2006a | 2007a | 2008a | 2009a | 2010b | 2011c | 2012c | |
GDP | |||||||
Nominal GDP (US$ m) | 101,550 | 114,627 | 148,013 | 109,481 | 127,517 | 153,555 | 150,548 |
Nominal GDP (KD m) | 29,470 | 32,586 | 39,787 | 31,500 | 36,552 | 43,884 | 43,239 |
Real GDP growth (%) | 5.2 | 4.4 | 8.5b | -4.6b | 2.7 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
Expenditure on GDP (% real change) | |||||||
Private consumption | 7.7 | 9.0 | 9.0b | -2.0b | 1.5 | 4.5 | 6.0 |
Government consumption | 4.5 | 1.5 | 6.5b | -1.0b | 1.0 | 5.5 | 7.5 |
Gross fixed investment | 21.0 | 24.4 | 15.0b | -3.0b | 2.0 | 8.0 | 12.0 |
Exports of goods & services | 0.3 | 0.6 | 8.0b | -13.0b | 1.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
Imports of goods & services | 4.7 | 29.5 | 7.0b | -8.4b | -2.0 | 6.5 | 10.0 |
Origin of GDP (% real change) | |||||||
Agriculture | -2.0 | -8.8 | 1.0b | 0.0b | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
Industry | 3.1 | -1.3 | 8.2b | -9.1b | 1.5 | 4.2 | 5.1 |
Services | 7.9 | 11.2 | 8.8b | 0.0b | 3.8 | 4.6 | 5.5 |
Population and income | |||||||
Population (m) | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
GDP per head (US$ at PPP) | 37,729 | 37,952 | 41,706b | 39,595b | 40,427 | 41,346 | 42,591 |
Fiscal indicators (% of GDP) | |||||||
Public-sector revenue | 52.5 | 58.1 | 52.9 | 56.9 | 56.4 | 55.1 | 50.4 |
Public-sector expenditure | 28.0 | 23.0 | 37.8 | 31.0 | 37.4 | 33.9 | 37.1 |
Public-sector balance | 24.4 | 35.1 | 15.1 | 25.9 | 19.0 | 21.2 | 13.3 |
Net public debt | 10.1 | 11.8 | 9.7 | 13.1 | 11.9 | 10.5 | 11.4 |
Prices and financial indicators | |||||||
Exchange rate KD:US$ (end-period) | 0.289 | 0.273 | 0.276 | 0.287 | 0.281a | 0.286 | 0.287 |
Exchange rate KD:€ (end-period) | 0.382 | 0.399 | 0.384 | 0.411 | 0.381a | 0.377 | 0.365 |
Consumer prices (end-period; %) | 3.6 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 2.1 | 6.0a | 5.7 | 4.7 |
Stock of money M1 (% change) | -4.8 | 16.8 | 5.4 | 7.9 | 19.3a | 17.5 | 8.0 |
Stock of money M2 (% change) | 21.7 | 19.1 | 15.8 | 13.4 | 3.0a | 5.1 | 7.2 |
Lending interest rate (av; %) | 8.6 | 8.5 | 7.6 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 6.0 |
Current account (US$ m) | |||||||
Trade balance | 40,213 | 43,409 | 64,005 | 33,263 | 47,203 | 64,515 | 51,272 |
Goods: exports fob | 56,453 | 62,526 | 86,944 | 50,344 | 65,974 | 86,920 | 76,686 |
Goods: imports fob | -16,240 | -19,117 | -22,939 | -17,081 | -18,771 | -22,405 | -25,414 |
Services balance | -2,194 | -3,175 | -3,816 | -2,250 | -2,791 | -4,617 | -5,938 |
Income balance | 10,966 | 12,395 | 10,743 | 7,725 | 8,623 | 9,121 | 9,938 |
Current transfers balance | -3,674 | -10,453 | -10,689 | -10,133 | -9,893 | -10,316 | -10,847 |
Current-account balance | 45,311 | 42,176 | 60,243 | 28,605 | 43,141 | 58,703 | 44,426 |
External debt (US$ m) | |||||||
Debt stock | 31,145 | 57,736 | 60,608 | 55,231b | 54,542 | 56,870 | 59,634 |
Debt service paid | 1,600b | 2,892b | 1,534b | 2,321b | 3,467 | 3,716 | 3,660 |
Principal repayments | 96 | 37 | 69 | 1,701b | 2,887 | 3,086 | 2,978 |
Interest | 1,505b | 2,855b | 1,464b | 620b | 580 | 630 | 682 |
International reserves (US$ m) | |||||||
Total international reserves | 12,676 | 16,776 | 17,228 | 20,378 | 21,362 | 23,648 | 26,683 |
a Actual. b Economist Intelligence Unit estimates. c Economist Intelligence Unit forecasts. | |||||||
Source: IMF, International Financial Statistics. |
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