wth at more than 6
percent in 2007.

GDP (purchasing power parity):

$61.22 billion (2007 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

$29.3 billion (2007 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:

7% (2007 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

$1,700 (2007 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 23.8%
industry: 16.7%
services: 59.5% (2007 est.)

Labor force:

11.85 million (2005 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:

agriculture: 75%
industry and services: 25% (2003 est.)

Unemployment rate:

40% (2001 est.)

Population below poverty line:

50% (2000 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 37.2% (2000)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:

44.5 (1997)

Investment (gross fixed):

20.7% of GDP (2007 est.)

Budget:

revenues: $5.924 billion
expenditures: $6.878 billion (2007 est.)

Fiscal year:

1 July - 30 June

Public debt:

48.7% of GDP (2007 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

9.7% (2007 est.)

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

13.34% (31 December 2007)

Stock of money:

$5.932 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of quasi money:

$6.273 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of domestic credit:

$10.43 billion (31 December 2007)

Agriculture - products:

tea, coffee, corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruit, vegetables; dairy
products, beef, pork, poultry, eggs

Industries:

small-scale consumer goods (plastic, furniture, batteries, textiles,
clothing, soap, cigarettes, flour), agricultural products,
horticulture, oil refining; aluminum, steel, lead; cement,
commercial ship repair, tourism

Industrial production growth rate:

6.8% (2007 est.)

Electricity - production:

6.264 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

5.124 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports:

58.3 million kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - imports:

22.5 million kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 17.7%
hydro: 71%
nuclear: 0%
other: 11.3% (2001)

Oil - production:

0 bbl/day (2008 est.)

Oil - consumption:

65,530 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

5,137 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

72,780 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:

0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)

Natural gas - production:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

0 c