GDP (official exchange rate):
$8.657 billion (2005 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
5.5% (2005 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$5,300 (2005 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 23.2% industry: 18.8% services: 57.9% (2005 est.)
Labor force: 1.09 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (2004 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 58% industry: 19% services: 23% (2004 est.)
Unemployment rate:
14.3% official rate, but may exceed 30% (2005 est.)
Population below poverty line:
25% (2004 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
28.2 (2002)