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| GDP: | $34,470 million (2000) | | GDP/Capita: | $1,765 (2000) | | GDP Growth rate: | $5.8% (2002 by OECD) | | | | | GNP/Capita: | $1,793 (1999) -A measure of per capita income that takes into account relative purchasing power across countries. | | | | | Income per capita: | US$390 (2001) | | Income per capita growth: | 1.3 (1999-2000) | | Gros national income: | 6.6 billion (ranking 102) | | | | | Gov. revenue: | 1,998.3 billion cedis(1996) | | Gov. Expenditure: | 2,260.6 billion cedis (1996) | | | | | Total Debt: | US$5.5 billion (2000) | | Per Capita Debt: | 2.7million (2001) | | Debt Service Payment: | $261.7 (Oct '99) | | Debt Service Ratio: | 24.3% (1996) | | Balance of payment surplus: | $80m (1998) | | | | | Inflation rate: | 14.6% (May 2002) | | | | | Growth rate (IMF projection): | 4.5% (Jan. '99) | | Unemployment rate: | 20.3% (est. 2001) | | Interest rate on 3-month Treasury Bill: | 26.8 (Dec 1998) | | | | | Exports: | US$1,893 million (2001) | | Commodities: | cocoa 45%, gold, timber, tuna, bauxite, and aluminum | | Partners: | Germany 29%, UK 12%, US 12%, Japan 5% | | | | | Imports: | US$2,652 million (2001) | | Commodities: | petroleum 16%, consumer goods,foods,intermediate goods, capital equipment | | Partners: | UK 23%, US 11%, Germany 10%, Japan 6% | | | | | Industrial production: | growth rate 5.7% in manufacturing (1997);
accounts for almost 15% of GDP | | | | | Electricity: | 1,180,000 kW capacity; 4,490 million kWh produced,
290 kWh per capita (1991) | | | | | Industries: | mining, lumbering, light manufacturing, aluminum, food processing | | | | | Agriculture: | accounts for about 50% of GDP (including fishing and forestry);
the major cash crop is cocoa;
other principal crops - rice, coffee, cassava, peanuts, corn,
shea nuts timber; normally self-sufficient in food | | | | | Economic aid: | US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $455 million;
Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89),
$2.6 billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $78 million;
Eastern european countries (1970-89), $106 million | | | | | Currency: | 1 cedi (C) = 100 pesewas | | | | | Minimum wage: | 7,150 cedis/Day (May 2002) |
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