Population below poverty line:
80% (2001 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.2% highest 10%: 30.7% (1997)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
36.2 (2001)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
11.9% (2005 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
24.4% of GDP (2005 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $1.069 billion
expenditures: $1.065 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2005 est.)

Public debt:
79.6% of GDP (2005 est.)

Agriculture - products:
vegetables, fruits, wine, grain, sugar beets, sunflower seed,
tobacco; beef, milk

Industries:
sugar, vegetable oil, food processing, agricultural machinery;
foundry equipment, refrigerators and freezers, washing machines;
hosiery, shoes, textiles

Industrial production growth rate:
17% (2003 est.)