Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 60% industry: 12% services: 28% (2003)

Unemployment rate:
7.8% (2006 est.)

Population below poverty line:
25% (2002 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.5% highest 10%: 33.5% (1997)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
32.5 (2000)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
5.3% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
29.2% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $109.4 billion
expenditures: $143.8 billion; including capital expenditures of $15
billion (2006 est.)

Public debt:
52.8% of GDP (federal and state debt combined) (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
rice, wheat, oilseed, cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane, potatoes;
cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats, poultry; fish