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

debt,

       inflation, and unemployment; and further restructuring of the

       economy, including privatizing several state enterprises,

       undertaking pension and other reforms, and minimizing bureaucratic

       inefficiencies. The Olympic Games will be held in Athens in mid-2004.

      GDP:

       purchasing power parity - $203.3 billion (2002 est.)

      GDP - real growth rate:

       4% (2002 est.)

      GDP - per capita:

       purchasing power parity - $19,100 (2002 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 8.1% industry: 22.3% services: 69.3% (2002 est.)

      Population below poverty line:

       NA%

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

       lowest 10%: 3%

       highest 10%: 25.3% (1993 est.)

      Distribution of family income - Gini index:

       32.7 (1993)

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       3.6% (2002 est.)

      Labor force:

       4.37 million (2002 est.)

      Labor force - by occupation:

       industry 20%, agriculture 20%, services 59% (2000 est.)

      Unemployment rate:

       10.3% (2002 est.)

      Budget:

       revenues: $45 billion

       expenditures: $47.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA

       (1998 est.)

      Industries:

       tourism; food and tobacco processing, textiles; chemicals, metal

       products; mining, petroleum

      Industrial production growth rate:

       7% (2000 est.)

      Electricity - production:

       49.79 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 94.5% hydro: 3.8% other: 1.7% (2001) nuclear: 0%

      Electricity - consumption:

       48.8 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - exports:

       1.062 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - imports:

       3.562 billion kWh (2001)

      Oil - production:

       5,992 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       405,700 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       84,720 bbl/day (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       468,300 bbl/day (2001)

      Oil - proved reserves:

       4.5 million bbl (37257)

      Natural gas - production:

       35 million cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

       2.021 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

       0 cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

       2.018 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

       254.9 million cu m (37257)

      Agriculture - products:

       wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, olives, tomatoes, wine, tobacco,

       potatoes; beef, dairy products

      Exports:

       $12.6 billion f.o.b. (2002)

      Exports - commodities:

       food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products,

       chemicals, textiles

      Exports - partners:

       Germany 10.4%, Italy 8.5%, UK 6.3%, Bulgaria 5.4%, US 5.3%, Cyprus

       4.7% (2002)

      Imports:

       $31.4 billion f.o.b. (2002)

      Imports - commodities:

       machinery, transport equipment, fuels, chemicals

      Imports - partners:

       Germany 12.2%, Italy 11.5%, Russia 7.4%, South Korea 6%, France

       5.7%, Netherlands 5.6%, US 4.7%, Belgium 4.3%, UK 4.1% (2002)

      Debt - external:

       $63.4 billion (2002 est.)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $5.4 billion from EU

      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), 365.4 (2000),

       305.65 (1999), 295.53 (1998)

       note: in January 2001, the drachma became a participating currency

       within the Eurosystem, and the euro market rate became applicable to

       all transactions

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Greece

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       5.431 million (1997)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       937,700 (1997)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: adequate, modern networks reach all areas; good

       mobile telephone and international service

       domestic: microwave radio relay trunk system; extensive open-wire

       connections; submarine cable to offshore islands

       international: tropospheric scatter; 8 submarine cables; satellite

       earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), 1

       Eutelsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 26, FM 88, shortwave 4 (1998)

      Radios:

       5.02 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       36 (plus 1,341 low-power repeaters); also two stations in the US

       Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (1995)

      Televisions:

       2.54 million (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .gr

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       27 (2000)

      Internet users:

       1.4 million (2002)

      Transportation