Unemployment rate:
7.6% plus considerable underemployment (2005 est.)
Population below poverty line:
17.8% (2004 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.7% highest 10%: 38.7% (1998)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
40 (2002)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
12.7% (2005 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
18.1% of GDP (2005 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $176.7 billion
expenditures: $125.6 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2005 est.)
Public debt:
12.9% of GDP (2005 est.)
Agriculture - products:
grain, sugar beets, sunflower seed, vegetables, fruits; beef, milk
Industries:
complete range of mining and extractive industries producing coal,
oil, gas, chemicals, and metals; all forms of machine building from
rolling mills to high-performance aircraft and space vehicles;
defense industries including radar, missile production, and advanced
electronic components, shipbuilding; road and rail transportation
equipment; communications equipment; agricultural machinery,
tractors, and construction equipment; electric power generating and
transmitting equipment; medical and scientific instruments; consumer
durables, textiles, foodstuffs, handicrafts