GDP: Greek Cypriot area: purchasing power parity - $21.38 billion (2007 est); Turkish Cypriot area: purchasing power parity - $1.865 million (2006 est.

GDP - real growth rate: Greek Cypriot area: 3.9% (2nd Trimester 2008)

Turkish Cypriot area: -2% (2007 est.)

GDP - per capita: Greek Cypriot area: purchasing power parity - $15,400 Turkish Cypriot area: purchasing power parity - $11,800 (2006 est.)

GDP - composition by sector: Greek Cypriot area: agriculture 2.7%, industry 19.2%, services 78% Turkish Cypriot area: agriculture 8.6%, industry 22.5%, services 69.1% (1998)

Population below poverty line: NA%

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Inflation rate (consumer prices): Greek Cypriot area: 4.6% (Jan-July 2008 est.) Turkish Cypriot area: 11.4% (2006 est.)

Labor force: Greek Cypriot area: 393,000 (2007 est.) Turkish Cypriot area: 95,030 (2007 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: Greek Cypriot area: services 71%, industry 20.5%, agriculture 8.5% (2007 Est.) Turkish Cypriot area: services 56.5%, industry 29%, agriculture 14.5% (2007 est.)

Unemployment rate: Greek Cypriot area: 3.7% (July 2008 est.) Turkish Cypriot area: 9.4% (2005 est.)

Budget: revenues: Greek Cypriot area - $9.996 billion (2007 est.) Turkish Cypriot area - $2.5 billion (2006 est.) Aid from Turkey amounts to $400 million. expenditures: Greek Cypriot area - $9.304 billion Turkish Cypriot area - $2.5 billion

Industries: Greek Cypriot area - tourism, food and beverage processing, cement and gypsum production, ship repair and refurbishment, textiles, light chemicals, metal products, wood, paper, stone, and clay products Turkish Cypriot area - foodstuffs, textiles, clothing, ship repair, clay, gypsum, copper, furniture

Industrial production growth rate: Greek Cypriot area: 3.8% (2007 est.) Turkish Cypriot area: -0.3% (2007 est.)

Electricity - production: Greek Cypriot area: 4.618 billion kWh (2006) Turkish Cypriot area: 998.9 million kWh (2005)

Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (1998)

Electricity - consumption: Greek Cypriot area: 4.135 billion kWh Turkish Cypriot area: 797.9 million kWh (2005)

Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (1998)

Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (1998)

Agriculture - products: Greek Cypriot area - citrus, vegetables, barley, grapes, olives, vegetables; poultry, pork, lamb, dairy, cheese Turkish Cypriot area - citrus fruit, dairy, potatoes, grapes, olives, poultry, lamb

Exports: Greek Cypriot area: $1.489 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.) Turkish Cypriot area: $68.1 million, f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities: Greek Cypriot area: citrus, potatoes, pharmaceuticals, cement, and clothing Turkish Cypriot area: citrus, dairy, potatoes, textiles

Exports - partners: Greek Cypriot area: Greece 21.1%, UK 14.3%, Germany 6.6% (2006) Turkish Cypriot area: Turkey 40%; direct trade between the area administered by Turkish Cypriots and the area under government control remains limited (2006)

Imports: Greek Cypriot area: $7.786 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.) Turkish Cypriot area: $1.2 billion, f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities: Greek Cypriot area: consumer goods, petroleum and lubricants, intermediate goods, machinery, transport equipment Turkish Cypriot area: vehicles, fuel, cigarettes, food, minerals, chemicals, machinery

Imports - partners: Greek Cypriot area: Greece 17.7%, Italy 10.2%, UK 9.6%, Germany 9.4%, Israel 6.5%, France 5.4%, China 5.3%, Netherlands 4.1% (2006) Turkish Cypriot area: Turkey 60%; direct trade between the area administered by Turkish Cypriots and the area under government control remains limited (2006)

Debt - external: Greek Cypriot area: $27.69 billion (31 December 2007 est.) Turkish Cypriot area: $NA (Turkey has forgiven most past aid)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home: Greek Cypriot area: $13.18 billion (2007 est.) Turkish Cypriot area: $NA

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad: Greek Cypriot area: $5.324 billion (2007 est.) Turkish Cypriot area: $NA

Economic aid - donor: Greek Cypriot area - $25.9 million (2006) Turkish Cypriot area - $NA

Economic aid - recipient: Greek Cypriot area - $15 million (2006) Turkish Cypriot area - under a July 2006 agreement, Turkey plans to provide the area administered by Turkish Cypriots 1.875 billion YTL ($1.3 billion) over three years (600 million YTL in 2006, 625 million YTL in 2007 and 650 million YTL in 2008);

Currency: Greek Cypriot area: 1 euro = 100 cent since 1 January 2008 previously 1 Cypriot pound = 100 cents; Turkish Cypriot area: 1 Turkish lira (TL) = 100 kurus

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Greek Cypriot area: $6.507 billion (31 December 2007 est.) Turkish Cypriot area: $NA

Exchange rates: Cypriot pounds per US$1 - 0.5688 (January 2000), 0.5423 (1999), 0.5170 (1998), 0.5135 (1997), 0.4663 (1996), 0.4522 (1995); Turkish liras (TL) per US$1 - 545,584 (January 2000), 418,783 (1999), 260,724 (1998), 151,865 (1997), 81,405 (1996), 45,845.1 (1995)