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

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       collapse of the economy and allowed Finance Minister Salam FAYYAD to

       implement several financial and economic reforms. Budgetary support,

       however, was not as forthcoming in 2003.

      GDP:

       purchasing power parity - $768 million (2003 est.)

      GDP - real growth rate:

       4.5% (2003 est.)

      GDP - per capita:

       purchasing power parity - $600 (2003 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 9% industry: 28% services: 63% (includes West Bank) (2002 est.)

      Population below poverty line:

       60% (2003 est.)

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

       lowest 10%: NA

       highest 10%: NA

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       2.2% (includes West Bank) (2001 est.)

      Labor force:

       NA (1997)

      Labor force - by occupation:

       agriculture 13%, industry 21%, services 66% (1996)

      Unemployment rate:

       50% (includes West Bank) (2003 est.)

      Budget:

       revenues: $676.6 million

       expenditures: $1.155 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA

       (includes West Bank) (2003)

      Agriculture - products:

       olives, citrus, vegetables; beef, dairy products

      Industries:

       generally small family businesses that produce textiles, soap,

       olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs; the Israelis

       have established some small-scale modern industries in an industrial

       center

      Industrial production growth rate:

       NA

      Electricity - production:

       NA kWh; note - electricity supplied by Israel

      Electricity - consumption:

       NA kWh

      Electricity - exports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Electricity - imports:

       NA kWh; note - electricity supplied by Israel (2001)

      Exports:

       $603 million f.o.b., includes West Bank

      Exports - commodities:

       citrus, flowers

      Exports - partners:

       Israel, Egypt, West Bank

      Imports:

       $1.9 billion c.i.f., includes West Bank

      Imports - commodities:

       food, consumer goods, construction materials

      Imports - partners:

       Israel, Egypt, West Bank

      Debt - external:

       $108 million (includes West Bank) (1997 est.)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $800 million (includes West Bank) (2001 est.)

      Currency:

       new Israeli shekel (ILS)

      Currency code:

       ILS

      Exchange rates:

       new Israeli shekels per US dollar - 4.55 (2003), 4.74 (2002), 4.21

       (2001), 4.08 (2000), 4.14 (1999)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Gaza Strip

      Telephones - main lines in use: 95,729 (total for Gaza Strip and West Bank) (1997)

      Telephones - mobile cellular: 320,000 (cellular subscribers in both Gaza Strip and West Bank) (2002)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: NA

       domestic: rudimentary telephone services provided by an open-wire

       system

       international: NA

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 0, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)

      Radios:

       NA; note - most Palestinian households have radios (1999)

      Television broadcast stations:

       2 (operated by the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation) (1997)

      Televisions:

       NA; note - most Palestinian households have televisions (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .ps

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       3 (1999)

      Internet users:

       60,000 (includes West Bank) (2001)

      Transportation Gaza Strip

      Highways: total: NA km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km note: small, poorly developed road network

      Ports and harbors:

       Gaza

      Airports:

       2 (2001)

       note: includes Gaza International Airport (GIA), inaugurated on 24

       November 1998 as part of agreements stipulated in the September 1995

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