Irkutsk Oblast
| Population: | 2,784,900 | Capital: | Irkutsk (650,000) | |
| Urban %: | 80 | Rural %: | 21 | |
| Area (km2 ): | 767,900 | Population density (per km2): | 4 | |
| Average temperature, centigrade January : | -17 | Average temperature, centigrade July : | 16 | |
| Average rainfall, mm January: | 20 | Average rainfall, mm July: | 46 | 
| Irkutsk Oblast | Oblast value | East Siberia mean | % East Siberia mean | 
| ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS | |||
| GDP 1995 bln rbls | 34,301 | 17,059 | 201 | 
| Industrial productivity mln rbls/employee | 96 | 81 | 119 | 
| Wage levels 1000 rbls/month, 1995 | 738 | 668 | 111 | 
| GDP/capita rbls, million | 12 | 11 | 110 | 
| LABOUR MARKET CHANGE | |||
| Employed, % labour force | 91 | 90 | 101 | 
| SOCIAL COHESION, EXCLUSION, STABILITY | |||
| Students in higher education per 10,000 | 192 | 169 | 114 | 
| Hospital beds per 10,000 | 138 | 134 | 103 | 
| Life expectancy in years (female) | 69 | 69 | 100 | 
| Life expectancy in years (male) | 55 | 55 | 99 | 
* Mean per Republic/Krai/Oblast=one sixth of total GDP for East Siberia.



