Congo, Republic of

Capital city: Brazzaville
Languages: French (official); Lingala, Monokutuba, Kikongo (other)

Economic profile

Monetary unit: Central African CFA franc (1CFAfr = $ 0.001879)¹
GDP per capita: $4 712²
GDP composition by sector:
Agriculture: 4.2%³
Industry: 70.7%³
Services: 25.1%³
GDP growth rate: 5.3⁴
Consumer price inflation: 2.5%⁵
Industries: Petroleum extraction, cement, lumber, brewing, sugar, palm oil, soap, flour, cigarettes³
Exports of goods and nonfactor services: Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude (85.1%)⁶
Import commodities: Capital equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs³
Reserves (excluding gold, in million dollars): 5 896.4⁷
Foreign direct investment (in million dollars): 2 816⁸

Budget:
Government revenue, including grants (as percentage of GDP): 44.2%⁹
Government expenditure and net lending: 22.2%⁹

Social profile
Population (in thousands): 4 140¹⁰
Population growth: 2.7%¹⁰
Life expectancy at birth (in years): 57.4¹¹
Adult literacy (people over 15): (figures not available)¹²
School enrolment primary (total gross enrolment): 115%¹³
School enrolment secondary (total gross enrolment): 45.3%¹³
School enrolment tertiary: 6%¹⁴
Unemployment: (figures not available)³
Number of people living with HIV/Aids: 3.4%¹⁵
 

¹ http:// www.exchangerate.com
² African Economic Outlook. Basic indicators (2011).
³ Central Intelligence Agency. World Factbook: Economy (2011).
⁴ African Economic Outlook. Real GDP growth rates (2011).
⁵ African Economic Outlook. Monetary indicators: inflation (2011).

⁶ African Economic Outlook. Exports (2010).

⁷ African Economic Outlook. Monetary indicators: reserves (2011).
⁸ African Economic Outlook. Foreign direct investment (2010).
⁹ African Economic Outlook. Public finances (2011).

¹⁰ African Economic Outlook. Demographic indicators (2010).

¹¹ African Economic Outlook. Basic health indicators (2011).
¹² African Economic Outlook. Basic education indicators (2009).
¹³ African Economic Outlook. School enrolment (2011).

¹⁴ World Bank. School enrolment tertiary (2010 to 2011).

¹⁵ African Economic Outlook. Major diseases (2009).