Population below poverty line:
60% (2004 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.2% highest 10%: 25.2% (1998)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
34.7 (1998)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
8% (2004 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
22% of GDP (2004 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $311.2 million
expenditures: $321.5 million, including capital expenditures of $86
million (2004 est.)

Agriculture - products:
cotton, grain, fruits, grapes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, goats

Industries:
aluminum, zinc, lead, chemicals and fertilizers, cement, vegetable
oil, metal-cutting machine tools, refrigerators and freezers

Industrial production growth rate:
8.2% (2002 est.)

Electricity - production:
15.08 billion kWh (2002)