Novosibirsk Oblast
| Population: | 2,744,600 | Capital: | Novosibirsk (1,450,000) | |
| Urban %: | 74 | Rural %: | 26 | |
| Area (km2 ): | 178,200 | Population density (per km2): | 15 | |
| Average temperature, centigrade January: | -17 | Average temperature, centigrade July: | 20 | |
| Average rainfall, mm January: | 12 | Average rainfall, mm July: | 78 | 
| Novosibirsk | Oblast value | West Siberia mean | % West Siberia mean | 
| ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS | |||
| GDP 1995 bln rbls | 23,025 | 31,095* | 74 | 
| Wage levels 1000 rbls/month, 1995 | 391 | 639 | 61 | 
| GDP/capita rbls, million | 8 | 14 | 58 | 
| Industrial productivity mln rbls/employee | 43 | 97 | 44 | 
| LABOUR MARKET CHANGE | |||
| Employed, % labour force | 91 | 92 | 98 | 
| SOCIAL COHESION, EXCLUSION, STABILITY | |||
| Students in higher education per 10,000 | 256 | 181 | 141 | 
| Hospital beds per 10,000 | 133 | 124 | 107 | 
| Life expectancy in years (male) | 59 | 58 | 102 | 
| Life expectancy in years (female) | 72 | 71 | 102 | 
*Mean per Republic/Krai/Oblast=one seventh of GDP total for West Siberia.



