production: growth rate NA%; accounts for 40% of GDP (1989 est.) Environment: recent droughts and desertification severely affecting marginal agricultural activities; desertification; soil degradation, soil depletion, erosion *World, People Population: 13,808,447 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: -30% (1992) National product per capita: $9,000 (1988) Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA% Unemployment rate: NA% Budget: revenues $NA; expenditures $NA, including capital expenditures of $3.5 billion (1992 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5% (1992 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4.8% (1991 est.) Exports: $NA commodities: tomatoes, flowers (mostly grown in nondrought years; principal crops - rice, corn, wheat, vegetables; 60% self-sufficient in wheat, soybeans, corn; fish catch of 1.5 million (1987) by occupation: agriculture 66%, services 25%, industry 9% note: shortage of skilled labor; 2,500,000 Egyptians work abroad, mostly in Saudi Arabia 60 km Coastline: 910 km Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: none Climate: tropical along coast Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, including natural gas 4,387 km (1991) Ports: Budapest and Dunaujvaros are river ports are Giurgiu, Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Orsova Merchant marine: 10 ships under the US-administered UN trusteeship) Constitution: 1
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