| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $461.4 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
-0.7% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $28,600 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 2.5%
industry: 24.4%
services: 73.1% (2003 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 25.1% (1994) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
2.1% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
7.46 million (2003) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 4%, industry 23%, services 73% (1998 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $237.1 billion
expenditures: $249.5 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003) |
| Industries : |
agroindustries, metal and engineering products, electrical machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum, construction, microelectronics, fishing |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
-2.1% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
88.32 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 89.9%
hydro: 0.1%
nuclear: 4.3%
other: 5.7% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
99.42 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
4.209 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
21.49 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
grains, potatoes, sugar beets, fruits, vegetables; livestock |
| Exports : |
$253.2 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels; foodstuffs |
| Exports - Partners : |
Germany 25.3%, Belgium 12.6%, France 10.2%, UK 10.1%, Italy 6%, US 4.5% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$217.7 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, fuels; foodstuffs, clothing |
| Imports - Partners : |
Germany 18.2%, Belgium 10%, US 8%, UK 7.3%, China 6.2%, France 5% (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Donor : |
ODA, $3.3 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 |
