purchasing power parity - $6,300 (2003 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 7.7%
industry: 37.7%
services: 54.6% (2003 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
23.9% of GDP (2003)

Population below poverty line:
26% (2001 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 27.3% (2001)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
35.4 (1996)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
6.6% (2003 est.)

Labor force:
7.634 million (2003)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 20%, industry 30%, services 50% (2002 est.)

Unemployment rate:
8.8% (2003 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $6.729 billion
expenditures: $6.999 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2003 est.)

Public debt:
15.5% of GDP (2003)

Agriculture - products:
grain (mostly spring wheat), cotton; livestock

Industries:
oil, coal, iron ore, manganese, chromite, lead, zinc, copper,
titanium, bauxite, gold, silver, phosphates, sulfur, iron and steel;
tractors and other agricultural machinery, electric motors,
construction materials

Industrial production growth rate:
8.8% (2003 est.)

Electricity - production:
52.43 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
48.36 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - exports:
3.6 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - imports:
3.2 billion kWh (2001)

Oil - production:
798,200 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
195,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA (2001)

Oil - proved reserves:
2.709 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

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

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

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

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

Natural gas - proved reserves:
920.3 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Current account balance:
$-68.8 million (2003)

Exports:
$12.72 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Exports - commodities:
oil and oil products 58%, ferrous metals 24%, chemicals 5%,
machinery 3%, grain, wool, meat, coal (2001)

Exports - partners:
Bermuda 17%, Russia 15.2%, Switzerland 13%, China 12.8%, Italy 7.8%
(2003)

Imports:
$8.621 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment 41%, metal products 28%, foodstuffs 8%
(2001)

Imports - partners:
Russia 39%, Germany 8.7%,