
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},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "4,914 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "44,950 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
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},
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"text": "4.581 million Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "5 million Mt (2013 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "Burundi is a landlocked, resource-poor country with an underdeveloped manufacturing sector. Agriculture accounts for over 40% of GDP and employs more than 90% of the population. Burundi's primary exports are coffee and tea, which account for 90% of foreign exchange earnings. Thus, Burundi's export earnings - and its ability to pay for imports - rest primarily on weather conditions and international coffee and tea prices, although exports are a relatively small share of GDP. Burundi is heavily dependent on aid from bilateral and multilateral donors. Foreign aid in 2014 represented 42% of Burundi's national income, the second highest rate in Sub-Saharan Africa. Burundi joined the East African Community (EAC) in 2009. ++ ++ An ethnic war that ended in 2005 resulted in more than 200,000 deaths, forced more than 48,000 refugees into Tanzania, and displaced 140,000 others internally. Political stability, aid flows, and economic activity improved following the end of the civil war, but underlying weaknesses - a high poverty rate, poor education rates, a weak legal system, a poor transportation network, overburdened utilities, and low administrative capacity – have prevented the government from implementing planned economic reforms. Government corruption has also hindered the development of a private sector as companies have to deal with ever changing rules. The purchasing power of most Burundians has decreased as wage increases have not kept pace with inflation. ++ ++ In 2015, Burundi’s economy suffered from political turmoil over President NKURUNZIZA’s controversial third term. Blocked transportation routes disrupted the flow of agricultural goods. And donors withdrew aid, increasing Burundi’s budget deficit. When the unrest ends, regional infrastructure improvements driven by the EAC and funded by the World Bank may help improve Burundi’s transport connections and lower transportation costs."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$7.83 billion (2015 est.) ++ $8.153 billion (2014 est.) ++ $7.802 billion (2013 est.)",
"text": "$7.711 billion (2015 est.) ++ $8.041 billion (2014 est.) ++ $7.683 billion (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
"text": "$2.867 billion (2015 est.)"
"text": "$2.881 billion (2015 est.)"
},
"GDP - real growth rate": {
"text": "-4% (2015 est.) ++ 4.5% (2014 est.) ++ 5.9% (2013 est.)"
"text": "-4.1% (2015 est.) ++ 4.7% (2014 est.) ++ 4.5% (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "$800 (2015 est.) ++ $900 (2014 est.) ++ $900 (2013 est.)",
@ -527,7 +527,7 @@
}
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"text": "-4.9% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ -2.7% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ -4% of GDP (2013 est.)"
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@ -621,7 +621,7 @@
"text": "calendar year"
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"text": "5.6% (2015 est.) ++ 4.4% (2014 est.)"
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},
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"text": "11.25% (31 December 2010) ++ 10% (31 December 2009)"
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"text": "$NA"
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"text": "-$455 million (2015 est.) ++ -$544 million (2014 est.)"
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}
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"text": "202 million kWh (2012 est.)"
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"text": "282.9 million kWh (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
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"text": "95 million kWh (2012 est.)"
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"text": "55,000 kW (2012 est.)"
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"text": "1.8% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
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},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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"text": "1,500 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "1,456 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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},
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
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},
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"text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (no term limits); election last held on 10 April 2016 (next to be held in April 2021); prime minister appointed by the president"
},
"election results": {
"text": "Lt. Gen. Idriss DEBY Itno reelected president; percent of vote - Lt. Gen. Idriss DEBY (MPS) 61.6%, Saleh KEBZABO 12.8%, Laokein Kourayo MEDAR 10.7%, Djimrangar DADNADJI 5.1%"
"text": "Lt. Gen. Idriss DEBY Itno reelected president; percent of vote - Lt. Gen. Idriss DEBY (MPS) 61.6%, Saleh KEBZABO (UNDR) 12.8%, Laokein Kourayo MEDAR 10.7%, Djimrangar DADNADJI (MPS) 5.1%, other 9.8%"
}
},
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"text": "Chad’s landlocked location results in high transportation costs for imported goods and dependence on neighboring countries. Oil and agriculture are mainstays of Chad’s economy. Oil provides about 60% of export revenues, while cotton, cattle, livestock, and gum arabic provide the bulk of Chad's non-oil export earnings. The services sector contributes about one-third of GDP and has attracted foreign investment mostly through telecommunications and banking. ++ ++ Nearly all of Chad’s fuel is provided by one domestic refinery, and unanticipated shutdowns occasionally result in shortages. The country regulates the price of domestic fuel, providing an incentive for black market sales. ++ ++ Chad’s fiscal position is encumbered by declining oil prices, though high oil prices and strong local harvests supported the economy in recent years. Chad relies on foreign assistance and foreign capital for much public and private sector investment. Chad's investment climate remains challenging due to limited infrastructure, a lack of trained workers, extensive government bureaucracy, and corruption. Chad obtained a three-year extended credit facility from the IMF in 2014 and was granted debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative in April 2015."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$30.53 billion (2015 est.) ++ $30 billion (2014 est.) ++ $28.06 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
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"text": "$10.9 billion (2015 est.)"
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},
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"text": "1.8% (2015 est.) ++ 6.9% (2014 est.) ++ 5.7% (2013 est.)"
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}
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"text": "14.6% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 21.5% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 18.2% of GDP (2013 est.)"
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"text": "calendar year"
},
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"text": "3.7% (2015 est.) ++ 1.7% (2014 est.)"
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},
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"text": "4.25% (31 December 2009) ++ 4.75% (31 December 2008)"
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"text": "$NA"
},
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"text": "-$1.353 billion (2015 est.) ++ -$1.258 billion (2014 est.)"
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"text": "$3.965 billion (2015 est.) ++ $4.179 billion (2014 est.)"
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}
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"text": "205 million kWh (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
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"text": "103,400 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
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},
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"text": "104,500 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "105,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "1,700 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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"text": "2,215 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
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},
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"text": "The economy is a mixture of subsistence farming and hunting, an industrial sector based largely on oil and support services, and government spending. Oil has supplanted forestry as the mainstay of the economy, providing a major share of government revenues and exports. Natural gas is increasingly being converted to electricity rather than being flared, greatly improving energy prospects. New mining projects, particularly iron ore, which entered production in late 2013, may add as much as $1 billion to annual government revenue. ++ ++ Economic reform efforts have been undertaken with the support of international organizations, notably the World Bank and the IMF, including the recently concluded Article IV consultations. The current administration faces difficult economic challenges of stimulating recovery and reducing poverty. The recent drop in oil prices has constrained government spending; lower oil prices forced the government to cut more than $1 billion in planned spending. However, the government increased infrastructure spending for the September 2015 All-Africa Games and also ahead of the March 2016 presidential election, putting further pressure on the budget. ++ ++ Officially the country became a net external creditor as of 2011, with external debt representing only about 16% of GDP and debt servicing less than 3% of government revenue."
},
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"text": "$29.37 billion (2015 est.) ++ $28.7 billion (2014 est.) ++ $26.86 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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},
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"text": "$8.843 billion (2015 est.)"
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"text": "2.3% (2015 est.) ++ 6.8% (2014 est.) ++ 3.3% (2013 est.)"
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"text": "$6,700 (2015 est.) ++ $6,700 (2014 est.) ++ $6,400 (2013 est.)",
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}
},
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"text": "calendar year"
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"text": "2% (2015 est.) ++ 0.9% (2014 est.)"
"text": "2.6% (2015 est.) ++ 0.1% (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "4.25% (31 December 2009) ++ 4.75% (31 December 2008)"
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"text": "$NA"
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"text": "-$1.861 billion (2015 est.) ++ -$442 million (2014 est.)"
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}
},
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"text": "1.303 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
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"text": "740 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "900 million kWh (2014 est.)"
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"text": "22 million kWh (2014 est.)"
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"text": "55 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "18 million kWh (2014 est.)"
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"text": "252,300 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "17,740 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "18,550 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "15,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "16,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
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"text": "5,160 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "5,426 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "2,571 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "2,615 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "1.65 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
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"text": "1.65 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
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}
},
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},
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"text": "Ambassador Francois BALUMUENE (since 17 September 2015)"
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},
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"text": "1726 M Street, NW, Suite 601, Washington, DC, 20036"
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"text": "The economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - a nation endowed with vast natural resource wealth - is slowly recovering after decades of decline. ++ ++ Systemic corruption since independence in 1960, combined with countrywide instability and conflict that began in the early-90s, has dramatically reduced national output and government revenue and increased external debt. With the installation of a transitional government in 2003 after peace accords, economic conditions slowly began to improve as the transitional government reopened relations with international financial institutions and international donors, and President KABILA began implementing reforms. Progress has been slow to reach the interior of the country although clear changes are evident in Kinshasa and Lubumbashi. ++ ++ Renewed activity in the mining sector, the source of most export income, has boosted Kinshasa's fiscal position and GDP growth in recent years, although recent commodity price declines threaten to erase progress. An uncertain legal framework, corruption, and a lack of transparency in government policy are long-term problems for the large mining sector and for the economy as a whole. ++ ++ The country marked its thirteenth consecutive year of positive economic expansion in 2015. Much economic activity still occurs in the informal sector and is not reflected in GDP data. The DRC signed a Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility with the IMF in 2009 and received $12 billion in multilateral and bilateral debt relief in 2010, but the IMF at the end of 2012 suspended the last three payments under the loan facility - worth $240 million - because of concerns about the lack of transparency in mining contracts. In 2012, the DRC updated its business laws by adhering to OHADA, the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$62.69 billion (2015 est.) ++ $58.63 billion (2014 est.) ++ $53.56 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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},
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"text": "$38.39 billion (2015 est.)"
"text": "$38.87 billion (2015 est.)"
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"text": "6.9% (2015 est.) ++ 9.5% (2014 est.) ++ 8.5% (2013 est.)"
"text": "7.7% (2015 est.) ++ 9.2% (2014 est.) ++ 8.5% (2013 est.)"
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}
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"text": "calendar year"
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"text": "1% (2015 est.) ++ 1.2% (2014 est.)"
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"text": "4% (31 December 2012) ++ 20% (31 December 2011)"
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"text": "-$1.436 billion (2015 est.) ++ $1.427 billion (2014 est.)"
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"text": "$10.35 billion (2015 est.) ++ $12.32 billion (2014 est.)"
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}
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"text": "7.885 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "8.7 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
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"text": "7.292 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "9.3 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 kWh (2012 est.)"
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"text": "20,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
"text": "20,000 bbl/day (2015 est.)"
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"text": "20,000 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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"text": "20,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "24,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
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"text": "20,620 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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},
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"text": "2.481 million Mt (2012 est.)"
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},
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},
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"text": "245,052 (Rwanda); 5,597 South Sudan (2015); 95,606 (Central African Republic); 39,253 (Burundi) (2016)"
"text": "245,052 (Rwanda); 5,597 South Sudan (2015); 95,606 (Central African Republic); 29,639 (Burundi) (2016)"
},
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"text": "1,722,082 (fighting between government forces and rebels since mid-1990s; most IDPs are in eastern provinces) (2016)"

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"text": "Modest oil resources and favorable agricultural conditions provide Cameroon with one of the best-endowed primary commodity economies in Sub-Saharan Africa. Oil remains Cameroon’s main export commodity, and despite falling global oil prices, still accounts for nearly 40% of export earnings. Cameroon’s economy suffers from factors that often impact underdeveloped countries, such as stagnant per capita income, a relatively inequitable distribution of income, a top-heavy civil service, endemic corruption, continuing inefficiencies of a large parastatal system in key sectors, and a generally unfavorable climate for business enterprise. ++ ++ Since 1990, the government has embarked on various IMF and World Bank programs designed to spur business investment, increase efficiency in agriculture, improve trade, and recapitalize the nation's banks. The IMF continues to press for economic reforms, including increased budget transparency, privatization, and poverty reduction programs. The Government of Cameroon provides subsidies for electricity, food, and fuel that have strained the federal budget and diverted funds from education, healthcare, and infrastructure projects, especially in 2015, as low oil prices have led to lower revenues. ++ ++ Cameroon devotes significant resources to several large infrastructure projects currently under construction, including a deep sea port in Kribi and the Lom Pangar Hydropower Project. Cameroon’s energy sector continues to diversify, recently opening a natural gas powered electricity generating plant. Cameroon continues to seek foreign investment to improve its inadequate infrastructure, create jobs, and improve its economic footprint, but its unfavorable business environment remains a significant deterrent to foreign investment."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$72.74 billion (2015 est.) ++ $68.75 billion (2014 est.) ++ $64.91 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
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"text": "$28.54 billion (2015 est.)"
"text": "$28.48 billion (2015 est.)"
},
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"text": "5.8% (2015 est.) ++ 5.9% (2014 est.) ++ 5.6% (2013 est.)"
"text": "5.9% (2015 est.) ++ 5.9% (2014 est.) ++ 5.6% (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "$3,100 (2015 est.) ++ $3,000 (2014 est.) ++ $3,000 (2013 est.)",
"text": "$3,100 (2015 est.) ++ $3,000 (2014 est.) ++ $2,900 (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
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"text": "17.6% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 18.6% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 17.7% of GDP (2013 est.)"
"text": "22.2% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 20.8% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 19.5% of GDP (2013 est.)"
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"text": "1 July - 30 June"
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"text": "2.8% (2015 est.) ++ 1.9% (2014 est.)"
"text": "2.7% (2015 est.) ++ 1.9% (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "4.25% (31 December 2009)"
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"text": "$230 million (31 December 2012 est.)"
},
"Current account balance": {
"text": "-$1.192 billion (2015 est.) ++ -$1.396 billion (2014 est.)"
"text": "-$1.647 billion (2015 est.) ++ -$1.396 billion (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "$5.756 billion (2015 est.) ++ $6.679 billion (2014 est.)"
@ -716,10 +716,10 @@
}
},
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"text": "6.155 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "6.8 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "5.535 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "6.1 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "1.009 million kW (2012 est.)"
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"text": "28.5% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
@ -743,34 +743,34 @@
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
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"text": "80,830 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
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},
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"text": "52,060 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "50,830 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "31,960 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "37,600 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "200 million bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
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},
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"text": "42,780 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "51,670 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "38,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "43,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
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"text": "10,150 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "14,590 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "6,061 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "4,134 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - production": {
"text": "346 million cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "469 million cu m (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "346 million cu m (2013 est.)"
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},
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "6.224 million Mt (2012 est.)"
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@ -937,10 +937,10 @@
},
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"text": "259,145 (Central African Republic); 73,745 (Nigeria) (2016)"
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},
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"text": "181,215 (2016)"
"text": "198,889 (2016)"
}
}
}

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"text": "One of the world's poorest countries, Comoros is made up of three islands that are hampered by inadequate transportation links, a young and rapidly increasing population, and few natural resources. The low educational level of the labor force contributes to a subsistence level of economic activity and a heavy dependence on foreign grants and technical assistance. Agriculture, including fishing, hunting, and forestry, accounts for 50% of GDP, employs 80% of the labor force, and provides most of the exports. Export income is heavily reliant on the three main crops of vanilla, cloves, and ylang-ylang; and Comoros' export earnings are easily disrupted by disasters such as fires and extreme weather. Despite agriculture’s importance to the economy, the country imports roughly 70% of its food; rice, the main staple, accounts for the bulk of imports. ++ ++ Authorities are negotiating with the IMF for triennial program assistance. The government - which is racked by internal political disputes - is struggling to provide basic services, upgrade education and technical training, privatize commercial and industrial enterprises, improve health services, diversify exports, promote tourism, and reduce the high population growth rate. Recurring political instability, sometimes initiated from outside the country, has inhibited growth. Remittances from about 200,000 Comorans contribute about 25% of the country’s GDP. In December 2012, IMF and the World Bank's International Development Association supported $176 million in debt relief for Comoros, resulting in a 59% reduction of its future external debt service over a period of 40 years. In late 2013, a US-based investment company invested $200 million in a project to explore for hydrocarbons in Comoran territorial waters, the largest financial investment in the country’s history."
},
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"text": "$1.217 billion (2015 est.) ++ $1.205 billion (2014 est.) ++ $1.182 billion (2013 est.)",
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"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
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"text": "1% (2015 est.) ++ 2% (2014 est.) ++ 3.5% (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "$1,500 (2015 est.) ++ $1,600 (2014 est.) ++ $1,600 (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
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@ -576,7 +576,7 @@
"text": "calendar year"
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"text": "2% (2015 est.) ++ 1.3% (2014 est.)"
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},
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"text": "1.93% (31 December 2010) ++ 2.21% (31 December 2009)"
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"text": "$142.4 million (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $166.6 million (31 December 2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "$5 million (2015 est.) ++ -$43 million (2014 est.)"
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"text": "$18.9 million (2015 est.) ++ $19.8 million (2014 est.)"
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}
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"text": "43 million kWh (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
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}
},
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"text": "Subsistence agriculture, together with forestry and mining, remains the backbone of the economy of the Central African Republic (CAR), with about 60% of the population living in outlying areas. The agricultural sector generates more than half of GDP. Timber and diamonds account for most export earnings, followed by cotton. Important constraints to economic development include the CAR's landlocked geography, poor transportation system, largely unskilled work force, and legacy of misdirected macroeconomic policies. Factional fighting between the government and its opponents remains a drag on economic revitalization. Distribution of income is extraordinarily unequal. Grants from France and the international community can only partially meet humanitarian needs. ++ ++ Since 2009, the IMF has worked closely with the government to institute reforms that have resulted in some improvement in budget transparency, but other problems remain. The government's additional spending in the run-up to the 2011 election worsened CAR's fiscal situation. In 2012, the World Bank approved $125 million in funding for transport infrastructure and regional trade, focused on the route between CAR's capital and the port of Douala in Cameroon. After a two-year lag in donor support, the IMF's first review of CAR's extended credit facility for 2012-15 praised improvements in revenue collection but warned of weak management of spending. ++ ++ Kimberley Process participants partially lifted the ban on diamond exports from the country in 2015, but persistent insecurity will prevent GDP from recovering to its pre-2013 level."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$3.009 billion (2015 est.) ++ $2.871 billion (2014 est.) ++ $2.842 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "4.8% (2015 est.) ++ 1% (2014 est.) ++ -36.7% (2013 est.)"
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"text": "$600 (2015 est.) ++ $600 (2014 est.) ++ $600 (2013 est.)",
@ -533,7 +533,7 @@
}
},
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"text": "4.9% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 4.6% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 5.7% of GDP (2013 est.)"
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"text": "$NA"
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"text": "-$144 million (2015 est.) ++ -$95 million (2014 est.)"
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}
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"text": "181 million kWh (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
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},
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"text": "Cabo Verde’s economy is vulnerable to external shocks and depends on development aid, foreign investment, remittances, and tourism. The economy is service-oriented with commerce, transport, tourism, and public services accounting for about three-fourths of GDP. Tourism is the mainstay of the economy and depends on conditions in the euro-zone countries. Cabo Verde annually runs a high trade deficit financed by foreign aid and remittances from its large pool of emigrants; remittances as a share of GDP are one of the highest in Sub-Saharan Africa. ++ ++ Although about 40% of the population lives in rural areas, the share of food production in GDP is low. The island economy suffers from a poor natural resource base, including serious water shortages, exacerbated by cycles of long-term drought, and poor soil for growing food on several of the islands, requiring it to import most of what it consumes. The fishing potential, mostly lobster and tuna, is not fully exploited. ++ ++ Economic reforms are aimed at developing the private sector and attracting foreign investment to diversify the economy and mitigate high unemployment. The government’s elevated debt levels have limited its capacity to finance any shortfalls."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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},
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"text": "$1.604 billion (2015 est.)"
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"text": "1.5% (2015 est.) ++ 1.9% (2014 est.) ++ 0.8% (2013 est.)"
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "$1.324 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $1.449 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
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}
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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},
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"text": "Djibouti's economy is based on service activities connected with the country's strategic location as a deepwater port on the Red Sea. Three-fourths of Djibouti's inhabitants live in the capital city; the remainder are mostly nomadic herders. Scant rainfall and less than 4% arable land limits crop production to small quantities of fruits and vegetables, and most food must be imported. ++ ++ Djibouti provides services as both a transit port for the region and an international transshipment and refueling center. Imports, exports, and re-exports represent 70% of port activity at Djibouti's container terminal. Reexports consist primarily of coffee from landlocked neighbor Ethiopia. Djibouti has few natural resources and little industry. The nation is, therefore, heavily dependent on foreign assistance to help support its balance of payments and to finance development projects. An official unemployment rate of nearly 50% - with youth unemployment near 80% - continues to be a major problem. Inflation declined to 3% in 2014 due to low international food prices and a decline in electricity tariffs. ++ ++ Djibouti’s reliance on diesel-generated electricity and imported food and water leave average consumers vulnerable to global price shocks, though in mid-2015 Djibouti passed new legislation to liberalize the energy sector. The government has emphasized infrastructure development for transportation and energy and Djibouti – with the help of foreign partners – has begun to increase and modernize its port capacity."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$3.1 billion (2015 est.) ++ $2.911 billion (2014 est.) ++ $2.746 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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}
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"text": "calendar year"
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},
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"text": "11.62% (31 December 2015 est.) ++ 12.69% (31 December 2014 est.)"
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"text": "$597.6 million (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $527.9 million (31 December 2014 est.)"
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"text": "-$530 million (2015 est.) ++ -$407 million (2014 est.)"
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"text": "$141.9 million (2015 est.) ++ $127 million (2014 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "19.18 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "402.7 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "Occupying the northeast corner of the African continent, Egypt is bisected by the highly fertile Nile valley, where most economic activity takes place. Egypt's economy was highly centralized during the rule of former President Gamal Abdel NASSER but opened up considerably under former Presidents Anwar EL-SADAT and Mohamed Hosni MUBARAK. ++ ++ Cairo from 2004 to 2008 pursued business climate reforms to attract foreign investment and facilitate growth. Poor living conditions and limited job opportunities for the average Egyptian contribute to public discontent, a major factor leading to the January 2011 revolution that ousted MUBARAK. The uncertain political, security, and policy environment since 2011 caused economic growth to slow significantly, hurting tourism, manufacturing, and other sectors and pushing up unemployment. ++ ++ Weak growth and limited foreign exchange earnings have made public finances unsustainable, leaving authorities dependent on expensive borrowing for deficit finance and on Gulf allies to help cover the import bill. In 2015, higher levels of foreign investment contributed to a slight rebound in GDP growth after a particularly depressed post-revolution period."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$1.05 trillion (2015 est.) ++ $1.008 trillion (2014 est.) ++ $986 billion (2013 est.)",
"text": "$1.048 trillion (2015 est.) ++ $1.006 trillion (2014 est.) ++ $984 billion (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
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"text": "$330.2 billion (2015 est.)"
"text": "$330.8 billion (2015 est.)"
},
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"text": "4.2% (2015 est.) ++ 2.2% (2014 est.) ++ 2.1% (2013 est.)"
},
"GDP - per capita (PPP)": {
"text": "$11,800 (2015 est.) ++ $11,600 (2014 est.) ++ $11,700 (2013 est.)",
"text": "$11,800 (2015 est.) ++ $11,600 (2014 est.) ++ $11,600 (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
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"text": "10.7% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 13% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 12.1% of GDP (2013 est.)"
"text": "9.1% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 11.8% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 13% of GDP (2013 est.)"
},
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"household consumption": {
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"text": "1 July - 30 June"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"text": "11% (2015 est.) ++ 10.1% (2014 est.)"
"text": "10.4% (2015 est.) ++ 10.1% (2014 est.)"
},
"Central bank discount rate": {
"text": "9.75% (30 October 2014) ++ 8.75% (5 December 2013)"
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"text": "$297.4 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $259.3 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
},
"Market value of publicly traded shares": {
"text": "$55.19 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $70.08 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $61.63 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
"text": "$73.04 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $58.01 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $48.68 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
},
"Current account balance": {
"text": "-$12.18 billion (2015 est.) ++ -$2.356 billion (2014 est.)"
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}
},
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"text": "155.3 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "162 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "135.6 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "143 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "1.474 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "500 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "77 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "81 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "27 million kW (2013 est.)"
"text": "38 million kW (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "87.7% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
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"text": "2.8% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
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"text": "478,400 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
"text": "511,600 bbl/day (2015 est.)"
},
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"text": "189,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "193,400 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "80,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "59,600 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "4.4 billion bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
"text": "4.4 billion bbl (1 January 2016 es)"
},
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"text": "445,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "547,800 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "752,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "797,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "83,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "45,500 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "170,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "215,600 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "57.6 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "48.8 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "52.72 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "48.08 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - exports": {
"text": "3.823 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "720 million cu m (2014 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - imports": {
"text": "2.832 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "2.18 trillion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "2.186 trillion cu m (1 January 2016 es)"
},
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"text": "206.3 million Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "207 million Mt (2013 est.)"
}
},
"Communications": {
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},
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"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "70,021 (West Bank and Gaza Strip); 11,296 (Sudan) (2015); 117,350 (Syria); 6,231 (Somalia) (2016)"
"text": "70,021 (West Bank and Gaza Strip); 11,296 (Sudan) (2015); 115,204 (Syria); 6,231 (Somalia) (2016)"
},
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"text": "78,000 (2015)"

