GDP - real growth rate:
5.3% (2002 est.)

GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $7,000 (2002 est.)

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 11% industry: 40% services: 49% (2001)

Population below poverty line: 12.5% (1998 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 32.4% (1998)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
41.4 (1998)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
0.6% (2002 est.)

Labor force:
33.4 million (2001 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 54%, industry 15%, services 31% (1996 est.)

Unemployment rate:
2.9% (2002 est.)