FACTS & FIGURES

POPULATION 10.6 million (July 2001 est.)

LAND AREA 50,500 square miles. Slightly smaller than the state of Alabama

CLIMATE Temperate, mild and wet winters, hot and dry summers

CAPITAL Athens

CURRENCY Euro

EXCHANGE RATE 1 U.S. Dollar = 1.03 Euros (August 2002)

INDUSTRIES Tourism, food and tobacco processing, textiles, chemicals, metal products, mining, petroleum

GDP Composition by sector: Agriculture: 8.5% Industry: 19.6% Services: 71.9%