GDP-real growth rate: 5% (1997)
GDP-per capita: purchasing power parity-$8,300 (1997 est.)
GDP-composition by sector: agriculture: 4% industry: 63% services: 33% (1997 est.)
Inflation rate-consumer price index: 38% (1997)
Labor force: total: 9.2 million by occupation: services 64%, industry 23%, agriculture 13% (1997 est.)
Unemployment rate: 11.5% (1997 est.)
Budget: revenues: $11.99 billion expenditures: $11.48 billion, including capital expenditures of $3 billion (1996 est.)
Industries: petroleum, iron ore mining, construction materials, food processing, textiles, steel, aluminum, motor vehicle assembly
Industrial production growth rate: 0.5% (1995 est.)
Electricity-capacity: 18.975 million kW (1995)