Economy of Guadeloupe - Economic Data

Economic Data

GDP: real exchange rate - US$9.74 billion (in 2006)

GDP - real growth rate: NA%

GDP - per capita: real exchange rate - US$21,780 (in 2006)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 15%
industry: 17%
services: 68% (2002 est.)

Population below poverty line: NA%

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Labour force: 125,900 (1997)

Labour force - by occupation: agriculture 15%, industry 20%, services 65% (2002)

Unemployment rate: 27.8% (1998)

Budget:
revenues: $296,3 million
expenditures: $296,3 million, including capital expenditures of $112,5 million (1996)

Industries: construction, cement, rum, sugar, tourism

Industrial production growth rate: NA%

Electricity - production: 1,165 kWh (2003)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (1998)

Electricity - consumption: 1,084 TWh (2003)

Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2003)

Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2003)

Agriculture - products: bananas, sugarcane, tropical fruits and vegetables; cattle, pigs, goats

Exports: US$676 million (in 2005)

Exports - commodities: bananas, sugar, rum

Exports - partners: France 60%, Martinique 18%, US 4% (1997)

Imports: US$3.102 billion (in 2005)

Imports - commodities: foodstuffs, fuels, vehicles, clothing and other consumer goods, construction materials

Imports - partners: France 63%, Germany 4%, US 3%, Japan 2%, Netherlands Antilles 2% (1997)

Debt - external: $NA

Economic aid - recipient: $NA; note - substantial annual French subsidies

Currency: 1 Euro (currency sign: €; banking code: EUR) = 100 cents

Exchange rates: euros per US$1 – 1, 3002 (February 2005), 0.9867 (January 2000), 0.9386 (1999); French francs (F) per US$1 – 5.65 (January 1999), 5.8995 (1998), 5.8367 (1997), 5.1155 (1996), 4.9915 (1995)

Fiscal year: calendar year