_#_Inflation rate (consumer prices): 23% (1990)
_#_Unemployment rate: 20% (1990 est.)
_#_Budget: revenues $1.7 billion; expenditures $2.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $0.5 billion (1990)
_#_Exports: $1.6 billion (f.o.b., 1989);
commodities—tea, textiles and garments, petroleum products, coconut, rubber, agricultural products, gems and jewelry, marine products;
partners—US 26%, FRG, Japan, UK, Belgium, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China
_#_Imports: $2.2 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
commodities—food and beverages, textiles and textile materials, petroleum, machinery and equipment;
partners—Japan, Saudi Arabia, US 5.6%, India, Singapore, FRG, UK, Iran
_#_External debt: $5.6 billion (1989)