Financial Indicators
GDP:
-11.2% (2012 est.)
-4.5% (2011 est.)
2.2% (2010 est.)
GDP/capita: $2,400 (2012 est.)
Health indicators
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 62.57 years
country comparison to the world: 183
male: 60.58 years
female: 64.67 years (2012 est.)
Infant Mortality Rate:
total: 55.6 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 35
male: 61.2 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 49.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
Education indicators
Adult literacy rate:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 61.1%
male: 71.8%
female: 50.5% (2003 est.)
Net enrollment in primary education:
total: 4 years (2000)
Composite Indicators
Human Development Index (HDI): 0.379
In comparison to the world: 154
*this number indicates low human development
Important information to consider:
-GDP consumption by sector:
agriculture: 32%
industry: 25%
services: 43% (2012 est.)
-Labor force by occupation:
agriculture: 80%
industry: 7%
services: 13%
-Unemployment rate: 20% (2012 est.); 18.2% (2002)
-population below poverty line: 46.5% (2009)
-population growth: 1.88% (2012)
-birth rate: 31.7 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
-agriculture products:
cotton, groundnuts (peanuts), sorghum, millet, wheat, gum arabic, sugarcane, cassava (tapioca), mangoes, papaya, bananas, sweet potatoes, sesame; sheep and other livestock
-Industries:
oil, cotton ginning, textiles, cement, edible oils, sugar, soap distilling, shoes, petroleum refining, pharmaceuticals, armaments, automobile/light truck assembly
GDP:
-11.2% (2012 est.)
-4.5% (2011 est.)
2.2% (2010 est.)
GDP/capita: $2,400 (2012 est.)
Health indicators
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 62.57 years
country comparison to the world: 183
male: 60.58 years
female: 64.67 years (2012 est.)
Infant Mortality Rate:
total: 55.6 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 35
male: 61.2 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 49.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
Education indicators
Adult literacy rate:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 61.1%
male: 71.8%
female: 50.5% (2003 est.)
Net enrollment in primary education:
total: 4 years (2000)
Composite Indicators
Human Development Index (HDI): 0.379
In comparison to the world: 154
*this number indicates low human development
Important information to consider:
-GDP consumption by sector:
agriculture: 32%
industry: 25%
services: 43% (2012 est.)
-Labor force by occupation:
agriculture: 80%
industry: 7%
services: 13%
-Unemployment rate: 20% (2012 est.); 18.2% (2002)
-population below poverty line: 46.5% (2009)
-population growth: 1.88% (2012)
-birth rate: 31.7 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
-agriculture products:
cotton, groundnuts (peanuts), sorghum, millet, wheat, gum arabic, sugarcane, cassava (tapioca), mangoes, papaya, bananas, sweet potatoes, sesame; sheep and other livestock
-Industries:
oil, cotton ginning, textiles, cement, edible oils, sugar, soap distilling, shoes, petroleum refining, pharmaceuticals, armaments, automobile/light truck assembly