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GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $2.271 trillion (2003 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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-0.1% (2003 est.)
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $27,600 (2003 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 1%
industry: 31%
services: 68% (2002 est.)
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Investment (gross fixed):
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17.7% 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%: 3.6%
highest 10%: 25.1% (1997)
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Distribution of family income - Gini index:
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30 (1994)
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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1.1% (2003 est.)
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Labor force:
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42.63 million (2003)
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Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture 2.8%, industry 33.4%, services 63.8% (1999)
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Unemployment rate:
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10.5% (2003 est.)
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Budget:
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revenues: $1.079 trillion
expenditures: $1.173 trillion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)
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Public debt:
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64.2% of GDP (2003)
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Industries:
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among the world's largest and most technologically advanced producers of iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery, vehicles, machine tools, electronics, food and beverages; shipbuilding; textiles
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Industrial production growth rate:
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0.2% (2003 est.)
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Electricity - production:
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544.8 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - production by source:
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fossil fuel: 61.8%
hydro: 4.2%
other: 4.1% (2001)
nuclear: 29.9%
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Electricity - consumption:
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506.8 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - exports:
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43.9 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - imports:
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44 billion kWh (2001)
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Oil - production:
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85,860 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - consumption:
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2.813 million bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - exports:
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404,300 bbl/day (2001)
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Oil - imports:
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3.081 million bbl/day (2001)
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Oil - proved reserves:
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327.3 million bbl (1 January 2002)
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Natural gas - production:
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22.16 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - consumption:
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94.34 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - exports:
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6.674 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - imports:
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78.73 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - proved reserves:
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298.3 billion cu m (1 January 2002)
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Agriculture - products:
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potatoes, wheat, barley, sugar beets, fruit, cabbages; cattle, pigs, poultry
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Current account balance:
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$57.24 billion (2003)
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Exports:
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$696.9 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Exports - commodities:
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machinery, vehicles, chemicals, metals and manufactures, foodstuffs, textiles
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Exports - partners:
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France 10.6%, US 9.3%, UK 8.4%, Italy 7.4%, Netherlands 6.2%, Austria 5.3%, Belgium 5.1%, Spain 4.9%, Switzerland 4% (2003 est.)
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Imports:
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$585 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Imports - commodities:
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machinery, vehicles, chemicals, foodstuffs, textiles, metals
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Imports - partners:
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France 9.2%, Netherlands 8.4%, US 7.3%, Italy 6.3%, UK 6%, Belgium 4.9%, China 4.7%, Austria 4% (2003 est.)
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Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
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$96.84 billion (2003)
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Debt - external:
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NA (2000 est.)
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Economic aid - donor:
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ODA, $5.6 billion (1998)
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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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