Labor force—by occupation: 86% of resident population engaged in subsistence agriculture; roughly 35% of the active male wage earners work in South Africa
Unemployment rate: substantial unemployment and underemployment
effecting more than half of the labor force (1996 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $507 million
expenditures: $487 million, including capital expenditures of $170
million (FY96/97 est.)
Industries: food, beverages, textiles, handicrafts; construction;
tourism
Industrial production growth rate: 19.7% (1995)
Electricity—production: 0 kWh (1995) note: electricity supplied by South Africa
Electricity—production by source: fossil fuel: NA% hydro: NA% nuclear: NA% other: NA%
Electricity—consumption: 335 million kWh (1996)
Electricity—exports: 0 kWh (1996)
Electricity—imports: 335 million kWh (1996)