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CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
Economy - overview: |
Ireland is a small, modern, trade-dependent economy with growth averaging a robust 7% in 1995-2004. Agriculture, once the most important sector, is now dwarfed by industry and services. Industry accounts for 46% of GDP, about 80% of exports, and 29% of the labor force. Although exports remain the primary engine for Ireland's growth, the economy has also benefited from a rise in consumer spending, construction, and business investment. Per capita GDP is 10% above that of the four big European economies and the second highest in the EU behind Luxembourg. Over the past decade, the Irish Government has implemented a series of national economic programs designed to curb price and wage inflation, reduce government spending, increase labor force skills, and promote foreign investment. Ireland joined in circulating the euro on 1 January 2002 along with 11 other EU nations. |
GDP: |
purchasing power parity - $126.4 billion (2004 est.) |
GDP - real growth rate: |
5.1% (2004 est.) |
GDP - per capita: |
purchasing power parity - $31,900 (2004 est.) |
GDP - composition by sector: |
agriculture: 5%
industry: 46% services: 49% (2002 est.) |
Labor force: |
1.92 million (2004 est.) |
Labor force - by occupation: |
agriculture 8%, industry 29%, services 63% (2002 est.) |
Unemployment rate: |
4.3% (2004 est.) |
Population below poverty line: |
10% (1997 est.) |
Household income or consumption by percentage share: |
lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 27.3% (1997) |
Distribution of family income - Gini index: |
35.9 (1987) |
Inflation rate (consumer prices): |
2.2% (2004 est.) |
Investment (gross fixed): |
23.8% of GDP (2004 est.) |
Budget: |
revenues: $62.51 billion
expenditures: $63.52 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.5 billion (2004 est.) |
Public debt: |
31.2% of GDP (2004 est.) |
Agriculture - products: |
turnips, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, wheat; beef, dairy products |
Industries: |
steel, lead, zinc, silver, aluminum, barite, and gypsum mining processing; food products, brewing, textiles, clothing; chemicals, pharmaceuticals; machinery, rail transportation equipment, passenger and commercial vehicles, ship construction and refurbishment; glass and crystal; software, tourism |
Industrial production growth rate: |
7% (2004 est.) |
Electricity - production: |
22.88 billion kWh (2002) |
Electricity - production by source: |
fossil fuel: 95.9%
hydro: 2.3% nuclear: 0% other: 1.7% (2001) |
Electricity - consumption: |
21.78 billion kWh (2002) |
Electricity - exports: |
100 million kWh (2002) |
Electricity - imports: |
600 million kWh (2002) |
Oil - production: |
0 bbl/day (2001 est.) |
Oil - consumption: |
174,400 bbl/day (2001 est.) |
Oil - exports: |
27,450 bbl/day (2001) |
Oil - imports: |
178,600 bbl/day (2001) |
Oil - proved reserves: |
0 bbl (1 January 2002) |
Natural gas - production: |
815 million cu m (2001 est.) |
Natural gas - consumption: |
4.199 billion cu m (2001 est.) |
Natural gas - exports: |
0 cu m (2001 est.) |
Natural gas - imports: |
3.384 billion cu m (2001 est.) |
Natural gas - proved reserves: |
9.911 billion cu m (1 January 2002) |
Current account balance: |
$-2.881 billion (2004 est.) |
Exports: |
$103.8 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.) |
Exports - commodities: |
machinery and equipment, computers, chemicals, pharmaceuticals; live animals, animal products |
Exports - partners: |
US 20.2%, UK 17.5%, Belgium 14.8%, Germany 7.5%, France 5.9%, Italy 4.5%, Netherlands 4.4% (2004) |
Imports: |
$60.65 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.) |
Imports - commodities: |
data processing equipment, other machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum and petroleum products, textiles, clothing |
Imports - partners: |
UK 35.2%, US 13.5%, Germany 8.9%, France 4.3%, Netherlands 4.3% (2004) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: |
$4.152 billion (2003) |
Debt - external: |
$11 billion (1998) |
Economic aid - donor: |
ODA, $283 million (2001) |
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 |
