Labor force:
1.56 million (2003)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 14%, industry 16%, services 70%

Unemployment rate:
16% (2003)

Budget:
revenues: $2.934 billion
expenditures: $3.425 billion, including capital expenditures of $193
million (2003)

Agriculture - products:
rice, wheat, corn, barley; livestock; fish

Industries:
food processing, electrical machinery, transportation equipment,
petroleum products, textiles, chemicals, beverages

Industrial production growth rate:
0.7% (2003 est.)

Electricity - production:
7.963 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
6.152 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - exports:
1.377 billion kWh (2001)