GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: NEGL% industry: 28% services : 72%

Inflation rate - consumer price index: 1.3% (1996)

Labor force: total: 1.801 million (1996 est.) by occupation : financial, business, and other services 33.5%, manufacturing 25.6%, commerce 22.9%, construction 6.6%, other 11.4% (1994)

Unemployment rate: 2.7% (1996 est.)

Budget: revenues: $18.5 billion expenditures: $13.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $4.4 billion (FY96/97 est.)

Industries: petroleum refining, electronics, oil drilling equipment, rubber processing and rubber products, processed food and beverages, ship repair, entrepot trade, financial services, biotechnology

Industrial production growth rate: 7% (1996 est.)

Electricity - capacity: 4.51 million kW (1994)

Electricity - production: 22.1 billion kWh (1995)

Electricity - consumption per capita: 7,002 kWh (1995)