| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $478.2 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
6.1% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $7,000 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 12.5%
industry: 41.2%
services: 46.2% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
40% (2002 est.) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
16.4% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
22.32 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 30%, industry 25%, services 45% (2001 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $40.38 billion
expenditures: $40.29 billion, including capital expenditures of $7.6 billion (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
petroleum, petrochemicals, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food processing (particularly sugar refining and vegetable oil production), metal fabricating, armaments |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
3% excluding oil (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
124.6 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 97.1%
hydro: 2.9%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
115.9 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
wheat, rice, other grains, sugar beets, fruits, nuts, cotton; dairy products, wool; caviar |
| Exports : |
$29.88 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
petroleum 80%, chemical and petrochemical products, fruits and nuts, carpets |
| Exports - Partners : |
Japan 23%, China 10.2%, Italy 6.6%, South Korea 5%, Netherlands 4% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$25.26 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
industrial raw materials and intermediate goods, capital goods, foodstuffs and other consumer goods, technical services, military supplies |
| Imports - Partners : |
Germany 11.5%, France 9%, China 8.8%, Italy 8.5%, Switzerland 7.1%, UAE 7.1%, Russia 4.6%, Japan 4.3% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$10.96 billion (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$408 million (2002 est.) |
| Currency : |
Iranian rial (IRR) |
| Currency Code : |
IRR |
| Exchange Rates : |
rials per US dollar - 8,193.89 (2003), 6,906.96 (2002), 1,753.56 (2001), 1,764.43 (2000), 1,752.93 (1999)
note: Iran has been using a managed floating exchange rate regime since unifying multiple exchange rates in March 2002. |
| Fiscal Year : |
21 March - 20 March |
