GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $142.2 billion (2003 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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1.9% (2003 est.)
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $27,400 (2003 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 4.3%
industry: 32.7%
services: 62.9% (2003 est.)
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Investment (gross fixed):
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18% 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%: 4.2%
highest 10%: 21.6% (1991)
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Distribution of family income - Gini index:
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25.6 (1991)
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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0.9% (2003 est.)
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Labor force:
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2.599 million (2003 est.)
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Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture and forestry 8%, industry 22%, construction 6%, commerce 14%, finance, insurance, and business services 10%, transport and communications 8%, public services 32%
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Unemployment rate:
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9% (2003 est.)
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Budget:
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revenues: $87.03 billion
expenditures: $81.62 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)
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Public debt:
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48.7% of GDP (2003)
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Industries:
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metal products, electronics, shipbuilding, pulp and paper, copper refining, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, clothing
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Industrial production growth rate:
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0.8% (2003 est.)
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Electricity - production:
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71.2 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - production by source:
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fossil fuel: 39%
hydro: 18.7%
other: 11.8% (2001)
nuclear: 30.4%
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Electricity - consumption:
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76.18 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - exports:
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1.81 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - imports:
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11.77 billion kWh (2001)
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Oil - production:
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0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - consumption:
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211,400 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - exports:
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101,000 bbl/day (2001)
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Oil - imports:
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318,300 bbl/day (2001)
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Natural gas - production:
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0 cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - consumption:
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4.557 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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4.567 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Agriculture - products:
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barley, wheat, sugar beets, potatoes; dairy cattle; fish
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Current account balance:
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$10.3 billion (2003)
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Exports:
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$54.28 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Exports - commodities:
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machinery and equipment, chemicals, metals; timber, paper, pulp (1999)
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Exports - partners:
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Germany 11.8%, Sweden 9.9%, US 8.2%, UK 8%, Russia 7.5%, Netherlands 4.8% (2003 est.)
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Imports:
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$37.35 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Imports - commodities:
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foodstuffs, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, transport equipment, iron and steel, machinery, textile yarn and fabrics, grains (1999)
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Imports - partners:
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Germany 16.2%, Sweden 14.1%, Russia 11.7%, Netherlands 6.3%, Denmark 5.7%, UK 5.3%, France 4.3% (2003 est.)
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Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
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$11.17 billion (2003)
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Debt - external:
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$30 billion (December 1993)
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Economic aid - donor:
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ODA, $379 million (2001)
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Currency:
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euro (EUR)
note: on 1 January 1999, the European Monetary Union introduced the euro as a common currency to be used by financial institutions of member countries; on 1 January 2002, the euro became the sole currency for everyday transactions within the member countries
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Currency code:
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EUR
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Exchange rates:
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euros per US dollar - 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001), 1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999)
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