Inflation rate-consumer price index: 15% (1997 est.)
Labor force: total: 17.7 million (1997 est.) by occupation: industry and construction 29.9%, agriculture 26%, services 44.1% (1996)
Unemployment rate: 12% (1997)
Budget: revenues: $33.8 billion expenditures: $35.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997 est.)
Industries: machine building, iron and steel, coal mining, chemicals, shipbuilding, food processing, glass, beverages, textiles
Industrial production growth rate: 11.2% (1997 est.)
Electricity-capacity: 33.5 million kW (1997 est.)
Electricity-production: 142 billion kWh (1997 est.)
Electricity-consumption per capita: 3,360 kWh (1995)
Agriculture-products: potatoes, milk, cheese, fruits, vegetables, wheat; poultry and eggs; pork, beef