Unemployment rate:
17.2% official rate; labor force surveys indicate unemployment
around 14% (2006 est.)
Population below poverty line:
11% (2003)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.4% highest 10%: 24.5% (2003 est.)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
29 (2001)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.4% (2006 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
28.5% of GDP (2006 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $17.78 billion
expenditures: $19.06 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2006 est.)
Public debt:
56.2% of GDP (2006 est.)
Agriculture - products:
wheat, corn, sugar beets, sunflower seed, barley, alfalfa, clover,
olives, citrus, grapes, soybeans, potatoes; livestock, dairy products
Industries:
chemicals and plastics, machine tools, fabricated metal,
electronics, pig iron and rolled steel products, aluminum, paper,
wood products, construction materials, textiles, shipbuilding,
petroleum and petroleum refining, food and beverages, tourism