Economy - overview:
Foreign direct investment in Mongolia's extractive industries – which are based on extensive deposits of copper, gold, coal, molybdenum, fluorspar, uranium, tin, and tungsten - has transformed Mongolia's landlocked economy from its traditional dependence on herding and agriculture. Exports now account for more than half of GDP. Mongolia depends on China for more than 60% of it's external trade - China receives some 90% of Mongolia's exports and supplies Mongolia with more than one-third of its imports. Mongolia also relies on Russia for 90% of its energy supplies, leaving it vulnerable to price increases. Remittances from Mongolians working abroad, particularly in South Korea, are significant.Soviet assistance, at its height one-third of GDP, disappeared almost overnight in 1990 and 1991 at the time of the dismantlement of the USSR. The following decade saw Mongolia endure both deep recession, because of political inaction and natural disasters, as well as strong economic growth, because of market reforms and extensive privatization of the formerly state-run economy. The country opened a fledgling stock exchange in 1991. Mongolia joined the World Trade Organization in 1997 and seeks to expand its participation in regional economic and trade regimes.Growth averaged nearly 9% per year in 2004-08 largely because of high copper prices globally and new gold production. By late 2008, Mongolia was hit by the global financial crisis and Mongolia's real economy contracted 1.3% in 2009. In early 2009, the International Monetary Fund reached a $236 million Stand-by Arrangement with Mongolia and it emerged from the crisis with a stronger banking sector and better fiscal management. In October 2009, Mongolia passed long-awaited legislation on an investment agreement to develop the Oyu Tolgoi (OT) mine, among the world's largest untapped copper-gold deposits. However, a dispute with foreign investors developing Oyu Tolgoi called into question the attractiveness of Mongolia as a destination for foreign investment. This caused a severe drop in FDI, and a slowing economy, leading to the dismissal of Prime Minister ALTANKHUYAG in November 2014. The economy had grown more than 10% per year between 2010 and 2013 - largely on the strength of commodity exports and high government spending - before slowing to 7.8% in 2014 and 3.5% in 2015.The new government has made restoring investor trust and reviving the economy its top priority, but it will be challenged to unwind the monetary and fiscal stimulus programs in use since 2013 to counteract the fall in foreign investment. In December 2014 the government awarded a deal to develop the massive Tavan Tolgoi (TT) coal field to a consortium comprising Energy Resources/MCS (Mongolia), Shenhua (China), and Sumitomo (Japan); talks continue to hammer out the financing and the operating details. Mongolia's economy faces near-term economic risks from the government's loose fiscal and monetary policies, which are contributing to high inflation, and from uncertainties in foreign demand for Mongolian exports, which have put pressure on Mongolia's external finances.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$36.43 billion (2015 est.) $35.21 billion (2014 est.) $32.67 billion (2013 est.)
note: data are in 2015 US dollars
country comparison to the world: 118
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GDP (official exchange rate):
$12.41 billion (2015 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
3.5% (2015 est.) 7.8% (2014 est.) 11.6% (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 75
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GDP - per capita (PPP):
$12,500 (2015 est.) $12,000 (2014 est.) $11,200 (2013 est.)
note: data are in 2015 US dollars
country comparison to the world: 121
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Gross national saving:
23.2% of GDP (2015 est.) 24.9% of GDP (2014 est.) 27.1% of GDP (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 61
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GDP - composition, by end use:
household consumption: 53.7%
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government consumption: 11.3%
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investment in fixed capital: 30%
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investment in inventories: 5%
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exports of goods and services: 51.9%
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imports of goods and services: -51.9% (2015 est.)
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GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
agriculture: 16.6%
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industry: 33.1%
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services: 50.3% (2015 est.)
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Agriculture - products:
wheat, barley, vegetables, forage crops; sheep, goats, cattle, camels, horses

Industries:
construction and construction materials; mining (coal, copper, molybdenum, fluorspar, tin, tungsten, gold); oil; food and beverages; processing of animal products, cashmere and natural fiber manufacturing

Industrial production growth rate:
2.9% (2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 90
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Labor force:
1.128 million (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 142
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Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 28.6%
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industry: 21%
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services: 50.4% (2014)
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Unemployment rate:
7.7% (2014 est.) 4.9% (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 90
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Population below poverty line:
29.8% (2011 est.)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 3%
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highest 10%: 28.4% (2008)
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Distribution of family income - Gini index:
36.5 (2008) 32.8 (2002)
country comparison to the world: 82
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Budget:
revenues: $3.393 billion
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expenditures: $3.727 billion (2015 est.)
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Taxes and other revenues:
27.3% of GDP (2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 101
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Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-):
-2.7% of GDP (2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 100
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Fiscal year:
calendar year

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
8.3% (2015 est.) 13% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 200
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Central bank discount rate:
13% (15 January 2015) 12% (31 July 2014)
country comparison to the world: 14
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Commercial bank prime lending rate:
18% (31 December 2015 est.) 19.54% (31 December 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 19
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Stock of narrow money:
$807.6 million (31 December 2015 est.) $963.5 million (31 December 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 157
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Stock of broad money:
$6.178 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $5.72 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 123
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Stock of domestic credit:
$7.241 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $7.786 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 113
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Market value of publicly traded shares:
$1.293 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $1.579 billion (31 December 2011) $1.093 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 105
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Current account balance:
-$1.04 billion (2015 est.) -$982 million (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 121
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Exports:
$5.272 billion (2015 est.) $5.825 billion (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 109
[see also: Exports country ranks ]

Exports - commodities:
copper, apparel, livestock, animal products, cashmere, wool, hides, fluorspar, other nonferrous metals, coal, crude oil

Exports - partners:
China 95.3% (2014)

Imports:
$3.923 billion (2015 est.) $4.738 billion (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 134
[see also: Imports country ranks ]

Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, fuel, cars, food products, industrial consumer goods, chemicals, building materials, cigarettes and tobacco, appliances, soap and detergent

Imports - partners:
China 41.5%, Russia 27.4%, South Korea 6.5%, Japan 6.1% (2014)

Debt - external:
$16.8 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $18.92 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 94
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Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$17.3 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $16.25 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 81
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Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
$1.241 billion (31 December 2013 est.) $1.191 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 82
[see also: Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad country ranks ]

Exchange rates:
togrog/tugriks (MNT) per US dollar - 1,970.4 (2015 est.) 1,817.9 (2014 est.) 1,817.9 (2013 est.) 1,357.6 (2012 est.) 1,265.5 (2011 est.)