Distribution of family income - Gini index:
60.3 (1998)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.7% (2002 est.)

Labor force:
1.7 million (1999)

Labor force - by occupation:
services 43%, agriculture 42%, industry 15% (1999 est.)

Unemployment rate:
24% plus considerable underemployment (2002 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $726 million
expenditures: $908 million, including capital expenditures of $NA
(2000 est.)

Industries:
food processing, chemicals, machinery and metal products, textiles,
clothing, petroleum refining and distribution, beverages, footwear,
wood

Industrial production growth rate:
4.4% (2000 est.)

Electricity - production:
2.549 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 83.9% hydro: 7.7% other: 8.4% (2001) nuclear: 0%