GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 40% industry: 20% services: 40% (2002 est.)
Population below poverty line: 42% (1995-96)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.2% highest 10%: 29.8% (1995-96)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
36.7 (FY95/96)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.9% (2002 est.)
Labor force: 10 million note: severe lack of skilled labor (1996 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 81%, industry 3%, services 16%
Unemployment rate:
47% (2001 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $665 million
expenditures: $1.1 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(FY99/00 est.)
Agriculture - products:
rice, corn, wheat, sugarcane, root crops; milk, water buffalo meat