Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3% (2006 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
26.4% of GDP (2006 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $59.58 billion
expenditures: $33.62 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2006 est.)
Public debt:
8.1% of GDP (2006 est.)
Agriculture - products:
practically no crops; fish
Industries:
petroleum, petrochemicals, cement, shipbuilding and repair,
desalination, food processing, construction materials
Industrial production growth rate:
13.1% (2005 est.)
Electricity - production:
40.37 billion kWh (2004)
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
37.54 billion kWh (2004)