Inflation rate-consumer price index: 3.5% (1996 est.)
Labor force: total: 144,500 (1996 est.) by occupation: agriculture 80%, government 3%
Unemployment rate: 20% (1996 est.)
Budget: revenues: $55 million expenditures: $71 million, including capital expenditures of $15 million (1995 est.)
Industries: tourism, perfume distillation, textiles, furniture, jewelry, construction materials, soft drinks
Industrial production growth rate: -6.5% (1989 est.)
Electricity-capacity: 9,750 kW (1996)
Electricity-production: 31 million kWh (1996)
Electricity-consumption per capita: 38 kWh (1996)
Agriculture-products: vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava (tapioca)