by the Central Intelligence Agency

“ Pipelines: crude oil, 179 km
Civil air: 26 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 389 total, 367 usable; 27 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways over 3,660 m, 9 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 100 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: fair system of wire and radio relay; troposcatter/radio-relay system under construction; HF used extensively for military/Cuban links; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite station; 29,100 telephones (0.5 per 100 popl) ; 15 AM and 5 FM stations; 1 TV station
DEFENSE FORCES Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,536,000; 773,000 fit for military service ”

“ ECONOMY GDP: $3.9 billion (1980 est.) , $591 per capita, 0.0% real growth (1980)
Agriculture: cash crops—coffee, sisal, corn, cotton, sugar, manioc, and tobacco; food crops—cassava, corn, vegetables, plantains, bananas, and other local foodstuffs; largely self-sufficient in food
Fishing: catch 106,073 metric tons (1979)
Major industries: mining (oil, diamonds) , fish processing, brewing, tobacco, sugar processing, textiles, cement, food processing plants, building construction
Electric power: 600,000 kW capacity (1980) ; 1.4 billion kWh produced (1980) , 206 kWh per capita
Exports: est. ”