Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 30.9% (1998-99)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
40 (2005 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.8% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
21.7% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $15.85 billion
expenditures: $20.39 billion; including capital expenditures of
$2.19 billion (2006 est.)

Public debt:
70.9% of GDP (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
barley, wheat, citrus, wine, vegetables, olives; livestock

Industries:
phosphate rock mining and processing, food processing, leather
goods, textiles, construction, tourism

Industrial production growth rate:
4% (2004 est.)

Electricity - production:
18.48 billion kWh (2004)