Inflation rate - consumer price index: 28% (1996 est.)
Labor force: total: 36.3 million (November 1996) by occupation: services 31.7%, agriculture, forestry, hunting, and fishing 28%, commerce 14.6%, manufacturing 11.1%, construction 8.4%, transportation 4.7%, mining and quarrying 1.5%
Unemployment rate: 10% (1996 est.) plus considerable underemployment
Budget: revenues: $73.8 billion expenditures: $74 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1996 est.)
Industries: food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel, petroleum, mining, textiles, clothing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, tourism
Industrial production growth rate: 11% (1996 est.)
Electricity - capacity: 40.502 million kW (1995)
Electricity - production: 142.344 billion kWh (1995)
Electricity - consumption per capita: 1,206 kWh (1995 est.)
Agriculture - products: corn, wheat, soybeans, rice, beans, cotton, coffee, fruit, tomatoes; beef, poultry, dairy products; wood products