ty line:

32% (2005 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: 0.7%
highest 10%: 46.1% (2003)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:

56.8 (2008)

Investment (gross fixed):

18.9% of GDP (2007 est.)

Budget:

revenues: $2.159 billion
expenditures: $2.042 billion (2007 est.)

Fiscal year:

calendar year

Public debt:

27% of GDP (2007 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

8.1% (2007 est.)

Central bank discount rate:

20% (31 December 2007)

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

25.03% (31 December 2007)

Stock of money:

$1.943 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of quasi money:

$1.368 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of domestic credit:

$2.457 billion (31 December 2007)

Agriculture - products:

cotton, sugarcane, soybeans, corn, wheat, tobacco, cassava
(tapioca), fruits, vegetables; beef, pork, eggs, milk; timber

Industries:

sugar, cement, textiles, beverages, wood products, steel,
metallurgic, electric power

Industrial production growth rate:

-1% (2007 est.)

Electricity - production:

70 billion kWh (2007)

Electricity - consumption:

6 billion kWh (2007)

Electricity - exports:

64 billion kWh (2007)

Electricity - imports:

0 kWh (2007)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 0%
hydro: 99.9%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0.1% (2001)

Oil - production:

0 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

27,410 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

0 bbl/day (2007)

Oil - imports:

25,940 bbl/day (2007)

Oil - proved reserves:

0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)

Natural gas - production:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - imports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

0 cu m (1 January 2007 est.)

Current account balance:

$119 million (2007 est.)

Exports:

$5.463 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities:

soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, electricity, wood, leather

Exports - partners:

Argentina 28.1%, Uruguay 15.2%, Brazil 12.7%, Chile 5.9%, Germany
4.9%, Russia 4.5% (2007)

Imports:

$6.094 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities:

road vehicles, consumer goods, tobacco, petroleum products,
electrical machinery, tractors, chemicals, vehicle parts

Imports - pa