NA%

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Investment (gross fixed):

8.9% of GDP (2007 est.)

Budget:

revenues: $372.3 million expenditures: $362.2 million (2007 est.)

Fiscal year:

calendar year

Public debt:

92.3% of GDP (2007 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

5.3% (2007 est.)

Central bank discount rate:

5.13% (31 December 2007)

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

10.89% (31 December 2007)

Stock of money:

$330.8 million (31 December 2007)

Stock of quasi money:

$249 million (31 December 2007)

Stock of domestic credit:

$660.2 million (31 December 2007)

Agriculture - products:

coconuts, cinnamon, vanilla, sweet potatoes, cassava (tapioca), bananas; poultry; tuna

Industries:

fishing, tourism, processing of coconuts and vanilla, coir (coconut fiber) rope, boat building, printing, furniture; beverages

Industrial production growth rate:

7% (2007 est.)

Electricity - production:

208 million kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

193.4 million kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - imports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)

Oil - production:

0 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

6,560 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

0 bbl/day (2006)

Oil - imports:

5,722 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:

0 bbl (1 January 2006)

Natural gas - production:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - imports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

Current account balance:

-$272 million (2007 est.)

Exports:

$395 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities:

canned tuna, frozen fish, cinnamon bark, copra, petroleum products (reexports)

Exports - partners:

UK 23.7%, France 19.8%, Mauritius 10%, Japan 8.3%, Italy 5.7%, Spain 5.1% (2007)

Imports:

$823 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities:

machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals

Imports - partners:

Saudi Arabia 17.6%, Germany 10.8%, France 8.1%, Spain 7.6%, South
Africa 6.4%, Singapore 5.8% (2007)

Economic aid - recipient:

$18.81 million (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$40.8 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$1.059 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares: