22.7%, services 65% (2002 est.)

Unemployment rate:
8.3% plus considerable underemployment (2004 est.)

Population below poverty line:
25% (January 2003 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 5.9%
highest 10%: 47% (2001)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
39.9 (2001)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
11.5% (2004 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
19.1% of GDP (2004 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $106.4 billion
expenditures: $93.33 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2004 est.)

Public debt:
28.2% of GDP (2004 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

Industrial production growth rate:
6.4% (2004 est.)

Electricity - production:
915 billion kWh (2003)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 66.3%
hydro: 17.2%
nuclear: 16.4%
other: 0.1% (2003)

Electricity - consumption:
894.3 billion kWh (2003)

Electricity - exports:
20.7 billion kWh (2003)

Electricity - imports:
12.65 billion kWh (2002)

Oil - production:
8.42 million bbl/day (2003 est.)

Oil - consumption:
2.31 million bbl/day (2003 est.)

Oil - exports:
6.11 million bbl/day (2003)

Oil - imports:
NA

Oil - proved reserves:
69 billion bbl (2003 est.)

Natural gas - production:
578.6 billion cu m (2003 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
405.8 billion cu m (2003 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
171 billion cu m (2003 est.)

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

Natural gas - proved reserves:
47 trillion cu m (2003)

Current account balance:
$46.04 billion (2004 est.)

Exports:
$162.5 billion (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, wood and wood
products, metals, chemicals, and