NA%

Population below poverty line:

60% (2001 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: 2.1% highest 10%: 38.2% (2000)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:

46.8 (2000)

Investment (gross fixed):

22% of GDP (2007 est.)

Budget:

revenues: $801.8 million expenditures: $878.3 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2007 est.)

Fiscal year:

calendar year

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

9.1% (2007 est.)

Central bank discount rate:

12.5% (31 December 2007)

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

15.84% (31 December 2007)

Stock of money:

$233.6 million (31 December 2005)

Stock of quasi money:

$227.4 million (31 December 2005)

Stock of domestic credit:

$209.2 million (31 December 2005)

Agriculture - products:

coffee, tea, pyrethrum (insecticide made from chrysanthemums), bananas, beans, sorghum, potatoes; livestock

Industries:

cement, agricultural products, small-scale beverages, soap, furniture, shoes, plastic goods, textiles, cigarettes

Industrial production growth rate:

13.1% (2007 est.)

Electricity - production:

134 million kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

234.6 million kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports:

10 million kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - imports:

130 million kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 2.3% hydro: 97.7% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)

Oil - production:

0 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

5,320 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

0 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

5,597 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:

56.63 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Current account balance:

-$147 million (2007 est.)

Exports:

$184 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities:

coffee, tea, hides, tin ore

Exports - partners:

China 8.9%, Germany 6.8%, US 4.9%, Hong Kong 4.8% (2007)

Imports:

$637 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities:

foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, steel, petroleum products, cement and construction material

Imports - partners:

Kenya 19.6%, Uganda 6.9%, Germany 6.2%, Belgium 5.9%, China 5% (2007)

Economic aid - recipient:

$576 million (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$552.8 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$1.4 billion (2004 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares: