| 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.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
10% (1997 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 27.3% (1997) |
| 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.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $53.22 billion
expenditures: $53.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.5 billion (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%
nuclear: 0%
other: 1.7% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
21.63 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
285 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
38 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
turnips, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, wheat; beef, dairy products |
| 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.) |
| 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) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
