Investment (gross fixed):
12.3% of GDP (2003)

Population below poverty line:
55% (2003 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
9.5% (2003 est.)

Labor force:
4.5 million (2001 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 90% (2003 est.)

Unemployment rate:
NA (2003 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $528.1 million
expenditures: $653.2 million, including capital expenditures of NA
(2003)

Public debt:
235.7% of GDP (2003)

Agriculture - products: tobacco, sugarcane, cotton, tea, corn, potatoes, cassava (tapioca), sorghum, pulses; groundnuts, Macadamia nuts; cattle, goats