<ARTICLE> 5 <LEGEND> This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.'s financial statements at December 31, 1999 and for the 12 months then ended, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statments. </LEGEND> <CIK> 0000831259 <NAME> FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD INC. <MULTIPLIER> 1,000 <PERIOD-TYPE> YEAR <FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-1999 <PERIOD-END> DEC-31-1999 <CASH> 6,698 <SECURITIES> 0 <RECEIVABLES> 141,325 <ALLOWANCES> 0 <INVENTORY> 368,125 <CURRENT-ASSETS> 564,454 <PP&E> 4,969,111 <DEPRECIATION> 1,605,820 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 4,082,916 <CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 515,067 <BONDS> 2,033,470 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 487,507 <PREFERRED> 349,990 <COMMON> 21,861 <OTHER-SE> (174,971) <TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 4,082,916 <SALES> 1,887,328 <TOTAL-REVENUES> 1,887,328 <CGS> 1,204,772 <TOTAL-COSTS> 1,204,772 <OTHER-EXPENSES> 10,626 <LOSS-PROVISION> 0 <INTEREST-EXPENSE> 194,069 <INCOME-PRETAX> 380,834 <INCOME-TAX> 195,653 <INCOME-CONTINUING> 136,467 <DISCONTINUED> 0 <EXTRAORDINARY> 0 <CHANGES> 0 <NET-INCOME> 136,467 <EPS-BASIC> .62 <EPS-DILUTED> .61