greement (FTA) with the US.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$63.67 billion (2004 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
5.7% (2004 est.)

GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $25,200 (2004 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 4%
industry: 58.5%
services: 37.5% (2002 est.)

Labor force:
2.36 million
note: 73.9% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national
(2004 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 7%, industry 15%, services 78% (2000 est.)

Unemployment rate:
2.4% (2001)

Population below poverty line:
NA

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

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.2% (2004 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
20.8% of GDP (2004 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $23.68 billion
expenditures: $25.45 billion, including capital expenditures of $3.4
billion (2004 est.)

Public debt:
17.6% of GDP (2004 est.)

Agriculture - products:
dates, vegetables, watermelons; poultry, eggs, dairy products; fish

Industries:
petroleum, fishing, aluminum, cement, fertilizers, commercial ship
repair, petrochemicals, construction materials, some boat building,
handicrafts, textiles

Industrial production growth rate:
4% (2000)

Electricity - production:
45.12 billion kWh (2004)

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

Electricity - consumption:
36.51 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2004)

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

Oil - consumption:
310,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
2.5 million bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - imports:
0 bbl/day (2004)

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

Natural gas - production:
44.4 billion cu m (2003 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
33.7 billion cu m (2003 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
7.19 billion cu m (2003 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2003 est.)

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

Current account balance:
$6.3 billion (2004 est.)

Exports:
$69.48 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
crude oil 45%, natural gas, reexports, dried fish, dates

Exports - partners:
Japan 24.9%, South Korea 9.9%, India 5.4%, Thailand 5.2% (2004)

Imports:
$45.66 billion f.o.b. (2004 est