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GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $68.23 billion (2003 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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5.1% (2003 est.)
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $6,900 (2003 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 13.9%
industry: 32.2%
services: 53.9% (2003 est.)
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Investment (gross fixed):
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24.2% of GDP (2003)
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Population below poverty line:
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7.6% (2001 est.)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 31.8% (1995)
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Distribution of family income - Gini index:
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41.7 (1995)
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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2.7% (2003 est.)
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Labor force:
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3.461 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2003 est.)
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Labor force - by occupation:
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services 55%, industry 23%, agriculture 22% (1995 est.)
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Unemployment rate:
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14.3% (2003 est.)
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Budget:
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revenues: $6.101 billion
expenditures: $6.855 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.6 billion (2003 est.)
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Public debt:
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59.5% of GDP (2003)
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Industries:
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petroleum, mining (particularly phosphate and iron ore), tourism, textiles, footwear, agribusiness, beverages
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Industrial production growth rate:
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-0.1% (2003 est.)
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Electricity - production:
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10.48 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - production by source:
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fossil fuel: 99.5%
hydro: 0.5%
other: 0% (2001)
nuclear: 0%
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Electricity - consumption:
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9.748 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - exports:
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0 kWh (2001)
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Electricity - imports:
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1 million kWh (2001)
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Oil - production:
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72,580 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - consumption:
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87,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - exports:
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NA (2001)
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Oil - imports:
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NA (2001)
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Oil - proved reserves:
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417 million bbl (1 January 2002)
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Natural gas - production:
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2.25 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - consumption:
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3.83 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - exports:
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0 cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - imports:
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1.58 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - proved reserves:
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77.16 billion cu m (1 January 2002)
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Agriculture - products:
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olives, olive oil, grain, dairy products, tomatoes, citrus fruit, beef, sugar beets, dates, almonds
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Current account balance:
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$-738.6 million (2003)
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Exports:
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$8.035 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Exports - commodities:
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textiles, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, agricultural products, hydrocarbons
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Exports - partners:
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France 31.5%, Italy 20.5%, Germany 10.7%, Libya 4.9%, Belgium 4.5%, Spain 4.2% (2003 est.)
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Imports:
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$10.3 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Imports - commodities:
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textiles, machinery and equipment, hydrocarbons, chemicals, food
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Imports - partners:
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France 26.6%, Italy 20.3%, Germany 8.8%, Spain 5.2% (2003 est.)
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Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
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$2.949 billion (2003)
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Debt - external:
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$14.39 billion (2003 est.)
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Economic aid - recipient:
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$378 million (2001)
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Currency code:
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TND
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