GDP - real growth rate: 3% (1996 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $16,700 (1996 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 0% industry : 42% services: 58% (1994)
Inflation rate - consumer price index: 4.5% (1996 est.)
Labor force: total: 1 million (1994 est.) by occupation: industry and agriculture 25%, services 25%, government and social services 50% (1994 est.) note: 72.07% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1997 est.)
Unemployment rate: 1.8% (official 1996 est.)
Budget: revenues: $10 billion expenditures : $14 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY96/97 est.)
Industries: petroleum, petrochemicals, desalination, food processing, construction materials, salt, construction
Industrial production growth rate: 1% (1995 est.)
Electricity - capacity: 6.99 million kW (1994)