The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

- composition by sector: agriculture: 42.6% industry: 19.8% services: 37.6% (2003 est.)

      Investment (gross fixed):

       19.4% of GDP (2003)

      Population below poverty line:

       48% (2000 est.)

      Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.9% highest 10%: 36.6% (1996)

      Distribution of family income - Gini index:

       47.7 (1996)

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       2.3% (2003 est.)

      Labor force:

       6.49 million NA (2003)

      Labor force - by occupation:

       agriculture 70%, industry and commerce 13%, other 17%

      Unemployment rate:

       30% (2001 est.)

      Budget:

       revenues: $2.442 billion

       expenditures: $1.941 billion, including capital expenditures of NA

       (2003 est.)

      Public debt:

       57.1% of GDP (2003)

      Agriculture - products:

       coffee, cocoa, cotton, rubber, bananas, oilseed, grains, root

       starches; livestock; timber

      Industries:

       petroleum production and refining, food processing, light consumer

       goods, textiles, lumber

      Industrial production growth rate:

       4.2% (1999 est.)

      Electricity - production:

       3.613 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - consumption:

       3.36 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - exports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Electricity - imports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Oil - production:

       76,650 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       22,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - proved reserves:

       200 million bbl (1 January 2002)

      Natural gas - production:

       0 cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

       0 cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

       0 cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

       0 cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

       55.22 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

      Current account balance:

       $-564 million (2003)

      Exports:

       $1.873 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

       crude oil and petroleum products, lumber, cocoa beans, aluminum,

       coffee, cotton

      Exports - partners:

       Spain 21.9%, Italy 13.4%, France 10.8%, Netherlands 10.6%, US 7.5%,

       China 4.4% (2003)

      Imports:

       $1.959 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       machinery, electrical equipment, transport equipment, fuel, food

      Imports - partners:

       France 21.9%, Nigeria 9.5%, Japan 6.8%, US 5.7%, China 4.9%,

       Germany 4.3% (2003)

      Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:

       $634 million (2003)

      Debt - external:

       $7.236 billion (2003 est.)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       on 23 January 2001, the Paris Club agreed to reduce Cameroon's debt

       of $1.3 billion by $900 million; debt relief now totals $1.26 billion

      Currency:

       Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF); note - responsible

       authority is the Bank of the Central African States

      Currency code:

       XAF

      Exchange rates:

       Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar - 581.2

       (2003), 696.988 (2002), 733.039 (2001), 711.976 (2000), 615.699

       (1999)

      Fiscal year:

       1 July - 30 June

      Communications Cameroon

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       110,900 (2002)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       1.077 million (2003)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: available only to business and government

       domestic: cable, microwave radio relay, and tropospheric scatter

       international: country code - 237; satellite earth stations - 2

       Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); fiber optic submarine cable (SAT-3/WASC)

       provides connectivity to Europe and Asia

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 3 (2002)

      Radios:

       2.27 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       1 (2002)

      Televisions:

       450,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .cm

      Internet hosts:

       479 (2004)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       1 (2002)

      Internet users: 60,000 (2002) note: Cameroon also had more than 100 cyber-cafes in 2001

      Transportation Cameroon

      Railways: total: 1,008 km narrow gauge: 1,008 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)

      Highways: total: 34,300 km paved: 4,288 km unpaved: 30,012 km (1999 est.)

      Waterways:

       navigation mainly on Benue River; limited during rainy season (2004)

      Pipelines:

       gas 90 km; liquid petroleum gas 9 km; oil 1,120 km (2004)

      Ports and harbors:

       Bonaberi, Douala, Garoua, Kribi, Tiko

      Merchant marine:

       total: 1 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 169,593 GRT/357,023 DWT

       by type: petroleum tanker 1 (2004 est.)

      Airports:

       47 (2003 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: