while trying to preserve growth. Foreign
exchange reserves are bolstered by steady worker remittances, but a
growing current account deficit - driven by a widening trade gap as
import growth outstrips export expansion - could draw down reserves
and dampen GDP growth in the medium term.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$427.3 billion (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):
$124 billion (2006 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
6.5% (2006 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):
$2,600 (2006 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 22%
industry: 26%
services: 52% (2006 est.)

Labor force:
48.29 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use
of child labor (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 42%
industry: 20%
services: 38% (2004 est.)

Unemployment rate:
6.5% plus substantial underemployment (2006 est.)

Population below poverty line:
24% (FY05/06 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):
7.9% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
15.6% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $20.55 billion
expenditures: $25.65 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2006 est.)

Public debt:
55% of GDP (2006 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:
6% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
80.24 billion kWh (2004)

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

Electricity - consumption:
74.62 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
63,000 bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - consumption:
324,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA bbl/day (2004)

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day (2004)

Oil - proved reserves:
358.9 million bbl (2006 est.)

Natural gas - production:
27.4 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
27.4 billion cu m (2004 est.)

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

Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (20