Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.5% (1994)

Labor force: 118,744 (of which 70,044 are employed) (1988)

Labor force—by occupation: agriculture 13%, industry 19%, services 68% (1997)

Unemployment rate: 15% (1992 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $652 million
expenditures: $613 million, including capital expenditures of $155
million (1996)

Industries: tourism, pearls, agricultural processing, handicrafts

Industrial production growth rate: NA%

Electricity—production: 350 million kWh (1996)

Electricity—production by source: fossil fuel: 57.14% hydro: 42.86% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (1996)