GDP - per capita (PPP):
$7,900 (2006 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 7.2%
industry: 16.4%
services: 76.4% (2006 est.)
Labor force:
1.441 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled
labor (2006 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 20.8%
industry: 18%
services: 61.2% (1995 est.)
Unemployment rate:
8.8% (2006 est.)
Population below poverty line:
37% (1999 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.2% highest 10%: 35.7% (1997)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
56.4 (2000)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.6% (2006 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
17.5% of GDP (2006 est.)