Distribution of family income - Gini index:
29 (1999)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
12% (2004 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
18.8% of GDP (2004 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $13.57 billion
expenditures: $12.26 billion, including capital expenditures of NA;
note - these estimates probably do not include the government's
doubling of pensions in September of 2004 (2004 est.)
Public debt:
24.7% of GDP (2004 est.)
Agriculture - products:
grain, sugar beets, sunflower seeds, vegetables; beef, milk
Industries:
coal, electric power, ferrous and nonferrous metals, machinery and
transport equipment, chemicals, food processing (especially sugar)
Industrial production growth rate:
16.5% (2004 est.)
Electricity - production:
180 billion kWh (2003)
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 48.6% hydro: 7.9% nuclear: 43.5% other: 0% (2001)