Population below poverty line:
NA

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.1% highest 10%: 26.6% (2000)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
27.3 (1995)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.7% (2003 est.)

Labor force:
24.15 million (2003 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 5%, industry 32%, services 63% (2001)

Unemployment rate:
8.6% (2003 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $668 billion
expenditures: $703.1 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2003)

Public debt:
106.4% of GDP (2003)

Agriculture - products:
fruits, vegetables, grapes, potatoes, sugar beets, soybeans, grain,
olives; beef, dairy products; fish