Inflation rate (consumer prices):
4.2% (2003 est.)
Labor force:
560,000 (2003)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture and fishing 14%, construction and industry 36%, transportation and communication 7%, trade, restaurants, hotels 16%, finance 3%, other services 24% (1995)
Unemployment rate:
9.8% (2003 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $1.122 billion
expenditures: $1.461 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA
(2003)
Public debt:
31.9% of GDP (2003)
Agriculture - products:
sugarcane, tea, corn, potatoes, bananas, pulses; cattle, goats; fish
Industries:
food processing (largely sugar milling), textiles, clothing;
chemicals, metal products, transport equipment, nonelectrical
machinery; tourism
Industrial production growth rate:
8% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:
1.311 billion kWh (2001)