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"text": "Exploitation of oil and gas deposits, beginning in the 1990s, has driven economic growth in Equatorial Guinea, allowing per capita GDP to rise to over $29,000 in 2014. Forestry and farming are minor components of GDP. Although preindependence Equatorial Guinea counted on cocoa production for hard currency earnings, the neglect of the rural economy since independence has diminished the potential for agriculture-led growth. Subsistence farming is the dominant form of livelihood. Declining revenue from hydrocarbon production, high levels of infrastructure expenditures, lack of economic diversification, and corruption have pushed the economy into decline in recent years and led to limited improvements in the general population’s living conditions. ++ ++ Foreign assistance programs by the World Bank and the IMF have been cut since 1993 because of corruption and mismanagement, and as a middle income country Equatorial Guinea is now ineligible for most donor assistance. The government has been widely criticized for its lack of transparency and misuse of oil revenues and has attempted to address this issue by working towards compliance with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. US foreign assistance to Equatorial Guinea is limited in part because of US restrictions pursuant to the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. ++ ++ Equatorial Guinea hosted two economic diversification symposia in 2014 that focused on attracting investment in five sectors: agriculture and animal ranching, fishing, mining and petrochemicals, tourism, and financial services. Undeveloped mineral resources include gold, zinc, diamonds, columbite-tantalite, and other base metals."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$34.79 billion (2015 est.) ++ $37.59 billion (2014 est.) ++ $37.77 billion (2013 est.)",
"text": "$25.39 billion (2015 est.) ++ $28.91 billion (2014 est.) ++ $28.99 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
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"text": "$13.82 billion (2015 est.)"
"text": "$9.403 billion (2015 est.)"
},
"GDP - real growth rate": {
"text": "-7.4% (2015 est.) ++ -0.5% (2014 est.) ++ -4.1% (2013 est.)"
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},
"GDP - per capita (PPP)": {
"text": "$43,500 (2015 est.) ++ $48,300 (2014 est.) ++ $49,900 (2013 est.)",
"text": "$31,800 (2015 est.) ++ $37,200 (2014 est.) ++ $38,300 (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
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"text": "36.3% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 46.3% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 47.9% of GDP (2013 est.)"
"text": "40.2% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 37.2% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 48.2% of GDP (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "calendar year"
},
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"text": "1.7% (2015 est.) ++ 4.3% (2014 est.)"
"text": "11.7% (2015 est.) ++ 4.8% (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "8.5% (31 December 2010) ++ 4.25% (31 December 2009)"
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"text": "$1.557 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $666.1 million (31 December 2014 est.)"
},
"Current account balance": {
"text": "-$2.322 billion (2015 est.) ++ -$1.214 billion (2014 est.)"
"text": "-$617 million (2015 est.) ++ -$1.493 billion (2014 est.)"
},
"Exports": {
"text": "$7.41 billion (2015 est.) ++ $14.76 billion (2014 est.)"
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}
},
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"text": "100 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "98 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "93 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "91.14 million kWh (2014 est.)"
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"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
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"text": "164,000 kW (2012 est.)"
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},
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"text": "22.6% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
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"text": "248,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
"text": "250,000 bbl/day (2015 est.)"
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"text": "318,100 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "290,100 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "1.1 billion bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
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},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "4,900 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "5,200 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "4,863 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "5,197 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "6.29 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
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},
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"text": "1.49 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "1.594 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
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"text": "4.8 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "4.956 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
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"text": "36.81 billion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
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"text": "5.614 million Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "3.7 million Mt (2013 est.)"
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},
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"text": "Since formal independence from Ethiopia in 1993, Eritrea has faced many economic problems, including lack of financial resources and chronic drought, which have been exacerbated by restrictive economic policies. Eritrea has a command economy under the control of the sole political party, the People's Front for Democracy and Justice. Like the economies of many African nations, a large share of the population - nearly 80% in Eritrea - is engaged in subsistence agriculture, but the sector only produces a small share of the country's total output. ++ ++ Since the conclusion of the Ethiopia-Eritrea war in 2000, the government has expanded use of military and party-owned businesses to complete President ISAIAS's development agenda. The government has strictly controlled the use of foreign currency by limiting access and availability; new regulations in 2013 aimed at relaxing currency controls have had little economic effect. Few large private enterprises exist in Eritrea and most operate in conjunction with government partners, including a number of large international mining ventures, which began production in 2013. In late 2015, the government of Eritrea introduced a new currency, retaining the name nakfa, and restricted the amount of hard currency individuals could withdraw from banks per month. The changeover has resulted in exchange fluctuations and the scarcity of hard currency available in the market. ++ ++ While reliable statistics on food security are difficult to obtain, erratic rainfall and the percentage of the labor force tied up in national service continue to interfere with agricultural production and economic development. Eritrea's harvests generally cannot meet the food needs of the country without supplemental grain purchases. Copper, potash, and gold production are likely to drive economic growth and government revenue over the next few years, but military spending will continue to compete with development and investment plans. Eritrea's economic future will depend on market reform, international sanctions, global food prices, and success at addressing social problems such as refugee emigration."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$8.73 billion (2015 est.) ++ $8.332 billion (2014 est.) ++ $7.936 billion (2013 est.)",
"text": "$8.713 billion (2015 est.) ++ $8.316 billion (2014 est.) ++ $7.921 billion (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
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}
},
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"text": "1.3% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 4% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 3.6% of GDP (2013 est.)"
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},
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"text": "calendar year"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"text": "9% (2015 est.) ++ 10% (2014 est.)"
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"text": "NA%"
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}
},
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"text": "338 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "300 million kWh (2014 est.)"
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"text": "284 million kWh (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
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"text": "140,800 kW (2012 est.)"
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"text": "98.7% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
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"text": "1.3% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2015 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
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},
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"text": "739,500 Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "800,000 Mt (2013 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "Ethiopia has grown at a rate between 8% and 11% annually for more than a decade and the country is the fifth-fastest growing economy among the 188 IMF member countries. This growth has been driven by sustained progress in the agricultural and service sectors. Ethiopia has the lowest level of income-inequality in Africa and one of the lowest in the world, with a Gini coefficient comparable to that of the Scandinavian countries. Yet despite progress toward eliminating extreme poverty, Ethiopia remains one of the poorest countries in the world, due both to rapid population growth and a low starting base. Changes in rainfall associated with world-wide weather patterns resulted in the worst drought in thirty years in 2015/2016, creating food insecurity for millions of Ethiopians. ++ ++ Almost 80% of Ethiopia’s population is still employed in the agricultural sector, but services have surpassed agriculture as the principal source of GDP. Under Ethiopia's constitution, the state owns all land and provides long-term leases to tenants. Since 2005, the Ethiopian government has introduced a system to register traditional land use rights and provide certificates documenting these rights. Initial surveys show that land-use certificates have significantly increased the willingness of farmers to invest in improvements on their land, from terracing to irrigation. However, title rights in urban areas, particularly Addis Ababa, are poorly regulated, and subject to corruption. ++ ++ Ethiopia’s export earnings are led by the services sector - primarily Ethiopian airlines - followed by several commodities. While coffee remains the largest foreign exchange earner, Ethiopia is diversifying exports and commodities such as gold, sesame, khat, livestock and horticulture products are becoming increasingly important. Manufacturing represents less than 8% of total exports. The banking, insurance, telecommunications, and micro-credit industries are restricted to domestic investors, but Ethiopia has attracted significant foreign investment in textiles, leather, commercial agriculture, and light manufacturing. ++ ++ Ethiopia remains a one-party state with a planned economy. In the fall of 2015, the government finalized and published the current 2016-2020 five year plan, known as the Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP II). GTP II emphasizes developing manufactures in sectors where Ethiopia has a comparative advantage in exporting, including textiles and garments, leather goods, and processed agricultural products. New infrastructure projects are to include power production and distribution, roads, rails, airports and industrial parks. To support industrialization, Ethiopia plans to increase power generation by 8,320 MW, up from an installed capacity of 2,000 MW, by building three more major dams and expanding to other sources of renewable energy. Construction is underway on an electric railway network that will connect Ethiopia to all its neighbors, with a link to the Port of Djibouti already finished and partially functioning. A tripling of capacity at the international airport in Addis Ababa to 25 million passengers will be completed in 2017, while construction of a completely new airport is being planned by 2025. Meanwhile, the domestic airport network has expanded to nineteen airports in a country where mountains and deserts make developing and maintaining a road network challenging. Despite difficult topography, more than a hundred thousand kilometers of roads have been built, connecting previously isolated regions."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$162 billion (2015 est.) ++ $147 billion (2014 est.) ++ $133.2 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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}
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"text": "31.7% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 30.2% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 28.1% of GDP (2013 est.)"
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}
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},
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"text": "5.227 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "6.7 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
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"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "2.47 million kW (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "51,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "61,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "8.213 million Mt (2012 est.)"
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},
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"text": "321,231 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers); 254,277 (Somalia) (refugees); 155,276 (Eritrea) (refugees and asylum seekers); 37,959 (Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2016)"
"text": "321,231 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers); 254,965 (Somalia) (refugees); 155,276 (Eritrea) (refugees and asylum seekers); 37,959 (Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2016)"
},
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"text": "450,000 (border war with Eritrea from 1998-2000; ethnic clashes; and ongoing fighting between the Ethiopian military and separatist rebel groups in the Sumale and Oromiya regions; natural disasters; intercommunal violence; most IDPs live in Sumale state) (2015)"

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"text": "The government has invested strongly in the agriculture sector because three-quarters of the population depends on the sector for its livelihood and agriculture provides for another one-fifth of GDP. The agricultural sector has untapped potential - less than half of arable land is cultivated. Small-scale manufacturing activity features the processing of peanuts, fish, and hides. The Gambia's re-export trade accounts for almost 80% of goods exports and China has been its largest trade partner for both exports and imports for several years. ++ ++ The Gambia has sparse natural resource deposits and a limited agricultural base. It relies heavily on remittances from workers overseas and tourist receipts. Remittance inflows to The Gambia amount to about one-fifth of the country’s GDP. The Gambia's natural beauty and proximity to Europe has made it one of the larger tourist destinations in West Africa, boosted by government and private sector investments in eco-tourism and upscale facilities. Tourism normally brings in about 20% of GDP, but suffered in 2014 from tourists’ fears of Ebola virus in neighboring West African countries. Unemployment and underemployment remain high. ++ ++ Economic progress depends on sustained bilateral and multilateral aid, on responsible government economic management, and on continued technical assistance from multilateral and bilateral donors. International donors and lenders continue to be concerned about the quality of fiscal management. The IMF provided $10.8 million in emergency financial assistance to The Gambia in April 2015 to shore up the country’s finances. Relations with international donors have been tarnished by the country’s human rights record."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$3.267 billion (2015 est.) ++ $3.13 billion (2014 est.) ++ $3.137 billion (2013 est.)",
"text": "$3.261 billion (2015 est.) ++ $3.124 billion (2014 est.) ++ $3.131 billion (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
@ -526,13 +526,13 @@
"text": "4.4% (2015 est.) ++ -0.2% (2014 est.) ++ 4.8% (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "$1,700 (2015 est.) ++ $1,600 (2014 est.) ++ $1,700 (2013 est.)",
"text": "$1,600 (2015 est.) ++ $1,600 (2014 est.) ++ $1,700 (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
"Gross national saving": {
"text": "4.5% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 14.2% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 9.8% of GDP (2013 est.)"
"text": "4% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 6.7% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 11.8% of GDP (2013 est.)"
},
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@ -623,7 +623,7 @@
"text": "calendar year"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"text": "6.8% (2015 est.) ++ 6.2% (2014 est.)"
"text": "6.9% (2015 est.) ++ 5.9% (2014 est.)"
},
"Central bank discount rate": {
"text": "9% (31 December 2009) ++ 11% (31 December 2008)"
@ -692,10 +692,10 @@
}
},
"Electricity - production": {
"text": "235 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "300 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "218.6 million kWh (2012 est.)"
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},
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"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
@ -704,7 +704,7 @@
"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "62,000 kW (2012 est.)"
"text": "91,000 kW (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "100% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
@ -719,28 +719,28 @@
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2015 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2016 es)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "3,100 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "3,500 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "41.62 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "41.62 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "3,159 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "3,552 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
@ -755,10 +755,10 @@
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "0 cu m (1 January 2014 es)"
},
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"text": "472,200 Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "500,000 Mt (2013 est.)"
}
},
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},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Baudelaire Ndong ELLA (since 31 July 2015)"
"text": "Ambassador Michael MOUSSA-NDONG (since September 19, 2011)"
},
"chancery": {
"text": "2034 20th Street NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20009"
@ -503,25 +503,25 @@
"text": "Gabon enjoys a per capita income four times that of most sub-Saharan African nations, but because of high income inequality, a large proportion of the population remains poor. Gabon relied on timber and manganese exports until oil was discovered offshore in the early 1970s. From 2010 to 2014, oil accounted for approximately 80% of Gabon’s exports, 45% of its GDP, and 60% of its state budget revenues. ++ ++ Gabon faces fluctuating prices for its oil, timber, and manganese exports. A rebound of oil prices from 2001 to 2013 helped growth, but declining production, as some fields passed their peak production, has hampered Gabon from fully realizing potential gains. GDP grew nearly 6% per year over the 2010-14 period, but slowed significantly in 2015 as oil prices declined. Low oil prices also weakened government revenue and negatively affected the trade and current account balances. ++ ++ Despite an abundance of natural wealth, poor fiscal management and over-reliance on oil has stifled the economy. There are frequent power cuts and water shortages. However, President BONGO has made efforts to increase transparency and is taking steps to make Gabon a more attractive investment destination to diversify the economy. BONGO has attempted to boost growth by increasing government investment in human resources and infrastructure."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$34.65 billion (2015 est.) ++ $33.31 billion (2014 est.) ++ $31.93 billion (2013 est.)",
"text": "$34.58 billion (2015 est.) ++ $33.24 billion (2014 est.) ++ $31.87 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
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"text": "$14.27 billion (2015 est.)"
"text": "$14.35 billion (2015 est.)"
},
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"text": "4% (2015 est.) ++ 4.3% (2014 est.) ++ 5.6% (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "$18,700 (2015 est.) ++ $18,200 (2014 est.) ++ $17,700 (2013 est.)",
"text": "$18,600 (2015 est.) ++ $18,200 (2014 est.) ++ $17,700 (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
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"text": "33.9% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 42.9% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 41% of GDP (2013 est.)"
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@ -612,7 +612,7 @@
"text": "calendar year"
},
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"text": "0.1% (2015 est.) ++ 4.5% (2014 est.)"
"text": "0.6% (2015 est.) ++ 4.7% (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "3% (31 December 2010) ++ 4.25% (31 December 2009)"
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"text": "$NA"
},
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"text": "-$326 million (2015 est.) ++ $1.471 billion (2014 est.)"
"text": "-$409 million (2015 est.) ++ $1.467 billion (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "$5.181 billion (2015 est.) ++ $8.474 billion (2014 est.)"
@ -679,19 +679,19 @@
}
},
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"text": "2.111 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
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},
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"text": "1.68 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "2.1 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
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},
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},
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"text": "240,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
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},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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},
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"text": "2 billion bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
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},
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"text": "18,750 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "21,750 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "18,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "19,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "5,678 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "7,212 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "5,042 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "5,364 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "384 million cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "420 million cu m (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "384 million cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "420 million cu m (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
@ -742,10 +742,10 @@
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "28.32 billion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
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},
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"text": "5.437 million Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "6 million Mt (2013 est.)"
}
},
"Communications": {

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},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Martha Ama Akyaa POBEE (since 31 July 2015)"
"text": "Ambassador Lt. Gen. Joseph Henry SMITH (since September 2014)"
},
"chancery": {
"text": "3512 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008"
@ -540,16 +540,16 @@
"text": "Ghana's economy was strengthened by a quarter century of relatively sound management, a competitive business environment, and sustained reductions in poverty levels, but in recent years has suffered the consequences of loose fiscal policy, high budget and current account deficits, and a depreciating currency. Ghana has a market-based economy with relatively few policy barriers to trade and investment in comparison with other countries in the region, and Ghana is well-endowed with natural resources. ++ ++ Agriculture accounts for nearly one-quarter of GDP and employs more than half of the workforce, mainly small landholders. The services sector accounts for about half of GDP. Gold and cocoa exports, and individual remittances, are major sources of foreign exchange. Expansion of Ghana’s nascent oil industry has boosted economic growth, but the recent oil price crash reduced by half Ghana’s 2015 oil revenue. Production at Jubilee, Ghana's offshore oilfield, began in mid-December 2010 and currently produces roughly 110,000 barrels per day. The country’s first gas processing plant at Atubao is also producing natural gas from the Jubilee field, providing power to several of Ghana’s thermal power plants. ++ ++ As of 2015, the biggest single economic issue facing Ghana is the lack of consistent electricity. While the MAHAMA administration is taking steps to improve the situation, little progress has been made. Ghana signed a $920 million extended credit facility with the IMF in April 2015 to help it address its growing economic crisis. The IMF fiscal targets will require Ghana to reduce the fiscal deficit by cutting subsidies, decreasing the bloated public sector wage bill, strengthening revenue administration, and increasing revenues. The challenge for Ghana will come as the MAHAMA Administration approaches the November 2016 elections, facing public dissatisfaction in the midst of economic austerity."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$115.4 billion (2015 est.) ++ $111.1 billion (2014 est.) ++ $106.8 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
"text": "$37.69 billion (2015 est.)"
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},
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"text": "3.9% (2015 est.) ++ 4% (2014 est.) ++ 7.3% (2013 est.)"
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},
"GDP - per capita (PPP)": {
"text": "$4,300 (2015 est.) ++ $4,200 (2014 est.) ++ $4,200 (2013 est.)",
@ -558,7 +558,7 @@
}
},
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"text": "17.1% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 17% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 16% of GDP (2013 est.)"
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"household consumption": {
@ -673,7 +673,7 @@
"text": "$3.465 billion (31 December 2012 est.) ++ $3.097 billion (31 December 2011 est.) ++ $3.531 billion (31 December 2010 est.)"
},
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"text": "-$2.836 billion (2015 est.) ++ -$3.698 billion (2014 est.)"
"text": "-$2.99 billion (2015 est.) ++ -$3.698 billion (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "$10.36 billion (2015 est.) ++ $13.22 billion (2014 est.)"
@ -725,16 +725,16 @@
}
},
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"text": "12.87 billion kWh (2013 est.)"
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},
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"text": "10.58 billion kWh (2013 est.)"
"text": "9.2 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "122 million kWh (2013 est.)"
"text": "500 million kWh (2014 est.)"
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"text": "27 million kWh (2013 est.)"
"text": "51 million kWh (2014 est.)"
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"text": "2.847 million kW (2015 est.)"
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"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
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"text": "105,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
"text": "102,400 bbl/day (2015 est.)"
},
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"text": "83,870 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "98,700 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "24,200 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "26,040 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "660 million bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
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},
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"text": "11,490 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "10,640 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "75,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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},
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"text": "8,107 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "1,977 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "74,550 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 cu m (2014 est.)"
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},
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"text": "650 million cu m (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
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},
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"text": "22.65 billion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
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"text": "9.098 million Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "11 million Mt (2013 est.)"
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},
"Communications": {

