The 2005 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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:

       $-8 billion (2004 est.)

      Exports:

       $15.5 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

       food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products,

       chemicals, textiles

      Exports - partners:

       Germany 13.2%, Italy 10.3%, UK 7.5%, Bulgaria 6.3%, US 5.3%, Cyprus

       4.6%, Turkey 4.5%, France 4.2% (2004)

      Imports:

       $54.28 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       machinery, transport equipment, fuels, chemicals

      Imports - partners:

       Germany 13.3%, Italy 12.8%, France 6.4%, Netherlands 5.5%, Russia

       5.5%, US 4.4%, UK 4.2%, South Korea 4.1% (2004)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

       $7.3 billion (2004 est.)

      Debt - external:

       $67.23 billion (2004 est.)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $8 billion from EU (2000–06)

      Currency (code):

       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 - 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002),

       1.1175 (2001), 1.0854 (2000)

      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) (2004)

      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:

       Agioitheodoroi, Aspropyrgos, Irakleion, Pachi, Peiraiefs,

       Thessaloniki

      Merchant marine:

       total: 861 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 30,186,624 GRT/52,943,968 DWT

       by type: bulk carrier 296, cargo 65, chemical tanker 47, combination

       ore/oil 2, container 46, liquefied gas 2, passenger 13,

       passenger/cargo 121, petroleum tanker 252, roll on/roll off 17

       foreign-owned: 25 (Chile 1, China 1, Cyprus 5, Norway 6, Sweden 1,

       United Kingdom 11)

       registered in other countries: 2,208 (2005)

      Airports:

       80 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 66 over 3,047 m: 5 2,438 to 3,047 m: 16 1,524 to 2,437 m: 20 914 to 1,523 m: 16 under 914 m: 9 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 14 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 11 (2004 est.)

      Heliports: 7 (2004 est.)

      Military Greece

      Military branches:

       Hellenic Army, Hellenic Navy, Hellenic Air Force (Polemiki

       Aeroporia, EPA)

      Military service age and obligation: 18 years of age for compulsory military service; during wartime the law allows for recruitment after reaching January of the year of inductee's 18th birthday, thus including 17 year olds; 17 years of age for volunteers; conscript service obligation - 12 months for the Army and Air Force, 15 months for Navy (2005)

      Manpower available for military service:

       males age 18–49: 2,459,988 (2005 est.)

      Manpower fit for military service:

       males age 18–49: 2,018,557 (2005 est.)

      Manpower reaching military service age annually:

       males: 58,399 (2005 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $5.89 billion (2004)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       4.3% (2003)

      Transnational Issues Greece

      Disputes - international: