Labor force:
4.8 million (2000 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
NA
Unemployment rate:
2.1% officially registered unemployed (December 2000); large number
of underemployed workers (2003 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $2.976 billion
expenditures: $3.211 billion, including capital expenditures of $180
million (2003 est.)
Agriculture - products:
grain, potatoes, vegetables, sugar beets, flax; beef, milk
Industries:
metal-cutting machine tools, tractors, trucks, earthmovers,
motorcycles, television sets, chemical fibers, fertilizer, textiles,
radios, refrigerators
Industrial production growth rate:
5% (2003 est.)
Electricity - production:
24.4 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
26.69 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - exports:
300 million kWh (2001)