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Lebanon

LBP

Lesotho

LSL; ZAR

Liberia

LRD

Libya

LYD

Liechtenstein

CHF

Lithuania

LTL

Luxembourg

EUR

Macau

MOP

Macedonia

MKD

Madagascar

MGF

Malawi

MWK

Malaysia

MYR

Maldives

MVR

Mali

XOF

Malta

MTL

Man, Isle of

GBP

Marshall Islands

USD

Martinique

EUR

Mauritania

MRO

Mauritius

MUR

Mayotte

EUR

Mexico

MXN

Micronesia, Federated States of

USD

Moldova

MDL

Monaco

EUR

Mongolia

MNT

Montserrat

XCD

Morocco

MAD

Mozambique

MZM

Namibia

NAD; ZAR

Nauru

AUD

Nepal

NPR

Netherlands

EUR

Netherlands Antilles

ANG

New Caledonia

XPF

New Zealand

NZD

Nicaragua

NIO

Niger

XOF

Nigeria

NGN

Niue

NZD

Norfolk Island

AUD

Northern Mariana Islands

USD

Norway

NOK

Oman

OMR

Pakistan

PKR

Palau

USD

Panama

PAB; USD

Papua New Guinea

PGK

Paraguay

PYG

Peru

PEN

Philippines

PHP

Pitcairn Islands

NZD

Poland

PLN

Portugal

EUR

Puerto Rico

USD

Qatar

QAR

Reunion

EUR

Romania

ROL

Russia

RUR

Rwanda

RWF

Saint Helena

SHP

Saint Kitts and Nevis

XCD

Saint Lucia

XCD

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

EUR

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

XCD

Samoa

SAT (former WST code is still in wide use)

San Marino

EUR

Sao Tome and Principe

STD

Saudi Arabia

SAR

Senegal

XOF

Serbia and Montenegro

CSD, EUR

Seychelles

SCR

Sierra Leone

SLL

Singapore

SGD

Slovakia

SKK

Slovenia

SIT

Solomon Islands

SBD

Somalia

SOS

South Africa

ZAR

Spain

EUR

Sri Lanka

LKR

Sudan

SDD

Suriname

SRG

Svalbard

NOK

Swaziland

SZL

Sweden

SEK

Switzerland

CHF

Syria

SYP

Taiwan

TWD

Tajikistan

TJS

Tanzania

TZS

Thailand

THB

Togo

XOF

Tokelau

NZD

Tonga

TOP

Trinidad and Tobago

TTD

Tunisia

TND

Turkey

TRL

Turkmenistan

TMM

Turks and Caicos Islands

USD

Tuvalu

AUD

Uganda

UGX

Ukraine

UAH

United Arab Emirates

AED

United Kingdom

GBP

United States

USD

Uruguay

UYU

Uzbekistan

UZS

Vanuatu

VUV

Venezuela

VEB

Vietnam

VND

Virgin Islands

USD

Wallis and Futuna

XPF

West Bank

ILS; JOD

Western Sahara

MAD

Yemen

YER

Zambia

ZMK

Zimbabwe

ZWD

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@2172 Distribution of family income - Gini index

Algeria

35.3 (1995)

Armenia

44.4 (1996)

Australia

35.2 (1994)

Austria

31 (1995)

Azerbaijan

36 (1995)

Bangladesh

33.6 (FY95/96)

Belarus

21.7 (1998)

Belgium

28.7 (1996)

Bolivia

44.7 (1999)

Brazil

60.7 (1998)

Bulgaria

26.4 (2001)

Burkina Faso

48.2 (1994)

Burundi

42.5 (1998)

Cambodia

40.4 (1997)

Cameroon

47.7 (1996)

Canada

31.5 (1994)

Central African Republic

61.3 (1993)

Chile

56.7 (2000)

China

40 (2001)

Colombia

57.1 (1996)

Costa Rica

45.9 (1997)

Cote d'Ivoire

36.7 (1995)

Croatia

29 (1998)

Czech Republic

25.4 (1996)

Denmark

24.7 (1992)

Dominican Republic

47.4 (1998)

East Timor

38 (2002 est.)

Ecuador

43.7 (1995)

Egypt

34.4 (1999)

El Salvador

52.2 (1998)

Estonia

37 (1999)

Ethiopia

40 (1995)

European Union

31.1 (2003 est.)

Finland

25.6 (1991)

France

32.7 (1995)

Georgia

37.1 (1996)

Germany

30 (1994)

Ghana

40.7 (1999)

Greece

32.7 (1993)

Guatemala

55.8 (1998)

Guinea

40.3 (1994)

Honduras

56.3 (1998)

Hungary

24.4 (1998)

India

37.8 (1997)

Indonesia

37 (2001)

Ireland

35.9 (1987)

Israel

35.5 (2001)

Italy

27.3 (1995)

Jamaica

37.9 (2000)

Japan

24.9 (1993)

Jordan

36.4 (1997)

Kazakhstan

35.4 (1996)

Kenya

44.9 (1997)

Korea, South

31.6 (1993)

Kyrgyzstan

34.6 (1999)

Laos

37 (1997)

Latvia

32 (1999)

Lesotho

56 (1986-87)

Lithuania

34 (1999)

Madagascar

38.1 (1999)

Malaysia

49.2 (1997)

Mali

50.5 (1994)

Mauritania

37.3 (1995)

Mauritius

37 (1987 est.)

Mexico

53.1 (1998)

Moldova

40.6 (1997)

Mongolia

44 (1998)

Morocco

39.5 (1998-99)

Mozambique

39.6 (1996-97)

Namibia

70 (2003)

Nepal

36.7 (FY95/96)

Netherlands

32.6 (1994)

Nicaragua

60.3 (1998)

Niger

50.5 (1995)

Nigeria

50.6 (1996-97)

Norway

25.8 (1995)

Pakistan

41 (FY98/99)

Panama

48.5 (1997)

Papua New Guinea

50.9 (1996)

Paraguay

57.7 (1998)

Peru

46.2 (1996)

Philippines

48.1 (2000)

Poland

31.6 (1998)

Portugal

35.6 (1994-95)

Romania

31.1 (1998)

Russia

39.9 (2001)

Rwanda

28.9 (1985)

Senegal

41.3 (1995)

Sierra Leone

62.9 (1989)

Slovakia

26.3 (1996)

Slovenia

28.4 (1998)

South Africa

59.3 (1993-94)

Spain

32.5 (1990)

Sri Lanka

34.4 (1995)

Sweden

25 (1992)

Switzerland

33.1 (1992)

Taiwan

Tajikistan

34.7 (1998)

Tanzania

38.2 (1993)

Thailand

41.4 (1998)

Tunisia

41.7 (1995)

Turkey

44 (2002)

Turkmenistan

40.8 (1998)

Uganda

37.4 (1996)

Ukraine

29 (1999)

United Kingdom

36.8 (1995)

United States

45 (1997)

Uruguay

44.8 (1999)

Uzbekistan

44.7 (1998)

Venezuela

49.5 (1998)

Vietnam

36.1 (1998)

Yemen

33.4 (1998)

Zambia

52.6 (1998)

Zimbabwe

50.1 (1995)

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@2173 Oil - production (bbl/day)

Afghanistan

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Albania

5,952 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Algeria

1.52 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

American Samoa

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Angola

742,400 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Argentina

828,600 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Armenia

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Aruba

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Australia

731,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Austria

20,670 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Azerbaijan

307,200 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Bahamas, The

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Bahrain

43,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Bangladesh

3,581 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Barbados

1,271 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Belarus

37,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Belgium

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Belize

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Benin

700 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Bermuda

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Bhutan

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Bolivia

44,340 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Botswana

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Brazil

1.561 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

British Virgin Islands

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Brunei

217,200 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Bulgaria

603 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Burkina Faso

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Burma

18,590 bbl/day (2002 est.)

Burundi

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Cambodia

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Cameroon

76,650 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Canada

2.738 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Cape Verde

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Cayman Islands

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Central African Republic

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Chad

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Chile

13,640 bbl/day (2001 est.)

China

3.3 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Colombia

614,400 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Comoros

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

24,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Congo, Republic of the

275,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Cook Islands

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Costa Rica

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

11,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Croatia

29,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Cuba

50,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Cyprus

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Czech Republic

7,419 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Denmark

346,200 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Djibouti

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Dominica

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Dominican Republic

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Ecuador

421,200 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Egypt

816,900 bbl/day (2001 est.)

El Salvador

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

181,400 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Eritrea

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Estonia

5,100 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Ethiopia

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

European Union

3.244 million bbl/day (2001)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Faroe Islands

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Fiji

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Finland

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

France

34,920 bbl/day (2001 est.)

French Guiana

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

French Polynesia

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Gabon

301,300 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Gambia, The

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Georgia

2,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Germany

85,860 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Ghana

7,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Gibraltar

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Greece

5,992 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Greenland

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Grenada

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Guadeloupe

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Guam

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Guatemala

21,080 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Guinea

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Guyana

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Haiti

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Honduras

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Hong Kong

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Hungary

41,190 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Iceland

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

India

732,400 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Indonesia

1.451 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Iran

3.804 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Iraq

2.2 million bbl/day; note - prewar production was 2.8 million

bbl/day (January 2004 est.)

Ireland

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Israel

80 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Italy

79,460 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Jamaica

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Japan

17,330 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Jordan

40 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Kazakhstan

798,200 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Kenya

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Kiribati

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Korea, North

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Korea, South

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Kuwait

2.27 million bbl/day (2003 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

2,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Laos

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Latvia

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Lebanon

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Lesotho

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Liberia

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Libya

1.429 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Lithuania

4,594 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Luxembourg

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Macau

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Macedonia

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Madagascar

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Malawi

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Malaysia

690,000 bbl/day (2003 est.)

Maldives

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Mali

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Malta

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Martinique

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Mauritania

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Mauritius

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Mexico

3.59 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Moldova

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Mongolia

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Montserrat

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Morocco

400 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Mozambique

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Namibia

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Nauru

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Nepal

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Netherlands

46,200 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

New Caledonia

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

New Zealand

42,160 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Nicaragua

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Niger

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Nigeria

2.256 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Niue

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Norway

3.408 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oman

963,800 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Pakistan

62,870 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Panama

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Papua New Guinea

67,500 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Paraguay

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Peru

95,100 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Philippines

8,460 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Poland

17,180 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Portugal

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Puerto Rico

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Qatar

864,200 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Reunion

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Romania

127,500 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Russia

7.286 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Rwanda

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Saint Helena

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Saint Lucia

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Samoa

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Saudi Arabia

8.711 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Senegal

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro

15,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Seychelles

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Sierra Leone

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Singapore

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Slovakia

1,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Slovenia

20 bbl/day NA bbl/day (2001 est.)

Solomon Islands

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Somalia

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

South Africa

196,200 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Spain

7,099 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Sri Lanka

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Sudan

209,100 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Suriname

10,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Swaziland

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Sweden

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Switzerland

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Syria

522,700 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Taiwan

1,100 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Tajikistan

250 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Tanzania

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Thailand

173,800 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Togo

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Tonga

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

136,200 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Tunisia

72,580 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Turkey

48,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Turkmenistan

162,500 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

0 bbl/day NA (2001 est.)

Uganda

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Ukraine

86,490 bbl/day (2001 est.)

United Arab Emirates

2.566 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

United Kingdom

2.541 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

United States

8.054 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Uruguay

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Uzbekistan

142,700 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Vanuatu

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Venezuela

3.08 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Vietnam

356,700 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Virgin Islands

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Western Sahara

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

World

75.34 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Yemen

438,500 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Zambia

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Zimbabwe

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

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@2174 Oil - consumption (bbl/day)

Afghanistan

3,500 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Albania

22,400 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Algeria

209,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

American Samoa

3,800 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Angola

31,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

3,600 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Argentina

486,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Armenia

5,700 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Aruba

6,500 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Australia

796,500 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Austria

262,400 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Azerbaijan

140,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Bahamas, The

23,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Bahrain

31,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Bangladesh

71,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Barbados

10,900 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Belarus

230,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Belgium

595,100 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Belize

5,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Benin

11,500 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Bermuda

4,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Bhutan

1,020 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Bolivia

49,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

20,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Botswana

16,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Brazil

2.199 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

British Virgin Islands

420 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Brunei

13,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Bulgaria

94,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Burkina Faso

8,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Burma

38,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Burundi

2,750 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Cambodia

3,600 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Cameroon

22,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Canada

1.703 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Cape Verde

2,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Cayman Islands

2,400 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Central African Republic

2,400 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Chad

1,500 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Chile

241,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

China

4.57 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Colombia

252,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Comoros

700 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

14,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Congo, Republic of the

5,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Cook Islands

450 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Costa Rica

37,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

32,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Croatia

89,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Cuba

163,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Cyprus

49,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Czech Republic

175,700 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Denmark

218,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Djibouti

11,300 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Dominica

600 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Dominican Republic

129,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Ecuador

129,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Egypt

562,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

El Salvador

39,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

2,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Eritrea

6,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Estonia

24,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Ethiopia

23,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

European Union

14.48 million bbl/day (2001)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

200 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Faroe Islands

4,500 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Fiji

5,700 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Finland

211,400 bbl/day (2001 est.)

France

2.026 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

French Guiana

6,500 bbl/day (2001 est.)

French Polynesia

4,750 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Gabon

13,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Gambia, The

1,900 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Georgia

31,500 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Germany

2.813 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Ghana

38,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Gibraltar

42,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Greece

405,700 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Greenland

3,700 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Grenada

1,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Guadeloupe

13,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Guam

20,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Guatemala

61,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Guinea

8,600 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

2,500 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Guyana

11,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Haiti

11,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Honduras

29,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Hong Kong

257,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Hungary

140,700 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Iceland

16,300 bbl/day (2001 est.)

India

2.13 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Indonesia

1.045 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Iran

1.277 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Iraq

460,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Ireland

174,400 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Israel

260,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Italy

1.866 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Jamaica

66,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Japan

5.29 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Jordan

103,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Kazakhstan

195,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Kenya

57,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Kiribati

190 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Korea, North

85,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Korea, South

2.14 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Kuwait

293,000 bbl/day (2003 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

20,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Laos

2,750 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Latvia

44,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Lebanon

107,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Lesotho

1,500 bbl/day (2001)

Liberia

3,100 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Libya

216,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Lithuania

72,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Luxembourg

50,650 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Macau

11,190 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Macedonia

20,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Madagascar

13,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Malawi

5,400 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Malaysia

460,000 bbl/day (2003 est.)

Maldives

3,200 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Mali

4,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Malta

20,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Martinique

13,500 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Mauritania

24,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Mauritius

21,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Mexico

1.507 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Moldova

24,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Mongolia

8,750 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Montserrat

400 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Morocco

167,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Mozambique

8,500 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Namibia

13,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Nauru

1,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Nepal

16,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Netherlands

895,300 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

72,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

New Caledonia

8,750 bbl/day (2001 est.)

New Zealand

132,700 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Nicaragua

24,500 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Niger

5,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Nigeria

275,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Niue

20 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Norway

171,100 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oman

53,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Pakistan

365,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Panama

52,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Papua New Guinea

15,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Paraguay

25,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Peru

161,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Philippines

343,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Poland

424,100 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Portugal

339,800 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Puerto Rico

190,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Qatar

29,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Reunion

18,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Romania

215,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Russia

2.595 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Rwanda

5,300 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Saint Helena

200 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

710 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Saint Lucia

2,400 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

600 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

1,250 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Samoa

1,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

700 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Saudi Arabia

1.452 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Senegal

31,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro

64,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Seychelles

4,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Sierra Leone

6,500 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Singapore

700,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Slovakia

82,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Slovenia

53,300 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Solomon Islands

1,250 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Somalia

4,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

South Africa

460,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Spain

1.497 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Sri Lanka

75,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Sudan

50,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Suriname

10,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Swaziland

3,500 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Sweden

328,600 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Switzerland

290,400 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Syria

265,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Taiwan

988,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Tajikistan

20,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Tanzania

17,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Thailand

785,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Togo

10,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Tonga

1,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

24,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Tunisia

87,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Turkey

619,500 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Turkmenistan

63,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

0 bbl/day NA bbl/day (2001 est.)

Uganda

8,750 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Ukraine

290,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

United Arab Emirates

310,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

United Kingdom

1.71 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

United States

19.65 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Uruguay

41,500 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Uzbekistan

142,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Vanuatu

600 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Venezuela

505,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Vietnam

185,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Virgin Islands

66,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Western Sahara

1,800 bbl/day (2001 est.)

World

75.81 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Yemen

74,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Zambia

11,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Zimbabwe

23,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

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@2175 Oil - imports (bbl/day)

Afghanistan

NA (2001)

Albania

NA (2001)

Algeria

NA (2001)

American Samoa

NA (2001)

Angola

NA (2001)

Antigua and Barbuda

NA (2001)

Argentina

NA (2001)

Armenia

NA (2001)

Aruba

NA (2001)

Australia

530,800 bbl/day (2001)

Austria

262,000 bbl/day (2001)

Azerbaijan

NA (2001)

Bahamas, The

NA (2001)

Bahrain

NA (2001)

Bangladesh

NA (2001)

Barbados

NA (2001)

Belarus

NA (2001)

Belgium

1.042 million bbl/day (2001)

Belize

NA (2001)

Benin

NA (2001)

Bermuda

NA (2001)

Bhutan

NA (2001)

Bolivia

NA (2001)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

NA (2001)

Botswana

NA (2001)

Brazil

NA (2001)

British Virgin Islands

NA (2001)

Brunei

NA (2001)

Bulgaria

NA (2001)

Burkina Faso

NA (2001)

Burma

NA (2001)

Burundi

NA (2001)

Cambodia

NA (2001)

Cameroon

NA (2001)

Canada

1.145 million bbl/day (2001)

Cape Verde

NA (2001)

Cayman Islands

NA (2001)

Central African Republic

NA (2001)

Chad

NA (2001)

Chile

NA (2001)

China

1.207 million bbl/day (2001)

Colombia

NA (2001)

Comoros

NA (2001)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

NA (2001)

Congo, Republic of the

NA (2001)

Cook Islands

NA (2001)

Costa Rica

NA (2001)

Cote d'Ivoire

NA (2001)

Croatia

NA (2001)

Cuba

NA (2001)

Cyprus

NA (2001)

Czech Republic

192,300 bbl/day (2001)

Denmark

195,000 bbl/day (2001)

Djibouti

NA (2001)

Dominica

NA (2001)

Dominican Republic

NA (2001)

Ecuador

NA (2001)

Egypt

NA (2001)

El Salvador

NA (2001)

Equatorial Guinea

NA (2001)

Eritrea

NA (2001)

Estonia

NA (2001)

Ethiopia

NA (2001)

European Union

16.97 million bbl/day (2001)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

NA (2001)

Faroe Islands

NA (2001)

Fiji

NA (2001)

Finland

318,300 bbl/day (2001)

France

2.281 million bbl/day (2001)

French Guiana

NA (2001)

French Polynesia

NA (2001)

Gabon

NA (2001)

Gambia, The

NA (2001)

Georgia

NA (2001)

Germany

3.081 million bbl/day (2001)

Ghana

NA (2001)

Gibraltar

NA (2001)

Greece

468,300 bbl/day (2001)

Greenland

NA (2001)

Grenada

NA (2001)

Guadeloupe

NA (2001)

Guam

NA (2001)

Guatemala

NA (2001)

Guinea

NA (2001)

Guinea-Bissau

NA (2001)

Guyana

NA (2001)

Haiti

NA (2001)

Honduras

NA (2001)

Hong Kong

NA (2001)

Hungary

136,600 bbl/day (2001)

Iceland

15,470 bbl/day (2001)

India

NA (2001)

Indonesia

NA (2001)

Iran

NA (2001)

Iraq

NA (2001)

Ireland

178,600 bbl/day (2001)

Israel

NA (2001)

Italy

2.158 million bbl/day (2001)

Jamaica

NA (2001)

Japan

5.449 million bbl/day (2001)

Jordan

NA (2001)

Kazakhstan

NA (2001)

Kenya

NA (2001)

Kiribati

NA (2001)

Korea, North

NA (2001)

Korea, South

2.965 million bbl/day (2001)

Kuwait

NA (2003)

Kyrgyzstan

NA (2001)

Laos

NA (2001)

Latvia

NA (2001)

Lebanon

NA (2001)

Lesotho

NA (2001)

Liberia

NA (2001)

Libya

NA (2001)

Lithuania

NA (2001)

Luxembourg

50,700 bbl/day (2001)

Macau

NA (2001)

Macedonia

NA (2001)

Madagascar

NA (2001)

Malawi

NA (2001)

Malaysia

NA (2003)

Maldives

NA (2001)

Mali

NA (2001)

Malta

NA (2001)

Martinique

NA (2001)

Mauritania

NA (2001)

Mauritius

NA (2001)

Mexico

374,700 bbl/day (2001)

Moldova

NA (2001)

Mongolia

NA (2001)

Montserrat

NA (2001)

Morocco

NA (2001)

Mozambique

NA (2001)

Namibia

NA (2001)

Nauru

NA (2001)

Nepal

NA (2001)

Netherlands

2.284 million bbl/day (2001)

Netherlands Antilles

NA (2001)

New Caledonia

NA (2001)

New Zealand

119,700 bbl/day (2001)

Nicaragua

NA (2001)

Niger

NA (2001)

Nigeria

NA (2001)

Niue

NA (2001)

Norway

88,870 bbl/day (2001)

Oman

NA (2001)

Pakistan

NA (2001)

Panama

NA (2001)

Papua New Guinea

NA (2001)

Paraguay

NA (2001)

Peru

NA (2001)

Philippines

NA (2001)

Poland

413,700 bbl/day (2001)

Portugal

357,300 bbl/day (2001)

Puerto Rico

NA (2001)

Qatar

NA (2001)

Reunion

NA (2001)

Romania

NA (2001)

Russia

NA (2001)

Rwanda

NA (2001)

Saint Helena

NA (2001)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

NA (2001)

Saint Lucia

NA (2001)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

NA (2001)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

NA (2001)

Samoa

NA (2001)

Sao Tome and Principe

NA (2001)

Saudi Arabia

0 bbl/day (2003)

Senegal

NA (2001)

Serbia and Montenegro

NA (2001)

Seychelles

NA (2001)

Sierra Leone

NA (2001)

Singapore

NA (2001)

Slovakia

NA (2001)

Slovenia

NA (2001)

Solomon Islands

NA (2001)

Somalia

NA (2001)

South Africa

NA (2001)

Spain

1.582 million bbl/day (2001)

Sri Lanka

NA (2001)

Sudan

NA (2001)

Suriname

NA (2001)

Swaziland

NA (2001)

Sweden

553,100 bbl/day (2001)

Switzerland

289,500 bbl/day (2001)

Syria

NA (2001)

Taiwan

NA (2001)

Tajikistan

NA (2001)

Tanzania

NA (2001)

Thailand

NA (2001)

Togo

NA (2001)

Tonga

NA (2001)

Trinidad and Tobago

NA (2001)

Tunisia

NA (2001)

Turkey

616,500 bbl/day (2001)

Turkmenistan

NA (2001)

Turks and Caicos Islands

NA (2001)

Uganda

NA (2001)

Ukraine

NA (2001)

United Arab Emirates

NA (2001)

United Kingdom

1.418 million bbl/day (2001)

United States

NA (2001)

Uruguay

NA (2001)

Uzbekistan

NA (2001)

Vanuatu

NA (2001)

Venezuela

NA (2001)

Vietnam

NA (2001)

Virgin Islands

NA (2001)

Western Sahara

NA (2001)

Yemen

NA (2001)

Zambia

NA (2001)

Zimbabwe

NA (2001)

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@2176 Oil - exports (bbl/day)

Afghanistan

NA (2001)

Albania

NA (2001)

Algeria

NA (2001)

American Samoa

NA (2001)

Angola

NA (2001)

Antigua and Barbuda

NA (2001)

Argentina

NA (2001)

Armenia

NA (2001)

Aruba

NA (2001)

Australia

523,400 bbl/day (2001)

Austria

35,470 bbl/day (2001)

Azerbaijan

NA (2001)

Bahamas, The

NA (2001)

Bahrain

NA (2001)

Bangladesh

NA (2001)

Barbados

NA (2001)

Belarus

NA (2001)

Belgium

450,000 bbl/day (2001)

Belize

NA (2001)

Benin

NA (2001)

Bermuda

NA (2001)

Bhutan

NA (2001)

Bolivia

NA (2001)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

NA (2001)

Botswana

NA (2001)

Brazil

NA (2001)

British Virgin Islands

NA (2001)

Brunei

NA (2001)

Bulgaria

NA (2001)

Burkina Faso

NA (2001)

Burma

NA (2001)

Burundi

NA (2001)

Cambodia

NA (2001)

Cameroon

NA (2001)

Canada

2.008 million bbl/day (2001)

Cape Verde

NA (2001)

Cayman Islands

NA (2001)

Central African Republic

NA (2001)

Chad

NA (2001)

Chile

NA (2001)

China

151,200 bbl/day (2001)

Colombia

NA (2001)

Comoros

NA (2001)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

NA (2001)

Congo, Republic of the

NA (2001)

Cook Islands

NA (2001)

Costa Rica

NA (2001)

Cote d'Ivoire

NA (2001)

Croatia

NA (2001)

Cuba

NA (2001)

Cyprus

NA (2001)

Czech Republic

26,670 bbl/day (2001)

Denmark

332,100 bbl/day (2001)

Djibouti

NA (2001)

Dominica

NA (2001)

Dominican Republic

NA (2001)

Ecuador

NA (2001)

Egypt

NA (2001)

El Salvador

NA (2001)

Equatorial Guinea

NA (2001)

Eritrea

NA (2001)

Estonia

NA (2001)

Ethiopia

NA (2001)

European Union

6.429 million bbl/day (2001)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

NA (2001)

Faroe Islands

NA (2001)

Fiji

NA (2001)

Finland

101,000 bbl/day (2001)

France

409,600 bbl/day (2001)

French Guiana

NA (2001)

French Polynesia

NA (2001)

Gabon

NA (2001)

Gambia, The

NA (2001)

Georgia

NA (2001)

Germany

404,300 bbl/day (2001)

Ghana

NA (2001)

Gibraltar

NA (2001)

Greece

84,720 bbl/day (2001)

Greenland

NA (2001)

Grenada

NA (2001)

Guadeloupe

NA (2001)

Guam

NA (2001)

Guatemala

NA (2001)

Guinea

NA (2001)

Guinea-Bissau

NA (2001)

Guyana

NA (2001)

Haiti

NA (2001)

Honduras

NA (2001)

Hong Kong

NA (2001)

Hungary

47,180 bbl/day (2001)

Iceland

0 bbl/day (2001)

India

NA (2001)

Indonesia

NA (2001)

Iran

2.2 million bbl/day (2003)

Iraq

1.7 million bbl/day (January 2004)

Ireland

27,450 bbl/day (2001)

Israel

NA (2001)

Italy

456,600 bbl/day (2001)

Jamaica

NA (2001)

Japan

93,360 bbl/day (2001)

Jordan

NA (2001)

Kazakhstan

NA (2001)

Kenya

NA (2001)

Kiribati

NA (2001)

Korea, North

NA (2001)

Korea, South

804,700 bbl/day (2001)

Kuwait

1.97 million bbl/day (2003)

Kyrgyzstan

NA (2001)

Laos

NA (2001)

Latvia

NA (2001)

Lebanon

NA (2001)

Lesotho

NA (2001)

Libya

NA (2001)

Lithuania

NA (2001)

Luxembourg

634 bbl/day (2001)

Macau

NA (2001)

Macedonia

NA (2001)

Madagascar

NA (2001)

Malawi

NA (2001)

Malaysia

230,200 bbl/day (2003)

Maldives

NA (2001)

Mali

NA (2001)

Malta

NA (2001)

Martinique

NA (2001)

Mauritania

NA (2001)

Mauritius

NA (2001)

Mexico

1.881 million bbl/day (2001)

Moldova

NA (2001)

Mongolia

NA (2001)

Montserrat

NA (2001)

Morocco

NA (2001)

Mozambique

NA (2001)

Namibia

NA (2001)

Nauru

NA (2001)

Nepal

NA (2001)

Netherlands

1.418 million bbl/day (2001)

Netherlands Antilles

NA (2001)

New Caledonia

NA (2001)

New Zealand

30,220 bbl/day (2001)

Nicaragua

NA (2001)

Niger

NA (2001)

Nigeria

NA (2001)

Niue

NA (2001)

Norway

3.466 million bbl/day (2001)

Oman

NA (2001)

Pakistan

NA (2001)

Panama

NA (2001)

Papua New Guinea

NA (2001)

Paraguay

NA (2001)

Peru

NA (2001)

Philippines

NA (2001)

Poland

53,000 bbl/day (2001)

Portugal

28,830 bbl/day (2001)

Puerto Rico

NA (2001)

Qatar

NA (2001)

Reunion

NA (2001)

Romania

NA (2001)

Russia

NA (2001)

Rwanda

NA (2001)

Saint Helena

NA (2001)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

NA (2001)

Saint Lucia

NA (2001)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

NA (2001)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

NA (2001)

Samoa

NA (2001)

Sao Tome and Principe

NA (2001)

Saudi Arabia

7.92 million bbl/day (2003)

Senegal

NA (2001)

Serbia and Montenegro

NA (2001)

Seychelles

NA (2001)

Sierra Leone

NA (2001)

Singapore

NA (2001)

Slovakia

NA (2001)

Slovenia

NA (2001)

Solomon Islands

NA (2001)

Somalia

NA (2001)

South Africa

NA (2001)

Spain

135,100 bbl/day (2001)

Sri Lanka

NA (2001)

Sudan

NA (2001)

Suriname

NA (2001)

Swaziland

NA (2001)

Sweden

203,700 bbl/day (2001)

Switzerland

10,420 bbl/day (2001)

Syria

NA (2001)

Taiwan

NA (2001)

Tajikistan

NA (2001)

Tanzania

NA (2001)

Thailand

NA (2001)

Togo

NA (2001)

Tonga

NA (2001)

Trinidad and Tobago

NA (2001)

Tunisia

NA (2001)

Turkey

46,110 bbl/day (2001)

Turkmenistan

NA (2001)

Turks and Caicos Islands

NA (2001)

Uganda

NA (2001)

Ukraine

NA (2001)

United Arab Emirates

NA (2001)

United Kingdom

2.205 million bbl/day (2001)

United States

NA (2001)

Uruguay

NA (2001)

Uzbekistan

NA (2001)

Vanuatu

NA (2001)

Venezuela

NA (2001)

Vietnam

NA (2001)

Virgin Islands

NA (2001)

Western Sahara

NA (2001)

Yemen

NA (2001)

Zambia

NA (2001)

Zimbabwe

NA (2001)

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@2177 Median age (years)

Afghanistan

total: 17.5 years

male: 17.5 years

female: 17.6 years (2004 est.)

Albania

total: 28.2 years

male: 27.6 years

female: 28.7 years (2004 est.)

Algeria

total: 23.8 years

male: 23.7 years

female: 24 years (2004 est.)

American Samoa

total: 22.4 years

male: 22.1 years

female: 22.7 years (2004 est.)

Andorra

total: 39.7 years

male: 40 years

female: 39.4 years (2004 est.)

Angola

total: 18.1 years

male: 18.1 years

female: 18.1 years (2004 est.)

Anguilla

total: 30.4 years

male: 30.4 years

female: 30.3 years (2004 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

total: 29.4 years

male: 28.9 years

female: 29.9 years (2004 est.)

Argentina

total: 29.2 years

male: 28.3 years

female: 30.1 years (2004 est.)

Armenia

total: 29.7 years

male: 27.1 years

female: 32.4 years (2004 est.)

Aruba

total: 37.5 years

male: 35.7 years

female: 39.1 years (2004 est.)

Australia

total: 36.3 years

male: 35.5 years

female: 37.1 years (2004 est.)

Austria

total: 40 years

male: 38.8 years

female: 41.2 years (2004 est.)

Azerbaijan

total: 27.3 years

male: 25.9 years

female: 28.8 years (2004 est.)

Bahamas, The

total: 27.3 years

male: 26.5 years

female: 28 years (2004 est.)

Bahrain

total: 29 years

male: 31.9 years

female: 25.3 years (2004 est.)

Bangladesh

total: 21.5 years

male: 21.5 years

female: 21.5 years (2004 est.)

Barbados

total: 33.7 years

male: 32.6 years

female: 34.9 years (2004 est.)

Belarus

total: 36.9 years

male: 34.2 years

female: 39.5 years (2004 est.)

Belgium

total: 40.2 years

male: 38.9 years

female: 41.5 years (2004 est.)

Belize

total: 19.1 years

male: 19 years

female: 19.3 years (2004 est.)

Benin

total: 16.5 years

male: 16 years

female: 16.9 years (2004 est.)

Bermuda

total: 39.2 years

male: 38.3 years

female: 40.1 years (2004 est.)

Bhutan

total: 20.2 years

male: 20 years

female: 20.3 years (2004 est.)

Bolivia

total: 21.1 years

male: 20.4 years

female: 21.8 years (2004 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total: 35.9 years

male: 35.5 years

female: 36.2 years (2004 est.)

Botswana

total: 19.2 years

male: 18.5 years

female: 19.9 years (2004 est.)

Brazil

total: 27.4 years

male: 26.7 years

female: 28.2 years (2004 est.)

British Virgin Islands

total: 30.9 years

male: 31.1 years

female: 30.7 years (2004 est.)

Brunei

total: 26.7 years

male: 27.3 years

female: 26 years (2004 est.)

Bulgaria

total: 40.5 years

male: 38.4 years

female: 42.4 years (2004 est.)

Burkina Faso

total: 16.8 years

male: 16.4 years

female: 17.2 years (2004 est.)

Burma

total: 25.7 years

male: 25.2 years

female: 26.3 years (2004 est.)

Burundi

total: 16.5 years

male: 16.1 years

female: 16.8 years (2004 est.)

Cambodia

total: 19.5 years

male: 18.8 years

female: 20.4 years (2004 est.)

Cameroon

total: 18.5 years

male: 18.3 years

female: 18.6 years (2004 est.)

Canada

total: 38.2 years

male: 37.2 years

female: 39.2 years (2004 est.)

Cape Verde

total: 19 years

male: 18.2 years

female: 19.9 years (2004 est.)

Cayman Islands

total: 36.5 years

male: 36.2 years

female: 36.8 years (2004 est.)

Central African Republic

total: 18 years

male: 17.7 years

female: 18.4 years (2004 est.)

Chad

total: 16 years

male: 15.3 years

female: 16.7 years (2004 est.)

Chile

total: 29.8 years

male: 28.9 years

female: 30.7 years (2004 est.)

China

total: 31.8 years

male: 31.5 years

female: 32.2 years (2004 est.)

Colombia

total: 25.8 years

male: 24.9 years

female: 26.7 years (2004 est.)

Comoros

total: 18.6 years

male: 18.3 years

female: 18.9 years (2004 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

total: 15.8 years

male: 15.4 years

female: 16.2 years (2004 est.)

Congo, Republic of the

total: 20.4 years

male: 20 years

female: 20.9 years (2004 est.)

Costa Rica

total: 25.7 years

male: 25.2 years

female: 26.2 years (2004 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

total: 17 years

male: 17.4 years

female: 16.7 years (2004 est.)

Croatia

total: 39.7 years

male: 37.7 years

female: 41.5 years (2004 est.)

Cuba

total: 34.8 years

male: 34.2 years

female: 35.5 years (2004 est.)

Cyprus

total: 34.4 years

male: 33.4 years

female: 35.5 years (2004 est.)

Czech Republic

total: 38.6 years

male: 36.9 years

female: 40.5 years (2004 est.)

Denmark

total: 39.2 years

male: 38.3 years

female: 40.2 years (2004 est.)

Djibouti

total: 18.3 years

male: 18.8 years

female: 17.7 years (2004 est.)

Dominica

total: 29 years

male: 28.7 years

female: 29.4 years (2004 est.)

Dominican Republic

total: 23.7 years

male: 23.5 years

female: 23.9 years (2004 est.)

East Timor

total: 20 years

male: 20.1 years

female: 19.9 years (2004 est.)

Ecuador

total: 23 years

male: 22.5 years

female: 23.5 years (2004 est.)

Egypt

total: 23.4 years

male: 23 years

female: 23.8 years (2004 est.)

El Salvador

total: 21.4 years

male: 20.2 years

female: 22.5 years (2004 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

total: 18.7 years

male: 18.1 years

female: 19.4 years (2004 est.)

Eritrea

total: 17.5 years

male: 17.3 years

female: 17.7 years (2004 est.)

Estonia

total: 38.8 years

male: 35.1 years

female: 42.1 years (2004 est.)

Ethiopia

total: 17.4 years

male: 17.3 years

female: 17.4 years (2004 est.)

European Union

NA

Faroe Islands

total: 35.1 years

male: 34.6 years

female: 35.8 years (2004 est.)

Fiji

total: 24 years

male: 23.6 years

female: 24.4 years (2004 est.)

Finland

total: 40.7 years

male: 39.1 years

female: 42.2 years (2004 est.)

France

total: 38.6 years

male: 37 years

female: 40.1 years (2004 est.)

French Guiana

total: 28.3 years

male: 29.4 years

female: 27.2 years (2004 est.)

French Polynesia

total: 27.1 years

male: 27.4 years

female: 26.7 years (2004 est.)

Gabon

total: 18.5 years

male: 18.3 years

female: 18.8 years (2004 est.)

Gambia, The

total: 17.5 years

male: 17.4 years

female: 17.7 years (2004 est.)

Gaza Strip

total: 15.5 years

male: 15.3 years

female: 15.6 years (2004 est.)

Georgia

total: 37 years

male: 34.5 years

female: 39.2 years (2004 est.)

Germany

total: 41.7 years

male: 40.4 years

female: 43.2 years (2004 est.)

Ghana

total: 20 years

male: 19.8 years

female: 20.3 years (2004 est.)

Gibraltar

total: 39 years

male: 38.8 years

female: 39.2 years (2004 est.)

Greece

total: 40.2 years

male: 39.1 years

female: 41.3 years (2004 est.)

Greenland

total: 33.5 years

male: 34.8 years

female: 31.9 years (2004 est.)

Grenada

total: 20.9 years

male: 21.4 years

female: 20.4 years (2004 est.)

Guadeloupe

total: 31.4 years

male: 30.6 years

female: 32.3 years (2004 est.)

Guam

total: 28.2 years

male: 28 years

female: 28.4 years (2004 est.)

Guatemala

total: 18.4 years

male: 18.1 years

female: 18.6 years (2004 est.)

Guernsey

total: 40.6 years

male: 39.6 years

female: 41.5 years (2004 est.)

Guinea

total: 17.7 years

male: 17.4 years

female: 17.9 years (2004 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

total: 18.9 years

male: 18.3 years

female: 19.5 years (2004 est.)

Guyana

total: 26.2 years

male: 25.6 years

female: 26.8 years (2004 est.)

Haiti

total: 18.1 years

male: 17.6 years

female: 18.7 years (2004 est.)

Honduras

total: 19 years

male: 18.6 years

female: 19.4 years (2004 est.)

Hong Kong

total: 39.4 years

male: 39.3 years

female: 39.6 years (2004 est.)

Hungary

total: 38.4 years

male: 35.9 years

female: 41.1 years (2004 est.)

Iceland

total: 33.8 years

male: 33.3 years

female: 34.3 years (2004 est.)

India

total: 24.4 years

male: 24.4 years

female: 24.4 years (2004 est.)

Indonesia

total: 26.1 years

male: 25.7 years

female: 26.6 years (2004 est.)

Iran

total: 23.5 years

male: 23.3 years

female: 23.7 years (2004 est.)

Iraq

total: 19.2 years

male: 19.1 years

female: 19.3 years (2004 est.)

Ireland

total: 33.4 years

male: 32.6 years

female: 34.2 years (2004 est.)

Israel

total: 29.2 years

male: 28.3 years

female: 30 years (2004 est.)

Italy

total: 41.4 years

male: 39.8 years

female: 43 years (2004 est.)

Jamaica

total: 26.8 years

male: 26.2 years

female: 27.6 years (2004 est.)

Japan

total: 42.3 years

male: 40.5 years

female: 44.1 years (2004 est.)

Jersey

total: 40.3 years

male: 39.6 years

female: 41.1 years (2004 est.)

Jordan

total: 22.2 years

male: 22.8 years

female: 21.5 years (2004 est.)

Kazakhstan

total: 28.3 years

male: 26.6 years

female: 30 years (2004 est.)

Kenya

total: 18.6 years

male: 18.5 years

female: 18.7 years (2004 est.)

Kiribati

total: 19.8 years

male: 19.4 years

female: 20.3 years (2004 est.)

Korea, North

total: 31.4 years

male: 30.2 years

female: 32.6 years (2004 est.)

Korea, South

total: 33.7 years

male: 32.8 years

female: 34.7 years (2004 est.)

Kuwait

total: 25.9 years

male: 28.2 years

female: 22 years (2004 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

total: 23.1 years

male: 22.2 years

female: 24 years (2004 est.)

Laos

total: 18.6 years

male: 18.3 years

female: 19 years (2004 est.)

Latvia

total: 38.8 years

male: 35.6 years

female: 41.9 years (2004 est.)

Lebanon

total: 26.9 years

male: 25.9 years

female: 27.9 years (2004 est.)

Lesotho

total: 20 years

male: 19.5 years

female: 20.6 years (2004 est.)

Liberia

total: 18.1 years

male: 17.7 years

female: 18.4 years (2004 est.)

Libya

total: 22.4 years

male: 22.5 years

female: 22.2 years (2004 est.)

Liechtenstein

total: 38.8 years

male: 38.3 years

female: 39.3 years (2004 est.)

Lithuania

total: 37.4 years

male: 34.8 years

female: 40.1 years (2004 est.)

Luxembourg

total: 38.3 years

male: 37.4 years

female: 39.3 years (2004 est.)

Macau

total: 35.2 years

male: 34.9 years

female: 35.4 years (2004 est.)

Macedonia

total: 32.8 years

male: 31.7 years

female: 33.9 years (2004 est.)

Madagascar

total: 17.4 years

male: 17.2 years

female: 17.7 years (2004 est.)

Malawi

total: 16.4 years

male: 16.1 years

female: 16.7 years (2004 est.)

Malaysia

total: 23.8 years

male: 23.2 years

female: 24.4 years (2004 est.)

Maldives

total: 17.5 years

male: 17.4 years

female: 17.6 years (2004 est.)

Mali

total: 16.3 years

male: 15.7 years

female: 16.9 years (2004 est.)

Malta

total: 38 years

male: 36.6 years

female: 39.5 years (2004 est.)

Man, Isle of

total: 39.3 years

male: 38 years

female: 40.8 years (2004 est.)

Marshall Islands

total: 19.6 years

male: 19.6 years

female: 19.6 years (2004 est.)

Martinique

total: 33.1 years

male: 32.5 years

female: 33.8 years (2004 est.)

Mauritania

total: 16.9 years

male: 16.7 years

female: 17.2 years (2004 est.)

Mauritius

total: 30.1 years

male: 29.3 years

female: 31.1 years (2004 est.)

Mayotte

total: 16.9 years

male: 18.1 years

female: 15.8 years (2004 est.)

Mexico

total: 24.6 years

male: 23.7 years

female: 25.5 years (2004 est.)

Moldova

total: 32.1 years

male: 29.9 years

female: 34.3 years (2004 est.)

Monaco

total: 45.1 years

male: 43.1 years

female: 47.1 years (2004 est.)

Mongolia

total: 23.9 years

male: 23.6 years

female: 24.3 years (2004 est.)

Montserrat

total: 28.2 years

male: 28 years

female: 28.4 years (2004 est.)

Morocco

total: 23.3 years

male: 22.8 years

female: 23.8 years (2004 est.)

Mozambique

total: 18.2 years

male: 17.8 years

female: 18.6 years (2004 est.)

Namibia

total: 18.3 years

male: 18 years

female: 18.6 years (2004 est.)

Nauru

total: 19.9 years

male: 19.5 years

female: 20.4 years (2004 est.)

Nepal

total: 19.9 years

male: 19.7 years

female: 20 years (2004 est.)

Netherlands

total: 38.7 years

male: 37.9 years

female: 39.6 years (2004 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

total: 32.1 years

male: 30.6 years

female: 33.6 years (2004 est.)

New Caledonia

total: 27.2 years

male: 26.9 years

female: 27.5 years (2004 est.)

New Zealand

total: 33.4 years

male: 32.6 years

female: 34.1 years (2004 est.)

Nicaragua

total: 20.2 years

male: 19.8 years

female: 20.6 years (2004 est.)

Niger

total: 16.2 years

male: 15.7 years

female: 16.7 years (2004 est.)

Nigeria

total: 18.1 years

male: 18.2 years

female: 17.9 years (2004 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

total: 29.2 years

male: 31.4 years

female: 28.2 years (2004 est.)

Norway

total: 37.9 years

male: 37 years

female: 38.8 years (2004 est.)

Oman

total: 19.3 years

male: 22.1 years

female: 16.4 years (2004 est.)

Pakistan

total: 19.4 years

male: 19.2 years

female: 19.5 years (2004 est.)

Palau

total: 31.1 years

male: 32.1 years

female: 30 years (2004 est.)

Panama

total: 25.9 years

male: 25.6 years

female: 26.2 years (2004 est.)

Papua New Guinea

total: 21 years

male: 21.1 years

female: 20.8 years (2004 est.)

Paraguay

total: 21.1 years

male: 20.8 years

female: 21.3 years (2004 est.)

Peru

total: 24.6 years

male: 24.4 years

female: 24.9 years (2004 est.)

Philippines

total: 22.1 years

male: 21.6 years

female: 22.6 years (2004 est.)

Poland

total: 36.2 years

male: 34.3 years

female: 38.2 years (2004 est.)

Portugal

total: 37.9 years

male: 35.8 years

female: 40 years (2004 est.)

Puerto Rico

total: 33.8 years

male: 32.1 years

female: 35.4 years (2004 est.)

Qatar

total: 31.4 years

male: 36.7 years

female: 22 years (2004 est.)

Reunion

total: 26.5 years

male: 25.4 years

female: 27.7 years (2004 est.)

Romania

total: 36.1 years

male: 34.7 years

female: 37.5 years (2004 est.)

Russia

total: 37.9 years

male: 34.7 years

female: 40.7 years (2004 est.)

Rwanda

total: 18.2 years

male: 18 years

female: 18.4 years (2004 est.)

Saint Helena

total: 34.7 years

male: 34.9 years

female: 34.5 years (2004 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total: 27.3 years

male: 26.5 years

female: 28.1 years (2004 est.)

Saint Lucia

total: 24.5 years

male: 23.7 years

female: 25.3 years (2004 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total: 33.3 years

male: 33 years

female: 33.6 years (2004 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total: 25.8 years

male: 25.7 years

female: 26 years (2004 est.)

Samoa

total: 24.2 years

male: 26.8 years

female: 20.8 years (2004 est.)

San Marino

total: 40 years

male: 39.6 years

female: 40.3 years (2004 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

total: 16.1 years

male: 15.5 years

female: 16.7 years (2004 est.)

Saudi Arabia

total: 21.2 years

male: 22.8 years

female: 19.1 years (2004 est.)

Senegal

total: 18 years

male: 17.4 years

female: 18.5 years (2004 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro

total: 36.6 years

male: 35.1 years

female: 38.1 years (2004 est.)

Seychelles

total: 27.3 years

male: 26.2 years

female: 28.4 years (2004 est.)

Sierra Leone

total: 17.5 years

male: 17.2 years

female: 17.8 years (2004 est.)

Singapore

total: 36.2 years

male: 35.9 years

female: 36.6 years (2004 est.)

Slovakia

total: 35.1 years

male: 33.5 years

female: 36.9 years (2004 est.)

Slovenia

total: 39.8 years

male: 38.3 years

female: 41.3 years (2004 est.)

Solomon Islands

total: 18.4 years

male: 18.3 years

female: 18.5 years (2004 est.)

Somalia

total: 17.6 years

male: 17.5 years

female: 17.6 years (2004 est.)

South Africa

total: 24.7 years

male: 24.2 years

female: 25.3 years (2004 est.)

Spain

total: 39.1 years

male: 37.8 years

female: 40.5 years (2004 est.)

Sri Lanka

total: 29.1 years

male: 28 years

female: 30.1 years (2004 est.)

Sudan

total: 17.9 years

male: 17.7 years

female: 18.1 years (2004 est.)

Suriname

total: 25.8 years

male: 25.4 years

female: 26.3 years (2004 est.)

Swaziland

total: 18.6 years

male: 18.4 years

female: 18.8 years (2004 est.)

Sweden

total: 40.3 years

male: 39.2 years

female: 41.5 years (2004 est.)

Switzerland

total: 39.5 years

male: 38.5 years

female: 40.5 years (2004 est.)

Syria

total: 20 years

male: 19.9 years

female: 20.2 years (2004 est.)

Taiwan

total: 33.7 years

male: 33.3 years

female: 34.1 years (2004 est.)

Tajikistan

total: 19.5 years

male: 19.2 years

female: 19.8 years (2004 est.)

Tanzania

total: 17.6 years

male: 17.3 years

female: 17.8 years (2004 est.)

Thailand

total: 30.5 years

male: 29.7 years

female: 31.2 years (2004 est.)

Togo

total: 17.6 years

male: 17.2 years

female: 17.9 years (2004 est.)

Tonga

total: 20.1 years

male: 19.7 years

female: 20.7 years (2004 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

total: 30.4 years

male: 30 years

female: 30.9 years (2004 est.)

Tunisia

total: 26.8 years

male: 26.3 years

female: 27.3 years (2004 est.)

Turkey

total: 27.3 years

male: 27.1 years

female: 27.5 years (2004 est.)

Turkmenistan

total: 21.3 years

male: 20.4 years

female: 22.2 years (2004 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

total: 27.2 years

male: 27.9 years

female: 26.5 years (2004 est.)

Tuvalu

total: 24.2 years

male: 23.1 years

female: 25.6 years (2004 est.)

Uganda

total: 14.8 years

male: 14.7 years

female: 14.9 years (2004 est.)

Ukraine

total: 38.1 years

male: 34.8 years

female: 41.1 years (2004 est.)

United Arab Emirates

total: 27.7 years

male: 35.7 years

female: 22.4 years (2004 est.)

United Kingdom

total: 38.7 years

male: 37.6 years

female: 39.8 years (2004 est.)

United States

total: 36 years

male: 34.7 years

female: 37.4 years (2004 est.)

Uruguay

total: 32.2 years

male: 30.7 years

female: 33.7 years (2004 est.)

Uzbekistan

total: 22.1 years

male: 21.4 years

female: 22.7 years (2004 est.)

Vanuatu

total: 22.3 years

male: 22.3 years

female: 22.2 years (2004 est.)

Venezuela

total: 25.2 years

male: 24.6 years

female: 25.8 years (2004 est.)

Vietnam

total: 24.9 years

male: 24 years

female: 25.9 years (2004 est.)

Virgin Islands

total: 35.9 years

male: 35.1 years

female: 36.7 years (2004 est.)

West Bank

total: 18 years

male: 17.8 years

female: 18.2 years (2004 est.)

Yemen

total: 16.5 years

male: 16.5 years

female: 16.5 years (2004 est.)

Zambia

total: 16.6 years

male: 16.5 years

female: 16.6 years (2004 est.)

Zimbabwe

total: 19.1 years

male: 19.1 years

female: 19.1 years (2004 est.)

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@2178 Oil - proved reserves (bbl)

Afghanistan

0 bbl (1 January 2002)

Albania

185.5 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Algeria

13.1 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Angola

5.691 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Argentina

2.927 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Australia

3.664 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Austria

85.69 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Azerbaijan

589 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Bahrain

125 million bbl (1 January 2003)

Bangladesh

28.45 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Barbados

1.254 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Benin

4.105 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Bolivia

458.8 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Brazil

8.507 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Brunei

1.255 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Bulgaria

8.1 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Burma

115 million bbl (1 January 2003)

Cameroon

200 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Canada

5.112 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Chile

81.05 million bbl (1 January 2002)

China

26.75 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Colombia

1.8 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

1.538 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Congo, Republic of the

93.5 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Cote d'Ivoire

50 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Croatia

93.6 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Cuba

532 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Czech Republic

17.25 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Denmark

1.23 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Ecuador

2.358 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Egypt

3.308 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Equatorial Guinea

563.5 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Ethiopia

214,000 bbl (1 January 2002)

European Union

7.467 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

France

144.3 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Gabon

2.45 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Germany

327.3 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Ghana

8.255 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Greece

4.5 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Guatemala

263 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Hungary

110.7 million bbl (1 January 2002)

India

4.33 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Indonesia

7.083 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Iran

94.39 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Iraq

113.8 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Ireland

0 bbl (1 January 2002)

Israel

1.92 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Italy

586.6 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Japan

29.29 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Jordan

445,000 bbl (1 January 2002)

Kazakhstan

2.709 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Kuwait

97.68 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Libya

29.75 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Madagascar

0 bbl (1 January 2002)

Malaysia

3.729 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Mexico

15.11 billion bbl (1 January 2003)

Morocco

900,000 bbl (1 January 2002)

Mozambique

0 bbl (1 January 2002)

Namibia

0 bbl (1 January 2002)

Netherlands

88.06 million bbl (1 January 2002)

New Zealand

89.62 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Nigeria

27 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Norway

9.859 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Oman

5.703 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Pakistan

297.1 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Papua New Guinea

345.2 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Peru

614.7 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Philippines

164 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Poland

116.4 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Qatar

14.51 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Romania

1.055 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Russia

51.22 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Rwanda

0 bbl (1 January 2002)

Saudi Arabia

261.7 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Serbia and Montenegro

38.75 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Slovakia

4.5 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Somalia

0 bbl (1 January 2002)

South Africa

7.84 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Spain

10.5 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Sudan

631.5 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Suriname

37 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Syria

2.4 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Taiwan

2 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Tanzania

0 bbl (1 January 2002)

Thailand

600 million bbl (1 January 2003)

Trinidad and Tobago

990 million bbl (1 January 2004)

Tunisia

417 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Turkey

288.4 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Turkmenistan

273 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Ukraine

197.5 million bbl (1 January 2002)

United Arab Emirates

80.31 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

United Kingdom

4.741 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

United States

22.45 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Uzbekistan

297 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Venezuela

63.95 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Vietnam

1.4 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

World

1.025 trillion bbl (1 January 2002)

Yemen

3.2 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

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@2179 Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)

Afghanistan

49.98 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Albania

3.316 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Algeria

4.739 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)

Angola

79.57 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Argentina

768 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Australia

2.407 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)

Austria

24.9 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Azerbaijan

62.3 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Bahrain

46 billion cu m (1 January 2003)

Bangladesh

150.3 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Barbados

70.79 million cu m (1 January 2002)

Benin

608.8 million cu m (1 January 2002)

Bolivia

727.2 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Brazil

221.7 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Brunei

315 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Bulgaria

3.724 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Burma

314.4 billion cu m (1 January 2003)

Cameroon

55.22 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Canada

1.691 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)

Chile

67.78 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

China

1.29 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)

Colombia

132 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

104.8 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Congo, Republic of the

495.5 million cu m (1 January 2002)

Cote d'Ivoire

14.87 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Croatia

34.36 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Cuba

42.62 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Czech Republic

3.057 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Denmark

81.98 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Ecuador

106.5 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Egypt

1.264 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)

Equatorial Guinea

68.53 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Ethiopia

12.46 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

European Union

3.262 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)

France

12.86 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Gabon

66.47 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Germany

298.3 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Ghana

11.89 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Greece

254.9 million cu m (1 January 2002)

Guatemala

1.543 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Hungary

50.45 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

India

542.4 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Indonesia

2.549 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)

Iran

24.8 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)

Iraq

3.149 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)

Ireland

9.911 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Israel

20.81 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Italy

209.7 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Japan

20.02 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Jordan

3.256 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Kazakhstan

920.3 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Kuwait

1.548 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)

Libya

1.321 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)

Madagascar

0 cu m (1 January 2002)

Malaysia

2.23 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)

Mexico

969.2 billion cu m (1 January 2003)

Morocco

665.4 million cu m (1 January 2002)

Mozambique

63.71 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Namibia

31.15 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Netherlands

1.693 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)

New Zealand

58.94 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Nigeria

4.007 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)

Norway

1.716 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)

Oman

846.4 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Pakistan

695.6 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Papua New Guinea

385.5 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Peru

245.1 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Philippines

104.6 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Poland

154.4 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Qatar

17.93 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)

Romania

111.1 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Russia

47.86 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)

Rwanda

28.32 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Saudi Arabia

6.339 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)

Serbia and Montenegro

24.07 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Slovakia

7.504 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Somalia

2.832 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

South Africa

14.16 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Spain

254.9 million cu m (1 January 2002)

Sudan

99.11 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Suriname

0 cu m (1 January 2002)

Syria

240.7 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Taiwan

38.23 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Tanzania

11.33 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Thailand

368.2 billion cu m (1 January 2003)

Trinidad and Tobago

589 billion cu m (1 January 2004)

Tunisia

77.16 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Turkey

8.685 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Turkmenistan

1.43 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)

Ukraine

560.7 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

United Arab Emirates

5.892 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)

United Kingdom

714.9 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

United States

5.195 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)

Uzbekistan

937.3 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Venezuela

4.202 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)

Vietnam

192.6 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

World

161.2 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)

Yemen

480 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

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@2180 Natural gas - production (cu m)

Afghanistan

220 million cu m (2001 est.)

Albania

30 million cu m (2001 est.)

Algeria

80.3 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Angola

530 million cu m (2001 est.)

