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

than half

       the population (2001 est.)

      Population below poverty line:

       70% (2003 est.)

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

       lowest 10%: NA

       highest 10%: NA

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       43.8% (2004 est.)

      Investment (gross fixed):

       34.5% of GDP (2004 est.)

      Budget:

       revenues: $9.013 billion

       expenditures: $9.562 billion, including capital expenditures of $963

       million (2004 est.)

      Agriculture - products:

       bananas, sugarcane, coffee, sisal, corn, cotton, manioc (tapioca),

       tobacco, vegetables, plantains; livestock; forest products; fish

      Industries:

       petroleum; diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, feldspar, bauxite,

       uranium, and gold; cement; basic metal products; fish processing;

       food processing; brewing; tobacco products; sugar; textiles, ship

       repair

      Industrial production growth rate:

       1% (2000)

      Electricity - production:

       1.707 billion kWh (2002)

      Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 36.4% hydro: 63.6% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)

      Electricity - consumption:

       1.587 billion kWh (2002)

      Electricity - exports:

       0 kWh (2002)

      Electricity - imports:

       0 kWh (2002)

      Oil - production:

       980,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       31,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA

      Oil - imports:

       NA

      Oil - proved reserves:

       22.88 billion bbl (2004 est.)

      Natural gas - production:

       530 million cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

       530 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:

       79.57 billion cu m (2004)

      Current account balance:

       $-37.88 million (2004 est.)

      Exports:

       $12.76 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

       crude oil, diamonds, refined petroleum products, gas, coffee,

       sisal, fish and fish products, timber, cotton

      Exports - partners:

       US 38%, China 35.9%, Taiwan 6.8%, France 6.5% (2004)

      Imports:

       $4.896 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       machinery and electrical equipment, vehicles and spare parts;

       medicines, food, textiles, military goods

      Imports - partners:

       South Korea 28.3%, Portugal 13.1%, US 9.3%, South Africa 7.4%,

       Brazil 5.6%, Japan 4.8%, France 4.4% (2004)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

       $800 million (2004 est.)

      Debt - external:

       $10.45 billion (2004 est.)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $383.5 million (1999)

      Currency (code):

       kwanza (AOA)

      Currency code:

       AOA

      Exchange rates:

       kwanza per US dollar - 83.541 (2004), 74.606 (2003), 43.53 (2002),

       22.058 (2001), 10.041 (2000)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Angola

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       96,300 (2003)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       130,000 (2002)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: telephone service limited mostly to government

       and business use; HF radiotelephone used extensively for military

       links

       domestic: limited system of wire, microwave radio relay, and

       tropospheric scatter

       international: country code - 244; satellite earth stations - 2

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

       provides connectivity to Europe and Asia

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 21, FM 6, shortwave 7 (2000)

      Radios:

       815,000 (2000)

      Television broadcast stations:

       6 (2000)

      Televisions:

       196,000 (2000)

      Internet country code:

       .ao

      Internet hosts:

       17 (2003)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       1 (2000)

      Internet users:

       41,000 (2002)

      Transportation Angola

      Railways: total: 2,761 km narrow gauge: 2,638 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2004)

      Highways: total: 51,429 km paved: 5,328 km unpaved: 46,101 km (2001)

      Waterways:

       1,300 km (2004)

      Pipelines:

       gas 214 km; liquid natural gas 14 km; liquid petroleum gas 30 km;

       oil 837 km; refined products 56 km (2004)

      Ports and harbors:

       Cabinda, Luanda, Soyo

      Merchant marine:

       total: 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 26,123 GRT/42,879 DWT

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

       registered in other countries: 4 (2005)

      Airports:

       243 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways:

       total: 32

       over 3,047 m: 4

       2,438 to 3,047 m: 8

       1,524 to 2,437 m: 14