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Official name
Serbia, a republic of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Location:
Southeastern Europe, central
part of the Balkan Peninsula 88,361
sq: km
Population
10,500,000
For more information:
Federal Statistical Office:
http://www.szs.sv.gov.yu
National Capital
Belgrade
Major cities include, Novi Sad, Ni, Kragujevac and Pritina
Natural resources
Oil, gas, coal, copper,
antimony, lead, zinc, wood
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General
Economic Indicators
|
Indicators |
Year
2000
(Changes to the previous year,%) |
Year
2001
|
|
GDP*
(material product), growth rate
|
6.4%
(The
biggest increase: transport, communication, construction and industry,
the biggest decrease: agriculture) |
Estimate:
5.5% |
|
GDP* |
8.1
billion USD (according to IMF)
9
billion USD (according to World Bank) |
Estimate:
10.8
|
|
GDP*
per capita |
USD 966 |
Estimated:
1200
|
|
Industrial
production, growth rate |
- 10.9 %
(changes to the previous year) |
-
6,0 %
(Dec2001/Dec2000)
(0.1%)
(Jan-Dec2001/Jan-Dec2000) |
|
Retail
Prices, growth rate |
- 113.3%
(December
2000/December 1999)
|
-
39%
(Dec2001/Dec2000)
|
|
Unemployment
rate |
27.3% |
27.8% |
|
Fiscal
deficit* |
... |
1.3%
of GDP |
|
Real
net wage increase
|
5.5%
(2000/1999)
|
12.6%
(Oct2001/Oct2000) |
|
Average
net wage in Euro
|
46
|
125
|
|
Exports |
15.6% (changes
to the previous year) |
28%
(changes to the previous year) |
|
Imports |
13.8
% (changes to the previous year) |
10.5%
(changes to the previous year) |
|
Export
in bill USD |
1.7 |
1.9 |
|
Import
in bill USD |
3.7 |
4.8 |
|
Foreign
trade deficit in US$ billion |
2 |
2.9 |
*
For Yugoslavia
For more information:
Federal Statistical Office: http://www.szs.sv.gov.yu
National Bank of Yugoslavia: http://www.nbj.yu
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