GDP—composition by sector: agriculture: 42% industry: 14% services: 44% (1997 est.)
Population below poverty line: 75% (1998 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 8% (1998 est.)
Labor force: 3.6 million (1995)
note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (1998)
Labor force—by occupation: agriculture 66%, services 25%,
industry 9%
Unemployment rate: 60% (1996 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $323 million
expenditures: $363 million, including capital expenditures of $NA
(FY97/98 est.)
Industries: sugar refining, flour milling, textiles, cement,
tourism, light assembly industries based on imported parts
Industrial production growth rate: 0.6% (1997 est.)