Unemployment rate:
40% (includes underemployment) (2004 est.)
Population below poverty line:
45% (2004 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.9% highest 10%: 28.6% (1995-96 est.)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
33.6 (FY95/96)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
6% (2004 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
23.5% of GDP (2004 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $5.921 billion
expenditures: $8.262 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2004 est.)
Public debt:
43% of GDP (2004 est.)
Agriculture - products:
rice, jute, tea, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, tobacco, pulses,
oilseeds, spices, fruit; beef, milk, poultry
Industries:
cotton textiles, jute, garments, tea processing, paper newsprint,
cement, chemical fertilizer, light engineering, sugar