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      @Costa Rica, Economy

      Overview:

       In 1993 the economy grew at an estimated 6.5%, compared with 7.7% in

       1992 and 2.1% in 1991. Increases in agricultural production (coffee

       and bananas), nontraditional exports, and tourism are responsible for

       much of the growth. Inflation in 1993 dropped to 9% from 17% in 1992

       and 25% in 1991, an indication of basic financial stability.

       Unemployment is officially reported at 4.0%, but much underemployment

       remains.

       National product:

       GDP - purchasing power equivalent - $19.3 billion (1993 est.)

       National product real growth rate:

       6.5% (1993 est.)

       National product per capita:

       $5,900 (1993 est.)

       Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       9% (1993 est.)

       Unemployment rate:

       4% (1993); much underemployment

       Budget:

       revenues:

       $1.1 billion

       expenditures:

       $1.34 billion, including capital expenditures of $110 million (1991

       est.)

       Exports:

       $1.9 billion (f.o.b., 1993)

       commodities:

       coffee, bananas, textiles, sugar

       partners:

       US, Germany, Italy, Guatemala, El Salvador, Netherlands, UK, France

       Imports:

       $2.9 billion (c.i.f., 1993)

       commodities:

       raw materials, consumer goods, capital equipment, petroleum

       partners:

       US, Japan, Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela, Germany

       External debt:

       $3.2 billion (1991)

       Industrial production:

       growth rate 10.5% (1992); accounts for 22% of GDP

       Electricity:

       capacity:

       927,000 kW

       production:

       3.612 billion kWh

       consumption per capita:

       1,130 kWh (1992)

       Industries:

       food processing, textiles and clothing, construction materials,

       fertilizer, plastic products

       Agriculture:

       accounts for 19% of GDP and 70% of exports; cash commodities - coffee,

       beef, bananas, sugar; other food crops include corn, rice, beans,

       potatoes; normally self-sufficient in food except for grain; depletion

       of forest resources resulting in lower timber output

       Illicit drugs:

       transshipment country for cocaine and heroin from South America;

       illicit production of cannabis on small scattered plots

       Economic aid:

       recipient:

       US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70–89), $1.4 billion; Western

       (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970–89), $935

       million; Communist countries (1971–89), $27 million

       Currency:

       1 Costa Rican colon (C) = 100 centimos

       Exchange rates:

       Costa Rican colones (C) per US$1 - 150.67 (December 1993), 142.17

       (1993), 134.51 (1992), 122.43 (1991), 91.58 (1990), 81.504 (1989)

       Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      @Costa Rica, Communications

      Railroads:

       950 km total, all 1.067-meter gauge; 260 km electrified

       Highways:

       total:

       35,536 km

       paved:

       5,600 km

       unpaved:

       gravel and earth 29,936 km (1991)

       Inland waterways:

       about 730 km, seasonally navigable

       Pipelines:

       petroleum products 176 km

       Ports:

       Puerto Limon, Caldera, Golfito, Moin, Puntarenas

       Merchant marine:

       1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,878 GRT/4,506 DWT

       Airports:

       total:

       184

       usable:

       165

       with permanent-surface runways:

       27

       with runways over 3,659 m:

       0

       with runways 2,440–3,659 m:

       2

       with runways 1,220–2,439 m:

       9

       Telecommunications:

       very good domestic telephone service; 292,000 telephones; connection

       into Central American Microwave System; broadcast stations - 71 AM, no

       FM, 18 TV, 13 shortwave; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station

      @Costa Rica, Defense Forces

      Branches:

       Civil Guard, Rural Assistance Guard

       note:

       constitution prohibits armed forces

       Manpower availability:

       males age 15–49 873,987; fit for military service 588,223; reach

       military age (18) annually 32,308 (1994 est.)

       Defense expenditures:

       exchange rate conversion - $22 million, 0.5% of GDP (1989)

      @Cote d'Ivoire

      Header Affiliation: (also known as Ivory Coast)

      @Cote d'Ivoire, Geography

      Location:

       Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean between Ghana and

       Liberia

       Map references:

       Africa, Standard Time Zones of the World

       Area:

       total area:

       322,460 sq km

       land area:

       318,000 sq km

       comparative area:

       slightly larger than New Mexico

       Land boundaries:

       total 3,110 km, Burkina 584 km, Ghana 668 km, Guinea 610 km, Liberia

       716 km, Mali 532 km

       Coastline:

       515 km

       Maritime claims:

      

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