Labor force: most of population mainly engaged in subsistence agriculture and fishing; there are shortages of skilled workers
Unemployment rate: 28% (1996 est.)
Budget: revenues: $58 million expenditures: $114 million, including capital expenditures of $54 million (1993 est.)
Industries: light construction, textiles, soap, beer; fish processing; timber
Industrial production growth rate: NA%
Electricity-capacity: 6,000 kW (1995)
Electricity-production: 16 million kWh (1995)
Electricity-consumption per capita: 114 kWh (1995)
Agriculture-products: cocoa, coconuts, palm kernels, copra, cinnamon, pepper, coffee, bananas, papaya, beans; poultry; fish
Exports: total value: $4.9 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.) commodities: cocoa 95%, copra, coffee, palm oil partners: Netherlands 75.7%, Germany 1.2%, Portugal 1.1%