Industries: agricultural and fish processing, phosphate mining, petroleum refining, construction materials
Industrial production growth rate: 2% (1994)
Electricity - capacity: 303,440 kW
Electricity - production: 1.027 billion kWh (1997 est.)
Electricity - consumption per capita: 109 kWh (1997 est.)
Agriculture - products: peanuts, millet, corn, sorghum, rice, cotton, tomatoes, green vegetables; cattle, poultry, pigs; fish
Exports: total value: $968 million (f.o.b., 1995) commodities: fish, ground nuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates, cotton partners : France, other EU countries, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali
Imports: total value: $1.22 billion (f.o.b., 1995.) commodities: foods and beverages, consumer goods, capital goods, petroleum products partners: France 30%, other EU countries, Nigeria, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Algeria, China, Japan
Debt - external: $4.1 billion (1995 est.)
Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $439 million (1993)