Population below poverty line:
36% (2002 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 30.1% (1993)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
38.2 (1993)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
5.4% (2004 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
16.2% of GDP (2004 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $1.985 billion
expenditures: $2.074 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2004 est.)
Public debt:
5% of GDP (2004 est.)
Agriculture - products:
coffee, sisal, tea, cotton, pyrethrum (insecticide made from
chrysanthemums), cashew nuts, tobacco, cloves, corn, wheat, cassava
(tapioca), bananas, fruits, vegetables; cattle, sheep, goats
Industries:
agricultural processing (sugar, beer, cigarettes, sisal twine),
diamond, gold and iron mining, soda ash, oil refining, shoes,
cement, apparel, wood products, fertilizer, salt
Industrial production growth rate:
8.4% (1999 est.)