Unemployment rate:
15% official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30% (2004 est.)
Population below poverty line:
30% (2001 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.3% highest 10%: 29.8% (1997)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
36.4 (1997)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.2% (2004 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
11.6% of GDP (2004 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $3.483 billion
expenditures: $3.616 billion, including capital expenditures of $782
million (2004 est.)
Public debt:
85.8% of GDP (2004 est.)
Agriculture - products:
wheat, barley, citrus, tomatoes, melons, olives; sheep, goats,
poultry
Industries:
phosphate mining, pharmaceuticals, petroleum refining, cement,
potash, inorganic chemicals, light manufacturing, tourism