_#_GDP: $5.6 billion, per capita $540; real growth rate 4.2% (1990 est.)
_#_Inflation rate (consumer prices): 13% (1989)
_#_Unemployment rate: at least 20% (1990 est.)
_#_Budget: revenues $2.7 billion; expenditures $3.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $330 million (FY91)
_#_Exports: $1.7 billion (f.o.b., 1989);
commodities—agricultural 35% (tobacco 20%, other 15%), manufactures 20%, gold 10%, ferrochrome 10%, cotton 5%;
partners—Europe 55% (EC 40%, Netherlands 5%, other 10%), Africa 20% (South Africa 10%, other 10%), US 5%
_#_Imports: $1.4 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
commodities—machinery and transportation equipment 37%, other manufactures 22%, chemicals 16%, fuels 15%;
partners—EC 31%, Africa 29% (South Africa 21%, other 8%), US 8%, Japan 4%