GDP: purchasing power parity - $299 billion (2001 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 3.3% (2001 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $2,100 (2001 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 26% industry: 24% services: 50% (2001 est.)
Population below poverty line: 35% (2001 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 4.1% highest 10%: 27.7% (1997)
Distribution of family income - Gini index: 31.2 (1996-97)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4% (2001 est.)
Labor force: 40.4 million note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2000)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 44%, industry 17%, services 39% (1999 est.)