GDP (2009): $539.7 billion.
Annual growth rate (2009): -2%Per capita income (2009): $8,100
Unemployment rate (2003): 2.2% of total labor force
Budget: Income .............. $40.9 Billion
Expenditure ... $51.5 Billion
Main Crops: Rice, cassava (tapioca), rubber, corn, sugarcane, coconuts, soybeans.
Natural Resources: Tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite .
Major Industries: Tourism; textiles and garments, agricultural processing, beverages, tobacco, cement, light manufacturing, such as jewelry; electric appliances and components, computers and parts, integrated circuits, furniture, plastics; world's second-largest tungsten producer and third-largest tin producer .
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