| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $2.271 trillion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
-0.1% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $27,600 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 1%
industry: 31%
services: 68% (2002 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 3.6%
highest 10%: 25.1% (1997) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
1.1% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
42.63 million (2003) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 2.8%, industry 33.4%, services 63.8% (1999) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $1.079 trillion
expenditures: $1.173 trillion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
among the world's largest and most technologically advanced producers of iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery, vehicles, machine tools, electronics, food and beverages; shipbuilding; textiles |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
0.2% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
544.8 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 61.8%
hydro: 4.2%
nuclear: 29.9%
other: 4.1% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
506.8 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
43.9 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
44 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
potatoes, wheat, barley, sugar beets, fruit, cabbages; cattle, pigs, poultry |
| Exports : |
$696.9 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
machinery, vehicles, chemicals, metals and manufactures, foodstuffs, textiles |
| Exports - Partners : |
France 10.6%, US 9.3%, UK 8.4%, Italy 7.4%, Netherlands 6.2%, Austria 5.3%, Belgium 5.1%, Spain 4.9%, Switzerland 4% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$585 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
machinery, vehicles, chemicals, foodstuffs, textiles, metals |
| Imports - Partners : |
France 9.2%, Netherlands 8.4%, US 7.3%, Italy 6.3%, UK 6%, Belgium 4.9%, China 4.7%, Austria 4% (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Donor : |
ODA, $5.6 billion (1998) |
| 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 |
