Gabon Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GDP: $3 4 billion (1983), $3 690 per capita; 0.7% annual growth rate (1981)

Natural resources: oil, manganese, uranium, gold, wood, iron ore

Agriculture: commercial—cocoa, coffee, wood, palm oil, rice; main food crops—pineapples, bananas, manioc, peanuts, root crops; imports food

Fishing: catch 52,638 metric tons (1982)

Major industries: petroleum production, sawmills, petroleum refinery, food and beverage processing; mining of increasing importance; major minerals—manganese, uranium, iron (not produced)

Electric power: 280,000 kW capacity (1985); 736 million kWh produced (1985), 744 kWh per capita

Exports. $2.0 billion (f.o.b., 1983); crude petroleum, wood and wood products, minerals (manganese, uranium concentrates, gold)

Imports: $0.9 billion (c.i.f., 1983); mining, roadbuilding machinery, electrical equipment, transport vehicles, foodstuffs, textiles

Major trade partners: France, US, FRG, Curasao

Budget: (1982) revenues, $1.4 billion; current expenditures, $0.5 billion; capital expenditures, $0.6 billion

Monetary conversion rate: 475 Commu-naute Financiere Africaine (CFA) francs=US$l (1985)

Fiscal year: calendar year

NOTE: The information regarding Gabon 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 Gabon 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Gabon 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.