GDP:
purchasing power parity - $5.989 trillion (2002 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
8% (official data) (2002 est.)

GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $4,700 (2002 est.)

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 15.2% industry and construction: 51.2% services: 33.6% (2001)

Population below poverty line: 10% (2001 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.4% highest 10%: 30.4% (1998)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
40 (2001)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
-0.8% (2002 est.)

Labor force:
744 million (2001 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 50%, industry 22%, services 28% (2001 est.)