Investment (gross fixed):
28.1% of GDP (2003)

Population below poverty line:
50% (2001 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 0.7% highest 10%: 48.8% (1998)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
60.3 (1998)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
5.3% (2003 est.)

Labor force:
1.91 million (2003)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 42%, industry 15%, services 43% (1999 est.)

Unemployment rate:
22% plus considerable underemployment (2003 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $672.5 million
expenditures: $954.9 million, including capital expenditures of $NA
(2003 est.)

Public debt:
125.3% of GDP (2003)