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CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
Economy - overview: |
Ireland is a small, modern, trade-dependent economy with growth averaging a robust 7% in 1995-2004. Agriculture, once the most important sector, is now dwarfed by industry and services. Industry accounts for 46% of GDP, about 80% of exports, and 29% of the labor force. Although exports remain the primary engine for Ireland's growth, the economy has also benefited from a rise in consumer spending, construction, and business investment. Per capita GDP is 10% above that of the four big European economies and the second highest in the EU behind Luxembourg. Over the past decade, the Irish Government has implemented a series of national economic programs designed to curb price and wage inflation, reduce government spending, increase labor force skills, and promote foreign investment. Ireland joined in circulating the euro on 1 January 2002 along with 11 other EU nations. |
GDP: |
purchasing power parity - $126.4 billion (2004 est.) |
GDP - real growth rate: |
5.1% (2004 est.) |
GDP - per capita: |
purchasing power parity - $31,900 (2004 est.) |
GDP - composition by sector: |
agriculture: 5%
industry: 46% services: 49% (2002 est.) |
Labor force: |
1.92 million (2004 est.) |
Labor force - by occupation: |
agriculture 8%, industry 29%, services 63% (2002 est.) |
Unemployment rate: |
4.3% (2004 est.) |
Population below poverty line: |
10% (1997 est.) |
Household income or consumption by percentage share: |
lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 27.3% (1997) |
Distribution of family income - Gini index: |
35.9 (1987) |
Inflation rate (consumer prices): |
2.2% (2004 est.) |
Investment (gross fixed): |
23.8% of GDP (2004 est.) |
Budget: |
revenues: $62.51 billion
expenditures: $63.52 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.5 billion (2004 est.) |
Public debt: |
31.2% of GDP (2004 est.) |
Agriculture - products: |
turnips, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, wheat; beef, dairy products |
Industries: |
steel, lead, zinc, silver, aluminum, barite, and gypsum mining processing; food products, brewing, textiles, clothing; chemicals, pharmaceuticals; machinery, rail transportation equipment, passenger and commercial vehicles, ship construction and refurbishment; glass and crystal; software, tourism |
Industrial production growth rate: |
7% (2004 est.) |
Electricity - production: |
22.88 billion kWh (2002) |
Electricity - production by source: |
fossil fuel: 95.9%
hydro: 2.3% nuclear: 0% other: 1.7% (2001) |
Electricity - consumption: |
21.78 billion kWh (2002) |
Electricity - exports: |
100 million kWh (2002) |
Electricity - imports: |
600 million kWh (2002) |
Oil - production: |
0 bbl/day (2001 est.) |
Oil - consumption: |
174,400 bbl/day (2001 est.) |
Oil - exports: |
27,450 bbl/day (2001) |
Oil - imports: |
178,600 bbl/day (2001) |
Oil - proved reserves: |
0 bbl (1 January 2002) |
Natural gas - production: |
815 million cu m (2001 est.) |
Natural gas - consumption: |
4.199 billion cu m (2001 est.) |
Natural gas - exports: |
0 cu m (2001 est.) |
Natural gas - imports: |
3.384 billion cu m (2001 est.) |
Natural gas - proved reserves: |
9.911 billion cu m (1 January 2002) |
Current account balance: |
$-2.881 billion (2004 est.) |
Exports: |
$103.8 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.) |
Exports - commodities: |
machinery and equipment, computers, chemicals, pharmaceuticals; live animals, animal products |
Exports - partners: |
US 20.2%, UK 17.5%, Belgium 14.8%, Germany 7.5%, France 5.9%, Italy 4.5%, Netherlands 4.4% (2004) |
Imports: |
$60.65 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.) |
Imports - commodities: |
data processing equipment, other machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum and petroleum products, textiles, clothing |
Imports - partners: |
UK 35.2%, US 13.5%, Germany 8.9%, France 4.3%, Netherlands 4.3% (2004) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: |
$4.152 billion (2003) |
Debt - external: |
$11 billion (1998) |
Economic aid - donor: |
ODA, $283 million (2001) |
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 |
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