Distribution of family income - Gini index:
36.4 (1997)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
4.6% (2006 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
24.8% of GDP (2006 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $4.191 billion
expenditures: $5.305 billion; including capital expenditures of
$1.092 billion (2006 est.)
Public debt:
79.9% of GDP (2006 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:
6% (2006 est.)
Electricity - production:
8.431 billion kWh (2004)
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 99.4% hydro: 0.6% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)