GDP-per capita: purchasing power parity-$3,900 (1997 est.)

GDP-composition by sector: agriculture: 26.4% industry: 24.9% services: 48.7% (1995)

Inflation rate-consumer price index: 6.2% (1997)

Labor force: total: 1.8 million (1995 est.) by occupation: agriculture 45%

Unemployment rate: 8.2% (urban) (1996 est.)

Budget: revenues: $1.25 billion expenditures: $1.66 billion, including capital expenditures of $357 million (1995 est.)

Industries: meat packing, oilseed crushing, milling, brewing, textiles, other light consumer goods, cement, construction

Industrial production growth rate: 5.1% (1995)

Electricity-capacity: 6.533 million kW (1995)

Electricity-production: 40.05 billion kWh (1995) note: exported about 36.96 billion kWh of electricity to Brazil