Inflation rate (consumer prices):
9.5% (2003 est.)
Labor force:
2.34 million (1996)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 48%, industry 15%, services 37% (1998 est.)
Unemployment rate:
NA
Budget:
revenues: $3.477 billion
expenditures: $3.908 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2003 est.)
Agriculture - products:
cotton, grain; livestock
Industries:
natural gas, oil, petroleum products, textiles, food processing
Industrial production growth rate:
14% (2003 est.)
Electricity - production:
10.18 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
8.509 billion kWh (2001)