| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $11.79 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
9.9% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $3,500 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 23.4%
industry: 35.1%
services: 41.5% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
50% (2002 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 46.2% (1999) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
4.8% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
1.4 million (2001) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 45%, industry 25%, services 30% (2002 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $425.9 million
expenditures: $460.3 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003) |
| Industries : |
diamond-processing, metal-cutting machine tools, forging-pressing machines, electric motors, tires, knitted wear, hosiery, shoes, silk fabric, chemicals, trucks, instruments, microelectronics, jewelry manufacturing, software development, food processing, brandy |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
15% (2002 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
6.479 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 42.3%
hydro: 27%
nuclear: 30.7%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
5.784 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
704 million kWh; note - exports an unknown quantity to Georgia; includes exports to Nagorno-Karabakh region in Azerbaijan (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
463 million kWh; note - imports an unknown quantity from Iran (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
fruit (especially grapes), vegetables; livestock |
| Exports : |
$735 million f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
diamonds, mineral products, foodstuffs, energy |
| Exports - Partners : |
Belgium 18.5%, UK 17%, Israel 13%, Russia 11.6%, Iran 8%, US 6.3%, Germany 5.1% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$1.18 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
natural gas, petroleum, tobacco products, foodstuffs, diamonds |
| Imports - Partners : |
Russia 14.2%, Belgium 12.1%, US 9.9%, Israel 9.3%, Iran 9.2%, Germany 7%, UAE 5.6%, Italy 4.9% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$905 million (June 2001) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
ODA $170 million (2000) |
| Currency : |
dram (AMD) |
| Currency Code : |
AMD |
| Exchange Rates : |
drams per US dollar - 578.763 (2002), 555.078 (2001), 539.526 (2000), 535.062 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
