the water and sewage systems.
Economic reforms proceed cautiously because of deep-rooted political
and social conservatism.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$310.2 billion (2004 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
5% (2004 est.)

GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $12,000 (2004 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 4.2%
industry: 67.2%
services: 28.6% (2004 est.)

Labor force:
6.62 million
note: more than 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is
non-national (2004 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 12%, industry 25%, services 63% (1999 est.)

Unemployment rate:
25% (unofficial estimate) (2004 est.)

Population below poverty line:
NA

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

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
0.8% (2004 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
17.2% of GDP (2004 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $104.8 billion
expenditures: $78.66 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2004 est.)

Public debt:
75% of GDP (2004 est.)

Agriculture - products:
wheat, barley, tomatoes, melons, dates, citrus; mutton, chickens,
eggs, milk

Industries:
crude oil production, petroleum refining, basic petrochemicals,
ammonia, industrial gases, sodium hydroxide (caustic soda), cement,
construction, fertilizer, plastics, commercial ship repair,
commercial aircraft repair

Industrial production growth rate:
2.8% (2004 est.)

Electricity - production:
138.2 billion kWh (2002)

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

Electricity - consumption:
128.5 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2002)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2002)

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

Oil - consumption:
1.55 million bbl/day (2003)

Oil - exports:
7.92 million bbl/day (2003)

Oil - imports:
0 bbl/day (2003)

Oil - proved reserves:
261.7 billion bbl (2004 est.)

Natural gas - production:
56.4 billion cu m (2002)

Natural gas - consumption:
56.4 billion cu m (2002)

Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2002)

Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2002)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
6.339 trillion cu m (2004)

Current account balance:
$51.5 billion (2004 est.)

Exports:
$113 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
petroleum and petr