Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 13%, industry 23%, services 64% (1997 est.)

Unemployment rate:
17.1% (2004 est.)

Population below poverty line:
47% (1998 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 0.8% highest 10%: 36.5% (1998)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
49.5 (1998)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
22.4% (2004 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
12.9% of GDP (2004 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $26.91 billion
expenditures: $30.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $2.6
billion (2004 est.)

Public debt:
43.1% of GDP (2004 est.)

Agriculture - products:
corn, sorghum, sugarcane, rice, bananas, vegetables, coffee; beef,
pork, milk, eggs; fish