Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.4% (1995 est.)
Labor force: 2,553,900
by occupation: private services 37.1%, government services 30.4%,
manufacturing and mining 20%, construction 6.3%, agriculture,
forestry, and fishing 5.6%, electricity/gas/water 0.6% (1991)
Unemployment rate: 9.5% (1995)
Budget:
revenues: $56.5 billion
expenditures: $64.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA
(1994 est.)
Industries: food processing, machinery and equipment, textiles and clothing, chemical products, electronics, construction, furniture, and other wood products, shipbuilding
Industrial production growth rate: -2.5% (1993 est.)
Electricity: capacity: 10,030,000 kW production: 32 billion kWh consumption per capita: 5,835 kWh (1993)
Agriculture: grain, potatoes, rape, sugar beets; meat, dairy products; fish
Exports: $39.6 billion (f.o.b., 1994)
commodities: meat and meat products, dairy products, transport
equipment (shipbuilding), fish, chemicals, industrial machinery
partners: EU 49.4% (Germany 22.4%, UK 8.2%), Sweden 10.4%, Norway
6.5%, US 5.5%, Japan 4.1%, FSU 1.7% (1994)
Imports: $34 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)
commodities: petroleum, machinery and equipment, chemicals, grain
and foodstuffs, textiles, paper
partners: EU 51% (Germany 22%, UK 6.5%), Sweden 11.6%, Norway 5.1%,
US 5.2%, Japan 3.5%, FSU 1.7% (1994)