Labor force: 1.9 million (1992) by occupation: public services 29.3%, industry 22.1%, commerce 13.9%, finance and business 10.4%, personal and other services 7.4%, construction 6.5%, transport, storage, and communications 6.3%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 3.5%, other 0.6% (1992)
Unemployment rate: 6.3% (1995 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $41 billion
expenditures: $53 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA
(1996)
Industries: food processing, diamond cutting and polishing,
textiles and apparel, chemicals, metal products, military equipment,
transport equipment, electrical equipment, potash mining,
high-technology electronics, tourism
Industrial production growth rate: 10.3% (1995 est.)
Electricity: capacity: 4,140,000 kW production: 23 billion kWh consumption per capita: 4,290 kWh (1993)
Agriculture: citrus and other fruits, vegetables, cotton; beef,
poultry, dairy products
Illicit drugs: increasingly concerned about cocaine and heroin
abuse and trafficking
Exports: $28.4 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities: machinery and equipment, cut diamonds, chemicals,
textiles and apparel, agricultural products, metals
partners: US, EU, Japan
Imports: $40.1 billion (c.i.f., 1995 est.)
commodities: military equipment, investment goods, rough diamonds,
oil, other productive inputs, consumer goods
partners: EU, US, Japan