Distribution of family income - Gini index:
31 (1995)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1.4% (2003 est.)

Labor force:
3.425 million (2003)

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture and forestry 4%, industry and crafts 29%, services 67% (2001 est.)

Unemployment rate:
4.4% (2003 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $67 billion
expenditures: $70 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2004 est.)

Public debt:
67.6% of GDP (2003)

Agriculture - products:
grains, potatoes, sugar beets, wine, fruit; dairy products, cattle,
pigs, poultry; lumber

Industries:
construction, machinery, vehicles and parts, food, chemicals,
lumber and wood processing, paper and paperboard, communications
equipment, tourism

Industrial production growth rate:
1.9% (2003 est.)