Inflation rate - consumer price index: 65% (1996 est.)
Labor force: total: 1.9 million (1996) by occupation: agriculture and forestry 52%, manufacturing, mining, and construction 17%, services 31% (1995)
Unemployment rate: 2.4% includes only officially registered unemployed; also large numbers of underemployed workers and unregistered unemployed people (December 1996)
Budget: revenues: $NA expenditures : $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA
Industries: aluminum, zinc, lead, chemicals and fertilizers, cement, vegetable oil, metal-cutting machine tools, refrigerators and freezers
Industrial production growth rate: -20% (1996 est.)
Electricity - capacity: 4.44 million kW (1994)
Electricity - production: 16.8 billion kWh (1994)
Electricity - consumption per capita: 2,135 kWh (1995 est.)
Agriculture - products: cotton, grain, fruits, grapes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, goats