Inflation rate-consumer price index: 9.6% (1997)
Labor force: total: 6.2 million (1997) by occupation: services 46%, agriculture 37%, industry 17% (1997 est.)
Unemployment rate: 11% (1997 est.)
Budget: revenues: $3 billion expenditures: $4.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $1 billion (1997 est.)
Industries: processing of rubber, tea, coconuts, and other agricultural commodities; clothing, cement, petroleum refining, textiles, tobacco
Industrial production growth rate: 6.5% (1996 est.)
Electricity-capacity: 1.557 million kW (1997 est.)
Electricity-production: 4.86 billion kWh (1997 est.)
Electricity-consumption per capita: 220 kWh (1997 est.)
Agriculture-products: rice, sugarcane, grains, pulses, oilseed, roots, spices, tea, rubber, coconuts; milk, eggs, hides, meat