COUNTRY

POPULATION (1998 in millions)

TYPE OF ECONOMY*

PER CAPITA GNP (1997) US$

PRIMARY EXPORT

ALGERIA

  29.3

Mixed

   1,490

Petroleum

ANGOLA

  11.4

State/mixed

      340

Petroleum, diamonds

BENIN

    5.8

Mixed

      380

Cotton, petroleum

BOTSWANA

    1.5

Free enterprise/mixed

    3,260

Diamonds

BURKINA FASO

  10.9

Mixed

       240

Cotton

BURUNDI

    6.6

Mixed

       180

Coffee

CAMEROON

  14.1

Mixed

       650

Coffee, petroleum

CAPE VERDE

    0.4

Mixed

    1,090

Fish, livestock

CENTRAL AFRICA REP.

    3.4

Mixed

       320

Coffee, cotton

CHAD

    6.8

Mixed

       240

Livestock

COMOROS

    0.5

Mixed

       400

Vanilla, cloves

CONGO, DEMO. REPULIC

  46.7

Mixed**

       110

Copper, cobalt

CONGO, REPUBLIC

    2.8

Mixed

       660

Petroleum

COTE D’IVOIRE

  14.7

Free enterprise

       690

Cocoa, coffee, timber

DJIBOUTI

    0.6

Mixed

     N.A.

Livestock

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

    0.4

State

    1,050

Petroleum

EGYPT

  60.3

Mixed

     1,180

Petroleum

ERITREA

    3.8

Mixed

        210

Livestock, fish

ETHIOPIA

  60.1

State/mixed

        110

Coffee

GABON

    1.2

Free enterprise/mixed

     4,230

Petroleum

GAMBIA

    1.2

Mixed

        350

Peanuts, cotton

GHANA

   18.1

Mixed

        370

Cocoa, gold

GUINEA

     6.9

State/mixed

        570

Bauxite, alumina

GUINEA-BISSAU

     1.1

State/mixed

        240

Cashew nuts

KENYA

   28.2

Free enterprise/mixed

        330

Tea. coffee

LESTOHO

     2.1

Mixed

        670

Livestock, electricity

LIBERIA

     2.9

Mixed**

    N.A.

Iron ore, rubber

LIBIYA

     5.3

State/mixed

    N.A

Petroleum

MADAGASCAR

   14.1

Mixed

        250

Coffee, vanilla, fish

MALAWI

   10.3

Mixed

        220

Tea, tobacco

MALI

   10.3

Mixed

        260

Cotton

MAURITANIA

     2.4

Mixed

        450

Iron ore, fish

MAURITIUS

     1.1

Free enterprise

      3,800

Sugar

MOROCCO

   27.5

Mixed

       1,250

Fruits, fish

MOZAMBIQUE

   18.5

State/mixed

            90

Cotton, fish, cashews

NAMIBIA

     1.6

Mixed

       2,220

Diamonds, fish

NIGER

     9.7

Mixed

          200

Uranium

NIGERIA

  117.9

Mixed/free enterprise

          260

Petroleum

RWANDA

      7.9

Mixed

          210

Coffee, tea

SAO TOME & PRINCIPE

      0.1

Mixed

          270

Cocoa

SENEGAL

      8.8

Mixed/free enterprise

         550

Cotton, fish

SEYCHELLES

      0.1

Free enterprise

       6,880

Fish

SIERRA LEONE

      4.7

Mixed**

          130

Diamonds

SOMALIA

     10.1

Mixed**

        N.A.

Livestock, bananas

SOUTH AFRICA

     38.3

Free enterprise/mixed

       3,400

Minerals, manufactured goods

SUDAN

     27.9

Mixed**

       280

Cotton

SWAZILAND

       1.1

Mixed

    1,440

Sugar, timber

TANZANIA

     31.3

State/mixed

       210

Coffee, cotton

TOGO

       4.3

Mixed

       330

Coffee, cotton

TUNISIA

       9.3

Free enterprise/mixed

    2,090

Fruits, petroleum

UGANDA

     20.3

Mixed

       330

Coffee

ZAMBIA

      9.5

State/mixed

       380

Copper

ZIMBABWE

     11.5

Mixed/free enterprise

       750

Tobacco, asbestos