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GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $571.4 billion (2003 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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3% (2003 est.)
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $29,000 (2003 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 3.5%
industry: 26.3%
services: 70.2% (2003 est.)
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Investment (gross fixed):
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24.8% of GDP (2003)
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Population below poverty line:
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NA
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 25.4% (1994)
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Distribution of family income - Gini index:
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35.2 (1994)
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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2.8% (2003 est.)
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Labor force:
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10.19 million (37256)
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Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture 5%, industry 22%, services 73% (1997 est.)
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Unemployment rate:
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6% (2003)
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Budget:
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revenues: $185 billion
expenditures: $181 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003)
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Public debt:
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18.2% of GDP (2003)
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Industries:
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mining, industrial and transportation equipment, food processing, chemicals, steel
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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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198.2 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - production by source:
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fossil fuel: 90.8%
hydro: 8.3%
other: 0.9% (2001)
nuclear: 0%
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Electricity - consumption:
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184.4 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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0 kWh (2001)
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Oil - production:
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731,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - consumption:
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796,500 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - exports:
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523,400 bbl/day (2001)
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Oil - imports:
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530,800 bbl/day (2001)
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Oil - proved reserves:
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3.664 billion bbl (1 January 2002)
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Natural gas - production:
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33.08 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - consumption:
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23.33 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - exports:
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9.744 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - imports:
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0 cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - proved reserves:
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2.407 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)
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Agriculture - products:
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wheat, barley, sugarcane, fruits; cattle, sheep, poultry
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Current account balance:
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$-30.14 billion (2003)
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Exports:
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$68.67 billion (2003 est.)
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Exports - commodities:
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coal, gold, meat, wool, alumina, iron ore, wheat, machinery and transport equipment
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Exports - partners:
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Japan 18.1%, US 8.7%, China 8.4%, South Korea 7.4%, New Zealand 7.4%, UK 6.7% (2003 est.)
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Imports:
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$82.91 billion (2003 est.)
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Imports - commodities:
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machinery and transport equipment, computers and office machines, telecommunication equipment and parts; crude oil and petroleum products
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Imports - partners:
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US 16%, Japan 12.5%, China 11%, Germany 6.1%, UK 4.2% (2003 est.)
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Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
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$33.26 billion (2003)
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Debt - external:
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$233.5 billion (2003 est.)
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Economic aid - donor:
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ODA, $894 million (FY99/00)
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Currency code:
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AUD
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Fiscal year:
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1 July - 30 June
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