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Introduction - Malta: | Location - Malta: | People - Malta: | Government - Malta: | Economy - Malta: | Economy overview | Major resources are limestone, a favorable geographic location, and a productive labor force. Malta produces only about 20% of its food needs, has limited fresh water supplies, and has few domestic energy sources. The economy is dependent on foreign trade, manufacturing (especially electronics and pharmaceuticals), and tourism. Continued sluggishness in the European economy is holding back exports, tourism, and overall growth. | | Gdp purchasing power parity | $8.411 billion (2006 est.) | | Gdp official exchange rate | $5.447 billion (2006 est.) | | Gdp real growth rate | 2.4% (2006 est.) | | Gdp per capita ppp | $21,000 (2006 est.) | | Gdp composition by sector | agriculture: 3%
industry: 23%
services: 74% (2003 est.) | | Labor force | 164,000 (2006 est.) | | Labor force by occupation | agriculture: 3%
industry: 22%
services: 75% (2005 est.) | | Unemployment rate | 6.8% (2005 est.) | | Population below poverty line | NA% | | Household income or consumption by percentage share | lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA% | | Inflation rate consumer prices | 2.6% (2006 est.) | | Investment gross fixed | 25.1% of GDP (2006 est.) | | Budget | revenues: $2.503 billion
expenditures: $2.703 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.) | | Agriculture products | potatoes, cauliflower, grapes, wheat, barley, tomatoes, citrus, cut flowers, green peppers; pork, milk, poultry, eggs | | Industries | tourism, electronics, ship building and repair, construction, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals, footwear, clothing, tobacco | | Industrial production growth rate | NA% | | Electricity production | 2.291 billion kWh (2004) | | Electricity consumption | 2.13 billion kWh (2004) | | Electricity exports | 0 kWh (2004) | | Electricity imports | 0 kWh (2004) | | Oil production | 0 bbl/day (2004 est.) | | Oil consumption | 19,000 bbl/day (2004 est.) | | Oil exports | NA bbl/day | | Oil imports | NA bbl/day | | Oil proved reserves | 0 bbl | | Natural gas production | 0 cu m (2004 est.) | | Natural gas consumption | 0 cu m (2004 est.) | | Current account balance | -$966.2 million (2006 est.) | | Exports | $2.425 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.) | | Exports commodities | machinery and transport equipment, manufactures | | Exports partners | France 15.3%, Singapore 13.2%, US 13%, Germany 12.5%, UK 9.5%, Japan 4.9%, Hong Kong 4.2% (2006) | | Imports | $4.077 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.) | | Imports commodities | machinery and transport equipment, manufactured and semi-manufactured goods; food, drink, tobacco | | Imports partners | Italy 28%, UK 10.5%, France 8.7%, Germany 7.6%, Singapore 6.8%, US 5.6% (2006) | | Reserves of foreign exchange and gold | $3.065 billion (2006 est.) | | Debt external | $188.8 million (2005) | | Economic aid recipient | $NA | | Currency code | Maltese lira (MTL) | | Exchange rates | Maltese liri per US dollar - 0.37 (2006), 0.34578 (2005), 0.34466 (2004), 0.37723 (2003), 0.43362 (2002) | |
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