2004 est.)

Population below poverty line:
32% (FY00/01 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 4.1%
highest 10%: 27.6% (FY96/97)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
41 (FY98/99)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
4.8% (FY03/04 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
16.4% of GDP (FY03/04 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $13.45 billion
expenditures: $16.51 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2004 est.)

Public debt:
71.4% of GDP (2004 est.)

Agriculture - products:
cotton, wheat, rice, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables; milk, beef,
mutton, eggs

Industries:
textiles and apparel, food processing, pharmaceuticals,
construction materials, paper products, fertilizer, shrimp

Industrial production growth rate:
13.1% (2004 est.)

Electricity - production:
75.27 billion kWh (2003)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 68.8%
hydro: 28.2%
nuclear: 3%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
52.66 billion kWh (2003)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2003)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2003)

Oil - production:
61,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
365,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA

Oil - imports:
NA

Oil - proved reserves:
325.5 million bbl (2004 est.)

Natural gas - production:
23.4 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
23.4 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
695.6 billion cu m (2004)

Current account balance:
$1.4 billion (2004 est.)

Exports:
$15.07 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
textiles (garments, bed linen, cotton cloth, and yarn), rice,
leather goods, sports goods, chemicals, manufactures, carpets and
rugs

Exports - partners:
US 23.5%, UAE 7.4%, UK 7.3%, Germany 5%, Hong Kong 4.4% (2004)

Imports:
$14.01 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
petroleum, petroleum products, machinery, plastics, transportation
equipment, edible oils, paper and paperboard, iron and steel, tea

Imports - partners:
Saudi Arabia 11.6%, UAE 10%, US 9.7%, China 8.4%, Japan 6.5%,
Kuwait 5.6% (2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$12.58 billion (2004 est.)

Debt - external:
$33.97 billion (2004 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$2.4 billion (FY01/02)