GDP—real growth rate: 7% (1998 est.)

GDP—per capita: purchasing power parity?$5,000 (1998 est.)

GDP—composition by sector: agriculture: 19% industry: 25% services: 56% (1996 est.)

Population below poverty line: 20.6% (1992 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.6% highest 10%: 39.6% (1989)

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6% (1998 est.)

Labor force: 2.3 million to 2.6 million

Labor force—by occupation: agriculture 50%, services and government 32%, industry 18% (1991 est.)

Unemployment rate: 16% (1997 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $2.3 billion
expenditures: $2.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $867
million (1999 est.)