Italy
- Official Name:
- Italian Republic (Italy)
- Area:
- 301.230 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 58.147.733 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 7.600 km
- Capital:
- Rome
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Augusta, Genoa, Livorno, Melilli Oil Terminal, Ravenna, Taranto, Trieste, Venice
- Maritime claims:
-
- Territorial sea: 12 nm
- Continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
- Political divisions:
- 7 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Heredia, Limon, Puntarenas, San Jose
- Language(s):
- Spanish (official), English
- National holiday:
- Independence Day, 15 September (1821)
- Nationality:
- Costa Rican(s)
- Official time:
- UTC-6.
- Member of:
- AfDB, AsDB, Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CBSS (observer), CDB, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, G- 7, G- 8, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINURSO, NAM (guest), NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, SECI (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMOGIP, UNRWA, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WEU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
- Internet country code:
- .it
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
Euro (EUR) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD30.200 (2006 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2006 est.) USD 1.785.000.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 1,9% (2006 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)
-
- Agriculture: 2%
- Industry: 29,1%
- Services: 69%
- Labor force:
- 24.630.000 (2006 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (2001):
-
- Agriculture 5%
- Industry: 32%
- Services 63%
- Unemployment rate:
- 7% (2006 est.)
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 2,3% (2006 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- 20,8% del PIB (2006 est.)
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD832.900.000.000
- Expenditures: USD925.000.000.000
- Public debt:
- 107,8% of GDP (2006 est.)
- Current account balance:
- USD -23.730.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Exports:
- USD 450.100.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Engineering products, textiles and clothing, production machinery, motor vehicles, transport equipment, chemicals; food, beverages and tobacco; minerals, and nonferrous metals
- Exports - Partners:
- Germany 13,2%, France 12,3%, US 8%, Spain 7,5%, UK 6,6% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 445.600.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Engineering products, chemicals, transport equipment, energy products, minerals and nonferrous metals, textiles and clothing; food, beverages, and tobacco
- Imports - partners:
- Germany 17,4%, France 10%, Netherlands 5,7%, China 4,6%, Belgium 4,5%, Spain 4,3%, UK 4% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- USD 70.500.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Debt - external:
- USD 1.957.000.000.000 (2006)
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