| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $299.1 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
1.1% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $29,100 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 1.9%
industry: 26.3%
services: 71.8% (2003) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
4% (1989 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 3.2%
highest 10%: 23% (1996) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
1.6% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
4.73 million (2003) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 1.3%, industry 24.5%, services 74.2% (2003 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $151.6 billion
expenditures: $151.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.56 billion (2003) |
| Industries : |
engineering and metal products, motor vehicle assembly, processed food and beverages, chemicals, basic metals, textiles, glass, petroleum |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
-1.5% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
74.28 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 38.4%
hydro: 0.6%
nuclear: 59.3%
other: 1.8% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
78.18 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
6.712 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
15.82 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
sugar beets, fresh vegetables, fruits, grain, tobacco; beef, veal, pork, milk |
| Exports : |
$182.9 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
machinery and equipment, chemicals, diamonds, metals and metal products, foodstuffs |
| Exports - Partners : |
Germany 19.5%, France 17.4%, Netherlands 11.7%, UK 9%, US 6.7%, Italy 5.4% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$173 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
machinery and equipment, chemicals, diamonds, pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, transportation equipment, oil products |
| Imports - Partners : |
Germany 17.7%, Netherlands 16.5%, France 13.2%, UK 7.5%, US 5.9%, Ireland 5.7% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$28.3 billion (1999 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Donor : |
ODA, $1.072 billion (2002) |
| 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) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
