GDP: purchasing power parity—$270 billion (1998 est.)
GDP—real growth rate: 5% (1998 est.)
GDP—per capita: purchasing power parity?$2,000 (1998 est.)
GDP—composition by sector: agriculture: 24.2% industry: 26.4% services: 49.4% (1997)
Population below poverty line: 34% (1991 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.4% highest 10%: 25.2% (1991)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7.8% (FY97/98)
Labor force: 37.8 million (1998) note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor
Labor force—by occupation: agriculture 47%, mining and manufacturing 17%, services 17%, other 19%
Unemployment rate: NA%