Unemployment rate:
16% (2005 est.)
Population below poverty line:
32% (2005 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 0.5% highest 10%: 43.8% (1998)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
56.8 (1999)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
6.8% (2005 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
19.4% of GDP (2005 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $1.334 billion
expenditures: $1.37 billion; including capital expenditures of $700
million (2005 est.)
Public debt:
36% of GDP (2005 est.)
Agriculture - products:
cotton, sugarcane, soybeans, corn, wheat, tobacco, cassava
(tapioca), fruits, vegetables; beef, pork, eggs, milk; timber
Industries:
sugar, cement, textiles, beverages, wood products, steel,
metallurgic, electric power