nge rate):
$98.48 billion (2006 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
5.3% (2006 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):
$5,000 (2006 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 14.3%
industry: 32.1%
services: 53.7% (2006 est.)

Labor force:
36.65 million (2006 est.)

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

Unemployment rate:
8.4% (2006 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):
6.6% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
14.3% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $19.44 billion
expenditures: $21.38 billion; including capital expenditures of NA
(2006 est.)

Public debt:
69.6% of GDP (2006 est.)

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

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

Industrial production growth rate:
2% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
53.13 billion kWh (2004)

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

Electricity - consumption:
49.41 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2006)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2006)

Oil - production:
25,320 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
342,000 bbl/day (2004 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:
2.9 billion cu m (2004 est.)

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

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

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

Natural gas - proved reserves:
106.8 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)

Current account balance:
$5.355 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$44.2 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

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

Exports - partners:
US 18%, Japan 17.5%, China 9.9%, Netherlands 9.8%, Hong K