GDP - real growth rate:
3.2% (2005 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$41,600 (2005 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 1% industry: 20.4% services: 78.7% (2005 est.)
Labor force: 149.3 million (includes unemployed) (2005 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: farming, forestry, and fishing 0.7%, manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts 22.9%, managerial, professional, and technical 34.7%, sales and office 25.4%, other services 16.3% note: figures exclude the unemployed (2005)
Unemployment rate:
5.1% (2005 est.)
Population below poverty line:
12% (2004 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.8% highest 10%: 30.5% (1997)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
45 (2004)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.2% (2005 est.)