Population below poverty line:
25% (2002 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.5% highest 10%: 33.5% (1997)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
32.5 (2000)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
4.2% (2005 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
28.1% of GDP (2005 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $111.2 billion
expenditures: $135.8 billion; including capital expenditures of $15
billion (2005 est.)
Public debt:
53.8% of GDP (federal and state debt combined) (2005 est.)
Agriculture - products:
rice, wheat, oilseed, cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane, potatoes;
cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats, poultry; fish
Industries:
textiles, chemicals, food processing, steel, transportation
equipment, cement, mining, petroleum, machinery, software
Industrial production growth rate:
7.9% (2005 est.)