budget deficit
criteria of 3% of GDP since 2000. Public debt, inflation, and
unemployment are above the euro-zone average. To overcome these
challenges, the Greek Government is expected to continue cutting
government spending, reducing the size of the public sector, and
reforming the labor and pension systems, despite vocal opposition
from the country's powerful labor unions and the general public.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$251.7 billion (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):
$222.5 billion (2006 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
3.6% (2006 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):
$23,500 (2006 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 5.1%
industry: 20.6%
services: 74.4% (2006 est.)

Labor force:
4.88 million (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 12%
industry: 20%
services: 68% (2004 est.)

Unemployment rate:
9.2% (2006 est.)

Population below poverty line:
NA%

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 28.3% (1998 est.)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
35.1 (2003)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.3% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
25.9% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $99.16 billion
expenditures: $106.7 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2006 est.)

Public debt:
104.6% of GDP (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, olives, tomatoes, wine, tobacco,
potatoes; beef, dairy products

Industries:
tourism, food and tobacco processing, textiles, chemicals, metal
products; mining, petroleum

Industrial production growth rate:
2% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
55.51 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 94.5%
hydro: 3.8%
nuclear: 0%
other: 1.7% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
53.5 billion kWh (2005 est.)

Electricity - exports:
1.5 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
3.4 billion kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
5,401 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
435,700 bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - exports:
84,720 bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
468,300 bbl/day (2001)

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

Natural gas - production:
23 million cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
2.34 billion cu m (2005 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural ga