Labor force:
4.65 million (2004 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 70%

Unemployment rate:
48% (urban youth 40%) (2001 est.)

Population below poverty line:
54% (2001 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 33.5% (1995)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
41.3 (1995)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
0.8% (2004 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
20.1% of GDP (2004 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $1.572 billion
expenditures: $1.627 billion, including capital expenditures of $357
million (2004 est.)

Public debt:
55.2% of GDP (2004 est.)