| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $1.55 trillion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
0.4% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $26,700 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 2.2%
industry: 28.9%
services: 68.9% (2003 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 2.1%
highest 10%: 26.6% (2000) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
2.7% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
24.15 million (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 5%, industry 32%, services 63% (2001) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $668 billion
expenditures: $703.1 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003) |
| Industries : |
tourism, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, food processing, textiles, motor vehicles, clothing, footwear, ceramics |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
-0.5% (2003) |
| Electricity - Production : |
258.8 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 78.6%
hydro: 18.4%
nuclear: 0%
other: 3% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
289.1 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
556 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
48.93 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
fruits, vegetables, grapes, potatoes, sugar beets, soybeans, grain, olives; beef, dairy products; fish |
| Exports : |
$278.1 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
engineering products, textiles and clothing, production machinery, motor vehicles, transport equipment, chemicals; food, beverages and tobacco; minerals and nonferrous metals |
| Exports - Partners : |
Germany 13.8%, France 12.3%, US 8.5%, Spain 7%, UK 6.9% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$271.1 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
engineering products, chemicals, transport equipment, energy products, minerals and nonferrous metals, textiles and clothing; food, beverages and tobacco |
| Imports - Partners : |
Germany 17.9%, France 11.2%, Netherlands 5.8%, Spain 4.8%, UK 4.7%, Belgium 4.3%, US 4% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$868.5 billion NA (2003) |
| Economic Aid - Donor : |
ODA, $1 billion (2002 est.) |
| 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 |
