GDP - real growth rate:
1.4% (2002 est.)

GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $9,700 (2002 est.)

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 3.8% industry: 35% services: 61.2% (2000 est.)

Population below poverty line: 18.4% (2000 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.2% highest 10%: 24.7% (1998)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
31.6 (1998)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1.9% (2002 est.)

Labor force:
17.6 million (2000 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
industry 22.1%, agriculture 27.5%, services 50.4% (1999)

Unemployment rate:
18.1% (2002)