Unemployment rate:
4.3% (2004 est.)
Population below poverty line:
10% (1997 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 27.3% (1997)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
35.9 (1987)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.2% (2004 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
23.8% of GDP (2004 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $62.51 billion
expenditures: $63.52 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.5
billion (2004 est.)
Public debt:
31.2% of GDP (2004 est.)
Agriculture - products:
turnips, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, wheat; beef, dairy products
Industries:
steel, lead, zinc, silver, aluminum, barite, and gypsum mining
processing; food products, brewing, textiles, clothing; chemicals,
pharmaceuticals; machinery, rail transportation equipment, passenger
and commercial vehicles, ship construction and refurbishment; glass
and crystal; software, tourism