GDP: purchasing power parity - $115.9 billion (1996 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 4% (1996 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $4,000 (1996 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 12% industry: 50% services: 38% (1995 est.)
Inflation rate - consumer price index: 19.8% (1996 est.)
Labor force: total: 7.8 million (1996 est.) by occupation: government 29.5%, agriculture 22%, construction and public works 16.2%, industry 13.6%, commerce and services 13.5%, transportation and communication 5.2% (1989)
Unemployment rate: 28% (1996 est.)
Budget: revenues : $14.3 billion expenditures: $17.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1995 est.)
Industries: petroleum, light industries, natural gas, mining, electrical, petrochemical, food processing
Industrial production growth rate: NA%