Economy - overview:
Economic activity is based primarily on the agricultural sector, including fishing and livestock raising. Mayotte is not self-sufficient and must import a large portion of its food requirements, mainly from France. The economy and future development of the island are heavily dependent on French financial assistance, an important supplement to GDP. Mayotte's remote location is an obstacle to the development of tourism.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$953.6 million (2005 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):
$NA

GDP - real growth rate:
NA%

GDP - per capita:
$4,900 (2005 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%

Labor force:
44,560 (2002)

Unemployment rate:
25.4% (2005)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Budget:
revenues: $420 million
expenditures: $394 million (2005)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1.7% (2005)

Market value of publicly traded shares:
$NA

Agriculture - products:
vanilla, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), coffee, copra, fish, livestock

Industries:
newly created lobster and shrimp industry, construction

Industrial production growth rate:
NA%

Electricity - production:
NA kWh

Electricity - consumption:
139.2 million kWh (2005)

Exports:
$6.5 million f.o.b. (2005)

Exports - commodities:
ylang-ylang (perfume essence), vanilla, copra, coconuts, coffee, cinnamon

Imports:
$341 million f.o.b.; note - excludes petroleum imports (2005)

Imports - commodities:
food, machinery and equipment, transportation equipment, metals, chemicals

Debt - external:
$NA