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

purchasing power parity - $26,000 (2002 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 3% industry: 26% services: 71% (2002 est.)

      Population below poverty line: 6.4% (1999)

      Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 25.1% (1995)

      Distribution of family income - Gini index:

       32.7 (1995)

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       1.8% (2002 est.)

      Labor force:

       26.6 million (2001 est.)

      Labor force - by occupation:

       services 71%, industry 25%, agriculture 4% (1997)

      Unemployment rate:

       9.1% (2002 est.)

      Budget:

       revenues: $286 billion

       expenditures: $330 billion, including capital expenditures of $23

       billion (2002 est.)

      Industries:

       machinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft,

       electronics; textiles, food processing; tourism

      Industrial production growth rate:

       −0.3% (2002)

      Electricity - production:

       520.1 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 8.2% hydro: 14% other: 0.7% (2001) nuclear: 77.1%

      Electricity - consumption:

       415.3 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - exports:

       72.6 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - imports:

       4.2 billion kWh (2001)

      Oil - production:

       34,920 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       2.026 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       409,600 bbl/day (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       2.281 million bbl/day (2001)

      Oil - proved reserves:

       144.3 million bbl (37257)

      Natural gas - production:

       1.898 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

       42.01 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

       1.725 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

       40.26 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

       12.86 billion cu m (37257)

      Agriculture - products: wheat, cereals, sugar beets, potatoes, wine grapes; beef, dairy products; fish

      Exports: $307.8 billion f.o.b. (2002)

      Exports - commodities:

       machinery and transportation equipment, aircraft, plastics,

       chemicals, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel, beverages

      Exports - partners:

       Germany 15%, UK 9.8%, Spain 9%, Italy 9%, US 7.8%, Belgium 6.9%

       (2002)

      Imports:

       $303.7 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       machinery and equipment, vehicles, crude oil, aircraft, plastics,

       chemicals

      Imports - partners:

       Germany 19.4%, Belgium 9.2%, Italy 8.8%, UK 7.3%, Netherlands 7%,

       US 6.8%, Spain 6.7% (2002)

      Debt - external:

       NA (1998)

      Economic aid - donor:

       ODA, $6.3 billion (1997)

      Currency:

       euro (EUR)

       note: on 1 January 1999, the European Monetary Union introduced the

       euro as a common currency to be used by financial institutions of

       member countries; on 1 January 2002, the euro became the sole

       currency for everyday transactions within the member countries

      Currency code:

       EUR

      Exchange rates:

       euros per US dollar - 1.06 (2002), 1.12 (2001), 1.09 (2000), 0.94

       (1999)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications France

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       34.86 million (yearend 1998)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       11.078 million (yearend 1998)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: highly developed

       domestic: extensive cable and microwave radio relay; extensive

       introduction of fiber-optic cable; domestic satellite system

       international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (with total of

       5 antennas - 2 for Indian Ocean and 3 for Atlantic Ocean), NA

       Eutelsat, 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region); HF radiotelephone

       communications with more than 20 countries

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 41, FM about 3,500 (this figure is an approximation and includes

       many repeaters), shortwave 2 (1998)

      Radios:

       55.3 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       584 (plus 9,676 repeaters) (1995)

      Televisions:

       34.8 million (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .fr

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       62 (2000)

      Internet users:

       16.97 million (2002)

      Transportation France

      Railways:

       total: 32,682 km

       standard gauge: 32,515 km 1.435-m gauge (14,104 km electrified)

       narrow gauge: 167 km 1.000-m gauge (2002)

      Highways:

       total: 894,000 km

       paved: 894,000 km (including 11,500 km of expressways)

       unpaved: 0 km (2000)

      Waterways:

       14,932 km (6,969 km heavily traveled)

      Pipelines:

       gas 13,946 km; oil 3,024 km; refined products 4,889 km (2003)

      Ports and harbors:

       Bordeaux, Boulogne, Cherbourg, Dijon, Dunkerque, La Pallice, Le

       Havre, Lyon, Marseille, Mullhouse, Nates, Paris, Rouen, Saint

       Nazaire, Saint Malo,