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Name: CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — Spain
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CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — Spain (2004)

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“CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — Spain”, published in 2004, is a work by United States. Central Intelligence Agency. It explores elements such as unemployment, oil tanker and Spain.

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United States. Central Intelligence Agency, CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — Spain (2004)

“ Incoming President RODRIGUEZ ZAPATERO, whose party won the election three days after the Madrid train bombings in March, plans to reduce government intervention in business, combat tax fraud, and support innovation, research and development, but also intends to reintroduce labor market regulations that had been scrapped by the AZNAR government. Adjusting to the monetary and other economic policies of an integrated Europe - and reducing unemployment - will pose challenges to Spain over the next few years. ”

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United States. Central Intelligence Agency, CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — Spain (2004)

“ Economy Spain Economy - overview: Spain's mixed capitalist economy supports a GDP that on a per capita basis is 80% that of the four leading West European economies. The center-right government of former President AZNAR successfully worked to gain admission to the first group of countries launching the European single currency (the euro) on 1 January 1999. The AZNAR administration continued to advocate liberalization, privatization, and deregulation of the economy and introduced some tax reforms to that end. Unemployment fell steadily under the AZNAR administration but remains high at 11.7%. ”

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United States. Central Intelligence Agency, CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — Spain (2004)

“ Jose Luis RODRIGUEZ ZAPATERO (PSOE) elected president; percent of National Assembly vote - 52.29%
elections: the monarch is hereditary; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually proposed president by the monarch and elected by the National Assembly ”

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United States. Central Intelligence Agency, CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — Spain (2004)

“ HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.5% (2001 est.) HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 130,000 (2001 est.) HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 1,000 (2003 est.) Nationality: noun: Spaniard (s)
adjective: Spanish Ethnic groups: composite of Mediterranean and Nordic types Religions: Roman Catholic 94%, other 6% Languages: Castilian Spanish 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%
note: Castilian is the official language nationwide; the other languages are official regionally Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.9%
male: 98.7%
female: 97.2% (2003 est.) ”

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United States. Central Intelligence Agency, CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — Spain (2004)

“ Unemployment rate: 11.3% (2003 est.) Budget: revenues: $330.7 billion
expenditures: $335.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $12.8 billion (2003 est.) Public debt: 62.7% of GDP (2003) Agriculture - products: grain, vegetables, olives, wine grapes, sugar beets, citrus; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; fish Industries: textiles and apparel (including footwear) , food and beverages, metals and metal manufactures, chemicals, shipbuilding, automobiles, machine tools, tourism Industrial production growth rate: 1.6% (2003 est.) ”

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United States. Central Intelligence Agency, CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — Spain (2004)

“ Investment (gross fixed) : 25.6% of GDP (2003) Population below poverty line: NA Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 25.2% (1990) Distribution of family income - Gini index: 32.5 (1990) Inflation rate (consumer prices) : 3% (2003 est.) Labor force: 18.82 million (2003) Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 7%, manufacturing, mining, and construction 29%, services 64% (2001 est.) ”

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United States. Central Intelligence Agency, CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — Spain (2004)

“ Exports - commodities: machinery, motor vehicles; foodstuffs, other consumer goods Exports - partners: France 19.2%, Germany 11.9%, Italy 9.7%, UK 9.4%, Portugal 9.3%, US 4.2% (2003) Imports: $197.1 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals, semifinished goods; foodstuffs, consumer goods Imports - partners: France 16.8%, Germany 16.6%, Italy 8.8%, UK 6.5%, Netherlands 4.9% (2003) Reserves of foreign exchange & gold: $26.81 billion (2003) Debt - external: $718.4 billion (2003 est.) ”

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United States. Central Intelligence Agency, CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — Spain (2004)

“ Party of Independents from Lanzarote or PIL [Dimas MARTIN Martin] ; Popular Party or PP [Mariano RAJOY] ; Republican Left of Catalonia or ERC [Josep-Lluis CAROD-ROVIRA] ; Spanish Socialist Workers Party or PSOE [Jose Luis RODRIGUEZ ZAPATERO] ; United Left or IU (a coalition of parties including the PCE and other small parties) [Gaspar LLAMAZARES] Political pressure groups and leaders: business and landowning interests; Catholic Church; free labor unions (authorized in April 1977) ; Socialist General Union of Workers or UGT and the smaller independent Workers Syndical Union or USO ”

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