Labor force:
262,300 (of whom 87,400 are foreign cross-border workers primarily
from France, Belgium, and Germany) (2000)
Labor force - by occupation:
services 90.1%, industry 8%, agriculture 1.9% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate:
4.1% (2002 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $5.5 billion
expenditures: $5.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $760
million (2002 est.)
Industries:
banking, iron and steel, food processing, chemicals, metal
products, engineering, tires, glass, aluminum
Industrial production growth rate:
0% (2002 est.)
Electricity - production:
457 million kWh (2001)
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 57.3% hydro: 25.2% other: 17.5% (2001) nuclear: 0%
Electricity - consumption:
6.07 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - exports:
744 million kWh (2001)