rial
expansion, and water pollution.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$75.1 billion (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):
$27.23 billion (2006 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
2.9% (2006 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):
$4,000 (2006 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 25.5%
industry: 22.1%
services: 52.4% (2006 est.)

Labor force:
5.505 million (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 26%
industry: 14%
services: 60% (2003 est.)

Unemployment rate:
8% (2005 est.)

Population below poverty line:
11% (2004 est.)

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

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
7% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
22.1% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $8.471 billion
expenditures: $9.42 billion; including capital expenditures of $3.82
billion (2006 est.)

Public debt:
38% of GDP (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
wheat, barley, cotton, lentils, chickpeas, olives, sugar beets;
beef, mutton, eggs, poultry, milk

Industries:
petroleum, textiles, food processing, beverages, tobacco, phosphate
rock mining

Industrial production growth rate:
1.5% (2005)

Electricity - production:
29.64 billion kWh (2004 est.)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 57.6%
hydro: 42.4%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
27.57 billion kWh (2004 est.)

Electricity - exports:
0.2 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
420,000 bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - consumption:
265,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
285,000 bbl/day (2004)

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day

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

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

Natural gas - consumption:
7.1 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:
240.7 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)

Current account balance:
$-1.065 billion (2005 est.)

Exports:
$6.923 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
crude oil, petroleum products, fruits and vegetables, cotton fiber,
clothing, meat and live animals, wheat

Exports - partners:
Iraq 26.3%, Italy 9.9%, Germany 9.9%, Lebanon 9.1%, Egypt 5.1%,
France 4.9%, Saudi Arabia 4.6% (