Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
16.4% (2003 est.)

Labor force: 22.32 million note: shortage of skilled labor (2003 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 30%, industry 25%, services 45% (2001 est.)

Unemployment rate:
15.7% (2002 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $40.38 billion
expenditures: $40.29 billion, including capital expenditures of $7.6
billion (2003 est.)

Public debt:
28.2% of GDP (2003)

Agriculture - products:
wheat, rice, other grains, sugar beets, fruits, nuts, cotton; dairy
products, wool; caviar

Industries:
petroleum, petrochemicals, textiles, cement and other construction
materials, food processing (particularly sugar refining and
vegetable oil production), metal fabricating, armaments

Industrial production growth rate:
3% excluding oil (2003 est.)