GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 25% industry: 29% services: 46% (2001 est.)
Population below poverty line: 50% (2001 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.5% highest 10%: 30.2% (2000)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
37.3 (1995)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3% (2002 est.)
Labor force:
786,000 (2001)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 50%, services 40%, industry 10% (2001 est.)
Unemployment rate:
21% (1999 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $421 million
expenditures: $378 million, including capital expenditures of $154
million (2002 est.)
Industries:
fish processing, mining of iron ore and gypsum