Kurgan Oblast
| Population: | 1,104,700 | Capital: | Kurgan (368,000) | |
| Urban %: | 55 | Rural %: | 45 | |
| Area (km2 ): | 71,000 | Population density (per km2): | 16 | |
| Average temperature, centigrade January: | -14 | Average temperature, centigrade July: | 21 | |
| Average rainfall, mm January: | 4 | Average rainfall, mm July: | 30 | 
| Kurgan Oblast | Republic value | Urals mean | % Urals mean | 
| ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS | |||
| Wage levels 1000 rbls/month, 1995 | 339 | 444 | 77 | 
| Industrial productivity mln rbls/employee | 43 | 67 | 63 | 
| GDP/capita rbls, million | 6 | 10 | 57 | 
| GDP 1995 bln rbls | 6,343 | 29,239* | 22 | 
| LABOUR MARKET CHANGE | |||
| Employed, % labour force | 92 | 92 | 100 | 
| SOCIAL COHESION, EXCLUSION, STABILITY | |||
| Life expectancy in years (male) | 59 | 58 | 102 | 
| Life expectancy in years (female) | 72 | 72 | 100 | 
| Hospital beds per 10,000 | 126 | 133 | 95 | 
| Students in higher education per 10,000 | 120 | 146 | 82 | 
* mean per Republic/Oblast= one seventh of total GDP for Urals.



