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African countries by GDP per capita > GDP Per Capita	$600.00		[52nd of 53]
Changes in net reserves > BoP, current US$	20,390,490 BoP $		[31st of 156]
DEFINITION: Changes in net reserves is the net change in a country's holdings of international reserves resulting from transactions on the current, capital, and financial accounts. These include changes in holdings of monetary gold, SDRs, foreign exchange assets, reserve position in the International Monetary Fund, and other claims on nonresidents that are available to the central authority. The measure is net of liabilities constituting foreign authorities' reserves, and counterpart items for valuation changes and exceptional financing items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.		View time series
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of African countries by GDP per capita
Current transfers, receipts > BoP, current US$	331,202,800 BoP $		[48th of 155]
DEFINITION: Current transfers (receipts) are recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. Data are in current U.S. dollars.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Economic aid > Recipient	$236,400,000.00		[59th of 134]
DEFINITION: This entry, which is subject to major problems of definition and statistical coverage, refers to the net inflow of Official Development Finance (ODF) to recipient countries. The figure includes assistance from the World Bank, the IMF, and other international organizations and from individual nation donors. Formal commitments of aid are included in the data. Omitted from the data are grants by private organizations. Aid comes in various forms including outright grants and loans. The entry thus is the difference between new inflows and repayments.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Exports to US	$0.00		[216th of 224]
DEFINITION: in US dollars. Jan 2003 - March 2003
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Foreign direct investment, net > BoP, current US$	-709,091.6 BoP $		[88th of 152]
DEFINITION: Foreign direct investment is net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows total net, that is, net FDI in the reporting economy from foreign sources less net FDI by the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.		View time series
SOURCE: US Census Bureau
Foreign direct investment, net inflows > BoP, current US$	24,000,000 BoP $		[138th of 172]
DEFINITION: Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows in the reporting economy. Data are in current U.S. dollars.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
GDP deflator	1,873.63		[4th of 188]
DEFINITION: The GDP implicit deflator is the ratio of GDP in current local currency to GDP in constant local currency. The base year varies by country.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
GDP growth > annual %	-1.48 annual %		[134th of 187]
DEFINITION: Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at market prices based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2000 U.S. dollars. GDP is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
GDP per capita > constant LCU	13904.94
DEFINITION: GDP per capita is gross domestic product divided by midyear population. GDP at purchaser's prices is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources. Data are in constant local currency.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Goods imports > BoP, current US$	346,263,700 BoP $		[112nd of 156]
DEFINITION: Goods imports refer to all movable goods (including nonmonetary gold) involved in a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents. The category includes goods previously included in services: goods received or sent for processing and their subsequent export or import in the form of processed goods, repairs on goods, and goods procured in ports by carriers. Data are in current U.S. dollars.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Gross National Income	$0.00		[172nd of 172]
DEFINITION: GNI, Atlas method (current US$). GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and prop).
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Gross national income > constant LCU	86257120000
DEFINITION: Gross national income is derived as the sum of GNP and the terms of trade adjustment. Data are in constant local currency.		View time series
Imports of goods and services > BoP, current US$	468,305,800 BoP $		[113rd of 156]
DEFINITION: Imports of goods and services comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Imports of goods, services and income > BoP, current US$	552,705,200 BoP $		[111st of 156]
DEFINITION: Imports of goods, services and income is the sum of goods (merchandise) imports, imports of (nonfactor) services and income (factor) payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Income receipts > BoP, current US$	1,099,092 BoP $		[127th of 154]
DEFINITION: Income receipts refer to employee compensation paid to resident workers working abroad and investment income (receipts on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments, and receipts on reserve assets). Income derived from the use of intangible assets is excluded from income and recorded under business services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Inflation, GDP deflator > annual %	215.47 annual %		[5th of 186]
DEFINITION: Inflation as measured by the annual growth rate of the GDP implicit deflator shows the rate of price change in the economy as a whole. The GDP implicit deflator is the ratio of GDP in current local currency to GDP in constant local currency.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Services, etc., value added > current US$	240,697,500 $		[118th of 172]
DEFINITION: Services correspond to ISIC divisions 50-99. They include value added in wholesale and retail trade (including hotels and restaurants), transport, and government, financial, professional, and personal services such as education, health care, and real estate services. Also included are imputed bank service charges, import duties, and any statistical discrepancies noted by national compilers as well as discrepancies arising from rescaling. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The industrial origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in current U.S. dollars.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Total reserves minus gold > current US$	15,400,000 $		[132nd of 178]
DEFINITION: Total reserves minus gold comprise special drawing rights, reserves of IMF members held by the IMF, and holdings of foreign exchange under the control of monetary authorities. Gold holdings are excluded. Data are in current U.S. dollars.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Trade balance with US	$300,000.00		[93rd of 224]
DEFINITION: In US dollars. Jan 2003 - March 2003
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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