dry, harsh desert in north, inaccessible and poor cultivation practices keep farm output low; famines not uncommon; export crops - coffee, cocoa, rice, cassava, bananas, and sugarcane - is heavily dependent on imported food. National product: GDP - exchange rate conversion - $2.5 billion (FY91 est.) National product per capita: $1,500 (1991 est.) National product per capita: $270 (FY93 est.) National product real growth rate: 7% (1992 est.) Unemployment rate: 3% (1992) National product per capita: $NA Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.4% (1990) Unemployment rate: 35% (1991 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 12.7% (FY91) Unemployment rate: 9.8% (1992) Budget: revenues $220.5 billion; expenditures $1.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $110 million (1991 est.) Budget: revenues $921 million; expenditures $376 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1985) Exports: $671 million (f.o.b., 1988 est.) commodities: machinery and
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