Labor force:
2.15 million (2003 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 45%
Unemployment rate:
18.5% (2003 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $937.8 million
expenditures: $988.4 million, including capital expenditures of $700
million (2003 est.)
Public debt:
45.1% of GDP (2003)
Agriculture - products:
cotton, sugarcane, soybeans, corn, wheat, tobacco, cassava
(tapioca), fruits, vegetables; beef, pork, eggs, milk; timber
Industries:
sugar, cement, textiles, beverages, wood products, steel,
metallurgic, electric power
Industrial production growth rate:
0% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:
44.89 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
2.637 billion kWh (2001)