Distribution of family income - Gini index:
24.96 (2002)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.6% (2005 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
23.1% of GDP (2005 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $51.4 billion
expenditures: $58.34 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2005 est.)

Public debt:
58.9% of GDP (2005 est.)

Agriculture - products:
wheat, corn, sunflower seed, potatoes, sugar beets; pigs, cattle,
poultry, dairy products

Industries:
mining, metallurgy, construction materials, processed foods,
textiles, chemicals (especially pharmaceuticals), motor vehicles

Industrial production growth rate:
7.3% (2005 est.)

Electricity - production:
32.21 billion kWh (2003)

Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 60.1% hydro: 0.5% nuclear: 39% other: 0.3% (2001)