Djibouti (formerly French Territory of the Afars and Issas) Economy - 1986


SOURCE: 1986 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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GDP: $369 million (1983); per capita income $1,168(1983)

Natural resources: none

Agriculture: livestock; limited commercial crops, including fruit and vegetables

Major industries: transit trade, port rail way, services; live cattle and sheep exports to Saudi Arabia; secondary services to French military

Electric power· 80 100 kW capacity (1985); 140 million kWh produced (1985), 471 kWh per capita

Exports $88 million (f.o.b., 1984 prelim.); hides and skins and transit of coffee; a large

portion consists of reexports to foreign residents of Djibouti

Imports: $200 million (f.o.b., 1984 prelim.); almost all domestically needed goods— foods, machinery, transport equipment

Budget. (1983) revenues, $118 million; grants, $27 million; current expenditures, $120 million, development expenditures, $32 million; extrabudgetary expenditures, $21 million

Monetary conversion rate: 177.67 Djibouti francs=US$l (October 1984)

Fiscal year: calendar year

NOTE: The information regarding Djibouti (formerly French Territory of the Afars and Issas) on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Djibouti (formerly French Territory of the Afars and Issas) 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Djibouti (formerly French Territory of the Afars and Issas) 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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