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97 est.) Population below poverty line: NA% Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.8% (1997 est.) Labor force: 148,085 (September 1996) Labor force--by occupation: public services 34%, other services 32%, manufacturing and construction 22%, agriculture 2% (1996) Unemployment rate: 5% (1997) Budget: revenues: $1.32 billion expenditures: $1.76 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.) Industries: tourism; electronics, ship building and repair, construction; food and beverages, textiles, footwear, clothing, tobacco Industrial production growth rate: NA% Electricity--production: 1.425 billion kWh (1996) Electricity--production by source: fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (1996) Electricity--consumption: 1.425 billion kWh (1996) Electricity--exports: 0 kWh (1996) Electricity--imports: 0 kWh (1996) Agriculture--products: potatoes, cauliflowers, grapes, wheat, barley, tomatoes, citrus, cut flowers, green peppers; pork, milk, poultry, eggs Exports: $1.7 billion (f.o.b., 1997) Exports--commodities: machinery and transport equipment, manufactures (1996) Exports--partners: France 18%, US 15%, Germany 15%, UK 8%, Italy 6% (1997) Imports: $2.3 billion (f.o.b., 1997) Imports--commodities: machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods; food, drink, and tobacco Imports--partners: Italy 20%, France 16%, UK 15%, Germany 10%, US 8% (1997) Debt--external: $130 million (1997) Economic aid--recipient: $NA Currency: 1 Maltese lira (LM) = 100 cents Exchange rates: Maltese liri (LM) per US$1--0.3797 (January 1999), 0.3884 (1998), 0.3857 (1997), 0.3604 (1996), 0.3529 (1995), 0.3776 (1994) Fiscal year: 1 April--31 March Communications Telephones: 191,876 (1992 est.) Telephone system: automatic system satisfies normal requirements domestic: submarine cable and microwave radio relay between islands international: 2 submarine cables; satellite earth station--1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) Radio broadcast stations: AM 8, FM 4, shortwave 0 Radios: 189,000 (1992 est.) Television broadcast stations: 2 (1997) Televisions: 300,000 (1996 est.) Transportation Railways: 0 km Highways: total: 1,582 km paved: 1,471 km unpaved: 111 km (1993 est.) Ports and harbors: Marsaxlokk,
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