Distribution of family income - Gini index:
31.8 (2000)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
7.2% (2006 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
24.9% of GDP (2006 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $6.389 billion
expenditures: $8.694 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2006 est.)
Public debt:
46.7% of GDP (2006 est.)
Agriculture - products:
rice, jute, tea, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, tobacco, pulses,
oilseeds, spices, fruit; beef, milk, poultry
Industries:
cotton textiles, jute, garments, tea processing, paper newsprint,
cement, chemical fertilizer, light engineering, sugar
Industrial production growth rate:
7.2% (2006 est.)
Electricity - production:
18.09 billion kWh (2004)
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 93.7% hydro: 6.3% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)