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"text": "Guinea is a poor country of approximately 11.7 million people that possesses the world's largest reserves of bauxite and largest untapped high-grade iron ore reserves (Simandou), as well as gold and diamonds. In addition, Guinea has fertile soil, ample rainfall, and is the source of several West African rivers, including the Senegal, Niger, and Gambia. Guinea's hydro potential is enormous and the country could be a major exporter of electricity. The country also has tremendous agriculture potential. Gold, bauxite, and diamonds are Guinea’s main mineral exports. International investors have shown interest in Guinea's unexplored mineral reserves, which have the potential to propel Guinea's future growth. ++ ++ Following the death of long-term President Lansana CONTE in 2008 and the coup that followed, international donors, including the G-8, the IMF, and the World Bank, significantly curtailed their development programs in Guinea. However, the IMF approved a new 3-year Extended Credit Facility arrangement in 2012, following the December 2010 presidential elections. In September 2012, Guinea achieved Heavily Indebted Poor Countries completion point status. Future access to international assistance and investment will depend on the government’s ability to be transparent, combat corruption, reform its banking system, improve its business environment, and build infrastructure. In April 2013, the government amended its mining code to reduce taxes and royalties. In 2014, Guinea also complied with requirements of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative by publishing its mining contracts and was found to be compliant. ++ ++ The biggest threats to Guinea’s economy are political instability, a reintroduction on of the Ebola virus epidemic, and low international commodity prices. Rising international donor support and reduced government investment spending will lessen fiscal strains created by the Ebola virus epidemic, but economic recovery will be a long process while the government continues efforts to prevent an outbreak of the disease. The economic toll of Ebola virus epidemic on the Guinean economy is considerable. Ebola stalled promising economic growth in 2014-15, and the economy will continue to stagnate in 2016. Several projects have stalled, such as offshore oil exploration and the giant Simandou iron ore project. The 240 megawatt Kaleta Dam, which was inaugurated in September 2015, has expanded access to electricity for residents of Conakry. Although the recent political stability has brought renewed interest in Guinea from the private sector, an enduring legacy of corruption, inefficiency, and lack of government transparency, combined with fears of Ebola virus, continue to undermine Guinea's economic viability. ++ ++ Successive governments have failed to address the country's crumbling infrastructure, which is needed for economic development. Guinea suffers from chronic electricity shortages; poor roads, rail lines and bridges; and a lack of access to clean water - all of which continue to plague economic development. The present government, led by President Alpha CONDE, is working to create an economy to attract foreign investment and hopes to have greater participation from western countries and firms in Guinea's economic development."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$15.29 billion (2015 est.) ++ $15.27 billion (2014 est.) ++ $15.1 billion (2013 est.)",
"text": "$14.98 billion (2015 est.) ++ $14.96 billion (2014 est.) ++ $14.8 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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},
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"text": "$6.852 billion (2015 est.)"
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"text": "0.1% (2015 est.) ++ 1.1% (2014 est.) ++ 2.3% (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "$1,200 (2015 est.) ++ $1,300 (2014 est.) ++ $1,300 (2013 est.)",
"text": "$1,200 (2015 est.) ++ $1,200 (2014 est.) ++ $1,300 (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "-8.5% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ -8% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 3.5% of GDP (2013 est.)"
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"text": "calendar year"
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"text": "$NA"
},
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"text": "-$1.281 billion (2015 est.) ++ -$1.175 billion (2014 est.)"
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},
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"text": "$1.611 billion (2015 est.) ++ $1.643 billion (2014 est.)"
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}
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},
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"text": "903 million kWh (2012 est.)"
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},
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"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
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},
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"text": "398,000 kW (2012 est.)"
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"text": "67.8% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
@ -737,28 +737,28 @@
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},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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},
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},
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@ -773,10 +773,10 @@
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},
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"text": "1.388 million Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "1.4 million Mt (2013 est.)"
}
},
"Communications": {

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"text": "Cote d'Ivoire is heavily dependent on agriculture and related activities, which engage roughly two-thirds of the population. Cote d'Ivoire is the world's largest producer and exporter of cocoa beans and a significant producer and exporter of coffee and palm oil. Consequently, the economy is highly sensitive to fluctuations in international prices for these products and in climatic conditions. Cocoa, oil, and coffee are the country's top export revenue earners, but the country is also mining gold. ++ ++ Following the end of more than a decade of civil conflict in 2011, Cote d’Ivoire has experienced a boom in foreign investment and economic growth. In June 2012, the IMF and the World Bank announced $4.4 billion in debt relief for Cote d'Ivoire under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries Initiative."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$79.64 billion (2015 est.) ++ $73.37 billion (2014 est.) ++ $67.99 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
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"text": "$31.42 billion (2015 est.)"
"text": "$31.17 billion (2015 est.)"
},
"GDP - real growth rate": {
"text": "8.5% (2015 est.) ++ 7.9% (2014 est.) ++ 9.3% (2013 est.)"
"text": "8.6% (2015 est.) ++ 7.9% (2014 est.) ++ 8.7% (2013 est.)"
},
"GDP - per capita (PPP)": {
"text": "$3,400 (2015 est.) ++ $3,200 (2014 est.) ++ $3,000 (2013 est.)",
"text": "$3,300 (2015 est.) ++ $3,100 (2014 est.) ++ $3,000 (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
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"text": "16.8% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 19.3% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 16% of GDP (2013 est.)"
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@ -638,7 +638,7 @@
"text": "calendar year"
},
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"text": "1.2% (2015 est.) ++ 0.4% (2014 est.)"
"text": "1.3% (2015 est.) ++ 0.5% (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "4.25% (31 December 2010) ++ 4.25% (31 December 2009)"
@ -656,10 +656,10 @@
"text": "$9.812 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $9.138 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
},
"Market value of publicly traded shares": {
"text": "$12.49 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $11.71 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $11.82 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
"text": "$7.829 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $6.288 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $7.099 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
},
"Current account balance": {
"text": "-$567 million (2015 est.) ++ $511 million (2014 est.)"
"text": "-$542 million (2015 est.) ++ -$236 million (2014 est.)"
},
"Exports": {
"text": "$11.98 billion (2015 est.) ++ $13.1 billion (2014 est.)"
@ -711,19 +711,19 @@
}
},
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"text": "6.688 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "7.9 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "4.731 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "5.8 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "645 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "900 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "54 million kWh (2012 est.)"
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"text": "1.522 million kW (2012 est.)"
"text": "1.5 million kW (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "60.3% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
@ -738,34 +738,34 @@
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
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"text": "36,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
"text": "33,000 bbl/day (2015 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - exports": {
"text": "47,900 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "35,150 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "72,860 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "74,960 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "100 million bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
"text": "100 million bbl (1 January 2016 es)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
"text": "62,750 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "76,910 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "26,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "38,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "39,720 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "44,020 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - imports": {
"text": "3,305 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "3,369 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "1.78 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "1.996 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "1.78 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "1.996 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
@ -774,10 +774,10 @@
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "28.32 billion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "28.32 billion cu m (1 January 2016 es)"
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy": {
"text": "6.403 million Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "6.6 million Mt (2013 est.)"
}
},
"Communications": {

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}
},
"Political parties and leaders": {
"text": "Alliance Party of Kenya or APK [Kiraitu MURUNGI] ++ Amani National Congress [Musalia MUDAVADI] ++ Coalition for Reforms and Democracy or CORD (includes ODM, WDM-K, FORD-K) [Raila ODINGA] ++ Federal Party of Kenya or FPK [Cyrus JIRONGA] ++ Forum for the Restoration of Democracy-Kenya or FORD-K [Moses WETANGULA] ++ Forum for the Restoration of Democracy-People or FORD-P [Henry OBWOCHA] ++ Jubilee Alliance (includes TNA, URP, NARC) [Uhuru KENYATTA] ++ Kenya African National Union or KANU [Gideon MOI] ++ National Rainbow Coalition or NARC [Charity NGILU] ++ New Ford Kenya or NFK [Ken LUSAKA] ++ Orange Democratic Movement Party of Kenya or ODM [Raila ODINGA] ++ The National Alliance or TNA [Uhuru KENYATTA] ++ United Republican Party or URP [William RUTO] ++ Wiper Democratic Movement-K or WDM-K (formerly Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya or ODM-K) [Kalonzo MUSYOKA]"
"text": "Alliance Party of Kenya or APK [Kiraitu MURUNGI] ++ Amani National Congress [Musalia MUDAVADI] ++ Coalition for Reforms and Democracy or CORD (includes ODM, WDM-K, FORD-K) [Raila ODINGA] ++ Federal Party of Kenya or FPK [Cyrus JIRONGA] ++ Forum for the Restoration of Democracy-Kenya or FORD-K [Moses WETANGULA] ++ Forum for the Restoration of Democracy-People or FORD-P [Henry OBWOCHA] ++ Jubilee Alliance (includes TNA, URP, NARC) [Uhuru KENYATTA] ++ Kenya African National Union or KANU [Gideon MOI] ++ National Rainbow Coalition or NARC [Charity NGILU] ++ New Ford Kenya or NFK [Eugene WAMALWA] ++ Orange Democratic Movement Party of Kenya or ODM [Raila ODINGA] ++ The National Alliance or TNA [Uhuru KENYATTA] ++ United Republican Party or URP [William RUTO] ++ Wiper Democratic Movement-K or WDM-K (formerly Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya or ODM-K) [Kalonzo MUSYOKA]"
},
"Political pressure groups and leaders": {
"text": "African Center for Open Governance [Gladwell OTIENO] ++ Anglican Church of Kenya [Archbishop Eliud WABUKALA] ++ Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya or CIPK [Sheikh Mohammed KHALIFA] ++ Federation of Women Lawyers in Kenya ++ Kenya Association of Manufacturers ++ Kenya Human Rights Commission or KHRC [George KEGORO] ++ Kenya Private Sector Alliance ++ Kenyans for Peace with Truth and Justice (umbrella group of more than 30 NGOs) ++ Muslim Human Rights Forum [Ali-Amin KIMATHI] ++ National Muslim Leaders Forum or NAMLEF [Abdullahi ABDI] ++ Protestant National Council of Churches of Kenya or NCCK [Canon Peter Karanja MWANGI] ++ Roman Catholic Church [Cardinal John NJUE] ++ Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims or SUPKEM [Adan WACHU, secretary general] ++ ",
@ -516,16 +516,16 @@
"text": "Kenya is the economic and transport hub of East Africa. Kenya’s real GDP growth has averaged over 5% for the last seven years. Since 2014 Kenya has been ranked as a lower middle income country because its per capita GDP crossed a World Bank threshold. While Kenya has a growing entrepreneurial middle class and faster growth, its economic and development trajectory is threatened by weak governance and corruption. Unemployment and under-employment are high, but reliable numbers are hard to find. ++ ++ Agriculture remains the backbone of the Kenyan economy, contributing 25% of GDP. About 80% of Kenya’s population of roughly 42 million work at least part-time in the agricultural sector, including livestock and pastoral activities. Over 75% of agricultural output is from small-scale, rain-fed farming or livestock production. ++ ++ Inadequate infrastructure continues to hamper Kenya’s efforts to improve its economic growth to the 8-10% range so that it can meaningfully address poverty and unemployment. The KENYATTA administration sought external investment in infrastructure development. International financial institutions and donors remain important to Kenya's economic growth and development, but Kenya has also successfully raised capital in the global bond market. Kenya issued its first sovereign bond offering in mid-2014. Nairobi has contracted with a Chinese company to construct a new standard gauge railway connecting Mombasa and Nairobi, with completion expected in 2017. The country is in the process of devolving some state revenues and responsibilities to the counties. Inflationary pressures and sharp currency depreciation peaked in early 2012 but have since abated following low global food and fuel prices and monetary interventions by the Central Bank. Chronic budget deficits, including a shortage of funds in mid-2015, hampered the government’s ability to implement proposed development programs, but the economy is back in balance with many indicators, including foreign exchange reserves, interest rates, inflation, and FDI moving in the right direction. ++ ++ Tourism holds a significant place in Kenya’s economy. Multiple terror attacks by the Somalia-based group al-Shabaab in the time since the 2013 attack on Nairobi’s Westgate mall, which killed at least 67, had a negative effect on international tourism earnings, but the sector is starting to recover. Kenya’s success in hosting a series of incident-free high-profile events in the second half of 2015, including the visit of US President Obama, has helped improve the outlook for tourism."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$142.2 billion (2015 est.) ++ $134.6 billion (2014 est.) ++ $127.8 billion (2013 est.)",
"text": "$141.6 billion (2015 est.) ++ $134.3 billion (2014 est.) ++ $127.6 billion (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
"text": "$63.4 billion (2015 est.)"
"text": "$61.41 billion (2015 est.)"
},
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"text": "5.6% (2015 est.) ++ 5.3% (2014 est.) ++ 5.7% (2013 est.)"
"text": "5.4% (2015 est.) ++ 5.3% (2014 est.) ++ 5.7% (2013 est.)"
},
"GDP - per capita (PPP)": {
"text": "$3,200 (2015 est.) ++ $3,100 (2014 est.) ++ $3,100 (2013 est.)",
@ -534,7 +534,7 @@
}
},
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"text": "12.7% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 12.2% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 11.3% of GDP (2013 est.)"
"text": "14.8% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 12.2% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 11.3% of GDP (2013 est.)"
},
"GDP - composition, by end use": {
"household consumption": {
@ -646,7 +646,7 @@
"text": "$26.16 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $22.09 billion (31 December 2013 est.) ++ $14.79 billion (31 December 2012 est.)"
},
"Current account balance": {
"text": "-$4.31 billion (2015 est.) ++ -$6.339 billion (2014 est.)"
"text": "-$5.011 billion (2015 est.) ++ -$6.339 billion (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "$5.982 billion (2015 est.) ++ $6.174 billion (2014 est.)"
@ -698,16 +698,16 @@
}
},
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"text": "8.123 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "9.2 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "6.627 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "7.6 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "31 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "38 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "42 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "79 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "2.281 million kW (2015 est.)"
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"text": "13.8% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2015 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "19,830 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "11,270 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2016 es)"
},
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"text": "20,510 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "12,610 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "84,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "92,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "843.8 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "575.3 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "65,450 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "82,950 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
@ -761,10 +761,10 @@
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
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},
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"text": "13.45 million Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "13 million Mt (2013 est.)"
}
},
"Communications": {

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"text": "Liberia is a low income country that relies heavily on foreign assistance. It is richly endowed with water, mineral resources, forests, and a climate favorable to agriculture. Its principal exports are iron ore, rubber, gold and timber. The government has attempted to revive raw timber extraction and is encouraging oil exploration. ++ ++ In the 1990s and early 2000s, civil war and government mismanagement destroyed much of Liberia's economy, especially infrastructure in and around the capital. With the conclusion of fighting and the installation of a democratically elected government in 2006, businesses that had fled the country began to return. The country achieved high growth during 2010-13 due to favorable world prices for its commodities. However, in 2014 as the Ebolavirus began to spread, the economy declined and many businesses departed, taking capital and expertise with them. The epidemic forced the government to divert scarce resources to combat the spread of the virus, reducing funds available for needed public investment. The cost of addressing the Ebola epidemic will weigh heavily on public finances at the same time decreased economic activity reduces government revenue, although higher donor support will partly offset this loss. ++ ++ Revitalizing the economy in the future will depend on increasing investment and trade, higher global commodity prices, sustained foreign aid and remittances, development of infrastructure and institutions, and maintaining political stability and security."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$3.757 billion (2015 est.) ++ $3.756 billion (2014 est.) ++ $3.73 billion (2013 est.)",
"text": "$3.749 billion (2015 est.) ++ $3.748 billion (2014 est.) ++ $3.723 billion (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
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"text": "$2.034 billion (2015 est.)"
"text": "$2.035 billion (2015 est.)"
},
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"text": "0% (2015 est.) ++ 0.7% (2014 est.) ++ 8.7% (2013 est.)"
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"text": "calendar year"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"text": "7.7% (2015 est.) ++ 9.9% (2014 est.)"
"text": "7.7% (2015 est.) ++ 9.8% (2014 est.)"
},
"Commercial bank prime lending rate": {
"text": "13.61% (31 December 2015 est.) ++ 13.5% (31 December 2014 est.)"
@ -637,7 +637,7 @@
"text": "$NA"
},
"Current account balance": {
"text": "-$707 million (2015 est.) ++ -$658 million (2014 est.)"
"text": "-$801 million (2015 est.) ++ -$635 million (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "$330.8 million (2015 est.) ++ $624.1 million (2014 est.)"
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}
},
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"text": "300 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "300 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "276.9 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "300 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "23,000 kW (2012 est.)"
"text": "27,000 kW (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "100% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
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},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2015 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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},
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@ -749,10 +749,10 @@
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "0 cu m (1 January 2014 es)"
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"text": "541,600 Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "600,000 Mt (2013 est.)"
}
},
"Communications": {

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"text": "Small, mountainous, and completely landlocked by South Africa, Lesotho depends on a narrow economic base of textile manufacturing, agriculture, remittances, and regional customs revenue. About three-fourths of the people live in rural areas and engage in animal herding and subsistence agriculture, although Lesotho produces less than 20% of the nation's demand for food. Agriculture is vulnerable to weather and climate variability. ++ ++ Lesotho relies on South Africa for much of its economic activity; Lesotho imports 90% of the goods it consumes from South Africa, including most agricultural inputs. Households depend heavily on remittances from family members working in South Africa, in mines, on farms, and as domestic workers, though mining employment has declined substantially since the 1990s. Lesotho is a member of the Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU), and revenues from SACU accounted for roughly 44% of total government revenue in 2014. The South African Government also pays royalties for water transferred to South Africa from a dam and reservoir system in Lesotho. However, the government continues to strengthen its tax system to reduce dependency on customs duties and other transfers. ++ ++ The government maintains a large presence in the economy - government consumption accounted for 37% of GDP in 2014 and the government remains Lesotho's largest employer. Access to credit remains a problem for the private sector. Lesotho's largest private employer is the textile and garment industry - approximately 36,000 Basotho, mainly women, work in factories producing garments for export to South Africa and the US. Diamond mining in Lesotho has grown in recent years and may contribute 8.5% to GDP by 2015, according to current forecasts."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$5.802 billion (2015 est.) ++ $5.643 billion (2014 est.) ++ $5.455 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
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"text": "$2.032 billion (2015 est.)"
},
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"text": "2.8% (2015 est.) ++ 3.4% (2014 est.) ++ 3.6% (2013 est.)"
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},
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"text": "$3,000 (2015 est.) ++ $2,900 (2014 est.) ++ $2,800 (2013 est.)",
@ -507,7 +507,7 @@
}
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"text": "24.1% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 23.4% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 24.7% of GDP (2013 est.)"
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"text": "1 April - 31 March"
},
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"text": "5.3% (2015 est.) ++ 4% (2014 est.)"
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"text": "$47.8 million (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $14.77 million (31 December 2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "-$178 million (2015 est.) ++ -$176 million (2014 est.)"
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},
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}
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"text": "500 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "707 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "800 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "255 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "300 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "80,000 kW (2012 est.)"
"text": "80,000 kW (2014 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2015 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2016 es)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "5,121 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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},
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"text": "270,100 Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "300,000 Mt (2013 est.)"
}
},
"Communications": {

