GDP-real growth rate: 5% (1997 est.)
GDP-per capita: purchasing power parity-$24,000 (1997 est.)
GDP-composition by sector: agriculture: 3% industry: 55% services: 42% (1996 est.)
Inflation rate-consumer price index: 3.6% (1997 est.)
Labor force: total: 1.05 million (1996 est.) by occupation: services 65%, industry and commerce 30%, agriculture 5% (1996 est.) note: 75% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.)
Unemployment rate: NA%
Budget: revenues: $5.1 billion expenditures: $5.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $294 million (1997 est.)
Industries: petroleum, fishing, petrochemicals, construction materials, some boat building, handicrafts, pearling
Industrial production growth rate: 6.1% (1995 est.)
Electricity-capacity: 5.29 million kW (1995)