Labor force:
786,000 (2001)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 50%, industry 10%, services 40% (2001 est.)
Unemployment rate:
21% (1999 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $421 million
expenditures: $378 million, including capital expenditures of $154
million (2002 est.)
Agriculture - products:
dates, millet, sorghum, rice, corn, dates; cattle, sheep
Industries:
fish processing, mining of iron ore and gypsum
Industrial production growth rate:
2% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:
157.4 million kWh (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
146.3 million kWh (2001)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2001)