GDP-per capita: purchasing power parity-$20,800 (western: purchasing power parity - $23,600; eastern: purchasing power parity-$9,100) (1997 est.)

GDP-composition by sector: agriculture: 1.1% industry: 34.5% services: 64.4% (1995)

Inflation rate-consumer price index: 1.8% (1997)

Labor force: total: 38.7 million by occupation: industry 41%, agriculture 3%, services 56% (1995)

Unemployment rate: 12% (1997 est.)

Budget: revenues: $755 billion expenditures: $832.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1995)

Industries: western: among world's largest and technologically advanced producers of iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery, vehicles, machine tools, electronics, food and beverages; eastern: metal fabrication, chemicals, brown coal, shipbuilding, machine building, food and beverages, textiles, petroleum refining

Industrial production growth rate: 3% (1997)

Electricity-capacity: 109.727 million kW (1995)

Electricity-production: 495.875 billion kWh (1995)