Unemployment rate:
8.1% (2006 est.)
Population below poverty line:
4% (1989 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.2% highest 10%: 23% (1996)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
25 (1996)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.1% (2006 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
19.4% of GDP (2006 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $195.7 billion
expenditures: $195.5 billion; including capital expenditures of
$1.56 billion (2006 est.)
Public debt:
90.3% of GDP (2006 est.)
Agriculture - products:
sugar beets, fresh vegetables, fruits, grain, tobacco; beef, veal,
pork, milk
Industries:
engineering and metal products, motor vehicle assembly,
transportation equipment, scientific instruments, processed food and
beverages, chemicals, basic metals, textiles, glass, petroleum