| Western Sahara (2006) | Western Sahara (2004) | |
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| Age structure | 0-14 years: NA 
 15-64 years: NA 65 years and over: NA (2006 est.)  | 
				0-14 years: NA 
 15-64 years: NA 65 years and over: NA  | 
				
| Agriculture - products | fruits and vegetables (grown in the few oases); camels, sheep, goats (kept by nomads); fish | fruits and vegetables (grown in the few oases); camels, sheep, goats (kept by nomads) | 
| Airports | 11 (2006) | 11 (2003 est.) | 
| Airports - with paved runways | total: 3 
 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 (2006)  | 
				total: 3 
 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 (2004 est.)  | 
				
| Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 8 
 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 3 (2006)  | 
				total: 8 
 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 3 (2004 est.)  | 
				
| Budget | revenues: $NA 
 expenditures: $NA  | 
				revenues: NA 
 expenditures: NA, including capital expenditures of NA  | 
				
| Capital | none 
 time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)  | 
				none | 
| Currency | - | Moroccan dirham (MAD) | 
| Debt - external | $NA | NA | 
| Disputes - international | Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, whose sovereignty remains unresolved; UN-administered cease-fire has remained in effect since September 1991, administered by the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), but attempts to hold a referendum have failed and parties thus far have rejected all brokered proposals | Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, whose sovereignty remains unresolved - UN-administered cease-fire has remained in effect since September 1991 but attempts to hold a referendum have failed and parties thus far have rejected all brokered proposals | 
| Economic aid - recipient | $NA | NA | 
| Electricity - consumption | 83.7 million kWh (2003) | 83.7 million kWh (2001) | 
| Electricity - exports | 0 kWh (2003) | 0 kWh (2001) | 
| Electricity - imports | 0 kWh (2003) | 0 kWh (2001) | 
| Electricity - production | 85 million kWh (2003) | 90 million kWh (2001) | 
| Exchange rates | Moroccan dirhams per US dollar - 8.865 (2005), 8.868 (2004), 9.5744 (2003), 11.0206 (2002), 11.303 (2001) | Moroccan dirhams per US dollar - 9.574 (2003), 11.584 (2002), 11.303 (2001), 10.626 (2000), 9.804 (1999) | 
| Exports | NA bbl/day | NA (2001) | 
| Exports - partners | Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, so trade partners are included in overall Moroccan accounts (2004) | Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, so trade partners are included in overall Moroccan accounts | 
| GDP | - | purchasing power parity - NA | 
| GDP - composition by sector | agriculture: NA% 
 industry: NA% services: 40%  | 
				agriculture: NA 
 industry: NA services: 40% (1996 est.)  | 
				
| GDP - per capita | - | purchasing power parity - NA | 
| GDP - real growth rate | NA% | NA | 
| Highways | - | total: 6,200 km 
 paved: 1,350 km unpaved: 4,850 km (1991 est)  | 
				
| Household income or consumption by percentage share | lowest 10%: NA% 
 highest 10%: NA%  | 
				lowest 10%: NA 
 highest 10%: NA  | 
				
| Imports | NA bbl/day | NA (2001) | 
| Imports - partners | Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, so trade partners are included in overall Moroccan accounts (2004) | Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, so trade partners are included in overall Moroccan accounts (2000) | 
| Industrial production growth rate | NA% | NA | 
| Inflation rate (consumer prices) | NA% | NA | 
| Irrigated land | NA | NA sq km | 
| Labor force - by occupation | agriculture: 50% 
 industry and services: 50%  | 
				animal husbandry and subsistence farming 50% | 
| Land use | arable land: 0.02% 
 permanent crops: 0% other: 99.98% (2005)  | 
				arable land: 0.02% 
 permanent crops: 0% other: 99.98% (2001)  | 
				
| Literacy | NA | definition: NA 
 total population: NA male: NA female: NA  | 
				
| Military expenditures - dollar figure | $992.2 million | NA | 
| Military expenditures - percent of GDP | - | NA | 
| Nationality | noun: Sahrawi(s), Sahraoui(s) 
 adjective: Sahrawi, Sahrawian, Sahraouian  | 
				noun: Sahrawi(s), Sahraoui(s) 
 adjective: Sahrawi,Sahrawian, Sahraouian  | 
				
| Population | 273,008 (July 2006 est.) | 267,405 (July 2004 est.) | 
| Population below poverty line | NA% | NA | 
| Ports and harbors | - | Ad Dakhla, Cabo Bojador, Laayoune (El Aaiun) | 
| Unemployment rate | NA% | NA |