environment.

GDP (purchasing power parity):

$26.92 billion (2007 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

$26.91 billion (2007 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:

11.5% (IMF estimate)
note: official government statistics are widely regarded as
unreliable (2007 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

$5,300 (2007 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 11.5%
industry: 40.8%
services: 47.7% (2007 est.)

Labor force:

2.089 million (2004 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:

agriculture: 48.2%
industry: 14%
services: 37.8% (2004 est.)

Unemployment rate:

60% (2004 est.)

Population below poverty line:

30% (2004 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: 2.6%
highest 10%: 31.7% (1998)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:

40.8 (1998)

Investment (gross fixed):

32.5% of GDP (2007 est.)

Budget:

revenues: $1.664 billion
expenditures: $1.624 billion (2007 est.)

Fiscal year:

calendar year

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

11.3% (2007 est.)

Agriculture - products:

cotton, grain; livestock

Industries:

natural gas, oil, petroleum products, textiles, food processing

Industrial production growth rate:

10.3% (2007 est.)

Electricity - production:

12.83 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

9.584 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports:

1.34 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - imports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 99.9%
hydro: 0.1%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Oil - production:

180,400 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

107,400 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

40,000 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - imports:

5,283 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:

600 million bbl (1 January 2008 est.)

Natural gas - production:

68.88 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

19.48 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

49.4 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - imports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

2.832 trillion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Current account balance:

$1.705 billion (2007 est.)

Exports:

$7.567 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities:

gas, crude oil, petrochemicals, textiles, cotton fiber

Exports - partners:

Ukraine 51.3%, Iran 18.5%, Turkey 5% (2007)