N resolutions so
that the economic embargo could be removed. The government's
policies of supporting large military and internal security forces
and of allocating resources to key supporters of the regime have
exacerbated shortages. The implementation of the UN's oil-for-food
program in December 1996 has helped improve economic conditions. For
the first three six-month phases of the program, Iraq was allowed to
export $2 billion worth of oil in exchange for food, medicine, and
other humanitarian goods. The UN allowed Iraq to export $5.2 billion
of oil beginning with the fourth phase of the program in May 1998.
At an average volume of 1.9 million barrels per day during the last
half of 1998, oil exports are about three-quarters their prewar
level. Per capita food imports have increased significantly, while
medical supplies and health care services are steadily improving.
Per capita output and living standards are still well below the
prewar level, but any estimates have a wide range of error.

GDP: purchasing power parity--$52.3 billion (1998 est.)

GDP--real growth rate: 10% (1998 est.)

GDP--per capita: purchasing power parity?$2,400 (1998 est.)

GDP--composition by sector:
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%

Population below poverty line: NA%

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

Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA%

Labor force: 4.4 million (1989)

Labor force--by occupation: services 48%, agriculture 30%,
industry 22% (1989)

Unemployment rate: NA%

Budget:
revenues: $NA
expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

Industries: petroleum, chemicals, textiles, construction
materials, food processing

Industrial production growth rate: NA%

Electricity--production: 27.6 billion kWh (1996)

Electricity--production by source:
fossil fuel: 97.83%
hydro: 2.17%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (1996)

Electricity--consumption: 27.6 billion kWh (1996)

Electricity--exports: 0 kWh (1996)

Electricity--imports: 0 kWh (1996)

Agriculture--products: wheat, barley, rice, vegetables, dates,
cotton; cattle, sheep

Exports: $5 billion (1998 est.)

Exports--commodities: crude oil

Exports--partners: Russia, France, China, Turkey (1998)

Imports: $3 billion (1998 est.)

Imports--commodities: food, medicine, manufactures

Imports--partners: Russia, France, Jordan, Australia,