GDP (official exchange rate):
$17.19 billion (2006 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
1.2% (2006 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$1,600 (2006 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 27% industry: 18.5% services: 54.5% (2006 est.)
Labor force:
6.738 million (68% agricultural) (2006 est.)
Unemployment rate:
13% in urban areas (1998)
Population below poverty line:
37% (1995)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.1% highest 10%: 28.8% (1995)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
45.2 (1998)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.2% (2006 est.)