GDP - real growth rate:
3.2% (2004 est.)

GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $29,600 (2004 est.)

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 1% industry: 26.3% services: 72.7% (2004 est.)

Labor force:
29.78 million (2004 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 1.5%, industry 19.1%, services 79.5% (2004)

Unemployment rate:
4.8% (2004 est.)

Population below poverty line:
17% (2002 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.1% highest 10%: 28.5% (1999)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
36.8 (1999)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1.4% (2004 est.)