Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.1% (2003 est.)
Labor force:
34.56 million (2003)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 45%, industry 15%, services 40% (2003 est.)
Unemployment rate:
11.4% (2003)
Budget:
revenues: $11.56 billion
expenditures: $15.25 billion, including capital expenditures of $2.4
million NA (2003)
Public debt:
77% of GDP (2003)
Agriculture - products:
rice, coconuts, corn, sugarcane, bananas, pineapples, mangoes,
pork, eggs, beef, fish
Industries:
electronics assembly, textiles, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, wood
products, food processing, petroleum refining, fishing
Industrial production growth rate:
-0.1% (2003 est.)
Electricity - production:
45.21 billion kWh (2001)