| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | Rank | |
| Population (million) | 291,3 | 294,0 | 296,9 | 299,8 | 303,0 | i |
| Economic organizations | APEC; IMF; NAFTA; OECD; WTO | |||||
| National currency (NC) | US-Dollar | |||||
| Exchange rate (NC in €) | 0,884 | 0,804 | 0,804 | 0,796 | 0,729 | |
| Exchange rate (NC in US$) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Inflation rate | 2,3% | 2,7% | 3,4% | 3,2% | 2,9% | i |
| GDP | ||||||
| GDP (billion US$) | 10908 | 11631 | 12376 | 13133 | 13776 | i |
| GDP (per capita in US$) | 37446 | 39561 | 41684 | 43806 | 45467 | i |
| GDP growth rate | 2,5% | 3,6% | 3,1% | 2,9% | 2,2% | i |
| GDP (composition by sector): | ||||||
| Agriculture | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
| Industry | 22% | 22% | 22% | 22% | 22% | |
| Services | 77% | 77% | 77% | 77% | 77% | |
| GDP (by type of expenditure): | ||||||
| Household consumption | 71% | 70% | 70% | 70% | 71% | |
| Government consumption | 16% | 16% | 16% | 16% | 16% | |
| Gross fixed capital formation | 18% | 18% | 19% | 19% | 18% | |
| Trade: | ||||||
| Export (billion US$) | 724 | 818 | 904 | 1037 | 1163 | i |
| Import (billion US$) | 1305 | 1525 | 1732 | 1919 | 2017 | i |
| Public debt (billion US$) | 6687 | 7246 | 7772 | 8195 | 8610 | i |
| Public debt (share of GDP) | 61% | 62% | 63% | 62% | 63% | i |
| Unemployment rate | 6,0% | 5,5% | 5,1% | 4,6% | 4,5% | i |
| Average working hours (per year) | 1797 | 1800 | 1795 | 1796 | n.a. | |
| Energy (billion KWh): | ||||||
| Electricity production | 3892 | n.a. | 4062 | n.a. | 4167 | i |
| Electricity consumption | 3656 | n.a. | 3816 | n.a. | 3892 | i |
| Crude oil and natural gas: | ||||||
| Natural gas reserves (billion m³) | 5353 | n.a. | 5550 | n.a. | 5977 | i |
| Natural gas production (billion m³) | 539 | n.a. | 490,8 | n.a. | 545,9 | i |
| Natural gas consumption (billion m³) | 633,6 | n.a. | 605 | n.a. | 652,9 | i |
| Crude oil reserves (billion barrel) | 22,5 | n.a. | n.a. | 21,4 | 21,0 | i |
| Crude oil production (bpd) | n.a. | n.a. | 7610000 | n.a. | 8457000 | i |
| Crude oil consumption (bpd) | 2E+07 | 2,1E+07 | n.a. | n.a. | 2,1E+07 | i |
| Raw materials: | ||||||
| Mineral resources | bauxite; lead; iron; crude oil; natural gas; gold; potassium carbonate; coal; copper; molybdenum; nickel; phosphatees; mercury; uranium; silver; tungsten; zinc | |||||
| Agricultural resources | cotton; beef; pork; poultry; fish; vegetables; timber; corn; fruit; wheat | |||||
| Organic and inorganic chemicals: | ||||||
| Export (billion US$) | 29,3 | 37,2 | 39,0 | 43,7 | 49,3 | i |
| Import (billion US$) | 45,2 | 48,2 | 53,0 | 57,3 | 61,1 | i |
| Plastic and rubber: | ||||||
| Export (billion US$) | 35,5 | 41,3 | 46,6 | 52,4 | 58,6 | i |
| Import (billion US$) | 36,4 | 42,7 | 50,6 | 55,0 | 56,3 | i |
| Important companies | Alcoa; Albemarle; Ashland; Air Products; Cabot Corporation; Celanese; Chemtura; Chevron Phillips Chemical; ConocoPhillips; Cytec Industries; Dow Chemical; Eastman Chemical; E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (Dupont); ExxonMobil; FMC; Georgia Gulf; Hercules; Hexion; Honeywell; Huntsman; IFF; Lubrizol; Momentive Performance Materials; Mosaic: Nalco; Occidental Chemical; Praxair; PPG Industries; PolyOne; US Steel; Sherwin-Williams; Solutia; Sunoco; The Dow Chemical Company; Valspar; Westlake Chemical; W.R. Grace | |||||
