Inflation rate-consumer price index: 21.4% (1996)
Labor force: total: 4.228 million (1993 est.) by occupation: agriculture 27%, transport and services 46%, industry 27%
Unemployment rate: at least 45% (1994 est.)
Budget: revenues: $2.5 billion expenditures: $2.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $279 million (FY96/97 est.)
Industries: mining (coal, clay, numerous metallic and nonmetallic ores), copper, steel, nickel, tin, wood products, cement, chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages
Industrial production growth rate: 10% (1994)
Electricity-capacity: 2.148 million kW (1995)
Electricity-production: 7.1 billion kWh (1995)
Electricity-consumption per capita: 792 kWh (1995)
Agriculture-products: corn, cotton, tobacco, wheat, coffee, sugarcane, peanuts; cattle, sheep, goats, pigs