GDP (purchasing power parity):
$330.8 billion (2006 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):
$69.02 billion (2006 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
6.1% (2006 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$2,200 (2006 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 19.9%
industry: 20.6%
services: 59.5% (2006 est.)
Labor force:
68 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman,
Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $1.71 billion
in 1998-99 (2006 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 63% industry: 11% services: 26% (FY95/96)
Unemployment rate:
2.5% (includes underemployment) (2006 est.)
Population below poverty line:
45% (2004 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.9% highest 10%: 28.6% (1995-96 est.)