Inflation rate (consumer prices):
4.5% (2005 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
20.2% of GDP (2005 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $2.8 billion
expenditures: $4.688 billion; including capital expenditures of
$1.092 billion (2005 est.)
Public debt:
79.1% of GDP (2005 est.)
Agriculture - products:
wheat, barley, citrus, tomatoes, melons, olives; sheep, goats,
poultry
Industries:
textiles, phosphate mining, fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, petroleum
refining, cement, potash, inorganic chemicals, light manufacturing,
tourism
Industrial production growth rate:
7.5% (2005 est.)
Electricity - production:
7.517 billion kWh (2003)
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 99.4% hydro: 0.6% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
7.959 billion kWh (2003)