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Etudes par pays volume 2, PDF, 346 p., 1,4 Mo - Femise

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11873_2002 Study D2: Poverty, Informal Sector, Health and Labour<br />

Literacy:<br />

definition: age 15 and over can read and write<br />

FONDAZIONE CENSIS<br />

total population: 86.6%<br />

male: 93.4%<br />

female: 79.4% (1995 est.)<br />

1.2. Economy - overview<br />

GDP: $9296 million, GDP - real growth rate: 4.9%<br />

GDP- per capita: $1745<br />

GDP - composition by sector:<br />

agriculture: 3.6%<br />

industry: 27.9%<br />

services: 68.5%<br />

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.9% (2001)<br />

Labor force: 1.27 million.<br />

Note: in addition, at least 300,000 workers are employed abroad (2001)<br />

Labor force - by occupation: Services 83%, industry 13%, agriculture 5%<br />

(2001 est.)<br />

Unemployment rate: 14-15%<br />

Industries: Phosphate mining, pharmaceuticals, petroleum refining,<br />

cement, potash, light manufacturing, text tile, pharmaceuticals, and tourism.<br />

Agriculture - products: Wheat, barley, citrus, tomatoes, melons, olives;<br />

sheep, goats, poultry.<br />

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