Labor force: 24.36 million note: shortage of skilled labor (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 30% industry: 25% services: 45% (2001 est.)

Unemployment rate:
11.2% (2004 est.)

Population below poverty line:
40% (2002 est.)

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

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
43 (1998)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
15.8% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
30% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $104.6 billion
expenditures: $100.6 billion; including capital expenditures of $7.6
billion (2006 est.)

Public debt:
25.3% of GDP (2006 est.)