purchasing power parity - $11.05 trillion (2004 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
1% (2004 est.)

GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $25,700 (2004 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 2.3%
industry: 28.3%
services: 69.4% (2004 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
percent of GDP - NA (2004 est.)

Population below poverty line:
NA

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 25.2% (1995 est.)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
31.1 (2003 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2% (2004 est.)

Labor force:
211.1 million

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 4.3%, industry 29%, services 66.8% (2000)

Unemployment rate:
9.1% (2004 est.)

Agriculture - products:
wheat, barley, oilseeds, sugar beets, wine, grapes, dairy products,
cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry, fish

Industries:
among the world's largest and most technologically advanced
industries, including iron and steel, aluminum, petroleum, coal,
cement, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, automobiles, aircraft, railroad
equipment, shipbuilding, electrical power equipment, machine tools,
electronics, telecommunications equipment, fishing, food processing,
furniture, paper, textiles and clothing, tourism

Industrial production growth rate:
0.8% (2004 est.)

Electricity - production:
2.822 trillion kWh (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
2.635 trillion kWh (2001)

Electricity - exports:
234.8 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - imports:
245.7 billion kWh (2001)

Oil - production:
3.244 million bbl/day (2001)

Oil - consumption:
14.48 million bbl/day (2001)

Oil - exports:
6.429 million bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
16.97 million bbl/day (2001)

Oil - proved reserves:
7.467 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Natural gas - production:
243.8 billion cu m (2001)

Natural gas - consumption:
463.6 billion cu m (2001)

Natural gas - exports:
77.04 billion cu m (2001)

Natural gas - imports:
292.2 billion cu m (2001)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
3.262 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)

Current account balance:
$NA

Exports:
$850.3 billion (2002)

Exports - commodities:
machinery, motor vehicles, aircraft, plastics, pharmaceuticals and
other chemicals, fuels, iron and steel, nonferrous metals, wood pulp
and paper products, textiles, meat, dairy products, fish, alcoholic
beverag