Economic Indicators

Economic forecasts - General economic indicators - Investments - Foreign trade

Economic forecasts

Indicators	2007	2008
GDP (USD billion)	103.367	114.539
GDP (constant prices, annual % change)	3.5	4.8
GDP per capita (USD)	32 259	34 537
Inflation rate (consumer prices, annual % change)	2.6	2.6

Source : IMF - World Economic Outlook Database

General economic indicators

Indicators	2004	2005	2006
GDP (USD billion)⁽¹⁾	59.268	80.78	95.924
GDP (constants prices, annual % change)⁽¹⁾	10.5	10	5
GPD per capita (USD)⁽¹⁾	21523.209	27006.044	30984.222
Inflation (consumer prices, annual % change)⁽¹⁾	1.3	4.1	2.8
Unemployment rate (%)⁽²⁾
External debt (USD billion)⁽³⁾	2107.013	2032.291	..
Official exchange rate per USD (period average)⁽³⁾	0.2947	0.292	0.2901762

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

Source : World Bank - World Development Indicators

Investments

Foreign Direct Investments	2004	2005	2006	World rank ^(*) 2006
FDI inflows (USD million)	24	250	110	136/141

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	11.66	15.67
Exports of goods	30.09	46.87
Trade balance	18.43	31.20
Current account	18.16	32.63

Source : World Bank - World Development Indicators

Indicators (%)	2004	2005	2006
Share of foreign trade in GDP	89.6	98.0
Share of imports of goods and services in GDP	32.5	30.4
Share of exports of goods and services in GDP	57.1	67.7
Imports of goods and services (annual % change)	10.1
Exports of goods and services (annual % change)	5.8

Source : World Bank - World Development Indicators

Trade in goods/services by major category

2005	Imports	Exports
Total Trade in Goods (USD billion):	15.67	46.87
Agricultural raw materials	..	..
Food products	..	..
Hydrocarbons	..	..
Manufactured products (chemicals, machines,...)	..	..
Ores and metals	..	..

Source : World Bank - World Development Indicators

2005	Imports	Exports
Total Trade in Services (USD billion):	6.1	2.1
Transport	36.1	84.7
Tourism	60.2	8.7

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)
Japan	20,30%
USA	11,00%
Netherlands	5,50%

Main suppliers (% of imports)
USA	10,60%
Germany	9,90%
Japan	9,60%
Saudi Arabia	6,50%
Italy	5,90%

Source : Comtrade, 2001.