GDP: purchasing power parity - $52.6 billion (1999 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 6% (1999 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $5,500 (1999 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 12% industry: 28% services: 60% (1998 est.)
Population below poverty line: 14.1% (1990 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.3% highest 10%: 30.7% (1990)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.7% (1999 est.)
Labor force: 3 million (1997 est.) note: shortage of skilled labor
Labor force - by occupation: services 55%, industry 23%, agriculture 22% (1995 est.)
Unemployment rate: 16.5% (1999 est.)