GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 8% industry: 27% services: 65% (2003 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
17.7% of GDP (2003)

Population below poverty line:
54% (2003 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.6% highest 10%: 35.4% (1996)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
46.2 (1996)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.3% (2003 est.)

Labor force:
8.63 million (2003 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 5.9%, mining and quarrying 0.4%, manufacturing 12.6%, construction 5.3%, commerce 26.3%, household work 4.9%, other services 44.6% (2004)

Unemployment rate:
9.7%; widespread underemployment (2003 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $15.86 billion
expenditures: $17.05 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.6
billion (2003 est.)