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%