Labor force:
46.84 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use
of child labor (2005 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 42%
industry: 20%
services: 38% (2004 est.)

Unemployment rate:
6.6% plus substantial underemployment (2005 est.)

Population below poverty line:
32% (FY00/01 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 4.1% highest 10%: 27.6% (FY96/97)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
41 (FY98/99)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
9.1% (2005 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
15.3% of GDP (2005 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $15.45 billion
expenditures: $20.07 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2005 est.)

Public debt:
53.8% of GDP (2005 est.)