Population below poverty line:
47% (1998 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 0.8% highest 10%: 36.5% (1998)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
49.5 (1998)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
31.1% (2003 est.)
Labor force:
11.38 million (2003)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 13%, industry 23%, services 64% (1997 est.)
Unemployment rate:
18% (2003 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $19.33 billion
expenditures: $24.34 billion, including capital expenditures of $2.6
billion (2003)
Public debt:
38.8% of GDP (2003)
Agriculture - products:
corn, sorghum, sugarcane, rice, bananas, vegetables, coffee; beef,
pork, milk, eggs; fish