the
country's vibrant financial sector.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$26.53 billion (2004 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
7.6% (2004 est.)

GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $11,500 (2004 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 4.4%
industry: 24.8%
services: 70.8% (2004 est.)

Labor force:
1.17 million (2004 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 15%, industry 25%, services 60% (2000 est.)

Unemployment rate:
8.8% (2004 est.)

Population below poverty line:
NA

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 25.9% (1998)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
32 (1999)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
6% (2004 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
26.1% of GDP (2004 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $4.231 billion
expenditures: $4.504 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2004 est.)

Public debt:
11.8% of GDP (2004 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:
8.5% (2004 est.)

Electricity - production:
4.547 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 29.1%
hydro: 70.9%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
5.829 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - exports:
1.1 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - imports:
2.7 billion kWh (2002)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
44,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA

Oil - imports:
NA

Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
1.7 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
1.7 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Current account balance:
$-1.251 billion (2004 est.)

Exports:
$3.569 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
wood and wood products, machinery and equipment, metals, textiles,
foodstuffs

Exports - partners:
UK 12.8%, Germany 12%, Sweden 10%, Lithuania 9.1%, Estonia 8%,
Russia 6.4%, Denmark 5.4% (2004)

Imports:
$5.97 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)