Inflation rate-consumer price index: 4.6% (1997 est.)
Labor force: total: 2.917 million (1993 est.) by occupation: services 55%, industry 23%, agriculture 22% (1995 est.) note: shortage of skilled labor
Unemployment rate: 15% (1997 est.)
Budget: revenues: $6.3 billion expenditures: $6.8 billion, including capital expenditures to $1.5 billion (1997 est.)
Industries: petroleum, mining (particularly phosphate and iron ore), tourism, textiles, footwear, food, beverages
Industrial production growth rate: 3.5% (1995)
Electricity-capacity: 1.414 million kW (1995)
Electricity-production: 6.165 billion kWh (1995)
Electricity-consumption per capita: 696 kWh (1995)
Agriculture-products: olives, dates, oranges, almonds, grain, sugar beets, grapes; poultry, beef, dairy products