GDP: purchasing power parity - $347.6 billion (1999 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 1% (1999 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $5,300 (1999 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 21% industry: 34% services: 45% (1997 est.)
Population below poverty line: 53% (1996 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 30% (1999 est.)
Labor force: 15.4 million note: shortage of skilled labor
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 33%, industry 25%, services 42% (1997 est.)
Unemployment rate: 25% (1999 est.)