Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 29.8% (1998)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
37 (1999)

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

Labor force:
608,600 (2001 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
industry 20%, agriculture 11%, services 69% (1999 est.)

Unemployment rate:
12.4% (2001)

Budget:
revenues: $1.89 billion
expenditures: $1.89 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA
(2002 est.)

Industries:
engineering, electronics, wood and wood products, textile;
information technology, telecommunications

Industrial production growth rate:
5% (2000 est.)

Electricity - production:
7.937 billion kWh (2001)