Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 13% industry: 23% services: 64% (1997 est.)

Unemployment rate:
8.9% (October 2006 est.)

Population below poverty line:
37.9% (End 2005 est.)

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):
15.8% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
19.8% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $52.24 billion
expenditures: $52.9 billion; including capital expenditures of $2.6
billion (2006 est.)

Public debt:
28.4% of GDP (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
corn, sorghum, sugarcane, rice, bananas, vegetables, coffee; beef,
pork, milk, eggs; fish