5% (1996)

Unemployment rate:

2.3% officially registered; large number of unregistered or
underemployed workers; the International Labor Organization
calculates that Ukraine's real unemployment level is nearly 7% (2007
est.)

Population below poverty line:

37.7% (2003)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: 3.4%
highest 10%: 25.7% (2006)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:

31 (2006)

Investment (gross fixed):

27.4% of GDP (2007 est.)

Budget:

revenues: $43.54 billion
expenditures: $45.06 billion; note - this is the planned,
consolidated budget (2007 est.)

Fiscal year:

calendar year

Public debt:

11.7% of GDP (2007 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

12.8% (2007 est.)

Central bank discount rate:

8% (31 December 2007)

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

13.9% (31 December 2007)

Stock of money:

$35.97 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of quasi money:

$41.51 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of domestic credit:

$87.13 billion (31 December 2007)

Agriculture - products:

grain, sugar beets, sunflower seeds, vegetables; beef, milk

Industries:

coal, electric power, ferrous and nonferrous metals, machinery and
transport equipment, chemicals, food processing (especially sugar)

Industrial production growth rate:

6% (2007 est.)

Electricity - production:

182.4 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

148.1 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports:

12.52 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - imports:

2.082 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 48.6%
hydro: 7.9%
nuclear: 43.5%
other: 0% (2001)

Oil - production:

102,400 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

344,000 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

190,500 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

441,200 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:

395 million bbl (1 January 2008 est.)

Natural gas - production:

19.5 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

84.9 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

4 billion cu m (2006 est.)

Natural gas - imports:

65.4 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

1.104 trillion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Current account balance:

-$5.918 billion (2007 est.)

Exports:

$49.84 billion (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities