Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 77% industry and services: 23% (1990 est.)
Unemployment rate:
48%; note - urban youth 40% (2001 est.)
Population below poverty line:
54% (2001 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 33.5% (1995)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
41.3 (1995)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1.7% (2005 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
20.1% of GDP (2005 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $1.657 billion
expenditures: $1.926 billion; including capital expenditures of $357
million (2005 est.)
Public debt:
46% of GDP (2005 est.)
Agriculture - products:
peanuts, millet, corn, sorghum, rice, cotton, tomatoes, green
vegetables; cattle, poultry, pigs; fish