Labor force: total: 1.115 million (mid-1993 est.) by occupation: primarily herding/agricultural
Unemployment rate: 15% (1997 est.)
Budget: revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA
Industries: copper, construction materials, mining (particularly coal); food and beverage, processing of animal products
Industrial production growth rate: 4.5% (1997 est.)
Electricity-capacity: 901,000 kW (1995)
Electricity-production: 3.15 billion kWh (1995)
Electricity-consumption per capita: 1,303 kWh (1995)
Agriculture-products: wheat, barley, potatoes, forage crops; sheep, goats, cattle, camels, horses
Exports: total value: $418 million (f.o.b., 1997 est.) commodities: copper, livestock, animal products, cashmere, wool, hides, fluorspar, other nonferrous metals partners: Russia 21%, China 18% (1996)