| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $885.5 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
2.4% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $22,000 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 3.6%
industry: 28.6%
services: 67.8% (2003 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 25.2% (1990) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
3% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
18.82 million (2003) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 7%, manufacturing, mining, and construction 29%, services 64% (2001 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $330.7 billion
expenditures: $335.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $12.8 billion (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
textiles and apparel (including footwear), food and beverages, metals and metal manufactures, chemicals, shipbuilding, automobiles, machine tools, tourism |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
1.6% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
222.5 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 50.4%
hydro: 18.2%
nuclear: 27.2%
other: 4.1% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
210.4 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
4.138 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
7.588 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
grain, vegetables, olives, wine grapes, sugar beets, citrus; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; fish |
| Exports : |
$159.4 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
machinery, motor vehicles; foodstuffs, other consumer goods |
| Exports - Partners : |
France 19.2%, Germany 11.9%, Italy 9.7%, UK 9.4%, Portugal 9.3%, US 4.2% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$197.1 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
machinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals, semifinished goods; foodstuffs, consumer goods |
| Imports - Partners : |
France 16.8%, Germany 16.6%, Italy 8.8%, UK 6.5%, Netherlands 4.9% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$718.4 billion (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Donor : |
ODA, $1.33 billion (1999) |
| Currency : |
euro (EUR)
note: on 1 January 1999, the European Monetary Union introduced the euro as a common currency to be used by the financial institutions of member countries; on 1 January 2002, the euro became the sole currency for everyday transactions with 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 |
