| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $1.661 trillion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
0.5% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $27,600 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 2.7%
industry: 24.4%
services: 72.9% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
6.5% (2000) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 25.1% (1995) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
2.1% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
27.39 million (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 4.1%, industry 24.4%, services 71.5% (1999) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $882.8 billion
expenditures: $955.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $23 billion (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
machinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft, electronics; textiles, food processing; tourism |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
-0.3% (2003) |
| Electricity - Production : |
520.1 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 8.2%
hydro: 14%
nuclear: 77.1%
other: 0.7% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
415.3 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
72.6 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
4.2 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
wheat, cereals, sugar beets, potatoes, wine grapes; beef, dairy products; fish |
| Exports : |
$346.5 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
machinery and transportation equipment, aircraft, plastics, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel, beverages |
| Exports - Partners : |
Germany 14.9%, Spain 9.6%, UK 9.4%, Italy 9.3%, Belgium 7.2%, US 6.8% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$339.9 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
machinery and equipment, vehicles, crude oil, aircraft, plastics, chemicals |
| Imports - Partners : |
Germany 19.1%, Belgium 9.4%, Italy 9%, Spain 7.4%, Netherlands 7%, UK 7%, US 5.4% (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Donor : |
ODA, $5.4 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 |
