Unemployment rate:
25% to 30% (2004 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
25.4% (2004 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $17.1 billion
expenditures: $28.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.6
billion (2004 budget)
Agriculture - products:
wheat, barley, rice, vegetables, dates, cotton; cattle, sheep,
poultry
Industries:
petroleum, chemicals, textiles, construction materials, food
processing, fertilizer, metal fabrication/processing
Industrial production growth rate:
NA
Electricity - production:
32.6 billion kWh (2004)
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 98.4% hydro: 1.6% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)