GDP:
purchasing power parity - $10.86 billion (2002 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
-3.1% (2002 est.)

GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $2,100 (2002 est.)

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 32.1% industry: 35.8% services: 32.1% (2001 est.)

Population below poverty line: 37% (2002 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.7% highest 10%: 40.5% (1996)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
50.9 (1996)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
9.8% (2002 est.)

Labor force:
2.3 million (1999)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 85%, industry NA%, services NA%