Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 70% industry: 10% services: 20% (1999 est.)

Unemployment rate:
2.9% (2005 est.)

Population below poverty line:
60% (2000 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.6% highest 10%: 40.8% (1996-97)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
50.6 (1996-97)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
13.5% (2005 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
21.3% of GDP (2005 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $12.86 billion
expenditures: $13.54 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2005 est.)

Public debt:
11% of GDP (2005 est.)

Agriculture - products:
cocoa, peanuts, palm oil, corn, rice, sorghum, millet, cassava
(tapioca), yams, rubber; cattle, sheep, goats, pigs; timber; fish