(Army), Police Manpower availability: males age 15-49 4,137,983; fit for military service NA (1993 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 76% male: 78% female: 51% Labor force: 689,000 economically active (1990) by occupation: services 41%, agriculture and forestry 20%, other 15%), manufactures 20%, gold 10%, ferrochrome 10%, cotton 5% partners: UK 56%, US 22%,CARICOM 19% Imports: $267 million (f.o.b., 1984) commodities: foodstuffs, intermediate manufactures, capital equipment 17%, foodstuffs 13%, petroleum products (1990) partners: EC 57%, Africa 17%, US 10%, UK 9%), Norway 14%, US 9% (1992) Unemployment rate: 25% (1989) Budget: revenues $8 billion; expenditures $9.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $104 million (1990 est.) Imports: $2.0 billion Currency: 1 Maltese lira (LM) = 100 puls Exchange rates: CFA francs (CFAF) per US$1 - 0.3760 (fixed rate)
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