Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 44% industry: 20% services: 36% (1995)

Unemployment rate:
0.7% officially, plus another 20% underemployed (2005 est.)

Population below poverty line:
28% (2004 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.6% highest 10%: 22% (2000)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
26.8 (2000)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
6.9% (2005 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $2.815 billion
expenditures: $2.917 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2005 est.)

Public debt:
36.1% of GDP (2005 est.)

Agriculture - products:
cotton, vegetables, fruits, grain; livestock

Industries:
textiles, food processing, machine building, metallurgy, gold
petroleum, natural gas, chemicals