Population below poverty line:
Below $2.15 per day (PPP): 3%

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 26.1% (1998)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
35 (2003)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
6.8% (2005 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
27.8% of GDP (2005 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $5.673 billion
expenditures: $5.889 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2005 est.)

Public debt:
10.9% of GDP (2005 est.)

Agriculture - products:
grain, sugar beets, potatoes, vegetables; beef, pork, milk, eggs;
fish

Industries:
buses, vans, street and railroad cars; synthetic fibers,
agricultural machinery, fertilizers, washing machines, radios,
electronics, pharmaceuticals, processed foods, textiles; note -
dependent on imports for energy and raw materials

Industrial production growth rate:
5.6% (2005 est.)