e share:

lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 34.1% (2003)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:

43.6 (2003)

Investment (gross fixed):

21.5% of GDP (2007 est.)

Budget:

revenues: $145.5 billion
expenditures: $156.1 billion (2007 est.)

Fiscal year:

calendar year

Public debt:

38.9% of GDP (2007 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

8.7% (2007 est.)

Central bank discount rate:

25% (31 December 2007)

Stock of money:

$64.43 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of quasi money:

$254.3 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of domestic credit:

$358.1 billion (31 December 2007)

Agriculture - products:

tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets, pulse, citrus; livestock

Industries:

textiles, food processing, autos, electronics, mining (coal,
chromite, copper, boron), steel, petroleum, construction, lumber,
paper

Industrial production growth rate:

5.4% (2007 est.)

Electricity - production:

181.6 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

141.5 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports:

2.576 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - imports:

863 million kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 79.3%
hydro: 20.4%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0.3% (2001)

Oil - production:

42,800 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

676,600 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - exports:

114,600 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

714,100 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:

300 million bbl (1 January 2008 est.)

Natural gas - production:

893 million cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

36.6 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

31 million cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - imports:

35.83 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

8.495 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Current account balance:

-$37.58 billion (2007 est.)

Exports:

$115.3 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities:

apparel, foodstuffs, textiles, metal manufactures, transport
equipment

Exports - partners:

Germany 11.2%, UK 8.1%, Italy 7%, France 5.6%, Russia 4.4%, Spain
4.3% (2007)

Imports:

$162 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities:

machinery, chemicals, semi-finished goods, fuels, transport equipment

Imports - partners:

Russia 13.8%, Germany 10.3%, China 7.8%, Italy 5.9%, US 4.8%, France
4.6% (2