The 1994 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

rich resources furnish the potential for substantial long-term

       increases in income, exports, and living standards.

       National product:

       GDP - purchasing power equivalent - $41 billion (1993 est.)

       National product real growth rate:

       5% (1993 est.)

       National product per capita:

       $950 (1993 est.)

       Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       30% (1993 est.)

       Unemployment rate:

       NA%

       Budget:

       revenues:

       $8.1 billion

       expenditures:

       $11.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1992)

       Exports:

       $613.4 million (FY93)

       commodities:

       pulses and beans, teak, rice, hardwood

       partners:

       Singapore, China, Thailand, India, Hong Kong

       Imports:

       $1.02 billion (FY93)

       commodities:

       machinery, transport equipment, chemicals, food products

       partners:

       Japan, China, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia

       External debt:

       $4 billion (1992)

       Industrial production:

       growth rate 4.9% (FY93 est.); accounts for 10% of GDP

       Electricity:

       capacity:

       1,100,000 kW

       production:

       2.8 billion kWh

       consumption per capita:

       65 kWh (1992)

       Industries:

       agricultural processing; textiles and footwear; wood and wood

       products; petroleum refining; mining of copper, tin, tungsten, iron;

       construction materials; pharmaceuticals; fertilizer

       Agriculture:

       accounts for 40% of GDP and 66% of employment (including fish and

       forestry); self-sufficient in food; principal crops - paddy rice,

       corn, oilseed, sugarcane, pulses; world's largest stand of hardwood

       trees; rice and timber account for 55% of export revenues

       Illicit drugs:

       world's largest illicit producer of opium (2,575 metric tons in 1993)

       and minor producer of cannabis for the international drug trade; opium

       production has doubled since the collapse of Rangoon's antinarcotic

       programs

       Economic aid:

       recipient:

       US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70–89), $158 million; Western

       (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970–89), $3.9

       billion; Communist countries (1970–89), $424 million

       Currency:

       1 kyat (K) = 100 pyas

       Exchange rates:

       kyats (K) per US$1 - 6.2301 (December 1993), 6.1570 (1993), 6.1045

       (1992), 6.2837 (1991), 6.3386 (1990), 6.7049 (1989); unofficial - 105

       Fiscal year:

       1 April - 31 March

      @Burma, Communications

      Railroads:

       3,991 km total, all government owned; 3,878 km 1.000-meter gauge, 113

       km narrow-gauge industrial lines; 362 km double track

       Highways:

       total:

       27,000 km

       paved:

       bituminous 3,200 km

       unpaved:

       gravel, improved earth 17,700 km; unimproved earth 6,100 km

       Inland waterways:

       12,800 km; 3,200 km navigable by large commercial vessels

       Pipelines:

       crude oil 1,343 km; natural gas 330 km

       Ports:

       Rangoon, Moulmein, Bassein

       Merchant marine:

       47 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 665,628 GRT/941,512 DWT, bulk

       15, cargo 15, chemical 1, combination bulk 1, combination ore/oil 1,

       container 2, oil tanker 2, passenger-cargo 3, refrigerated cargo 5,

       vehicle carrier 2

       Airports:

       total:

       83

       usable:

       78

       with permanent-surface runways:

       24

       with runways over 3,659 m:

       0

       with runways 2,440–3,659 m:

       3

       with runways 1,220–2,439 m:

       38

       Telecommunications:

       meets minimum requirements for local and intercity service for

       business and government; international service is good; 53,000

       telephones (1986); radiobroadcast coverage is limited to the most

       populous areas; broadcast stations - 2 AM, 1 FM, 1 TV (1985); 1 Indian

       Ocean INTELSAT earth station

      @Burma, Defense Forces

      Branches:

       Army, Navy, Air Force

       Manpower availability:

       males age 15–49 11,199,531; females age 15–49 11,273,643; males fit

       for military service 5,979,710; females fit for military service

       6,034,810; males reach military age (18) annually 445,933 (1994 est.);

       females reach military age (18) annually 430,738 (1994 est.); both

       sexes liable for military service

       Defense expenditures:

       $NA, NA% of GDP

      @Burundi, Geography

      Location:

       Central Africa, between Tanzania and Zaire

       Map references:

       Africa, Standard Time Zones of the World

       Area:

       total area:

       27,830 sq km

       land area:

       25,650 sq km

       comparative area:

       slightly larger than Maryland

       Land boundaries:

       total 974 km, Rwanda 290 km, Tanzania 451 km, Zaire 233 km

       Coastline:

       0 km (landlocked)

       Maritime claims:

       none; landlocked

       International disputes: