Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 0.8% highest 10%: 36.5% (1998)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
49.1 (1998)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
16% (2005 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
19% of GDP (2005 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $39.63 billion
expenditures: $41.27 billion; including capital expenditures of $2.6
billion (2005 est.)
Public debt:
34.2% of GDP (2005 est.)
Agriculture - products:
corn, sorghum, sugarcane, rice, bananas, vegetables, coffee; beef,
pork, milk, eggs; fish
Industries:
petroleum, construction materials, food processing, textiles; iron
ore mining, steel, aluminum; motor vehicle assembly
Industrial production growth rate:
7.2% (2005 est.)
Electricity - production:
87.44 billion kWh (2003)