GDP-per capita: purchasing power parity-$22,300 (1997 est.)

GDP-composition by sector: agriculture: 0% industry: 53% services: 47% (1996)

Inflation rate-consumer price index: 3.2% (1996)

Labor force: total: 1.1 million (1996 est.) by occupation: government and social services 50%, services 40%, industry and agriculture 10% (1996 est.) note: 68% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.)

Unemployment rate: 1.8% (official 1996 est.)

Budget: revenues: $10.3 billion expenditures: $14.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY97/98 est.)

Industries: petroleum, petrochemicals, desalination, food processing, construction materials, salt, construction

Industrial production growth rate: 1% (1997 est.)

Electricity-capacity: 6.988 million kW (1995)

Electricity-production: 25 billion kWh (1995)