Distribution of family income - Gini index:
41.3 (1995)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3% (2002 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:
8.1% (2002 est.)
Electricity - production:
1.518 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% other: 0% (2001) nuclear: 0%