Labor force: 3.49 million (2005 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 3% industry: 27% services: 70% (2005 est.)

Unemployment rate:
5.2% (2005 est.)

Population below poverty line:
5.9% (2004)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.3% highest 10%: 22.5% (2004)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
31 (2002)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.3% (2005 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
20.8% of GDP (2005 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $148.6 billion
expenditures: $154.5 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2005 est.)

Public debt:
65.1% of GDP (2005 est.)