Investment (gross fixed):
20.7% of GDP (2005 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $34.93 billion
expenditures: $29.41 billion; including capital expenditures of $3.4
billion (2005 est.)

Public debt:
17.5% of GDP (2005 est.)

Agriculture - products:
dates, vegetables, watermelons; poultry, eggs, dairy products; fish

Industries:
petroleum and petrochemicals; fishing, aluminum, cement,
fertilizers, commercial ship repair, construction materials, some
boat building, handicrafts, textiles

Industrial production growth rate:
4% (2000)

Electricity - production:
45.12 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
38.32 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)