Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1.7% (2004 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
18% of GDP (2004 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $67.41 billion
expenditures: $76.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $14.4
billion (2004 est.)
Public debt:
32.4% of GDP (2004 est.)
Agriculture - products:
rice, corn, vegetables, fruit, tea; pigs, poultry, beef, milk; fish
Industries:
electronics, petroleum refining, armaments, chemicals, textiles,
iron and steel, machinery, cement, food processing, vehicles,
consumer products, pharmaceuticals
Industrial production growth rate:
12.2% (2004 est.)
Electricity - production:
158.5 billion kWh (2002)
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 71.4% hydro: 6% nuclear: 22.6% other: 0% (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
147.4 billion kWh (2002)