$1.661 trillion (2003 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
0.5% (2003 est.)

GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $27,600 (2003 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 2.7%
industry: 24.4%
services: 72.9% (2003 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
19.2% of GDP (2003)

Population below poverty line:
6.5% (2000)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 25.1% (1995)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
32.7 (1995)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.1% (2003 est.)

Labor force:
27.39 million (2003 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 4.1%, industry 24.4%, services 71.5% (1999)

Unemployment rate:
9.7% (2003 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $882.8 billion
expenditures: $955.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $23
billion (2003 est.)

Public debt:
68.8% of GDP (2003)

Agriculture - products:
wheat, cereals, sugar beets, potatoes, wine grapes; beef, dairy
products; fish

Industries:
machinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft,
electronics; textiles, food processing; tourism

Industrial production growth rate:
-0.3% (2003)

Electricity - production:
520.1 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
415.3 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - exports:
72.6 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - imports:
4.2 billion kWh (2001)

Oil - production:
34,920 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
2.026 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
409,600 bbl/day (2001)

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

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

Natural gas - production:
1.898 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
42.01 billion cu m (2001 est.)

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$13.8 billion (2003)

Exports:
$346.5 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Exports - commodities:
machinery and transportation equipment, aircraft, plastics,
chemicals, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel, beverages

Exports - partners:
Germany 14.9%, Spain 9.6%, UK 9.4%, Italy 9.3%, Belgium 7.2%, US
6.8% (2003)

Imports:
$339.9 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, vehicles, cr