ompetitiveness while keeping the budget deficit within the
eurozone's 3%-of-GDP ceiling.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$203.1 billion (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):
$176.6 billion (2006 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
1.2% (2006 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):
$19,100 (2006 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 6.6%
industry: 28.6%
services: 64.9% (2006 est.)

Labor force:
5.57 million (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 10%
industry: 30%
services: 60% (1999 est.)

Unemployment rate:
7.5% (2006 est.)

Population below poverty line:
NA%

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 3.1%
highest 10%: 28.4% (1995 est.)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
38.5 (1997)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.7% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
20.9% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $83.89 billion
expenditures: $93.09 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2006 est.)

Public debt:
65.7% of GDP (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
grain, potatoes, tomatoes, olives, grapes; sheep, cattle, goats,
swine, poultry, dairy products; fish

Industries:
textiles and footwear; wood pulp, paper, and cork; metals and
metalworking; oil refining; chemicals; fish canning; rubber and
plastic products; ceramics; electronics and communications
equipment; rail transportation equipment; aerospace equipment; ship
construction and refurbishment; wine; tourism

Industrial production growth rate:
0.9% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
42.52 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 64.5%
hydro: 31.3%
nuclear: 0%
other: 4.1% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
46.05 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
2.1 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
8.6 billion kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
3,849 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
332,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
28,830 bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
357,300 bbl/day (2001)

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

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$-16.75 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$46.77 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities: