%
services: 82.5% (2001 est.)

Unemployment rate:

13.5% official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30% (2007 est.)

Population below poverty line:

14.2% (2002)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: 2.7%
highest 10%: 30.6% (2003)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:

38.8 (2003)

Investment (gross fixed):

27.9% of GDP (2007 est.)

Budget:

revenues: $5.117 billion
expenditures: $6.468 billion (2007 est.)

Fiscal year:

calendar year

Public debt:

72.4% of GDP (2007 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

5.4% (2007 est.)

Central bank discount rate:

7% (31 December 2007)

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

8.68% (31 December 2007)

Stock of money:

$6.765 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of quasi money:

$15.38 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of domestic credit:

$19.53 billion (31 December 2007)

Agriculture - products:

citrus, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives; sheep, poultry, stone fruits,
strawberries, dairy

Industries:

clothing, phosphate mining, fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, petroleum
refining, cement, potash, inorganic chemicals, light manufacturing,
tourism

Industrial production growth rate:

7.7% (2007 est.)

Electricity - production:

10.87 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

9.852 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports:

13 million kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - imports:

472 million kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 99.4%
hydro: 0.6%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Oil - production:

0 bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - consumption:

110,700 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

0 bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - imports:

112,300 bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - proved reserves:

1 million bbl (1 January 2008 est.)

Natural gas - production:

320 million cu m (2006 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

2.25 billion cu m (2006 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - imports:

2.4 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

6.031 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Current account balance:

-$2.767 billion (2007 est.)

Exports:

$5.7 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities:

clothing, pharmaceuticals, potash, phosphates, fertilizers,
vegetables, manufactures;

Exports - partners:

US 22.4%, Ira