Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 38% industry: 17% services: 45% (1998 est.)
Unemployment rate:
7.6% (2006 est.)
Population below poverty line:
22% (1997 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.5% highest 10%: 28% (1995)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
34.4 (1995)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
12.1% (2006 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
28.2% of GDP (2006 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $4.762 billion
expenditures: $7.095 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2006 est.)
Public debt:
90.6% of GDP (2006 est.)
Agriculture - products:
rice, sugarcane, grains, pulses, oilseed, spices, tea, rubber,
coconuts; milk, eggs, hides, beef; fish