Argentina

37.15 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Armenia

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Australia

33.08 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Austria

1.731 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Azerbaijan

5.72 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Bahrain

8.9 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Bangladesh

9.9 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Barbados

29.17 million cu m (2001 est.)

Belarus

200 million cu m (2001 est.)

Belgium

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Bolivia

4.05 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Brazil

5.95 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Brunei

10.35 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Bulgaria

4 million cu m (2001 est.)

Burma

7.35 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Cameroon

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Canada

186.8 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Chile

1.2 billion cu m (2001 est.)

China

30.3 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Colombia

5.7 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Congo, Republic of the

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

1.35 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Croatia

1.76 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Cuba

600 million cu m (2001 est.)

Czech Republic

160 million cu m (2001 est.)

Denmark

8.38 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Ecuador

160 million cu m (2001 est.)

Egypt

21.2 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

20 million cu m (2001 est.)

Estonia

0 cu m (2001 est.)

European Union

243.8 billion cu m (2001)

Finland

0 cu m (2001 est.)

France

1.898 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Gabon

80 million cu m (2001 est.)

Georgia

60 million cu m (2001 est.)

Germany

22.16 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Greece

35 million cu m (2001 est.)

Hong Kong

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Hungary

3.231 billion cu m (2001 est.)

India

22.75 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Indonesia

69 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Iran

61.5 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Iraq

2.76 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Ireland

815 million cu m (2001 est.)

Israel

10 million cu m (2001 est.)

Italy

15.49 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Japan

2.519 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Jordan

290 million cu m (2001 est.)

Kazakhstan

10.08 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Korea, South

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Kuwait

8.7 billion cu m (2002 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

16 million cu m (2001 est.)

Latvia

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Libya

6.18 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Lithuania

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Luxembourg

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Malaysia

53.66 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Mexico

36.87 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Moldova

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Morocco

50 million cu m (2001 est.)

Mozambique

60 million cu m (2001 est.)

Netherlands

77.75 billion cu m (2001 est.)

New Zealand

6.504 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Nigeria

15.68 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Norway

54.6 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Oman

13.77 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Pakistan

23.4 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Papua New Guinea

110 million cu m (2001 est.)

Peru

370 million cu m (2001 est.)

Philippines

10 million cu m (2001 est.)

Poland

5.471 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Portugal

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Puerto Rico

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Qatar

32.4 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Romania

14.3 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Russia

580.8 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Saudi Arabia

53.69 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Senegal

50 million cu m (2001 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro

602 million cu m (2001 est.)

Singapore

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Slovakia

292 million cu m (2001 est.)

Slovenia

0 cu m (2001 est.)

South Africa

1.8 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Spain

516 million cu m (2001 est.)

Sweden

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Switzerland

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Syria

5.84 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Taiwan

750 million cu m (2001 est.)

Tajikistan

50 million cu m (2001 est.)

Thailand

18.73 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

25 billion cu m (2003 est.)

Tunisia

2.25 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Turkey

312 million cu m (2001 est.)

Turkmenistan

48.2 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Ukraine

18.2 billion cu m (2001 est.)

United Arab Emirates

44.94 billion cu m (2001 est.)

United Kingdom

105.9 billion cu m (2001 est.)

United States

548.1 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Uruguay

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Uzbekistan

63.1 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Venezuela

31.71 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Vietnam

1.3 billion cu m (2001 est.)

World

2.578 trillion cu m (2001 est.)

Yemen

0 cu m (2001 est.)

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@2181 Natural gas - consumption (cu m)

Afghanistan

220 million cu m (2001 est.)

Albania

30 million cu m (2001 est.)

Algeria

22.32 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Angola

530 million cu m (2001 est.)

Argentina

31.1 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Armenia

1.4 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Australia

23.33 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Austria

7.81 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Azerbaijan

6.72 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Bahrain

8.9 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Bangladesh

9.9 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Barbados

29.17 million cu m (2001 est.)

Belarus

18 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Belgium

15.5 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Bolivia

1.15 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

300 million cu m (2001 est.)

Brazil

9.59 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Brunei

1.35 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Bulgaria

5.804 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Burma

2.15 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Cameroon

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Canada

82.25 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Chile

6.47 billion cu m (2001 est.)

China

27.4 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Colombia

5.7 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Congo, Republic of the

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

1.35 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Croatia

2.84 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Cuba

600 million cu m (2001 est.)

Czech Republic

9.892 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Denmark

5.28 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Ecuador

160 million cu m (2001 est.)

Egypt

21.2 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

20 million cu m (2001 est.)

Estonia

1.27 billion cu m (2001 est.)

European Union

463.6 billion cu m (2001)

Finland

4.557 billion cu m (2001 est.)

France

42.01 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Gabon

80 million cu m (2001 est.)

Georgia

1.16 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Germany

94.34 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Greece

2.021 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Hong Kong

680.9 million cu m (2001 est.)

Hungary

13.37 billion cu m (2001 est.)

India

22.75 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Indonesia

36.2 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Iran

65.59 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Iraq

2.76 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Ireland

4.199 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Israel

10 million cu m (2001 est.)

Italy

71.18 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Japan

80.42 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Jordan

290 million cu m (2001 est.)

Kazakhstan

14.3 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Korea, South

20.92 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Kuwait

8.7 billion cu m (2002 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

2.016 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Latvia

1.7 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Libya

5.41 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Lithuania

2.76 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Luxembourg

865 million cu m (2001 est.)

Malaysia

31.25 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Mexico

38.84 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Moldova

2.05 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Morocco

50 million cu m (2001 est.)

Mozambique

60 million cu m (2001 est.)

Netherlands

49.72 billion cu m (2001 est.)

New Zealand

6.504 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Nigeria

7.85 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Norway

4.1 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Oman

6.34 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Pakistan

23.4 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Papua New Guinea

110 million cu m (2001 est.)

Peru

370 million cu m (2001 est.)

Philippines

10 million cu m (2001 est.)

Poland

13.85 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Portugal

2.542 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Puerto Rico

630 million cu m (2001 est.)

Qatar

15.86 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Romania

19.7 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Russia

408.1 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Saudi Arabia

53.69 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Senegal

50 million cu m (2001 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro

602 million cu m (2001 est.)

Singapore

2.5 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Slovakia

7.932 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Slovenia

1.04 billion cu m (2001 est.)

South Africa

1.8 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Spain

17.96 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Sweden

949 million cu m (2001 est.)

Switzerland

3.093 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Syria

5.84 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Taiwan

6.64 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Tajikistan

1.3 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Thailand

23.93 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

13.76 billion cu m (2003 est.)

Tunisia

3.83 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Turkey

15.94 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Turkmenistan

9.6 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Ukraine

74.1 billion cu m (2001 est.)

United Arab Emirates

37.86 billion cu m (2001 est.)

United Kingdom

92.85 billion cu m (2001 est.)

United States

640.9 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Uruguay

40 million cu m (2001 est.)

Uzbekistan

45.2 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Venezuela

31.71 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Vietnam

1.3 billion cu m (2001 est.)

World

2.555 trillion cu m (2001 est.)

Yemen

0 cu m (2001 est.)

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@2182 Natural gas - imports (cu m)

Afghanistan

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Albania

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Algeria

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Angola

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Argentina

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Armenia

1.4 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Australia

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Austria

6.033 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Azerbaijan

1 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Bahrain

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Bangladesh

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Barbados

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Belarus

17.8 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Belgium

15.4 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Bolivia

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

300 million cu m (2001 est.)

Brazil

3.64 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Brunei

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Bulgaria

5.8 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Burma

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Cameroon

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Canada

4.46 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Chile

5.27 billion cu m (2001 est.)

China

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Colombia

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Congo, Republic of the

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Croatia

1.08 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Cuba

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Czech Republic

9.521 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Denmark

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Ecuador

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Egypt

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Estonia

1.27 billion cu m (2001 est.)

European Union

292.2 billion cu m (2001)

Finland

4.567 billion cu m (2001 est.)

France

40.26 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Gabon

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Georgia

1.1 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Germany

78.73 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Greece

2.018 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Hong Kong

680.9 million cu m (2001 est.)

Hungary

9.587 billion cu m (2001 est.)

India

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Indonesia

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Iran

4.2 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Iraq

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Ireland

3.384 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Israel

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Italy

54.78 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Japan

77.73 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Jordan

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Kazakhstan

8.3 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Korea, South

21.11 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Kuwait

0 cu m (2002 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

2 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Latvia

1.7 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Libya

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Lithuania

2.76 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Luxembourg

867 million cu m (2001 est.)

Malaysia

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Mexico

2.967 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Moldova

2.05 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Morocco

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Mozambique

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Netherlands

20.78 billion cu m (2001 est.)

New Zealand

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Nigeria

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Norway

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Oman

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Pakistan

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Papua New Guinea

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Peru

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Philippines

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Poland

8.782 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Portugal

2.553 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Puerto Rico

630 million cu m (2001 est.)

Qatar

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Romania

5.4 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Russia

32.7 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Saudi Arabia

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Senegal

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Singapore

2.5 billion cu m

Note: from Indonesia and Malaysia (2001 est.)

Slovakia

7.205 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Slovenia

1.04 billion cu m (2001 est.)

South Africa

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Spain

17.26 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Sweden

968 million cu m (2001 est.)

Switzerland

3.093 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Syria

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Taiwan

6.3 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Tajikistan

1.25 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Thailand

5.2 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Tunisia

1.58 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Turkey

15.75 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Turkmenistan

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Ukraine

55.9 billion cu m (2001 est.)

United Arab Emirates

0 cu m (2001 est.)

United Kingdom

2.7 billion cu m (2001 est.)

United States

114.1 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Uruguay

40 million cu m (2001 est.)

Uzbekistan

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Venezuela

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Vietnam

0 cu m (2001 est.)

World

697.5 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Yemen

0 cu m (2001 est.)

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@2183 Natural gas - exports (cu m)

Afghanistan

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Albania

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Algeria

57.98 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Angola

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Argentina

6.05 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Armenia

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Australia

9.744 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Austria

403 million cu m (2001 est.)

Azerbaijan

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Bahrain

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Bangladesh

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Barbados

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Belarus

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Belgium

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Bolivia

2.9 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Brazil

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Brunei

9 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Bulgaria

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Burma

5.2 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Cameroon

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Canada

109 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Chile

0 cu m (2001 est.)

China

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Colombia

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Congo, Republic of the

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Croatia

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Cuba

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Czech Republic

1 million cu m (2001 est.)

Denmark

3.1 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Ecuador

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Egypt

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Estonia

0 cu m (2001 est.)

European Union

77.04 billion cu m (2001)

Finland

0 cu m (2001 est.)

France

1.725 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Gabon

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Georgia

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Germany

6.674 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Greece

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Hong Kong

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Hungary

4 million cu m (2001 est.)

India

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Indonesia

32.8 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Iran

110 million cu m (2001 est.)

Iraq

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Ireland

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Israel

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Italy

61 million cu m (2001 est.)

Japan

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Jordan

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Kazakhstan

4.1 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Korea, South

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Kuwait

0 cu m (2002 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Latvia

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Libya

770 million cu m (2001 est.)

Lithuania

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Luxembourg

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Malaysia

22.41 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Mexico

254 million cu m (2001 est.)

Moldova

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Morocco

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Mozambique

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Netherlands

49.28 billion cu m (2001 est.)

New Zealand

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Nigeria

7.83 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Norway

50.5 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Oman

7.43 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Pakistan

0 cu m NA (2001 est.)

Papua New Guinea

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Peru

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Philippines

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Poland

41 million cu m (2001 est.)

Portugal

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Puerto Rico

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Qatar

16.54 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Romania

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Russia

205.4 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Saudi Arabia

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Senegal

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Singapore

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Slovakia

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Slovenia

0 cu m (2001 est.)

South Africa

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Spain

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Sweden

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Switzerland

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Syria

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Taiwan

410 million cu m (2001 est.)

Tajikistan

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Thailand

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

11.79 billion cu m (2003 est.)

Tunisia

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Turkey

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Turkmenistan

38.6 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Ukraine

0 cu m (2001 est.)

United Arab Emirates

7.08 billion cu m (2001 est.)

United Kingdom

15.75 billion cu m (2001 est.)

United States

11.16 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Uruguay

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Uzbekistan

17.9 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Venezuela

0 cu m (2001 est.)

Vietnam

0 cu m (2001 est.)

World

712 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Yemen

0 cu m (2001 est.)

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@2184 Internet hosts

Albania

455 (2004)

Algeria

897 (2004)

Andorra

4,144 (2004)

Angola

17 (2003)

Antigua and Barbuda

1,665 (2003)

Argentina

742,358 (2003)

Armenia

2,206 (2004)

Aruba

923 (2001)

Australia

2,847,763 (2003)

Austria

387,006 (2004)

Azerbaijan

586 (2004)

Bahamas, The

302 (2003)

Bahrain

1,334 (2003)

Bangladesh

1 (2003)

Barbados

204 (2003)

Belarus

5,308 (2004)

Belgium

166,799 (2004)

Belize

2,613 (2003)

Benin

879 (2004)

Bermuda

5,161 (2001)

Bhutan

985 (2003)

Bolivia

7,080 (2003)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

6,994 (2004)

Botswana

1,920 (2003)

Brazil

3,163,349 (2003)

Brunei

6,409 (2003)

Bulgaria

53,421 (2004)

Burkina Faso

442 (2003)

Burma

3 (2003)

Burundi

22 (2003)

Cambodia

818 (2003)

Cameroon

479 (2004)

Canada

3,210,081 (2003)

Cape Verde

118 (2004)

Central African Republic

6 (2002)

Chad

8 (2004)

Chile

202,429 (2003)

China

160,421 (2003)

Colombia

115,158 (2003)

Comoros

11 (2003)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

153 (2003)

Congo, Republic of the

46 (2003)

Costa Rica

10,826 (2003)

Cote d'Ivoire

3,795 (2004)

Croatia

29,644 (2004)

Cuba

1,529 (2003)

Cyprus

5,901 (2004)

Czech Republic

295,677 (2004)

Denmark

1,219,925 (2004)

Djibouti

702 (2004)

Dominica

681 (2003)

Dominican Republic

64,197 (2003)

Ecuador

3,188 (2003)

Egypt

3,401 (2004)

El Salvador

4,084 (2003)

Equatorial Guinea

3 (2004)

Eritrea

1,047 (2004)

Estonia

82,142 (2004)

Ethiopia

9 (2003)

European Union

22,000,414 (2004); note - sum of individual country

Internet hosts

Fiji

493 (2003)

Finland

1,219,173 (2004)

France

2,396,761 (2004)

French Polynesia

5,123 (2003)

Gabon

93 (2004)

Gambia, The

568 (2004)

Georgia

5,160 (2004)

Germany

2,686,119 (2004)

Ghana

407 (2004)

Greece

208,977 (2004)

Greenland

2,642 (2004)

Grenada

18 (2003)

Guatemala

20,360 (2003)

Guinea

380 (2004)

Guinea-Bissau

2 (2004)

Guyana

613 (2003)

Haiti

NA

Holy See (Vatican City)

9 (2004)

Honduras

1,944 (2003)

Hong Kong

591,993 (2003)

Hungary

383,071 (2004)

Iceland

122,175 (2004)

India

86,871 (2003)

Indonesia

62,036 (2003)

Iran

5,269 (2004)

Ireland

162,228 (2004)

Israel

437,516 (2004)

Italy

1,437,511 (2004)

Jamaica

1,480 (2003)

Japan

12,962,065 (2003)

Jordan

3,160 (2004)

Kazakhstan

21,984 (2004)

Kenya

8,325 (2003)

Korea, South

694,206 (2001)

Kuwait

3,437 (2001)

Kyrgyzstan

12,299 (2004)

Laos

937 (2003)

Latvia

51,758 (2004)

Lebanon

6,998 (2004)

Lesotho

119 (2003)

Liberia

14 (2004)

Libya

67 (2003)

Liechtenstein

3,727 (2004)

Lithuania

67,769 (2004)

Luxembourg

28,214 (2003)

Macau

89 (2003)

Macedonia

3,738 (2004)

Madagascar

773 (2003)

Malawi

18 (2003)

Malaysia

107,971 (2003)

Maldives

532 (2003)

Mali

187 (2003)

Malta

7,156 (2004)

Marshall Islands

6 (2003)

Mauritania

25 (2003)

Mauritius

3,985 (2003)

Mexico

1,333,406 (2003)

Moldova

11,984 (2003)

Monaco

533 (2004)

Mongolia

40 (2003)

Morocco

3,627 (2004)

Mozambique

3,249 (2003)

Namibia

3,164 (2003)

Nepal

917 (2003)

Netherlands

4,518,226 (2004)

Netherlands Antilles

119 (2001)

New Caledonia

4,449 (2003)

New Zealand

474,395 (2003)

Nicaragua

7,094 (2003)

Niger

134 (2003)

Nigeria

1,142 (2004)

Norway

593,850 (2004)

Oman

726 (2003)

Pakistan

15,124 (2003)

Panama

7,129 (2003)

Papua New Guinea

389 (2003)

Paraguay

9,243 (2003)

Peru

65,868 (2003)

Philippines

38,440 (2002)

Poland

804,915 (2004)

Portugal

346,078 (2004)

Qatar

221 (2004)

Romania

50,807 (2004)

Russia

560,874 (2004)

Rwanda

1,495 (2003)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

51 (2003)

Saint Lucia

41 (2003)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

4 (2003)

Samoa

8,225 (2003)

San Marino

1,763 (2004)

Sao Tome and Principe

1,069 (2003)

Saudi Arabia

15,931 (2004)

Senegal

672 (2003)

Serbia and Montenegro

20,207 (2004)

Seychelles

264 (2003)

Sierra Leone

277 (2004)

Singapore

484,825 (2003)

Slovakia

89,592 (2004)

Slovenia

45,491 (2004)

Solomon Islands

398 (2003)

Somalia

4 (2004)

South Africa

288,633 (2003)

Spain

1,056,950 (2004)

Sri Lanka

1,882 (2003)

Sudan

NA

Suriname

18 (2003)

Swaziland

1,401 (2003)

Sweden

945,221 (2004)

Switzerland

667,275 (2004)

Syria

11 (2004)

Taiwan

2,777,085 (2003)

Tajikistan

69 (2004)

Tanzania

5,534 (2003)

Thailand

103,700 (2003)

Togo

82 (2003)

Tonga

18,906 (2003)

Trinidad and Tobago

8,003 (2003)

Tunisia

281 (2004)

Turkey

355,215 (2004)

Turkmenistan

524 (2004)

Uganda

2,692 (2004)

Ukraine

94,345 (2004)

United Arab Emirates

56,283 (2004)

United Kingdom

3,398,708 (2004)

United States

115,311,958 (2002)

Uruguay

87,630 (2003)

Uzbekistan

1,040 (2003)

Vanuatu

512 (2003)

Venezuela

35,301 (2003)

Vietnam

340 (2003)

Yemen

138 (2004)

Zambia

1,880 (2003)

Zimbabwe

4,501 (2003)

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@2185 Investment (gross fixed) (% of GDP)

Albania

18.7% of GDP (2003)

Algeria

24.8% of GDP (2003)

Angola

31.7% of GDP (2003)

Argentina

15.1% of GDP (2003)

Armenia

19.8% of GDP (2003)

Australia

24.8% of GDP (2003)

Austria

22.5% of GDP (2003)

Azerbaijan

50.4% of GDP (2003)

Bahrain

11.9% of GDP (2003)

Bangladesh

23.2% of GDP (2003)

Belarus

21.7% of GDP (2003)

Belgium

19.7% of GDP (2003)

Belize

33% of GDP (2003)

Benin

19.3% of GDP (2003)

Bolivia

12.4% of GDP (2003)

Botswana

23.9% of GDP (2003)

Brazil

18% of GDP (2003)

Bulgaria

19.6% of GDP (2003)

Burkina Faso

29% of GDP (2003)

Burma

11.8% of GDP (2003)

Burundi

9.8% of GDP (2003)

Cambodia

15.9% of GDP (2003)

Cameroon

19.4% of GDP (2003)

Canada

19.5% of GDP (2003)

Cape Verde

16.5% of GDP (2003)

Chad

40.3% of GDP (2003)

Chile

21.2% of GDP (2003)

China

43.4% of GDP (2003)

Colombia

15.9% of GDP (2003)

Congo, Republic of the

31.3% of GDP (2003)

Costa Rica

20.2% of GDP (2003)

Cote d'Ivoire

8.7% of GDP (2003)

Croatia

27.7% of GDP (2003)

Cuba

10.1% of GDP (2003)

Cyprus

19.9% of GDP (2003)

Czech Republic

26% of GDP (2003)

Denmark

19.9% of GDP (2003)

Dominican Republic

19.9% of GDP (2003)

Ecuador

21.7% of GDP (2003)

Egypt

16.7% of GDP (2003)

El Salvador

16.2% of GDP (2003)

Equatorial Guinea

63.6% of GDP (2003)

Eritrea

26.3% of GDP (2003)

Estonia

30.2% of GDP (2003)

Ethiopia

17% of GDP (2003)

European Union

percent of GDP - NA (2004 est.)

Finland

18% of GDP (2003)

France

19.2% of GDP (2003)

Gabon

22.7% of GDP (2003)

Gambia, The

20% of GDP (2003)

Georgia

18% of GDP (2003)

Germany

17.7% of GDP (2003)

Ghana

24.5% of GDP (2003)

Greece

25.5% of GDP (2003)

Guatemala

15.2% of GDP (2003)

Guinea

21.2% of GDP (2003)

Guyana

38.5% of GDP (2003)

Honduras

24% of GDP (2003)

Hong Kong

22.3% of GDP (2003)

Hungary

22% of GDP (2003)

Iceland

21.6% of GDP (2003)

India

23.1% of GDP (2003)

Indonesia

19.7% of GDP (2003)

Iran

28.6% of GDP (2003)

Ireland

22.9% of GDP (2003)

Israel

17.2% of GDP (2003)

Italy

19.1% of GDP (2003)

Jamaica

31.6% of GDP (2003)

Japan

23.9% of GDP (2003)

Jordan

18.8% of GDP (2003)

Kazakhstan

23.9% of GDP (2003)

Kenya

14.3% of GDP (2003)

Korea, South

29.6% of GDP (2003)

Kuwait

8% of GDP (2003)

Kyrgyzstan

17.6% of GDP (2003)

Latvia

27.1% of GDP (2003)

Lebanon

24.8% of GDP (2003)

Lesotho

34.1% of GDP (2003)

Libya

15% of GDP (2003)

Lithuania

20.8% of GDP (2003)

Luxembourg

20.7% of GDP (2003)

Macedonia

16.3% of GDP (2003)

Madagascar

14.8% of GDP (2003)

Malawi

12.3% of GDP (2003)

Malaysia

22.2% of GDP (2003)

Malta

23.1% of GDP (2003)

Mauritius

22.9% of GDP (2003)

Mexico

19.3% of GDP (2003)

Moldova

17.2% of GDP (2003)

Morocco

21.7% of GDP (2003)

Mozambique

47.8% of GDP (2003)

Namibia

19.8% of GDP (2003)

Netherlands

20.1% of GDP (2003)

New Zealand

20.9% of GDP (2003)

Nicaragua

28.1% of GDP (2003)

Nigeria

27.7% of GDP (2003)

Norway

17.8% of GDP (2003)

Oman

13% of GDP (2003)

Pakistan

12.9% of GDP (2003)

Panama

24.8% of GDP (2003)

Papua New Guinea

13.9% of GDP (2003)

Paraguay

17.2% of GDP (2003)

Peru

17.7% of GDP (2003)

Philippines

18.1% of GDP (2003)

Poland

18.4% of GDP (2003)

Portugal

22.3% of GDP (2003)

Qatar

23.2% of GDP (2003)

Romania

22.5% of GDP (2003)

Russia

18.2% of GDP (2003)

Rwanda

19.3% of GDP (2003)

Sao Tome and Principe

51.6% of GDP (2003)

Saudi Arabia

18% of GDP (2003)

Senegal

21.3% of GDP (2003)

Serbia and Montenegro

14.3% of GDP (2003)

Seychelles

39.1% of GDP (2003)

Singapore

24.9% of GDP (2003)

Slovakia

25.8% of GDP (2003)

Slovenia

23.3% of GDP (2003)

South Africa

16% of GDP (2003)

Spain

25.6% of GDP (2003)

Sri Lanka

22.7% of GDP (2003)

Sudan

14.8% of GDP (2003)

Swaziland

21.1% of GDP (2003)

Sweden

15.7% of GDP (2003)

Switzerland

20.1% of GDP (2003)

Syria

13.6% of GDP (2003)

Taiwan

17.5% of GDP (2003)

Tajikistan

7.5% of GDP (2003)

Tanzania

17.2% of GDP (2003)

Thailand

25.5% of GDP (2003)

Togo

18.4% of GDP (2003)

Trinidad and Tobago

14.8% of GDP (2003)

Tunisia

24.2% of GDP (2003)

Turkey

15.5% of GDP (2003)

Turkmenistan

19.5% of GDP (2003)

Uganda

20.3% of GDP (2003)

Ukraine

21% of GDP (2003)

United Arab Emirates

22% of GDP (2003)

United Kingdom

16.2% of GDP (2003)

United States

15.2% of GDP (2003)

Uruguay

9.7% of GDP (2003)

Venezuela

12.6% of GDP (2003)

Vietnam

33% of GDP (2003)

Yemen

29.1% of GDP (2003)

Zambia

45.2% of GDP (2003)

Zimbabwe

8.9% of GDP (2003)

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@2186 Public debt (% of GDP)

Algeria

41.5% of GDP (2003 est.)

Argentina

65.7% of GDP (2003 est.)

Australia

18.2% of GDP (2003)

Austria

67.6% of GDP (2003)

Azerbaijan

16.3% of GDP (2003 est.)

Bahrain

57.5% of GDP (2003)

Bangladesh

43.3% of GDP (2003)

Belgium

102% of GDP (2003 est.)

Botswana

7% of GDP (2003)

Brazil

58.5% of GDP (2003)

Bulgaria

48% of GDP (2003)

Cameroon

57.1% of GDP (2003)

Canada

77% of GDP (2003)

Chile

14.8% of GDP (2003)

China

30.1% of GDP (2003)

Colombia

51.9% of GDP (2003)

Costa Rica

56.1% of GDP (2003)

Cote d'Ivoire

82.5% of GDP (2003)

Croatia

69.1% of GDP (2003)

Cyprus

62.3% of GDP (2003)

Czech Republic

29.7% of GDP (2003)

Denmark

45% of GDP (2003)

Dominican Republic

59.4% of GDP (2003)

Ecuador

53.7% of GDP (2003)

Egypt

101.8% of GDP (2003)

El Salvador

43.7% of GDP (2003)

Estonia

7.4% of GDP (2003)

Finland

48.7% of GDP (2003)

France

68.8% of GDP (2003)

Gabon

31.5% of GDP (2003)

Germany

64.2% of GDP (2003)

Greece

100.9% of GDP (2003)

Guatemala

30.8% of GDP (2003)

Honduras

57.8% of GDP (2003)

Hungary

57% of GDP (2003)

Iceland

41.5% of GDP (2003)

India

59.7% of GDP (2003)

Indonesia

72.9% of GDP (2003)

Iran

28.2% of GDP (2003)

Ireland

31.2% of GDP (2003)

Israel

108.6% of GDP (2003)

Italy

106.4% of GDP (2003)

Jamaica

145.6% of GDP (2003)

Japan

154.6% of GDP (2003)

Jordan

92.7% of GDP (2003)

Kazakhstan

15.5% of GDP (2003)

Kenya

62.9% of GDP (2003)

Korea, South

13.8% of GDP (2003)

Kuwait

29.5% of GDP (2003)

Latvia

14.4% of GDP (2003)

Lebanon

185.1% of GDP (2003)

Libya

16.6% of GDP (2003)

Lithuania

23.6% of GDP (2003)

Macedonia

30.2% of GDP (2003)

Malawi

235.7% of GDP (2003)

Malaysia

45.5% of GDP (2003)

Mauritius

31.9% of GDP (2003)

Mexico

23.1% of GDP (2003)

Moldova

88.4% of GDP (2003)

Morocco

76.2% of GDP (2003)

Namibia

35.6% of GDP (2003)

Netherlands

54.1% of GDP (2003)

New Zealand

25.6% of GDP (2003)

Nicaragua

125.3% of GDP (2003)

Nigeria

28.6% of GDP (2003)

Norway

22.1% of GDP (2003)

Oman

15.6% of GDP (2003)

Pakistan

72.7% of GDP (2003)

Panama

73.3% of GDP (2003)

Papua New Guinea

72.4% of GDP (2003)

Paraguay

45.1% of GDP (2003)

Peru

49.2% of GDP (2003)

Philippines

77% of GDP (2003)

Poland

47.4% of GDP (2003)

Portugal

59.8% of GDP (2003)

Qatar

72.7% of GDP (2003)

Romania

25.5% of GDP (2003)

Russia

34.1% of GDP (2003)

Saudi Arabia

94.6% of GDP (2003)

Senegal

54.2% of GDP (2003)

Serbia and Montenegro

123.2% of GDP (2003)

Seychelles

129.3% of GDP (2003)

Singapore

106.4% of GDP (2003)

Slovakia

37.6% of GDP (2003)

Slovenia

31.9% of GDP (2003)

South Africa

38.2% of GDP (2003)

Spain

62.7% of GDP (2003)

Sri Lanka

105.1% of GDP (2003)

Sudan

87% of GDP (2003)

Sweden

51.8% of GDP (2003)

Switzerland

57.1% of GDP (2003)

Syria

89% of GDP (2003)

Taiwan

30.5% of GDP (2003)

Tanzania

6.1% of GDP (2003)

Thailand

46.6% of GDP (2003)

Trinidad and Tobago

55.9% of GDP (2003)

Tunisia

59.5% of GDP (2003)

Turkey

78.7% of GDP (2003)

Uganda

62.2% of GDP (2003)

Ukraine

28.7% of GDP (2003)

United Arab Emirates

18.1% of GDP (2003)

United Kingdom

51% of GDP (2003)

United States

62.4% of GDP (2003)

Uzbekistan

42.3% of GDP (2003)

Venezuela

38.8% of GDP (2003)

Vietnam

64.3% of GDP (2003)

Yemen

39.5% of GDP (2003)

Zambia

133.6% of GDP (2003)

Zimbabwe

41.3% of GDP (2003)

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@2187 Current account balance

Albania

$-407 million (2003)

Algeria

$7.836 billion (2003)

Angola

$-475 million (2003)

Argentina

$7.855 billion (2003)

Armenia

$-210 million (2003)

Australia

$-30.14 billion (2003)

Austria

$-1.353 billion (2003)

Azerbaijan

$-2.021 billion (2003)

Bahrain

$53 million (2003)

Bangladesh

$393 million (2003)

Belarus

$-945 million (2003)

Belgium

$10.69 billion (2003)

Belize

$-142 million (2003)

Benin

$-112 million (2003)

Bolivia

$50 million (2003)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

$-2.195 billion (2003)

Botswana

$539 million (2003)

Brazil

$3.52 billion (2003)

Bulgaria

$-1.666 billion (2003)

Burkina Faso

$-341 million (2003)

Burma

$-35 million (2003)

Burundi

$-35 million (2003)

Cambodia

$-218.1 million (2003)

Cameroon

$-564 million (2003)

Canada

$18.63 billion (2003)

Cape Verde

$-106.3 million (2003)

Chad

$-474 million (2003)

Chile

$-594 million (2003)

China

$31.17 billion (2003)

Colombia

$-1.417 billion (2003)

Congo, Republic of the

$139.2 million (2003)

Costa Rica

$-970 million (2003)

Cote d'Ivoire

$501 million (2003)

Croatia

$-2.039 billion (2003)

Cuba

$-273 million (2003)

Cyprus

$-545 million (2003)

Czech Republic

$-5.57 billion (2003)

Denmark

$6.397 billion (2003)

Dominican Republic

$867 million (2003)

Ecuador

$-117 million (2003)

Egypt

$3.874 billion (2003)

El Salvador

$-734 million (2003)

Equatorial Guinea

$-1.168 billion (2003)

Eritrea

$-159 million (2003)

Estonia

$-1.15 billion (2003)

Ethiopia

$-408 million (2003)

European Union

$NA

Finland

$10.3 billion (2003)

France

$13.8 billion (2003)

Gabon

$-101 million (2003)

Gambia, The

$-42 million (2003)

Georgia

$-365 million (2003)

Germany

$57.24 billion (2003)

Ghana

$110 million (2003)

Greece

$-11.33 billion (2003)

Guatemala

$-1.106 billion (2003)

Guinea

$-252 million (2003)

Guyana

$-158 million (2003)

Haiti

$-48 million (2003)

Honduras

$-279.6 million (2003)

Hong Kong

$17.42 billion (2003)

Hungary

$-7.347 billion (2003)

Iceland

$-574 million (2003)

India

$3.41 billion (2003)

Indonesia

$7.336 billion (2003)

Iran

$3.935 billion (2003)

Iraq

$1.136 billion (2003)

Ireland

$-2.994 billion (2003)

Israel

$-174 million (2003)

Italy

$-22.28 billion (2003)

Jamaica

$-842 million (2003)

Japan

$135.9 billion (2003)

Jordan

$903 million (2003)

Kazakhstan

$-68.8 million (2003)

Kenya

$-306 million (2003)

Korea, South

$12.32 billion (2003)

Kuwait

$8.652 billion (2003)

Kyrgyzstan

$-108 million (2003)

Laos

$-58 million (2003)

Latvia

$-955.9 million (2003)

Lebanon

$-2.865 billion (2003)

Lesotho

$-112 million (2003)

Libya

$6.641 billion (2003)

Lithuania

$-1.218 billion (2003)

Macedonia

$-278 million (2003)

Madagascar

$-398 million (2003)

Malawi

$-58 million (2003)

Malaysia

$13.38 billion (2003)

Malta

$-250 million (2003)

Mauritius

$289 million (2003)

Mexico

$-9.15 billion (2003)

Moldova

$-135 million (2003)

Morocco

$963 million (2003)

Mozambique

$-566 million (2003)

Namibia

$123 million (2003)

Netherlands

$12.09 billion (2003)

New Zealand

$-3.446 billion (2003)

Nicaragua

$-859 million (2003)

Nigeria

$1.439 billion (2003)

Norway

$29.34 billion (2003)

Oman

$2.173 billion (2003)

Pakistan

$3.358 billion (2003)

Panama

$-408 million (2003)

Papua New Guinea

$12 million (2003)

Paraguay

$146 million (2003)

Peru

$-1.116 billion (2003)

Philippines

$3.349 billion (2003)

Poland

$-4.085 billion (2003)

Portugal

$-7.592 billion (2003)

Qatar

$4.149 billion (2003)

Romania

$-3.368 billion (2003)

Russia

$35.91 billion (2003)

Rwanda

$-163 million (2003)

Sao Tome and Principe

$-8 million (2003)

Saudi Arabia

$22.27 billion (2003)

Senegal

$-389 million (2003)

Serbia and Montenegro

$-2.416 billion (2003)

Seychelles

$-73 million (2003)

Singapore

$26.15 billion (2003)

Slovakia

$-277.4 million (2003)

Slovenia

$15.1 million (2003)

South Africa

$-1.234 billion (2003)

Spain

$-23.77 billion (2003)

Sri Lanka

$-278 million (2003)

Sudan

$-718 million (2003)

Swaziland

$-72.69 million (2003)

Sweden

$19.56 billion (2003)

Switzerland

$36 billion (2003)

Syria

$-72 million (2003)

Taiwan

$28.57 billion (2003)

Tajikistan

$-50 million (2003)

Tanzania

$-617 million (2003)

Thailand

$9.44 billion (2003)

Togo

$-140 million (2003)

Trinidad and Tobago

$954 million (2003)

Tunisia

$-738.6 million (2003)

Turkey

$-6.806 billion (2003)

Turkmenistan

$957 million (2003)

Uganda

$-237 million (2003)

Ukraine

$2.891 billion (2003)

United Arab Emirates

$12.47 billion (2003)

United Kingdom

$-7.556 billion (2003)

United States

$-541.8 billion (2003)

Uruguay

$76 million (2003)

Uzbekistan

$462 million (2003)

Venezuela

$9.659 billion (2003)

Vietnam

$-1.781 billion (2003)

Yemen

$157 million (2003)

Zambia

$-340 million (2003)

Zimbabwe

$-346 million (2003)

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@2188 Reserves of foreign exchange & gold

Albania

$1.038 billion (2003)

Algeria

$33.42 billion (2003)

Angola

$638.4 million (2003)

Argentina

$14.16 billion (2003)

Armenia

$509.4 million (2003)

Australia

$33.26 billion (2003)

Austria

$12.73 billion (2003)

Azerbaijan

$820.9 million (2003)

Bahrain

$1.785 billion (2003)

Bangladesh

$2.624 billion (2003)

Belarus

$637 million (2003)

Belgium

$14.45 billion (2003)

Belize

$84.7 million (2003)

Benin

$636 million (2003)

Bolivia

$1.096 billion (2003)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

$1.796 billion (2003)

Botswana

$5.25 billion (2003)

Brazil

$49.3 billion (2003)

Bulgaria

$6.705 billion (2003)

Burkina Faso

$379 million (2003)

Burma

$562 million (2003)

Burundi

$67.4 million (2003)

Cambodia

$861.4 million (2003)

Cameroon

$634 million (2003)

Canada

$36.27 billion (2003)

Cape Verde

$88.02 million (2003)

Chad

$191.8 million (2003)

Chile

$15.84 billion (2003)

China

$412.7 billion (2003)

Colombia

$10.92 billion (2003)

Congo, Republic of the

$44.53 million (2003)

Costa Rica

$1.836 billion (2003)

Cote d'Ivoire

$2.005 billion (2003)

Croatia

$8.191 billion (2003)

Cuba

$582 million (2003)

Cyprus

$3.453 billion (2003)

Czech Republic

$26.8 billion (2003)

Denmark

$37.98 billion (2003)

Dominican Republic

$261 million (2003)

Ecuador

$1.161 billion (2003)

Egypt

$14.22 billion (2003)

El Salvador

$2.061 billion (2003)

Equatorial Guinea

$206 million (2003)

Eritrea

$28 million (2003)

Estonia

$1.377 billion (2003)

Ethiopia

$956 million (2003)

European Union

$NA

Finland

$11.17 billion (2003)

France

$70.76 billion (2003)

Gabon

$201.9 million (2003)

Gambia, The

$118 million (2003)

Georgia

$190.7 million (2003)

Germany

$96.84 billion (2003)

Ghana

$1.469 billion (2003)

Greece

$5.802 billion (2003)

Guatemala

$2.843 billion (2003)

Guinea

$191 million (2003)

Guyana

$257 million (2003)

Haiti

$73 million (2003)

Honduras

$1.439 billion (2003)

Hong Kong

$118.4 billion (2003)

Hungary

$12.78 billion (2003)

Iceland

$818.7 million (2003)

India

$102.3 billion (2003)

Indonesia

$36.25 billion (2003)

Iran

$25.13 billion (2003)

Ireland

$4.152 billion (2003)

Israel

$26.32 billion (2003)

Italy

$63.26 billion (2003)

Jamaica

$1.195 billion (2003)

Japan

$664.6 billion (2003)

Jordan

$5.364 billion (2003)

Kazakhstan

$4.962 billion (2003)

Kenya

$1.455 billion (2003)

Korea, South

$155.4 billion (2003)

Kuwait

$7.685 billion (2003)

Kyrgyzstan

$399.3 million (2003)

Laos

$201 million (2003)

Latvia

$1.535 billion (2003)

Lebanon

$16.35 billion (2003)

Lesotho

$460 million (2003)

Libya

$19.78 billion (2003)

Lithuania

$3.45 billion (2003)

Macedonia

$935.1 million (2003)

Madagascar

$423 million (2003)

Malawi

$132 million (2003)

Malaysia

$44.58 billion (2003)

Malta

$2.429 billion (2003)

Mauritius

$1.598 billion (2003)

Mexico

$59.02 billion (2003)

Moldova

$302.3 million (2003)

Morocco

$14.08 billion (2003)

Mozambique

$990 million (2003)

Namibia

$325.2 million (2003)

Netherlands

$21.44 billion (2003)

New Zealand

$5.083 billion (2003)

Nicaragua

$502 million (2003)

Nigeria

$7.128 billion (2003)

Oman

$3.594 billion (2003)

Pakistan

$11.67 billion (2003)

Panama

$1.011 billion (2003)

Papua New Guinea

$510.5 million (2003)

Paraguay

$982 million (2003)

Peru

$10.24 billion (2003)

Philippines

$16.87 billion (2003)

Poland

$33.96 billion (2003)

Portugal

$12.81 billion (2003)

Qatar

$2.952 billion (2003)

Romania

$10.37 billion (2003)

Russia

$76.94 billion (2003)

Rwanda

$215 million (2003)

Sao Tome and Principe

$18 million (2003)

Saudi Arabia

$22.86 billion (2003)

Senegal

$780 million (2003)

Serbia and Montenegro

$3.7 billion (2003)

Seychelles

$66 million (2003)

Singapore

$95.75 billion (2003)

Slovakia

$11.74 billion (2003)

Slovenia

$8.598 billion (2003)

South Africa

$7.972 billion (2003)

Spain

$26.81 billion (2003)

Sri Lanka

$2.273 billion (2003)

Sudan

$847.2 million (2003)

Swaziland

$277.5 million (2003)

Sweden

$19.99 billion (2003)

Switzerland

$69.58 billion (2003)

Syria

$3.329 billion (2003)

Taiwan

$207.1 billion (2003)

Tajikistan

$117.6 million (2003)

Tanzania

$2.064 billion (2003)

Thailand

$42.15 billion (2003)

Togo

$257 million (2003)

Trinidad and Tobago

$2.477 billion (2003)

Tunisia

$2.949 billion (2003)

Turkey

$35.55 billion (2003)

Turkmenistan

$2.696 billion (2003)

Uganda

$1.08 billion (2003)

Ukraine

$6.937 billion (2003)

United Arab Emirates

$15.79 billion (2003)

United Kingdom

$46.05 billion (2003)

United States

$85.94 billion (2003)

Uruguay

$2.087 billion (2003)

Uzbekistan

$1.286 billion (2003)

Venezuela

$20.67 billion (2003)

Vietnam

$6.357 billion (2003)

Yemen

$5.009 billion (2003)

Zambia

$247.7 million (2003)

Zimbabwe

$78 million (2003)

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@2194 Refugees and internally displaced persons

Afghanistan

IDPs: 167,000 - 200,000 (mostly Pashtuns and Kuchis

displaced in south and west due to drought and instability) (2004)

Algeria

refugees (country of origin): 165,000 (Western Saharan

Sahrawi, mostly living in Algerian-sponsored camps in the

southeastern Algerian town of Tindouf)

IDPs: 100,000 - 200,000 (conflict between government forces, Islamic

insurgents) (2004)

Angola

IDPs: 40,000 - 60,000 (27-year civil war ending in 2002; 4

million IDPs already have returned) (2004)

Armenia

refugees (country of origin): 236,306 (Azerbaijan)

IDPs: 50,000 (conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh) (2004)

Azerbaijan

IDPs: 571,000 (conflict with Armenia over

Nagorno-Karabakh) (2004)

Bangladesh

IDPs: 61,000 (land conflicts, religious persecution)

(2004)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

IDPs: 327,200 (Bosnian Croats, Serbs, and

Muslims displaced in 1992-1995 war) (2004)

Burma

IDPs: 600,000 - 1,000,000 (government offensives against

ethnic insurgent groups near borders; most IDPs are ethnic Karen,

Karenni, Shan, and Mon) (2004)

Burundi

refugees (country of origin): 60,288 (Democratic Republic of

the Congo)

IDPs: 140,000 (armed conflict between government and rebels; most

IDPs in northern and western Burundi) (2004)

Cameroon

refugees (country of origin): 39,261 (Chad), 16,983

(Nigeria), 9,634 (Cote d'Ivoire) (2004)

Central African Republic

refugees (country of origin): 36,479

(Sudan), 1,864 (Chad), 6,484 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

IDPs: 200,000 (unrest following coup in 2003) (2004)

Chad

refugees (country of origin): 200,000 (Sudan), 30,000 (Central

African Republic) (2004)

China

refugees (country of origin): 299,287 (Vietnam) (2004)

Colombia

IDPs: 2,730,000 - 3,100,000 (conflict between government

and FARC; drug wars) (2004)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the refugees (country of origin): 45,060 (Sudan), 123,714 (Angola), 19,552 (Burundi), 6,626 (Republic of Congo), 19,743 (Rwanda), 18,953 (Uganda) IDPs: 2.33 million (fighting between government forces and rebels since mid-1990s; most IDPs are in eastern provinces) (2004)

Congo, Republic of the

IDPs: 60,000 (multiple civil wars since 1992;

most IDPs are ethnic Lari) (2004)

Cote d'Ivoire

refugees (country of origin): 71,711 (Liberia)

IDPs: 500,000 (2002 coup; most IDPs are in western regions) (2004)

Croatia

IDPs: 12,600 (Croats and Serbs displaced in 1992-1995 war)

(2004)

Cyprus

IDPs: 265,000 (both Turkish and Greek Cypriots; many

displaced for over 30 years) (2004)

Djibouti

refugees (country of origin): 25,474 (Somalia) (2004)

Egypt

refugees (country of origin): 70,215 (Palestinian Territories)

(2004)

Eritrea

IDPs: 59,000 (border war with Ethiopia from 1998-2000; most

IDPs are near the central border region) (2004)

Ethiopia

refugees (country of origin): 93,032 (Sudan), 23,578

(Somalia)

IDPs: 132,000 (border war with Eritrea from 1998-2000 and ethnic

clashes in Gambela; most IDPs are in Tigray and Gambela Provinces)

(2004)

Gaza Strip

refugees (country of origin): 922,674 (Palestinian

Refugees (UNRWA)) (2004)

Georgia

IDPs: 260,000 (displaced from Abkhazia and South Ossetia)

(2004)

Ghana

refugees (country of origin): 42,466 (Liberia) (2004)

Guatemala

IDPs: 250,000 (government's scorched-earth offensive in

1980s against indigenous people) (2004)

Guinea

refugees (country of origin): 133,175 (Liberia), 13,633

(Sierra Leone), 7,064 (Cote d'Ivoire)

IDPs: 100,000 (cross-border incursions from Liberia, Sierra Leone,

Cote d'Ivoire) (2004)

India

refugees (country of origin): 92,394 (China), 60,922 (Sri

Lanka)

IDPs: 650,000 (Jammu and Kashmir conflicts; most IDPs are Kashmiri

Hindus) (2004)

Indonesia

IDPs: 535,000 (government offensives against rebels in

Aceh; most IDPs in Aceh, Central Kalimantan, Maluku, and Central

Sulawesi Provinces) (2004)

Iran

refugees (country of origin): 1,223,823 (Afghanistan), 124,014

(Iraq) (2004)

Iraq

refugees (country of origin): 150,000 (Palestinian Territories)

IDPs: 1,340,280 (ongoing US-led war and Kurds' subsequent return)

(2004)

Israel

IDPs: 276,000 (Arab villagers displaced from homes in

northern Israel) (2004)

Jordan

refugees (country of origin): 1,740,170 (Palestinian Refugees

(UNRWA))

IDPs: 800,000 (1967 Arab-Israeli War) (2004)

Kenya

refugees (country of origin): 154,272 (Somalia), 11,139

(Ethiopia), 63,197 (Sudan)

IDPs: 350,000 (KANU attacks on opposition tribal groups in 1990s)

(2004)

Korea, North

IDPs: 50,000-250,000 (government repression and famine)

(2004)

Lebanon

refugees (country of origin): 394,532 (Palestinian Refugees

(UNRWA))

IDPs: 300,000 (1975-1990 civil war, Israeli invasions) (2004)

Liberia

refugees (country of origin): 13,941 (Sierra Leone), 38,325

(Cote d'Ivoire)

IDPs: 500,000 (civil war from 1990-2004; IDP resettlement began in

November 2004) (2004)

Macedonia

IDPs: 2,678 (ethnic conflict in 2001; most IDPs have

returned) (2004)

Mexico

IDPs: 12,000 (government's quashing of Zapatero uprising in

1994 in eastern Chiapas Region) (2004)

Moldova

IDPs: 1,000 (internal secessionist uprising in

Transdniestrian region in 1991) (2004)

Nepal

refugees (country of origin): 104,235 (Bhutan)

IDPs: 100,000-200,000 (ongoing conflict between government forces

and Maoist rebels; displacement spread across the country) (2004)

Nigeria

IDPs: 250,000 (communal violence between Christians and

Muslims since President Obasanjo's election in 1999) (2004)

Pakistan

refugees (country of origin): 1,064,230 (Afghanistan)

IDPs: undetermined (government strikes on Islamic militants in South

Waziristan) (2004)

Peru

IDPs: 60,000 (civil war from 1980-2000; most IDPs are

indigenous peasants in Andean and Amazonian regions) (2004)

Philippines

IDPs: 150,000 (fighting between government troops and

MILF and Abu Sayyaf groups) (2004)

Russia

IDPs: 368,000 (displacement from Chechnya and North Ossetia)

(2004)

Rwanda

refugees (country of origin): 37,691 (Democratic Republic of

the Congo)

IDPs: 4,158 (incursions by Hutu rebels from Democratic Republic of

the Congo, 1997-1999; most IDPs in northwest) (2004)

Saudi Arabia

refugees (country of origin): 240,000 (Palestinian

Territories) (2004)

Senegal

IDPs: 17,000 (clashes between government troops and

separatists in Casamance region) (2004)

Serbia and Montenegro

refugees (country of origin): 99,170 (Bosnia),

188,656 (Croatia)

IDPs: 225,000 (mostly ethnic Serbs and Roma who fled Kosovo in 1999)

(2004)

Sierra Leone

refugees (country of origin): 67,000 (Liberia) (2004)

Somalia

IDPs: 375,000 (civil war since 1988, clan-based competition

for resources) (2004)

Sri Lanka

IDPs: 362,000 (both Tamils and non-Tamils displaced due to

Tamil conflict) (2004)

Sudan

refugees (country of origin): 108,251 (Eritrea), 5,023 (Chad),

7,983 (Uganda)

IDPs: 4.367 million (internal conflict since 1980s; ongoing

genocide) (2004)

Syria

refugees (country of origin): 413,827 (Palestinian Refugees

(UNRWA))

IDPs: 170,000 (most displaced from Golan Heights during 1967

Arab-Israeli War) (2004)

Tanzania

refugees (country of origin): 447,877 (Burundi), 153,155

(Democratic Republic of the Congo), 3,036 (Somalia) (2004)

Thailand

refugees (country of origin): 118,407 (Burma) (2004)

Turkey

IDPs: 350,000-1,000,000 (fighting from 1984-1999 between

Kurdish PKK and Turkish military; most IDPs in southeastern

provinces) (2004)

Uganda

refugees (country of origin): 184,731 (Sudan), 18,000 (Rwanda)

IDPs: 1.4 million (ongoing LRA rebellion, mainly in the north; LRA

frequently attacks IDP camps) (2004)

Uzbekistan

IDPs: 3,000 (forced population transfers by government

from villages near Tajikistan border) (2004)

West Bank

refugees (country of origin): 665,246 (Palestinian

Refugees (UNRWA)) (2004)

Yemen

refugees (country of origin): 60,901 (Somalia) (2004)

Zambia

refugees (country of origin): 158,894 (Angola), 58,405

(Democratic Republic of the Congo), 5,767 (Rwanda) (2004)

Zimbabwe

IDPs: 100,000-150,000 (Mugabe-led political violence, human

rights violations, land reform, and economic collapse) (2004)

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Rank code: @2001

Rank Country GDP Date of Information

1 World $ 51,480,000,000,000 2003 est.

2 European Union $ 11,050,000,000,000 2004 est.

3 United States $ 10,990,000,000,000 2003 est.

4 China $ 6,449,000,000,000 2003 est.

5 Japan $ 3,582,000,000,000 2003 est.

6 India $ 3,033,000,000,000 2003 est.

7 Germany $ 2,271,000,000,000 2003 est.

8 United Kingdom $ 1,666,000,000,000 2003 est.

9 France $ 1,661,000,000,000 2003 est.

10 Italy $ 1,550,000,000,000 2003 est.

11 Brazil $ 1,375,000,000,000 2003 est.

12 Russia $ 1,282,000,000,000 2003 est.

13 Canada $ 958,700,000,000 2003 est.

14 Mexico $ 941,200,000,000 2003 est.

15 Spain $ 885,500,000,000 2003 est.

16 Korea, South $ 857,800,000,000 2003 est.

17 Indonesia $ 758,800,000,000 2003 est.

18 Australia $ 571,400,000,000 2003 est.

19 Taiwan $ 528,600,000,000 2003 est.

20 Iran $ 478,200,000,000 2003 est.

21 Thailand $ 477,500,000,000 2003 est.

22 Netherlands $ 461,400,000,000 2003 est.

23 Turkey $ 458,200,000,000 2003 est.

24 South Africa $ 456,700,000,000 2003 est.

25 Argentina $ 435,500,000,000 2003 est.

26 Poland $ 427,100,000,000 2003 est.

27 Philippines $ 390,700,000,000 2003 est.

28 Pakistan $ 318,000,000,000 2003 est.

29 Belgium $ 299,100,000,000 2003 est.

30 Egypt $ 295,200,000,000 2003 est.

31 Saudi Arabia $ 287,800,000,000 2003 est.

32 Colombia $ 263,200,000,000 2003 est.

33 Ukraine $ 260,400,000,000 2003 est.

34 Bangladesh $ 258,800,000,000 2003 est.

35 Austria $ 245,300,000,000 2003 est.

36 Switzerland $ 239,300,000,000 2003 est.

37 Sweden $ 238,300,000,000 2003 est.

38 Greece $ 213,600,000,000 2003 est.

39 Hong Kong $ 213,000,000,000 2003 est.

40 Malaysia $ 207,800,000,000 2003 est.

41 Vietnam $ 203,700,000,000 2003 est.

42 Algeria $ 196,000,000,000 2003 est.

43 Portugal $ 181,800,000,000 2003 est.

44 Norway $ 171,700,000,000 2003 est.

45 Denmark $ 167,200,000,000 2003 est.

46 Czech Republic $ 161,100,000,000 2003 est.

47 Romania $ 155,000,000,000 2003 est.

48 Chile $ 154,700,000,000 2003 est.

49 Peru $ 146,000,000,000 2003 est.

50 Finland $ 142,200,000,000 2003 est.

51 Hungary $ 139,800,000,000 2003 est.

52 Morocco $ 128,300,000,000 2003 est.

53 Israel $ 120,900,000,000 2003 est.

54 Venezuela $ 117,900,000,000 2003 est.

55 Ireland $ 116,200,000,000 2003 est.

56 Nigeria $ 114,800,000,000 2003 est.

57 Singapore $ 109,400,000,000 2003 est.

58 Kazakhstan $ 105,500,000,000 2003 est.

59 New Zealand $ 85,340,000,000 2003 est.

60 Burma $ 74,530,000,000 2003 est.

61 Sri Lanka $ 73,700,000,000 2003 est.

62 Slovakia $ 72,290,000,000 2003 est.

63 Sudan $ 70,950,000,000 2003 est.

64 Tunisia $ 68,230,000,000 2003 est.

65 Puerto Rico $ 65,210,000,000 2003 est.

66 Belarus $ 62,560,000,000 2003 est.

67 Syria $ 58,010,000,000 2003 est.

68 United Arab Emirates $ 57,700,000,000 2003 est.

69 Bulgaria $ 57,130,000,000 2003 est.

70 Guatemala $ 56,500,000,000 2003 est.

71 Dominican Republic $ 52,710,000,000 2003 est.

72 Croatia $ 47,050,000,000 2003 est.

73 Ethiopia $ 46,810,000,000 2003 est.

74 Ecuador $ 45,650,000,000 2003 est.

75 Ghana $ 44,440,000,000 2003 est.

76 Uzbekistan $ 43,990,000,000 2003 est.

77 Uruguay $ 43,670,000,000 2003 est.

78 Kuwait $ 41,460,000,000 2003 est.

79 Lithuania $ 40,880,000,000 2003 est.

80 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 40,050,000,000 2003 est.

81 Nepal $ 38,290,000,000 2003 est.

82 Iraq $ 37,920,000,000 2003 est.

83 Slovenia $ 36,820,000,000 2003 est.

84 Oman $ 36,700,000,000 2003 est.

85 Uganda $ 36,100,000,000 2003 est.

86 Costa Rica $ 35,340,000,000 2003 est.

87 Libya $ 35,000,000,000 2003 est.

88 Kenya $ 33,030,000,000 2003 est.

89 Cuba $ 32,130,000,000 2003 est.

90 El Salvador $ 30,990,000,000 2003 est.

91 Korea, North $ 29,580,000,000 2003 est.

92 Paraguay $ 28,170,000,000 2003 est.

93 Turkmenistan $ 27,880,000,000 2003 est.

94 Cameroon $ 27,750,000,000 2003 est.

95 Azerbaijan $ 26,650,000,000 2003 est.

96 Cambodia $ 25,020,000,000 2003 est.

97 Luxembourg $ 25,010,000,000 2003 est.

98 Cote d'Ivoire $ 24,510,000,000 2003 est.

99 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 24,310,000,000 2003 est.

