Labor force: 6.393 million (2006 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 85%
industry and services: 15% (2003 est.)
Unemployment rate:
extensive unemployment and underemployment affecting more than half
the population (2001 est.)
Population below poverty line:
70% (2003 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
13.2% (2006 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
14.6% of GDP (2006 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $10.98 billion
expenditures: $9.7 billion; including capital expenditures of $963
million (2006 est.)
Public debt:
32.7% of GDP (2006 est.)
Agriculture - products:
bananas, sugarcane, coffee, sisal, corn, cotton, manioc (tapioca),
tobacco, vegetables, plantains; livestock; forest products; fish