Population below poverty line:
10% (2004 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 32.4% (1998)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
51.1 (2002)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
4.5% (2005 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
29% of GDP (2005 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $30.64 billion
expenditures: $31.76 billion; including capital expenditures of $5
billion (2005 est.)

Public debt:
47.6% of GDP (2005 est.)

Agriculture - products:
rice, cassava (tapioca), rubber, corn, sugarcane, coconuts, soybeans

Industries:
tourism, textiles and garments, agricultural processing, beverages,
tobacco, cement, light manufacturing such as jewelry and electric
appliances, computers and parts, integrated circuits, furniture,
plastics, automobiles and automotive parts; world's second-largest
tungsten producer and third-largest tin producer

Industrial production growth rate:
9.1% (2005 est.)