Congo, Rep
General information
Capital: Brazzaville
Currency unit: CFA franc
Official language: French
Area: 342,000 km²
Population in million: 5.3
GDP per capita (current US dollars): 1,658
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $): 5,359
Demography
Labor force participation rate (% of total population ages 15+): 69.7
Annual growth rate of the population: 2.6 %
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births): 34.7 %
Life expectancy at birth: 64.6 ans
Youth literacy rate Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24): 79 %
Production
Gross domestic product (GDP) in billions of US dollars: 8.72
Agriculture value added of GDP: 7.2
Industry value added of GDP: 54.3
Services value added of GDP: 38.5
Trade
Total exports in billions of US dollars: 4.93
Total imports in billions of US dollars: 4.52
Major manufactured products (as % of total exports) :
Surveying hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments (0.20 %)
Wood sheets for veneering (0.18 %)
Autres ouvrages en fer ou en acier (0.16 %)
Diamonds (0.15 %)
Tubes and pipes, seamless, of iron or steel (0.05 %)
Weight of major primary products excluding minerals and oil (as % of total exports) :
Wood in the rough (2.91 %)
Wood sawn (0.60 %)
Natural rubber (0.20 %)
Fuel wood (0.16 %)
Coffee (0.14 %)