Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1.2% (2003 est.)

Labor force:
860,000 (2003 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture NA, industry NA, services NA

Unemployment rate:
36.7% (2003 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $1.582 billion
expenditures: $1.661 billion, including capital expenditures of $80
million NA (2003 est.)

Public debt:
30.2% of GDP (2003)

Agriculture - products:
rice, tobacco, wheat, corn, millet, cotton, sesame, mulberry
leaves, citrus, vegetables; beef, pork, poultry, mutton

Industries:
coal, metallic chromium, lead, zinc, ferronickel, textiles, wood
products, tobacco, food processing, buses, steel

Industrial production growth rate:
4.5% (2003 est.)

Electricity - production:
6.465 billion kWh (2001)