Facts and Figures
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 34.9% (1993)
Industrial production growth rate: 5% (1999 est.)
Electricity – production: 750 GWh (1998)
Electricity – production by source:
fossil fuel: 33.33%
hydro: 66.67%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (1998)
Electricity – consumption: 698 GWh (1998)
Electricity – exports: 0 kWh (1998)
Electricity – imports: 0 kWh (1998)
Exchange rates: Malagasy francs (MGF) per US$1 – 6,302.9 (October 1999), 5,877.81 (1999), 5,441.4 (1998), 5,090.9 (1997), 4,061.3 (1996), 4,265.6 (1995)
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