GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 23.3% industry: 23.5% services: 53.2% (2003 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
12.9% of GDP (2003)
Population below poverty line:
35% (2001 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 4.1% highest 10%: 27.6% (FY96/97)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
41 (FY98/99)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.9% (2003 est.)
Labor force:
43.98 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use
of child labor (2003)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 44%, industry 17%, services 39% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate:
7.7% plus substantial underemployment (2003 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $12.08 billion
expenditures: $15.41 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2003 est.)