Labor force:
58,800 (1997)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 18.2%, industry 21.2%, services, government, and commerce 60.6% (1980)
Unemployment rate:
22% (2001)
Budget:
revenues: $225 million
expenditures: $390 million, including capital expenditures of $105
million (1996)
Agriculture - products: corn, rice, manioc (tapioca), sugar, cocoa, vegetables, bananas; cattle, pigs, poultry
Industries:
construction, shrimp processing, forestry products, rum, gold mining
Industrial production growth rate:
NA
Electricity - production:
455 million kWh (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
423.2 million kWh (2001)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2001)