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

domestic inefficiencies. The government reluctantly allows a

       large dollar market sector, fueled by tourism and remittances from

       Cubans abroad.

      GDP:

       purchasing power parity - $32.13 billion (2003 est.)

      GDP - real growth rate:

       2.6% (2003 est.)

      GDP - per capita:

       purchasing power parity - $2,900 (2003 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 5.5% industry: 26.9% services: 67.6% (2003 est.)

      Investment (gross fixed):

       10.1% of GDP (2003)

      Population below poverty line:

       NA

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

       lowest 10%: NA

       highest 10%: NA

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       4.1% (2003 est.)

      Labor force: 4.58 million note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2003 est.)

      Labor force - by occupation:

       agriculture 24%, industry 25%, services 51% (1999)

      Unemployment rate:

       2.6% (2003 est.)

      Budget:

       revenues: $17.21 billion

       expenditures: $18.28 billion, including capital expenditures of NA

       (2003 est.)

      Agriculture - products:

       sugar, tobacco, citrus, coffee, rice, potatoes, beans; livestock

      Industries:

       sugar, petroleum, tobacco, construction, nickel, steel, cement,

       agricultural machinery, pharmaceuticals

      Industrial production growth rate:

       2.4% (2003 est.)

      Electricity - production:

       14.38 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - consumption:

       13.38 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - exports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Electricity - imports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Oil - production:

       50,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       163,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - proved reserves:

       532 million bbl (1 January 2002)

      Natural gas - production:

       600 million cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

       600 million cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

       0 cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

       0 cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

       42.62 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

      Current account balance:

       $-273 million (2003)

      Exports:

       $1.467 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

       sugar, nickel, tobacco, fish, medical products, citrus, coffee

      Exports - partners:

       Netherlands 21.8%, Canada 16.2%, Russia 10.7%, Spain 8.7%, China

       7.3% (2003)

      Imports:

       $4.531 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       petroleum, food, machinery and equipment, chemicals

      Imports - partners:

       Spain 16.6%, Venezuela 12.5%, Italy 8.6%, US 8.5%, China 7.7%,

       Canada 5.4%, Mexico 5.3%, France 4.9% (2003)

      Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:

       $582 million (2003)

      Debt - external:

       $12.52 billion (convertible currency); another $15 billion -$20

       billion owed to Russia (2003 est.)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $68.2 million (1997 est.)

      Currency:

       Cuban peso (CUP)

      Currency code:

       CUP

      Exchange rates:

       Cuban pesos per US dollar - 1.0000 (nonconvertible, official rate,

       for international transactions, pegged to the US dollar);

       convertible peso sold for domestic use at a rate of 27 pesos per US

       dollar by the Government of Cuba (2002)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Cuba

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       574,400 (2002)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       17,900 (2002)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: greater investment beginning in 1994 and the

       establishment of a new Ministry of Information Technology and

       Communications in 2000 has resulted in improvements in the system;

       cellular service, initially restricted, was opened to public access

       in 2003

       domestic: national fiber-optic system scheduled to be completed by

       end of 2003; 85% of switches digitized by end of 2002 with entire

       system by end 2003; telephone line density remains low; cellular

       service expanding

       international: country code - 53; fiber-optic cable laid to but not

       linked to US network; satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik

       (Atlantic Ocean region)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 169, FM 55, shortwave 1 (1998)

      Radios:

       3.9 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       58 (1997)

      Televisions:

       2.64 million (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .cu

      Internet hosts:

       1,529 (2003)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       5 (2001)

      Internet users:

       120,000 (2001)

      Transportation Cuba

      Railways:

       total: 4,226 km

       standard gauge: