Population below poverty line: 54% (2001 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.4% highest 10%: 42.8% (1991)
Distribution of family income - Gini index: 41.3 (1995)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.3% (2001 est.)
Labor force: NA
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 70%
Unemployment rate: 48% (urban youth 40%) (2001 est.)
Budget: revenues: $1.373 billion expenditures: $1.373 billion, including capital expenditures of $357 million (2002 est.)
Industries: agricultural and fish processing, phosphate mining, fertilizer production, petroleum refining, construction materials
Industrial production growth rate: 5.2% (2000 est.)