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"text": "Libya's economy, almost entirely dependent on oil and gas exports, struggled during 2015 as the country plunged into civil war and world oil prices dropped to seven-year lows. In early 2015, armed conflict between rival forces for control of the country’s largest oil terminals caused a decline in Libyan crude oil production, which never recovered to more than one-third of the average pre-Revolution highs of 1.6 million barrels per day. The Central Bank of Libya continued to pay government salaries to a majority of the Libyan workforce and to fund subsidies for fuel and food, resulting in an estimated budget deficit of about 49% of GDP. ++ ++ Libya’s economic transition away from QADHAFI’s notionally socialist model has completely stalled as political chaos persists and security continues to deteriorate. Libya’s leaders have hindered economic development by failing to use its financial resources to invest in national infrastructure. The country suffers from widespread power outages in its largest cities, caused by shortages of fuel for power generation. Living conditions, including access to clean drinking water, medical services, and safe housing, have all declined as the civil war has caused more people to become internally displaced, further straining local resources. ++ ++ Extremists affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attacked Libyan oilfields in the first half of 2015; ISIL has a presence in many cities across Libya including near oil infrastructure, threatening future government revenues from oil and gas."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$92.8 billion (2015 est.) ++ $99.12 billion (2014 est.) ++ $130.5 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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},
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"text": "$39.68 billion (2015 est.)"
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},
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"text": "-6.4% (2015 est.) ++ -24% (2014 est.) ++ -13.6% (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "$14,700 (2015 est.) ++ $15,800 (2014 est.) ++ $20,800 (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
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"text": "calendar year"
},
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"text": "14.1% (2015 est.) ++ 2.8% (2014 est.)"
"text": "12.1% (2015 est.) ++ 8.7% (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "9.52% (31 December 2010) ++ 3% (31 December 2009)"
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"text": "$NA"
},
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"text": "-$16.7 billion (2015 est.) ++ -$12.35 billion (2014 est.)"
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"text": "$10.86 billion (2015 est.) ++ $13.81 billion (2014 est.)"
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}
},
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"text": "31.94 billion kWh",
"text": "35 billion kWh",
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"text": "persistent electricity shortages have contributed to the ongoing instability throughout the country (2012 est.)"
"text": "persistent electricity shortages have contributed to the ongoing instability throughout the country (2014 est.)"
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},
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"text": "27.54 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
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"text": "14 million kWh (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0.8% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
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"text": "735,000 bbl/day",
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"text": "Libyan crude oil export values are highly volatile because of continuing protests and other disruptions across the country (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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"text": "171,600 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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"text": "144,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "12 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
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},
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"text": "6.487 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "5.804 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
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"text": "1.549 trillion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
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"text": "54.6 million Mt (2012 est.)"
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"text": "5,380 (West Bank and Gaza Strip) (2015)"
},
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"text": "348,372 (conflict between pro-Qadhafi and anti-Qadhafi forces in 2011; post-Qadhafi tribal clashes 2014) (2016)"
"text": "313,236 (conflict between pro-Qadhafi and anti-Qadhafi forces in 2011; post-Qadhafi tribal clashes 2014) (2016)"
}
},
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"text": "Agriculture, including fishing and forestry, is a mainstay of the economy, accounting for more than one-fourth of GDP and employing roughly 80% of the population. Deforestation and erosion, aggravated by the use of firewood as the primary source of fuel, are serious concerns. ++ ++ After discarding socialist economic policies in the mid-1990s, Madagascar followed a World Bank- and IMF-led policy of privatization and liberalization until the onset of a political crisis, which lasted from 2009 to 2013. The free market strategy had placed the country on a slow and steady growth path from an extremely low starting point. Exports of apparel boomed after gaining duty-free access to the US in 2000; however, Madagascar's failure to comply with the requirements of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) led to the termination of the country's duty-free access in January 2010, a sharp fall in textile production, and a loss of more than 100,000 jobs. ++ ++ Madagascar regained AGOA access in January 2015 following the democratic election of a new president the previous year. In November 2015, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a Rapid Credit Facility to Madagascar worth about $42.1 million to help the government meet its balance of payments needs. The IMF also approved a staff monitoring program to guide policy implementation and indicated that Madagascar must demonstrate the capability to sustain reforms to qualify for future requests for a credit facility."
},
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"text": "$35.54 billion (2015 est.) ++ $34.46 billion (2014 est.) ++ $33.35 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "3.1% (2015 est.) ++ 3.3% (2014 est.) ++ 2.3% (2013 est.)"
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}
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"text": "$NA"
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},
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},
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"text": "Landlocked Malawi ranks among the world's most densely populated and least developed countries. The country’s economic performance has historically been constrained by policy inconsistency, macroeconomic instability, limited connectivity to the region and the world, and poor health and education outcomes that limit labor productivity. The economy is predominately agricultural with about 80% of the population living in rural areas. Agriculture accounts for about one-third of GDP and 90% of export revenues. The performance of the tobacco sector is key to short-term growth as tobacco accounts for more than half of exports. ++ ++ The economy depends on substantial inflows of economic assistance from the IMF, the World Bank, and individual donor nations. In 2006, Malawi was approved for relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries program. Between 2005 and 2009 Malawi’s government exhibited improved financial discipline under the guidance of Finance Minister Goodall GONDWE and signed a three-year IMF Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility worth $56 million. The government announced infrastructure projects that could yield improvements, such as a new oil pipeline for better fuel access, and the potential for a waterway link through Mozambican rivers to the ocean for better transportation options. ++ ++ Since 2009, however, Malawi has experienced some setbacks, including a general shortage of foreign exchange, which has damaged its ability to pay for imports, and fuel shortages that hinder transportation and productivity. In October 2013, the African Development Bank, the IMF, several European countries, and the US indefinitely froze $150 million in direct budgetary support in response to a high level corruption scandal, called “Cashgate,” citing a lack of trust in the government’s financial management system and civil service. Most of the frozen donor funds — which accounted for 40% of the budget — have been channeled through non-governmental organizations in the country. The government has failed to address barriers to investment such as unreliable power, water shortages, poor telecommunications infrastructure, and the high costs of services. Investment had fallen continuously for several years, but rose 4 percentage points in 2014 to 17% of GDP. ++ ++ The government faces many challenges, including developing a market economy, improving educational facilities, addressing environmental problems, dealing with HIV/AIDS, and satisfying foreign donors on anti-corruption efforts."
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"text": "1 July - 30 June"
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"text": "Among the 25 poorest countries in the world, Mali is a landlocked country that depends on gold mining and agricultural exports for revenue. The country's fiscal status fluctuates with gold and agricultural commodity prices and the harvest; cotton and gold exports make up around 80% of export earnings. Mali remains dependent on foreign aid. ++ ++ Economic activity is largely confined to the riverine area irrigated by the Niger River and about 65% of its land area is desert or semidesert. About 10% of the population is nomadic and about 80% of the labor force is engaged in farming and fishing. Industrial activity is concentrated on processing farm commodities. The government subsidizes the production of cereals to decrease the country’s dependence on imported foodstuffs and to reduce its vulnerability to food price shocks. ++ ++ Mali is developing its iron ore extraction industry to diversify foreign exchange earnings away from gold, but the pace will largely depend on global price trends. Mali’s economic performance has improved since 2013 although physical insecurity, high population growth, corruption, weak infrastructure, and low levels of human capital remain hindrances to sustained growth."
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"text": "Morocco has capitalized on its proximity to Europe and relatively low labor costs to work towards building a diverse, open, market-oriented economy. Key sectors of the economy include agriculture, tourism, aerospace, automotive, phosphates, textiles, apparel, and subcomponents. Morocco has increased investment in its port, transportation, and industrial infrastructure to position itself as a center and broker for business throughout Africa. Industrial development strategies and infrastructure improvements - most visibly illustrated by a new port and free trade zone near Tangier - are improving Morocco's competitiveness. ++ ++ In the 1980s, Morocco was a heavily indebted country before pursuing austerity measures and pro-market reforms, overseen by the IMF. Since taking the throne in 1999, King MOHAMMED VI has presided over a stable economy marked by steady growth, low inflation, and gradually falling unemployment, although poor harvests and economic difficulties in Europe contributed to an economic slowdown. To boost exports, Morocco entered into a bilateral Free Trade Agreement with the US in 2006 and an Advanced Status agreement with the EU in 2008. In late 2014, Morocco eliminated subsidies for gasoline, diesel, and fuel oil, dramatically reducing outlays that weighted on the country’s budget and current account. Subsidies on butane gas and certain food products remain in place. Morocco also seeks to expand its renewable energy capacity with a goal of making renewable more than 50% of installed electricity generation capacity by 2030. ++ ++ Despite Morocco's economic progress, the country suffers from high unemployment, poverty, and illiteracy, particularly in rural areas. Key economic challenges for Morocco include reforming the education system and the judiciary."
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"text": "$274.1 billion (2015 est.) ++ $262.2 billion (2014 est.) ++ $255.7 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "calendar year"
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"text": "$45.93 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $52.75 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $53.83 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
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"text": "29 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
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"text": "100 million kWh (2014 est.)"
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"text": "28,510 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "97 million cu m (2014 est.)"
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"text": "1.181 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "597 million cu m (2014 est.)"
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
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"text": "1.102 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "500 million cu m (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "1.444 billion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "1.444 billion cu m (1 January 2016 es)"
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"text": "39.35 million Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "39 million Mt (2013 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "last held on 10 December 2014 (next to be held by 2019); note - the National Assembly was dissolved on 6 October 2014, resulting in early elections"
},
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"text": "percent of vote by party - Alliance Lepep 49.8%, PTR-MMM 38.5%, FSM 2.1%, OPR 1.1%, other 8.5%; elected seats by party - Alliance Lepep 47, PTR-MMM 13, OPR 2; appointed seats Alliance Lepep 4, PTR-MMM 3, non-elected candidate 1"
"text": "percent of vote by party - Alliance Lepep 49.8%, PTR-MMM 38.5%, FSM 2.1%, OPR 1.1%, other 8.5%; elected seats by party - Alliance Lepep 47, PTR-MMM 13, OPR 2; appointed seats Alliance Lepep 4, PTR-MMM 3"
}
},
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"text": "Since independence in 1968, Mauritius has undergone a remarkable economic transformation from a low-income, agriculturally based economy to a diversified, upper middle-income economy with growing industrial, financial, and tourist sectors. Mauritius has achieved steady growth over the last several decades, resulting in more equitable income distribution, increased life expectancy, lowered infant mortality, and a much-improved infrastructure. ++ ++ The economy currently rests on sugar, tourism, textiles and apparel, and financial services, but is expanding into fish processing, information and communications technology, and hospitality and property development. Sugarcane is grown on about 90% of the cultivated land area and accounts for 15% of export earnings. The government's development strategy centers on creating vertical and horizontal clusters of development in these sectors. Mauritius has attracted more than 32,000 offshore entities, many aimed at commerce in India, South Africa, and China. Investment in the banking sector alone has reached over $1 billion. Mauritius’ textile sector has taken advantage of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act, a preferential trade program that allows duty free access to the US market, with Mauritian exports to the US growing by 40% from 2000 to 2014. ++ ++ Mauritius' sound economic policies and prudent banking practices helped to mitigate negative effects of the global financial crisis in 2008-09. GDP grew in the 3-4% per year range in 2010-14, and the country continues to expand its trade and investment outreach around the globe. Growth in the US and Europe fostered goods and services exports, including tourism, while lower oil prices kept inflation low in 2015."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$24.65 billion (2015 est.) ++ $23.81 billion (2014 est.) ++ $22.98 billion (2013 est.)",
"text": "$24.57 billion (2015 est.) ++ $23.76 billion (2014 est.) ++ $22.93 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
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"text": "$11.51 billion (2015 est.)"
"text": "$11.61 billion (2015 est.)"
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"text": "3.5% (2015 est.) ++ 3.6% (2014 est.) ++ 3.2% (2013 est.)"
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},
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"text": "$19,600 (2015 est.) ++ $18,900 (2014 est.) ++ $18,300 (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "16.3% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 17% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 19% of GDP (2013 est.)"
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"text": "$13.28 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $14.08 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
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"text": "$7.239 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $8.751 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $8.942 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
"text": "$7.093 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $7.667 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $7.442 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
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"text": "-$562 million (2015 est.) ++ -$713 million (2014 est.)"
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},
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"text": "Mauritania's economy is dominated by natural resources and agriculture. Half the population still depends on agriculture and livestock for a livelihood, even though many nomads and subsistence farmers were forced into the cities by recurrent droughts in the 1970s and 1980s. Recently, GDP growth has been driven by foreign investment in the mining and oil sectors. ++ ++ Mauritania's extensive mineral resources include iron ore, gold, copper, gypsum, and phosphate rock, and exploration is ongoing for uranium, crude oil, and natural gas. Extractive commodities make up about three-quarters of Mauritania's total exports, subjecting the economy to price swings in world commodity markets. Mining is also a growing source of government revenue, rising from 13% to 29% of total revenue between 2006 and 2013. The nation's coastal waters are among the richest fishing areas in the world, and fishing accounts for about 25% of budget revenues, but overexploitation by foreigners threatens this key source of revenue. ++ ++ Risks to Mauritania's economy include its recurring droughts, dependence on foreign aid and investment, and insecurity in neighboring Mali, as well as significant shortages of infrastructure, institutional capacity, and human capital. Mauritania has sought additional IMF support by focusing efforts on poverty reduction. Investment in agriculture and infrastructure are the largest components of the country’s public expenditures."
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"text": "$15.98 billion (2015 est.) ++ $15.78 billion (2014 est.) ++ $14.98 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "$4.861 billion (2015 est.)"
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"text": "1.2% (2015 est.) ++ 5.4% (2014 est.) ++ 6.1% (2013 est.)"
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"text": "$4,300 (2015 est.) ++ $4,400 (2014 est.) ++ $4,200 (2013 est.)",
"text": "$4,400 (2015 est.) ++ $4,400 (2014 est.) ++ $4,200 (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "18.8% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 25.2% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 32.2% of GDP (2013 est.)"
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"text": "calendar year"
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"text": "0.5% (2015 est.) ++ 3.8% (2014 est.)"
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"text": "9% (31 December 2009) ++ 12% (31 December 2007)"
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"text": "$NA"
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"text": "-$1.313 billion (2015 est.) ++ -$1.841 billion (2014 est.)"
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"text": "6,003 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
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},
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"text": "26,007 (Western Saharan - Sahrawis) (2015); 41,798 (Mali) (2016)"
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"text": "At independence in 1975, Mozambique was one of the world's poorest countries. Socialist policies, economic mismanagement, and a brutal civil war from 1977 to 1992 further impoverished the country. In 1987, the government embarked on a series of macroeconomic reforms designed to stabilize the economy. These steps, combined with donor assistance and with political stability since the multi-party elections in 1994, propelled the country’s GDP from $4 billion in 1993, following the war, to about $34 billion in 2015. Fiscal reforms, including the introduction of a value-added tax and reform of the customs service, have improved the government's revenue collection abilities. ++ ++ In spite of these gains, more than half the population remains below the poverty line. Subsistence agriculture continues to employ the vast majority of the country's work force. Citizens rioted in September 2010 after fuel, water, electricity, and bread price increases were announced. In an attempt to lessen the negative impact on the population, the government implemented subsidies, decreased taxes and tariffs, and instituted other fiscal measures. ++ ++ A substantial trade imbalance persists, although aluminum production from the Mozal Aluminum Smelter has significantly boosted export earnings in recent years. In 2012, The Mozambican Government took over Portugal's last remaining share in the Cahora Bassa Hydroelectricity Company, a significant contributor to the Southern African Power Pool. The government has plans to expand the Cahora Bassa Dam and build additional dams to increase its electricity exports and fulfill the needs of its burgeoning domestic industries. ++ ++ Mozambique's once substantial foreign debt was reduced through forgiveness and rescheduling under the IMF's Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) and Enhanced HIPC initiatives. However, in 2013, the Mozambique Tuna Company (EMATUM) issued an $850 million bond fully guaranteed by the Mozambican government primarily for the purpose of purchasing tuna boats. The government is attempting to reschedule this debt, in the expectation that a pending deal with a consortium led by a US company will provide enough revenue to pay off this debt. The pending deal has the potential to transform Mozambique’s economy and dramatically increase GDP. ++ ++ Mozambique grew at an average annual rate of 6%-8% in the decade up to 2015, one of Africa's strongest performances. Mozambique's ability to attract large investment projects in natural resources is expected to sustain high growth rates in coming years although weaker global demand for commodities is likely to weaken expected revenues from these vast resources, including natural gas, coal, titanium, and hydroelectric capacity."
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"text": "Niger is a landlocked, sub-Saharan nation, whose economy centers on subsistence crops, livestock, and some of the world's largest uranium deposits. Agriculture contributes nearly 40% of GDP and provides livelihood for most of the population. The UN ranked Niger as the least developed country in the world in 2015 due to multiple factors such as food insecurity, lack of industry, high population growth, a weak educational sector, and few prospects for work outside of subsistence farming and herding. ++ ++ Since 2011 public debt has increased due to efforts to scale-up public investment, particularly that related to infrastructure. The government relies on foreign donor resources for a large portion of its fiscal budget. The economy in recent years has been hurt by terrorist activity and kidnappings near its uranium mines and by instability in Mali and in the Diffa region of the country; concerns about security have resulted in increased support from regional and international partners on defense. Low uranium prices, demographics, and security expenditures may continue to put pressure on the government’s finances. ++ ++ Future growth may be sustained by exploitation of oil, gold, coal, and other mineral resources. Although Niger has sizable reserves of oil, the profitability of these commodities has been called in to question due to the prolonged drop in oil prices. Food insecurity and drought remain perennial problems for Niger, and the government plans to invest a little more in the agriculture sector, most notably irrigation. Niger’s three-year $131 million IMF Extended Credit Facility agreement for years 2012-15 was extended until the end of 2016, although formal private sector investment needed for economic diversification and growth remains a challenge, given the country’s limited domestic markets, access to credit, and competitiveness."
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"text": "5,136 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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"text": "1.411 million Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "900,000 Mt (2013 est.)"
}
},
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"text": "Following an April 2014 statistical \"rebasing\" exercise, Nigeria has emerged as Africa's largest economy, with 2015 GDP estimated at $1.1 trillion. Oil has been a dominant source of income and government revenues since the 1970s. Following the 2008-9 global financial crises, the banking sector was effectively recapitalized and regulation enhanced. Nigeria’s economic growth over the last five years has been driven by growth in agriculture, telecommunications, and services. Economic diversification and strong growth have not translated into a significant decline in poverty levels, however - over 62% of Nigeria's 170 million people still live in extreme poverty. ++ ++ Despite its strong fundamentals, oil-rich Nigeria has been hobbled by inadequate power supply, lack of infrastructure, delays in the passage of legislative reforms, an inefficient property registration system, restrictive trade policies, an inconsistent regulatory environment, a slow and ineffective judicial system, unreliable dispute resolution mechanisms, insecurity, and pervasive corruption. Regulatory constraints and security risks have limited new investment in oil and natural gas, and Nigeria's oil production has contracted every year since 2012. ++ ++ Because of lower oil prices, GDP growth in 2015 fell to around 3%, and government revenues declined, while the nonoil sector also contracted due to economic policy uncertainty. President BUHARI, elected in March 2015, has established a cabinet of economic ministers that includes several technocrats, and he has announced plans to increase transparency, diversify the economy away from oil, and improve fiscal management. The government is working to develop stronger public-private partnerships for roads, agriculture, and power. The medium-term outlook for Nigeria is positive, assuming oil output stabilizes and oil prices recover."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$1.094 trillion (2015 est.) ++ $1.066 trillion (2014 est.) ++ $1.002 trillion (2013 est.)",
"text": "$1.092 trillion (2015 est.) ++ $1.063 trillion (2014 est.) ++ $1 trillion (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
"text": "$493.8 billion (2015 est.)"
"text": "$490.2 billion (2015 est.)"
},
"GDP - real growth rate": {
"text": "2.7% (2015 est.) ++ 6.3% (2014 est.) ++ 5.4% (2013 est.)"
@ -535,7 +535,7 @@
}
},
"Gross national saving": {
"text": "12.4% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 16% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 18.8% of GDP (2013 est.)"
"text": "12.4% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 16% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 18.6% of GDP (2013 est.)"
},
"GDP - composition, by end use": {
"household consumption": {
@ -629,7 +629,7 @@
"text": "calendar year"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"text": "9% (2015 est.) ++ 8% (2014 est.)"
"text": "9% (2015 est.) ++ 8.1% (2014 est.)"
},
"Central bank discount rate": {
"text": "4.25% (31 December 2010) ++ 6% (31 December 2009)"
@ -647,10 +647,10 @@
"text": "$111.7 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $115.8 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
},
"Market value of publicly traded shares": {
"text": "$49.97 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $63.47 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $80.61 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
"text": "$56.39 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $39.27 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $50.88 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
},
"Current account balance": {
"text": "-$15.44 billion (2015 est.) ++ $1.279 billion (2014 est.)"
"text": "-$11.92 billion (2015 est.) ++ $1.279 billion (2014 est.)"
},
"Exports": {
"text": "$45.89 billion (2015 est.) ++ $82.59 billion (2014 est.)"
@ -702,10 +702,10 @@
}
},
"Electricity - production": {
"text": "27.27 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "29 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
"Electricity - consumption": {
"text": "24.78 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "24 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
"Electricity - exports": {
"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
@ -714,7 +714,7 @@
"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "6.09 million kW (2012 est.)"
"text": "10 million kW (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "65% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
@ -729,46 +729,46 @@
"text": "1.5% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - production": {
"text": "2.423 million bbl/day (2014 est.)"
"text": "2.317 million bbl/day (2015 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - exports": {
"text": "2.411 million bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "2.231 million bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - imports": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - proved reserves": {
"text": "37.07 billion bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
"text": "37 billion bbl (1 January 2016 es)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
"text": "101,900 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "110,200 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - consumption": {
"text": "280,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "277,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - exports": {
"text": "16,120 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "22,480 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - imports": {
"text": "180,900 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "187,400 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - production": {
"text": "38.41 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "43.84 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - consumption": {
"text": "15.69 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "18.84 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - exports": {
"text": "22.12 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "25 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - imports": {
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - proved reserves": {
"text": "5.118 trillion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "5.111 trillion cu m (1 January 2016 es)"
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy": {
"text": "86.4 million Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "97 million Mt (2013 est.)"
}
},
"Communications": {

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},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires MAOWIA Osman Khalid Mohammed (since 2016)"
"text": "Ambassador Garang Diing AKUONGA (since 23 February 2015)"
},
"chancery": {
"text": "1015 31st St., NW, Third Floor, Washington, DC, 20007"
@ -412,13 +412,13 @@
"text": "Following several decades of civil war with Sudan, industry and infrastructure in landlocked South Sudan are severely underdeveloped and poverty is widespread. Subsistence agriculture provides a living for the vast majority of the population. Property rights are insecure and price signals are weak, because markets are not well organized. After independence, South Sudan's central bank issued a new currency, the South Sudanese Pound, allowing a short grace period for turning in the old currency. ++ ++ South Sudan has little infrastructure - approximately 200 kilometers of paved roads. Electricity is produced mostly by costly diesel generators, and indoor plumbing and potable water are scarce. South Sudan depends largely on imports of goods, services, and capital - mainly from Uganda, Kenya and Sudan. ++ ++ Nevertheless, South Sudan does have abundant natural resources. At independence in 2011, South Sudan produced nearly three-fourths of former Sudan's total oil output of nearly a half million barrels per day. The government of South Sudan derives the vast majority of its budget revenues from oil. Oil is exported through two pipelines that run to refineries and shipping facilities at Port Sudan on the Red Sea. The economy of South Sudan will remain linked to Sudan for some time, given the long lead time and great expense required to build another pipeline, should the government decide to do so. In January 2012, South Sudan suspended production of oil because of its dispute with Sudan over transshipment fees. This suspension lasted 15 months and had a devastating impact on GDP, which declined by 48% in 2012. With the resumption of oil flows the economy rebounded strongly during the second half of calendar year 2013. This occurred in spite of the fact that oil production, at an average level of 222,000 barrels per day, was 40% lower compared with 2011, prior to the shutdown. GDP grew by nearly 30% in 2013. However, the outbreak of conflict on 15 December 2013 combined with a further reduction of oil production and exports, meant that GDP growth fell significantly in 2014 and poverty and food insecurity rose. South Sudan holds one of the richest agricultural areas in Africa with fertile soils and abundant water supplies. Currently the region supports 10-20 million head of cattle. ++ ++ South Sudan is currently burdened by considerable debt because of increased military spending and revenue shortfalls due to low oil prices and decreased production. South Sudan has received more than $4 billion in foreign aid since 2005, largely from the UK, the US, Norway, and the Netherlands. Annual inflation peaked at 79.5% in May 2012 but declined rapidly thereafter, to 1.7% in 2014, before jumping back to 52.8% in 2015, following the December 2013 outbreak of violence. The decision in December 2015 by the central bank to abandon a fixed exchange rate and allow the South Sudanese Pound to float has not reduced inflation in the short term. Long-term challenges include diversifying the formal economy, alleviating poverty, maintaining macroeconomic stability, improving tax collection and financial management and improving the business environment."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$23.73 billion (2015 est.) ++ $23.77 billion (2014 est.) ++ $23.09 billion (2013 est.)",
"text": "$23.69 billion (2015 est.) ++ $23.73 billion (2014 est.) ++ $23.06 billion (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
"text": "$9.34 billion (2015 est.)"
"text": "$2.627 billion (2015 est.)"
},
"GDP - real growth rate": {
"text": "-0.2% (2015 est.) ++ 2.9% (2014 est.) ++ 29.3% (2013 est.)"
@ -430,7 +430,7 @@
}
},
"Gross national saving": {
"text": "4.4% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 13.6% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 8.9% of GDP (2013 est.)"
"text": "7.1% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 13.6% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 11.3% of GDP (2013 est.)"
},
"GDP - composition, by end use": {
"household consumption": {
@ -482,7 +482,7 @@
"text": "$2.194 billion (31 December 2013 est.) ++ $2.23 billion (31 December 2012 est.)"
},
"Current account balance": {
"text": "-$1.032 billion (2015 est.) ++ $290 million (2014 est.)"
"text": "-$332 million (2015 est.) ++ $290 million (2014 est.)"
},
"Exchange rates": {
"text": "South Sudanese pounds (SSP) per US dollar - ++ 0.885 (2015 est.) ++ 0.7525 (2014 est.) ++ 0.7634 (2013 est.) ++ 0.78 (2012 est.) ++ 0.7185 (2011 est.)"
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"text": "3% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)"
},
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"text": "220,000 bbl/day (Second half, 2013 est.)"
"text": "220,000 bbl/day (2015 est.)"
},
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"text": "291,800 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
"text": "98,680 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "3.75 billion bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
"text": "3.75 billion bbl (1 January 2016 es)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "11,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "13,050 bbl/day"
"text": "10,280 bbl/day"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "63.71 billion cu m (1 January 2013 est.)"
"text": "63.71 billion cu m (1 January 2016 es)"
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy": {
"text": "2.016 million Mt (2011 est.)"
@ -668,7 +677,7 @@
},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "241,534 (Sudan); 14,743 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2016)"
"text": "239,528 (Sudan); 14,476 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2016)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "1,672,989 (alleged coup attempt and ethnic conflict beginning in December 2013; information is lacking on those displaced in earlier years by: fighting in Abyei between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in May 2011; clashes between the SPLA and dissident militia groups in South Sudan; inter-ethnic conflicts over resources and cattle; attacks from the Lord's Resistance Army; floods and drought) (2016)"

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"text": "Guinea-Bissau is highly dependent on subsistence agriculture, cashew nut exports, and foreign assistance. Two out of three Bissau-Guineans remain below the absolute poverty line. The legal economy is based on farming and fishing, but illegal logging and trafficking in narcotics are also important economic activities. The combination of limited economic prospects, weak institutions, and favorable geography have made this West African country a way station for drugs bound for Europe while trade in illegal logging, food, and fishing is also significant. ++ ++ Guinea-Bissau has substantial potential for development of mineral resources including phosphates, bauxite, and mineral sands. The country’s climate and soil make it feasible to grow a wide range of cash crops, fruit, vegetables, and tubers; however, cashews generate more than 80% of export receipts and are the main source of income for many rural communities. ++ ++ With renewed donor support following elections in April-May 2014 and a successful regional bond issuance, the government of Guinea-Bissau made progress paying salaries, settling domestic arrears, and gaining more control over revenues and expenditures, but was deposed by the President in August 2015. A political stalemate since then has resulted in weak governance."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$2.685 billion (2015 est.) ++ $2.562 billion (2014 est.) ++ $2.499 billion (2013 est.)",
"text": "$2.68 billion (2015 est.) ++ $2.557 billion (2014 est.) ++ $2.494 billion (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
"text": "$1.056 billion (2015 est.)"
"text": "$1.057 billion (2015 est.)"
},
"GDP - real growth rate": {
"text": "4.8% (2015 est.) ++ 2.5% (2014 est.) ++ 0.8% (2013 est.)"
@ -506,7 +506,7 @@
}
},
"Gross national saving": {
"text": "11.5% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 7.5% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 2.6% of GDP (2013 est.)"
"text": "10.3% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 7.4% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 2.6% of GDP (2013 est.)"
},
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@ -591,7 +591,7 @@
"text": "calendar year"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"text": "1.5% (2015 est.) ++ -1% (2014 est.)"
"text": "1.4% (2015 est.) ++ -1.5% (2014 est.)"
},
"Central bank discount rate": {
"text": "4.25% (31 December 2009) ++ 4.75% (31 December 2008)"
@ -612,7 +612,7 @@
"text": "$NA"
},
"Current account balance": {
"text": "-$11 million (2015 est.) ++ -$37 million (2014 est.)"
"text": "-$10 million (2015 est.) ++ -$38 million (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "$202.9 million (2015 est.) ++ $171.9 million (2014 est.)"
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}
},
"Electricity - production": {
"text": "50 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "34 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
"Electricity - consumption": {
"text": "46.5 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "31.62 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
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"text": "1% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2015 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2016 es)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "2,700 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "2,500 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "2,661 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "2,423 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "0 cu m (1 January 2014 es)"
},
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"text": "460,100 Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "500,000 Mt (2013 est.)"
}
},
"Communications": {

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"text": "Rwanda is a rural country with about 90% of the population engaged in subsistence agriculture and some mineral and agro-processing. Tourism, minerals, coffee and tea are Rwanda's main sources of foreign exchange. Despite Rwanda's fertile ecosystem, food production often does not keep pace with demand, requiring food imports. Energy shortages, instability in neighboring states, and lack of adequate transportation linkages to other countries continue to handicap private sector growth. ++ ++ The 1994 genocide decimated Rwanda's fragile economic base, severely impoverished the population, particularly women, and temporarily stalled the country's ability to attract private and external investment. However, Rwanda has made substantial progress in stabilizing and rehabilitating its economy to pre-1994 levels. GDP has rebounded with an average annual growth of 7%-8% since 2003 and inflation has been reduced to single digits. Nonetheless, in 2015, 39% of the population lived below the poverty line, according to government statistics, compared to 57% in 2006. ++ ++ Africa's most densely populated country is trying to overcome the limitations of its small, landlocked economy by leveraging regional trade; Rwanda joined the East African Community and is aligning its budget, trade, and immigration policies with its regional partners. The government has embraced an expansionary fiscal policy to reduce poverty by improving education, infrastructure, and foreign and domestic investment, and pursuing market-oriented reforms. In recognition of Rwanda's successful management of its macro economy, in 2010, the IMF graduated Rwanda to a Policy Support Instrument. ++ ++ The Rwandan Government is seeking to become a regional leader in information and communication technologies. In 2012, Rwanda completed the first modern Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Kigali. The SEZ seeks to attract investment in all sectors, but specifically in agribusiness, information and communications, trade and logistics, mining, and construction."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$20.46 billion (2015 est.) ++ $19.13 billion (2014 est.) ++ $17.89 billion (2013 est.)",
"text": "$20.42 billion (2015 est.) ++ $19.1 billion (2014 est.) ++ $17.85 billion (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
"text": "$8.111 billion (2015 est.)"
"text": "$8.267 billion (2015 est.)"
},
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"text": "6.9% (2015 est.) ++ 7% (2014 est.) ++ 4.7% (2013 est.)"
@ -536,7 +536,7 @@
}
},
"Gross national saving": {
"text": "12.8% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 15.6% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 19.1% of GDP (2013 est.)"
"text": "12.8% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 12.9% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 15.8% of GDP (2013 est.)"
},
"GDP - composition, by end use": {
"household consumption": {
@ -648,7 +648,7 @@
"text": "$NA"
},
"Current account balance": {
"text": "-$1.096 billion (2015 est.) ++ -$833 million (2014 est.)"
"text": "-$1.139 billion (2015 est.) ++ -$909 million (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "$683.7 million (2015 est.) ++ $723.1 million (2014 est.)"
@ -700,19 +700,19 @@
}
},
"Electricity - production": {
"text": "310.2 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "500 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "365.5 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "500 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
"Electricity - exports": {
"text": "3 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "3 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
"Electricity - imports": {
"text": "80 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "95 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "99,000 kW (2012 est.)"
"text": "100,000 kW (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "34.3% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2015 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2016 es)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "5,300 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "6,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "5,302 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "5,979 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "56.63 billion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "56.63 billion cu m (1 January 2016 es)"
},
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"text": "769,300 Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "800,000 Mt (2013 est.)"
}
},
"Communications": {
@ -895,7 +895,7 @@
},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "81,310 (Burundi); 73,207 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2016)"
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},
"IDPs": {
"text": "undetermined (fighting between government and insurgency in 1998-99; returning refugees) (2012)"

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},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Marie-Louise Cecile POTTER (since 19 September 2012)"
"text": "Ambassador Marie-Louise POTTER (since 19 September 2012)"
},
"chancery": {
"text": "800 Second Avenue, Suite 400C, New York, NY 10017"
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"text": "Since independence in 1976, per capita output in this Indian Ocean archipelago has expanded to roughly seven times the pre-independence, near-subsistence level, moving the island into the upper-middle-income group of countries. Growth has been led by the tourist sector, which employs about 30% of the labor force and provides more than 70% of hard currency earnings, and by tuna fishing. ++ ++ In recent years, the government has encouraged foreign investment to upgrade hotels and other services. At the same time, the government has moved to reduce the dependence on tourism by promoting the development of farming, fishing, and small-scale manufacturing. ++ ++ In 2008, having depleted its foreign exchange reserves, Seychelles defaulted on interest payments due on a $230 million Eurobond, requested assistance from the IMF, and immediately enacted a number of significant structural reforms, including liberalization of the exchange rate, reform of the public sector to include layoffs, and the sale of some state assets. In December 2013, the IMF declared that Seychelles had successfully transitioned to a market-based economy with full employment and a fiscal surplus. Seychelles grew at 4.3% in 2015 because of a strong tourist sector and expanding private sector credits; its fiscal surplus reached 4% of GDP."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$2.454 billion (2015 est.) ++ $2.321 billion (2014 est.) ++ $2.185 billion (2013 est.)",
"text": "$2.417 billion (2015 est.) ++ $2.316 billion (2014 est.) ++ $2.181 billion (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
"text": "$1.359 billion (2015 est.)"
"text": "$1.375 billion (2015 est.)"
},
"GDP - real growth rate": {
"text": "5.7% (2015 est.) ++ 6.2% (2014 est.) ++ 5% (2013 est.)"
"text": "4.4% (2015 est.) ++ 6.2% (2014 est.) ++ 5% (2013 est.)"
},
"GDP - per capita (PPP)": {
"text": "$26,700 (2015 est.) ++ $25,500 (2014 est.) ++ $24,300 (2013 est.)",
"text": "$26,300 (2015 est.) ++ $25,400 (2014 est.) ++ $24,200 (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
"Gross national saving": {
"text": "15.2% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 14.7% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 26.5% of GDP (2013 est.)"
"text": "21.3% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 15.5% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 26.7% of GDP (2013 est.)"
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"text": "South Africa is a middle-income emerging market with an abundant supply of natural resources; well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, and transport sectors; and a stock exchange that is Africa’s largest and among the top 20 in the world. ++ ++ Economic growth has decelerated in recent years, slowing to just 1.5% in 2014. Unemployment, poverty, and inequality - among the highest in the world - remain a challenge. Official unemployment is roughly 25% of the workforce, and runs significantly higher among black youth. Even though the country's modern infrastructure supports a relatively efficient distribution of goods to major urban centers throughout the region, unstable electricity supplies retard growth. Eskom, the state-run power company, is building three new power stations and is installing new power demand management programs to improve power grid reliability. Load shedding and resulting rolling blackouts gripped many parts of South Africa in late 2014 and early 2015 because of electricity supply constraints due to technical problems at some generation units, unavoidable planned maintenance, and an accident at a power station in Mpumalanga province. The rolling blackouts were the worst the country faced since 2008. Construction delays at two additional plants, however, mean South Africa will continue to operate on a razor thin margin; economists judge that growth cannot exceed 3% until electrical supply problems are resolved. ++ ++ South Africa's economic policy has focused on controlling inflation; however, the country faces structural constraints that also limit economic growth, such as skills shortages, declining global competitiveness, and frequent work stoppages due to strike action. The current government faces growing pressure from urban constituencies to improve the delivery of basic services to low-income areas and to increase job growth."
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "1 April - 31 March"
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"text": "Senegal’s economy is driven by mining, construction, tourism, fisheries and agriculture, which is the primary source of employment in rural areas. The country's key export industries include phosphate mining, fertilizer production, agricultural products and commercial fishing and it is also working on oil exploration projects. Senegal relies heavily on donor assistance, remittances and foreign direct investment. For the first time in the past twelve years, Senegal reached a growth rate of 6.5% in 2015 due in part to a buoyant performance in agriculture because of higher rainfall and productivity in the sector. ++ ++ President Macky SALL, who was elected in March 2012 under a reformist policy agenda, inherited an economy with high energy costs, a challenging business environment, and a culture of overspending. President SALL unveiled an ambitious economic plan, the Emerging Senegal Plan (ESP), which aims to implement priority economic reforms and investment projects to increase economic growth while preserving macroeconomic stability and debt sustainability. Bureaucratic bottlenecks and a challenging business climate are among the perennial challenges that may slow the implementation of this plan. ++ ++ Senegal is receiving technical support from the IMF from 2015-2017 under a Policy Support Instrument (PSI) to assist with implementation of the ESP. The PSI implementation continues to be satisfactory as concluded by the IMF’s second review mission in March 2016. Investors have signaled confidence in the country through Senegal’s successful Eurobond issuances in recent years, including in 2014. ++ ++ The government will focus on 19 projects under the ESP for the 2016 budget to continue the structural transformation of the economy. These 19 projects include the Thies-Touba Highway, including the new airport- Mbour-Thies Highway. Senegal will increase the national family allowances program and the community development emergency program in 2016. Electricity supply is a chief constraint for Senegal’s development. Electricity prices in Senegal are among the highest in the world. Power Africa, a program led by USAID and OPIC, plans to increase the current 500 mW of generating capacity to over 1,000 mW in the next three to five years. Recent gas discoveries on the Senegal-Mauritanian border, as well as just south of Dakar, will help alleviate some of the energy shortages."
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}
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},
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"text": "Sierra Leone is extremely poor and nearly half of the working-age population engages in subsistence agriculture. The country possesses substantial mineral, agricultural, and fishery resources, but it is still recovering from a civil war that destroyed most institutions before ending in the early 2000s. ++ ++ In recent years economic growth has been driven by mining - particularly iron ore. The country’s principal exports are iron ore, diamonds, and rutile, and the economy is vulnerable to fluctuations in international prices. Until 2014, the government had relied on external assistance to support its budget, but it was gradually becoming more independent. The Ebola outbreak of 2014 and 2015, combined with falling global commodities prices, caused a significant contraction of economic activity in all areas. ++ ++ While the World Health Organization declared an end to the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone in November 2015, economic recovery will depend on rising commodities prices and increased efforts to diversify the sources of growth. Pervasive corruption and undeveloped human capital will continue to deter foreign investors. Sustained international donor support in the near future will partially offset these fiscal constraints."
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"text": "NA"
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"text": "Sudan has experienced protracted social conflict, civil war, and, in July 2011, the loss of three-quarters of its oil production due to the secession of South Sudan. The oil sector had driven much of Sudan's GDP growth since 1999. For nearly a decade, the economy boomed on the back of rising oil production, high oil prices, and significant inflows of foreign direct investment. Since the economic shock of South Sudan's secession, Sudan has struggled to stabilize its economy and make up for the loss of foreign exchange earnings. The interruption of oil production in South Sudan in 2012 for over a year and the consequent loss of oil transit fees further exacerbated the fragile state of Sudan’s economy. Ongoing conflicts in Southern Kordofan, Darfur, and the Blue Nile states, lack of basic infrastructure in large areas, and reliance by much of the population on subsistence agriculture, keep close to half of the population at or below the poverty line. ++ ++ Sudan is also subject to comprehensive US sanctions. Sudan is attempting to develop non-oil sources of revenues, such as gold mining, while carrying out an austerity program to reduce expenditures. The world’s largest exporter of gum Arabic, Sudan produces 75-80% of the world’s total output. Agriculture continues to employ 80% of the work force. ++ ++ Sudan introduced a new currency, still called the Sudanese pound, following South Sudan's secession, but the value of the currency has fallen since its introduction. Khartoum formally devalued the currency in June 2012, when it passed austerity measures that included gradually repealing fuel subsidies. Sudan also faces high inflation, which reached 47% on an annual basis in November 2012 but subsided to 18% in 2015."
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"text": "$168.9 billion (2015 est.) ++ $161 billion (2014 est.) ++ $158.5 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "4.9% (2015 est.) ++ 1.6% (2014 est.) ++ 5.2% (2013 est.)"
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"text": "$4,400 (2015 est.) ++ $4,300 (2014 est.) ++ $4,400 (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
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"text": "9.3% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 10% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 11% of GDP (2013 est.)"
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"text": "calendar year"
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"text": "16.9% (2015 est.) ++ 36.9% (2014 est.)"
"text": "17.3% (2015 est.) ++ 36.9% (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "$9.511 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $8.034 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
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"text": "$NA"
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"text": "-$6.386 billion (2015 est.) ++ -$5 billion (2014 est.)"
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}
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"text": "7.193 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
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"text": "64,770 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
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"text": "5,355 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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"text": "124,900 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
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"text": "This small, sub-Saharan economy depends heavily on both commercial and subsistence agriculture, which provides employment for a significant share of the labor force. Some basic foodstuffs must still be imported. Cocoa, coffee, and cotton generate about 40% of export earnings with cotton being the most important cash crop. Togo is among the world's largest producers of phosphate and seeks to develop its carbonate phosphate reserves. ++ ++ The government's decade-long effort, supported by the World Bank and the IMF, to implement economic reform measures, encourage foreign investment, and bring revenues in line with expenditures has moved slowly. Togo completed its IMF Extended Credit Facility in 2011 and reached a Heavily Indebted Poor Country debt relief completion point in 2010 at which 95% of the country's debt was forgiven. Togo continues to work with the IMF on structural reforms. Progress depends on follow through on privatization, increased openness in government financial operations, progress toward legislative elections, and continued support from foreign donors. ++ ++ Togo’s 2015 economic growth remained steady at 5.4%, largely driven by infusions of foreign aid, infrastructure investment in the port and mineral sectors, and improvements in the business climate. Foreign direct investment inflows have slowed in recent years."
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "This small, poor island economy has become increasingly dependent on cocoa since independence in 1975. Cocoa production has substantially declined in recent years because of drought and mismanagement. Sao Tome and Principe has to import fuels, most manufactured goods, consumer goods, and food, making it vulnerable to fluctuations in global commodity prices. Maintaining control of inflation, fiscal discipline, and increasing flows of foreign direct investment into the oil sector are major economic problems facing the country. The government also has attempted to reduce price controls and subsidies. ++ ++ Over the years, Sao Tome and Principe has had difficulty servicing its external debt and has relied heavily on concessional aid and debt rescheduling. It benefited from $200 million in debt relief in December 2000 under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries program, which helped bring down the country's $300 million debt burden. In August 2005, the government signed on to a new 3-year IMF Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility program worth $4.3 million. In April 2011, the country completed a Threshold Country Program with The Millennium Challenge Corporation to help increase tax revenues, reform customs, and improve the business environment. ++ ++ Considerable potential exists for development of a tourist industry, and the government has taken steps to expand facilities in recent years. Potential also exists for the development of petroleum resources in Sao Tome and Principe's territorial waters in the oil-rich Gulf of Guinea, which are being jointly developed in a 60-40 split with Nigeria, but any actual production is at least several years off."
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"text": "Tunisia's diverse, market-oriented economy has long been cited as a success story in Africa and the Middle East, but it faces an array of challenges following the 2011 Arab Spring revolution. Following an ill-fated experiment with socialist economic policies in the 1960s, Tunisia embarked on a successful strategy focused on bolstering exports, foreign investment, and tourism, all of which have become central to the country's economy. Key exports now include textiles and apparel, food products, petroleum products, chemicals, and phosphates, with about 80% of exports bound for Tunisia's main economic partner, the EU. ++ ++ Tunisia's liberal strategy, coupled with investments in education and infrastructure, fueled decades of 4-5% annual GDP growth and improving living standards. Former President Zine el Abidine BEN ALI (1987-2011) continued these policies, but as his reign wore on cronyism and corruption stymied economic performance, and unemployment rose among the country's growing ranks of university graduates. These grievances contributed to the January 2011 overthrow of BEN ALI, sending Tunisia's economy into a tailspin as tourism and investment declined sharply. ++ ++ Since its establishment in late 2014, Tunisia’s new government has faced challenges reassuring businesses and investors, bringing budget and current account deficits under control, shoring up the country's financial system, lowering high unemployment, and reducing economic disparities between the more developed coastal region and the impoverished interior. In 2015, successive terrorist attacks against the tourism sector and worker strikes in the phosphate sector, which combined account for nearly 15% of GDP, slowed growth to less than 1% of GDP."
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"text": "$8.887 billion (31 December 2012 est.) ++ $9.662 billion (31 December 2011 est.) ++ $10.68 billion (31 December 2010 est.)"
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"text": "Tanzania is one of the world's poorest economies in terms of per capita income, but has achieved high growth rates based on its vast natural resource wealth and tourism. GDP growth in 2009-15 was an impressive 6-7% per year. Dar es Salaam used fiscal stimulus measures and easier monetary policies to lessen the impact of the global recession. Tanzania has largely completed its transition to a market economy, though the government retains a presence in sectors such as telecommunications, banking, energy, and mining. ++ ++ The economy depends on agriculture, which accounts for more than one-quarter of GDP, provides 85% of exports, and employs about 80% of the work force; agriculture accounts for 7% of government expenditures. All land in Tanzania is owned by the government, which can lease land for up to 99 years. Proposed reforms to allow for land ownership, particularly foreign land ownership, remain unpopular. ++ ++ The financial sector in Tanzania has expanded in recent years and foreign-owned banks account for about 48% of the banking industry's total assets. Competition among foreign commercial banks has resulted in significant improvements in the efficiency and quality of financial services, though interest rates are still relatively high, reflecting high fraud risk. Recent banking reforms have helped increase private-sector growth and investment. ++ ++ The World Bank, the IMF, and bilateral donors have provided funds to rehabilitate Tanzania's aging infrastructure, including rail and port, that provide important trade links for inland countries. In 2013, Tanzania completed the world's largest Millennium Challenge Compact grant, worth $698 million, and, in December 2014, the Millennium Challenge Corporation selected Tanzania for a second Compact. ++ ++ In late 2014, a highly publicized scandal in the energy sector involving senior Tanzanian officials resulted in international donors freezing nearly $500 million in direct budget support to the government. The Tanzanian shilling weakened in 2015 because of lower gold prices, election-related political risk, and outflows from emerging market currencies generally."
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2016 es)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "35,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "58,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "34,850 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "55,380 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - production": {
"text": "995 million cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "550 million cu m (2014 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - consumption": {
"text": "995 million cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "550 million cu m (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
@ -794,10 +794,10 @@
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "6.513 billion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "6.513 billion cu m (1 January 2016 es)"
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy": {
"text": "9.295 million Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "10 million Mt (2013 est.)"
}
},
"Communications": {
@ -963,7 +963,7 @@
},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "174,887 (Burundi); 62,505 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2016)"
"text": "179,773 (Burundi); 62,505 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2016)"
}
},
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"text": "Uganda has substantial natural resources, including fertile soils, regular rainfall, small deposits of copper, gold, and other minerals, and recently discovered oil. Agriculture is the most important sector of the economy, employing one third of the work force. Coffee accounts for the bulk of export revenues. Uganda’s economy remains predominantly agricultural with a small industrial sector that is dependent on imported inputs like oil and equipment. Overall productivity is hampered by a number of supply-side constraints, including underinvestment in an agricultural sector that continues to rely on rudimentary technology. Industrial growth is impeded by high-costs due to poor infrastructure, low levels of private investment, and the depreciation of the Ugandan shilling. ++ ++ Since 1986, the government - with the support of foreign countries and international agencies - has acted to rehabilitate and stabilize the economy by undertaking currency reform, raising producer prices on export crops, increasing prices of petroleum products, and improving civil service wages. The policy changes are especially aimed at dampening inflation while encouraging foreign investment to boost production and export earnings. Since 1990 economic reforms ushered in an era of solid economic growth based on continued investment in infrastructure, improved incentives for production and exports, lower inflation, better domestic security, and the return of exiled Indian-Ugandan entrepreneurs. ++ ++ The global economic downturn in 2008 hurt Uganda's exports; however, Uganda's GDP growth has largely recovered due to past reforms and a rapidly growing urban consumer population. Oil revenues and taxes are expected to become a larger source of government funding as production starts in the next five to 10 years. However, lower oil prices since 2014 and protracted negotiations and legal disputes between the Ugandan government and oil companies may prove a stumbling block to further exploration and development. ++ ++ Uganda faces many challenges. Instability in South Sudan has led to a sharp increase in Sudanese refugees and is disrupting Uganda's main export market. High energy costs, inadequate transportation and energy infrastructure, insufficient budgetary discipline, and corruption inhibit economic development and investor confidence. During 2015 the Uganda shilling depreciated 22% against the dollar, and inflation rose from 3% to 9%, which led to the Bank of Uganda hiking interest rates from 11% to 17%. As a result, inflation remained below double digits; however, trade and capital-intensive industries were negatively impacted. ++ ++ The budget for FY 2015/16 is dominated by energy and road infrastructure spending, while relying on donor support for long-term economic drivers of growth, including agriculture, health, and education. The largest infrastructure projects are externally financed through low-interest concessional loans. As a result, debt servicing for these loans is expected to rise in 2016/2017 by 22% and consume 15% the domestic budget."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$79.88 billion (2015 est.) ++ $76.21 billion (2014 est.) ++ $72.63 billion (2013 est.)",
"text": "$79.88 billion (2015 est.) ++ $76.05 billion (2014 est.) ++ $72.48 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
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"text": "$24.31 billion (2015 est.)"
"text": "$24.74 billion (2015 est.)"
},
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"text": "4.8% (2015 est.) ++ 4.9% (2014 est.) ++ 4% (2013 est.)"
"text": "5% (2015 est.) ++ 4.9% (2014 est.) ++ 4% (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "$2,000 (2015 est.) ++ $2,000 (2014 est.) ++ $1,900 (2013 est.)",
@ -532,7 +532,7 @@
}
},
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"text": "15.3% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 17.7% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 20.8% of GDP (2013 est.)"
"text": "15% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 16.4% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 19.9% of GDP (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "1 July - 30 June"
},
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"text": "5.5% (2015 est.) ++ 3.1% (2014 est.)"
"text": "4% (2015 est.) ++ 4.3% (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "14% (December 2014) ++ 17% (30 March 2016)"
@ -647,7 +647,7 @@
"text": "$7.294 billion (31 December 2012 est.) ++ $7.727 billion (31 December 2011 est.) ++ $1.788 billion (31 December 2011 est.)"
},
"Current account balance": {
"text": "-$2.29 billion (2015 est.) ++ -$2.381 billion (2014 est.)"
"text": "-$2.193 billion (2015 est.) ++ -$2.625 billion (2014 est.)"
},
"Exports": {
"text": "$2.667 billion (2015 est.) ++ $2.725 billion (2014 est.)"
@ -702,16 +702,16 @@
}
},
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"text": "3.045 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "3 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
"Electricity - consumption": {
"text": "2.821 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "2.7 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "70 million kWh (2012)"
"text": "100 million kWh (2014)"
},
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"text": "59 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "50 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "711,400 kW (2014 est.)"
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"text": "19.2% of total installed capacity (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2015 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "2.5 billion bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
"text": "2.5 billion bbl (2014)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "22,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "27,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "22,160 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "26,290 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
@ -765,10 +765,10 @@
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "14.16 billion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "14.16 billion cu m (1 January 2016 es)"
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy": {
"text": "2.548 million Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "2.7 million Mt (2013 est.)"
}
},
"Communications": {
@ -911,7 +911,7 @@
},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
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"text": "503,977 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers); 222,650 (Democratic Republic of the Congo); 41,748 (Burundi); 29,292 (Somalia); 15,226 (Rwanda) (2016)"
"text": "564,440 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers); 222,650 (Democratic Republic of the Congo); 41,167 (Burundi); 29,292 (Somalia); 15,226 (Rwanda) (2016)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "30,000 (displaced in northern Uganda because of fighting between government forces and the Lord's Resistance Army; as of 2011, most of the 1.8 million people displaced to IDP camps at the height of the conflict had returned home or resettled, but many had not found durable solutions; intercommunal violence and cattle raids) (2015)"

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"text": "Burkina Faso is a poor, landlocked country that depends on adequate rainfall. About 80% of the population is engaged in subsistence farming and cotton is the main cash crop. The country has few natural resources and a weak industrial base. ++ ++ Cotton and gold are Burkina Faso’s key exports - gold has accounted for about three-quarters of the country’s total export revenues. Burkina Faso’s economic growth and revenue depends on global prices for the two commodities. The Burkinabe economy experienced high levels of growth over the last few years, and the country has seen an upswing in gold exploration, production, and exports. ++ ++ Burkina Faso experienced a number of public protests over the high cost of living, corruption, and other socioeconomic issues in 2013, while the fall of the COMPAORE government in 2014 and failed coup in September 2015 disrupted economic activity and strained government finances. A new three-year IMF program was approved in 2013 to focus on improving the quality of public investment and ensuring inclusive growth. Political insecurity in neighboring Mali, unreliable energy supplies, and poor transportation links pose long-term challenges."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$30.95 billion (2015 est.) ++ $29.75 billion (2014 est.) ++ $28.6 billion (2013 est.)",
"text": "$30.88 billion (2015 est.) ++ $29.69 billion (2014 est.) ++ $28.55 billion (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
@ -547,7 +547,7 @@
}
},
"Gross national saving": {
"text": "7.7% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 11.7% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 9.8% of GDP (2013 est.)"
"text": "21.7% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 24.3% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 21.9% of GDP (2013 est.)"
},
"GDP - composition, by end use": {
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@ -638,7 +638,7 @@
"text": "calendar year"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"text": "0.9% (2015 est.) ++ -0.3% (2014 est.)"
"text": "1% (2015 est.) ++ -0.3% (2014 est.)"
},
"Central bank discount rate": {
"text": "4.25% (31 December 2010) ++ 4.25% (31 December 2009)"
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"text": "$NA"
},
"Current account balance": {
"text": "-$706 million (2015 est.) ++ -$1.004 billion (2014 est.)"
"text": "-$622 million (2015 est.) ++ -$1.004 billion (2014 est.)"
},
"Exports": {
"text": "$2.515 billion (2015 est.) ++ $2.755 billion (2014 est.)"
@ -705,19 +705,19 @@
}
},
"Electricity - production": {
"text": "522 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "700 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "985.5 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "1.2 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "500 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "600 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
"Electricity - installed generating capacity": {
"text": "238,000 kW (2012 est.)"
"text": "300,000 kW (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "86.6% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2015 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2016 es)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "12,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "22,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "11,610 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "20,890 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
@ -768,10 +768,10 @@
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "0 cu m (1 January 2014 es)"
},
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"text": "1.406 million Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "1.4 million Mt (2013 est.)"
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},
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},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
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"text": "32,227 (Mali) (2016)"
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}
},
"Trafficking in persons": {

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},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral Parliament consists of the National Assembly (78 seats; 72 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms and 6 nonvoting members appointed by the president) and the National Council, which primarily reviews legislation passed and referred by the National Assembly (26 seats (to be expanded to 42 in 2016); members indirectly elected 2 each by the 13 regional councils to serve 5-year terms)"
"text": "bicameral Parliament consists of the National Assembly (104 seats; 96 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms and 8 nonvoting members appointed by the president) and the National Council, which primarily reviews legislation passed and referred by the National Assembly (26 seats (to be expanded to 42 in 2016); members indirectly elected 2 each by the 13 regional councils to serve 5-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "National Council - elections for regional councils to determine members of the National Council held on 27 November 2015 (next to be held in November 2020); National Assembly - last held on 28 November 2014 (next to be held in November 2019)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "National Council - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - SWAPO 24, UDF 1, DTA 1; National Assembly - percent of vote by party - SWAPO 80.0%, DTA 4.8%, RDP 3.5%, APP 2.3%, UDF 2.1%, NUDO 2.0%, CPN 1.5%, other 3.8%; seats by party - SWAPO 77, DTA 5, RDP 3, APP 2, UDF 2, NUDO 2, CPN 2, SWANU 1, UPM 1, RP 1"
"text": "National Council - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - SWAPO 40, NUDO 1, DTA 1; National Assembly - percent of vote by party - SWAPO 80.0%, DTA 4.8%, RDP 3.5%, APP 2.3%, UDF 2.1%, NUDO 2.0%, CPN 1.5%, other 3.8%; seats by party - SWAPO 77, DTA 5, RDP 3, APP 2, UDF 2, NUDO 2, CPN 2, SWANU 1, UPM 1, RP 1"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
@ -532,25 +532,25 @@
"text": "The economy is heavily dependent on the extraction and processing of minerals for export. Mining accounts for 11.5% of GDP, but provides more than 50% of foreign exchange earnings. Rich alluvial diamond deposits make Namibia a primary source for gem-quality diamonds. Marine diamond mining is increasingly important as the terrestrial diamond supply has dwindled. The rising cost of mining diamonds, increasingly from the sea, combined with increased diamond production in Russia and China, has reduced profit margins. Namibian authorities have emphasized the need to add value to raw materials, do more in-country manufacturing, and exploit the services market, especially in the logistics and transportation sectors. ++ ++ Namibia is the world's fifth-largest producer of uranium. The Chinese owned Husab uranium mine in expected to start producing uranium ore in 2017. Once the Husab mine reaches full production, Namibia is expected to become the world’s second-largest producer of uranium. Namibia also produces large quantities of zinc and is a smaller producer of gold and copper. The mining and quarrying sectors employ 2% of the population. Namibia's economy remains vulnerable to world commodity price fluctuations, and drought. ++ ++ Namibia normally imports about 50% of its cereal requirements; in drought years food shortages can be a problem in rural areas. A high per capita GDP, relative to the region, hides one of the world's most unequal income distributions. A priority of the current government is poverty eradication. ++ ++ A five-year, Millennium Challenge Corporation compact ended in September 2014. As an upper middle income country, Namibia is ineligible for a second compact. The Namibian economy is closely linked to South Africa with the Namibian dollar pegged one-to-one to the South African rand. Namibia receives 30%-40% of its revenues from the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). Volatility in the size of Namibia's annual SACU allotment complicates budget planning."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$25.6 billion (2015 est.) ++ $24.31 billion (2014 est.) ++ $22.84 billion (2013 est.)",
"text": "$25.34 billion (2015 est.) ++ $24.25 billion (2014 est.) ++ $22.8 billion (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
"text": "$11.5 billion (2015 est.)"
"text": "$12.83 billion (2015 est.)"
},
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"text": "5.3% (2015 est.) ++ 6.5% (2014 est.) ++ 5.7% (2013 est.)"
"text": "4.5% (2015 est.) ++ 6.4% (2014 est.) ++ 5.7% (2013 est.)"
},
"GDP - per capita (PPP)": {
"text": "$11,200 (2015 est.) ++ $10,900 (2014 est.) ++ $10,400 (2013 est.)",
"text": "$11,400 (2015 est.) ++ $11,000 (2014 est.) ++ $10,500 (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
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"text": "21.2% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 22.3% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 21.2% of GDP (2013 est.)"
"text": "19.9% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 24.1% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 20% of GDP (2013 est.)"
},
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"household consumption": {
@ -668,7 +668,7 @@
"text": "$1.305 billion (31 December 2012 est.) ++ $1.152 billion (31 December 2011 est.) ++ $1.176 billion (31 December 2010 est.)"
},
"Current account balance": {
"text": "-$1.489 billion (2015 est.) ++ -$1.376 billion (2014 est.)"
"text": "-$1.253 billion (2015 est.) ++ -$1.12 billion (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "$4.015 billion (2015 est.) ++ $4.612 billion (2014 est.)"
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}
},
"Electricity - production": {
"text": "1.796 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "1.5 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "4.238 billion kWh (2013 est.)"
"text": "3.7 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "89 million kWh (2013 est.)"
"text": "84 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "2.907 billion kWh (2013 est.)"
"text": "2.9 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "1.087 million kW (2013 est.)"
"text": "500,000 kW (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "31.8% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2015 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2016 es)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "22,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "24,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "79.56 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "21,990 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "23,400 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "62.29 billion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "62.29 billion cu m (1 January 2016 es)"
},
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"text": "3.716 million Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "4 million Mt (2013 est.)"
}
},
"Communications": {

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},
"Energy": {
"Electricity - production": {
"text": "90 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "90 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
"Electricity - consumption": {
"text": "83.7 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "83.7 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "58,000 kW (2012 est.)"
"text": "58,000 kW (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "100% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2016 es)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "1,700 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "1,700 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "1,702 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "1,702 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "0 cu m (1 January 2014 es)"
},
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"text": "316,100 Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "300,000 Mt (2013 est.)"
}
},
"Communications": {

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"text": "Surrounded by South Africa, except for a short border with Mozambique, Swaziland depends on South Africa for 60% of its exports and for more than 90% of its imports. Swaziland's currency is pegged to the South African rand, effectively relinquishing Swaziland's monetary policy to South Africa. The government is heavily dependent on customs duties from the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), and worker remittances from South Africa supplement domestically earned income. Swaziland’s GDP per capita makes it a lower middle income country, but its income distribution is highly skewed, with an estimated 20% of the population controlling 80% of the nation’s wealth. As of 2014, more than one-quarter of the adult population was infected by HIV/AIDS; Swaziland has the world’s highest HIV prevalence rate. ++ ++ Subsistence agriculture employs approximately 70% of the population. The manufacturing sector diversified in the 1980s and 1990s, but manufacturing has grown little in the last decade. Sugar and wood pulp had been major foreign exchange earners until the wood pulp producer closed in January 2010, and sugar is now the main export earner. Mining has declined in importance in recent years. Coal, gold, diamond, and quarry stone mines are small scale, and the only iron ore mine closed in 2014. ++ ++ With an estimated 40% unemployment rate, Swaziland's need to increase the number and size of small and medium enterprises and to attract foreign direct investment is acute. Overgrazing, soil depletion, drought, and floods are persistent problems. On 1 January 2015, Swaziland lost its eligibility for benefits under the US African Growth and Opportunity Act, resulting in the loss of thousands of jobs. ++ ++ The IMF forecasted that Swaziland’s economy will grow at a slower pace in 2016/2017 because of a region-wide drought, which is likely to hurt Swaziland’s revenue from sugar exports and other agricultural products, and a decline in the tourism and transport sectors. Swaziland’s revenue from SACU receipts and remittances from Swazi citizens abroad will also decline in 2016/2017, making it harder to maintain fiscal balance."
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"text": "$10.87 billion (2015 est.) ++ $10.69 billion (2014 est.) ++ $10.43 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "$4.025 billion (2015 est.)"
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"text": "$9,700 (2015 est.) ++ $9,700 (2014 est.) ++ $9,500 (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "$NA ++ $203.1 million (31 December 2007) ++ $199.9 million (31 December 2006)"
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"text": "$370 million (2015 est.) ++ $145 million (2014 est.)"
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},
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"text": "425 million kWh (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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"text": "Zambia has had one of the world’s fastest growing economies for the past ten years, with real GDP growth averaging roughly 6.7% per annum, though growth slowed in 2015 to just over 3%, due to falling copper prices, reduced power generation, and depreciation of the kwacha. Zambia’s lack of economic diversification and dependency on copper as its sole major export makes it vulnerable to fluctuations in the world commodities market and prices turned downward in 2015 due to declining demand from China; Zambia was overtaken by the Democratic Republic of Congo as Africa’s largest copper producer. ++ ++ Despite recent strong economic growth and its status as a lower middle-income country, widespread and extreme rural poverty and high unemployment levels remain significant problems, made worse by a high birth rate, a relatively high HIV/AIDS burden, and by market-distorting agricultural and energy policies. Economic policy inconsistency and poor budget execution in recent years has hindered the economy and contributed to weakness in the kwacha, which was Africa’s worst performing currency during 2015. Zambia has raised $7 billion from international investors by issuing separate sovereign bonds in September 2012, April 2014, and July 2015, significantly increasing the country’s public debt as a share of GDP. ++ ++ Poor management of water resources has also contributed to a power generation shortage, which has hampered industrial productivity and contributed to an increase in year-on-year inflation to 23% by March 2016. Zambia’s currency, the kwacha, also depreciated sharply against the dollar through 2015, before the central bank restricted lending."
},
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"text": "$62.45 billion (2015 est.) ++ $60.63 billion (2014 est.) ++ $57.73 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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}
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"text": "Zimbabwe's economy depends heavily on its mining and agriculture sectors. Following a decade of contraction from 1998 to 2008, the economy recorded real growth of more than 10% per year in the period 2010-13, before slowing to roughly 3% in 2014 due to poor harvests, low diamond revenues, and decreased investment. Lower mineral prices, infrastructure and regulatory deficiencies, a poor investment climate, a large public and external debt burden, and extremely high government wage expenses impede the country’s economic performance. ++ ++ Until early 2009, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) routinely printed money to fund the budget deficit, causing hyperinflation. Dollarization in early 2009 - which allowed currencies such as the Botswana pula, the South Africa rand, and the US dollar to be used locally - ended hyperinflation and reduced inflation below 10% per year. The RBZ introduced bond coins denominated in 1, 5, 10, and 25 cent increments on a par with the US dollar in December 2014, more than five years after the Zimbabwe dollar was taken out of circulation. In January 2015, as part of the government’s effort to boost trade and attract foreign investment, the RBZ announced that the Chinese renmimbi, Indian rupee, Australian dollar, and Japanese yen would be accepted as legal tender in Zimbabwe. ++ ++ Zimbabwe’s government entered a second Staff Monitored Program with the IMF in 2014 and undertook other measures to reengage with international financial institutions. Foreign and domestic investment continues to be hindered by the lack of clarity regarding the government’s Indigenization and Economic Empowerment Act. In 2015 the depreciation of the South African rand against the US dollar has led to deflation in Zimbabwe as prices for South African imports decline while the costs of domestic production in US dollars remains stable."
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"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$28.04 billion (2015 est.) ++ $27.74 billion (2014 est.) ++ $26.72 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "$4.073 billion (13 April 2015 est.) ++ $11.82 billion (31 December 2012 est.) ++ $10.9 billion (31 December 2011 est.)"
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"text": "Cabinet consists of 12 department directors appointed by the governor with the consent of the Legislative Assembly"
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"text": "president and vice president indirectly elected on the same ballot by an Electoral College of 'electors' chosen from each state to serve a 4-year term (eligible for a second term); under the US Constitution, residents of unincorporated territories, such as American Samoa, do not vote in elections for US president and vice president; however, they may vote in Democratic and Republican presidential primary elections; governor and lieutenant governor directly elected on the same ballot by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 4-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 6 November 2012 with a runoff on 20 November 2012 (next to be held in November 2016)"
"text": "president and vice president indirectly elected on the same ballot by an Electoral College of 'electors' chosen from each state to serve a 4-year term (eligible for a second term); under the US Constitution, residents of unincorporated territories, such as American Samoa, do not vote in elections for US president and vice president; however, they may vote in Democratic and Republican presidential primary elections; governor and lieutenant governor directly elected on the same ballot by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 4-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 8 November 2016 (next to be held in November 2020)"
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"text": "Lolo Matalasi MOLIGA elected governor; percent of vote in second round - Lolo Matalasi MOLIGA (independent) 52.9%, Faoa Aitofele SUNIA (Democratic Party) 47.1%"
"text": "Lolo Matalasi MOLIGA re-elected governor; percent of vote - Lolo Matalasi MOLIGA (independent) 60.2%, Faoa Aitofele SUNIA (Democratic Party) 35.8%"
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"text": "156.4 million kWh (2013 est.)"
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"text": "Following two decades of continuous growth, low unemployment, contained inflation, very low public debt, and a strong and stable financial system, Australia enters 2016 facing a range of growth constraints, principally driven by a sharp fall in global prices of key export commodities. Demand for resources and energy from Asia and especially China has stalled and sharp drops in current prices have impacted growth. ++ ++ The services sector is the largest part of the Australian economy, accounting for about 70% of GDP and 75% of jobs. Australia was comparatively unaffected by the global financial crisis as the banking system has remained strong and inflation is under control. ++ ++ Australia benefited from a dramatic surge in its terms of trade in recent years, although this trend has reversed due to falling global commodity prices. Australia is a significant exporter of natural resources, energy, and food. Australia's abundant and diverse natural resources attract high levels of foreign investment and include extensive reserves of coal, iron, copper, gold, natural gas, uranium, and renewable energy sources. A series of major investments, such as the US$40 billion Gorgon Liquid Natural Gas project, will significantly expand the resources sector. ++ ++ Australia is an open market with minimal restrictions on imports of goods and services. The process of opening up has increased productivity, stimulated growth, and made the economy more flexible and dynamic. Australia plays an active role in the World Trade Organization, APEC, the G20, and other trade forums. Australia’s free trade agreement (FTA) with China entered into force in 2015, adding to existing FTAs with the Republic of Korea, Japan, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, and the US, and a regional FTA with ASEAN and New Zealand. Australia continues to negotiate bilateral agreements with India and Indonesia, as well as larger agreements with its Pacific neighbors and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, and an Asia-wide Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership that includes the ten ASEAN countries and China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand and India. Australia is also working on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement with Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the US, and Vietnam."
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"text": "$1.141 trillion (2015 est.) ++ $1.113 trillion (2014 est.) ++ $1.084 trillion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "$1.986 trillion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $2.09 trillion (31 December 2014 est.)"
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"text": "$1.187 trillion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $1.289 trillion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $1.366 trillion (31 December 2013 est.)"
"text": "$1.286 trillion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $1.198 trillion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $1.455 trillion (31 December 2013 est.)"
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"text": "-$57.98 billion (2015 est.) ++ -$42.61 billion (2014 est.)"
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"text": "7.6% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
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},
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},
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"text": "38.79 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
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},
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"text": "31.62 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
"text": "31.61 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "6.937 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
"text": "6.938 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "1.219 trillion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
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"text": "420.6 million Mt (2012 est.)"
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"text": "The bulk of the population depends on agriculture, fishing, and forestry for at least part of its livelihood. Most manufactured goods and petroleum products must be imported. The islands are rich in undeveloped mineral resources such as lead, zinc, nickel, and gold. Prior to the arrival of The Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI), severe ethnic violence, the closure of key businesses, and an empty government treasury culminated in economic collapse. RAMSI's efforts to restore law and order and economic stability have led to modest growth as the economy rebuilds."
},
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"text": "$1.148 billion (2015 est.) ++ $1.112 billion (2014 est.) ++ $1.09 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "calendar year"
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"text": "bicameral Northern Mariana Commonwealth Legislature consists of the Senate (9 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms) and the House of Representatives (20 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 2-year terms)"
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"text": "Senate - last held on 4 November 2014 (next to be held on 8 November 2016); House of Representatives - last held on 4 November 2014 (next to be held on 8 November 2016)"
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},
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"text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Covenant Party 3, Republican Party 3, Democratic Party 1, independent 2; House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - independents 13, Republican Party 7"
"text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Covenant Party 3, Republican Party 3, Democratic Party 1, independent 2; House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Republican Party 14, independents 6"
},
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"text": "the Northern Mariana Islands directly elects 1 member by simple majority vote to serve a 2-year term as a delegate to the US House of Representatives; the delegate can vote when serving on a committee and when the House meets as the Committee of the Whole House, but not when legislation is submitted for a “full floor” House vote; election of delegate last held on 4 November 2014 (next to be held on 8 November 2016)"

