Labor force: 38.09 million (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 18% industry: 24% services: 58% (2003)

Unemployment rate:
3.2% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2006 est.)

Population below poverty line:
40% (2003 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.6% highest 10%: 35.6% (2002)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
54.6 (2000)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.4% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
20% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $196.5 billion
expenditures: $196.2 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2006 est.)

Public debt:
20.7% of GDP (2006 est.)