Government type: Government type
Suffrage (voting rights): 18 years of age; universal (except in senatorial elections, where minimum age is 25)
GDP (ppp): $1.834 trillion (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 11$1.877 trillion (2011 est.)
$1.869 trillion (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2012 US dollars
Population below poverty line: N/A
Agriculture products: fruits, vegetables, grapes, potatoes, sugar beets, soybeans, grain, olives; beef, dairy products; fish
Industries: tourism, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, food processing, textiles, motor vehicles, clothing, footwear, ceramics
Export commodities: engineering products, textiles and clothing, production machinery, motor vehicles, transport equipment, chemicals; food, beverages and tobacco; minerals, and nonferrous metals
Import commoditiesengineering products, chemicals, transport equipment, energy products, minerals and nonferrous metals, textiles and clothing; food, beverages, and tobacco
Exchange rate to $US (2012): euros (EUR) per US dollar -
0.7838 (2012 est.)
0.7185 (2011 est.)
0.755 (2010 est.)
0.7198 (2009 est.)
0.6827 (2008 est.)
Internet users: 29.235 million (2009)
Suffrage (voting rights): 18 years of age; universal (except in senatorial elections, where minimum age is 25)
GDP (ppp): $1.834 trillion (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 11$1.877 trillion (2011 est.)
$1.869 trillion (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2012 US dollars
Population below poverty line: N/A
Agriculture products: fruits, vegetables, grapes, potatoes, sugar beets, soybeans, grain, olives; beef, dairy products; fish
Industries: tourism, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, food processing, textiles, motor vehicles, clothing, footwear, ceramics
Export commodities: engineering products, textiles and clothing, production machinery, motor vehicles, transport equipment, chemicals; food, beverages and tobacco; minerals, and nonferrous metals
Import commoditiesengineering products, chemicals, transport equipment, energy products, minerals and nonferrous metals, textiles and clothing; food, beverages, and tobacco
Exchange rate to $US (2012): euros (EUR) per US dollar -
0.7838 (2012 est.)
0.7185 (2011 est.)
0.755 (2010 est.)
0.7198 (2009 est.)
0.6827 (2008 est.)
Internet users: 29.235 million (2009)