1989 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1989 (Internet Archive)
Geography
Agriculture
accounts for less than 3% of GDP (including forestry); principal products— barley, oats, potatoes, wheat, fruits, wine grapes; cattle raising widespread
Aid
none
Budget
revenues $2.5 billion; expenditures $2.3 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (1988)
Currency
Luxembourg franc (plural — francs); 1 Luxembourg franc (LuxF) = 100 centimes
Electricity
1,500,000 kW capacity; 1,163 million kWh produced, 3,170 kWh per capita (1989)
Exchange rates
Luxembourg francs (LuxF) per US$1— 35.468 (January 1990), 39.404 (1989), 36.768 (1988), 37.334 (1987), 44.672 (1986), 59.378 (1985); note — the Luxembourg franc is at par with the Belgian franc, which circulates freely in Luxembourg
Exports
$4.7 billion (f.o.b., 1988); commodities— finished steel products, chemicals, rubber products, glass, aluminum, other industrial products; partners — EC 75%, US 6%
External debt
$131.6 million (1989 est.)
Fiscal year
calendar year
GDP
$6.3 billion, per capita $17,200; real growth rate 4% (1989 est.)
Imports
$5.9 billion (c.i.f., 1988 est.); commodities — minerals, metals, foodstuffs, quality consumer goods; partners—FRG 40%, Belgium 35%, France 15%, US 3%
Industrial production
growth rate 5% (1989 est.)
Industries
banking, iron and steel, food processing, chemicals, metal products, engineering, tires, glass, aluminum
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
3.0% (1989 est.)
Unemployment rate
1.6% (1989 est.)
Communications
Airports
2 total, 2 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways less than 1,220 m; 1 with runways over 3,659 m
Branches
Army
Civil air
13 major transport aircraft
Defense expenditures
1.2% of GDP, or $76 million (1989 est.)
Highways
5,108 km total; 4,995 km paved, 57 km gravel, 56 km earth; about 80 km limited access divided highway
Inland waterways
37 km; Moselle River
Merchant marine
4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,138 GRT/9,373 DWT; includes 2 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 2 chemical tanker
Military manpower
males 1 5-49, 99,734; 83,237 fit for military service; 2,368 reach military age (19) annually
Pipelines
refined products, 48 km
Ports
Mertert (river port)
Railroads
Luxembourg National Railways (CFL) operates 270 km 1.435-meter standard gauge; 162 km double track; 162 km electrified
Telecommunications
adequate and efficient system, mainly buried cables; 230,000 telephones; stations— 2 AM, 4 FM, 6 TV; 2 communication satellite earth stations operating in EUTELSAT and domestic systems Defense Forces