Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 6.2%, industry 27.1%, services 66.7% (2002)

Unemployment rate:
5.9% (2004 est.)

Population below poverty line:
8.6% (1993 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 4.1% highest 10%: 20.5% (1998)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
24.4 (1998)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
7% (2004 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
22.8% of GDP (2004 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $46.07 billion
expenditures: $51.36 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2004 est.)

Public debt:
58.3% of GDP (2004 est.)

Agriculture - products:
wheat, corn, sunflower seed, potatoes, sugar beets; pigs, cattle,
poultry, dairy products