Population below poverty line:
30% (2001 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.4% (2003)
Labor force:
1.35 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (2003 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 57%, non-agricultural private sector 20%, public sector 23% (2003 est.)
Unemployment rate:
15.8% officially; may be as high as 30% (2003 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $1.36 billion
expenditures: $1.627 billion, including capital expenditures of $406
million (2003 est.)
Agriculture - products:
wheat, corn, potatoes, vegetables, fruits, sugar beets, grapes;
meat, dairy products
Industries:
food processing, textiles and clothing; lumber, oil, cement,
chemicals, mining, basic metals, hydropower
Industrial production growth rate:
2.7% (2003 est.)