|
GDP:
|
purchasing power parity - $116.2 billion (2003 est.)
|
|
GDP - real growth rate:
|
1.4% (2003 est.)
|
|
GDP - per capita:
|
purchasing power parity - $29,600 (2003 est.)
|
|
GDP - composition by sector:
|
agriculture: 5%
industry: 46%
services: 49% (2002 est.)
|
|
Investment (gross fixed):
|
22.9% of GDP (2003)
|
|
Population below poverty line:
|
10% (1997 est.)
|
|
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
|
lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 27.3% (1997)
|
|
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
|
35.9 (1987)
|
|
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
|
3.5% (2003 est.)
|
|
Labor force:
|
1.871 million (2003)
|
|
Labor force - by occupation:
|
agriculture 8%, industry 29%, services 64% (2002 est.)
|
|
Unemployment rate:
|
4.7% (2003 est.)
|
|
Budget:
|
revenues: $53.22 billion
expenditures: $53.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.5 billion (2003)
|
|
Public debt:
|
31.2% of GDP (2003)
|
|
Industries:
|
food products, brewing, textiles, clothing; chemicals, pharmaceuticals, machinery, transportation equipment, glass and crystal; software
|
|
Industrial production growth rate:
|
6.7% (2003 est.)
|
|
Electricity - production:
|
23.53 billion kWh (2001)
|
|
Electricity - production by source:
|
fossil fuel: 95.9%
hydro: 2.3%
other: 1.7% (2001)
nuclear: 0%
|
|
Electricity - consumption:
|
21.63 billion kWh (2001)
|
|
Electricity - exports:
|
285 million kWh (2001)
|
|
Electricity - imports:
|
38 million kWh (2001)
|
|
Oil - production:
|
0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
|
|
Oil - consumption:
|
174,400 bbl/day (2001 est.)
|
|
Oil - exports:
|
27,450 bbl/day (2001)
|
|
Oil - imports:
|
178,600 bbl/day (2001)
|
|
Oil - proved reserves:
|
0 bbl (1 January 2002)
|
|
Natural gas - production:
|
815 million cu m (2001 est.)
|
|
Natural gas - consumption:
|
4.199 billion cu m (2001 est.)
|
|
Natural gas - exports:
|
0 cu m (2001 est.)
|
|
Natural gas - imports:
|
3.384 billion cu m (2001 est.)
|
|
Natural gas - proved reserves:
|
9.911 billion cu m (1 January 2002)
|
|
Agriculture - products:
|
turnips, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, wheat; beef, dairy products
|
|
Current account balance:
|
$-2.994 billion (2003)
|
|
Exports:
|
$98.31 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
|
|
Exports - commodities:
|
machinery and equipment, computers, chemicals, pharmaceuticals; live animals, animal products (1999)
|
|
Exports - partners:
|
US 20.5%, UK 18.1%, Belgium 12.6%, Germany 8.3%, France 6.1%, Netherlands 5.1%, Italy 4.6% (2003 est.)
|
|
Imports:
|
$57.54 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
|
|
Imports - commodities:
|
data processing equipment, other machinery and equipment, chemicals; petroleum and petroleum products, textiles, clothing
|
|
Imports - partners:
|
UK 34.9%, US 15.8%, Germany 7.9%, Netherlands 4.1% (2003 est.)
|
|
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
|
$4.152 billion (2003)
|
|
Debt - external:
|
$11 billion (1998)
|
|
Economic aid - donor:
|
ODA, $283 million (2001)
|
|
Currency:
|
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
|
|
Currency code:
|
EUR
|
|
Exchange rates:
|
euros per US dollar - 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001), 1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999)
|
