Labor force:
4.17 million (2003 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 66%, industry 10%, services 24% (1996)

Unemployment rate:
70% (2002 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $1.568 billion
expenditures: $2.004 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2003)

Public debt:
41.3% of GDP (2003)

Agriculture - products:
corn, cotton, wheat, coffee, sugarcane, peanuts; sheep, goats, pigs

Industries:
mining (coal, gold, copper, nickel, tin, clay, numerous metallic
and nonmetallic ores), steel, wood products, cement, chemicals,
fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages

Industrial production growth rate:
-14.7% (2003 est.)

Electricity - production:
6.735 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
9.813 billion kWh (2001)