reased private sector employment.
GDP (purchasing power parity):
$164.4 billion (2007 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):
$192.6 billion (2007 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
7.5% (2007 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$37,000 (2007 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 1.8%
industry: 60.6%
services: 37.6% (2007 est.)
Labor force:
3.065 million (2007 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 7%
industry: 15%
services: 78% (2000 est.)
Unemployment rate:
2.4% (2001)
Population below poverty line:
19.5% (2003)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Investment (gross fixed):
20.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $68.27 billion
expenditures: $38.06 billion (2007 est.)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Public debt:
21.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
14% (2007 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
NA
Stock of money:
$49.5 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of quasi money:
$104.6 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of domestic credit:
$155.4 billion (31 December 2007)
Agriculture - products:
dates, vegetables, watermelons; poultry, eggs, dairy products; fish
Industries:
petroleum and petrochemicals; fishing, aluminum, cement,
fertilizers, commercial ship repair, construction materials, some
boat building, handicrafts, textiles
Industrial production growth rate:
4.3% (2007 est.)
Electricity - production:
62.76 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - consumption:
57.88 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)
Oil - production:
2.948 million bbl/day (2007 est.)
Oil - consumption:
381,000 bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - exports:
2.703 million bbl/day (2005 est.)
Oil - imports:
232,300 bbl/day (2005)
Oil - proved reserves:
97.8 billion bbl (1 January 2008 est.)
Natural gas - production:
48.79 billion cu m (2006 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
43.11 billion cu m (2006 est.)
Natural gas - exports:
6.848 billion cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
1.343 billion cu m (2005)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
6.071 trillion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)
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