r parity):
$94.1 billion (2005 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):
$46.5 billion (2006 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
3.1% (2006 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):
$1,900 (2006 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 7.3%
industry: 66.6%
services: 26.1% (2004 est.)

Labor force:
7.4 million (2004 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%

Unemployment rate:
25% to 30% (2005 est.)

Population below poverty line:
NA%

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

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
50% (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $30.8 billion
expenditures: $34.6 billion; including capital expenditures of $5
billion (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
wheat, barley, rice, vegetables, dates, cotton; cattle, sheep,
poultry

Industries:
petroleum, chemicals, textiles, leather, construction materials,
food processing, fertilizer, metal fabrication/processing

Industrial production growth rate:
NA%

Electricity - production:
31.7 billion kWh (2005)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 98.4%
hydro: 1.6%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
33.3 billion kWh (2005)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2005)

Electricity - imports:
2.02 billion kWh (2005)

Oil - production:
2.093 million bbl/day; note - prewar production (in 2002) was 2.2
million bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - consumption:
351,500 bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - exports:
1.42 million bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day (2005)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$8.134 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$32.19 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
crude oil 84%, crude materials excluding fuels 8%, food and live
animals 5%

Exports - partners:
US 49.7%, Italy 10.4%, Spain 6.3%, Canada 5.6% (2005)

Imports:
$20.76 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
food, medicine, manufactures

Imports - partners:
Turkey 23.3%, Syria 23%, US 11.6%,