NA%

Population below poverty line:

35% (2001 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: 2.3% highest 10%: 37.7% (2002)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:

45.7 (2002)

Investment (gross fixed):

25.4% of GDP (2007 est.)

Budget:

revenues: $2.211 billion expenditures: $2.443 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2007 est.)

Fiscal year:

1 July - 30 June

Public debt:

20.6% of GDP (2007 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

6.1% (2007 est.)

Central bank discount rate:

14.68% (31 December 2007)

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

19.11% (31 December 2007)

Stock of money:

$1.363 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of quasi money:

$1.302 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of domestic credit:

$907.3 million (31 December 2007)

Agriculture - products:

coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), potatoes, corn, millet, pulses, cut flowers; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry

Industries:

sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles; cement, steel production

Industrial production growth rate:

5.8% (2007 est.)

Electricity - production:

1.161 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

899.7 million kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports:

180 million kWh (2006)

Electricity - imports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 0.9% hydro: 99.1% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)

Oil - production:

0 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

11,570 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

115.2 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

11,540 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:

0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)

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:

-$744.7 million (2007 est.)

Exports:

$1.686 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities:

coffee, fish and fish products, tea, cotton, flowers, horticultural products; gold

Exports - partners:

Netherlands 10.2%, Belgium 9.8%, Germany 7.9%, France 7.2%, Rwanda 5.6% (2007)

Imports:

$2.983 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities:

capital equipment, vehicles, petroleum, medical supplies; cereals

Imports - partners:

Kenya 31.8%, China 7.8%, UAE 7.7%, South Africa 5.9%, India 5.2%,
Japan 4.8% (2007)

Economic aid - recipient:

$1.198 billion (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$2.56 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$1.498 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home: