The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency
million (2006 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%
Unemployment rate:
NA%
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Budget:
revenues: $700 million expenditures: $2 billion (2006 est.)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
16.7% (2007 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
5.25% (31 December 2007)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
NA
Stock of money:
$597 million (31 December 2007)
Stock of quasi money:
$677.9 million (31 December 2007)
Stock of domestic credit:
$559.5 million (31 December 2007)
Agriculture - products:
coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber, tea, quinine, cassava (tapioca), palm oil, bananas, root crops, corn, fruits; wood products
Industries:
mining (diamonds, gold, copper, cobalt, coltan zinc), mineral processing, consumer products (including textiles, footwear, cigarettes, processed foods and beverages), cement, commercial ship repair
Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
Electricity - production:
7.243 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - consumption:
5.158 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - exports:
1.799 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - imports:
6 million kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 1.8% hydro: 98.2% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)
Oil - production:
22,160 bbl/day (2007 est.)
Oil - consumption:
10,460 bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - exports:
19,820 bbl/day (2005)
Oil - imports:
8,220 bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - proved reserves:
180 million bbl (1 January 2008 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:
991.1 million cu m (1 January 2008 est.)
Current account balance:
-$402 million (2007 est.)
Exports:
$1.587 billion f.o.b. (2006)
Exports - commodities:
diamonds, copper, crude oil, coffee, cobalt
Exports - partners:
Belgium 23.6%, China 21.7%, US 9.8%, Finland 9.1%, Brazil 9.1%,
France 6.8%, Zambia 6% (2007)
Imports:
$2.263 billion f.o.b. (2006)
Imports - commodities:
foodstuffs, mining and other machinery, transport equipment, fuels
Imports - partners:
South Africa 22.5%, Belgium 10.3%, Zambia 8.9%, Zimbabwe 7.5%,
France 6.8%, Kenya 6.3%, US 4.1%, Cote d'Ivoire 4.1% (2007)
Economic aid - recipient:
$1.828 billion (2005)
Debt - external:
$10 billion (2006 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$NA
Currency (code):
Congolese franc (CDF)
Currency code:
CDF
Exchange rates:
Congolese francs (CDF) per US dollar - NA (2007), 464.69 (2006), 437.86 (2005), 401.04 (2004), 405.34 (2003)
Communications
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Telephones - main lines in use:
9,700 (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
6.592 million (2007)
Telephone system:
general assessment: inadequate; state-owned fixed-line operator has been unable to expand fixed-line connections and there are now fewer than 10,000 connections - less than 1 per 1000 persons; given the backdrop of a wholly inadequate fixed-line infrastructure, the use of cellular services has surged and subscribership in 2007 reached 6.6 million - 10 per 100 persons domestic: barely adequate wire and microwave radio relay service in and between urban areas; domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations international: country code - 243; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 2 (2001)
Radios:
18.03 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
4 (2001)
Televisions:
6.478 million (1997)
Internet country code:
.cd
Internet hosts:
3,211 (2008)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2001)
Internet users:
230,400 (2007)
Transportation
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Airports:
237 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 26 over 3,047 m: 4 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 17