Labor force: 245,492 (1992)
Labor force—by occupation: agriculture, hunting and forestry 30.2%, commerce 16%, manufacturing 11% (1992)
Unemployment rate: 12% (1992 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $253.7 million
expenditures: $304.1 million, including capital expenditures of
$108.8 million (1997 est.)
Industries: bauxite, sugar, rice milling, timber, fishing
(shrimp), textiles, gold mining
Industrial production growth rate: 7.1% (1997 est.)
Electricity—production: 325 million kWh (1996)
Electricity—production by source: fossil fuel: 98.46% hydro: 1.54% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (1996)
Electricity—consumption: 339 million kWh (1996)
Electricity—exports: 0 kWh (1996)