Distribution of family income - Gini index:
37.4 (1996)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
7.9% (2003 est.)

Labor force:
12.09 million (2003 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 82%, industry 5%, services 13% (1999 est.)

Unemployment rate:
NA (2002 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $1.123 billion
expenditures: $1.433 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA
(FY98/99 est.) (2003)

Public debt:
62.2% of GDP (2003)

Agriculture - products: coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), potatoes, corn, millet, pulses; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry, cut flowers

Industries:
sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles, cement

Industrial production growth rate:
5% (2003 est.)