Chuvash Republic
| Population: | 1,359,000 | Capital: | Cheboksary (460,000) | |
| Urban %: | 61 | Rural %: | 39 | |
| Area (km2 ): | 18,300 | Population density (per km2): | 74 | |
| Average temperature, centigrade January: | -9 | Average temperature, centigrade July: | 18 | |
| Average rainfall, mm January: | 28 | Average rainfall, mm July: | 32 | 
| Chuvash Republic | Republic value | Volgo-Vyatka mean | % Volgo-Vyatka mean | 
| ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS | |||
| Wage levels 1000 rbls/month, 1995 | 253 | 336 | 75 | 
| Industrial productivity mln rbls/employee | 33 | 44 | 74 | 
| GDP/capita rbls, million | 6 | 7 | 74 | 
| GDP 1995 bln rbls | 7,519 | 12,677* | 59 | 
| LABOUR MARKET CHANGE | |||
| Employed, % labour force | 90 | 91 | 99 | 
| SOCIAL COHESION, EXCLUSION, STABILITY | |||
| Life expectancy in years (male) | 60 | 59 | 102 | 
| Life expectancy in years (female) | 73 | 72 | 101 | 
| Students in higher education per 10,000 | 152 | 158 | 96 | 
| Hospital beds per 10,000 | 123 | 138 | 89 | 
* Mean per Oblast/Republic=one fifth of GDP total for Volgo-Vyatka region.



