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Economy Greece
Flag of Greece Greece
Population: 10,647,529 (July 2004 est.)
Capital: Athens
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Tabular Data - The Greek Economy

GDP : purchasing power parity - $213.6 billion (2003 est.)
GDP - Real Growth Rate : 4.7% (2003 est.)
GDP - Per Capita : purchasing power parity - $20,000 (2003 est.)
GDP - Composition By Sector : agriculture: 6.7%
industry: 22%
services: 71.2% (2003 est.)
Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 25.3% (1993 est.)
Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : 3.6% (2003 est.)
Labor Force : 4.39 million (2003 est.)
Labor Force - By Occupation : agriculture 20%, industry 20%, services 60% (2000 est.)
Budget : revenues: $76.84 billion
expenditures: $79.48 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)
Industries : tourism; food and tobacco processing, textiles; chemicals, metal products; mining, petroleum
Industrial Production Growth Rate : 0.7% (2003 est.)
Electricity - Production : 49.79 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - Production by Source : fossil fuel: 94.5%
hydro: 3.8%
nuclear: 0%
other: 1.7% (2001)
Electricity - Consumption : 48.8 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - Exports : 1.062 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - Imports : 3.562 billion kWh (2001)
Agriculture - Products : wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, olives, tomatoes, wine, tobacco, potatoes; beef, dairy products
Exports : $5.899 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Exports - Commodities : food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
Exports - Partners : Germany 12.6%, Italy 10.5%, UK 7%, US 6.5%, Bulgaria 6.2%, Cyprus 4.8%, France 4.2%, Turkey 4% (2003 est.)
Imports : $33.27 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Imports - Commodities : machinery, transport equipment, fuels, chemicals
Imports - Partners : Germany 12.5%, Italy 12.2%, France 6.6%, Russia 6.1%, South Korea 5.4%, US 5.2%, Netherlands 5.2%, Japan 4.3%, UK 4.2% (2003 est.)
Debt - External : $65.51 billion (2003 est.)
Economic Aid - Recipient : $5.4 billion from EU (1995)
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), 365.399 (2000), 305.647 (1999)
Fiscal Year : Calendar Year

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Data Source: Central Intelligence Agency 2004 World Factbook