Inflation rate (consumer prices): 24.2% (1998 est.)
Labor force: 1 million
Labor force—by occupation: industry 31%, services 27%, government 24%, agriculture 18%
Unemployment rate: 30% (1998 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $3.6 billion
expenditures: $5.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA
(1998 est.)
Industries: petroleum, food processing, textiles, handicrafts,
cement
Industrial production growth rate: NA%
Electricity—production: 17 billion kWh (1996)
Electricity—production by source: fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (1996)
Electricity—consumption: 17 billion kWh (1996)