ion by sector:
agriculture: 11.2%
industry: 41.7%
services: 47.1% (2006 est.)

Labor force:
24.36 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 30%
industry: 25%
services: 45% (2001 est.)

Unemployment rate:
11.2% (2004 est.)

Population below poverty line:
40% (2002 est.)

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

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
43 (1998)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
15.8% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
30% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $104.6 billion
expenditures: $100.6 billion; including capital expenditures of $7.6
billion (2006 est.)

Public debt:
25.3% of GDP (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
wheat, rice, other grains, sugar beets, fruits, nuts, cotton; dairy
products, wool; caviar

Industries:
petroleum, petrochemicals, fertilizers, caustic soda, textiles,
cement and other construction materials, food processing
(particularly sugar refining and vegetable oil production), ferrous
and non-ferrous metal fabrication, armaments

Industrial production growth rate:
3.2% excluding oil (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
155.7 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 97.1%
hydro: 2.9%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
145.1 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
1.837 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
2.17 billion kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
3.979 million bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - consumption:
1.51 million bbl/day (2004 est.)

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

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - proved reserves:
132.5 billion bbl (2006 est.)

Natural gas - production:
83.9 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
85.54 billion cu m (2004 est.)

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

Natural gas - imports:
5.2 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
26.62 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)

Current account balance:
$13.13 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$63.18 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
petroleum 80%, chemical and petrochemical products, fruits and
nuts, carpets

Exports - partners:
Japan 16.9%, China 11.2%, Italy 5.9%, South Korea 5.8%, Turkey
5.7%,