The Gambia Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GDP $125 million (1984), about $170 per capita; real growth rate —7.8% (FY84)

Natural resources: fish

Agriculture: main crops—groundnuts, millet, sorghum, rice, maize, palm kernels, cotton

Fishing: catch 9,600 metric tons (1983)

Major industries: peanut processing, tourism, brewing, soft drinks, agricultural machinery assembly, small woodworking and metalworking, clothing

Electric power: 29,600 kW capacity (1985); 64 million kWh produced (1985), 85 kWh per capita

Exports: $59 mdlion (f.o.b., FY&5 est.) peanuts and peanut products, fish, palm kernels

Imports: $73 million (f.o.b., FY85 est.); textiles, foodstuffs, tobacco, machinery, petroleum products, chemicals

Major trade partners- exports- mainly EC, Africa: imports—EC, Africa

Aid: economic commitments—Western (non-US) countries. OD A and OOF (1970-83), $237 million; US(FY70-84;, $49 million

Budget. (1982-83 est.) revenues $44 2 million, current expenditures $34 90 million, development expenditures $19.7 million

Monetary conversion rate: 1 dalasi= US$0.28 (October 1985)

German Democratic

Republic

218Fiscal year: 1 July-30 June

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