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2004
Gross domestic product
Per capita gross domestic product
Gross domestic product, by sector
Agriculture, livestock, hunting, forestry and fishing
Mining and quarrying
Manufacturing
Electricity, gas and water
Construction
Wholesale and retail commerce,
restaurants and hotels
Transport, storage and communications
Financial institutions, insurance, real
estate and business services
Community, social and personal services
Balance of payments
Current account balance
Goods balance
Exports, f.o.b.
Imports, f.o.b.
Services trade balance
Income balance
Net current transfers
Annual growth rates c/
4,2
4,8
3,6
4,2
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012 b/
6,8
6,1
5,1
4,4
2,8
2,2
-5,3
-5,9
-2,0
-2,6
0,1
-0,5
-0,5
-1,1
-0,9
-19,8
3,2
2,9
8,9
-12,6
4,5
6,9
5,6
14,0
5,0
54,9
-1,0
4,2
15,1
0,1
14,8
4,8
5,5
0,2
9,3
0,5
-1,7
2,6
2,4
2,2
-25,2
0,2
3,3
-12,3
-11,0
-17,3
-4,1
0,6
-15,7
0,6
-13,4
-3,0
2,9
-6,7
5,5
4,2
3,2
-0,4
-4,8
4,3
7,7
5,5
4,7
6,2
-0,3
5,5
7,9
3,1
2,1
-13,4
-4,5
-1,7
-1,3
-0,7
-1,2
-0,9
-1,3
3,1
-0,1
4,6
2,0
5,7
7,7
5,4
5,9
2,1
4,1
-0,6
3,3
2,1
0,8
0,4
2,3
0,5
1,7
Millions of dollars
-482
-737
-1 133
-1 364
332
353
1 465
1 717
738
698
-281
-237
194
165
-1 082
-1 635
347
1 982
605
-203
151
-1 364
-1 872
349
2 222
613
-234
131
-1 504
-2 023
448
2 471
625
-251
145
-990
-1 552
405
1 957
628
-220
154
-1 001
-1 615
453
2 069
633
-162
143
-928
-1 640
427
2 067
716
-144
141
-819
-1 557
445
2 002
753
-154
139
Capital and financial balance d/
Net foreign direct investment
Other capital movements
593
370
224
705
522
184
1 159
928
231
1 397
1 061
336
1 487
849
639
1 090
613
477
1 094
516
578
994
414
580
886
453
433
Overall balance
Variation in reserve assets e/
111
-111
-32
32
77
-77
34
-34
-17
17
100
-100
93
-93
66
-66
67
-67
312
1 939
469
1 820
956
1 922
1 163
2 121
1 236
2 079
870
2 090
932
2 180
850
2 162
732
...
Central government
Total revenue
Tax revenue
Total expenditure
Current expenditure
Interest
Capital expenditure
Primary balance
Overall balance
Percentajes of GDP
24,8
30,1
19,7
20,3
27,9
28,1
22,5
21,6
3,9
3,2
5,4
6,5
0,8
5,1
-3,1
2,0
25,5
20,8
30,0
21,8
3,3
8,2
-1,2
-4,5
24,8
21,2
28,2
20,9
3,0
7,4
-0,3
-3,4
26,2
21,5
28,9
21,8
3,0
7,1
0,3
-2,7
25,0
20,8
29,5
23,3
3,1
6,2
-1,5
-4,5
26,2
20,7
27,8
23,3
3,1
4,5
1,4
-1,6
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Money and credit
Domestic credit
To the public sector
To the private sector
Percentages of GDP, end-of-year stocks
68,6
71,8
74,8
81,4
-2,0
-0,3
-1,4
-0,5
70,6
72,1
76,2
81,8
85,9
0,6
85,3
93,9
2,8
91,1
93,1
-0,7
93,8
93,1
-1,0
94,0
91,9
-2,1
94,1
13,1
77,3
70,2
7,1
14,1
81,0
74,3
6,8
16,1
83,7
76,7
7,0
18,1
85,6
78,8
6,8
19,0
88,1
80,9
7,3
Other external-sector indicators
Net resource transfer (millions of dollars)
Total gross external debt (millions of dollars)
2005
Monetary base
Money (M1)
M2
Foreign-currency deposits
...
79,4
72,1
7,3
...
76,6
69,2
7,4
14,4
79,4
71,1
8,3
14,2
78,7
70,3
8,4
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