| Socio-demographic Indicators |
Total Population (number of inhabitants) (2008) |
|
 |
Population growth (2008) |
2.80 |
| Agricultural Population (number of inhabitants) (2008) |
10,990,000
|
| Agricultural Population (annual growth rate) (1998-2008) |
2.57% |
| Rural Population (% on Total Population) (2008) |
84% |
| Unemployment (% of total labor force) |
6%
|
| Ratio of economically active male to female population in agriculture (2008) |
1.05
|
| |
| Poverty and Hunger Indicators |
Rural poor as a percent of total poor population |
n.a. |
 |
Rural hungry as a percent of total hungry population |
n.a. |
| Rural extreme poor as a percent of total extreme poor population |
n.a. |
| Undernourished people on total population (%) (2004-2006) |
29.0%
|
| |
| Dietary Energy Supply (DES) (kcal/person/day) |
1990-92 |
1995-97 |
2000-02 |
2004-06 |
1,880
|
2,020 |
2,140
|
2,140 |
| |
| Annual Growth of Dietary Energy Supply (DES) |
|
1990-92
1995-97 |
1995-97
2000-02 |
2000-02
2004-06 |
| - |
1.5%
|
1.1%
|
0.0% |
| |
| Economic Indicators |
GDP (current US$) (2008) |
2,920,000,000 |
 |
GNI per capita (current US$) (2008) |
289.0
|
| Agricultural GDP on total GDP (%) (2008) |
34.7%
|
| National budget spent on agriculture (%) (2008) |
32% |
| National budget spent on rural development (%) (2008) |
n.a. |
| |
| Trade Indicators |
Imports of major agricultural commodities (2007) |
Quantity (tonnes) |
Value (current US$) |
 |
Tobacco, unmanufactured
|
14,210 |
30,868,000
|
Wheat
|
88,875
|
30,000,000
|
Soybean Oil
|
18,430
|
12,900,000 |
| Exports of major agricultural commodities (2007) |
|
|
Tobacco, unmanufactured
|
130,183
|
422,685,000
|
Maize
|
391,255 |
100,224,000 |
Sugar Raw Centrifugal
|
113,327
|
60,546,000 |
| |
| Merchandise imports (current US$) (2008) |
1,700,000,000 |
| Merchandise exports (current US$) (2008) |
790,000,000 |
| Share of agriculture imports on total merchandise (%) (2007) |
11,6%
|
| Share of agriculture exports on total merchandise (%) (2007) |
53.0% |
| |
| Land and Inputs |
Total Land Area (ha) (2007) |
9,428,000
|
 |
Agricultural Land Area (ha) (2007) |
5,586,000
|
| Arable land (% of Agricultural Land Area) (2007) |
60.4% |
Irrigated land (% on Agricultural Land Area) (2007)
|
n.a. |
| Forest area (% of land area) (2007) |
35.5% |
| Agric.Water Withdrawal (% of total freshwater withdrawal) (2002) |
80.2%
|
| Fertilizer Consumption (tonnes) (2007) |
302,547
|
| Pesticides consumption (metric tonnes) (2007) |
n.a. |
| Tractor in use (numbers) (2007) |
1,400 |
| |
| Production quantity of major agricultural national commodities |
Major Crops (2007) |
Quantity (tonnes) |
Yield (hg/ha) |
Yield Annual Growth |
| 1987-1997 |
1997-2007 |
 |
Cassava
|
3,238,943 |
187,722 |
11.9%
|
22.8% |
| Maize |
3,226,418 |
26,547 |
0.8%
|
14.2% |
| Potatoes |
2,858,811
|
151,922 |
-0.4% |
5.9%
|
Sugar Cane
|
2,094,000 |
1,086,957
|
-1.2% |
0.9% |
|
|
| Livestock - Number of Live Animals (2007) |
|
| Chickens |
10,802,810
|
Goats
|
2,720,126 |
| Pigs |
928,952
|
Cattle
|
870,622 |
| |
| Meat Production (tonnes) (2007) |
|
Cattle meat
|
26,539
|
Pig meat
|
25,033 |
Goat meat
|
17,126 |
| Chicken meat |
13,686 |
| |
Fish Production (tonnes) (2007)
|
1997 |
2007 |
Annual Growth |
| 1987-1997 |
1997-2007 |
| Capture fish production |
56,340 |
66,500
|
-3.63% |
1.80%
|
| Aquaculture fish production |
231
|
1,500 |
1.38% |
54.94%
|
Annual Growth in Value added livestock sector
|
n.a.
|
| Food Production Index (base 1999-2001) (2007) |
138
|
| The key indicators have been updated by the country |
| Sources |
|
| FAOSTAT |
|
| FishSTAT |
|
| Aquastat |
|
| World Bank |
|
|
IFAD
National Statistical Office (NSO)
|
|
|
