billion (2007 est.)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Public debt:
55.4% of GDP (2007 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.1% (2007 est.)
Stock of money:
$9.491 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of quasi money:
$13.56 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of domestic credit:
$25.23 billion (31 December 2007)
Agriculture - products:
olives, olive oil, grain, tomatoes, citrus fruit, sugar beets,
dates, almonds; beef, dairy products
Industries:
petroleum, mining (particularly phosphate and iron ore), tourism,
textiles, footwear, agribusiness, beverages
Industrial production growth rate:
7.2% (2007 est.)
Electricity - production:
12.65 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - consumption:
10.75 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - exports:
135 million kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 99.5%
hydro: 0.5%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)
Oil - production:
86,210 bbl/day (2007 est.)
Oil - consumption:
91,110 bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - exports:
73,790 bbl/day (2005)
Oil - imports:
89,130 bbl/day (2005)
Oil - proved reserves:
400 million bbl (1 January 2008 est.)
Natural gas - production:
2.55 billion cu m (2006 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
3.85 billion cu m (2006 est.)
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2005)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
65.13 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)
Current account balance:
-$905 million (2007 est.)
Exports:
$15.15 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities:
clothing, semi-finished goods and textiles, agricultural products,
mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, hydrocarbons, electrical
equipment
Exports - partners:
France 31.3%, Italy 21%, Germany 8.5%, Spain 5.5%, Libya 5.5% (2007)
Imports:
$18.02 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities:
textiles, machinery and equipment, hydrocarbons, chemicals,
foodstuffs
Imports - partners:
France 23.8%, Italy 21.9%, Germany 9.7%, Spain 5%, Libya 4.4% (2007)
Economic aid - recipient:
$376.5 million (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$7.854 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt - external:
$19.27 billion (December 2007)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$26.22 billion (2007 es
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