| Official
Currency: New Kwanza (NKz)
Exchange Rate (6/30/00): US$1 = 6.05 NKz
Trading currency: US Dollars
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (1998E): $US
8.0 billion
Real GDP Growth Rate (1998E): 2.8% (1999E): 2.6%
Inflation Rate (1998E): 91% (1999E): 250%
Current Account Balance
(1998E): -US$1.9 billion
(1999E): -US$1.4 billion
Demographic density: 9,6 habitants/Kmē
Demographic growth: 2,9%/year
National Debt/GDP ratio: 18%
Rate of Inflation: 30% (1997)
Public Debt/PIB: 18%
Tax of Inflation: 30% (1997)
Employment structure: Primary sector 68.5%; Secondary 4.5%; Tertiary 26.8% |
Principal
exports: Crude oil, diamonds, Refined Petroleum
Products, other minerals, timber, fish, coffee, cotton
and sisal.
Principal imports: Foodstuffs, beverages, plant products, electrical equipment,
military equipment, vehicles and spare vehicle parts.
Main
trading partners: Brazil, South Africa,
Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Germany, China, France
and USA .
Main Ports: Luanda, Lobito and Namibe.
Total
External Debt (2000E): US$12 billion. |
