8.7%
services: 60.8% (2005 est.)

Labor force:
352,000
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national
(2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 1%
industry: 79%
services: 20% (1997 est.)

Unemployment rate:
15% (2005 est.)

Population below poverty line:
NA%

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.5% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
21.1% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $5.582 billion
expenditures: $4.197 billion; including capital expenditures of $700
million (2006 est.)

Public debt:
34.2% of GDP (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
fruit, vegetables; poultry, dairy products; shrimp, fish

Industries:
petroleum processing and refining, aluminum smelting, iron
pelletization, fertilizers, offshore banking, ship repairing, tourism

Industrial production growth rate:
2% (2000 est.)

Electricity - production:
7.794 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
7.248 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
188,300 bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - consumption:
27,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - proved reserves:
121 million bbl (2006 est.)

Natural gas - production:
9.75 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
9.75 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
92.03 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)

Current account balance:
$1.999 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$12.62 billion (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
petroleum and petroleum products, aluminum, textiles

Exports - partners:
Saudi Arabia 3.3%, US 2.6%, UAE 2.3% (2005)

Imports:
$9.036 billion (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
crude oil, machinery, chemicals

Imports - partners:
Saudi Arabia 36.5%, Japan 6.6%, Germany 6.4%, US 5.4%, UK 5%, UAE
4.1% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$2.918 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$7.267 billion (2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$150 million; note - $50 million