Economic Indicators

Economic forecasts - General economic indicators - Investments - Foreign trade

Economic forecasts

Indicators	2007	2008
GDP (USD billion)	143.766	164.164
GDP (constant prices, annual % change)	6.4	6.5
GDP per capita (USD)	909	1 019
Inflation rate (consumer prices, annual % change)	7.8	7

Source : IMF - World Economic Outlook Database

General economic indicators

Indicators	2004	2005	2006
GDP (USD billion)⁽¹⁾	98.094	109.599	127.002
GDP (constants prices, annual % change)⁽¹⁾	7.4	7.7	6.9
GPD per capita (USD)⁽¹⁾	655.489	718.54	817.26
Inflation (consumer prices, annual % change)⁽¹⁾	4.6	9.3	7.9
Unemployment rate (%)⁽²⁾
External debt (USD billion)⁽³⁾	..	..	..
Official exchange rate per USD (period average)⁽³⁾	58.25786	59.51448	60.27134

Source : (1) IMF - World Economic Outlook Database,
(2) ILO - Key Indicators of the Labour Market, (3) World Bank - World Development Indicators

GDP per activity sector	2004	2005	2006
Agriculture and fishing (%)	22.18	22.20	20.45
Industry and mining (%)	26.99	26.50	26.66
Services (%)	50.83	51.30	52.89

Source : World Bank - World Development Indicators

Investments

Foreign Direct Investments	2004	2005	2006	World rank ^(*) 2006
FDI inflows (USD million)	1,118	2,201	4,273	89/141

Source : UNCTAD - World Investment Report
Note : (*) World Rank = UNCTAD Inward FDI Performance Index.
It is a measure of the extend to which a host country receives inward FDI relative to its economic size.
It is calculated as a ratio of the country's share in global FDI inflows to its share in global GDP.

Foreign Trade

General indicators

Indicators (USD billion)	2004	2005	2006
Imports of goods	16.69	21.77
Exports of goods	13.30	15.43
Trade balance	-3.40	-6.34
Current account	-0.82	-3.61

Source : World Bank - World Development Indicators

Indicators (%)	2004	2005	2006
Share of foreign trade in GDP	30.3	34.8	39.9
Share of imports of goods and services in GDP	14.6	19.3	24.4
Share of exports of goods and services in GDP	15.7	15.5	15.5
Imports of goods and services (annual % change)	-8.6	40.5	23.9
Exports of goods and services (annual % change)	-1.5	9.6	12.9

Source : World Bank - World Development Indicators

Trade in goods/services by major category

2005	Imports	Exports
Total Trade in Goods (USD billion):	21.77	15.43
Agricultural raw materials	5.9	1.9
Food products	10.5	9.9
Hydrocarbons	22.2	2.5
Manufactured products (chemicals, machines,...)	58.2	85.4
Ores and metals	2.9	0.3

Source : World Bank - World Development Indicators

2005	Imports	Exports
Total Trade in Services (USD billion):	5.1	1.7
Transport	40.7	54.7
Tourism	24.9	10.4

Source : World Bank - World Development Indicators

Trade Data, by HS Code
Import Statistics	Export Statistics

Source : www.intracen.org, last available data

Trade by partner countries

Main Customers (% of exports)
USA	25,70%
United Arab Emirates	7,30%
Afghanistan	5,90%
United Kingdom	5,50%
Germany	4,10%

Main suppliers (% of imports)
United Arab Emirates	11,40%
Saudi Arabia	10,20%
China	9,80%
USA	6,30%
Kuwait	6,30%

Source : Comtrade, 2006.