Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.4% (2003 est.)
Labor force:
1.36 million (2003)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 5%, industry 12.5%, services 82.5% (2001 est.)
Unemployment rate:
16% official rate; actual rate is 25%-30% (2001 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $2.397 billion
expenditures: $3.587 billion, including capital expenditures of $582
million (2003 est.)
Public debt:
92.7% of GDP (2003)
Agriculture - products:
wheat, barley, citrus, tomatoes, melons, olives; sheep, goats,
poultry
Industries:
phosphate mining, pharmaceuticals, petroleum refining, cement,
potash, light manufacturing, tourism
Industrial production growth rate:
3.5% (2003 est.)
Electricity - production:
7.091 billion kWh (2001)