had stalled. Led by consumer
spending and exports, growth in 2002 was an impressive 7%, despite
anemic global growth. Between 2003 and 2006, growth moderated to
about 4-5%. A downturn in consumer spending was offset by rapid
export growth. Moderate inflation, low unemployment, an export
surplus, and fairly equal distribution of income characterize this
solid economy.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$1.18 trillion (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):
$768.5 billion (2006 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
5.1% (2006 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):
$24,200 (2006 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 3.3%
industry: 40.7%
services: 56% (2006 est.)

Labor force:
23.88 million (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 6.4%
industry: 26.4%
services: 67.2% (2005 est.)

Unemployment rate:
3.6% (2006 est.)

Population below poverty line:
15% (2003 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 25% (2005 est.)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
35.8 (2000)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
29.1% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $218 billion
expenditures: $209.5 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2006 est.)

Public debt:
21.4% of GDP (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
rice, root crops, barley, vegetables, fruit; cattle, pigs,
chickens, milk, eggs; fish

Industries:
electronics, telecommunications, automobile production, chemicals,
shipbuilding, steel

Industrial production growth rate:
10% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
345.2 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 62.4%
hydro: 0.8%
nuclear: 36.6%
other: 0.2% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
321 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
7,378 bbl/day (2004)

Oil - consumption:
2.149 million bbl/day (2004)

Oil - exports:
645,200 bbl/day (2004)

Oil - imports:
2.263 million bbl/day (2004)

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

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$6.741 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$327.9 b