Labor force:
5.79 million (2003 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: most people are employed in agriculture and herding; services, construction, industry, and commerce account for less than one-fourth of the labor force
Unemployment rate:
35% (2003 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $3.729 billion
expenditures: $4.107 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2003 est.)
Public debt:
39.5% of GDP (2003)
Agriculture - products:
grain, fruits, vegetables, pulses, qat (mildly narcotic shrub),
coffee, cotton; dairy products, livestock (sheep, goats, cattle,
camels), poultry; fish
Industries:
crude oil production and petroleum refining; small-scale production
of cotton textiles and leather goods; food processing; handicrafts;
small aluminum products factory; cement
Industrial production growth rate:
3% (2003 est.)
Electricity - production:
3.01 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
2.8 billion kWh (2001)