15 and over can read and write (1990) total population: 72.64 years male: 51.97 years female: 57.72 years (1993 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 55.19 years female: 77.16 years (1993 est.) Death rate: 10.05 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.) Birth rate: 46.88 births/1,000 population (1993 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $240 billion (FY93 est.) Exports: $91.7 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.) commodities: capital goods, light consumer goods partners: France 34%, Netherlands 10%, Japan 7%, Canada 2% (1989) External debt: $16.9 billion (year end 1991) Industrial production: growth rate 7% (1991 est.); accounts for 38% of GDP Electricity: 190,000 kW capacity; 176 million kWh produced, 6,740 kWh per capita (1992) Industries: processed and unprocessed minerals, food products, instruments;
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