Population below poverty line: 40% (2001 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.5% highest 10%: 39.3% (1998)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
46.2 (1997)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.1% (2002 est.)
Labor force:
33.7 million (2002)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 45%, industry 15%, services 40% (2003 est.)
Unemployment rate:
10.2% (2002)
Budget:
revenues: $10.9 billion
expenditures: $15 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA
(2002 est.)
Industries:
textiles, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, wood products, food
processing, electronics assembly, petroleum refining, fishing
Industrial production growth rate:
4% (2000 est.)