Andorra Economy:
Tourism, the mainstay of Andorra's tiny, well-to-do economy, accounts for roughly 80% of GDP. An estimated 9 million tourists visit annually, attracted by Andorra's duty-free status and by its summer and winter resorts. Andorra's comparative advantage has recently eroded as the economies of neighboring France and Spain have been opened up, providing broader availability of goods and lower tariffs. The banking sector, with its "tax haven" status, also contributes substantially to the economy. Agricultural production is limited - only 2% of the land is arable - and most food has to be imported. The principal livestock activity is sheep raising. Manufacturing output consists mainly of cigarettes, cigars, and furniture. Andorra is a member of the EU Customs Union and is treated as an EU member for trade in manufactured goods (no tariffs) and as a non-EU member for agricultural products.
GDP (purchasing power parity):
$1.9 billion (2003 est.)
GDP — real growth rate:
2% (2003 est.)
GDP — per capita:
purchasing power parity: $26,800 (2003 est.)
GDP — composition by sector:
agriculture: NA
industry: NA
services: NA
Labor force:
33,000 (2001 est.)
Labor force — by occupation:
agriculture: 1%, industry: 21%, services: 78% (2000 est.)
Unemployment rate:
0% (1996 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
4.3% (2000 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $385 million (1997 est.)
expenditures: $342 million including capital expenditures of NA (1997 est.)
Agriculture — products:
Small quantities of rye, wheat, barley, oats, vegetables; sheep
Industries:
tourism (particularly skiing), cattle raising, timber, banking
Industrial production growth rate:
NA
Electricity — production:
NA
Electricity — consumption:
NA
Electricity — exports:
0 kWh (2002 est.)
Electricity — imports:
NA
note: Most electricity supplied by Spain and France; Andorra generates a small amount of hydropower
Exports:
$58 million (f.o.b. 1998 est.)
Exports — commodities:
tobacco products, furniture
Exports — partners:
Spain 58%, France 34% (2000)
Imports:
$1.08 billion (1998 est.)
Imports — commodities:
consumer goods, food, electricity
Imports — partners:
Spain 48%, France 35%, US 2.3% (2000)
Debt — external:
NA
Economic aid — recipient:
$none
Currency:
euro (EUR)
Exchange rates:
per US dollar
euros per US$: 0.81 (2004 est.), 0.89 (2003 est.), 1.06 (2002 est.), 1.12 (2001 est.), 1.09 (2000 est.)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
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