GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $478.2 billion (2003 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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6.1% (2003 est.)
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $7,000 (2003 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 12.5%
industry: 41.2%
services: 46.2% (2003 est.)
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Investment (gross fixed):
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28.6% of GDP (2003)
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Population below poverty line:
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40% (2002 est.)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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16.4% (2003 est.)
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Labor force:
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22.32 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2003 est.)
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Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture 30%, industry 25%, services 45% (2001 est.)
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Unemployment rate:
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15.7% (2002 est.)
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Budget:
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revenues: $40.38 billion
expenditures: $40.29 billion, including capital expenditures of $7.6 billion (2003 est.)
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Public debt:
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28.2% of GDP (2003)
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Industries:
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petroleum, petrochemicals, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food processing (particularly sugar refining and vegetable oil production), metal fabricating, armaments
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Industrial production growth rate:
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3% excluding oil (2003 est.)
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Electricity - production:
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124.6 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - production by source:
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fossil fuel: 97.1%
hydro: 2.9%
other: 0% (2001)
nuclear: 0%
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Electricity - consumption:
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115.9 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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3.804 million bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - consumption:
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1.277 million bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - exports:
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2.2 million bbl/day (2003)
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Oil - imports:
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NA (2001)
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Oil - proved reserves:
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94.39 billion bbl (1 January 2002)
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Natural gas - production:
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61.5 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - consumption:
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65.59 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - exports:
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110 million cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - imports:
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4.2 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - proved reserves:
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24.8 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)
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Agriculture - products:
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wheat, rice, other grains, sugar beets, fruits, nuts, cotton; dairy products, wool; caviar
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Current account balance:
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$3.935 billion (2003)
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Exports:
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$29.88 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Exports - commodities:
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petroleum 80%, chemical and petrochemical products, fruits and nuts, carpets
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Exports - partners:
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Japan 23%, China 10.2%, Italy 6.6%, South Korea 5%, Netherlands 4% (2003 est.)
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Imports:
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$25.26 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Imports - commodities:
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industrial raw materials and intermediate goods, capital goods, foodstuffs and other consumer goods, technical services, military supplies
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Imports - partners:
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Germany 11.5%, France 9%, China 8.8%, Italy 8.5%, Switzerland 7.1%, UAE 7.1%, Russia 4.6%, Japan 4.3% (2003 est.)
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Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
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$25.13 billion (2003)
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Debt - external:
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$10.96 billion (2003 est.)
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Economic aid - recipient:
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$408 million (2002 est.)
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Currency code:
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IRR
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Exchange rates:
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rials per US dollar - 8,193.89 (2003), 6,906.96 (2002), 1,753.56 (2001), 1,764.43 (2000), 1,752.93 (1999)
note: Iran has been using a managed floating exchange rate regime since unifying multiple exchange rates in March 2002.
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