Unemployment rate:
1.5% (November 2004 est.)
Population below poverty line:
10% (2004 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 32.4% (1998)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
51.1 (2002)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.8% (2004 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
22.5% of GDP (Jan - Sep 2004 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $30.86 billion
expenditures: $31.94 billion, including capital expenditures of $5
billion (2004 est.)
Public debt:
47.6% of GDP (November 2004 est.)
Agriculture - products:
rice, cassava (tapioca), rubber, corn, sugarcane, coconuts, soybeans
Industries:
tourism, textiles and garments, agricultural processing, beverages,
tobacco, cement, light manufacturing such as jewelry, electric
appliances and components, computers and parts, integrated circuits,
furniture, plastics, world's second-largest tungsten producer, and
third-largest tin producer