Labor force: total: 465,000 (1981 est.); 45,000 wage earners (1980) by occupation: agriculture 47%, services 29%, industry and commerce 14%, government 10%
Unemployment rate: 23% (1995 est.)
Budget: revenues: $329 million expenditures: $265 million, including capital expenditures of $75 million (1996 est.)
Industries: fish processing, mining of iron ore and gypsum
Industrial production growth rate: 7.2% (1994)
Electricity-capacity: 105,000 kW (1995)
Electricity-production: 143 million kWh (1995)
Electricity-consumption per capita: 63 kWh (1995)
Agriculture-products: dates, millet, sorghum, root crops; cattle, sheep; fish products
Exports: total value: $494 million (f.o.b., 1996) commodities: fish and fish products, iron ore, gold partners: Japan 22%, Italy 16%, France 14%