Sao Tome and Principe Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GDP: $30 million (1981 est.); per capita income $260 (1983 est); average annual growth rate —10% (1981 est.); average inflation rate 10%

Natural resources: agricultural products, fish

Agriculture: cash crops—cocoa, copra, coconuts, coffee, palm oil, bananas

Fishing: catch 4,050 metric tons (1983)

Major industries: light construction, shirts, soap, beer fisheries, shrimp processing

Electric power: 4,300 kW capacity (1985); 7 million kWh produced (1985), 67 kWh per capita

Exports: $8 8 million (f.o.b., 1981 est.); mainly cocoa (90%), copra (7%), coffee, palm oil

Imports: $20.0 million (f.o.b., 1981 est.); food products, machinery and electrical equipment, fuels

Major trade partners: main partner Netherlands, followed by Portugal, US, and FRG

Aid: economic commitments—Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF (1970-81), $583 million; US (FY77-84), $93.7 million: Communist countries (1970-84), $23 million

Budget: (1981 est.) central government budget $22.0 million; (1979 est.) revenues, $15.7 million, current expenditures, $10.4 million; capital expenditures, $9 1 million

Monetary conversion rate: 46.2051 dobras=US$l (December 1984)

Fiscal year: calendar year

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