The 2005 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

assistance from the IMF and bilateral donors,

       and on expected growth in the construction sector.

      GDP (purchasing power parity):

       $2.799 billion (2004 est.)

      GDP - real growth rate:

       6% (2004 est.)

      GDP - per capita:

       purchasing power parity - $1,800 (2004 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 26.8% industry: 14.5% services: 58.7% (2004 est.)

      Labor force:

       400,000 (1996)

      Labor force - by occupation:

       agriculture 75%, industry, commerce, and services 19%, government 6%

      Unemployment rate:

       NA (2002 est.)

      Population below poverty line:

       NA

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

       lowest 10%: NA

       highest 10%: NA

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       7% (2004 est.)

      Investment (gross fixed):

       25.3% of GDP (2004 est.)

      Budget:

       revenues: $44.85 million

       expenditures: $59.94 million, including capital expenditures of $4.1

       million (2004 est.)

      Agriculture - products:

       rice, millet, sorghum, peanuts, corn, sesame, cassava (tapioca),

       palm kernels; cattle, sheep, goats

      Industries:

       processing peanuts, fish, and hides; tourism; beverages;

       agricultural machinery assembly, woodworking, metalworking; clothing

      Industrial production growth rate:

       NA

      Electricity - production:

       90.31 million kWh (2002)

      Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)

      Electricity - consumption:

       83.99 million kWh (2002)

      Electricity - exports:

       0 kWh (2002)

      Electricity - imports:

       0 kWh (2002)

      Oil - production:

       0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       1,900 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA

      Oil - imports:

       NA

      Current account balance:

       $-16.4 million (2004 est.)

      Exports:

       $114.4 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

       peanut products, fish, cotton lint, palm kernels, re-exports

      Exports - partners:

       India 21.4%, Thailand 15.1%, UK 13.7%, France 12.9%, Germany 8.7%,

       Italy 7.5% (2004)

      Imports:

       $180.9 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       foodstuffs, manufactures, fuel, machinery and transport equipment

      Imports - partners:

       China 23.7%, Senegal 11.6%, Brazil 5.9%, UK 5.5%, Netherlands 4.5%,

       US 4.4% (2004)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

       $113.1 million (2004 est.)

      Debt - external:

       $476 million (2001 est.)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $45.4 million (1995)

      Currency (code):

       dalasi (GMD)

      Currency code:

       GMD

      Exchange rates:

       dalasi per US dollar - 27.306 (2003), 27.306 (2003), 19.918 (2002),

       15.687 (2001), 12.788 (2000)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Gambia, The

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       38,400 (2002)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       100,000 (2002)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: adequate; a packet switched data network is

       available

       domestic: adequate network of microwave radio relay and open-wire

       international: country code - 220; microwave radio relay links to

       Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat

       (Atlantic Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 3, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2001)

      Radios:

       196,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       1 (government-owned) (1997)

      Televisions:

       5,000 (2000)

      Internet country code:

       .gm

      Internet hosts:

       568 (2004)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       2 (2001)

      Internet users:

       25,000 (2002)

      Transportation Gambia, The

      Highways: total: 2,700 km paved: 956 km unpaved: 1,744 km (1999)

      Waterways:

       390 km (on River Gambia; small ocean-going vessels can reach 190

       km) (2004)

      Ports and harbors:

       Banjul

      Merchant marine:

       total: 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 30,976 GRT/10,978 DWT

       by type: passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker 1

       foreign-owned: 1 (Switzerland 1) (2005)

      Airports:

       1 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 1 over 3,047 m: 1 (2004 est.)

      Military Gambia, The

      Military branches:

       Gambian National Army (GNA), Gambian Navy (GN), Presidential Guard,

       National Guard

      Military service age and obligation:

       18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription

       (2001)

      Manpower available for military service:

       males age 18–49: 309,279 (2005 est.)

      Manpower fit for military service: