Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 5%, industry 22%, services 73% (1997 est.)

Unemployment rate:
6% (2003)

Budget:
revenues: $185 billion
expenditures: $181 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2003)

Public debt:
18.2% of GDP (2003)

Agriculture - products:
wheat, barley, sugarcane, fruits; cattle, sheep, poultry

Industries:
mining, industrial and transportation equipment, food processing,
chemicals, steel

Industrial production growth rate:
-0.1% (2003 est.)

Electricity - production:
198.2 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
184.4 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2001)