GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $12,400 (1999 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 6% industry: 33% services: 61% (1999)
Population below poverty line: 22% (1998 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.2% highest 10%: 41.3% (1998)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.4% (1999 est.)
Labor force: 5.8 million (1999 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 14%, industry 27%, services 59% (1997 est.)
Unemployment rate: 9% (1999)
Budget: revenues: $17 billion expenditures: $17 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)
Industries: copper, other minerals, foodstuffs, fish processing, iron and steel, wood and wood products, transport equipment, cement, textiles