Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$24 million (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 155 $34 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt - external:
$311 million (2000 est.) country comparison to the world: 175
Exchange rates:
nakfa (ERN) per US dollar - 15.38 (2008 est.), 15.5 (2007), 15.4 (2006), 14.5 (2005), 13.788 (2004)
note: the official exchange rate is 15 nakfa to the dollar
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Telephones - main lines in use:
40,400 (2008) country comparison to the world: 169