Labor force: 5.83 million (2005 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: note: most people are employed in agriculture and herding; services, construction, industry, and commerce account for less than one-fourth of the labor force

Unemployment rate:
35% (2003 est.)

Population below poverty line:
45.2% (2003)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 25.9% (2003)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
33.4 (1998)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
11.8% (2005 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
14.2% of GDP (2005 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $5.616 billion
expenditures: $5.719 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2005 est.)

Public debt:
34.4% of GDP (2005 est.)