Population below poverty line:
8.6% (1993 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 4.1% highest 10%: 20.5% (1998)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
24.4 (1998)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
4.7% (2003 est.)
Labor force:
4.164 million (2003)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 8%, industry 27%, services 65% (1996)
Unemployment rate:
5.9% (2003 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $35 billion
expenditures: $39.88 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2003 est.)
Public debt:
57% of GDP (2003)
Agriculture - products:
wheat, corn, sunflower seed, potatoes, sugar beets; pigs, cattle,
poultry, dairy products