Unemployment rate:
5% (2005 est.)
Population below poverty line:
25% (2000 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 32.4% (1998)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
20.2% (2005 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
11.5% of GDP (2005 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $473.3 million
expenditures: $716.6 million; including capital expenditures of NA
(FY04/05 est.)
Agriculture - products:
rice, pulses, beans, sesame, groundnuts, sugarcane; hardwood; fish
and fish products
Industries:
agricultural processing; knit and woven apparel; wood and wood
products; copper, tin, tungsten, iron; construction materials;
pharmaceuticals; fertilizer; cement; natural gas
Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
Electricity - production:
7.393 billion kWh (2003)