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

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.9% highest 10%: 23.3% (2001)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
29 (2001)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
5.2% (2005 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
12.6% of GDP (2005 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $516.3 million
expenditures: $539.9 million; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2005 est.)

Agriculture - products:
tobacco, cotton, potatoes, vegetables, grapes, fruits and berries;
sheep, goats, cattle, wool

Industries:
small machinery, textiles, food processing, cement, shoes, sawn
logs, refrigerators, furniture, electric motors, gold, rare earth
metals

Industrial production growth rate:
7.1% (2004 est.)

Electricity - production:
13.77 billion kWh (2003)