by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 31.8% (1995)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
41.7 (1995)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
4.1% (2004 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
24.5% of GDP (2004 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $6.799 billion
expenditures: $7.573 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.6
billion (2004 est.)

Public debt:
59.2% of GDP (2004 est.)

Agriculture - products:
olives, olive oil, grain, dairy products, tomatoes, citrus fruit,
beef, sugar beets, dates, almonds

Industries:
petroleum, mining (particularly phosphate and iron ore), tourism,
textiles, footwear, agribusiness, beverages

Industrial production growth rate:
4.4% (2004 est.)

Electricity - production:
10.72 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 99.5%
hydro: 0.5%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
10.05 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - exports:
10 million kWh (2002)

Electricity - imports:
90 million kWh (2002)

Oil - production:
72,580 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
87,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA

Oil - imports:
NA

Oil - proved reserves:
1.7 billion bbl (2004 est.)

Natural gas - production:
2.25 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
3.83 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
1.58 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
77.16 billion cu m (2004)

Current account balance:
$71.85 million (2004 est.)

Exports:
$9.926 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
textiles, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, agricultural
products, hydrocarbons

Exports - partners:
France 33.1%, Italy 25.3%, Germany 9.2%, Spain 6.1% (2004)

Imports:
$11.52 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
textiles, machinery and equipment, hydrocarbons, chemicals, food

Imports - partners:
France 25.1%, Italy 19%, Germany 8.5%, Spain 5.3% (2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$3.509 billion (2004 est.)

Debt - external:
$14.71 billion (2004 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$114.6 million (2002)

Currency (code):
Tunisian dinar (TND)

Currency code:
TND

Exchange rates:
Tunisian dinars per US dollar - 1.2455 (2004), 1.2885 (2003),
1.4217 (2002), 1.4387 (2001), 1.3707 (2000)

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