Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 40.4% (1995)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
56.8 (2003)

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 266.8% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2005 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
7.9% of GDP (2005 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $1.409 billion
expenditures: $1.905 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2005 est.)

Public debt:
109.8% of GDP (2005 est.)

Agriculture - products:
corn, cotton, tobacco, wheat, coffee, sugarcane, peanuts; sheep,
goats, pigs

Industries:
mining (coal, gold, platinum, copper, nickel, tin, clay, numerous
metallic and nonmetallic ores), steel; wood products, cement,
chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages

Industrial production growth rate:
3.6% (2005 est.)

Electricity - production:
8.877 billion kWh (2003)