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Economy - overview: |
Economic activity is based primarily on the
agricultural sector, including fishing and livestock raising. Mayotte
is not self-sufficient and must import a large portion of its food
requirements, mainly from France. The economy and future development
of the island are heavily dependent on French financial assistance, an
important supplement to GDP. Mayotte's remote location is an obstacle
to the development of tourism. |
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GDP: |
purchasing power parity - $466.8 million (2003
est.) |
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GDP - real growth
rate: |
NA |
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GDP - per capita: |
purchasing power parity - $2,600 (1998 est.) |
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GDP - composition by
sector: |
agriculture: NA
industry: NA
services: NA (2001 est.) |
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Population below
poverty line: |
NA |
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Household income or
consumption by percentage share: |
lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA |
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Inflation rate
(consumer prices): |
NA |
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Labor force: |
48,800 (2000) |
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Unemployment rate: |
38% (1999) |
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Budget: |
revenues: NA
expenditures: $73 million, including capital expenditures of NA
(1991 est.) |
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Agriculture -
products: |
vanilla, ylang-ylang (perfume
essence), coffee, copra |
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Industries: |
newly created lobster and shrimp industry,
construction |
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Industrial production
growth rate: |
NA |
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Electricity -
production: |
NA kWh |
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Electricity -
production by source: |
fossil fuel: 0%
hydro: 0%
other: 0%
nuclear: 0% |
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Electricity -
consumption: |
NA kWh |
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Exports: |
$3.44 million f.o.b. (1997) |
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Exports - commodities: |
ylang-ylang (perfume essence),
vanilla, copra, coconuts, coffee, cinnamon |
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Exports - partners: |
France 80%, Comoros 15%, Reunion (2000) |
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Imports: |
$141.3 million f.o.b. (1997) |
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Imports - commodities: |
food, machinery and equipment, transportation
equipment, metals, chemicals |
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Imports - partners: |
France 66%, Africa 14%, Southeast Asia 11% (2000
est.) |
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Debt - external: |
NA |
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Economic aid -
recipient: |
$107.7 million; note - extensive French financial
assistance (1995) |
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Currency: |
euro (EUR) |
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Currency code: |
EUR |
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Exchange rates: |
euros per US dollar - 0.8860 (2003), 1.0626
(2002), 1.1175 (2001), 1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999) |
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Fiscal year: |
calendar year |