Population below poverty line:
8.6%

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 4.1% highest 10%: 22.2% (2002)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
26.9 (2002)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.7% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
23.4% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $48.73 billion
expenditures: $59.62 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2006 est.)

Public debt:
68.6% of GDP (2006 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:
9.5% (2006 est.)