GDP-real growth rate: 0.4% (1997 est.)

GDP-per capita: purchasing power parity-$23,800 (1997 est.)

GDP-composition by sector: agriculture: 2.8% industry: 31.1% services: 66.1% (1995)

Inflation rate-consumer price index: -0.1% (1997)

Labor force: total: 3.8 million (850,000 foreign workers, mostly Italian) by occupation: services 67%, manufacturing and construction 29%, agriculture and forestry 4% (1995)

Unemployment rate: 5% (1997 est.)

Budget: revenues: $25.8 billion expenditures: $30.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $2.3 billion (1997)

Industries: machinery, chemicals, watches, textiles, precision instruments

Industrial production growth rate: 0% (1996)

Electricity-capacity: 14.27 million kW (1995)