Labor force:
2.61 million (2003 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture, forestry, and fishing 2.6%, manufacturing 20.2%, construction 7.5%, commerce 12.8%, transport, storage, and communications 6.2%, finance and business 13.1%, personal and other services 6.4%, public services 31.2% (1996)
Unemployment rate:
10.7% (2003 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $44.98 billion
expenditures: $51.07 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2003)
Public debt:
108.6% of GDP (2003)
Agriculture - products:
citrus, vegetables, cotton; beef, poultry, dairy products
Industries:
high-technology projects (including aviation, communications,
computer-aided design and manufactures, medical electronics), wood
and paper products, potash and phosphates, food, beverages, and
tobacco, caustic soda, cement, diamond cutting
Industrial production growth rate:
-0.6% (2003 est.)
Electricity - production:
42.24 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
37.82 billion kWh (2001)