Population below poverty line:
NA

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
0.2% (2004 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
13.5% of GDP (2004 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $9.291 billion
expenditures: $8.747 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2004 est.)

Public debt:
10.3% of GDP (2004 est.)

Agriculture - products:
dates, limes, bananas, alfalfa, vegetables; camels, cattle; fish

Industries:
crude oil production and refining, natural and liquefied natural
gas (LNG) production, construction, cement, copper, steel,
chemicals, optic fiber

Industrial production growth rate:
-1.2% (2004 est.)

Electricity - production:
9.896 billion kWh (2003)