Distribution of family income - Gini index:
50.6 (1996-97)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
10.5% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
26.4% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $17.86 billion
expenditures: $19.05 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2006 est.)

Public debt:
10.4% of GDP (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
cocoa, peanuts, palm oil, corn, rice, sorghum, millet, cassava
(tapioca), yams, rubber; cattle, sheep, goats, pigs; timber; fish

Industries:
crude oil, coal, tin, columbite; palm oil, peanuts, cotton, rubber,
wood; hides and skins, textiles, cement and other construction
materials, food products, footwear, chemicals, fertilizer, printing,
ceramics, steel, small commercial ship construction and repair

Industrial production growth rate:
-1.6% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
19.06 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 61.9% hydro: 38.1% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)