CHAPTER X. Appendices A-D
APPENDIX A: COUNTRY DATA
Population 429,000 (January 1999 estimate)
Population growth rate 1.02% (1998 estimate)
Religions Roman Catholic 96% by baptism, (About 15% of the population are practicing Catholics) Protestant and Jewish 3%
Government type: Constitutional monarchy
Chief of State: Grand Duke Jean
Head of Government
Prime Minister: Jean-Claude Juncker
Vice Prime Minister: TBA
Next national election: Scheduled for June 2004
Languages: Luxembourgish (Lëtzebuergesch), German, French, and English
APPENDIX B: DOMESTIC ECONOMY
1997 1998 1999*
Gross Domestic Product
(at market prices; in
billions U.S. dollars) 15.8 17.2 17.6
GDP real growth rate 3.6% 5.7% 2.0%
GDP per capita 37,772 40,595 41,009
Government spending 4.9% 4.2% 5.9%
Inflation 1.4% 1.2% 1.2%
Unemployment 3.9% 3.3% 2.9%
Average Exchange Rate for USD ($1=LUF) 30 35 37
*Estimated
APPENDIX C: TRADE
1997 1998
Total export (in billions) $6.7 $7.7
Total imports (in billions) $9.0 $9.9
U.S. exports (in millions) $237 $424
U.S. imports (in millions) $527 $424
*Estimated
APPENDIX D: INVESTMENT STATISTICS
Principal Foreign Investors 1997
Germany 37.7%
Belgium 13.2%
France 9.8%
Other EU Nations 9.9%
USA 9.6%
Italy 5.9%
Switzerland 4.1%
Netherlands 3.9%
Japan 3.1%
Other non-EU countries 3.0%
