Chelyabinsk Oblast
| Population: | 3,675,400 | Capital: | Chelyabinsk (1,151,000) | |
| Urban %: | 81 | Rural %: | 19 | |
| Area (km2 ): | 87,900 | Population density (per km2): | 42 | |
| Average temperature, centigrade January: | -15 | Average temperature, centigrade July: | 20 | |
| Average rainfall, mm January: | 4 | Average rainfall, mm July: | 18 | 
| Chelyabinsk Oblast | Oblast value | Urals mean | % Urals mean | 
| ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS | |||
| GDP 1995 bln rbls | 33,127 | 29,239* | 113 | 
| Wage levels 1000 rbls/month, 1995 | 464 | 444 | 105 | 
| Industrial productivity mln rbls/employee | 69 | 67 | 103 | 
| GDP/capita rbls, million | 9 | 10 | 90 | 
| LABOUR MARKET CHANGE | |||
| Employed, % labour force | 92 | 92 | 100 | 
| SOCIAL COHESION, EXCLUSION, STABILITY | |||
| Students in higher education per 10,000 | 149 | 146 | 102 | 
| Life expectancy in years (male) | 58 | 58 | 100 | 
| Life expectancy in years (female) | 72 | 72 | 100 | 
| Hospital beds per 10,000 | 129 | 133 | 97 | 
* mean per Republic/Oblast= one seventh of total GDP for Urals.



