| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $142.2 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
1.9% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $27,400 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 4.3%
industry: 32.7%
services: 62.9% (2003 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 4.2%
highest 10%: 21.6% (1991) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
0.9% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
2.599 million (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture and forestry 8%, industry 22%, construction 6%, commerce 14%, finance, insurance, and business services 10%, transport and communications 8%, public services 32% |
| Budget : |
revenues: $87.03 billion
expenditures: $81.62 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
metal products, electronics, shipbuilding, pulp and paper, copper refining, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, clothing |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
0.8% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
71.2 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 39%
hydro: 18.7%
nuclear: 30.4%
other: 11.8% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
76.18 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
1.81 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
11.77 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
barley, wheat, sugar beets, potatoes; dairy cattle; fish |
| Exports : |
$54.28 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
machinery and equipment, chemicals, metals; timber, paper, pulp (1999) |
| Exports - Partners : |
Germany 11.8%, Sweden 9.9%, US 8.2%, UK 8%, Russia 7.5%, Netherlands 4.8% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$37.35 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
foodstuffs, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, transport equipment, iron and steel, machinery, textile yarn and fabrics, grains (1999) |
| Imports - Partners : |
Germany 16.2%, Sweden 14.1%, Russia 11.7%, Netherlands 6.3%, Denmark 5.7%, UK 5.3%, France 4.3% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$30 billion (December 1993) |
| Economic Aid - Donor : |
ODA, $379 million (2001) |
| Currency : |
euro (EUR)
note: on 1 January 1999, the European Monetary Union introduced the euro as a common currency to be used by financial institutions of member countries; on 1 January 2002, the euro became the sole currency for everyday transactions within the member countries |
| Currency Code : |
EUR |
| Exchange Rates : |
euros per US dollar - 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001), 1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
