The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

billion (2010 est.)

      GDP - real growth rate:

      2% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 152 5.3% (2009 est.)

      11.3% (2008 est.)

      GDP - per capita (PPP):

      $37,900 (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 28 $38,200 (2009 est.)

      $37,200 (2008 est.)

      note: data are in 2010 US dollars

      GDP - composition by sector:

      agriculture: 2.2%

      industry: 93.9%

      services: 3.8% (2010 est.)

      Labor force:

      195,200 NA (2007) country comparison to the world: 170

      Unemployment rate:

      30% (1998 est.) country comparison to the world: 181

      Population below poverty line:

      NA%

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

      lowest 10%: NA%

      highest 10%: NA%

      Investment (gross fixed):

      29.1% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 20

      Public debt:

      4.1% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 130 5.4% of GDP (2009 est.)

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

      8.2% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 191 7.1% (2009 est.)

      Central bank discount rate:

      4.25% (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 100 4.75% (31 December 2008)

      Commercial bank prime lending rate:

      NA% (31 December 2009 est.)

      NA% (31 December 2008 est.)

      Stock of narrow money:

      $1.86 billion (31 December 2010 est) country comparison to the world: 121 $1.295 billion (31 December 2009 est)

      Stock of broad money:

      $2.207 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 140 $1.473 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of domestic credit:

      $1.534 billion (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 136 $3.579 billion (31 December 2008)

      Agriculture - products:

      coffee, cocoa, rice, yams, cassava (tapioca), bananas, palm oil nuts; livestock; timber

      Industries:

      petroleum, fishing, sawmilling, natural gas

      Industrial production growth rate:

      1.8% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 134

      Electricity - production:

      28 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 203

      Electricity - consumption:

      26.04 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 203

      Electricity - exports:

      0 kWh (2008 est.)

      Electricity - imports:

      0 kWh (2008 est.)

      Oil - production:

      346,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 35

      Oil - consumption:

      1,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 200

      Oil - exports:

      362,900 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 35

      Oil - imports:

      1,114 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 186

      Oil - proved reserves:

      1.1 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 40

      Natural gas - production:

      6.67 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 46

      Natural gas - consumption:

      1.5 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 84

      Natural gas - exports:

      5.17 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 26

      Natural gas - imports:

      0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 85

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      36.81 billion cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 67

      Current account balance:

      -$1.477 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 151 -$1.883 billion (2009 est.)

      Exports:

      $10.24 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 85 $8.495 billion (2009 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

      petroleum, methanol, timber, cocoa

      Exports - partners:

      US 30.31%, China 12.54%, Japan 9.21%, Spain 7.5%, South Korea 7.01%,

       Taiwan 5.63%, Italy 5.38%, Netherlands 4.09% (2009)

      Imports:

      $5.743 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 107 $5.258 billion (2009 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

      petroleum sector equipment, other equipment

      Imports - partners:

      China 19.97%, US 17.28%, Spain 14.94%, France 9.49%, Cote d'Ivoire 6.34%, Italy 5.02% (2009)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

      $4.086 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 72 $3.252 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $832 million (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 153 $766 million (31 December 2009 est.)

      Exchange rates:

      Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs per US dollar - 506.04 (2010), 472.19 (2009), 447.81 (2008), 481.83 (2007), 522.4 (2006)

      Communications ::Equatorial Guinea

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      10,000 (2009) country comparison to the world: 201

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      445,000 (2009) country comparison to the world: 161

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: digital fixed-line network in most major urban areas and good mobile coverage

      domestic: fixed-line density is about 2 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular subscribership has been increasing and in 2009 stood at about 70 percent of the population

      international: country code - 240; international communications from Bata and Malabo to African and European countries; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2009)

      Broadcast media:

      state maintains control of broadcast media with domestic broadcast media limited to 1 state-owned TV station, 1 state-owned radio station,