| Economy of the United States of America |
| |
| Rank | 1st (nominal) / 1st (PPP) |
| Currency | US$ (USD) |
| Fiscal year | October 1 – September 30 |
| Statistics |
| GDP | $15.685 trillion (2012) [1][2] |
| GDP growth | 2.2% (Real, Dec. 2011-Dec. 2012) [1] |
| GDP per capita | $49,601 (2012)[2]
(14th–2011, nominal; 6th–2011, PPP) |
| GDP by sector | agriculture: 1.2%, industry: 19.2%, services: 79.6% (2011 est.) |
| Inflation (CPI) | 1.6% (January 2012-January 2013) [3] |
| Population
below poverty line | 15.0% (2011)[4] |
| Gini coefficient | 0.477 (2011) (List of countries)[5] |
| Labor force | 155.028 million (includes 11.742 mil. unemployed, March 2013)[6] |
| Labor force
by occupation | farming, forestry, and fishing: 0.7% manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts: 20.3% managerial, professional, and technical: 37.3% sales and office: 24.2% other services: 17.6% (2009) [note: figures exclude the unemployed] |
| Unemployment | 7.6% (March 2013)[6]  (-0.1%) |
| Average gross salary | $45,230 (May 2011)[7] |
| Main industries | Highly diversified, world leading, high-technology innovator, second largest industrial output in world; petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining |
| Ease of Doing Business Rank | 4th [8] |
| External |
| Exports | $1.564 trillion (2012)[9] |
| Export goods | capital goods, 27.9%; industrial supplies and materials (except oil fuels), 24.8%; consumer goods (except automotive), 11.8%; automotive vehicles and components, 9.4%; food, feed, and beverages, 8.6%; fuel oil and petroleum products, 7.6%; aircraft and components, 6.1%; other, 3.8%. |
| Main export partners | Canada 18.9%; Mexico 14.0%; China, 7.1%; Japan, 4.5%; United Kingdom, 3.5% (2012) |
| Imports | $2.299 trillion (2012)[9] |
| Import goods | Consumer goods (except automotive), 22.7%; capital goods (except computing), 18.7; industrial supplies (except crude oil), 18.4%; crude oil, 13.7%; automotive vehicles and components, 13.1%; computers and accessories, 5.4%; food, feed, and beverages, 4.8%; other, 3.1%. |
| Main import partners | China, 18.7%; Canada, 14.2%; Mexico, 12.2%; Japan, 6.4%; Germany, 4.8% (2012) |
| FDI stock | $227.9 billion (2011)[10] |
| Gross external debt | $14.71 trillion / 98% of GDP (as of June 2011)[11] |
| Public finances |
| Public debt | $16.687 trillion[12] / 107.18% of GDP[13] |
| Budget deficit | $1.09 trillion (2012)[14] |
| Revenues | $2.45 trillion (individual income tax, 46.1%; social insurance, 34.7%; corporate taxes, 9.9%; other, 9.3% - 2012)[14] |
| Expenses | $3.54 trillion (Social Security, 21.5%; defense, 18.4%; Medicare, 13.2%; interest, 7.3%; Medicaid, 7.1%; other, 32.4% - 2012)[14] |
| Economic aid | ODA $19 billion, 0.2% of GDP (2004)[15] |
| Credit rating | |
| Foreign reserves | $151.866 billion (Dec. 2012) [19] |
| Main data source: CIA World Fact Book
All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars |
