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Capital city: São Tomé Languages: Portuguese (official)
Economic profile Monetary unit: Dobra (1Db = $ 0.000050)1 GDP per capita: $1 9642 GDP composition by sector:
Agriculture: 15%3
Industry: 24.4%3
Services: 60.6%3 GDP growth rate: 4.3%4 Consumer price inflation: 9.2%5 Industries: Light construction, textiles, soap, beer, fish processing, timber3 Exports of goods and nonfactor services: Cocoa bean, whole or broken, raw or roasted (36.3%); wristwatches other than automatic winding (17.4%); articles of jewellery, and parts thereof, of silver whether or not plated, clad with other precious metals (9.7%)6 Import commodities: Machinery and electrical equipment, food products, petroleum products3 Reserves (excluding gold, in million dollars): 51.57 Foreign direct investment (in million dollars): 38
Budget Government revenue, including grants (as percentage of GDP): 32.1%9 Government expenditure and net lending: 48%9
Social profile Population (in thousands): 16910 Population growth: 1.6%10 Life expectancy at birth (in years): 64.711 Adult literacy (people over 15): 88.8%12 School enrolment primary (total gross enrolment): 133.8%13 School enrolment secondary (total gross enrolment): 59.2%13 School enrolment tertiary: 4%14 Unemployment: (figures not available)3 Number of people living with HIV/Aids: (figures not available)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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