Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.7% (2005 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
25.9% of GDP (2005 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $249.8 billion
expenditures: $240.2 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2005 est.)
Public debt:
16.1% of GDP (2005 est.)
Agriculture - products:
wheat, barley, sugarcane, fruits, cattle, sheep, poultry
Industries:
mining, industrial and transportation equipment, food processing,
chemicals, steel
Industrial production growth rate:
1.1% (2005 est.)
Electricity - production:
237 billion kWh (2004)
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 90.8% hydro: 8.3% nuclear: 0% other: 0.9% (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
221 billion kWh (2004)