Inflation rate (consumer prices):
0.8% (2004 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
17.2% of GDP (2004 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $104.8 billion
expenditures: $78.66 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2004 est.)
Public debt:
75% of GDP (2004 est.)
Agriculture - products:
wheat, barley, tomatoes, melons, dates, citrus; mutton, chickens,
eggs, milk
Industries:
crude oil production, petroleum refining, basic petrochemicals,
ammonia, industrial gases, sodium hydroxide (caustic soda), cement,
construction, fertilizer, plastics, commercial ship repair,
commercial aircraft repair
Industrial production growth rate:
2.8% (2004 est.)
Electricity - production:
138.2 billion kWh (2002)
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
128.5 billion kWh (2002)