ent years and the central bank raised its key rate 13
times since January 2004 to finish 2007 at 8.25%. A large balance of
payments deficit poses another challenge in managing the economy.
GDP (purchasing power parity):
$112.4 billion (2007 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):
$128.1 billion (2007 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
3.1% (2007 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$27,200 (2007 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 4.5%
industry: 26.2%
services: 69.3% (2007 est.)
Labor force:
2.236 million (2007 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 7%
industry: 19%
services: 74% (2006 est.)
Unemployment rate:
3.6% (2007 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: %NA
highest 10%: %NA
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
36.2 (1997)
Investment (gross fixed):
23.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $58.31 billion
expenditures: $53.5 billion (2007 est.)
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
note: this is the fiscal year for tax purposes
Public debt:
20.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.4% (2007 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
8.25% (31 December 2007)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
12.83% (31 December 2007)
Stock of money:
$24.2 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of quasi money:
$117.8 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of domestic credit:
$200.1 billion (31 December 2007)
Agriculture - products:
dairy products, lamb and mutton; wheat, barley, potatoes, pulses,
fruits, vegetables; wool, beef; fish
Industries:
food processing, wood and paper products, textiles, machinery,
transportation equipment, banking and insurance, tourism, mining
Industrial production growth rate:
1.5% (2007 est.)
Electricity - production:
42.41 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - consumption:
38.93 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 31.6%
hydro: 57.8%
nuclear: 0%
other: 10.7% (2001)
Oil - production:
47,850 bbl/day (2007 est.)
Oil - consumption:
158,400 bbl/day (2007 est.)
Oil - exports:
14,570 bbl/day (2005)
Oil - imports:
137,300 bbl/day (2005)
Oil - proved reserves:
55 million bbl (1 Jan
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