The 2003 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

throughout the island will be highly

       influenced by the outcome of negotiations on the UN-sponsored

       agreement to unite the Greek and Turkish areas and by the

       arrangements under which the island joins the EU.

      GDP:

       Greek Cypriot area: purchasing power parity - $9.4 billion (2001

       est.); Turkish Cypriot area: purchasing power parity - $787 million

       (2002 est.)

      GDP - real growth rate:

       Greek Cypriot area: 1.7% (2001 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 2.6%

       (2002 est.)

      GDP - per capita:

       Greek Cypriot area: purchasing power parity - $15,000 (2001 est.);

       Turkish Cypriot area: purchasing power parity - $6,000 (2002 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector:

       Greek Cypriot area: agriculture 4.6%; industry 19.9%; services 19.9%

       Turkish Cypriot area: agriculture 75.5%; industry 20.7%; services

       71% (2001)

      Population below poverty line:

       NA%

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

       lowest 10%: NA%

       highest 10%: NA%

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       Greek Cypriot area: 2.8% (2001 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 24.5%

       (2002 est.)

      Labor force:

       Greek Cypriot area: 291,000; Turkish Cypriot area: 86,300 (2000)

      Labor force - by occupation:

       Greek Cypriot area: services 73%, industry 22%, agriculture 5%

       (2000); Turkish Cypriot area: services 56.4%, industry 22.8%,

       agriculture 20.8% (1998)

      Unemployment rate:

       Greek Cypriot area: 3.3%; Turkish Cypriot area: 5.6% (2002 est.)

      Budget:

       revenues: Greek Cypriot area - $4.4 billion, Turkish Cypriot area -

       $231.3 million (2002 est.)

       expenditures: $3.7 billion, Greek Cypriot area - $539 million,

       including capital expenditures of $539 million, Turkish Cypriot area

       - $432.8 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

      Industries:

       food, beverages, textiles, chemicals, metal products, tourism, wood

       products

      Industrial production growth rate:

       Greek Cypriot area: −1.4% (2002); Turkish Cypriot area: −0.3% (2002)

      Electricity - production:

       3.401 billion kWh; Turkish Cypriot area: NA kWh (2001)

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

      Electricity - consumption: Greek Cypriot area: 3.163 billion kWh; Turkish Cypriot area: NA kWh (2001)

      Electricity - exports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Electricity - imports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Oil - production:

       0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       49,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       NA (2001)

      Agriculture - products:

       potatoes, citrus, vegetables, barley, grapes, olives, vegetables

      Exports:

       Greek Cypriot area: $1.03 billion f.o.b. Turkish Cypriot area: $46

       million f.o.b. (2002 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

       Greek Cypriot area: citrus, potatoes, pharmaceuticals, cement,

       clothing and cigarettes; Turkish Cypriot area: citrus, potatoes,

       textiles

      Exports - partners:

       UK 28.2%, Greece 7%, UAE 5.3%, France 5.2% (2002)

      Imports:

       Greek Cypriot area: $3.9 billion f.o.b.; Turkish Cypriot area: $301

       million f.o.b. (2002 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       Greek Cypriot area: consumer goods, petroleum and lubricants,

       intermediate goods, machinery, transport equipment; Turkish Cypriot

       area: food, minerals, chemicals, machinery

      Imports - partners:

       Russia 17.9%, Greece 7.4%, Germany 6.7%, France 6.6%, UK 6.6%,

       Italy 6.6%, South Korea 5.7%, Japan 5.3% (2002)

      Debt - external:

       Greek Cypriot area: $8 billion; Turkish Cypriot area: $NA (2002)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       Greek Cypriot area - $17 million (1998);; Turkish Cypriot area -

       $700 million from Turkey in grants and loans (1990–97), which are

       usually forgiven (1998)

      Currency:

       Greek Cypriot area: Cypriot pound (CYP); Turkish Cypriot area:

       Turkish lira (TRL)

      Currency code:

       CYP; TRL

      Exchange rates:

       Cypriot pounds per US dollar - 0.61 (2002), 0.64 (2001), 0.62

       (2000), 0.54 (1999), 0.52 (1998), Turkish lira per US dollar NA

       (2002), 1,225,590 (2001), 625,218 (2000), 418,783 (1999), 260,724

       (1998)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Cyprus

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       Greek Cypriot area: 405,000 (1998);; Turkish Cypriot area: 83,162

       (1998)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       Greek Cypriot area: 68,000 (1998); Turkish Cypriot area: 70,000

       (1999)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: excellent in both the Greek Cypriot and Turkish

       Cypriot areas

       domestic: open-wire, fiber-optic cable, and microwave radio relay

       international: tropospheric scatter; 3 coaxial and 5 fiber-optic

       submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic

       Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean), 2 Eutelsat, 2 Intersputnik, and 1 Arabsat

      Radio broadcast stations:

       Greek Cypriot area: AM 7, FM 60, shortwave 1 (1998); Turkish

       Cypriot area: AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 1 (1998)

      Radios:

       Greek Cypriot area: 310,000 (1997); Turkish Cypriot area: 56,450

       (1994)

      Television broadcast stations: