Economy - overview: | This unique, noncommercial economy is supported financially by an annual contribution from Roman Catholic dioceses throughout the world, as well as by special collections (known as Peter's Pence); the sale of postage stamps, coins, medals, and tourist mementos; fees for admission to museums; and the sale of publications. Investments and real estate income also account for a sizable portion of revenue. The incomes and living standards of lay workers are comparable to those of counterparts who work in the city of Rome. |
| Population below poverty line: | NA |
| Household income or consumption by percentage share: | lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA |
| Labor force: | NA |
| Labor force - by occupation: | essentially services with a small amount of industry; note - dignitaries, priests, nuns, guards, and 3,000 lay workers live outside the Vatican |
| Budget: | revenues: $245.2 million
expenditures: $260.4 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2002) |
| Industries: | printing; production of coins, medals, postage stamps, a small amount of mosaics and staff uniforms; worldwide banking and financial activities |
| Electricity - production: | NA kWh |
| Electricity - consumption: | NA kWh |
| Electricity - exports: | 0 kWh |
| Electricity - imports: | NA kWh; note - electricity supplied by Italy |
| Economic aid - recipient: | none |
| Currency: | euro (EUR) |
| Currency code: | EUR |
| Exchange rates: | euros per US dollar - 0.886 (2003),1.1324 (2002), 1.1175 (2001), 1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999) |
| Fiscal year: | calendar year
Source: CIA World Factbook
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