GDP-per capita: purchasing power parity-$21,200 (1997 est.)

GDP-composition by sector: agriculture: 1.8% industry: 31.4% services: 66.8% (1996 est.)

Inflation rate-consumer price index: 3.1% (1997)

Labor force: total: 28.2 million (1997) by occupation: services 68.9%, manufacturing and construction 17.5%, government 11.3%, energy 1.2%, agriculture 1.1% (1996)

Unemployment rate: 5.5% (1997 est.)

Budget: revenues: $416.1 billion expenditures: $470 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1996 est.)

Industries: production machinery including machine tools, electric power equipment, automation equipment, railroad equipment, shipbuilding, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, electronics and communications equipment, metals, chemicals, coal, petroleum, paper and paper products, food processing, textiles, clothing, and other consumer goods

Industrial production growth rate: 2% (1997 est.)

Electricity-capacity: 66.149 million kW (1995)

Electricity-production: 306.62 billion kWh (1995)