45.32 million (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 13
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 15.1%
industry: 25.7%
services: 59% (2005)
Unemployment rate:
4% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 47 3.7% (2007 est.)
note: underemployment is perhaps 25%
Population below poverty line:
13.8% using food-based definition of poverty; asset based poverty amounted to more than 40% (2006)