8% (2001 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2.4%
highest 10%: 28.3% (1997)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
35.5 (2001)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
0% (2004 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
17.6% of GDP (2004 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $48.09 billion
expenditures: $52.11 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2004 est.)

Public debt:
104.5% of GDP (2004 est.)

Agriculture - products:
citrus, vegetables, cotton; beef, poultry, dairy products

Industries:
high-technology projects (including aviation, communications,
computer-aided design and manufactures, medical electronics, fiber
optics), wood and paper products, potash and phosphates, food,
beverages, and tobacco, caustic soda, cement, construction, metals
products, chemical products, plastics, diamond cutting, textiles and
footwear

Industrial production growth rate:
4.5% (2004 est.)

Electricity - production:
42.67 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 99.9%
hydro: 0.1%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
38.3 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - exports:
1.387 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2002)

Oil - production:
80 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
260,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA

Oil - imports:
NA

Oil - proved reserves:
1.92 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Natural gas - production:
10 million cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
10 million cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
20.81 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Current account balance:
$211.9 million (2004 est.)

Exports:
$34.41 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, software, cut diamonds, agricultural
products, chemicals, textiles and apparel

Exports - partners:
US 36.8%, Belgium 7.5%, Hong Kong 4.9% (2004)

Imports:
$36.84 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
raw materials, military equipment, investment goods, rough
diamonds, fuels, grain, consumer goods

Imports - partners:
US 15%, Belgium 10.1%, Germany 7.5%, Switzerland 6.5%, UK 6.1%
(2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$28.48 billion (2004 est.)

Debt - external:
$74.46 bill