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GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $28.17 billion (2003 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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1.8% (2003 est.)
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $4,700 (2003 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 24.8%
industry: 23.7%
services: 51.4% (2003 est.)
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Investment (gross fixed):
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17.2% of GDP (2003)
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Population below poverty line:
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36% (2001 est.)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: 0.5%
highest 10%: 43.8% (1998)
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Distribution of family income - Gini index:
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57.7 (1998)
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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14.2% (2003 est.)
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Labor force:
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2.15 million (2003 est.)
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Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture 45%
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Unemployment rate:
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18.5% (2003 est.)
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Budget:
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revenues: $937.8 million
expenditures: $988.4 million, including capital expenditures of $700 million (2003 est.)
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Public debt:
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45.1% of GDP (2003)
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Industries:
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sugar, cement, textiles, beverages, wood products, steel, metallurgic, electric power
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Industrial production growth rate:
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0% (2000 est.)
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Electricity - production:
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44.89 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - production by source:
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fossil fuel: 0%
hydro: 99.9%
other: 0.1% (2001)
nuclear: 0%
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Electricity - consumption:
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2.637 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - exports:
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39.11 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - imports:
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0 kWh (2001)
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Oil - production:
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0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - consumption:
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25,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - exports:
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NA (2001)
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Oil - imports:
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NA (2001)
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Agriculture - products:
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cotton, sugarcane, soybeans, corn, wheat, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), fruits, vegetables; beef, pork, eggs, milk; timber
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Current account balance:
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$146 million (2003)
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Exports:
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$2.727 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Exports - commodities:
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soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, electricity, wood, leather
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Exports - partners:
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Brazil 28.6%, Argentina 17.3%, Italy 5.2%, Germany 4.3%, Netherlands 4.1% (2003 est.)
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Imports:
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$2.77 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Imports - commodities:
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road vehicles, consumer goods, tobacco, petroleum products, electrical machinery
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Imports - partners:
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Brazil 31.5%, US 21%, Argentina 17.7%, China 5.4%, Hong Kong 4.7%, Uruguay 4.7% (2003 est.)
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Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
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$982 million (2003)
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Debt - external:
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$2.96 billion (2003 est.)
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Economic aid - recipient:
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NA (2001)
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Currency:
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guarani (PYG)
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Currency code:
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PYG
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Exchange rates:
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guarani per US dollar - 6,424.34 (2003), 5,716.26 (2002), 4,105.92 (2001), 3,486.35 (2000), 3,119.07 (1999)
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Fiscal year:
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calendar year
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