Guadeloupe Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GDP: $1.18 billion (1980), $3,760 per capita; real growth rate 15 7% (1979-80 average)

Natural resources: scenery, cultivable land

Agriculture: sugarcane, bananas, pineapples, vegetables

Major industries: construction, cement, rum, light industry, tourism

Electric power: 80,000 kW capacity (1985); 273 million kWh produced (1985), 820 kWh per capita

Exports $89.2 million (1981), bananas, sugar, rum

Imports: $560 million (1981); vehicles, foodstuffs, clothing and other consumer goods, construction materials, petroleum products

Major trade partners: exports—88% franc zone; imports—73% franc zone, 3% Italy (1981)

Aid: economic—bilateral ODA and OOF commitments (1970-79) from Western (nonUS) countries, $2.4 billion; no military aid

Budget: $198 million (1981)

Monetary conversion rate: 8.66 French francs=US$l (September 1985)

Fiscal year: calender year

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