GDP: purchasing power parity - $274.2 billion (1995 est.)

GDP real growth rate: 4.7% (1995 est.)

GDP per capita: $2,100 (1995 est.)

GDP composition by sector: agriculture: 24% industry: 27% services: 49% (1995 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 13% (1995 est.)

Labor force: 36 million by occupation: agriculture 46%, mining and manufacturing 18%, services 17%, other 19% note: extensive export of labor

Unemployment rate: NA%

Budget:
revenues: $11.9 billion
expenditures: $12.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA
(FY94/95)

Industries: textiles, food processing, beverages, construction
materials, clothing, paper products, shrimp

Industrial production growth rate: 5% (1995 est.)