The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

million (2006 est.)

      Labor force - by occupation:

      agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%

      Unemployment rate:

      NA%

      Population below poverty line:

      NA%

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

      lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

      Budget:

      revenues: $700 million expenditures: $2 billion (2006 est.)

      Fiscal year:

      calendar year

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

      16.7% (2007 est.)

      Central bank discount rate:

      5.25% (31 December 2007)

      Commercial bank prime lending rate:

      NA

      Stock of money:

      $597 million (31 December 2007)

      Stock of quasi money:

      $677.9 million (31 December 2007)

      Stock of domestic credit:

      $559.5 million (31 December 2007)

      Agriculture - products:

      coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber, tea, quinine, cassava (tapioca), palm oil, bananas, root crops, corn, fruits; wood products

      Industries:

      mining (diamonds, gold, copper, cobalt, coltan zinc), mineral processing, consumer products (including textiles, footwear, cigarettes, processed foods and beverages), cement, commercial ship repair

      Industrial production growth rate:

      NA%

      Electricity - production:

      7.243 billion kWh (2006 est.)

      Electricity - consumption:

      5.158 billion kWh (2006 est.)

      Electricity - exports:

      1.799 billion kWh (2006 est.)

      Electricity - imports:

      6 million kWh (2006 est.)

      Electricity - production by source:

      fossil fuel: 1.8% hydro: 98.2% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)

      Oil - production:

      22,160 bbl/day (2007 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

      10,460 bbl/day (2006 est.)

      Oil - exports:

      19,820 bbl/day (2005)

      Oil - imports:

      8,220 bbl/day (2006 est.)

      Oil - proved reserves:

      180 million bbl (1 January 2008 est.)

      Natural gas - production:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      991.1 million cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

      Current account balance:

      -$402 million (2007 est.)

      Exports:

      $1.587 billion f.o.b. (2006)

      Exports - commodities:

      diamonds, copper, crude oil, coffee, cobalt

      Exports - partners:

      Belgium 23.6%, China 21.7%, US 9.8%, Finland 9.1%, Brazil 9.1%,

       France 6.8%, Zambia 6% (2007)

      Imports:

      $2.263 billion f.o.b. (2006)

      Imports - commodities:

      foodstuffs, mining and other machinery, transport equipment, fuels

      Imports - partners:

      South Africa 22.5%, Belgium 10.3%, Zambia 8.9%, Zimbabwe 7.5%,

       France 6.8%, Kenya 6.3%, US 4.1%, Cote d'Ivoire 4.1% (2007)

      Economic aid - recipient:

      $1.828 billion (2005)

      Debt - external:

      $10 billion (2006 est.)

      Market value of publicly traded shares:

      $NA

      Currency (code):

      Congolese franc (CDF)

      Currency code:

      CDF

      Exchange rates:

      Congolese francs (CDF) per US dollar - NA (2007), 464.69 (2006), 437.86 (2005), 401.04 (2004), 405.34 (2003)

      Communications

       Congo, Democratic Republic of the

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      9,700 (2006)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      6.592 million (2007)

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: inadequate; state-owned fixed-line operator has been unable to expand fixed-line connections and there are now fewer than 10,000 connections - less than 1 per 1000 persons; given the backdrop of a wholly inadequate fixed-line infrastructure, the use of cellular services has surged and subscribership in 2007 reached 6.6 million - 10 per 100 persons domestic: barely adequate wire and microwave radio relay service in and between urban areas; domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations international: country code - 243; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007)

      Radio broadcast stations:

      AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 2 (2001)

      Radios:

      18.03 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

      4 (2001)

      Televisions:

      6.478 million (1997)

      Internet country code:

      .cd

      Internet hosts:

      3,211 (2008)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

      1 (2001)

      Internet users:

      230,400 (2007)

      Transportation

       Congo, Democratic Republic of the

      Airports:

      237 (2007)

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 26 over 3,047 m: 4 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 17