industry: 23%
services: 74% (2003 est.)

Labor force:
160,000 (2002 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 5%, industry 24%, services 71% (1999 est.)

Unemployment rate:
7% (2003 est.)

Population below poverty line:
NA%

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.9% (2004 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
26.4% of GDP (2004 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $2.27 billion
expenditures: $2.549 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2004 est.)

Agriculture - products:
potatoes, cauliflower, grapes, wheat, barley, tomatoes, citrus, cut
flowers, green peppers; pork, milk, poultry, eggs

Industries:
tourism; electronics, ship building and repair, construction; food
and beverages, textiles, footwear, clothing, tobacco

Industrial production growth rate:
NA%

Electricity - production:
2.15 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
2 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2002)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2002)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
20,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA

Oil - imports:
NA

Current account balance:
$-241 million (2004 est.)

Exports:
$2.625 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, manufactures

Exports - partners:
US 15.7%, France 15.5%, Singapore 14.5%, UK 11.2%, Germany 10.8%
(2004)

Imports:
$3.407 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, manufactured and
semi-manufactured goods; food, drink, and tobacco

Imports - partners:
Italy 25.4%, France 13.1%, UK 12%, Germany 8.9%, US 5.2%, Singapore
4.1% (2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$2.865 billion (2004 est.)

Debt - external:
$130 million (1997)

Economic aid - recipient:
NA

Currency (code):
Maltese lira (MTL)

Currency code:
MTL

Exchange rates:
Maltese liri per US dollar - 0.3444 (2004), 0.3773 (2003), 0.4337
(2002), 0.4501 (2001), 0.4382 (2000)

Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March

Communications Malta

Telephones - main lines in use:
208,300 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
290,000 (2003)

Telephone system:
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