The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

0.7% (2003 est.)

      Electricity - production:

       49.79 billion kWh (2001)

      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 (1 January 2002)

      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 (1 January 2002)

      Current account balance:

       $-11.33 billion (2003)

      Exports:

       $5.899 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

       food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products,

       chemicals, textiles

      Exports - partners:

       Germany 12.6%, Italy 10.5%, UK 7%, US 6.5%, Bulgaria 6.2%, Cyprus

       4.8%, France 4.2%, Turkey 4% (2003)

      Imports:

       $33.27 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       machinery, transport equipment, fuels, chemicals

      Imports - partners:

       Germany 12.5%, Italy 12.2%, France 6.6%, Russia 6.1%, South Korea

       5.4%, US 5.2%, Netherlands 5.2%, Japan 4.3%, UK 4.2% (2003)

      Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:

       $5.802 billion (2003)

      Debt - external:

       $65.51 billion (2003 est.)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $5.4 billion from EU (1995)

      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 - 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001),

       365.399 (2000), 305.647 (1999)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Greece

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       5,205,100 (2003)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       8,936,200 (2003)

      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: country code - 30; 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 hosts:

       208,977 (2004)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       27 (2000)

      Internet users:

       1,718,400 (2003)

      Transportation Greece

      Railways:

       total: 2,571 km (764 km electrified)

       standard gauge: 1,565 km 1.435-m gauge

       narrow gauge: 961 km 1.000-m gauge; 22 km 0.750-m gauge

       dual gauge: 23 km combined 1.435-m and 1.000-m gauges (three rail

       system) (2003)

      Highways:

       total: 117,000 km

       paved: 107,406 km (including 470 km of expressways)

       unpaved: 9,594 km (1999 est.)

      Waterways:

       6 km

       note: Corinth Canal (6 km) crosses the Isthmus of Corinth; shortens

       sea voyage by 325 km (2004)

      Pipelines:

       gas 1,166 km; oil 94 km (2004)

      Ports and harbors:

       Alexandroupolis, Elefsis, Irakleion (Crete), Kavala, Kerkyra,

       Chalkis, Igoumenitsa, Lavrion, Patrai, Peiraiefs (Piraeus),

       Thessaloniki, Volos

      Merchant marine:

       total: 793 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 30,186,624 GRT/52,943,968 DWT

       registered in other countries: 2,443 (2004 est.)

       foreign-owned: Belgium 1, Cyprus 1, Israel 1, Italy 1, Liberia 3,

       Malta 1, Marshall Islands 1, Norway 2, Panama 3, Singapore 1, Sweden

       1, United Kingdom 2, United States 5

       by type: bulk 298, cargo 57, chemical tanker 38, combination bulk 5,

       combination ore/oil 3, container 49, liquefied gas 5, passenger 10,

       petroleum tanker 267, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 19,

       short-sea/passenger 38, specialized tanker 3

      Airports:

       79 (note - new Athens airport at Spata opened in March 2001) (2003

       est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 66 over 3,047 m: 5 2,438 to 3,047 m: 16