Budget: revenues: $2.7 billion expenditures: $2.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $630 million (1997 est.)
Industries: phosphate mining, petroleum refining, cement, potash, light manufacturing
Industrial production growth rate: -3.4% (1996)
Electricity-capacity: 1.066 million kW (1995)
Electricity-production: 5.02 billion kWh (1995)
Electricity-consumption per capita: 1,259 kWh (1995)
Agriculture-products: wheat, barley, citrus, tomatoes, melons, olives; sheep, goats, poultry
Exports: total value: $1.53 billion (f.o.b., 1997) commodities: phosphates, fertilizers, potash, agricultural products, manufactures partners: Iraq, India, Saudi Arabia, EU, Indonesia, UAE
Imports: total value: $3.7 billion (c.i.f., 1997) commodities: crude oil, machinery, transport equipment, food, live animals, manufactured goods partners: EU, Iraq, US, Japan, Turkey
Debt-external: $7.3 billion (1997 est.)