Unemployment rate:
2.8% up to 80% in urban areas (2004)
Population below poverty line:
37% (2002 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.7% highest 10%: 40.5% (1996)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
50.9 (1996)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1.7% (2005 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
19.2% of GDP (2005 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $1.368 billion
expenditures: $1.354 billion; including capital expenditures of $344
million (2005 est.)
Public debt:
42.9% of GDP (2005 est.)
Agriculture - products:
coffee, cocoa, copra, palm kernels, tea, sugar, rubber, sweet
potatoes, fruit, vegetables, vanilla; shell fish, poultry, pork
Industries:
copra crushing, palm oil processing, plywood production, wood chip
production; mining of gold, silver, and copper; crude oil
production, petroleum refining; construction, tourism