GDP-composition by sector: agriculture: 15% industry: 24% services: 61% (1997 est.)
Inflation rate-consumer price index: 2% (1997)
Labor force: total: 2.26 million (1997 est.) by occupation: agriculture 40%, commerce 16%, manufacturing 15%, government 13%, financial services 9%, transportation 6%, other 1%
Unemployment rate: 7.7% (1997 est.)
Budget: revenues: $1.75 billion expenditures: $1.82 billion, including capital expenditures of $317 million (1997 est.)
Industries: food processing, beverages, petroleum, chemicals, fertilizer, textiles, furniture, light metals
Industrial production growth rate: 7% (1997 est.)
Electricity-capacity: 900,000 kW (1996)
Electricity-production: 3.5 billion kWh (1997)
Electricity-consumption per capita: 603 kWh (1997 est.)