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( October 2011 ) Economy of Vatican City Currency Euro ( EUR ) Fiscal year Calendar year Statistics GDP n / av Labour force 4,822 ( 2016 ) Labour force by occupation note : essentially services with a small amount of industry ; nearly all dignitaries, priests, nuns, guards, and the approximately 3,000 lay workers live outside the Vatican Main industries printing, production of coins, medals, postage stamps, mosaics and staff uniforms and financial services Public finances Revenues $315 million ( 2013 ) Expenses $334 million ( 2013 ) Economic aid Peter 's Pence Main data source : CIA World Fact Book All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars. 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Contents 1 Key statistics 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References Key statistics Budget : revenues : $315 million ( 2013 ) expenditures : $348 million ( 2013 ) Industries Printing and production of a small amount of mosaics and staff uniforms ; worldwide banking and financial activities Electricity -- production 442 MWh ( 2010 ) from solar panels. Electricity -- imports Electricity supplied by Italy. Currency Euro ( since 2002 ). Vatican City depends on Italy for practical production of banknotes, stamps and other valuable titles. Owing to their rarity, Vatican euro coins are sought by collectors. The fiscal year is the calendar year. See also Secretariat for the Economy Index of Vatican City - related articles Notes Jump up ^ `` Italy suspends Vatican bank card payments ''. 3 January 2013 -- via www.bbc.co.uk. Jump up ^ Europe : : Holy See ( Vatican City ). CIA -- The World Factbook. Cia.gov. Retrieved on August 1, 2017. References This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook document `` 2010 edition ''. 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Question: where does the vatican get its money from
Answer: contributions (known as Peter's Pence) from Roman Catholics throughout the world