| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $12.18 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
5.5% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $2,500 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 20.5%
industry: 22.6%
services: 56.9% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
54% (2001 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 27.9% (1996) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
4.8% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
2.1 million (2001 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 40%, industry 20%, services 40% (1999 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $603.5 million
expenditures: $700.5 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
steel, aircraft, machine tools, electrical appliances, mining (manganese and copper), chemicals, wood products, wine |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
3% (2000) |
| Electricity - Production : |
7.27 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 19.7%
hydro: 80.3%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
7.611 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
850 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
citrus, grapes, tea, hazelnuts, vegetables; livestock |
| Exports : |
$615 million (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
scrap metal, machinery, chemicals; fuel reexports; citrus fruits, tea, wine |
| Exports - Partners : |
Turkey 23.3%, Greece 11.9%, Russia 8.9%, US 6.5%, Turkmenistan 5.8%, Italy 5.5%, Spain 5.2% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$1.25 billion (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
fuels, machinery and parts, transport equipment, grain and other foods, pharmaceuticals |
| Imports - Partners : |
US 11%, Turkey 10.6%, Russia 10.3%, Azerbaijan 8.2%, Germany 6.5%, France 6%, Ukraine 5.7%, Italy 5.2%, Bulgaria 4.9% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$1.8 billion (2002) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
ODA $150 million (2000 est.) |
| Currency : |
lari (GEL) |
| Currency Code : |
GEL |
| Exchange Rates : |
lari per US dollar - 2.1457 (2003), 2.1957 (2002), 2.073 (2001), 1.9762 (2000), 2.0245 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
