Chita Oblast
| Population: | 1,287,800 | Capital: | Chita (376,000) | |
| Urban %: | 63 | Rural %: | 37 | |
| Area (km2 ): | 431,500 | Population density (per km2): | 3 | |
| Average temperature, centigrade January: | -22 | Average temperature, centigrade July: | 17 | |
| Average rainfall, mm January: | 2 | Average rainfall, mm July: | 85 | 
| Chita Oblast | Oblast value | East Siberia mean | % East Siberia mean | 
| ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS | |||
| Wage levels 1000 rbls/month, 1995 | 504 | 668 | 75 | 
| GDP/capita rbls, million | 8 | 11 | 69 | 
| GDP 1995 bln rbls | 10,037 | 17,059* | 59 | 
| Industrial productivity mln rbls/employee | 37 | 81 | 46 | 
| LABOUR MARKET CHANGE | |||
| Employed, % labour force | 90 | 90 | 100 | 
| SOCIAL COHESION, EXCLUSION, STABILITY | |||
| Hospital beds per 10,000 | 137 | 134 | 102 | 
| Life expectancy in years (male) | 56 | 55 | 102 | 
| Life expectancy in years (female) | 70 | 69 | 101 | 
| Students in higher education per 10,000 | 90 | 169 | 53 | 
* Mean per Republic/Krai/Oblast=one sixth of total GDP for East Siberia.