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},
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"text": "31.13 million kWh (2012 est.)"
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"text": "Fiji, endowed with forest, mineral, and fish resources, is one of the most developed and connected of the Pacific island economies. Earnings from the tourism industry, with an estimated 755,000 tourists visiting in 2015, and remittances from Fijian’s working abroad are the country’s largest foreign exchange earners. ++ ++ Fiji's sugar remains a significant industry and a major export. The sugar industry reforms since 2010 have improved productivity and returns, but the industry faces the complete withdrawal of European Union preferential prices by 2017. Fiji’s trade imbalance continues to widen with increased imports and sluggish performance of domestic exports. ++ ++ The return to parliamentary democracy and successful elections in September 2014 have boosted investor confidence. Private sector investment in 2015 exceeded 20% of GDP, compared to 13% in 2013."
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}
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"text": "702 million kWh (2012 est.)"
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}
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"text": "A remote country of 33 scattered coral atolls, Kiribati has few natural resources and is one of the least developed Pacific Island countries. Commercially viable phosphate deposits were exhausted by the time of independence from the United Kingdom in 1979. Earnings from fishing licenses and seafarer remittances are important sources of income, however, remittances and the number of seafarers employed have declined since the global crisis. In 2013, fishing license revenues contributed close to half of government’s total revenue and total remittances from seafarers were equivalent to 6% of GDP. ++ ++ Economic development is constrained by a shortage of skilled workers, weak infrastructure, and remoteness from international markets. The public sector dominates economic activity, with ongoing capital projects in infrastructure including the road rehabilitation, water and sanitation projects, and renovations to the international airport, spurring some growth. ++ ++ Kiribati is dependent on foreign aid, which was estimated to have contributed over 43% in 2013 to the government’s finances. The country’s sovereign fund, the Revenue Equalization Reserve Fund (RERF), which is held offshore, had an estimated balance of $668 million in 2013, equivalent to 381% of GDP. The RERF seeks to avoid exchange rate risk by holding investments in more than 20 currencies, including the Australian dollar, United States dollar, the Japanese yen, and the Euro. Drawdowns from the RERF helped finance the government’s annual budget"
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}
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"text": "2.92 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
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},
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"text": "3 million kWh (2012 est.)"
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"text": "This South Pacific island economy is based primarily on small-scale agriculture, which provides a living for about two-thirds of the population. Fishing, offshore financial services, and tourism, with nearly 197,000 visitors in 2008, are other mainstays of the economy. Australia and New Zealand are the main source of tourists and foreign aid. A small light industry sector caters to the local market. Tax revenues come mainly from import duties. Mineral deposits are negligible; the country has no known petroleum deposits. ++ ++ Economic development is hindered by dependence on relatively few commodity exports, vulnerability to natural disasters, and long distances from main markets and between constituent islands. In response to foreign concerns, the government has promised to tighten regulation of its offshore financial center. ++ ++ Since 2002, the government has stepped up efforts to boost tourism through improved air connections, resort development, and cruise ship facilities. Agriculture, especially livestock farming, is a second target for growth."
},
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}
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},
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"text": "Over the past 30 years, the government has transformed New Zealand from an agrarian economy, dependent on concessionary British market access, to a more industrialized, free market economy that can compete globally. This dynamic growth has boosted real incomes - but left behind some at the bottom of the ladder - and broadened and deepened the technological capabilities of the industrial sector. ++ ++ Per capita income rose for ten consecutive years until 2007 in purchasing power parity terms, but fell in 2008-09. Debt-driven consumer spending drove robust growth in the first half of the decade, fueling a large balance of payments deficit that posed a challenge for policymakers. Inflationary pressures caused the central bank to raise its key rate steadily from January 2004 until it was among the highest in the OECD in 2007-08. The higher rate attracted international capital inflows, which strengthened the currency and housing market while aggravating the current account deficit. ++ ++ The economy fell into recession before the start of the global financial crisis and contracted for five consecutive quarters in 2008-09. In line with global peers, the central bank cut interest rates aggressively and the government developed fiscal stimulus measures. The economy pulled out of recession in 2009, and achieved 2%-3% growth from 2011 to 2015. Nevertheless, key trade sectors remain vulnerable to weak external demand and lower commodity prices. In the aftermath of the 2010 Canterbury earthquakes, the government has continued programs to expand export markets, develop capital markets, invest in innovation, raise productivity growth, and develop infrastructure, while easing its fiscal austerity."
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"text": "$342.4 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $360.1 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
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"text": "Cabinet appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate; also includes the vice president; the Council of Chiefs consists of chiefs from each of the states who advise the president on issues concerning traditional laws, customs, and their relationship to the constitution and laws of Palau"
},
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"text": "president and vice president directly elected on separate ballots by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 4-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 6 November 2012 (next to be held in November 2016)"
"text": "president and vice president directly elected on separate ballots by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 4-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 1 November 2016 (next to be held in November 2020)"
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"text": "Tommy REMENGESAU elected president; percent of vote - Tommy REMENGESAU 58%, Johnson TORIBIONG 42%; Antonio BELLS elected vice president"
"text": "Tommy REMENGESAU elected president; percent of vote - Tommy REMENGESAU 51.3%, Surangel WHIPPS, Jr. 48.7%; Antonio BELLS elected vice president"
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"text": "US assistance and lease payments for the use of Kwajalein Atoll as a US military base are the mainstay of this small island country. Agricultural production, primarily subsistence, is concentrated on small farms; the most important commercial crops are coconuts and breadfruit. Industry is limited to handicrafts, tuna processing, and copra. Tourism holds some potential. The islands and atolls have few natural resources, and imports exceed exports. ++ ++ The Marshall Islands received roughly $1 billion in aid from the US during 1986-2001 under the original Compact of Free Association (Compact). In 2002 and 2003, the US and the Marshall Islands renegotiated the Compact's financial package for a 20-year period, from 2004 to 2024. Under the amended Compact, the Marshall Islands will receive roughly $1.5 billion in direct US assistance. Under the amended Compact, the US and Marshall Islands are also jointly funding a Trust Fund for the people of the Marshall Islands that will provide an income stream beyond 2024, when direct Compact aid ends."
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"text": "1 October - 30 September"
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"text": "Tonga has a small, open, island economy and is the last constitutional monarchy among the Pacific Island countries. It has a narrow export base in agricultural goods. Squash, vanilla beans, and yams are the main crops. Agricultural exports, including fish, make up two-thirds of total exports. Tourism is the second-largest source of hard currency earnings following remittances. Tonga had 45,000 visitors in 2013. The country must import a high proportion of its food, mainly from New Zealand. ++ ++ The country remains dependent on external aid and remittances from overseas Tongans to offset its trade deficit. The government is emphasizing the development of the private sector, encouraging investment, and is committing increased funds for healthcare and education. Tonga's English-speaking and educated workforce offer a viable labor market, and the tropical climate provides fertile soil. Renewable energy and deep sea mining also offer opportunities for investment. ++ ++ Tonga has a reasonably sound basic infrastructure and well developed social services. The government faces high unemployment among the young, moderate inflation, pressures for democratic reform, and rising civil service expenditures."
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
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"text": "1 July - 30 June"
},
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"text": "-0.1% (2015 est.) ++ 1.2% (2014 est.)"
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},
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"text": "8.09% (31 December 2015 est.) ++ 8.89% (31 December 2014 est.)"
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"text": "$NA"
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"text": "-$34 million (2015 est.) ++ -$41 million (2014 est.)"
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}
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"text": "48 million kWh (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 kWh (2013)"
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"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
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"text": "14,000 kW (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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},
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"text": "calendar year"
},
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"text": "3.2% (2015 est.) ++ 1.1% (2014 est.)"
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},
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"text": "10.6% (31 December 2013 est.) ++ 10.6% (31 December 2012 est.)"
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"text": "$0 (2014)"
},
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"text": "$2 million (2015 est.) ++ $7 million (2014 est.)"
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},
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"text": "The economy of Samoa has traditionally been dependent on development aid, family remittances from overseas, tourism, agriculture, and fishing. It has a nominal GDP of $780 million. Agriculture, including fishing, employs roughly two-thirds of the labor force and furnishes 90% of exports, featuring fish, coconut oil, nonu products, and taro. The manufacturing sector mainly processes agricultural products. One factory in the Foreign Trade Zone employs 1,000 people to make automobile electrical harnesses for an assembly plant in Australia, and accounts for 65% of total exports. Industry accounts for nearly 15% of GDP while employing less than 6% of the work force. The service sector accounts for nearly three-quarters of GDP and employs approximately 50% of the labor force. Tourism is an expanding sector accounting for 25% of GDP; 132,000 tourists visited the islands in 2013. ++ ++ The country is vulnerable to devastating storms. In September 2009, an earthquake and the resulting tsunami severely damaged Samoa and nearby American Samoa, disrupting transportation and power generation, and resulting in about 200 deaths. In December 2012, extensive flooding and wind damage from Tropical Cyclone Evan killed four people, displaced over 6,000, and damaged or destroyed an estimated 1,500 homes on Samoa's Upolu Island. ++ ++ The Samoan Government has called for deregulation of the country's financial sector, encouragement of investment, and continued fiscal discipline, while at the same time protecting the environment. Foreign reserves are relatively healthy and inflation is low, but external debt is approximately 55% of GDP. Samoa became the 155th member of the WTO in May 2012, and graduated from least developed country (LDC) status in January 2014."
},
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "1.6% (2015 est.) ++ 1.2% (2014 est.) ++ -1.9% (2013 est.)"
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"text": "June 1 - May 31"
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"text": "9.39% (31 December 2015 est.) ++ 9.98% (31 December 2014 est.)"
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"text": "$NA"
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}
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},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
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}
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},
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"text": "Tourism continues to dominate Antigua and Barbuda's economy, accounting for nearly 60% of GDP and 40% of investment. The dual-island nation's agricultural production is focused on the domestic market and constrained by a limited water supply and a labor shortage stemming from the lure of higher wages in tourism and construction. Manufacturing comprises enclave-type assembly for export with major products being bedding, handicrafts, and electronic components. ++ ++ After taking office in 2004, the SPENCER government adopted an ambitious fiscal reform program and was successful in reducing its public debt-to-GDP ratio from approximately 130% in 2010 to 89% in 2012. In 2009, the country's economy was severely hit by the global economic crisis and suffered from the collapse of its largest private sector employer, a steep decline in tourism, a rise in debt, and a sharp economic contraction between 2009 and 2011. The country has not yet returned to its pre-crisis growth levels. ++ ++ Prospects for economic growth in the medium term will continue to depend on tourist arrivals from the US, Canada, and Europe and potential damages from natural disasters."
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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@ -621,10 +621,10 @@
}
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "Barbados is the wealthiest and most developed country in the Eastern Caribbean and enjoys one of the highest per capita incomes in the region. Historically, the Barbadian economy was dependent on sugarcane cultivation and related activities. However, in recent years the economy has diversified into light industry and tourism with about four-fifths of GDP and of exports being attributed to services. Offshore finance and information services are important foreign exchange earners and thrive from having the same time zone as eastern US financial centers and a relatively highly educated workforce. Barbados' tourism, financial services, and construction industries have been hard hit since the onset of the global economic crisis in 2008. Barbados' public debt-to-GDP ratio rose from 56% in 2008 to 101% in 2015. Growth prospects are limited because of a weak tourism outlook and planned austerity measures."
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"text": "$4.663 billion (2015 est.) ++ $4.622 billion (2014 est.) ++ $4.613 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "$4.495 billion (31 December 2012 est.) ++ $4.571 billion (31 December 2011 est.) ++ $4.366 billion (31 December 2010 est.)"
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"text": "-$315 million (2015 est.) ++ -$432 million (2014 est.)"
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}
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"text": "981 million kWh (2012 est.)"
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"text": "938 million kWh (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "20 million cu m (2013 est.)"
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"text": "The Bahamas is one of the wealthiest Caribbean countries with an economy heavily dependent on tourism and offshore banking. Tourism together with tourism-driven construction and manufacturing accounts for approximately 60% of GDP and directly or indirectly employs half of the archipelago's labor force. Financial services constitute the second-most important sector of the Bahamian economy and, when combined with business services, account for about 35% of GDP. Manufacturing and agriculture combined contribute less than one 10th of GDP and show little growth, despite government incentives aimed at those sectors. The economy of The Bahamas shrank at an average pace of 0.8% annually between 2007 and 2011, and tourism, financial services, and construction - pillars of the national economy - remain subdued. Conditions are improving in the tourism sector, however, due to steady foreign investment led activity. New resort and marina developments are likely to provide sustained employment opportunities."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$8.925 billion (2015 est.) ++ $9.076 billion (2014 est.) ++ $9.124 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "$8.854 billion (2015 est.)"
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "1 July - 30 June"
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"text": "1.9% (2015 est.) ++ 1.2% (2014 est.)"
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"text": "1.845 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
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"text": "Tourism is the number one foreign exchange earner in this small economy, followed by exports of crude oil, marine products, sugar, citrus, and bananas. ++ ++ The government's expansionary monetary and fiscal policies, initiated in September 1998, led to GDP growth averaging nearly 4% in 1999-2007. Oil discoveries in 2006 bolstered this growth and oil exploration continues, but production has fallen in recent years and future oil revenues remain uncertain. Growth slipped to 0% in 2009, due to the global economic slowdown, natural disasters, and a temporary drop in the price of oil, but growth grew to 2.2% in 2015. ++ ++ Although Belize has the third highest per capita income in Central America, the average income figure masks a huge income disparity between rich and poor, and a key government objective remains reducing poverty and inequality with the help of international donors. High unemployment, a growing trade deficit and heavy foreign debt burden continue to be major concerns."
},
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"text": "$3.048 billion (2015 est.) ++ $3.017 billion (2014 est.) ++ $2.898 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "$NA"
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}
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"text": "Prior to the global economic crisis, Costa Rica enjoyed stable economic growth. The economy contracted in 2009 but resumed growth at about 4% per year in 2010-15. While traditional agricultural exports of bananas, coffee, sugar, and beef are still the backbone of commodity export trade, a variety of industrial and specialized agricultural products have broadened export trade in recent years. High value-added goods and services, including medical devices, have further bolstered exports. Tourism continues to bring in foreign exchange, as Costa Rica's impressive biodiversity makes it a key destination for ecotourism. ++ ++ Foreign investors remain attracted by the country's political stability and relatively high education levels, as well as the incentives offered in the free-trade zones; Costa Rica has attracted one of the highest levels of foreign direct investment per capita in Latin America. The US-Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) entered into force on 1 January 2009 after significant delays within the Costa Rican legislature. CAFTA-DR has increased foreign direct investment in key sectors of the economy, including the insurance and telecommunications sectors. However, poor infrastructure, high energy costs, bureaucracy, weak investor protection, and legal uncertainty due to the difficulty of enforcing contracts and overlapping and at times conflicting responsibilities between agencies, remain impediments to greater competitiveness. ++ ++ Costa Rica’s economy also faces challenges due to a rising fiscal deficit, rising public debt, and relatively low levels of domestic revenue. Poverty has remained around 20-25% for nearly 20 years, and the strong social safety net that had been put into place by the government has eroded due to increased financial constraints on government expenditures. Unlike the rest of Central America, Costa Rica is not highly dependent on remittances, which in 2014 represented 1% of GDP. Immigration from Nicaragua has increasingly become a concern for the government. The estimated 300,000-500,000 Nicaraguans in Costa Rica, legally and illegally, are an important source of mostly unskilled labor, but also place heavy demands on the social welfare system."
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "$2.015 billion (31 December 2012 est.) ++ $1.443 billion (31 December 2011 est.) ++ $1.445 billion (31 December 2010 est.)"
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}
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"text": "8.987 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
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},
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}
},
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"text": "The Dominican economy has been dependent on agriculture - primarily bananas - in years past, but increasingly has been driven by tourism as the government seeks to promote Dominica as an \"ecotourism\" destination. Moreover, Dominica has an offshore medical education sector. In order to diversify the island's economy, the government is also attempting to foster an offshore financial industry and plans to sign agreements with the private sector to develop geothermal energy resources. In 2003, the government began a comprehensive restructuring of the economy - including the elimination of price controls, privatization of the state banana company, and tax increases - to address an economic and financial crisis and to meet IMF requirements. In 2009 and 2013, the economy contracted as a result of the global recession; growth remains anemic. Although public debt levels continue to exceed pre-recession levels, the debt burden declined from 78% of GDP in 2011 to approximately 70% in 2012."
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"text": "The Dominican Republic has long been viewed primarily as an exporter of sugar, coffee, and tobacco, but in recent years the service sector has overtaken agriculture as the economy's largest employer, due to growth in construction, tourism, and free trade zones. The mining sector has also played a greater role in the export market since late 2012 with the commencement of the extraction phase of the Pueblo Viejo Gold and Silver mine. The country suffers from marked income inequality; the poorest half of the population receives less than one-fifth of GDP, while the richest 10% enjoys nearly 40% of GDP. High unemployment, a large informal sector, and underemployment remain important long-term challenges. ++ ++ The economy is highly dependent upon the US, the destination for approximately half of exports. Remittances from the US amount to about 7% of GDP, equivalent to about a third of exports and two-thirds of tourism receipts. The Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) came into force in March 2007, boosting investment and exports and reducing losses to the Asian garment industry. ++ ++ The Dominican Republic's economy rebounded from the global recession in 2010-15, and the fiscal situation is improving. A tax reform package passed in November 2012, a reduction in government spending, and lower energy costs helped to narrow the central government budget deficit from 6.6% of GDP in 2012 to 2.6% in 2015. A liability management operation in January 2015, in which the government paid down over $4 billion of the country’s Petrocaribe debt at a discount of 52% with proceeds from the sale of $2.5 billion in global bonds, reduced the country’s debt load by approximately by 4% of GDP. Analysts project 6% GDP growth in 2016 and inflation within the Central Bank’s target of 4.0% <20> 1.0%, due to low oil prices, increased remittances, and continued expansion in the services sector based on growth in construction."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$149.9 billion (2015 est.) ++ $140.2 billion (2014 est.) ++ $130.6 billion (2013 est.)",
"text": "$149.7 billion (2015 est.) ++ $139.9 billion (2014 est.) ++ $130.3 billion (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
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"text": "$67.2 billion (2015 est.)"
"text": "$67.49 billion (2015 est.)"
},
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"text": "7% (2015 est.) ++ 7.3% (2014 est.) ++ 4.8% (2013 est.)"
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"text": "$NA"
},
"Current account balance": {
"text": "-$1.307 billion (2015 est.) ++ -$2.141 billion (2014 est.)"
"text": "-$1.299 billion (2015 est.) ++ -$2.026 billion (2014 est.)"
},
"Exports": {
"text": "$9.523 billion (2015 est.) ++ $9.899 billion (2014 est.)"
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}
},
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"text": "17.97 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
"text": "14 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "15.14 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
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"text": "0 kWh (2014 est.)"
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"text": "3.702 million kW (2013 est.)"
"text": "3.8 million kW (2014 est.)"
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"text": "1.6% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
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},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "26,500 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
"text": "27,660 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2016 es)"
},
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"text": "25,390 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "80,820 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
"text": "116,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "54,920 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "54,920 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "1.45 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "1.069 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "1.45 billion cu m (2013 est.)"
"text": "1.069 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
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"text": "20.8 million Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "22 million Mt (2013 est.)"
}
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"text": "The smallest country in Central America geographically, El Salvador has the fourth largest economy in the region. With the global recession, real GDP contracted in 2009 and economic growth has since remained low, averaging less than 2% from 2010 to 2014, but recovered somewhat in 2015. Remittances accounted for 17% of GDP in 2014 and were received by about a third of all households. ++ ++ In 2006, El Salvador was the first country to ratify the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement, which has bolstered the export of processed foods, sugar, and ethanol, and supported investment in the apparel sector amid increased Asian competition. In September 2015, El Salvador kicked off a five-year $277 million second compact with the Millennium Challenge Corporation - a US Government agency aimed at stimulating economic growth and reducing poverty - to improve El Salvador's competitiveness and productivity in international markets.. ++ ++ The Salvadoran Government maintained fiscal discipline during post-war reconstruction and rebuilding following earthquakes in 2001 and hurricanes in 1998 and 2005, but El Salvador's public debt, estimated at 65% of GDP in 2015, has been growing over the last several years. Total external debt was nearly 60% of GDP in 2015."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$52.81 billion (2015 est.) ++ $51.54 billion (2014 est.) ++ $50.82 billion (2013 est.)",
"text": "$52.95 billion (2015 est.) ++ $51.71 billion (2014 est.) ++ $50.72 billion (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
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"text": "$25.85 billion (2015 est.)"
"text": "$25.77 billion (2015 est.)"
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"text": "2.5% (2015 est.) ++ 1.4% (2014 est.) ++ 1.8% (2013 est.)"
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},
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"text": "$8,600 (2015 est.) ++ $8,400 (2014 est.) ++ $8,300 (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
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"text": "10.4% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 8.4% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 8.5% of GDP (2013 est.)"
"text": "10.6% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 8.4% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 8.4% of GDP (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "$10.74 billion (31 December 2012 est.) ++ $5.474 billion (31 December 2011 est.) ++ $4.227 billion (31 December 2010 est.)"
},
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"text": "-$920 million (2015 est.) ++ -$1.306 billion (2014 est.)"
"text": "-$826 million (2015 est.) ++ -$1.194 billion (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "$4.381 billion (2015 est.) ++ $4.256 billion (2014 est.)"
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}
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"text": "6.18 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
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"text": "5.665 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "5.7 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "78 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "200 million kWh (2014 est.)"
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"text": "1.507 million kW (2012 est.)"
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"text": "15.5% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
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"text": "9,940 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "9,940 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
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"text": "11,600 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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"text": "45,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "226.4 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "36,510 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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"text": "6.375 million Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "6.5 million Mt (2013 est.)"
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},
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"text": "Grenada relies on tourism as its main source of foreign exchange especially since the construction of an international airport in 1985. Strong performances in construction and manufacturing, together with the development of tourism and higher education - especially in medicine - contributed to growth in national output; however, economic growth remained stagnant in 2010-14, after a sizable contraction in 2009, because of the global economic slowdown's effects on tourism and remittances. Gross national saving – and wealth – has been declining since 2010. ++ ++ Hurricanes Ivan (2004) and Emily (2005) severely damaged the agricultural sector - particularly nutmeg and cocoa cultivation - which had been a key driver of economic growth. Grenada has rebounded from the devastating effects of the hurricanes but is now saddled with the debt burden from the rebuilding process. Public debt-to-GDP is about 110%, leaving the MITCHELL administration limited room to engage in public investments and social spending. MITCHELL in 2013 announced a structural adjustment program that includes a plan to increase tax revenue."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$1.448 billion (2015 est.) ++ $1.363 billion (2014 est.) ++ $1.27 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "6.2% (2015 est.) ++ 7.3% (2014 est.) ++ 2.4% (2013 est.)"
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "calendar year"
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"text": "$NA"
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"text": "Guatemala is the most populous country in Central America with a GDP per capita roughly half the average for Latin America and the Caribbean. The agricultural sector accounts for 13.6% of GDP and 31% of the labor force; key agricultural exports include sugar, coffee, bananas, and vegetables. Guatemala is the top remittance recipient in Central America as a result of Guatemala's large expatriate community in the US. These inflows are a primary source of foreign income, equivalent to over one-half of the country's exports or one-tenth of its GDP. ++ ++ The 1996 peace accords, which ended 36 years of civil war, removed a major obstacle to foreign investment, and since then Guatemala has pursued important reforms and macroeconomic stabilization. The Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) entered into force in July 2006, spurring increased investment and diversification of exports, with the largest increases in ethanol and non-traditional agricultural exports. While CAFTA-DR has helped improve the investment climate, concerns over security, the lack of skilled workers, and poor infrastructure continue to hamper foreign direct investment. ++ ++ The distribution of income remains highly unequal with the richest 20% of the population accounting for more than 51% of Guatemala's overall consumption. More than half of the population is below the national poverty line, and 23% of the population lives in extreme poverty. Poverty among indigenous groups, which make up more than 40% of the population, averages 79%, with 39.8% of the indigenous population living in extreme poverty. Nearly one-half of Guatemala's children under age five are chronically malnourished, one of the highest malnutrition rates in the world. ++ ++ Guatemala is facing growing fiscal pressures exacerbated by multiple corruption scandals in 2015 that led to the resignation of the president, vice president, and numerous high-level economic officials."
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"text": "$126.2 billion (2015 est.) ++ $121.2 billion (2014 est.) ++ $116.3 billion (2013 est.)",
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}
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"text": "Haiti's economy suffered a severe setback in January 2010 when a 7.0 magnitude earthquake destroyed much of its capital city, Port-au-Prince, and neighboring areas. Currently the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, with 80% of the population living under the poverty line and 54% in abject poverty, the earthquake further inflicted $7.8 billion in damage and caused the country's GDP to contract. In 2011, GDP growth rose to 5.5% as the Haitian economy began recovering from the earthquake. However, growth slowed in 2015 to 2% as political uncertainty, drought conditions, and the depreciation of the national currency took a toll on investment and economic growth. ++ ++ Haiti is a free market economy with low labor costs and tariff-free access to the US for many of its exports. Two-fifths of all Haitians depend on the agricultural sector, mainly small-scale subsistence farming, which remains vulnerable to damage from frequent natural disasters, exacerbated by the country's widespread deforestation. Poverty, corruption, vulnerability to natural disasters, and low levels of education for much of the population are among Haiti's most serious impediments to economic growth. Remittances are the primary source of foreign exchange, in 2015 equaling over one-fifth of GDP, and nearly double the combined value of Haitian exports and foreign direct investment. ++ ++ US economic engagement under the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) and the 2008 Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act (HOPE II) helped increase apparel exports and investment by providing duty-free access to the US. The Haiti Economic Lift Program (HELP) Act of 2010 extended the CBTPA and HOPE II until 2020, while the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 extended trade benefits provided to Haiti in the HOPE and HELP Acts through September 2025. Apparel sector exports in 2015 reached $904 million and account for about 90% of Haitian exports and more than 10% of the GDP. ++ ++ Investment in Haiti is hampered by the difficulty of doing business and weak infrastructure, including access to electricity. Haiti's outstanding external debt was cancelled by donor countries following the 2010 earthquake, but has since risen to nearly $2 billion as of December 2015, the majority of which is owed to Venezuela under the PetroCaribe program. Although the government has increased its revenue collection, it continues to rely on formal international economic assistance for fiscal sustainability, with over 20% of its annual budget coming from foreign aid or direct budget support."
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"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$18.82 billion (2015 est.) ++ $18.6 billion (2014 est.) ++ $18.1 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "$8.713 billion (2015 est.)"
"text": "$8.618 billion (2015 est.)"
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"text": "1.2% (2015 est.) ++ 2.8% (2014 est.) ++ 4.2% (2013 est.)"
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"text": "1 October - 30 September"
},
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"text": "7.5% (2015 est.) ++ 3.9% (2014 est.)"
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"text": "-$219 million (2015 est.) ++ -$551 million (2014 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
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"text": "2.094 million Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "2.1 million Mt (2013 est.)"
}
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"text": "Honduras, the second poorest country in Central America, suffers from extraordinarily unequal distribution of income, as well as high underemployment. While historically dependent on the export of bananas and coffee, Honduras has diversified its export base to include apparel and automobile wire harnessing. ++ ++ Honduras’s economy depends heavily on US trade and remittances. The US-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement came into force in 2006 and has helped foster foreign direct investment, but physical and political insecurity, as well as crime and perceptions of corruption, may deter potential investors; about 15% of foreign direct investment is from US firms. ++ ++ The economy registered modest economic growth of 2.6%-4.0% from 2010 to 2015, insufficient to improve living standards for the nearly 65% of the population in poverty. In 2015, Honduras faced rising public debt but its economy has performed better than expected due to low oil prices and improved investor confidence. The IMF continues to monitor the three-year standby arrangement signed in December 2014, aimed at easing Honduras’s poor fiscal position."
},
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"text": "$41.14 billion (2015 est.) ++ $39.7 billion (2014 est.) ++ $38.51 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
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"text": "$20.45 billion (2015 est.)"
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"text": "3.6% (2015 est.) ++ 3.1% (2014 est.) ++ 2.8% (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "$5,100 (2015 est.) ++ $5,000 (2014 est.) ++ $4,900 (2013 est.)",
"text": "$4,900 (2015 est.) ++ $4,800 (2014 est.) ++ $4,700 (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
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}
},
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"text": "7.309 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
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},
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"text": "79 million kWh (2012 est.)"
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"text": "76 million kWh (2012 est.)"
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
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"text": "10.33 million Mt (2012 est.)"
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"text": "The Jamaican economy is heavily dependent on services, which accounts for more than 70% of GDP. The country continues to derive most of its foreign exchange from tourism, remittances, and bauxite/alumina. Remittances and tourism each account for 30% of GDP, while bauxite/alumina exports make up roughly 5% of GDP. The bauxite/alumina sector was most affected by the global downturn while the tourism industry and remittance flow remained resilient. ++ ++ Jamaica's economy faces many challenges to growth: high crime and corruption, large-scale unemployment and underemployment, and a debt-to-GDP ratio of about 130%. The attendant debt servicing cost consumes a large portion of the government's budget, limiting its ability to fund the critical infrastructure and social programs required to drive growth. Jamaica's economic growth rate in the recent past has been stagnant, averaging less than 1% per year for over 20 years. ++ ++ Jamaica's onerous public debt burden is largely the result of government bailouts to ailing sectors of the economy, most notably the financial sector. In early 2010, the Jamaican Government initiated the Jamaica Debt Exchange to retire high-priced domestic bonds and reduce annual debt servicing. Despite these efforts, debt continued to be a serious concern, forcing the government to negotiate and sign a new IMF agreement in May 2013 to gain access to approximately $1 billion in additional funds. As a precursor, the government instigated a second National Debt Exchange in 2012. The IMF deal requires the government to reform its tax system, eliminate discretionary tax exemptions and waivers, and achieve an annual surplus of 7.5%, excluding debt payments, to reduce its debt below 100% of GDP by 2020. The SIMPSON-MILLER administration now faces the difficult prospect of having to achieve fiscal discipline to maintain debt payments while simultaneously attacking a serious crime problem that is hampering economic growth. High unemployment exacerbates the crime problem, including gang violence, which is fueled by the drug trade."
},
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"text": "$24.68 billion (2015 est.) ++ $24.45 billion (2014 est.) ++ $24.33 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "0.9% (2015 est.) ++ 0.5% (2014 est.) ++ 0.2% (2013 est.)"
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},
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}
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"text": "$6.39 billion (31 December 2012 est.) ++ $7.223 billion (31 December 2011 est.) ++ $6.626 billion (31 December 2010 est.)"
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"text": "-$484 million (2015 est.) ++ -$1.071 billion (2014 est.)"
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"text": "$1.261 billion (2015 est.) ++ $1.449 billion (2014 est.)"
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}
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"text": "12.75 million Mt (2012 est.)"
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},
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},
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"text": "25 million kWh (2012 est.)"
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"text": "Nicaragua, the poorest country in Central America and the second poorest in the Western Hemisphere, has widespread underemployment and poverty. Textiles and agriculture combined account for nearly 50% of Nicaragua's exports. ++ ++ The Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) has been in effect since April 2006 and has expanded export opportunities for many Nicaraguan agricultural and manufactured goods. ++ ++ In 2013, the government granted a 50-year concession to a newly formed Chinese-run company to finance and build an inter-oceanic canal and related projects, at an estimated cost of $50 billion. The canal construction has not started."
},
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"text": "$31.63 billion (2015 est.) ++ $30.14 billion (2014 est.) ++ $28.83 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "$NA"
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"text": "5.285 million Mt (2012 est.)"
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},
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"text": "Panama's dollar-based economy rests primarily on a well-developed services sector that accounts for more than three-quarters of GDP. Services include operating the Panama Canal, logistics, banking, the Colon Free Trade Zone, insurance, container ports, flagship registry, and tourism. Panama's transportation and logistics services sectors, along with infrastructure development projects, have boosted economic growth; however, public debt surpassed $32 billion in 2015 because of excessive government spending and public works projects. The US-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement was approved by Congress and signed into law in October 2011, and entered into force in October 2012. ++ ++ Growth will be bolstered by the Panama Canal expansion project that began in 2007 and is estimated to be completed by 2016 at a cost of $5.3 billion - about 10-15% of current GDP. The expansion project will more than double the Canal's capacity, enabling it to accommodate ships that are too large to traverse the existing canal. The US and China are the top users of the Canal. In 2014, Panama completed a metro system in Panama City, valued at $1.2 billion. ++ ++ Strong economic performance has not translated into broadly shared prosperity, as Panama has the second worst income distribution in Latin America. About one-fourth of the population lives in poverty; however, from 2006 to 2012 poverty was reduced by 10 percentage points."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$87.37 billion (2015 est.) ++ $82.6 billion (2014 est.) ++ $77.89 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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}
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"text": "8.361 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
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"text": "7.144 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "7.8 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
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"text": "59 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "99 million kWh (2014 est.)"
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"text": "19 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "200 million kWh (2014 est.)"
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"text": "2.396 million kW (2012 est.)"
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"text": "Cabinet appointed by governor with the consent of the Legislative Assembly"
},
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"text": "president and vice president indirectly elected on the same ballot by an Electoral College of 'electors' chosen from each state; president and vice president serve a 4-year term (eligible for a second term); under the US Constitution, residents of Puerto Rico do not vote in elections for US president and vice president; however, they may vote in Democratic and Republican party presidential primary elections; governor directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a 4-year term (no term limits); election last held on 6 November 2012 (next to be held in November 2016)"
"text": "president and vice president indirectly elected on the same ballot by an Electoral College of 'electors' chosen from each state; president and vice president serve a 4-year term (eligible for a second term); under the US Constitution, residents of Puerto Rico do not vote in elections for US president and vice president; however, they may vote in Democratic and Republican party presidential primary elections; governor directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a 4-year term (no term limits); election last held on 8 November 2016 (next to be held in November 2020)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "Alejandro GARCIA Padilla elected governor; percent of vote - Alejandro GARCIA Padilla (Democratic Party) 48.2%, Luis FORTUNO (PNP) 47.1%, other 4.7%"
"text": "Ricardo ROSSELLO elected governor; percent of vote - Ricardo ROSSELLO (PNP) 41.8%, David BERNIER (PPD) 38.9%, Alexandra LUGARO (independent) 11.1%, Manuel CIDRE (independent) 5.7%"
}
},
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"text": "Puerto Rico had one of the most dynamic economies in the Caribbean region until 2006; however, growth has been negative for each of the last nine years. The downturn coincided with the phaseout of tax preferences that had led US firms to invest heavily in the Commonwealth since the 1950s, and a steep rise in the price of oil, which generates most of the island's electricity. ++ ++ Diminished job opportunities prompted a sharp rise in outmigration, as many Puerto Ricans sought jobs on the US mainland. Unemployment reached 16% in 2011, but declined to 13.7% in December 2014. US minimum wage laws apply in Puerto Rico, hampering job expansion. Per capita income is about half that of the US mainland. ++ ++ The industrial sector greatly exceeds agriculture as the locus of economic activity and income. Tourism has traditionally been an important source of income with estimated arrivals of more than 3.6 million tourists in 2008. Puerto Rico's merchandise trade surplus is exceptionally strong, with exports nearly 50% greater than imports, and its current account surplus about 10% of GDP. ++ ++ Closing the budget deficit while restoring economic growth and employment remain the central concerns of the government. The gap between revenues and expenditures narrowed to 0.2% of GDP in 2014, although analysts believe that not all expenditures have been accounted for in the budget and a better accounting of costs would yield an overall deficit of roughly 5% of GDP in 2014. Public debt rose to 105% of GDP in 2015, about $17,000 per person, or nearly three times the per capita debt of the State of Connecticut, the highest in the US. Much of that debt was issued by state-run schools and public corporations, including water and electric utilities. In June 2015, Governor Alejandro GARCIA Padilla announced that the island could not pay back at least $73 billion in debt and that it would seek a deal with its creditors."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$131.6 billion (2015 est.) ++ $131.7 billion (2014 est.) ++ $133.6 billion (2013 est.)",
"text": "$131.9 billion (2015 est.) ++ $133.6 billion (2014 est.) ++ $133.7 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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"text": "$102.9 billion (2015 est.)"
"text": "$101.6 billion (2015 est.)"
},
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"text": "0% (2015 est.) ++ -1.4% (2014 est.) ++ -0.3% (2013 est.)"
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"text": "$37,900 (2015 est.) ++ $37,300 (2014 est.) ++ $37,200 (2013 est.)",
"text": "$38,000 (2015 est.) ++ $37,800 (2014 est.) ++ $37,200 (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2010 US dollars"
}
@ -490,7 +490,7 @@
"text": "-0.3% (2015 est.)"
},
"Labor force": {
"text": "1.139 million (December 2014 est.)"
"text": "1.139 million (December 2014 est)"
},
"Labor force - by occupation": {
"agriculture": {
@ -538,7 +538,7 @@
"text": "1 July - 30 June"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"text": "-0.8% (2015 est.) ++ 0.6% (2014 est.)"
"text": "-0.3% (2015 est.) ++ 0.9% (2014 est.)"
},
"Commercial bank prime lending rate": {
"text": "3.3% (31 December 2015 est.) ++ 3.3% (31 December 2014 est.)"
@ -581,10 +581,10 @@
}
},
"Electricity - production": {
"text": "20.03 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "20 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
"Electricity - consumption": {
"text": "18.62 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "19 billion kWh (2014 est.)"
},
"Electricity - exports": {
"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
@ -593,7 +593,7 @@
"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
},
"Electricity - installed generating capacity": {
"text": "5.616 million kW (2012 est.)"
"text": "6.1 million kW (2014 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from fossil fuels": {
"text": "96.4% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
@ -608,28 +608,28 @@
"text": "1.8% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - production": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2015 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - exports": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - imports": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - proved reserves": {
"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2016 es)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - consumption": {
"text": "133,700 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - exports": {
"text": "2,520 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "6,060 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - imports": {
"text": "149,700 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "150,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - production": {
"text": "0 cu m (2014 est.)"
@ -644,10 +644,10 @@
"text": "1.663 billion cu m (2014 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - proved reserves": {
"text": "0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "0 cu m (1 January 2014 es)"
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy": {
"text": "26.81 million Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "19 million Mt (2013 est.)"
}
},
"Communications": {

