GDP (official exchange rate):
$11.51 billion (2005 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
5.8% (2005 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):
$4,700 (2005 est.)

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 3.3% industry: 28.7% services: 68% (2005 est.)

Labor force: 1.46 million (2005 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 5% industry: 12.5% services: 82.5% (2001 est.)

Unemployment rate:
12.5% official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30% (2004
est.)

Population below poverty line:
30% (2001 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.3% highest 10%: 29.8% (1997)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
36.4 (1997)