stry: 25.7%
services: 70.5% (2006 est.)

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.)

Agriculture - products:
corn, wheat, soybeans, rice, beans, cotton, coffee, fruit,
tomatoes; beef, poultry, dairy products; wood products

Industries:
food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel, petroleum,
mining, textiles, clothing, motor vehicles, consumer durables,
tourism

Industrial production growth rate:
3.6% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
242.4 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 78.7%
hydro: 14.2%
nuclear: 4.2%
other: 2.9% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
224.6 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
1.203 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
416 million kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
3.42 million bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - consumption:
1.97 million bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
1.863 million bbl/day (2004)

Oil - imports:
205,000 bbl/day (2004)

Oil - proved reserves:
12.49 billion bbl (2006 est.)

Natural gas - production:
41.47 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
50.45 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
9.831 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
420.5 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)

Current account balance:
$-400.1 million (2006 est.)

Exports:
$248.8 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
manufactured goods, oil and oil products, silver, fruits,
vegetables, coffee, cotton

Exports - partners:
US 85.7%, Canada 2%, Spain 1.4% (2005)

Imports:
$253.1 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
metalworking machines, steel mill products, agricultural machinery,
electrical equip