Unemployment rate:
12.2% (2005 est.)
Population below poverty line:
22% of households (2004)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.7% highest 10%: 25.8% (1997)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
44.6 (2000)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
4.7% (2005 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
12.9% of GDP (2005 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $4.468 billion
expenditures: $4.845 billion; including capital expenditures of $193
million (2005 est.)
Public debt:
81.9% of GDP (2005 est.)
Agriculture - products:
rice, wheat, corn, barley; livestock; fish
Industries:
food processing, electrical machinery, transportation equipment,
petroleum products, textiles, chemicals, beverages