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Capital city: Dakar Languages: French (official); Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka (other)
Economic profile Monetary unit: CFA franc (1CFAfr = $ 0.001887 )1 GDP per capita: $1 7632 GDP composition by sector:
Agriculture: 15%3
Industry: 22.8%3
Services: 62.2%3 GDP growth rate: 4%4 Consumer price inflation: 3%5 Industries: Agricultural and fish processing, phosphate mining, fertiliser production, petroleum refining; iron-ore, zircon, and gold mining, construction materials, ship construction and repair3 Exports of goods and nonfactor services: Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (other than crude) and preparations (26.4%); portland cement (excluding. white cement, whether or not artificially coloured) whether or not coloured (10.5%); phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids (9.8%)6 Import commodities: Food and beverages, capital goods, fuels3 Reserves (excluding gold, in million dollars): 2 5367 Foreign direct investment (in million dollars): 2378
Budget Government revenue, including grants (as percentage of GDP): 22.5%9 Government expenditure and net lending: 27.8%9
Social profile Population (in thousands): 12 76810 Population growth: 2.7%10 Life expectancy at birth (in years): 59.311 Adult literacy (people over 15): 49.7%12 School enrolment primary (total gross enrolment): 86.8%13 School enrolment secondary (total gross enrolment): 37.4%13 School enrolment tertiary: 8%14 Unemployment: 48%3 Number of people living with HIV/Aids: 0.9%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).
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