Unemployment rate:
3.2% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2004 est.)
Population below poverty line:
40% (2003 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.6% highest 10%: 35.6% (2002)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
53.1 (1998)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
5.4% (2004 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
19.4% of GDP (2004 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $160 billion
expenditures: $158 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2004 est.)
Public debt:
23.5% of GDP (2004 est.)
Agriculture - products:
corn, wheat, soybeans, rice, beans, cotton, coffee, fruit,
tomatoes; beef, poultry, dairy products; wood products
Industries:
food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel, petroleum,
mining, textiles, clothing, motor vehicles, consumer durables,
tourism