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Date: 18/05/2000
| Capital: |
Bern |
| Area: |
41,286 sq. kilometres |
| Population: |
7.2 million |
| Languages: |
German (64&percent;); French (19&percent;); Italian (8&percent;); Romansch (1&percent;); others (8&percent;) |
| Head of state: |
President Ruth Dreifuss, since 1 January 1999 (the de facto head of state is the president of the Federal Council, although constitutionally this role is filled by the council as a whole) |
| Unemployment: |
2.4&percent; (January 2000) |
| Workforce: |
4.7&percent; in agriculture, 26.2&percent; in industry, 69.1&percent; in services |
| Currency: |
Swiss franc (current rate: 1.5553 = €1) |
| Inflation: |
0.8&percent; (1999 average) |
| Economy: |
Gross domestic product was €245 billion in 1999 |
| Source: Economist Intelligence Unit |
| |
1995 |
Jan-Sept 1999 |
| Value |
95/94 |
Value |
99/98 |
| |
&percent;change |
&percent;change |
| Exports |
51,019 |
9.1 |
45,237 |
8.1 |
| Imports |
43,211 |
3.4 |
38,596 |
5.6 |
| Trade balance |
7,808 |
6,642 |
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