Population below poverty line:
22% (1997 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.5% highest 10%: 28% (1995)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
34.4 (1995)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
11.6% (2005 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
26.1% of GDP (2005 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $3.804 billion
expenditures: $5.469 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2005 est.)
Public debt:
92.8% of GDP (2005 est.)
Agriculture - products:
rice, sugarcane, grains, pulses, oilseed, spices, tea, rubber,
coconuts; milk, eggs, hides, beef; fish
Industries:
processing of rubber, tea, coconuts, tobacco and other agricultural
commodities; telecommunications, insurance, banking; clothing,
textiles; cement, petroleum refining
Industrial production growth rate:
8.2% (2005 est.)