ladder, on which they filled their bellies when food was placed on the islands), Europeans (primarily Portuguese) Religions: Roman Catholic 39.2%, Protestant 4.6%, Orthodox 3%, other 4% (1988) External debt: $26 billion (1992 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7% (1992 est.) Unemployment rate: 20% (December 1991 est.) Budget: revenues $13.8 million; expenditures $364.4 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1991) Exports: $1.5 million (f.o.b., 1992 est.) Industrial production: growth rate -10% (1992) National product per capita: $11,100 (1992 est.) National product real growth rate: 1.23% (1993 est.) Total fertility rate: 5.45 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.) Net migration rate: 6.15 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $2.5 billion (1992 est.) National product real growth rate: 8% (1992 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.3% (1988) Unemployment rate: NA% Budget: revenues $1.3 billion; expenditures $10.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.5 billion (1992 est.)
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