Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.6% highest 10%: 25.1% (1997)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
28.3 (2000)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1.7% (2006 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
17.3% of GDP (2006 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $1.277 trillion
expenditures: $1.344 trillion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2006 est.)
Public debt:
66.8% of GDP (2006 est.)
Agriculture - products:
potatoes, wheat, barley, sugar beets, fruit, cabbages; cattle,
pigs, poultry
Industries:
among the world's largest and most technologically advanced
producers of iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery,
vehicles, machine tools, electronics, food and beverages,
shipbuilding, textiles
Industrial production growth rate:
4.4% (2006 est.)