Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.7% highest 10%: 23.3% (1998)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
29 (1998)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1.8% (2003 est.)
Labor force:
1.69 million (2003)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 13.2%, industry 25.4%, services 46.4% (2002)
Unemployment rate:
19.5% (2003)
Budget:
revenues: $12.76 billion
expenditures: $14.31 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2003 est.)
Public debt:
69.1% of GDP (2003)
Agriculture - products:
wheat, corn, sugar beets, sunflower seed, barley, alfalfa, clover,
olives, citrus, grapes, soybeans, potatoes; livestock, dairy products
Industries:
chemicals and plastics, machine tools, fabricated metal,
electronics, pig iron and rolled steel products, aluminum, paper,
wood products, construction materials, textiles, shipbuilding,
petroleum and petroleum refining, food and beverages; tourism