Labor force: 7.415 million (1996 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 80% industry: 7% services: 13% (1998 est.)
Unemployment rate:
18.7% (2002 est.)
Population below poverty line:
40% (2004 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
9% (2006 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
25.3% of GDP (2006 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $7.943 billion
expenditures: $10.1 billion; including capital expenditures of $304
million (2006 est.)
Public debt:
59.6% of GDP (2006 est.)
Agriculture - products:
cotton, groundnuts (peanuts), sorghum, millet, wheat, gum arabic,
sugarcane, cassava (tapioca), mangos, papaya, bananas, sweet
potatoes, sesame; sheep, livestock