GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 39%
industry: 17%
services: 44% (2001)
Labor force:
70,000 salaried workers, 60% of whom are employed in the public
sector (2002 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 90%
industry: 6%
services: 4%
Unemployment rate:
NA%
Population below poverty line:
63% (1993 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 0.8% highest 10%: 35.4% (1995)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
50.5 (1995)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
0.2% (2004 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $320 million - including $134 million from foreign sources
expenditures: $320 million; including capital expenditures of $178
million (2002 est.)
Agriculture - products:
cowpeas, cotton, peanuts, millet, sorghum, cassava (tapioca), rice;
cattle, sheep, goats, camels, donkeys, horses, poultry