GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $26.65 billion (2003 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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11.2% (2003 est.)
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $3,400 (2003 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 14.1%
industry: 45.7%
services: 40.2% (2002 est.)
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Investment (gross fixed):
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50.4% of GDP (2003)
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Population below poverty line:
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49% (2002 est.)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 27.8% (1995)
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Distribution of family income - Gini index:
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36 (1995)
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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2.1% (2003 est.)
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Labor force:
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4.99 million (2003)
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Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture and forestry 41%, industry 7%, services 52% (2001)
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Unemployment rate:
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1.1% (official rate is 1.2%) (2003 est.)
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Budget:
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revenues: $2.063 billion
expenditures: $2.202 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003)
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Public debt:
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16.3% of GDP (2003 est.)
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Industries:
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petroleum and natural gas, petroleum products, oilfield equipment; steel, iron ore, cement; chemicals and petrochemicals; textiles
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Industrial production growth rate:
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6.1% (2003 est.)
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Electricity - production:
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18.23 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - production by source:
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fossil fuel: 89.7%
hydro: 10.3%
other: 0% (2001)
nuclear: 0%
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Electricity - consumption:
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16.65 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - exports:
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700 million kWh (2001)
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Electricity - imports:
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400 million kWh (2001)
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Oil - production:
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307,200 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - consumption:
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140,000 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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589 million bbl (1 January 2002)
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Natural gas - production:
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5.72 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - consumption:
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6.72 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 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - proved reserves:
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62.3 billion cu m (1 January 2002)
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Agriculture - products:
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cotton, grain, rice, grapes, fruit, vegetables, tea, tobacco; cattle, pigs, sheep, goats
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Current account balance:
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$-2.021 billion (2003)
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Exports:
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$2.605 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Exports - commodities:
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oil and gas 90%, machinery, cotton, foodstuffs
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Exports - partners:
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Italy 32.5%, Czech Republic 11.9%, Germany 10%, France 7.9%, Georgia 5.2%, Turkey 5.1% (2003 est.)
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Imports:
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$2.498 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Imports - commodities:
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machinery and equipment, oil products, foodstuffs, metals, chemicals
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Imports - partners:
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Russia 15.3%, UK 9.8%, Germany 9%, China 8.7%, Turkey 8.2%, Kazakhstan 7%, Italy 5.2%, US 5.2% (2003 est.)
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Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
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$820.9 million (2003)
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Debt - external:
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$1.575 billion (2003)
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Economic aid - recipient:
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ODA, $140 million (2000 est.)
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Currency code:
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AZM
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