purchasing power parity - $5,000 (2004 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 14.8%
industry: 31.9%
services: 53.2% (2004 est.)

Labor force:
35.86 million (2004 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 36%, industry 16%, services 48% (2004 est.)

Unemployment rate:
11.7% (2004 est.)

Population below poverty line:
40% (2001 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 31.9% (2003)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
46.6 (2003)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
5.5% (2004 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
17% of GDP (2004 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $12.22 billion
expenditures: $15.84 billion, including capital expenditures of $2.4
million (2004 est.)

Public debt:
74.2% of GDP (September 2004 est.)

Agriculture - products:
sugarcane, coconuts, rice, corn, bananas, casavas, pineapples,
fish, mangoes, pork, eggs, beef

Industries:
electronics assembly, garments, footwear, pharmaceuticals,
chemicals, wood products, food processing, petroleum refining,
fishing

Industrial production growth rate:
5% (2004 est.)

Electricity - production:
52.86 billion kWh (2003)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 55.6%
hydro: 17.5%
nuclear: 0%
other: 26.9% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
46.05 billion kWh (2003)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2003)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2003)

Oil - production:
26,000 bbl/day (2003 est.)

Oil - consumption:
338,000 bbl/day (2003 est.)

Oil - exports:
0 bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
312,000 bbl/day (2003)

Oil - proved reserves:
152 million bbl (1 January 2004)

Natural gas - production:
2.5 million cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
25 million cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
107.6 billion cu m (1 January 2004)

Current account balance:
$3.6 billion (2004 est.)

Exports:
$38.63 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
electronic equipment, machinery and transport equipment, garments,
optical instruments, coconut products, fruits and nuts, copper
products, chemicals

Exports - partners:
Japan 20.1%, US 18.2%, Netherlands 9%, Hong Kong 7.9%, China 6.7%,
Singapore 6.6%, Taiwan 5.6%, Malaysia 5.2% (2004)

Imports:
$37.5 bi