Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 13% industry: 19% services: 68% (2002)

Unemployment rate:
11.8%

Population below poverty line:
NA%

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1.1% (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $865 million
expenditures: $644.1 million; including capital expenditures of $185
million (1999)

Agriculture - products: fish; coconuts, vanilla, vegetables, fruits, coffee; poultry, beef, dairy products

Industries:
tourism, pearls, agricultural processing, handicrafts, phosphates

Industrial production growth rate:
NA%

Electricity - production:
477 million kWh (2004)