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Economy
Overview: The economic and social infrastructure is not
well developed. Subsistence agriculture dominates the economy,
generating about one-third of GDP and employing about two-thirds
of the working population. Manufacturing accounts for less
than 10% of GDP, consisting mainly of the processing of
raw materials and of light manufacturing for the domestic
market. Diamond mining provides an important source of hard
currency. The economy suffers from high unemployment, rising
inflation, large trade deficits, and a growing dependency
on foreign assistance.
GDP: $965 million, per capita $250; real growth rate 1.8% (FY87).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 42% (September 1988).
Unemployment rate: NA%.
Budget: revenues $86 million; expenditures $128 million,
including capital expenditures of $NA (FY90 est.).
Exports: $106 million (f.o.b., 1988); commodities--rutile 50%,
bauxite 17%, cocoa 11%, diamonds 3%, coffee 3%; partners--US,
UK, Belgium, FRG, other Western Europe.
Imports: $167 million (c.i.f., 1988); commodities--capital
goods 40%, food 32%, petroleum 12%, consumer goods 7%, light
industrial goods; partners--US, EC, Japan, China, Nigeria.
External debt: $805 million (1989 est.).
Industrial production: growth rate -19% (FY88 est.).
Electricity: 83,000 kW capacity; 180 million kWh produced,
45 kWh per capita (1989).
Industries: mining (diamonds, bauxite, rutile), small-scale
manufacturing (beverages, textiles, cigarettes, footwear),
petroleum refinery.
Agriculture: accounts for over 30% of GDP and two-thirds
of the labor force; largely subsistence farming; cash crops--
coffee, cocoa, palm kernels; harvests of food staple rice meets
80% of domestic needs; annual fish catch averages 53,000
metric tons.
Aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-88), $149 million;
Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
(1970-87), $698 million; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $18
million; Communist countries (1970-88), $101 million.
Currency: leone (plural--leones); 1 leone (Le) = 100 cents.
Exchange rates: leones per US$1--87.7193 (January 1990),
58.1395 (1989), 31.2500 (1988), 30.7692 (1987), 8.3963 (1986),
4.7304 (1985).
Fiscal year: 1 July-30 June.