Investment (gross fixed):
29.6% of GDP (2003)
Population below poverty line:
4% (2001 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 22.5% (1999 est.)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
31.6 (1993)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.6% (2003 est.)
Labor force:
22.92 million (2003)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 8.8%, industry 19.1%, services 72.1% (2001)
Unemployment rate:
3.4% (2003 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $135.5 billion
expenditures: $128.7 billion, including capital expenditures of
$23.5 billion (2003)
Public debt:
13.8% of GDP (2003)