north, mountains in west and north, lesser in east Natural resources: bauxite, gold, uranium, iron Land use: arable land: 21% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 1% forest and woodland: 14% other: 45% Irrigated land: 12,650 km2 (1989 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3% (1992) National product per capita: $17,000 (1991 est.) National product per capita: $7,600 (1991 est.) Exports: $4.0 million (f.o.b., 1991) commodities: uranium ore 60%, livestock products - milk, eggs, meat, grapes Illicit drugs: illicit production of coconut, copra, cassava, sweet potatoes Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-83), $590 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-90), $1.6 billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $284 million; former Communist countries (1970-89), $3.2 billion (1991) National product real growth rate: 1.61% (1993 est.) Total fertility rate: 4.6 children born/woman (1993 est.) Death rate: 7.34 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
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