lion (2007 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:

5.1% (2007 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

$9,700 (2007 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 3.2%
industry: 31.3%
services: 65.5% (2007 est.)

Labor force:

20.49 million economically active (2007 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:

agriculture: 9%
industry: 26%
services: 65% (2007 est.)

Unemployment rate:

24.3% (2007 est.)

Population below poverty line:

50% (2000 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: 1.4%
highest 10%: 44.7% (2000)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:

65 (2005)

Investment (gross fixed):

20.6% of GDP (2007 est.)

Budget:

revenues: $83.47 billion
expenditures: $82.02 billion (2007 est.)

Fiscal year:

1 April - 31 March

Public debt:

31.3% of GDP (2007 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

6.5% (2007 est.)

Central bank discount rate:

11% (31 December 2007)

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

13.17% (31 December 2007)

Stock of money:

$58.49 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of quasi money:

$141.9 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of domestic credit:

$254.9 billion (31 December 2007)

Agriculture - products:

corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables; beef, poultry, mutton,
wool, dairy products

Industries:

mining (world's largest producer of platinum, gold, chromium),
automobile assembly, metalworking, machinery, textiles, iron and
steel, chemicals, fertilizer, foodstuffs, commercial ship repair

Industrial production growth rate:

4.4% (2007 est.)

Electricity - production:

264 billion kWh (2007)

Electricity - consumption:

241.4 billion kWh (2007)

Electricity - exports:

13.77 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - imports:

11.32 billion kWh (2007)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 93.5%
hydro: 1.1%
nuclear: 5.5%
other: 0% (2001)

Oil - production:

199,100 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

504,900 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

267,700 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

319,000 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - proved reserves:

15 million bbl (1 January 2008 est.)

Natural gas - production:

2.9 billion cu m (2006 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

3.1 billion cu m (2006 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - imports:

0 cu m (2005)

Natural