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Country Commercial Guides for FY 2000:
Madagascar

Report prepared by U.S. Embassy
Antananarivo, released July 1999

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CHAPTER X:   ECONOMIC AND TRADE STATISTICS

APPENDIX A:   COUNTRY DATA 


Population: 			14,659,000
Population Growth rate: 	2.8%/year
Religions: 			70% Christian, 6% Muslim. The remainder
 				adhere to traditional, ancestor-oriented
				animist beliefs.
Government system: 		semi-Presidential.
Language: 			Malagasy and French
Work week: 			Monday-Friday: 40 hours/week.
The above statistics are unofficial estimates.

APPENDIX B:   DOMESTIC ECONOMY 


			 1997      1998      1999 (est)
                                                
GDP (USD Million):     	3,544     3,750		3,709    

GDP growth rate  1997     2.1%      3.9%	  4.5%   

GDP per capita (USD)      257       262		  264  

Government spending 
  as a percent of GDP    19.9      22.8		   22        

Unemployment               30%       25%	   23%    

Foreign exchange reserves     
 (USD Million)            239       164		  306

Average exchange rate
  for USD 1.00          4,053	   5,441	6,065 (avg from Jan - June)

Foreign Debt
 (USD Million)		4,484      4,262   	4,422       

Debt Service ratio       39.6       29.2	 22.7    

U.S. Military Assistance
  (USD)		      140,000    124,000    	  n/a       

U.S. Economic Assistance
 (USD million) 		 19.9       27.7      	  n/a
The above statistics are unofficial estimates.

APPENDIX C:   TRADE (in USD Million) 

				1997     1998    1999

Total Country exports:           268      518     n/a

Total Country imports:           571      789     n/a

U.S. Exports:                    11.5    14.6    n/a            
U.S. Imports:                    62.5    71.4    n/a

Source: Central Bank/National Data Office

APPENDIX D:   INVESTMENT STATISTICS -- SEE INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT

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