Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 63% industry: 11% services: 26% (FY95/96)

Unemployment rate:
2.5% (includes underemployment) (2005 est.)

Population below poverty line:
45% (2004 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.9% highest 10%: 28.6% (1995-96 est.)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
31.8 (2000)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
7% (2005 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
24.4% of GDP (2005 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $5.993 billion
expenditures: $8.598 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2005 est.)

Public debt:
44.5% of GDP (2005 est.)

Agriculture - products:
rice, jute, tea, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, tobacco, pulses,
oilseeds, spices, fruit; beef, milk, poultry