0%: 25.9% (2000)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:

33.7 (2000)

Investment (gross fixed):

21.5% of GDP (2007 est.)

Budget:

revenues: $150.6 billion
expenditures: $141.5 billion (2007 est.)

Fiscal year:

calendar year

Public debt:

44.2% of GDP (2007 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

0.7% (2007 est.)

Central bank discount rate:

2.05% (31 December 2007)

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

3.15% (31 December 2007)

Stock of money:

$213.9 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of quasi money:

$450.7 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of domestic credit:

$855.4 billion (31 December 2007)

Agriculture - products:

grains, fruits, vegetables; meat, eggs

Industries:

machinery, chemicals, watches, textiles, precision instruments,
tourism, banking, and insurance

Industrial production growth rate:

6.5% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:

64.56 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

58.77 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports:

36.88 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - imports:

34.82 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 1.3%
hydro: 59.5%
nuclear: 37.1%
other: 2% (2001)

Oil - production:

3,202 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

244,900 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - exports:

9,370 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

274,900 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:

NA

Natural gas - production:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

3.232 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - imports:

3.232 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

Current account balance:

$72.35 billion (2007 est.)

Exports:

$200.1 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities:

machinery, chemicals, metals, watches, agricultural products

Exports - partners:

Germany 20.3%, US 9.7%, Italy 8.7%, France 8.4%, UK 5.1% (2007)

Imports:

$187.1 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities:

machinery, chemicals, vehicles, metals; agricultural products,
textiles

Imports - partners:

Germany 32.6%, Italy 10.8%, France 9.5%, US 5.8%, Netherlands 4.6%,
Austria 4.2%, UK 4.2% (2007)

Economic aid - donor:

ODA, $1.646 billion (2006)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: