03 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
20.1% of GDP (2003)

Population below poverty line:
NA

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 25.1% (1994)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
32.6 (1994)

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

Labor force:
7.46 million (2003)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 4%, industry 23%, services 73% (1998 est.)

Unemployment rate:
5.3% (2003 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $237.1 billion
expenditures: $249.5 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2003)

Public debt:
54.1% of GDP (2003)

Agriculture - products:
grains, potatoes, sugar beets, fruits, vegetables; livestock

Industries:
agroindustries, metal and engineering products, electrical
machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum, construction,
microelectronics, fishing

Industrial production growth rate:
-2.1% (2003 est.)

Electricity - production:
88.32 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
99.42 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - exports:
4.209 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - imports:
21.49 billion kWh (2001)

Oil - production:
46,200 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
895,300 bbl/day (2001 est.)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$12.09 billion (2003)

Exports:
$253.2 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Exports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels; foodstuffs

Exports - partners:
Germany 25.3%, Belgium 12.6%, France 10.2%, UK 10.1%, Italy 6%, US
4.5% (2003)

Imports:
$217.7 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, fuels; foodstuffs,
clothing

Imports - partners:
Germany 18.2%, Belgium 10%, US 8%, UK 7.3%, China 6.2%, France 5%
(2003)

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$21.44 billion (2003)

Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $3.3 billion (2002 est.)

Currency:
euro (EUR)
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