Labor force:
39.8 million (2000)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 20%, industry 24%, services 56% (1998)
Unemployment rate:
urban - 3% plus considerable underemployment (2002)
Budget:
revenues: $136 billion
expenditures: $140 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA
(2001 est.)
Industries:
food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel, petroleum,
mining, textiles, clothing, motor vehicles, consumer durables,
tourism
Industrial production growth rate:
4.9% (2002 est.)
Electricity - production:
198.6 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 78.7% hydro: 14.2% other: 2.9% (2001) nuclear: 4.2%
Electricity - consumption:
186.7 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - exports:
77 million kWh (2001)