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

- composition by sector: agriculture: 10% industry: 16.5% services: 62.8% (2003)

      Investment (gross fixed):

       16.5% of GDP (2003)

      Population below poverty line:

       30% (2000)

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

       lowest 10%: NA

       highest 10%: NA

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       3% (2003)

      Labor force:

       NA (1980)

      Unemployment rate:

       21% (2000 est.)

      Budget:

       revenues: $252.9 million

       expenditures: $269.9 million, including capital expenditures of NA

       (2003)

      Agriculture - products:

       bananas, corn, beans, sweet potatoes, sugarcane, coffee, peanuts;

       fish

      Industries:

       food and beverages, fish processing, shoes and garments, salt

       mining, ship repair

      Industrial production growth rate:

       NA

      Electricity - production:

       42.03 million kWh (2001)

      Electricity - consumption:

       39.08 million kWh (2001)

      Electricity - exports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Electricity - imports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Oil - production:

       0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       2,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       NA (2001)

      Current account balance:

       $-106.3 million (2003)

      Exports:

       $50.68 million f.o.b. (2003 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

       fuel, shoes, garments, fish, hides

      Exports - partners:

       Portugal 31%, France 27.6%, UK 17.2%, US 17.2% (2003)

      Imports:

       $315.5 million f.o.b. (2003 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       foodstuffs, industrial products, transport equipment, fuels

      Imports - partners:

       Portugal 46.7%, Netherlands 9.1%, Belgium 3.8% (2003)

      Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:

       $88.02 million (2003)

      Debt - external:

       $325 million (2002)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $136 million (1999)

      Currency:

       Cape Verdean escudo (CVE)

      Currency code:

       CVE

      Exchange rates:

       Cape Verdean escudos (CVE) per US dollar - 97.703 (2003), 117.168

       (2002), 123.228 (2001), 115.877 (2000), 102.7 (1999)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Cape Verde

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       71,700 (2003)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       53,300 (2003)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: effective system, being improved

       domestic: interisland microwave radio relay system with both analog

       and digital exchanges; work is in progress on a submarine

       fiber-optic cable system which is scheduled for completion in 2003

       international: country code - 238; 2 coaxial submarine cables; HF

       radiotelephone to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; satellite earth station

       - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 0, FM 15 (and 17 repeaters), shortwave 0 (2002)

      Radios:

       100,000 (2002 est.)

      Television broadcast stations:

       1 (and 7 repeaters) (2002)

      Televisions:

       15,000 (2002 est.)

      Internet country code:

       .cv

      Internet hosts:

       118 (2004)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       1 (2002)

      Internet users:

       20,400 (2003)

      Transportation Cape Verde

      Highways: total: 1,100 km paved: 858 km unpaved: 242 km (1999 est.)

      Ports and harbors:

       Mindelo, Praia, Tarrafal

      Merchant marine:

       total: 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 5,395 GRT/6,614 DWT

       foreign-owned: United Kingdom 1 (2004 est.)

       by type: cargo 2, chemical tanker 1, passenger/cargo 1

      Airports: 7 note: 3 airports are reported to be nonoperational (2003 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 6 over 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 5 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

       total: 1

       under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)

      Military Cape Verde

      Military branches:

       Army, Coast Guard

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 98,394 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 55,477 (2004 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $12.3 million (2003)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       1.5% (2003)

      Transnational Issues Cape Verde

      Disputes - international:

       none

      Illicit drugs:

       used as a transshipment point for illicit drugs moving from Latin

       America and Asia destined for Western Europe; the lack of a

       well-developed financial system limits the country's utility as a

       money-laundering center

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