Population below poverty line:
17% (2002 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.3% highest 10%: 27.7% (1995)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
36.8 (1995)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1.4% (2003 est.)
Labor force:
29.6 million (2003)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 1%, industry 25%, services 74% (1999)
Unemployment rate:
5% (2003 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $688.9 billion
expenditures: $746.1 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2003)
Public debt:
51% of GDP (2003)
Agriculture - products:
cereals, oilseed, potatoes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, poultry; fish