Population below poverty line:
NA

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 25.2% (1990)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
32.5 (1990)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3% (2003 est.)

Labor force:
18.82 million (2003)

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 7%, manufacturing, mining, and construction 29%, services 64% (2001 est.)

Unemployment rate:
11.3% (2003 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $330.7 billion
expenditures: $335.3 billion, including capital expenditures of
$12.8 billion (2003 est.)

Public debt:
62.7% of GDP (2003)

Agriculture - products:
grain, vegetables, olives, wine grapes, sugar beets, citrus; beef,
pork, poultry, dairy products; fish