Inflation rate - consumer price index: 8.7% (1996 est.)
Labor force: total : 689,000 economically active by occupation: 86% of resident population engaged in subsistence agriculture; roughly 35% of the active male wage earners work in South Africa
Unemployment rate: substantial unemployment and underemployment effecting more than half of the labor force (1996 est.)
Budget: revenues : $445 million expenditures: $400 million, including capital expenditures of $128 million (FY94/95 est.)
Industries: food, beverages, textiles, handicrafts; construction; tourism
Industrial production growth rate: 12.5% (1994 est.)
Electricity - capacity: 13,400 kW (1993) note: 98% of electricity supplied by South Africa
Electricity - production: NA kWh note: 98% of electricity supplied by South Africa
Electricity - consumption per capita: NA kWh
Agriculture - products: corn, wheat, pulses, sorghum, barley; livestock