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@ -424,25 +424,25 @@
"text": "The economy of Saint Kitts and Nevis depends on tourism; since the 1970s, tourism has replaced sugar as the economy’s traditional mainstay. Roughly 200,000 tourists visited the islands in 2009, but reduced tourism arrivals and foreign investment led to an economic contraction in 2009-2013, and the economy returned to growth only in 2014. Like other tourist destinations in the Caribbean, St. Kitts and Nevis is vulnerable to damage from natural disasters and shifts in tourism demand. ++ ++ Following the 2005 harvest, the government closed the sugar industry after several decades of losses. To compensate for lost jobs, the government has embarked on a program to diversify the agricultural sector and to stimulate other sectors of the economy, such as export-oriented manufacturing and offshore banking. The government has made notable progress in reducing its public debt, from 154% of GDP in 2011 to 83% in 2013, although it still faces one of the highest levels in the world, largely attributable to public enterprise losses."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$1.361 billion (2015 est.) ++ $1.297 billion (2014 est.) ++ $1.222 billion (2013 est.)",
"text": "$1.379 billion (2015 est.) ++ $1.294 billion (2014 est.) ++ $1.22 billion (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
"text": "$915 million (2015 est.)"
"text": "$896 million (2015 est.)"
},
"GDP - real growth rate": {
"text": "5% (2015 est.) ++ 6.1% (2014 est.) ++ 6.2% (2013 est.)"
"text": "6.6% (2015 est.) ++ 6.1% (2014 est.) ++ 6.2% (2013 est.)"
},
"GDP - per capita (PPP)": {
"text": "$24,300 (2015 est.) ++ $23,600 (2014 est.) ++ $22,600 (2013 est.)",
"text": "$24,600 (2015 est.) ++ $23,500 (2014 est.) ++ $22,600 (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
"Gross national saving": {
"text": "12.8% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 13.2% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 13% of GDP (2013 est.)"
"text": "16.9% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 21.4% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 21.1% of GDP (2013 est.)"
},
"GDP - composition, by end use": {
"household consumption": {
@ -522,7 +522,7 @@
"text": "calendar year"
},
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
"text": "-2.8% (2015 est.) ++ 0.7% (2014 est.)"
"text": "-2.3% (2015 est.) ++ 0.2% (2014 est.)"
},
"Central bank discount rate": {
"text": "6.5% (31 December 2009) ++ 6.5% (31 December 2008)"
@ -543,7 +543,7 @@
"text": "$598.4 million (31 December 2011) ++ $598.4 million (31 December 2011) ++ $623.9 million (31 December 2010)"
},
"Current account balance": {
"text": "-$112 million (2015 est.) ++ -$104 million (2014 est.)"
"text": "-$117 million (2015 est.) ++ -$65 million (2014 est.)"
},
"Exports": {
"text": "$61.3 million (2015 est.) ++ $62.9 million (2014 est.)"
@ -586,10 +586,10 @@
}
},
"Electricity - production": {
"text": "140 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "200 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
"Electricity - consumption": {
"text": "130.2 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "200 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
"Electricity - exports": {
"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
@ -598,7 +598,7 @@
"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
},
"Electricity - installed generating capacity": {
"text": "46,200 kW (2012 est.)"
"text": "64,200 kW (2014 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from fossil fuels": {
"text": "95.2% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
@ -613,28 +613,28 @@
"text": "4.8% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - production": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2015 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - exports": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - imports": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - proved reserves": {
"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2016 es)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - consumption": {
"text": "1,700 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "1,900 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - exports": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - imports": {
"text": "1,690 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "1,907 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - production": {
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
@ -649,10 +649,10 @@
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
"Natural gas - proved reserves": {
"text": "0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "0 cu m (1 January 2014 es)"
},
"Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy": {
"text": "250,700 Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "300,000 Mt (2013 est.)"
}
},
"Communications": {

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@ -460,25 +460,25 @@
"text": "The island nation has been able to attract foreign business and investment, especially in its offshore banking and tourism industries. Tourism is Saint Lucia's main source of jobs and income - accounting for 65% of GDP - and the island's main source of foreign exchange earnings. The manufacturing sector is the most diverse in the Eastern Caribbean area. Crops such as bananas, mangos, and avocados continue to be grown for export, but St. Lucia's once solid banana industry has been devastated by strong competition. ++ ++ Saint Lucia is vulnerable to a variety of external shocks, including volatile tourism receipts, natural disasters, and dependence on foreign oil. Furthermore, high public debt - 77% of GDP in 2012 - and high debt servicing obligations constrain the ANTHONY administration's ability to respond to adverse external shocks. ++ ++ St. Lucia has experienced anemic growth since the onset of the global financial crisis in 2008, largely because of a slowdown in tourism - airlines cut back on their routes to St. Lucia in 2012. Also, St. Lucia introduced a value added tax in 2012 of 15%, becoming the last country in the Eastern Caribbean to do so. In 2013, the government introduced a National Competitiveness and Productivity Council to address St. Lucia's high public wages and lack of productivity."
},
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
"text": "$2.025 billion (2015 est.) ++ $1.978 billion (2014 est.) ++ $1.969 billion (2013 est.)",
"text": "$2.03 billion (2015 est.) ++ $1.998 billion (2014 est.) ++ $1.989 billion (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
"text": "$1.431 billion (2015 est.)"
"text": "$1.416 billion (2015 est.)"
},
"GDP - real growth rate": {
"text": "2.4% (2015 est.) ++ 0.4% (2014 est.) ++ 0.1% (2013 est.)"
"text": "1.6% (2015 est.) ++ 0.5% (2014 est.) ++ 0.1% (2013 est.)"
},
"GDP - per capita (PPP)": {
"text": "$11,700 (2015 est.) ++ $11,500 (2014 est.) ++ $11,500 (2013 est.)",
"text": "$11,700 (2015 est.) ++ $11,600 (2014 est.) ++ $11,600 (2013 est.)",
"note": {
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
}
},
"Gross national saving": {
"text": "16% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 12.2% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 11.6% of GDP (2013 est.)"
"text": "16.1% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 12% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 11.5% of GDP (2013 est.)"
},
"GDP - composition, by end use": {
"household consumption": {
@ -587,7 +587,7 @@
"text": "$1.399 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $1.519 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
},
"Current account balance": {
"text": "-$53 million (2015 est.) ++ -$94 million (2014 est.)"
"text": "-$106 million (2015 est.) ++ -$94 million (2014 est.)"
},
"Exports": {
"text": "$207 million (2015 est.) ++ $203.3 million (2014 est.)"
@ -630,10 +630,10 @@
}
},
"Electricity - production": {
"text": "361.7 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "400 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
"Electricity - consumption": {
"text": "336.4 million kWh (2012 est.)"
"text": "300 million kWh (2014 est.)"
},
"Electricity - exports": {
"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
@ -642,7 +642,7 @@
"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "89,000 kW (2012 est.)"
"text": "88,000 kW (2014 est.)"
},
"Electricity - from fossil fuels": {
"text": "100% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
@ -657,28 +657,28 @@
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2015 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - exports": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - imports": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Crude oil - proved reserves": {
"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2016 es)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "3,000 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
"text": "3,100 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - exports": {
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
"Refined petroleum products - imports": {
"text": "3,041 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
"text": "3,058 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
@ -693,10 +693,10 @@
"text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
},
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"text": "0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
"text": "0 cu m (1 January 2014 es)"
},
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"text": "415,700 Mt (2012 est.)"
"text": "400,000 Mt (2013 est.)"
}
},
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