Population below poverty line:
40% (2004 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 33.8% (1997)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
40 (2004 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.1% (2004 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
20.9% of GDP (2004 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $548.2 million
expenditures: $836.7 million, including capital expenditures of $291
million of which 75% was financed by external assistance (2004 est.)

Agriculture - products:
rice, rubber, corn, vegetables, cashews, tapioca

Industries:
tourism, garments, rice milling, fishing, wood and wood products,
rubber, cement, gem mining, textiles

Industrial production growth rate:
22% (2002 est.)

Electricity - production:
122 million kWh (2003)