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Saudi Arabia
Language: Arabic
Ethnicity/race: Arab 90%,
Afro-Asian 10%
Religion: Islam 100%
Literacy
rate:
79% (2003 est.)
Economic
summary:
GDP/PPP (2009 est.): $585.8 billion; per capita
$20,400. Real growth rate: 0.2%. Inflation:
5%. Unemployment: 11.6% male only (local bank
estimate; some estimates range as high as 25%) (2004
est.). Arable land: 2%. Agriculture:
wheat, barley, tomatoes, melons, dates, citrus; mutton,
chickens, eggs, milk. Labor force: 6.76 million;
note: more than 35% of the population in the 15–64 age
group is non-national; agriculture 12%, industry 25%,
services 63% (1999 est.). Industries: crude oil
production, petroleum refining, basic petrochemicals;
ammonia, industrial gases, sodium hydroxide (caustic
soda), cement, fertilizer, plastics; metals, commercial
ship repair, commercial aircraft repair, construction.
Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, iron
ore, gold, copper. Exports: $180.5 billion (2009
est.): petroleum and petroleum products 90%. Imports:
$86.61 billion (2009 est.): machinery and equipment,
foodstuffs, chemicals, motor vehicles, textiles.
Major trading partners: U.S., Japan, South Korea,
China, Taiwan, Singapore, Germany, UK (2004).
Communications: Telephones:
main lines in use: 3.9 million (2002 est.); mobile
cellular: 2.9 million (2002 est.). Radio broadcast
stations: AM 43, FM 31, shortwave 2 (1998).
Radios: 6.25 million (1997). Television broadcast
stations: 117 (1997). Televisions: 5.1
million (1997). Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
22 (2003). Internet users: 1.453 million (2002).
Transportation: Railways:
total: 1,392 km (2002). Highways: total: 151,470
km; paved: 45,592 km; unpaved: 105,878 km (1999).
Ports and harbors: Ad Dammam, Al Jubayl, Duba,
Jiddah, Jizan, Rabigh, Ra's al Khafji, Mishab, Ras
Tanura, Yanbu' al Bahr, Madinat Yanbu' al Sinaiyah.
Airports: 209 (2002).
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