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<text id=93CT1537>
<title>
Western Sahara--Economy
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Western Sahara
Economy</hdr><body>
<p>Overview: Western Sahara, a territory poor in natural
resources and having little rainfall, has a per capita GDP of
roughly $300. Pastoral nomadism, fishing, and phosphate mining
are the principal sources of income for the population. Most of
the food for the urban population must be imported. All trade
and other economic activities are controlled by the Moroccan
Government.
</p>
<p>National product: GDP - exchange rate conversion - $60 million
(1991 est.)
</p>
<p>National product real growth rate: NA%
</p>
<p>National product per capita: $300 (1991 est.)
</p>
<p>Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA%
</p>
<p>Unemployment rate: NA%
</p>
<p>Budget: revenues $NA; expenditures $NA, including capital
expenditures of $NA
</p>
<list>
<l>Exports: $8 million (f.o.b., 1982 est.)</l>
<l> commodities: phosphates 62%</l>
<l> partners: Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, so
trade partners are included in overall Moroccan accounts</l>
<l>Imports: $30 million (c.i.f., 1982 est.)</l>
<l> commodities: fuel for fishing fleet, foodstuffs</l>
<l> partners: Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, so
trade partners are included in overall Moroccan accounts</l>
</list>
<p>External debt: $NA
</p>
<p>Industrial production: growth rate NA%
</p>
<p>Electricity: 60,000 kW capacity; 79 million kWh produced, 425
kWh per capita (1989)
</p>
<p>Industries: phosphate mining, fishing, handicrafts
</p>
<p>Agriculture: limited largely to subsistence agriculture; some
barley is grown in nondrought years; fruit and vegetables are
grown in the few oases; food imports are essential; camels,
sheep, and goats are kept by the nomadic natives; cash economy
exists largely for the garrison forces
</p>
<p>Economic aid: NA
</p>
<p>Currency: 1 Moroccan dirham (DH)=100 centimes
</p>
<p>Exchange rates: Moroccan dirhams (DH) per US$1 - 9.034
(January 1993), 8.538 (1992), 8.707 (1991), 8.242 (1990), 8.488
(1989), 8.209 (1988)
</p>
<p>Fiscal year: NA
</p></body></article></text>