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| Economy overview | Western Sahara depends on pastoral nomadism, fishing, and phosphate mining as the principal sources of income for the population. The territory lacks sufficient rainfall for sustainable agricultural production, and most of the food for the urban population must be imported. All trade and other economic activities are controlled by the Moroccan Government. Moroccan energy interests in 2001 signed contracts to explore for oil off the coast of Western Sahara, which has angered the Polisario. Incomes and standards of living in Western Sahara are substantially below the Moroccan level. |
| GDP | purchasing power parity - NA |
| GDP - real growth rate | NA |
| GDP - per capita | purchasing power parity - NA |
| GDP - composition by sector |
agriculture: na industry: na services: 40% (1996 est.) |
| Investment gross fixed | |
| Population below poverty line | NA |
| Household income or consumption by percentage share |
lowest 10%: na highest 10%: na |
| Distribution of family income - Gini index | |
| Inflation rate consumer prices | NA |
| Labor force | 12,000 |
| Labor force by occupation | animal husbandry and subsistence farming 50% |
| Unemployment rate | NA |
| Budget |
revenues: na expenditures: na, including capital expenditures of na |
| Public debt | |
| Agriculture products | fruits and vegetables (grown in the few oases); camels, sheep, goats (kept by nomads) |
| Industries | phosphate mining, handicrafts |
| Industrial production growth rate | NA |
| Electricity production | 90 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity production by source |
fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% other: 0% (2001) nuclear: 0% |
| Electricity consumption | 83.7 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity exports | 0 kWh (2001) |
| Electricity imports | 0 kWh (2001) |
| Oil production | 0 bbl/day (2001 est.) |
| Oil consumption | 1,800 bbl/day (2001 est.) |
| Oil exports | NA (2001) |
| Oil imports | NA (2001) |
| Oil proved reserves | |
| Natural gas production | |
| Natural gas consumption | |
| Natural gas exports | |
| Natural gas imports | |
| Natural gas proved reserves | |
| Current account balance | |
| Exports | NA |
| Exports commodities | phosphates 62% |
| Exports partners | Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, so trade partners are included in overall Moroccan accounts |
| Imports | NA |
| Imports commodities | fuel for fishing fleet, foodstuffs |
| Imports partners | Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, so trade partners are included in overall Moroccan accounts (2000) |
| Reserves of foreign exchange gold | |
| Debt external | NA |
| Economic aid recipient | NA |
| Currency | Moroccan dirham (MAD) |
| Currency code | MAD |
| Exchange rates | Moroccan dirhams per US dollar - 9.574 (2003), 11.584 (2002), 11.303 (2001), 10.626 (2000), 9.804 (1999) |
| Fiscal year | calendar year |
Introduction and Background to Western Sahara | Geography Of Western Sahara | People Of Western Sahara | Government Of Western Sahara | Communications Of Western Sahara | Transportation Of Western Sahara | Military Of Western Sahara | Transnational Issues Of Western Sahara
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