Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1.7% (2003 est.)
Labor force:
7 million (2003 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 75% (2003 est.)
Unemployment rate:
2.5% (2000 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $476.5 million
expenditures: $734.8 million, including capital expenditures of $291
million of which 75% was financed by external assistance (2003 est.)
Agriculture - products:
rice, rubber, corn, vegetables, cashews, tapioca
Industries:
tourism, garments, rice milling, fishing, wood and wood products,
rubber, cement, gem mining, textiles
Industrial production growth rate:
22% (2002 est.)
Electricity - production:
119 million kWh (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
110.6 million kWh (2001)