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Economic indicators

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Economic indicators

 
Main indicators 2009201020112012 (e)2013 (e)
GDP (billions USD) 283.98363.66e422.04e443.29464.97
GDP (constant prices, annual % change) -1.72.8e3.4e3.64.0
GDP per capita (USD) 5,741.08e7,274.42e8,342.16e8,658.328,974.13
General government balance (in % of GDP) -4.8-4.5e-3.7e-3.4-3.1
Inflation rate (%) 7.1e4.3e5.9e5.05.0
Current Account (billions USD) -11.50-10.11e-11.62e-16.58-22.09
Current Account (in % of GDP) -4.1-2.8e-2.8e-4.8-

Source: IMF - World Economic Outlook Database ; World Bank

Note: (e) Estimated data

 
Breakdown of economic activity by sector Agriculture Industry Services
Value added (annual % change) -3.2 -7.2 1.3
Value added (in % of GDP) 3.0 31.3 65.7
Employment by sector (in % of total employment) 5.1 25.0 69.8

Source: World Bank - last available data.

 
Monetary indicators 20062007200820092010
Average annual exchange rate for 1 USD 6.777.058.268.477.32

Source: World Bank

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Foreign trade in figures

 
Foreign trade indicators 20062007200820092010
Imports of goods (millions USD) 78,71588,450100,53273,17294,040
Exports of goods (millions USD) 58,17569,78480,78261,67781,821
Imports of services (millions USD) 13,90016,12716,51514,39018,001
Exports of services (millions USD) 11,91213,49912,39411,65614,104
Imports of goods and services (annual % change) 18.39.01.4-17.45.5
Exports of goods and services (annual % change) 7.55.92.4-19.516.5
Imports of goods and services (in % of GDP) 32.534.238.628.327.1
Exports of goods and services (in % of GDP) 30.031.335.627.425.5
Trade Balance (millions USD) -4,195-5,160-4,4485343,838
Current Account (millions USD) -13,745-20,018-20,083-11,327-
Foreign trade (in % of GDP) 62.565.574.255.752.7

Source: WTO - World Trade Organization ; World Bank

 

Main partner countries

Main customers
(% of exports)
2010
China 11.4%
United States 9.9%
Japan 9.0%
Germany 7.7%
United Kingdom 5.2%
See more countries 56.8%
Main suppliers
(% of imports)
2010
China 14.3%
Germany 11.3%
United States 7.3%
Japan 5.3%
Saudi Arabia 4.0%
See more countries 57.7%

Source: Comtrade, last available data

 

Main products

Main exports
(% of exports)
2010
Platinum, incl. palladium, rhodium, iridium,...Platinum, incl. palladium, rhodium, iridium, osmium and ruthenium, unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form 13.1%
Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels...Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal 7.7%
Iron ores and concentrates, incl. roasted iron...Iron ores and concentrates, incl. roasted iron pyrites 7.6%
Ferro-alloysFerro-alloys 6.5%
Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally...Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars (excl. motor vehicles of heading 8702) 5.8%
See more products 59.4%
Main imports
(% of imports)
2010
Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous...Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude 14.0%
Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally...Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars (excl. motor vehicles of heading 8702) 5.1%
Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous...Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (excl. crude); preparations containing >= 70% by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations, n.e.s.; waste oils containing mainly petroleum or bituminous minerals 4.2%
Transmission apparatus for radio-telephony,...Transmission apparatus for radio-telephony, radio-telegraphy, radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras; still image video cameras and other video camera recorders; digital cameras 2.4%
Automatic data processing machines and units...Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, n.e.s. 2.2%
See more products 72.2%

Source: Comtrade, last available data

 

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