100 Zimbabwe $ 24,030,000,000 2003 est.

101 Latvia $ 23,900,000,000 2003 est.

102 Serbia and Montenegro $ 23,890,000,000 2003 est.

103 Jordan $ 23,640,000,000 2003 est.

104 Tanzania $ 21,580,000,000 2003 est.

105 Mozambique $ 21,230,000,000 2003 est.

106 Bolivia $ 21,010,000,000 2003 est.

107 Angola $ 20,420,000,000 2003 est.

108 Afghanistan $ 20,000,000,000 2003 est.

109 Guinea $ 19,020,000,000 2003 est.

110 Panama $ 18,780,000,000 2003 est.

111 Lebanon $ 17,820,000,000 2003 est.

112 Honduras $ 17,550,000,000 2003 est.

113 Qatar $ 17,540,000,000 2003 est.

114 Estonia $ 17,350,000,000 2003 est.

115 Senegal $ 17,090,000,000 2003 est.

116 Albania $ 16,130,000,000 2003 est.

117 Yemen $ 15,090,000,000 2003 est.

118 Cyprus $ 14,820,000,000 2003 est.

119 Burkina Faso $ 14,550,000,000 2003 est.

120 Botswana $ 14,200,000,000 2003 est.

121 Mauritius $ 13,850,000,000 2003 est.

122 Namibia $ 13,850,000,000 2003 est.

123 Macedonia $ 13,810,000,000 2003 est.

124 Madagascar $ 13,020,000,000 2003 est.

125 Haiti $ 12,300,000,000 2003 est.

126 Georgia $ 12,180,000,000 2003 est.

127 Armenia $ 11,790,000,000 2003 est.

128 Nicaragua $ 11,600,000,000 2003 est.

129 Papua New Guinea $ 11,480,000,000 2003 est.

130 Bahrain $ 11,290,000,000 2003 est.

131 Chad $ 10,670,000,000 2003 est.

132 Jamaica $ 10,610,000,000 2003 est.

133 Mali $ 10,530,000,000 2003 est.

134 Trinidad and Tobago $ 10,520,000,000 2003 est.

135 Laos $ 10,320,000,000 2003 est.

136 Rwanda $ 10,110,000,000 2003 est.

137 Macau $ 9,100,000,000 2003 est.

138 Niger $ 9,062,000,000 2003 est.

139 Iceland $ 8,678,000,000 2003 est.

140 Zambia $ 8,596,000,000 2003 est.

141 Togo $ 8,257,000,000 2003 est.

142 Kyrgyzstan $ 7,808,000,000 2003 est.

143 Moldova $ 7,792,000,000 2003 est.

144 Benin $ 7,742,000,000 2003 est.

145 Gabon $ 7,301,000,000 2003 est.

146 Malta $ 7,082,000,000 2003 est.

147 Malawi $ 6,845,000,000 2003 est.

148 Tajikistan $ 6,812,000,000 2003 est.

149 Brunei $ 6,500,000,000 2002 est.

150 Martinique $ 6,117,000,000 2003 est.

151 Swaziland $ 5,702,000,000 2003 est.

152 Lesotho $ 5,583,000,000 2003 est.

153 Mauritania $ 5,195,000,000 2003 est.

154 Bahamas, The $ 5,049,000,000 2003 est.

155 Fiji $ 5,012,000,000 2003 est.

156 Mongolia $ 4,882,000,000 2003 est.

157 French Polynesia $ 4,580,000,000 2003 est.

158 Somalia $ 4,361,000,000 2003 est.

159 Barbados $ 4,355,000,000 2003 est.

160 Reunion $ 4,348,000,000 2003 est.

161 Central African Republic $ 4,183,000,000 2003 est.

162 Burundi $ 3,780,000,000 2003 est.

163 Guadeloupe $ 3,513,000,000 2003 est.

164 Eritrea $ 3,300,000,000 2002 est.

165 Liberia $ 3,261,000,000 2003 est.

166 Guam $ 3,200,000,000 2000 est.

167 New Caledonia $ 3,158,000,000 2003 est.

168 Sierra Leone $ 3,057,000,000 2003 est.

169 Guyana $ 2,797,000,000 2003 est.

170 Bhutan $ 2,700,000,000 2002 est.

171 Gambia, The $ 2,560,000,000 2003 est.

172 Virgin Islands $ 2,500,000,000 2002 est.

173 Netherlands Antilles $ 2,450,000,000 2003 est.

174 Bermuda $ 2,330,000,000 2003 est.

175 Jersey $ 2,200,000,000 1999 est.

176 Congo, Republic of the $ 2,148,000,000 2003 est.

177 Aruba $ 1,940,000,000 2002 est.

178 Suriname $ 1,752,000,000 2003 est.

179 West Bank $ 1,700,000,000 2002 est.

180 Man, Isle of $ 1,600,000,000 2001 est.

181 French Guiana $ 1,551,000,000 2003 est.

182 Andorra $ 1,300,000,000 2000 est.

183 Guernsey $ 1,300,000,000 1999 est.

184 Belize $ 1,280,000,000 2002 est.

185 Cayman Islands $ 1,270,000,000 2002 est.

186 Equatorial Guinea $ 1,270,000,000 2002 est.

187 Maldives $ 1,250,000,000 2002 est.

188 Cyprus $ 1,217,000,000 2003 est.

189 Greenland $ 1,100,000,000 2001 est.

190 Guinea-Bissau $ 1,063,000,000 2003 est.

191 Faroe Islands $ 1,000,000,000 2001 est.

192 Samoa $ 1,000,000,000 2002 est.

193 San Marino $ 940,000,000 2001 est.

194 Northern Mariana Islands $ 900,000,000 2000 est.

195 Monaco $ 870,000,000 1999 est.

196 Saint Lucia $ 866,000,000 2002 est.

197 Liechtenstein $ 825,000,000 1999 est.

198 Solomon Islands $ 800,000,000 2001 est.

199 Gaza Strip $ 768,000,000 2003 est.

200 Antigua and Barbuda $ 750,000,000 2002 est.

201 Seychelles $ 626,000,000 2002 est.

202 Djibouti $ 619,000,000 2002 est.

203 Cape Verde $ 600,000,000 2002 est.

204 Vanuatu $ 563,000,000 2002 est.

205 American Samoa $ 500,000,000 2000 est.

206 Gibraltar $ 500,000,000 1997 est.

207 Mayotte $ 466,800,000 2003 est.

208 Comoros $ 441,000,000 2002 est.

209 Grenada $ 440,000,000 2002 est.

210 East Timor $ 440,000,000 2001 est.

211 Dominica $ 380,000,000 2002 est.

212 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 342,000,000 2002 est.

213 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 339,000,000 2002 est.

214 British Virgin Islands $ 320,000,000 2002 est.

215 Micronesia, Federated States of $ 277,000,000 2002 est.

216 Tonga $ 236,000,000 2001 est.

217 Turks and Caicos Islands $ 231,000,000 2000 est.

218 Sao Tome and Principe $ 214,000,000 2003 est.

219 Palau $ 174,000,000 2001 est.

220 Marshall Islands $ 115,000,000 2001 est.

221 Cook Islands $ 105,000,000 2001 est.

222 Anguilla $ 104,000,000 2001 est.

223 Kiribati $ 79,000,000 2001 est.

224 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) $ 75,000,000 2002 est.

225 Nauru $ 60,000,000 2001 est.

226 Wallis and Futuna $ 57,590,000 2003 est.

227 Saint Pierre and Miquelon $ 48,330,000 2003 est.

228 Montserrat $ 29,000,000 2002 est.

229 Saint Helena $ 18,000,000 1998 est.

230 Tuvalu $ 12,200,000 2000 est.

231 Niue $ 7,600,000 2000 est.

232 Tokelau $ 1,500,000 1993 est.

This file was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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Rank code: @2003

Rank Country GDP - real growth rate(%) Date of Information

1 Afghanistan 29.00 2 Turkmenistan 23.10 2003 est. 3 Equatorial Guinea 20.00 2002 est. 4 Chad 15.00 2003 est. 5 Man, Isle of 13.50 6 Azerbaijan 11.20 2003 est. 7 Liechtenstein 11.00 1999 est. 8 Faroe Islands 10.00 2001 est. 9 Armenia 9.90 2003 est. 10 Ukraine 9.40 2003 est. 11 Kazakhstan 9.20 2003 est. 12 China 9.10 2003 est. 13 Lithuania 9.00 2003 est. 14 Argentina 8.70 2003 est. 15 Qatar 8.50 2003 est. 16 India 8.30 2003 est. 17 Bhutan 7.70 2002 est. 18 San Marino 7.50 2001 est. 19 Algeria 7.40 2003 est. 20 Latvia 7.40 2003 est. 21 Russia 7.30 2003 est. 22 Botswana 7.20 2003 est. 23 Vietnam 7.20 2003 est. 24 Cook Islands 7.10 2001 est. 25 Nigeria 7.10 2003 est. 26 Albania 7.00 2003 est. 27 Tajikistan 7.00 2003 est. 28 Mozambique 7.00 2003 est. 29 Belarus 6.80 2003 est. 30 Kyrgyzstan 6.70 2003 est. 31 Thailand 6.70 2003 est. 32 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 6.50 2003 est. 33 Sierra Leone 6.50 2003 est. 34 Moldova 6.30 2003 est. 35 Iran 6.10 2003 est. 36 Madagascar 6.00 2003 est. 37 Morocco 6.00 2003 est. 38 Sudan 5.90 2003 est. 39 Turkey 5.80 2003 est. 40 Guernsey 5.70 1999 est. 41 Costa Rica 5.60 2003 est. 42 Benin 5.50 2003 est. 43 Georgia 5.50 2003 est. 44 Sri Lanka 5.50 2003 est. 45 Pakistan 5.50 2003 est. 46 Senegal 5.50 2003 est. 47 Laos 5.50 2003 est. 48 Bangladesh 5.30 2003 est. 49 Saudi Arabia 5.30 2003 est. 50 United Arab Emirates 5.20 2003 est. 51 Tanzania 5.20 2003 est. 52 Burkina Faso 5.20 2003 est. 53 Malaysia 5.20 2003 est. 54 Tunisia 5.10 2003 est. 55 Cambodia 5.00 2003 est. 56 Samoa 5.00 2002 est. 57 Sao Tome and Principe 5.00 2003 est. 58 Suriname 5.00 2003 est. 59 Mongolia 5.00 2003 est. 60 Bahrain 4.90 2003 est. 61 Turks and Caicos Islands 4.90 2000 est. 62 Romania 4.90 2003 est. 63 Fiji 4.80 2003 est. 64 Estonia 4.70 2003 est. 65 Ghana 4.70 2003 est. 66 Greece 4.70 2003 est. 67 Kuwait 4.60 2003 est. 68 Gaza Strip 4.50 2003 est. 69 Mauritania 4.50 2003 est. 70 Philippines 4.50 2003 est. 71 Uganda 4.40 2003 est. 72 Bulgaria 4.30 2003 est. 73 Croatia 4.30 2003 est. 74 Cameroon 4.20 2003 est. 75 Indonesia 4.10 2003 est. 76 Mauritius 4.10 2003 est. 77 Panama 4.10 2003 est. 78 Cape Verde 4.00 2002 est. 79 Zambia 4.00 2003 est. 80 Peru 4.00 2003 est. 81 Macau 4.00 2003 est. 82 French Polynesia 4.00 2001 est. 83 Lesotho 4.00 2003 est. 84 Slovakia 3.90 2003 est. 85 Andorra 3.80 2000 est. 86 World 3.80 2003 est. 87 Niger 3.80 2003 est. 88 Belize 3.70 2002 est. 89 Colombia 3.70 2003 est. 90 Poland 3.70 2003 est. 91 Trinidad and Tobago 3.70 2003 est. 92 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.50 2003 est. 93 Djibouti 3.50 2002 est. 94 New Zealand 3.50 2003 est. 95 Rwanda 3.50 2003 est. 96 Chile 3.30 2003 est. 97 Hong Kong 3.30 2003 est. 98 Togo 3.30 2003 est. 99 Namibia 3.30 2003 est. 100 Saint Lucia 3.30 2002 est. 101 Libya 3.20 2003 est. 102 Taiwan 3.20 2003 est. 103 Egypt 3.10 2003 est. 104 Jordan 3.10 2003 est. 105 United States 3.10 2003 est. 106 Uzbekistan 3.10 2003 est. 107 Korea, South 3.10 2003 est. 108 Antigua and Barbuda 3.00 2002 est. 109 Australia 3.00 2003 est. 110 Tuvalu 3.00 2000 est. 111 Tonga 3.00 2001 est. 112 Nepal 3.00 2003 est. 113 Liberia 3.00 2003 est. 114 Lebanon 3.00 2003 est. 115 Honduras 3.00 2003 est. 116 Guinea 3.00 2003 est. 117 Gambia, The 3.00 2003 est. 118 Brunei 3.00 2002 est. 119 Czech Republic 2.90 2003 est. 120 Hungary 2.90 2003 est. 121 Anguilla 2.80 2001 est. 122 Macedonia 2.80 2003 est. 123 Yemen 2.80 2003 est. 124 Japan 2.70 2003 est. 125 Cuba 2.60 2003 est. 126 Cyprus 2.60 2003 est. 127 Iceland 2.60 2003 est. 128 Bolivia 2.50 2003 est. 129 Uruguay 2.50 2003 est. 130 Ecuador 2.50 2003 est. 131 Grenada 2.50 2002 est. 132 Reunion 2.50 2003 est. 133 Spain 2.40 2003 est. 134 Maldives 2.30 2002 est. 135 Nicaragua 2.30 2003 est. 136 Slovenia 2.30 2003 est. 137 Barbados 2.20 2003 est. 138 Swaziland 2.20 2003 est. 139 United Kingdom 2.20 2003 est. 140 Guatemala 2.10 2003 est. 141 Somalia 2.10 2003 est. 142 Bermuda 2.00 2003 est. 143 Virgin Islands 2.00 2002 est. 144 Eritrea 2.00 2002 est. 145 Comoros 2.00 2002 est. 146 Cyprus 1.90 2003 est. 147 South Africa 1.90 2003 est. 148 Finland 1.90 2003 est. 149 Jamaica 1.90 2003 est. 150 Greenland 1.80 2001 est. 151 Paraguay 1.80 2003 est. 152 Canada 1.70 2003 est. 153 Malawi 1.70 2003 est. 154 Sweden 1.70 2003 est. 155 Cayman Islands 1.70 2002 est. 156 Puerto Rico 1.60 2003 est. 157 Angola 1.50 2003 est. 158 Serbia and Montenegro 1.50 2003 est. 159 Seychelles 1.50 2002 est. 160 Kiribati 1.50 2001 est. 161 Kenya 1.50 2003 est. 162 Ireland 1.40 2003 est. 163 El Salvador 1.40 2003 est. 164 Papua New Guinea 1.40 2003 est. 165 Congo, Republic of the 1.30 2003 est. 166 Mexico 1.30 2003 est. 167 Israel 1.30 2003 est. 168 Gabon 1.20 2003 est. 169 Luxembourg 1.20 2003 est. 170 Belgium 1.10 2003 est. 171 Singapore 1.10 2003 est. 172 Oman 1.10 2003 est. 173 European Union 1.00 2004 est. 174 Marshall Islands 1.00 2001 est. 175 British Virgin Islands 1.00 2002 est. 176 Palau 1.00 2001 est. 177 Korea, North 1.00 2003 est. 178 Micronesia, Federated States of 1.00 2002 est. 179 Syria 0.90 2003 est. 180 Malta 0.80 2003 est. 181 Austria 0.70 2003 est. 182 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.70 2002 est. 183 Norway 0.60 2003 est. 184 France 0.50 2003 est. 185 Guyana 0.50 2003 est. 186 Netherlands Antilles 0.50 2003 est. 187 Mali 0.50 2003 est. 188 Italy 0.40 2003 est. 189 Bahamas, The 0.00 2003 est. 190 Haiti 0.00 2003 est. 191 Denmark 0.00 2003 est. 192 Germany -0.10 2003 est. 193 Brazil -0.20 2003 est. 194 Niue -0.30 2000 est. 195 Vanuatu -0.30 2002 est. 196 Burma -0.50 2003 est. 197 Switzerland -0.50 2003 est. 198 Dominican Republic -0.70 2003 est. 199 Netherlands -0.70 2003 est. 200 Dominica -1.00 2003 est. 201 Montserrat -1.00 2002 est. 202 Burundi -1.30 2003 est. 203 Portugal -1.30 2003 est. 204 Aruba -1.50 2002 est. 205 Cote d'Ivoire -1.90 2003 est. 206 Saint Kitts and Nevis -1.90 2002 est. 207 East Timor -3.00 2003 est. 208 Ethiopia -3.80 2003 est. 209 Central African Republic -7.00 2003 est. 210 Guinea-Bissau -7.00 2003 est. 211 Venezuela -9.20 2003 est. 212 Solomon Islands -10.00 2001 est. 213 Zimbabwe -13.60 2003 est. 214 Iraq -21.80 2003 est. 215 West Bank -22.00 2002 est.

This file was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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Rank code: @2004

Rank Country GDP - per capita Date of Information

1 Luxembourg $ 55,100 2003 est.

2 Norway $ 37,800 2003 est.

3 United States $ 37,800 2003 est.

4 Bermuda $ 36,000 2003 est.

5 Cayman Islands $ 35,000 2002 est.

6 San Marino $ 34,600 2001 est.

7 Switzerland $ 32,700 2003 est.

8 Denmark $ 31,100 2003 est.

9 Iceland $ 30,900 2003 est.

10 Austria $ 30,000 2003 est.

11 Canada $ 29,800 2003 est.

12 Ireland $ 29,600 2003 est.

13 Belgium $ 29,100 2003 est.

14 Australia $ 29,000 2003 est.

15 Hong Kong $ 28,800 2003 est.

16 Netherlands $ 28,600 2003 est.

17 Japan $ 28,200 2003 est.

18 Aruba $ 28,000 2002 est.

19 United Kingdom $ 27,700 2003 est.

20 France $ 27,600 2003 est.

21 Germany $ 27,600 2003 est.

22 Finland $ 27,400 2003 est.

23 Monaco $ 27,000 1999 est.

24 Sweden $ 26,800 2003 est.

25 Italy $ 26,700 2003 est.

26 European Union $ 25,700 2004 est.

27 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) $ 25,000 2002 est.

28 Liechtenstein $ 25,000 1999 est.

29 Jersey $ 24,800 1999 est.

30 Singapore $ 23,700 2003 est.

31 Taiwan $ 23,400 2003 est.

32 United Arab Emirates $ 23,200 2003 est.

33 Faroe Islands $ 22,000 2001 est.

34 Spain $ 22,000 2003 est.

35 New Zealand $ 21,600 2003 est.

36 Qatar $ 21,500 2003 est.

37 Guam $ 21,000 2000 est.

38 Man, Isle of $ 21,000 2001 est.

39 Guernsey $ 20,000 1999 est.

40 Greenland $ 20,000 2001 est.

41 Greece $ 20,000 2003 est.

42 Israel $ 19,800 2003 est.

43 Macau $ 19,400 2003 est.

44 Cyprus $ 19,200 2003 est.

45 Andorra $ 19,000 2000 est.

46 Slovenia $ 19,000 2003 est.

47 Kuwait $ 19,000 2003 est.

48 Brunei $ 18,600 2002 est.

49 Portugal $ 18,000 2003 est.

50 Korea, South $ 17,800 2003 est.

51 Malta $ 17,700 2003 est.

52 French Polynesia $ 17,500 2001 est.

53 Gibraltar $ 17,500 1997 est.

54 Virgin Islands $ 17,200 2002 est.

55 Bahrain $ 16,900 2003 est.

56 Puerto Rico $ 16,800 2003 est.

57 Bahamas, The $ 16,700 2003 est.

58 British Virgin Islands $ 16,000 2002 est.

59 Barbados $ 15,700 2003 est.

60 Czech Republic $ 15,700 2003 est.

61 New Caledonia $ 15,000 2001 est.

62 Martinique $ 14,400 2001 est.

63 Hungary $ 13,900 2003 est.

64 Slovakia $ 13,300 2003 est.

65 Oman $ 13,100 2003 est.

66 Uruguay $ 12,800 2003 est.

67 Northern Mariana Islands $ 12,500 2000 est.

68 Estonia $ 12,300 2003 est.

69 Saudi Arabia $ 11,800 2003 est.

70 Lithuania $ 11,400 2003 est.

71 Mauritius $ 11,400 2003 est.

72 Netherlands Antilles $ 11,400 2003 est.

73 Argentina $ 11,200 2003 est.

74 Poland $ 11,100 2003 est.

75 Antigua and Barbuda $ 11,000 2002 est.

76 South Africa $ 10,700 2003 est.

77 Croatia $ 10,600 2003 est.

78 Latvia $ 10,200 2003 est.

79 Chile $ 9,900 2003 est.

80 Turks and Caicos Islands $ 9,600 2000 est.

81 Trinidad and Tobago $ 9,500 2003 est.

82 Costa Rica $ 9,100 2003 est.

83 Botswana $ 9,000 2003 est.

84 Mexico $ 9,000 2003 est.

85 Palau $ 9,000 2001 est.

86 Malaysia $ 9,000 2003 est.

87 Russia $ 8,900 2003 est.

88 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 8,800 2002 est.

89 Anguilla $ 8,600 2001 est.

90 French Guiana $ 8,300 2001 est.

91 World $ 8,200 2003 est.

92 American Samoa $ 8,000 2000 est.

93 Guadeloupe $ 8,000 2001 est.

94 Seychelles $ 7,800 2002 est.

95 Brazil $ 7,600 2003 est.

96 Bulgaria $ 7,600 2003 est.

97 Thailand $ 7,400 2003 est.

98 Namibia $ 7,200 2003 est.

99 Iran $ 7,000 2003 est.

100 Romania $ 7,000 2003 est.

101 Saint Pierre and Miquelon $ 6,900 2001 est.

102 Tunisia $ 6,900 2003 est.

103 Macedonia $ 6,700 2003 est.

104 Turkey $ 6,700 2003 est.

105 Libya $ 6,400 2003 est.

106 Colombia $ 6,300 2003 est.

107 Kazakhstan $ 6,300 2003 est.

108 Panama $ 6,300 2003 est.

109 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 6,100 2003 est.

110 Belarus $ 6,100 2003 est.

111 Algeria $ 6,000 2003 est.

112 Dominican Republic $ 6,000 2003 est.

113 Fiji $ 5,800 2003 est.

114 Turkmenistan $ 5,800 2003 est.

115 Reunion $ 5,800 2001 est.

116 Cyprus $ 5,600 2003 est.

117 Samoa $ 5,600 2002 est.

118 Gabon $ 5,500 2003 est.

119 Dominica $ 5,400 2002 est.

120 Saint Lucia $ 5,400 2002 est.

121 Ukraine $ 5,400 2003 est.

122 Peru $ 5,100 2003 est.

123 China $ 5,000 2003 est.

124 Cook Islands $ 5,000 2001 est.

125 Nauru $ 5,000 2001 est.

126 Grenada $ 5,000 2002 est.

127 Belize $ 4,900 2002 est.

128 Swaziland $ 4,900 2003 est.

129 El Salvador $ 4,800 2003 est.

130 Venezuela $ 4,800 2003 est.

131 Lebanon $ 4,800 2003 est.

132 Paraguay $ 4,700 2003 est.

133 Philippines $ 4,600 2003 est.

134 Albania $ 4,500 2003 est.

135 Jordan $ 4,300 2003 est.

136 Guatemala $ 4,100 2003 est.

137 Egypt $ 4,000 2003 est.

138 Guyana $ 4,000 2003 est.

139 Morocco $ 4,000 2003 est.

140 Suriname $ 4,000 2003 est.

141 Jamaica $ 3,900 2003 est.

142 Maldives $ 3,900 2002 est.

143 Sri Lanka $ 3,700 2003 est.

144 Wallis and Futuna $ 3,700 2001 est.

145 Niue $ 3,600 2000 est.

146 Armenia $ 3,500 2003 est.

147 Azerbaijan $ 3,400 2003 est.

148 Montserrat $ 3,400 2002 est.

149 Ecuador $ 3,300 2003 est.

150 Syria $ 3,300 2003 est.

151 Indonesia $ 3,200 2003 est.

152 Lesotho $ 3,000 2003 est.

153 Cuba $ 2,900 2003 est.

154 Vanuatu $ 2,900 2002 est.

155 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 2,900 2002 est.

156 India $ 2,900 2003 est.

157 Equatorial Guinea $ 2,700 2002 est.

158 Honduras $ 2,600 2003 est.

159 Mayotte $ 2,600 1998 est.

160 Georgia $ 2,500 2003 est.

161 Vietnam $ 2,500 2003 est.

162 Saint Helena $ 2,500 1998 est.

163 Bolivia $ 2,400 2003 est.

164 Nicaragua $ 2,300 2003 est.

165 Ghana $ 2,200 2003 est.

166 Papua New Guinea $ 2,200 2003 est.

167 Serbia and Montenegro $ 2,200 2003 est.

168 Tonga $ 2,200 2001 est.

169 Guinea $ 2,100 2003 est.

170 Pakistan $ 2,100 2003 est.

171 Micronesia, Federated States of $ 2,000 2002 est.

172 Angola $ 1,900 2003 est.

173 Zimbabwe $ 1,900 2003 est.

174 Sudan $ 1,900 2003 est.

175 Cambodia $ 1,900 2003 est.

176 Bangladesh $ 1,900 2003 est.

177 Burma $ 1,800 2003 est.

178 Mauritania $ 1,800 2003 est.

179 Mongolia $ 1,800 2003 est.

180 Moldova $ 1,800 2003 est.

181 Cameroon $ 1,800 2003 est.

182 Solomon Islands $ 1,700 2001 est.

183 Uzbekistan $ 1,700 2003 est.

184 Gambia, The $ 1,700 2003 est.

185 Laos $ 1,700 2003 est.

186 Haiti $ 1,600 2003 est.

187 Kyrgyzstan $ 1,600 2003 est.

188 Marshall Islands $ 1,600 2001 est.

189 Senegal $ 1,600 2003 est.

190 Iraq $ 1,500 2003 est.

191 Togo $ 1,500 2003 est.

192 Cape Verde $ 1,400 2002 est.

193 Uganda $ 1,400 2003 est.

194 Nepal $ 1,400 2003 est.

195 Cote d'Ivoire $ 1,400 2003 est.

196 Bhutan $ 1,300 2002 est.

197 Rwanda $ 1,300 2003 est.

198 Korea, North $ 1,300 2003 est.

199 Djibouti $ 1,300 2002 est.

200 Chad $ 1,200 2003 est.

201 Sao Tome and Principe $ 1,200 2003 est.

202 Mozambique $ 1,200 2003 est.

203 Benin $ 1,100 2003 est.

204 Tuvalu $ 1,100 2000 est.

205 Burkina Faso $ 1,100 2003 est.

206 Central African Republic $ 1,100 2003 est.

207 Kenya $ 1,000 2003 est.

208 Tokelau $ 1,000 1993 est.

209 Tajikistan $ 1,000 2003 est.

210 Liberia $ 1,000 2003 est.

211 Mali $ 900 2003 est.

212 Nigeria $ 900 2003 est.

213 Kiribati $ 800 2001 est.

214 Zambia $ 800 2003 est.

215 Guinea-Bissau $ 800 2003 est.

216 Madagascar $ 800 2003 est.

217 Yemen $ 800 2003 est.

218 West Bank $ 800 2002 est.

219 Niger $ 800 2003 est.

220 Afghanistan $ 700 2003 est.

221 Ethiopia $ 700 2003 est.

222 Eritrea $ 700 2002 est.

223 Comoros $ 700 2002 est.

224 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 700 2003 est.

225 Congo, Republic of the $ 700 2003 est.

226 Burundi $ 600 2003 est.

227 Tanzania $ 600 2003 est.

228 Malawi $ 600 2003 est.

229 Gaza Strip $ 600 2003 est.

230 Sierra Leone $ 500 2003 est.

231 Somalia $ 500 2003 est.

232 East Timor $ 500 2001 est.

This file was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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Rank code: @2034

Rank Country Military expenditures - percent of GDP(%) Date of Information

1 Korea, North 22.90 2003 2 Jordan 20.20 2003 3 Eritrea 11.80 2003 4 Oman 11.40 2003 5 Qatar 10.00 6 Saudi Arabia 10.00 2002 7 Israel 8.70 FY02 8 Maldives 8.60 2003 9 Yemen 7.90 2003 10 Bahrain 7.50 2003 11 Armenia 6.50 FY01 12 Burundi 6.00 2003 13 Macedonia 6.00 14 Brunei 5.90 2003 15 Syria 5.90 16 Kuwait 5.80 2003 17 Turkey 5.30 2003 18 Ethiopia 5.20 2003 19 Singapore 4.90 20 Lebanon 4.80 21 Morocco 4.80 2003 22 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.50 23 Djibouti 4.40 2003 24 Greece 4.30 2003 25 Chile 4.00 2003 26 Libya 3.90 27 Tajikistan 3.90 FY01 28 Pakistan 3.90 FY02/03 29 Cyprus 3.80 30 Mauritania 3.70 2003 31 Botswana 3.60 2003 32 Egypt 3.60 2003 33 Algeria 3.50 2003 34 Colombia 3.40 FY01 35 Turkmenistan 3.40 36 Iran 3.30 2003 est. 37 United States 3.30 February 2004 38 Sri Lanka 3.20 2003 39 United Arab Emirates 3.10 40 Cambodia 3.00 41 Comoros 3.00 2003 42 Rwanda 2.90 2003 43 Australia 2.80 2003 44 Guinea-Bissau 2.80 2003 45 Congo, Republic of the 2.80 2003 46 Benin 2.70 2003 47 Korea, South 2.70 FY03 48 Taiwan 2.70 2003 49 Azerbaijan 2.60 50 Bulgaria 2.60 2003 51 France 2.60 2003 52 Lesotho 2.60 2003 53 Equatorial Guinea 2.50 2003 54 Sudan 2.50 55 Vietnam 2.50 56 Namibia 2.50 2003 57 Romania 2.47 2002 58 Ecuador 2.40 2003 59 United Kingdom 2.40 2003 60 India 2.40 2003 61 Croatia 2.39 2002 est. 62 Portugal 2.30 2003 63 Fiji 2.20 FY02 64 Mozambique 2.20 2003 65 Mongolia 2.20 FY02 66 Burma 2.10 67 Brazil 2.10 2003 68 Uganda 2.10 2003 69 Sweden 2.10 FY01 70 Chad 2.10 2003 71 Czech Republic 2.10 FY01 72 Malaysia 2.03 73 Belize 2.00 2003 74 World 2.00 75 Finland 2.00 FY98/99 76 Gabon 2.00 2003 77 Uzbekistan 2.00 78 Uruguay 2.00 2003 79 Estonia 2.00 2002 est. 80 Angola 1.90 2003 81 Togo 1.90 2003 82 Norway 1.90 2003 83 Lithuania 1.90 FY01 84 Italy 1.90 2003 85 Bhutan 1.90 2003 86 Slovakia 1.89 2002 87 Cuba 1.80 2003 88 Kenya 1.80 2003 89 Seychelles 1.80 2003 90 Swaziland 1.80 2003 91 Thailand 1.80 2003 92 Hungary 1.75 2002 est. 93 Poland 1.71 2002 94 Guinea 1.70 2003 95 South Africa 1.70 2003 96 Zimbabwe 1.70 2003 97 Slovenia 1.70 FY00 98 Bolivia 1.60 2003 99 Nepal 1.60 2003 100 Burkina Faso 1.60 2003 101 Denmark 1.60 2003 102 Netherlands 1.60 2003 103 Cape Verde 1.50 2003 104 Tunisia 1.50 105 Sierra Leone 1.50 2003 106 Senegal 1.50 2003 107 Philippines 1.50 108 Honduras 1.50 2003 109 Germany 1.50 2003 110 Albania 1.49 FY02 111 Belarus 1.40 FY02 112 Papua New Guinea 1.40 FY02 113 Kyrgyzstan 1.40 FY01 114 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.40 2003 115 Ukraine 1.40 FY02 116 Cameroon 1.40 2003 117 Argentina 1.30 FY00 118 Belgium 1.30 2003 119 Venezuela 1.30 2003 120 Peru 1.30 2003 121 Mali 1.30 2003 122 Liberia 1.30 2003 123 Indonesia 1.30 124 Bangladesh 1.20 2003 125 Cote d'Ivoire 1.20 2003 126 Spain 1.20 2003 127 Panama 1.20 2003 128 Nicaragua 1.20 2003 129 Madagascar 1.20 2003 130 Latvia 1.20 FY01 131 Canada 1.10 2003 132 El Salvador 1.10 2003 133 Dominican Republic 1.10 1998 134 Niger 1.10 2003 135 Central African Republic 1.10 2003 136 Afghanistan 1.00 2003 137 Switzerland 1.00 FY01 138 Japan 1.00 2003 139 New Zealand 1.00 FY02 140 Ireland 0.90 FY00/01 141 Zambia 0.90 2003 142 Somalia 0.90 2003 143 Paraguay 0.90 2003 144 Nigeria 0.90 2003 145 Mexico 0.90 2003 146 Haiti 0.90 2003 147 Luxembourg 0.90 2003 148 Kazakhstan 0.90 FY02 149 Austria 0.85 June 2004 150 Guatemala 0.80 2003 151 Guyana 0.80 2003 152 Sao Tome and Principe 0.80 2003 153 Malawi 0.70 2003 154 Suriname 0.70 2003 155 Malta 0.70 2003 156 Ghana 0.60 2003 157 Trinidad and Tobago 0.60 2003 158 Georgia 0.59 159 Laos 0.50 2003 160 Costa Rica 0.40 2003 161 Jamaica 0.40 2003 162 Moldova 0.40 FY02 163 Gambia, The 0.30 2003 164 Mauritius 0.20 2003 165 Tanzania 0.20 2003 166 Bermuda 0.11

This file was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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Rank code: @2038

Rank Country Electricity - production(kWh) Date of Information

1 World 14,930,000,000,000 2001 est. 2 United States 3,719,000,000,000 2001 3 European Union 2,822,000,000,000 2001 4 China 1,420,000,000,000 2001 5 Japan 1,037,000,000,000 2001 6 Russia 915,000,000,000 2003 7 Canada 566,300,000,000 2001 8 Germany 544,800,000,000 2001 9 India 533,300,000,000 2001 10 France 520,100,000,000 2001 11 United Kingdom 360,900,000,000 2001 12 Brazil 321,200,000,000 2001 13 Korea, South 290,700,000,000 2001 14 Italy 258,800,000,000 2001 15 Spain 222,500,000,000 2001 16 Mexico 198,600,000,000 2001 17 Australia 198,200,000,000 2001 18 South Africa 195,600,000,000 2001 19 Ukraine 164,700,000,000 2001 20 Sweden 152,900,000,000 2001 21 Taiwan 151,100,000,000 2001 22 Poland 135,000,000,000 2001 23 Iran 124,600,000,000 2001 24 Saudi Arabia 122,400,000,000 2001 25 Norway 120,100,000,000 2001 26 Turkey 116,600,000,000 2001 27 Thailand 97,600,000,000 2001 28 Argentina 97,170,000,000 2001 29 Indonesia 95,780,000,000 2001 30 Netherlands 88,320,000,000 2001 31 Venezuela 87,600,000,000 2001 32 Malaysia 75,330,000,000 2002 33 Ecuador 75,230,000,000 2001 34 Egypt 75,230,000,000 2001 35 Belgium 74,280,000,000 2001 36 Finland 71,200,000,000 2001 37 Czech Republic 70,040,000,000 2001 38 Switzerland 68,680,000,000 2001 39 Pakistan 66,960,000,000 2001 40 Austria 58,750,000,000 2001 41 Kazakhstan 52,430,000,000 2001 42 Romania 50,860,000,000 2001 43 Greece 49,790,000,000 2001 44 Philippines 45,210,000,000 2001 45 Paraguay 44,890,000,000 2001 46 Uzbekistan 44,490,000,000 2001 47 Portugal 44,320,000,000 2001 48 Colombia 42,990,000,000 2001 49 Israel 42,240,000,000 2001 50 Chile 41,660,000,000 2001 51 Bulgaria 41,380,000,000 2001 52 United Arab Emirates 37,740,000,000 2001 53 New Zealand 37,510,000,000 2001 54 Iraq 36,010,000,000 2001 55 Denmark 35,470,000,000 2001 56 Hungary 34,390,000,000 2001 57 Serbia and Montenegro 31,710,000,000 2001 58 Kuwait 31,490,000,000 2001 59 Hong Kong 30,480,000,000 2001 60 Singapore 30,480,000,000 2001 61 Slovakia 30,290,000,000 2001 62 Korea, North 30,010,000,000 2001 63 Vietnam 29,800,000,000 2001 64 Algeria 24,690,000,000 2001 65 Belarus 24,400,000,000 2001 66 Ireland 23,530,000,000 2001 67 Syria 23,260,000,000 2001 68 Puerto Rico 20,900,000,000 2001 69 Peru 20,590,000,000 2001 70 Libya 20,180,000,000 2001 71 Azerbaijan 18,230,000,000 2001 72 Nigeria 15,670,000,000 2001 73 Bangladesh 15,330,000,000 2001 74 Lithuania 14,620,000,000 2001 75 Cuba 14,380,000,000 2001 76 Tajikistan 14,180,000,000 2001 77 Slovenia 13,690,000,000 2001 78 Kyrgyzstan 13,450,000,000 2001 79 Morocco 13,350,000,000 2001 80 Croatia 12,120,000,000 2001 81 Tunisia 10,480,000,000 2001 82 Turkmenistan 10,180,000,000 2001 83 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9,979,000,000 2001 84 Oman 9,274,000,000 2001 85 Qatar 9,264,000,000 2001 86 Dominican Republic 9,186,000,000 2001 87 Ghana 8,801,000,000 2001 88 Uruguay 7,963,000,000 2001 89 Estonia 7,937,000,000 2001 90 Iceland 7,894,000,000 2001 91 Zambia 7,751,000,000 2001 92 Georgia 7,270,000,000 2001 93 Mozambique 7,193,000,000 2001 94 Jordan 7,091,000,000 2001 95 Costa Rica 6,839,000,000 2001 96 Zimbabwe 6,735,000,000 2001 97 Lebanon 6,728,000,000 2001 98 Armenia 6,479,000,000 2001 99 Macedonia 6,465,000,000 2001 100 Sri Lanka 6,360,000,000 2001 101 Jamaica 6,272,000,000 2001 102 Bahrain 6,257,000,000 2001 103 Guatemala 6,237,000,000 2001 104 Burma 6,139,000,000 2001 105 Trinidad and Tobago 5,315,000,000 2001 106 Albania 5,289,000,000 2001 107 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5,243,000,000 2001 108 Cote d'Ivoire 4,605,000,000 2001 109 Latvia 4,365,000,000 2001 110 Panama 4,039,000,000 2001 111 Kenya 4,033,000,000 2001 112 Bolivia 3,901,000,000 2001 113 Honduras 3,778,000,000 2001 114 El Salvador 3,729,000,000 2001 115 Cameroon 3,613,000,000 2001 116 Cyprus 3,401,000,000 2001 117 Moldova 3,394,000,000 2001 118 Yemen 3,010,000,000 2001 119 Tanzania 2,906,000,000 2001 120 Nicaragua 2,549,000,000 2001 121 Brunei 2,497,000,000 2001 122 Sudan 2,389,000,000 2001 123 Mongolia 2,225,000,000 2001 124 Suriname 1,959,000,000 2001 125 Uganda 1,928,000,000 2001 126 Bhutan 1,896,000,000 2001 127 Malta 1,768,000,000 2001 128 Nepal 1,755,000,000 2001 129 Ethiopia 1,713,000,000 2001 130 New Caledonia 1,613,000,000 2001 131 Macau 1,611,000,000 2002 132 Bahamas, The 1,560,000,000 2001 133 Senegal 1,518,000,000 2001 134 Papua New Guinea 1,496,000,000 2001 135 Angola 1,450,000,000 2001 136 Laos 1,317,000,000 2001 137 Mauritius 1,311,000,000 2001 138 Guadeloupe 1,155,000,000 2001 139 Martinique 1,151,000,000 2001 140 Reunion 1,080,000,000 2001 141 Netherlands Antilles 1,061,000,000 2001 142 Virgin Islands 1,030,000,000 2001 143 Guyana 852,000,000 2001 144 Madagascar 830,200,000 2001 145 Guam 830,000,000 2001 146 Gabon 798,400,000 2001 147 Guinea 790,600,000 2001 148 Barbados 780,000,000 2001 149 Malawi 769,200,000 2001 150 Bermuda 643,700,000 2001 151 Haiti 580,000,000 2001 152 Aruba 531,900,000 2001 153 Fiji 520,100,000 2001 154 Mali 480,200,000 2001 155 Liberia 468,800,000 2001 156 Luxembourg 457,000,000 2001 157 French Guiana 455,000,000 2001 158 French Polynesia 428,300,000 2001 159 Botswana 409,800,000 2001 160 Cayman Islands 381,900,000 2001 161 Congo, Republic of the 358,100,000 2001 162 Swaziland 348,300,000 2001 163 Afghanistan 334,800,000 2001 164 Burkina Faso 279,200,000 2001 165 Benin 274,300,000 2001 166 Sierra Leone 250,100,000 2001 167 Somalia 245,100,000 2001 168 Greenland 245,000,000 2001 169 Niger 242,000,000 2001 170 Eritrea 220,500,000 2001 171 Belize 199,500,000 2001 172 Djibouti 180,000,000 2001 173 Faroe Islands 160,400,000 2001 174 Seychelles 160,000,000 2001 175 Mauritania 157,400,000 2001 176 Burundi 155,400,000 2001 177 Grenada 138,000,000 2001 178 American Samoa 130,000,000 2001 179 Saint Lucia 120,200,000 2001 180 Cambodia 119,000,000 2001 181 Maldives 117,000,000 2001 182 Central African Republic 106,000,000 2001 183 Antigua and Barbuda 105,300,000 2001 184 Samoa 105,100,000 2001 185 Togo 101,600,000 2001 186 Saint Kitts and Nevis 100,300,000 2001 187 Gibraltar 100,000,000 2001 188 Rwanda 96,780,000 2001 189 Chad 94,040,000 2001 190 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 92,480,000 2001 191 Western Sahara 90,000,000 2001 192 Gambia, The 85,330,000 2001 193 Dominica 72,410,000 2001 194 Guinea-Bissau 55,000,000 2001 195 Vanuatu 43,460,000 2001 196 Cape Verde 42,030,000 2001 197 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 42,030,000 2001 198 British Virgin Islands 38,100,000 2001 199 Solomon Islands 32,000,000 2001 200 Nauru 30,000,000 2001 201 Cook Islands 27,430,000 2001 202 Tonga 27,270,000 2001 203 Namibia 26,950,000 2001 204 Equatorial Guinea 23,560,000 2001 205 Comoros 21,270,000 2001 206 Sao Tome and Principe 17,000,000 2001 207 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 16,330,000 2001 208 Kiribati 7,000,000 2001 209 Saint Helena 5,000,000 2001 210 Turks and Caicos Islands 5,000,000 2001 211 Niue 3,000,000 2001 212 Montserrat 2,500,000 2001 213 Lesotho 0 2001

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Rank code: @2042

Rank Country Electricity - consumption(kWh) Date of Information

1 World 13,940,000,000,000 2001 est. 2 United States 3,602,000,000,000 2001 3 European Union 2,635,000,000,000 2001 4 China 1,312,000,000,000 2001 5 Japan 964,200,000,000 2001 6 Russia 773,000,000,000 2001 7 Germany 506,800,000,000 2001 8 Canada 504,400,000,000 2001 9 India 497,200,000,000 2001 10 France 415,300,000,000 2001 11 United Kingdom 346,100,000,000 2001 12 Brazil 335,900,000,000 2001 13 Italy 289,100,000,000 2001 14 Korea, South 270,300,000,000 2001 15 Spain 210,400,000,000 2001 16 Mexico 186,700,000,000 2001 17 Australia 184,400,000,000 2001 18 South Africa 181,200,000,000 2001 19 Ukraine 152,400,000,000 2001 20 Taiwan 140,500,000,000 2001 21 Sweden 134,900,000,000 2001 22 Poland 118,800,000,000 2001 23 Iran 115,900,000,000 2001 24 Norway 115,300,000,000 2001 25 Saudi Arabia 113,800,000,000 2001 26 Turkey 112,600,000,000 2001 27 Netherlands 99,420,000,000 2001 28 Argentina 92,120,000,000 2001 29 Thailand 90,910,000,000 2001 30 Indonesia 89,080,000,000 2001 31 Venezuela 81,470,000,000 2001 32 Belgium 78,180,000,000 2001 33 Finland 76,180,000,000 2001 34 Ecuador 69,960,000,000 2001 35 Egypt 69,960,000,000 2001 36 Malaysia 68,400,000,000 2002 37 Pakistan 62,270,000,000 2001 38 Czech Republic 55,600,000,000 2001 39 Austria 54,850,000,000 2001 40 Switzerland 53,430,000,000 2001 41 Greece 48,800,000,000 2001 42 Kazakhstan 48,360,000,000 2001 43 Uzbekistan 47,070,000,000 2001 44 Romania 46,100,000,000 2001 45 Philippines 42,040,000,000 2001 46 Portugal 41,480,000,000 2001 47 Chile 40,130,000,000 2001 48 Colombia 39,810,000,000 2001 49 Israel 37,820,000,000 2001 50 Hong Kong 37,120,000,000 2001 51 Hungary 35,150,000,000 2001 52 United Arab Emirates 35,100,000,000 2001 53 New Zealand 34,880,000,000 2001 54 Iraq 33,490,000,000 2001 55 Bulgaria 32,520,000,000 2001 56 Denmark 32,410,000,000 2001 57 Serbia and Montenegro 32,370,000,000 2001 58 Kuwait 29,290,000,000 2001 59 Singapore 28,350,000,000 2001 60 Korea, North 27,910,000,000 2001 61 Vietnam 27,710,000,000 2001 62 Belarus 26,690,000,000 2001 63 Slovakia 24,410,000,000 2001 64 Algeria 22,900,000,000 2001 65 Ireland 21,630,000,000 2001 66 Syria 21,630,000,000 2001 67 Puerto Rico 19,440,000,000 2001 68 Peru 19,150,000,000 2001 69 Libya 18,770,000,000 2001 70 Azerbaijan 16,650,000,000 2001 71 Morocco 14,610,000,000 2001 72 Nigeria 14,550,000,000 2001 73 Tajikistan 14,520,000,000 2001 74 Croatia 14,270,000,000 2001 75 Bangladesh 14,250,000,000 2001 76 Slovenia 13,830,000,000 2001 77 Cuba 13,380,000,000 2001 78 Kyrgyzstan 10,460,000,000 2001 79 Zimbabwe 9,813,000,000 2001 80 Tunisia 9,748,000,000 2001 81 Ghana 8,835,000,000 2001 82 Lithuania 8,683,000,000 2001 83 Oman 8,625,000,000 2001 84 Qatar 8,616,000,000 2001 85 Dominican Republic 8,543,000,000 2001 86 Turkmenistan 8,509,000,000 2001 87 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8,116,000,000 2001 88 Georgia 7,611,000,000 2001 89 Lebanon 7,440,000,000 2001 90 Iceland 7,341,000,000 2001 91 Jordan 6,860,000,000 2001 92 Estonia 6,192,000,000 2001 93 Uruguay 6,152,000,000 2001 94 Macedonia 6,112,000,000 2001 95 Costa Rica 6,109,000,000 2001 96 Luxembourg 6,070,000,000 2001 97 Latvia 6,046,000,000 2001 98 Sri Lanka 5,915,000,000 2001 99 Albania 5,898,000,000 2001 100 Jamaica 5,833,000,000 2001 101 Bahrain 5,819,000,000 2001 102 Armenia 5,784,000,000 2001 103 Burma 5,709,000,000 2001 104 Guatemala 5,559,000,000 2001 105 Zambia 5,458,000,000 2001 106 Trinidad and Tobago 4,943,000,000 2001 107 Kenya 3,981,000,000 2001 108 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 3,839,000,000 2001 109 Honduras 3,822,000,000 2001 110 El Salvador 3,777,000,000 2001 111 Panama 3,681,000,000 2001 112 Bolivia 3,634,000,000 2001 113 Cameroon 3,360,000,000 2001 114 Moldova 3,216,000,000 2001 115 Cyprus 3,163,000,000 2001 116 Cote d'Ivoire 2,983,000,000 2001 117 Yemen 2,800,000,000 2001 118 Tanzania 2,752,000,000 2001 119 Paraguay 2,637,000,000 2001 120 Nicaragua 2,388,000,000 2001 121 Brunei 2,322,000,000 2001 122 Sudan 2,222,000,000 2001 123 Mongolia 2,194,000,000 2001 124 Suriname 1,822,000,000 2001 125 Nepal 1,764,000,000 2001 126 Macau 1,688,000,000 2002 127 Malta 1,644,000,000 2001 128 Uganda 1,620,000,000 2001 129 Ethiopia 1,594,000,000 2001 130 Botswana 1,564,000,000 2001 131 New Caledonia 1,500,000,000 2001 132 Bahamas, The 1,451,000,000 2001 133 Senegal 1,412,000,000 2001 134 Papua New Guinea 1,391,000,000 2001 135 Mozambique 1,390,000,000 2001 136 Angola 1,348,000,000 2001 137 Mauritius 1,219,000,000 2001 138 Guadeloupe 1,074,000,000 2001 139 Martinique 1,070,000,000 2001 140 Reunion 1,005,000,000 2001 141 Netherlands Antilles 986,800,000 2001 142 Swaziland 962,900,000 2001 143 Virgin Islands 957,900,000 2001 144 Laos 824,700,000 2001 145 Guyana 792,400,000 2001 146 Madagascar 772,100,000 2001 147 Guam 771,900,000 2001 148 Gabon 742,500,000 2001 149 Guinea 735,200,000 2001 150 Barbados 725,400,000 2001 151 Malawi 715,300,000 2001 152 Congo, Republic of the 633,000,000 2001 153 Benin 631,100,000 2001 154 Togo 614,500,000 2001 155 Namibia 603,100,000 2001 156 Bermuda 598,600,000 2001 157 Haiti 539,400,000 2001 158 Afghanistan 511,400,000 2001 159 Aruba 494,700,000 2001 160 Fiji 483,700,000 2001 161 Mali 446,600,000 2001 162 Liberia 435,900,000 2001 163 French Guiana 423,200,000 2001 164 French Polynesia 398,300,000 2001 165 Bhutan 379,500,000 2001 166 Cayman Islands 355,200,000 2001 167 Niger 325,100,000 2001 168 Burkina Faso 259,600,000 2001 169 Sierra Leone 232,600,000 2001 170 Greenland 227,900,000 2001 171 Somalia 227,900,000 2001 172 Eritrea 205,100,000 2001 173 Belize 185,500,000 2001 174 Burundi 177,500,000 2001 175 Djibouti 167,400,000 2001 176 Faroe Islands 149,100,000 2001 177 Seychelles 148,800,000 2001 178 Mauritania 146,300,000 2001 179 Rwanda 140,000,000 2001 180 Grenada 128,300,000 2001 181 American Samoa 120,900,000 2001 182 Saint Lucia 111,800,000 2001 183 Cambodia 110,600,000 2001 184 Maldives 108,800,000 2001 185 Central African Republic 98,630,000 2001 186 Antigua and Barbuda 97,890,000 2001 187 Samoa 97,740,000 2001 188 Saint Kitts and Nevis 93,260,000 2001 189 Gibraltar 93,000,000 2001 190 Chad 87,460,000 2001 191 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 86,000,000 2001 192 Western Sahara 83,700,000 2001 193 Gambia, The 79,360,000 2001 194 Dominica 67,350,000 2001 195 Guinea-Bissau 51,150,000 2001 196 Anguilla 42,600,000 197 Vanuatu 40,420,000 2001 198 Lesotho 40,000,000 2001 199 Cape Verde 39,080,000 2001 200 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 39,080,000 2001 201 British Virgin Islands 35,430,000 2001 202 Solomon Islands 29,760,000 2001 203 Nauru 27,900,000 2001 204 Cook Islands 25,510,000 2001 205 Tonga 25,360,000 2001 206 Equatorial Guinea 21,910,000 2001 207 Comoros 19,780,000 2001 208 Sao Tome and Principe 15,810,000 2001 209 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 15,190,000 2001 210 Kiribati 6,510,000 2001 211 Saint Helena 4,650,000 2001 212 Turks and Caicos Islands 4,650,000 2001 213 Niue 2,790,000 2001 214 Montserrat 2,325,000 2001

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Rank code: @2054

Rank Country Birth rate(births/1,000 population) Date of Information

1 Niger 48.30 2004 est.

2 Uganda 47.39 2004 est.

3 Afghanistan 47.02 2004 est.

4 Mali 46.77 2004 est.

5 Chad 45.98 2004 est.

6 Somalia 45.62 2004 est.

7 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 44.73 2004 est.

8 Angola 44.64 2004 est.

9 Liberia 44.22 2004 est.

10 Burkina Faso 44.17 2004 est.

11 Malawi 43.95 2004 est.

12 Yemen 43.07 2004 est.

13 Sierra Leone 42.84 2004 est.

14 Guinea 42.03 2004 est.

15 Benin 41.99 2004 est.

16 Madagascar 41.66 2004 est.

17 Mayotte 41.58 2004 est.

18 Mauritania 41.43 2004 est.

19 Zambia 41.38 2004 est.

20 Sao Tome and Principe 40.80 2004 est.

21 Nigeria 40.65 2004 est.

22 Rwanda 40.60 2004 est.

23 Kenya 40.13 2004 est.

24 Gaza Strip 40.03 2004 est.

25 Djibouti 39.98 2004 est.

26 Gambia, The 39.86 2004 est.

27 Burundi 39.66 2004 est.

28 Eritrea 38.62 2004 est.

29 Ethiopia 38.61 2004 est.

30 Tanzania 38.16 2004 est.

31 Guinea-Bissau 37.65 2004 est.

32 Comoros 37.52 2004 est.

33 Oman 36.73 2004 est.

34 Haiti 36.59 2004 est.

35 Gabon 36.24 2004 est.

36 Equatorial Guinea 36.18 2004 est.

37 Laos 35.99 2004 est.

38 Mozambique 35.79 2004 est.

39 Cote d'Ivoire 35.51 2004 est.

40 Maldives 35.43 2004 est.

41 Senegal 35.21 2004 est.

42 Central African Republic 35.17 2004 est.

43 Sudan 35.17 2004 est.

44 Cameroon 34.67 2004 est.

45 Guatemala 34.11 2004 est.

46 Bhutan 34.03 2004 est.

47 Marshall Islands 33.52 2004 est.

48 Togo 33.48 2004 est.

49 Tajikistan 32.58 2004 est.

50 Iraq 32.50 2004 est.

51 West Bank 32.37 2004 est.

52 Nepal 31.45 2004 est.

53 Kiribati 30.86 2004 est.

54 Solomon Islands 30.74 2004 est.

55 Pakistan 30.42 2004 est.

56 Honduras 30.38 2004 est.

57 Bangladesh 30.01 2004 est.

58 Papua New Guinea 29.95 2004 est.

59 Zimbabwe 29.74 2004 est.

60 Saudi Arabia 29.56 2004 est.

61 Paraguay 29.43 2004 est.

62 Belize 29.34 2004 est.

63 Congo, Republic of the 28.66 2004 est.

64 Syria 28.29 2004 est.

65 Swaziland 27.72 2004 est.

66 Turkmenistan 27.68 2004 est.

67 East Timor 27.19 2004 est.

68 Cambodia 27.08 2004 est.

69 El Salvador 27.04 2004 est.

70 Libya 26.82 2004 est.

71 Lesotho 26.53 2004 est.

72 Uzbekistan 26.22 2004 est.

73 Cape Verde 25.33 2004 est.

74 Philippines 25.31 2004 est.

75 Tonga 25.18 2004 est.

76 Namibia 25.16 2004 est.

77 Nauru 25.14 2004 est.

78 Micronesia, Federated States of 25.11 2004 est.

79 Nicaragua 24.88 2004 est.

80 Ghana 23.97 2004 est.

81 Bolivia 23.76 2004 est.

82 Botswana 23.33 2004 est.

83 Egypt 23.32 2004 est.

84 Dominican Republic 23.28 2004 est.

85 American Samoa 23.13 2004 est.

86 Malaysia 23.07 2004 est.

87 Vanuatu 23.06 2004 est.

88 Fiji 22.73 2004 est.

89 Ecuador 22.67 2004 est.

90 Kyrgyzstan 22.48 2004 est.

91 India 22.32 2004 est.

92 Grenada 22.30 2004 est.

93 Morocco 22.29 2004 est.

94 Turks and Caicos Islands 22.23 2004 est.

95 Tuvalu 21.91 2004 est.

96 Kuwait 21.88 2004 est.

97 Jordan 21.76 2004 est.

98 Mongolia 21.52 2004 est.

99 Mexico 21.01 2004 est.

100 Peru 20.87 2004 est.

101 Colombia 20.82 2004 est.

102 Indonesia 20.71 2004 est.

103 French Guiana 20.70 2004 est.

104 Azerbaijan 20.40 2004 est.

105 World 20.30 2004 est.

106 Saint Lucia 20.05 2004 est.

107 Panama 19.96 2004 est.

108 Northern Mariana Islands 19.51 2004 est.

109 Reunion 19.26 2004 est.

110 Guam 19.03 2004 est.

111 Brunei 19.01 2004 est.

112 Venezuela 18.91 2004 est.

113 Lebanon 18.88 2004 est.

114 United Arab Emirates 18.78 2004 est.

115 Costa Rica 18.60 2004 est.

116 New Caledonia 18.49 2004 est.

117 South Africa 18.48 2004 est.

118 Guyana 18.45 2004 est.

119 Suriname 18.39 2004 est.

120 Palau 18.37 2004 est.

121 Israel 18.21 2004 est.

122 Saint Kitts and Nevis 18.12 2004 est.

123 Burma 18.11 2004 est.

124 Bahrain 18.10 2004 est.

125 Bahamas, The 17.87 2004 est.

126 Montserrat 17.56 2004 est.

127 Antigua and Barbuda 17.26 2004 est.

128 Algeria 17.13 2004 est.

129 Vietnam 17.07 2004 est.

130 French Polynesia 16.93 2004 est.

131 Argentina 16.90 2004 est.

132 Brazil 16.83 2004 est.

133 Iran 16.83 2004 est.

134 Turkey 16.83 2004 est.

135 Jamaica 16.56 2004 est.

136 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 16.34 2004 est.

137 Seychelles 16.22 2004 est.

138 Korea, North 16.09 2004 est.

139 Samoa 15.95 2004 est.

140 Greenland 15.93 2004 est.

141 Kazakhstan 15.78 2004 est.

142 Dominica 15.73 2004 est.

143 Thailand 15.70 2004 est.

144 Sri Lanka 15.63 2004 est.

145 Mauritius 15.62 2004 est.

146 Qatar 15.54 2004 est.

147 Tunisia 15.50 2004 est.

148 Chile 15.44 2004 est.

149 Guadeloupe 15.42 2004 est.

150 Moldova 15.27 2004 est.

151 Albania 15.08 2004 est.

152 Netherlands Antilles 15.00 2004 est.

153 British Virgin Islands 14.96 2004 est.

154 Ireland 14.47 2004 est.

155 Anguilla 14.26 2004 est.

156 Virgin Islands 14.20 2004 est.

157 Martinique 14.14 2004 est.

158 United States 14.14 2004 est.

159 Uruguay 14.09 2004 est.

160 Faroe Islands 13.97 2004 est.

161 Puerto Rico 13.93 2004 est.

162 New Zealand 13.90 2004 est.

163 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 13.83 2004 est.

164 Iceland 13.73 2004 est.

165 China 13.14 2004 est.

166 Cayman Islands 12.92 2004 est.

167 Barbados 12.83 2004 est.

168 Trinidad and Tobago 12.81 2004 est.

169 Taiwan 12.64 2004 est.

170 Cyprus 12.57 2004 est.

171 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.49 2004 est.

172 Saint Helena 12.33 2004 est.

173 Australia 12.26 2004 est.

174 France 12.15 2004 est.

175 Serbia and Montenegro 12.12 2004 est.

176 Luxembourg 12.06 2004 est.

177 Cuba 12.03 2004 est.

178 Macedonia 12.00 2004 est.

179 Armenia 11.76 2004 est.

180 Norway 11.67 2004 est.

181 Bermuda 11.60 2004 est.

182 Denmark 11.36 2004 est.

183 Aruba 11.26 2004 est.

184 Man, Isle of 11.18 2004 est.

185 Netherlands 11.14 2004 est.

186 Gibraltar 10.87 2004 est.

187 Canada 10.84 2004 est.

188 Belarus 10.83 2004 est.

189 Portugal 10.82 2004 est.

190 Poland 10.78 2004 est.

191 United Kingdom 10.78 2004 est.

192 Romania 10.70 2004 est.

193 Slovakia 10.62 2004 est.

194 Finland 10.50 2004 est.

195 Ukraine 10.49 2004 est.

196 Belgium 10.48 2004 est.

197 Liechtenstein 10.41 2004 est.

198 Sweden 10.36 2004 est.

199 Georgia 10.25 2004 est.

200 European Union 10.20 July 2004 est.

201 San Marino 10.18 2004 est.

202 Malta 10.17 2004 est.

203 Spain 10.10 2004 est.

204 Korea, South 10.08 2004 est.

205 Estonia 9.91 2004 est.

206 Russia 9.80 2004 est.

207 Switzerland 9.77 2004 est.

208 Hungary 9.76 2004 est.

209 Greece 9.72 2004 est.

210 Bulgaria 9.66 2004 est.

211 Jersey 9.66 2004 est.

212 Croatia 9.57 2004 est.

213 Singapore 9.49 2004 est.

214 Japan 9.47 2004 est.

215 Monaco 9.26 2004 est.

216 Czech Republic 9.07 2004 est.

217 Latvia 9.04 2004 est.

218 Guernsey 9.01 2004 est.

219 Andorra 9.00 2004 est.

220 Slovenia 8.95 2004 est.

221 Italy 8.89 2004 est.

222 Austria 8.81 2004 est.

223 Lithuania 8.62 2004 est.

224 Germany 8.33 2004 est.

225 Macau 8.04 2004 est.

226 Hong Kong 7.23 2004 est.

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Rank code: @2066

Rank Country Death rate(deaths/1,000 population) Date of Information

1 Botswana 29.36 2004 est.

2 Angola 25.90 2004 est.

3 Swaziland 25.26 2004 est.

4 Lesotho 25.03 2004 est.

5 Zimbabwe 24.66 2004 est.

6 Malawi 23.39 2004 est.

7 Niger 21.33 2004 est.

8 South Africa 21.32 2004 est.

9 Mozambique 20.99 2004 est.

10 Afghanistan 20.75 2004 est.

11 Sierra Leone 20.61 2004 est.

12 Central African Republic 20.27 2004 est.

13 Zambia 20.23 2004 est.

14 Djibouti 19.39 2004 est.

15 Mali 19.05 2004 est.

16 Burkina Faso 18.86 2004 est.

17 Namibia 18.36 2004 est.

18 Liberia 17.87 2004 est.

19 Burundi 17.43 2004 est.

20 Nigeria 17.18 2004 est.

21 Somalia 16.97 2004 est.

22 Tanzania 16.71 2004 est.

23 Guinea-Bissau 16.53 2004 est.

24 Ukraine 16.42 2004 est.

25 Chad 16.41 2004 est.

26 Rwanda 16.32 2004 est.

27 Cameroon 15.40 2004 est.

28 Guinea 15.38 2004 est.

29 Ethiopia 15.06 2004 est.

30 Cote d'Ivoire 14.94 2004 est.

31 Kenya 14.65 2004 est.

32 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 14.64 2004 est.

33 Russia 14.52 2004 est.

34 Congo, Republic of the 14.49 2004 est.

35 Bulgaria 14.26 2004 est.

36 Belarus 14.15 2004 est.

37 Benin 13.76 2004 est.

38 Latvia 13.70 2004 est.

39 Eritrea 13.53 2004 est.

40 Estonia 13.21 2004 est.

41 Hungary 13.19 2004 est.

42 Bhutan 12.94 2004 est.

43 Uganda 12.80 2004 est.

44 Moldova 12.79 2004 est.

45 Monaco 12.71 2004 est.

46 Mauritania 12.44 2004 est.

47 Haiti 12.34 2004 est.

48 Burma 12.15 2004 est.

49 Equatorial Guinea 12.00 2004 est.

50 Laos 11.83 2004 est.

51 Gambia, The 11.81 2004 est.

52 Togo 11.80 2004 est.

53 Romania 11.74 2004 est.

54 Gabon 11.72 2004 est.

55 Croatia 11.38 2004 est.

56 Madagascar 11.35 2004 est.

57 Man, Isle of 11.26 2004 est.

58 Lithuania 10.92 2004 est.

59 Ghana 10.84 2004 est.

60 Senegal 10.60 2004 est.

61 Germany 10.55 2004 est.

62 Czech Republic 10.54 2004 est.

63 Serbia and Montenegro 10.49 2004 est.

64 Denmark 10.43 2004 est.

65 Portugal 10.43 2004 est.

66 Sweden 10.36 2004 est.

67 Italy 10.30 2004 est.

68 Belgium 10.22 2004 est.

69 Slovenia 10.22 2004 est.

70 United Kingdom 10.18 2004 est.

71 Greece 10.15 2004 est.

72 Poland 10.01 2004 est.

73 European Union 10.00 July 2004 est.

74 Guernsey 9.95 2004 est.

75 Azerbaijan 9.86 2004 est.

76 Finland 9.79 2004 est.

77 Austria 9.70 2004 est.

78 Spain 9.63 2004 est.

79 Nepal 9.47 2004 est.

80 Kazakhstan 9.46 2004 est.

81 Norway 9.45 2004 est.

82 Slovakia 9.43 2004 est.

83 Trinidad and Tobago 9.37 2004 est.

84 Jersey 9.19 2004 est.

85 Gibraltar 9.18 2004 est.

86 Barbados 9.17 2004 est.

87 Sudan 9.16 2004 est.

88 Georgia 9.09 2004 est.

89 France 9.08 2004 est.

90 Uruguay 9.06 2004 est.

91 Bahamas, The 8.97 2004 est.

92 Cambodia 8.97 2004 est.

93 Japan 8.95 2004 est.

94 World 8.81 2004 est.

95 Turkmenistan 8.78 2004 est.

96 Macedonia 8.73 2004 est.

97 Faroe Islands 8.69 2004 est.

98 Netherlands 8.68 2004 est.

99 Yemen 8.53 2004 est.

100 Switzerland 8.48 2004 est.

101 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.47 2004 est.

102 Pakistan 8.45 2004 est.

103 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.44 2004 est.

104 Luxembourg 8.41 2004 est.

105 Bangladesh 8.40 2004 est.

106 Comoros 8.40 2004 est.

107 Tajikistan 8.39 2004 est.

108 Kiribati 8.37 2004 est.

109 Guyana 8.32 2004 est.

110 India 8.28 2004 est.

111 United States 8.25 2004 est.

112 Armenia 8.16 2004 est.

113 San Marino 8.07 2004 est.

114 Malta 8.00 2004 est.

115 Uzbekistan 7.95 2004 est.

116 Mayotte 7.90 2004 est.

117 Vanuatu 7.90 2004 est.

118 Puerto Rico 7.86 2004 est.

119 Ireland 7.85 2004 est.

120 Greenland 7.77 2004 est.

121 Canada 7.73 2004 est.

122 Bolivia 7.64 2004 est.

123 Cyprus 7.64 2004 est.

124 Bermuda 7.63 2004 est.

125 Argentina 7.56 2004 est.

126 New Zealand 7.53 2004 est.

127 Australia 7.44 2004 est.

128 Papua New Guinea 7.37 2004 est.

129 Dominican Republic 7.35 2004 est.

130 Maldives 7.24 2004 est.

131 Tuvalu 7.22 2004 est.

132 Cuba 7.19 2004 est.

133 Grenada 7.17 2004 est.

134 Montserrat 7.17 2004 est.

135 Suriname 7.16 2004 est.

136 Kyrgyzstan 7.13 2004 est.

137 Liechtenstein 7.06 2004 est.

138 Korea, North 7.05 2004 est.

139 Mongolia 7.03 2004 est.

140 Thailand 7.02 2004 est.

141 China 6.94 2004 est.

142 Honduras 6.87 2004 est.

143 Palau 6.85 2004 est.

144 Mauritius 6.83 2004 est.

145 Nauru 6.82 2004 est.

146 Dominica 6.81 2004 est.

147 Guatemala 6.81 2004 est.

148 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 6.70 2004 est.

149 Iceland 6.68 2004 est.

150 Sao Tome and Principe 6.68 2004 est.

151 Cape Verde 6.62 2004 est.

152 Aruba 6.57 2004 est.

153 Panama 6.54 2004 est.

154 Samoa 6.54 2004 est.

155 Sri Lanka 6.49 2004 est.

156 Martinique 6.44 2004 est.

157 Saint Helena 6.43 2004 est.

158 Netherlands Antilles 6.41 2004 est.

159 Taiwan 6.38 2004 est.

160 Seychelles 6.34 2004 est.

161 East Timor 6.30 2004 est.

162 Korea, South 6.26 2004 est.

163 Peru 6.26 2004 est.

164 Virgin Islands 6.26 2004 est.

165 Indonesia 6.25 2004 est.

166 Lebanon 6.24 2004 est.

167 Vietnam 6.20 2004 est.

168 Israel 6.18 2004 est.

169 Brazil 6.15 2004 est.

170 Andorra 6.07 2004 est.

171 Guadeloupe 6.06 2004 est.

172 Belize 6.04 2004 est.

173 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.00 2004 est.

174 Hong Kong 5.98 2004 est.

175 Turkey 5.96 2004 est.

176 El Salvador 5.85 2004 est.

177 Chile 5.76 2004 est.

178 Fiji 5.65 2004 est.

179 New Caledonia 5.65 2004 est.

180 Morocco 5.64 2004 est.

181 Colombia 5.59 2004 est.

182 Iran 5.55 2004 est.

183 Iraq 5.49 2004 est.

184 Reunion 5.48 2004 est.

185 Philippines 5.47 2004 est.

186 Antigua and Barbuda 5.44 2004 est.

187 Anguilla 5.43 2004 est.

188 Jamaica 5.37 2004 est.

189 Tonga 5.35 2004 est.

190 Egypt 5.26 2004 est.

191 Albania 5.12 2004 est.

192 Saint Lucia 5.12 2004 est.

193 Tunisia 5.09 2004 est.

194 Malaysia 5.06 2004 est.

195 Venezuela 4.90 2004 est.

196 Marshall Islands 4.88 2004 est.

197 Syria 4.88 2004 est.

198 Micronesia, Federated States of 4.87 2004 est.

199 French Guiana 4.85 2004 est.

200 Cayman Islands 4.81 2004 est.

201 Mexico 4.73 2004 est.

202 French Polynesia 4.63 2004 est.

203 Qatar 4.61 2004 est.

204 Algeria 4.60 2004 est.

205 Paraguay 4.53 2004 est.

206 Nicaragua 4.49 2004 est.

207 British Virgin Islands 4.42 2004 est.

208 Guam 4.41 2004 est.

209 Costa Rica 4.33 2004 est.

210 Turks and Caicos Islands 4.28 2004 est.

211 United Arab Emirates 4.26 2004 est.

212 Ecuador 4.24 2004 est.

213 Macau 4.23 2004 est.

214 Singapore 4.16 2004 est.

215 Bahrain 4.08 2004 est.

216 West Bank 3.99 2004 est.

217 Solomon Islands 3.98 2004 est.

218 Gaza Strip 3.87 2004 est.

219 Oman 3.86 2004 est.

220 Libya 3.48 2004 est.

221 Brunei 3.42 2004 est.

222 American Samoa 3.33 2004 est.

223 Jordan 2.63 2004 est.

224 Saudi Arabia 2.62 2004 est.

225 Kuwait 2.42 2004 est.

226 Northern Mariana Islands 2.30 2004 est.

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Rank code: @2067

Rank Country Military expenditures - dollar figure Date of Information

1 United States $ 370,700,000,000 March 2003 2 China $ 60,000,000,000 2003 est. 3 France $ 45,238,100,000 2003 4 United Kingdom $ 42,836,500,000 2003 5 Japan $ 42,488,100,000 2003 6 Germany $ 35,063,000,000 2003 7 Italy $ 28,182,800,000 2003 8 Saudi Arabia $ 18,000,000,000 2002 9 Korea, South $ 14,522,000,000 FY03 10 Australia $ 14,120,100,000 2003 11 India $ 14,018,800,000 2003 12 Turkey $ 12,155,000,000 2003 13 Brazil $ 10,439,400,000 2003 14 Spain $ 9,906,500,000 2003 15 Canada $ 9,801,700,000 2003 16 Israel $ 9,110,000,000 FY03 17 Netherlands $ 8,044,400,000 2003 18 Taiwan $ 7,611,700,000 2003 19 Greece $ 7,288,900,000 2003 20 Korea, North $ 5,217,400,000 FY02 21 Mexico $ 5,168,300,000 2003 22 Singapore $ 4,470,000,000 23 Sweden $ 4,395,000,000 FY01 24 Argentina $ 4,300,000,000 25 Iran $ 4,300,000,000 2003 est. 26 Norway $ 4,033,500,000 2003 27 Belgium $ 3,999,000,000 2003 28 Poland $ 3,500,000,000 2002 29 Portugal $ 3,497,800,000 2003 30 Colombia $ 3,300,000,000 31 Denmark $ 3,271,600,000 2003 32 Chile $ 2,839,600,000 2003 33 Pakistan $ 2,700,000,000 FY02/03 34 South Africa $ 2,653,400,000 2003 35 Switzerland $ 2,548,000,000 FY01 36 Kuwait $ 2,500,400,000 2003 37 Egypt $ 2,443,200,000 2003 38 Morocco $ 2,297,200,000 2003 39 Algeria $ 2,196,600,000 2003 40 Jordan $ 2,043,200,000 2003 41 Finland $ 1,800,000,000 FY98/99 42 Thailand $ 1,775,000,000 43 Malaysia $ 1,690,000,000 44 United Arab Emirates $ 1,600,000,000 45 Austria $ 1,497,000,000 FY01/02 46 Iraq $ 1,300,000,000 FY00 47 Libya $ 1,300,000,000 48 Czech Republic $ 1,190,200,000 FY01 49 New Zealand $ 1,147,000,000 FY03/04 50 Venezuela $ 1,125,600,000 2003 51 Hungary $ 1,080,000,000 2002 est. 52 Indonesia $ 1,000,000,000 53 Philippines $ 995,000,000 54 Romania $ 985,000,000 2002 55 Yemen $ 885,600,000 2003 56 Syria $ 858,000,000 57 Peru $ 829,400,000 2003 58 Qatar $ 723,000,000 59 Ireland $ 700,000,000 FY00/01 60 Serbia and Montenegro $ 654,000,000 2002 61 Ecuador $ 650,000,000 2003 62 Vietnam $ 650,000,000 63 Bahrain $ 618,100,000 2003 64 Ukraine $ 617,900,000 FY02 65 Bangladesh $ 606,800,000 2003 66 Sudan $ 581,000,000 67 Cuba $ 572,300,000 2003 68 Lebanon $ 541,000,000 69 Croatia $ 520,000,000 2002 est. 70 Sri Lanka $ 518,000,000 2003 71 Nigeria $ 469,800,000 2003 72 Slovakia $ 406,000,000 2002 73 Cyprus $ 384,000,000 74 Slovenia $ 370,000,000 FY00 75 Bulgaria $ 356,000,000 FY02 76 Tunisia $ 356,000,000 77 Ethiopia $ 345,000,000 2003 78 Brunei $ 339,500,000 2003 79 Botswana $ 298,900,000 2003 80 Nepal $ 295,000,000 FY03 81 Angola $ 265,100,000 2003 82 Oman $ 242,070,000 2003 83 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 234,300,000 84 Luxembourg $ 231,600,000 2003 85 Kenya $ 231,000,000 2003 86 Lithuania $ 230,800,000 FY01 87 Kazakhstan $ 221,800,000 FY02 88 Uruguay $ 217,900,000 2003 89 Guatemala $ 202,600,000 2003 90 Macedonia $ 200,000,000 91 Uzbekistan $ 200,000,000 92 Cameroon $ 189,200,000 2003 93 Dominican Republic $ 180,000,000 1998 94 Belarus $ 176,100,000 FY02 95 Cote d'Ivoire $ 173,600,000 2003 96 El Salvador $ 157,000,000 2003 97 Estonia $ 155,000,000 2002 est. 98 Gabon $ 149,300,000 2003 99 Panama $ 145,000,000 2003 100 Armenia $ 135,000,000 FY01 101 Uganda $ 128,200,000 2003 102 Bolivia $ 127,000,000 2003 103 Azerbaijan $ 121,000,000 104 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 115,500,000 2003 105 Cambodia $ 112,000,000 106 Namibia $ 111,600,000 2003 107 Zimbabwe $ 105,000,000 2003 108 Mozambique $ 101,300,000 2003 109 Honduras $ 99,800,000 2003 110 Benin $ 98,300,000 2003 111 Senegal $ 95,800,000 2003 112 Turkmenistan $ 90,000,000 113 Latvia $ 87,000,000 FY01 114 Eritrea $ 77,900,000 2003 115 Equatorial Guinea $ 75,100,000 2003 116 Madagascar $ 69,800,000 2003 117 Congo, Republic of the $ 68,600,000 2003 118 Trinidad and Tobago $ 66,700,000 2003 119 Costa Rica $ 64,000,000 2003 120 Afghanistan $ 61,000,000 2003 121 Guinea $ 58,500,000 2003 122 Albania $ 56,500,000 FY02 123 Chad $ 55,400,000 2003 124 Paraguay $ 52,700,000 2003 125 Burkina Faso $ 52,700,000 2003 126 Mali $ 51,100,000 2003 127 Rwanda $ 47,700,000 2003 128 Ghana $ 44,000,000 2003 129 Maldives $ 43,100,000 2003 130 Zambia $ 42,600,000 2003 131 Mauritania $ 40,800,000 2003 132 Burma $ 39,000,000 133 Tajikistan $ 35,400,000 FY01 134 Fiji $ 34,000,000 2003 135 Burundi $ 33,300,000 2003 136 Malta $ 33,300,000 2003 137 Togo $ 32,600,000 2003 138 Lesotho $ 32,500,000 2003 139 Jamaica $ 31,000,000 2003 140 Nicaragua $ 30,800,000 2003 141 Swaziland $ 29,000,000 2003 142 Djibouti $ 26,500,000 2003 143 Haiti $ 25,800,000 2003 144 Mongolia $ 23,100,000 FY02 145 Georgia $ 23,000,000 146 Niger $ 21,700,000 2003 147 Tanzania $ 20,300,000 2003 148 Kyrgyzstan $ 19,200,000 FY01 149 Somalia $ 18,900,000 2003 150 Belize $ 18,000,000 2003 151 Papua New Guinea $ 16,900,000 2003 152 Central African Republic $ 14,500,000 2003 153 Cape Verde $ 12,300,000 2003 154 Sierra Leone $ 11,700,000 2003 155 Seychelles $ 11,600,000 2003 156 Malawi $ 11,500,000 2003 157 Bhutan $ 11,200,000 2003 158 Mauritius $ 11,200,000 2003 159 Laos $ 10,900,000 2003 160 Liberia $ 10,000,000 2003 161 Moldova $ 9,500,000 FY03 162 Guinea-Bissau $ 8,400,000 2003 163 Suriname $ 7,500,000 2003 164 Guyana $ 6,500,000 2003 165 Comoros $ 6,000,000 2003 166 East Timor $ 4,400,000 FY03 167 Bermuda $ 4,030,000 2001 168 Gambia, The $ 900,000 2003 169 San Marino $ 700,000 FY00/01 170 Sao Tome and Principe $ 500,000 2003

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Rank code: @2078

Rank Country Exports Date of Information

1 World $ 6,421,000,000,000 2002 est. 2 European Union $ 850,300,000,000 2002 3 United States $ 714,500,000,000 2003 est. 4 Germany $ 696,900,000,000 2003 est. 5 Japan $ 447,100,000,000 2003 est. 6 China $ 436,100,000,000 2003 est. 7 France $ 346,500,000,000 2003 est. 8 United Kingdom $ 304,500,000,000 2003 est. 9 Canada $ 279,300,000,000 2003 est. 10 Italy $ 278,100,000,000 2003 est. 11 Netherlands $ 253,200,000,000 2003 est. 12 Hong Kong $ 225,900,000,000 2003 est. 13 Korea, South $ 201,300,000,000 2003 est. 14 Belgium $ 182,900,000,000 2003 est. 15 Mexico $ 164,800,000,000 2003 est. 16 Spain $ 159,400,000,000 2003 est. 17 Taiwan $ 143,000,000,000 2003 est. 18 Singapore $ 142,400,000,000 2003 est. 19 Russia $ 134,400,000,000 2003 est. 20 Switzerland $ 110,000,000,000 2003 est. 21 Sweden $ 102,800,000,000 2003 est. 22 Malaysia $ 98,400,000,000 2003 est. 23 Ireland $ 98,310,000,000 2003 est. 24 Saudi Arabia $ 86,530,000,000 2003 est. 25 Austria $ 83,450,000,000 2003 est. 26 Thailand $ 75,990,000,000 2003 est. 27 Brazil $ 73,280,000,000 2003 est. 28 Australia $ 68,670,000,000 2003 est. 29 Norway $ 67,270,000,000 2003 est. 30 Denmark $ 64,160,000,000 2003 est. 31 Indonesia $ 63,890,000,000 2003 est. 32 Poland $ 57,600,000,000 2003 est. 33 India $ 57,240,000,000 2003 est. 34 United Arab Emirates $ 56,730,000,000 2003 est. 35 Finland $ 54,280,000,000 2003 est. 36 Turkey $ 49,120,000,000 2003 est. 37 Puerto Rico $ 46,900,000,000 2001 38 Czech Republic $ 46,770,000,000 2003 est. 39 Hungary $ 42,030,000,000 2003 est. 40 South Africa $ 36,770,000,000 2003 est. 41 Philippines $ 34,560,000,000 2003 est. 42 Portugal $ 31,130,000,000 2003 est. 43 Iran $ 29,880,000,000 2003 est. 44 Argentina $ 29,570,000,000 2003 est. 45 Israel $ 29,320,000,000 2003 est. 46 Venezuela $ 25,860,000,000 2003 est. 47 Algeria $ 24,960,000,000 2003 est. 48 Ukraine $ 23,630,000,000 2003 est. 49 Kuwait $ 22,290,000,000 2003 est. 50 Nigeria $ 21,800,000,000 2003 est. 51 Slovakia $ 21,250,000,000 2003 est. 52 Chile $ 20,440,000,000 2003 est. 53 Vietnam $ 19,880,000,000 2003 est. 54 Romania $ 17,630,000,000 2003 est. 55 New Zealand $ 15,860,000,000 2003 est. 56 Libya $ 14,320,000,000 2003 est. 57 Colombia $ 12,960,000,000 2003 est. 58 Kazakhstan $ 12,720,000,000 2003 est. 59 Qatar $ 12,360,000,000 2003 est. 60 Slovenia $ 11,980,000,000 2003 est. 61 Oman $ 11,700,000,000 2003 est. 62 Pakistan $ 11,700,000,000 2003 est. 63 Angola $ 9,669,000,000 2003 est. 64 Belarus $ 9,413,000,000 2003 est. 65 Peru $ 8,954,000,000 2003 est. 66 Egypt $ 8,759,000,000 2003 est. 67 Luxembourg $ 8,571,000,000 2002 68 Morocco $ 8,466,000,000 2003 est. 69 Tunisia $ 8,035,000,000 2003 est. 70 Lithuania $ 7,890,000,000 2003 est. 71 Iraq $ 7,542,000,000 2003 est. 72 Bulgaria $ 7,337,000,000 2003 est. 73 Bangladesh $ 6,713,000,000 2003 est. 74 Bahrain $ 6,492,000,000 2003 est. 75 Croatia $ 6,355,000,000 2003 est. 76 Costa Rica $ 6,176,000,000 2003 est. 77 Ecuador $ 6,073,000,000 2003 est. 78 Greece $ 5,899,000,000 2003 est. 79 Dominican Republic $ 5,524,000,000 2003 est. 80 Cote d'Ivoire $ 5,299,000,000 2003 est. 81 Sri Lanka $ 5,269,000,000 2003 est. 82 Panama $ 5,237,000,000 2003 est. 83 Syria $ 5,143,000,000 2003 est. 84 Trinidad and Tobago $ 4,900,000,000 2003 est. 85 Estonia $ 4,075,000,000 2003 est. 86 Yemen $ 3,920,000,000 2003 est. 87 Brunei $ 3,439,000,000 2002 est. 88 Turkmenistan $ 3,355,000,000 2003 est. 89 El Salvador $ 3,162,000,000 2003 est. 90 Latvia $ 3,000,000,000 2003 est. 91 Jordan $ 2,908,000,000 2003 est. 92 Gabon $ 2,891,000,000 2003 est. 93 Uzbekistan $ 2,830,000,000 2003 est. 94 Guatemala $ 2,763,000,000 2003 est. 95 Paraguay $ 2,727,000,000 2003 est. 96 Serbia and Montenegro $ 2,667,000,000 2003 est. 97 Ghana $ 2,642,000,000 2003 est. 98 Azerbaijan $ 2,605,000,000 2003 est. 99 Botswana $ 2,544,000,000 2003 est. 100 Kenya $ 2,514,000,000 2003 est. 101 Liechtenstein $ 2,470,000,000 1996 102 Sudan $ 2,450,000,000 2003 est. 103 Burma $ 2,434,000,000 2003 est. 104 Iceland $ 2,379,000,000 2003 est. 105 Macau $ 2,356,000,000 2002 106 Congo, Republic of the $ 2,293,000,000 2003 est. 107 Malta $ 2,175,000,000 2003 est. 108 Uruguay $ 2,164,000,000 2003 est. 109 Equatorial Guinea $ 2,100,000,000 2003 est. 110 Mauritius $ 1,965,000,000 2003 est. 111 Papua New Guinea $ 1,938,000,000 2003 est. 112 Cameroon $ 1,873,000,000 2003 est. 113 Cambodia $ 1,616,000,000 2003 est. 114 Netherlands Antilles $ 1,579,000,000 2002 115 Bolivia $ 1,495,000,000 2003 est. 116 Cuba $ 1,467,000,000 2003 est. 117 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 1,417,000,000 2002 est. 118 Honduras $ 1,370,000,000 2003 est. 119 Lebanon $ 1,359,000,000 2003 est. 120 Jamaica $ 1,355,000,000 2003 est. 121 Macedonia $ 1,346,000,000 2003 est. 122 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 1,280,000,000 2003 est. 123 Zimbabwe $ 1,261,000,000 2003 est. 124 Senegal $ 1,230,000,000 2003 est. 125 Namibia $ 1,090,000,000 2003 est. 126 Liberia $ 1,079,000,000 2002 est. 127 Cyprus $ 1,054,000,000 2003 est. 128 Korea, North $ 1,044,000,000 2002 est. 129 Zambia $ 1,039,000,000 2003 est. 130 Tanzania $ 978,000,000 2003 est. 131 Mali $ 915,000,000 2002 est. 132 Swaziland $ 905,600,000 2003 est. 133 Bermuda $ 879,000,000 2002 134 Mozambique $ 795,000,000 2003 est. 135 Moldova $ 790,000,000 2003 est. 136 Tajikistan $ 750,000,000 2003 est. 137 Armenia $ 735,000,000 2003 est. 138 Guinea $ 726,000,000 2003 est. 139 Madagascar $ 700,000,000 2003 est. 140 Antigua and Barbuda $ 689,000,000 2002 141 Nicaragua $ 632,000,000 2003 est. 142 Bahamas, The $ 617,000,000 2002 est. 143 Georgia $ 615,000,000 2003 est. 144 Fiji $ 609,000,000 2002 145 Gaza Strip $ 603,000,000 146 West Bank $ 603,000,000 147 Nepal $ 568,000,000 2002 est. 148 Kyrgyzstan $ 548,000,000 2003 est. 149 Mauritania $ 541,000,000 2002 150 Ethiopia $ 537,000,000 2003 est. 151 Mongolia $ 524,000,000 2002 est. 152 Guyana $ 512,000,000 2003 est. 153 Suriname $ 495,000,000 2002 154 Uganda $ 495,000,000 2003 est. 155 Benin $ 485,000,000 2003 est. 156 Malawi $ 455,000,000 2003 est. 157 Lesotho $ 450,000,000 2003 est. 158 New Caledonia $ 448,000,000 2002 159 Albania $ 425,000,000 2003 est. 160 Faroe Islands $ 408,000,000 2002 161 Togo $ 398,100,000 2003 est. 162 Greenland $ 388,000,000 2002 163 Chad $ 365,000,000 2003 est. 164 Laos $ 332,000,000 2003 est. 165 Haiti $ 321,000,000 2003 est. 166 Burkina Faso $ 293,000,000 2003 est. 167 Niger $ 280,000,000 2002 est. 168 Martinique $ 250,000,000 1997 169 Seychelles $ 250,000,000 2003 est. 170 French Polynesia $ 244,000,000 2002 171 Reunion $ 214,000,000 1997 172 Belize $ 207,800,000 2003 est. 173 Barbados $ 206,000,000 2002 174 Central African Republic $ 172,000,000 2002 est. 175 Turks and Caicos Islands $ 169,200,000 2000 176 Gambia, The $ 156,000,000 2003 est. 177 Djibouti $ 155,000,000 2002 est. 178 French Guiana $ 155,000,000 2002 est. 179 Bhutan $ 154,000,000 2000 est. 180 Guadeloupe $ 140,000,000 1997 181 Gibraltar $ 136,000,000 2002 182 Aruba $ 128,000,000 2002 est. 183 Afghanistan $ 98,000,000 2002 est. 184 Solomon Islands $ 90,000,000 2002 est. 185 Maldives $ 90,000,000 2002 est. 186 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) $ 82,000,000 2002 187 Vanuatu $ 79,000,000 2002 188 Somalia $ 79,000,000 2002 est. 189 Rwanda $ 73,330,000 2003 est. 190 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 70,000,000 2002 est. 191 Saint Lucia $ 66,000,000 2002 est. 192 Andorra $ 58,000,000 1998 193 Eritrea $ 56,000,000 2003 est. 194 Guinea-Bissau $ 54,000,000 2002 est. 195 Cape Verde $ 50,680,000 2003 est. 196 Sierra Leone $ 49,000,000 2002 est. 197 Cyprus $ 46,000,000 2003 est. 198 Grenada $ 46,000,000 2002 est. 199 Burundi $ 40,000,000 2003 est. 200 Dominica $ 39,000,000 2003 est. 201 Guam $ 38,000,000 2002 est. 202 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 38,000,000 2002 est. 203 Kiribati $ 35,000,000 2002 204 American Samoa $ 30,000,000 2002 205 Comoros $ 28,000,000 2002 est. 206 Tonga $ 27,000,000 2002 est. 207 British Virgin Islands $ 25,300,000 2002 208 Micronesia, Federated States of $ 22,000,000 FY99/00 est. 209 Nauru $ 18,000,000 2002 210 Palau $ 18,000,000 2001 est. 211 Saint Helena $ 17,000,000 2002 212 Samoa $ 14,000,000 2002 213 Saint Pierre and Miquelon $ 10,000,000 2002 214 Cook Islands $ 9,100,000 2000 215 Marshall Islands $ 9,000,000 2000 216 East Timor $ 8,000,000 2001 est. 217 Sao Tome and Principe $ 6,479,000 2003 est. 218 Mayotte $ 3,440,000 1997 219 Anguilla $ 2,600,000 1999 220 Norfolk Island $ 1,500,000 FY91/92 221 Cayman Islands $ 1,200,000 1999 222 Tuvalu $ 1,000,000 2002 223 Montserrat $ 700,000 2001 224 Wallis and Futuna $ 250,000 1999 225 Niue $ 137,200 1999 226 Tokelau $ 98,000 1983

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Rank code: @2079

Rank Country Debt - external Date of Information

1 World $ 2,000,000,000,000 2002 est. 2 United States $ 1,400,000,000,000 2001 est. 3 Italy $ 868,500,000,000 2003 4 Spain $ 718,400,000,000 2003 est. 5 Portugal $ 250,700,000,000 2003 est. 6 Australia $ 233,500,000,000 2003 est. 7 Brazil $ 214,900,000,000 2003 8 China $ 197,800,000,000 2003 est. 9 Russia $ 175,900,000,000 2003 10 Mexico $ 159,800,000,000 2003 est. 11 Turkey $ 147,300,000,000 2003 12 Argentina $ 145,600,000,000 2003 est. 13 Indonesia $ 135,700,000,000 2003 est. 14 Korea, South $ 130,300,000,000 2003 est. 15 India $ 101,700,000,000 2003 est. 16 Iraq $ 93,950,000,000 2003 est. 17 Poland $ 86,820,000,000 2003 18 Israel $ 70,970,000,000 2003 est. 19 Sweden $ 66,500,000,000 1994 20 Greece $ 65,510,000,000 2003 est. 21 Hong Kong $ 59,210,000,000 2003 est. 22 Philippines $ 57,960,000,000 2003 23 Thailand $ 53,750,000,000 2003 est. 24 Taiwan $ 53,440,000,000 2003 25 Malaysia $ 48,840,000,000 2003 est. 26 Chile $ 43,150,000,000 2003 27 Hungary $ 42,380,000,000 2003 est. 28 Saudi Arabia $ 39,160,000,000 2003 29 Colombia $ 38,260,000,000 2003 est. 30 New Zealand $ 37,460,000,000 2003 est. 31 Pakistan $ 33,540,000,000 2003 est. 32 Venezuela $ 32,510,000,000 2003 33 Nigeria $ 31,070,000,000 2003 est. 34 Egypt $ 30,340,000,000 2003 est. 35 Finland $ 30,000,000,000 December 1993 36 Peru $ 29,950,000,000 2003 est. 37 Belgium $ 28,300,000,000 1999 est. 38 Czech Republic $ 28,000,000,000 2003 39 South Africa $ 25,900,000,000 2003 est. 40 Kazakhstan $ 24,450,000,000 2003 est. 41 Croatia $ 23,560,000,000 2003 est. 42 Algeria $ 22,710,000,000 2003 est. 43 Denmark $ 21,700,000,000 2000 44 Syria $ 21,550,000,000 2003 est. 45 Lebanon $ 20,790,000,000 2003 est. 46 United Arab Emirates $ 20,710,000,000 2003 est. 47 Romania $ 18,340,000,000 2003 est. 48 Slovakia $ 18,310,000,000 2003 est. 49 Bangladesh $ 18,060,000,000 2003 50 Qatar $ 17,500,000,000 2003 est. 51 Morocco $ 17,320,000,000 2003 est. 52 Ukraine $ 16,130,000,000 2003 53 Sudan $ 16,090,000,000 2003 est. 54 Ecuador $ 15,690,000,000 2003 55 Austria $ 15,500,000,000 2003 est. 56 Singapore $ 15,060,000,000 2003 est. 57 Vietnam $ 14,690,000,000 2003 58 Tunisia $ 14,390,000,000 2003 est. 59 Serbia and Montenegro $ 14,010,000,000 2003 est. 60 Cuba $ 12,520,000,000 2003 est. 61 Kuwait $ 12,180,000,000 2003 est. 62 Bulgaria $ 12,050,000,000 2003 63 Korea, North $ 12,000,000,000 1996 est. 64 Cote d'Ivoire $ 11,850,000,000 2003 est. 65 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 11,600,000,000 2000 est. 66 Slovenia $ 11,330,000,000 2003 67 Ireland $ 11,000,000,000 1998 68 Iran $ 10,960,000,000 2003 est. 69 Uruguay $ 10,730,000,000 2003 70 Sri Lanka $ 10,520,000,000 2003 71 Angola $ 9,164,000,000 2003 est. 72 Cyprus $ 8,850,000,000 2003 73 Panama $ 8,834,000,000 2003 est. 74 Afghanistan $ 8,000,000,000 2004 75 Jordan $ 7,683,000,000 2003 est. 76 Lithuania $ 7,671,000,000 2003 est. 77 Ghana $ 7,398,000,000 2003 est. 78 Cameroon $ 7,236,000,000 2003 est. 79 Estonia $ 7,002,000,000 2003 est. 80 Latvia $ 6,793,000,000 2003 est. 81 El Salvador $ 6,575,000,000 2003 est. 82 Dominican Republic $ 6,567,000,000 2003 est. 83 Tanzania $ 6,549,000,000 2003 est. 84 Yemen $ 6,044,000,000 2003 85 Burma $ 6,011,000,000 2003 est. 86 Oman $ 5,973,000,000 2003 est. 87 Kenya $ 5,916,000,000 2003 est. 88 Nicaragua $ 5,833,000,000 2003 est. 89 Costa Rica $ 5,366,000,000 2003 est. 90 Bolivia $ 5,332,000,000 2003 est. 91 Zambia $ 5,281,000,000 2003 92 Honduras $ 5,246,000,000 2003 93 Congo, Republic of the $ 5,000,000,000 2000 est. 94 Jamaica $ 4,962,000,000 2003 est. 95 Guatemala $ 4,957,000,000 2003 est. 96 Bahrain $ 4,682,000,000 2003 97 Madagascar $ 4,600,000,000 2002 98 Uzbekistan $ 4,384,000,000 2003 est. 99 Libya $ 4,194,000,000 2003 est. 100 Uganda $ 3,818,000,000 2003 est. 101 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 3,500,000,000 2003 102 Zimbabwe $ 3,404,000,000 2003 est. 103 Mali $ 3,300,000,000 2000 104 Gabon $ 3,284,000,000 2003 est. 105 Guinea $ 3,250,000,000 2001 est. 106 Malawi $ 3,026,000,000 2003 107 Senegal $ 3,009,000,000 2003 est. 108 Paraguay $ 2,960,000,000 2003 est. 109 Papua New Guinea $ 2,909,000,000 2003 est. 110 Ethiopia $ 2,900,000,000 2001 est. 111 Nepal $ 2,700,000,000 2001 112 Trinidad and Tobago $ 2,608,000,000 2003 est. 113 Iceland $ 2,600,000,000 1999 114 Somalia $ 2,600,000,000 2000 est. 115 Mauritania $ 2,500,000,000 2000 116 Laos $ 2,490,000,000 2001 117 Cambodia $ 2,400,000,000 2002 est. 118 Turkmenistan $ 2,400,000,000 2001 est. 119 Liberia $ 2,100,000,000 2000 est. 120 Macedonia $ 1,929,000,000 2003 est. 121 Canada $ 1,900,000,000 2000 122 Georgia $ 1,800,000,000 2002 123 Mauritius $ 1,750,000,000 2003 est. 124 Benin $ 1,600,000,000 2000 125 Niger $ 1,600,000,000 1999 est. 126 Azerbaijan $ 1,575,000,000 2003 127 Moldova $ 1,515,000,000 2003 128 Kyrgyzstan $ 1,500,000,000 2002 est. 129 Sierra Leone $ 1,500,000,000 2002 est. 130 Albania $ 1,410,000,000 2003 131 Togo $ 1,400,000,000 2000 132 Netherlands Antilles $ 1,350,000,000 1996 133 Rwanda $ 1,300,000,000 2000 est. 134 Burkina Faso $ 1,300,000,000 2000 135 French Guiana $ 1,200,000,000 1988 136 Haiti $ 1,200,000,000 1999 137 Guyana $ 1,200,000,000 2002 138 Burundi $ 1,133,000,000 2002 139 Chad $ 1,100,000,000 2000 est. 140 Namibia $ 1,040,000,000 2003 est. 141 Tajikistan $ 1,000,000,000 2002 est. 142 Mozambique $ 966,000,000 2002 est. 143 Guinea-Bissau $ 941,500,000 2000 est. 144 Armenia $ 905,000,000 June 2001 145 Mongolia $ 885,000,000 2001 est. 146 Central African Republic $ 881,400,000 2000 est. 147 Belarus $ 851,000,000 2001 est. 148 Lesotho $ 735,000,000 2002 149 Barbados $ 668,000,000 2003 150 Gambia, The $ 476,000,000 2001 est. 151 Belize $ 475,000,000 2001 est. 152 Botswana $ 392,000,000 2003 153 Djibouti $ 366,000,000 2002 est. 154 Cape Verde $ 325,000,000 2002 155 Suriname $ 321,000,000 2002 est. 156 Swaziland $ 320,000,000 2002 est. 157 Sao Tome and Principe $ 318,000,000 2002 158 Eritrea $ 311,000,000 2000 est. 159 Bahamas, The $ 308,500,000 2002 160 Aruba $ 285,000,000 1996 161 Maldives $ 281,000,000 2003 est. 162 Equatorial Guinea $ 248,000,000 2000 est. 163 Bhutan $ 245,000,000 2000 164 Comoros $ 232,000,000 2000 est. 165 Antigua and Barbuda $ 231,000,000 1999 166 Saint Lucia $ 214,000,000 2000 167 Seychelles $ 213,000,000 2003 est. 168 Samoa $ 197,000,000 2000 169 Grenada $ 196,000,000 2000 170 Fiji $ 188,100,000 2001 est. 171 Martinique $ 180,000,000 1994 172 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 171,000,000 2001 173 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 167,200,000 2000 174 Solomon Islands $ 162,500,000 2001 est. 175 Dominica $ 161,500,000 2001 176 Bermuda $ 160,000,000 FY99/00 177 Cook Islands $ 141,000,000 1996 est. 178 Malta $ 130,000,000 1997 179 Macau $ 121,000,000 2001 est. 180 Gaza Strip $ 108,000,000 1997 est. 181 West Bank $ 108,000,000 1997 est. 182 Marshall Islands $ 86,500,000 FY99/00 est. 183 New Caledonia $ 79,000,000 1998 est. 184 Cayman Islands $ 70,000,000 1996 185 Vanuatu $ 65,800,000 2001 est. 186 Faroe Islands $ 64,000,000 1999 187 Tonga $ 63,400,000 2001 188 Micronesia, Federated States of $ 53,100,000 FY02/03 est. 189 British Virgin Islands $ 36,100,000 1997 190 Nauru $ 33,300,000 2002 191 Greenland $ 25,000,000 1999 192 Kiribati $ 10,000,000 1999 est. 193 Montserrat $ 8,900,000 1997 194 Anguilla $ 8,800,000 1998 195 Niue $ 418,000 2002 est. 196 Brunei $ 0 197 Palau $ 0 FY99/00 198 Tokelau $ 0 199 Norway $ 0 2003 est. 200 Liechtenstein $ 0 2001

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Rank code: @2085

Rank Country Highways(km) Date of Information

1 United States 6,406,296 2002 2 European Union 4,634,810 1999-2000 3 India 3,319,644 1999 est. 4 Brazil 1,724,929 2000 5 Canada 1,408,800 2002 6 China 1,402,698 2000 7 Japan 1,161,894 1999 8 France 894,000 2000 9 Australia 811,603 1999 est. 10 Spain 663,795 1999 11 Russia 532,393 2000 12 Italy 479,688 1999 13 Turkey 385,960 1999 14 United Kingdom 371,913 1999 15 Poland 364,656 2000 16 South Africa 362,099 2000 17 Indonesia 342,700 1999 est. 18 Mexico 329,532 1999 est. 19 Pakistan 254,410 1999 20 Germany 230,735 1999 21 Argentina 215,471 1999 22 Sweden 212,402 2000 23 Bangladesh 207,486 1999 24 Philippines 201,994 2000 25 Austria 200,000 2000 26 Romania 198,603 2000 27 Nigeria 194,394 1999 est. 28 Hungary 188,203 1999 29 Ukraine 169,491 2000 30 Iran 167,157 1998 31 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 157,000 1999 est. 32 Saudi Arabia 151,470 1999 33 Belgium 148,216 2000 34 Greece 117,000 1999 est. 35 Netherlands 116,500 1999 36 Colombia 110,000 2000 37 Algeria 104,000 1999 38 Sri Lanka 96,695 1999 39 Venezuela 96,155 1999 est. 40 Vietnam 93,300 1999 est. 41 Ireland 92,500 2000 est. 42 New Zealand 92,053 2000 43 Norway 91,454 2000 44 Tanzania 88,200 1999 est. 45 Korea, South 86,990 1999 est. 46 Libya 83,200 1999 est. 47 Uzbekistan 81,600 1999 est. 48 Kazakhstan 81,331 2000 49 Chile 79,814 2000 50 Finland 78,137 2003 51 Lithuania 75,243 2000 52 Belarus 74,385 2000 53 Latvia 73,202 2000 54 Peru 72,900 1999 est. 55 Denmark 71,591 2000 56 Switzerland 71,011 2000 57 Portugal 68,732 2000 58 Yemen 67,000 1999 est. 59 Zambia 66,781 1999 est. 60 Namibia 66,467 2000 61 Malaysia 65,877 1999 62 Thailand 64,600 1999 est. 63 Egypt 64,000 1999 est. 64 Kenya 63,942 2000 65 Cuba 60,858 1999 est. 66 Morocco 57,707 2000 67 Czech Republic 55,408 2000 68 Bolivia 53,790 2000 est. 69 Angola 51,429 1999 70 Estonia 51,411 2000 71 Cote d'Ivoire 50,400 1999 est. 72 Madagascar 49,827 1999 est. 73 Serbia and Montenegro 49,805 2000 74 Mongolia 49,250 2003 75 Iraq 45,550 2000 est. 76 Syria 43,381 1999 77 Ecuador 43,197 2000 78 Slovakia 42,717 2000 79 Ghana 39,409 1999 est. 80 Bulgaria 37,286 2000 81 Taiwan 35,931 2000 82 Costa Rica 35,892 2000 83 Oman 34,965 2001 84 Cameroon 34,300 1999 est. 85 Chad 33,400 1999 est. 86 Ethiopia 31,571 2000 87 Korea, North 31,200 1999 est. 88 Guinea 30,500 1999 est. 89 Mozambique 30,400 1999 est. 90 Paraguay 29,500 1999 est 91 Malawi 28,400 1999 est. 92 Burma 28,200 1996 est. 93 Croatia 28,123 2000 94 Tajikistan 27,767 2000 95 Uganda 27,000 1999 est. 96 Azerbaijan 24,981 2000 97 Turkmenistan 24,000 1999 est. 98 Central African Republic 23,810 1999 est. 99 Somalia 22,100 1999 est. 100 Bosnia and Herzegovina 21,846 1999 est. 101 Laos 21,716 1999 est. 102 Afghanistan 21,000 1999 est. 103 Georgia 20,363 2000 104 Slovenia 20,177 2000 105 Papua New Guinea 19,600 1999 est. 106 Nicaragua 19,032 2000 107 Tunisia 18,997 2000 108 Jamaica 18,700 1999 est. 109 Kyrgyzstan 18,500 1999 est. 110 Zimbabwe 18,338 1999 est. 111 Albania 18,000 2000 112 Israel 16,281 2000 113 Armenia 15,918 2000 114 Mali 15,100 1999 est. 115 Senegal 14,576 2000 116 Burundi 14,480 1999 est. 117 Puerto Rico 14,400 1999 est. 118 Guatemala 14,118 1999 119 Honduras 13,603 1999 est. 120 Cyprus 13,491 2000/1996 121 Nepal 13,223 1999 est. 122 Iceland 12,955 2003 123 Congo, Republic of the 12,800 1999 est. 124 Moldova 12,657 1999 125 Dominican Republic 12,600 1999 126 Burkina Faso 12,506 1999 127 Cambodia 12,323 2000 est 128 Rwanda 12,000 1999 est. 129 Sudan 11,900 1999 est. 130 Panama 11,400 1999 131 Sierra Leone 11,330 1999 132 Liberia 10,600 1999 est. 133 Botswana 10,217 1999 134 Niger 10,100 1999 est. 135 El Salvador 10,029 1999 est. 136 Uruguay 8,983 1999 est. 137 Macedonia 8,684 1999 est. 138 Gabon 8,464 2000 est. 139 Trinidad and Tobago 8,320 1999 est. 140 Guyana 7,970 1999 est. 141 Mauritania 7,720 2000 142 Togo 7,520 1999 est. 143 Lebanon 7,300 1999 est. 144 Jordan 7,245 2000 145 Benin 6,787 1999 est. 146 Western Sahara 6,200 1991 est 147 Lesotho 5,940 1999 148 Luxembourg 5,189 2000 149 New Caledonia 4,825 1999 150 West Bank 4,500 1997 est. 151 Suriname 4,492 2000 152 Kuwait 4,450 1999 est. 153 Guinea-Bissau 4,400 1999 est. 154 Haiti 4,160 1999 est. 155 Eritrea 4,010 1999 est. 156 East Timor 3,800 1995 157 Bhutan 3,690 1999 est. 158 Fiji 3,440 1999 est. 159 Bahrain 3,261 2000 160 Swaziland 3,247 1998 161 Singapore 3,066 1999 162 Djibouti 2,890 1999 est. 163 Equatorial Guinea 2,880 1999 est. 164 Belize 2,872 1999 est. 165 Reunion 2,724 1994 166 Gambia, The 2,700 1999 167 Bahamas, The 2,693 1999 est. 168 French Polynesia 2,590 1999 169 Brunei 2,525 2000 170 Guadeloupe 2,467 1998 171 Malta 2,254 2000 172 Martinique 2,105 2000 173 Mauritius 1,926 2000 174 Hong Kong 1,831 1999 est. 175 Barbados 1,793 1999 176 Solomon Islands 1,360 1999 est. 177 Qatar 1,230 1999 est. 178 Saint Lucia 1,210 1999 est. 179 Cape Verde 1,100 1999 est. 180 United Arab Emirates 1,088 1999 est. 181 Vanuatu 1,070 1999 est. 182 Grenada 1,040 1999 est. 183 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,040 1999 est. 184 Guam 885 185 Comoros 880 1999 est 186 Virgin Islands 856 2000 187 Aruba 800 1995 188 Man, Isle of 800 1999 189 Samoa 790 1999 est. 190 Cayman Islands 785 2000 191 Dominica 780 1999 est. 192 French Guiana 722 1996 193 Tonga 680 1999 est. 194 Kiribati 670 1999 est. 195 Netherlands Antilles 600 196 Jersey 577 197 Faroe Islands 463 1999 198 Bermuda 450 2002 199 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 440 2002 200 Seychelles 373 1997 est. 201 Northern Mariana Islands 362 1991 202 American Samoa 350 203 Cook Islands 320 2000 204 Sao Tome and Principe 320 1999 est. 205 Saint Kitts and Nevis 320 1999 est 206 Macau 271 2000 207 Andorra 269 1994 208 Antigua and Barbuda 250 1999 est. 209 Liechtenstein 250 210 Micronesia, Federated States of 240 1999 est. 211 Christmas Island 240 2000 212 Niue 234 2001 213 Montserrat 227 2003 214 San Marino 220 2001 215 Saint Helena 198 2000 216 British Virgin Islands 177 2000 217 Turks and Caicos Islands 121 2000 218 Wallis and Futuna 120 219 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 114 220 Anguilla 105 1997 221 Mayotte 93 222 Norfolk Island 80 2001 223 Palau 61 224 Monaco 50 1999 est. 225 Nauru 30 1999 est. 226 Gibraltar 29 2002 227 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 15 2003 228 Tuvalu 8 1999 est. 229 Pitcairn Islands 6

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Rank code: @2087

Rank Country Imports Date of Information

1 World $ 6,531,000,000,000 2002 est. 2 United States $ 1,260,000,000,000 2003 est. 3 European Union $ 887,100,000,000 2002 4 Germany $ 585,000,000,000 2003 est. 5 China $ 397,400,000,000 2003 est. 6 United Kingdom $ 363,600,000,000 2003 est. 7 Japan $ 346,600,000,000 2003 est. 8 France $ 339,900,000,000 2003 est. 9 Italy $ 271,100,000,000 2003 est. 10 Canada $ 240,400,000,000 2003 est. 11 Hong Kong $ 230,300,000,000 2003 est. 12 Netherlands $ 217,700,000,000 2003 est. 13 Spain $ 197,100,000,000 2003 est. 14 Korea, South $ 175,600,000,000 2003 est. 15 Belgium $ 173,000,000,000 2003 est. 16 Mexico $ 168,900,000,000 2003 est. 17 Singapore $ 121,600,000,000 2003 est. 18 Taiwan $ 119,600,000,000 2003 est. 19 Switzerland $ 102,200,000,000 2003 est. 20 Sweden $ 83,270,000,000 2003 est. 21 Australia $ 82,910,000,000 2003 est. 22 Austria $ 81,590,000,000 2003 est. 23 Russia $ 74,800,000,000 2003 est. 24 Malaysia $ 74,400,000,000 2003 est. 25 India $ 74,150,000,000 2003 est. 26 Thailand $ 65,300,000,000 2003 est. 27 Poland $ 63,650,000,000 2003 est. 28 Turkey $ 62,430,000,000 2003 est. 29 Ireland $ 57,540,000,000 2003 est. 30 Denmark $ 54,470,000,000 2003 est. 31 Czech Republic $ 50,400,000,000 2003 est. 32 Brazil $ 48,250,000,000 2003 est. 33 Hungary $ 46,190,000,000 2003 est. 34 Portugal $ 43,730,000,000 2003 est. 35 Indonesia $ 40,220,000,000 2003 est. 36 Norway $ 40,190,000,000 2003 est. 37 Finland $ 37,350,000,000 2003 est. 38 United Arab Emirates $ 37,160,000,000 2003 est. 39 Philippines $ 35,970,000,000 2003 est. 40 South Africa $ 33,890,000,000 2003 est. 41 Greece $ 33,270,000,000 2003 est. 42 Israel $ 32,270,000,000 2003 est. 43 Saudi Arabia $ 30,380,000,000 2003 est. 44 Puerto Rico $ 29,100,000,000 2001 45 Iran $ 25,260,000,000 2003 est. 46 Ukraine $ 23,580,000,000 2003 est. 47 Vietnam $ 22,500,000,000 2003 est. 48 Romania $ 22,170,000,000 2003 est. 49 Slovakia $ 21,900,000,000 2003 est. 50 Chile $ 17,400,000,000 2003 est. 51 New Zealand $ 16,060,000,000 2003 est. 52 Egypt $ 14,750,000,000 2003 est. 53 Nigeria $ 14,540,000,000 2003 est. 54 Argentina $ 13,270,000,000 2003 est. 55 Colombia $ 13,060,000,000 2003 est. 56 Croatia $ 12,860,000,000 2003 est. 57 Morocco $ 12,750,000,000 2003 est. 58 Slovenia $ 12,630,000,000 2003 est. 59 Pakistan $ 12,510,000,000 2003 est. 60 Algeria $ 12,420,000,000 2003 est. 61 Luxembourg $ 11,610,000,000 2002 62 Belarus $ 11,090,000,000 2003 est. 63 Venezuela $ 10,710,000,000 2003 est. 64 Tunisia $ 10,300,000,000 2003 est. 65 Bulgaria $ 9,723,000,000 2003 est. 66 Kuwait $ 9,606,000,000 2003 est. 67 Bangladesh $ 9,459,000,000 2003 est. 68 Lithuania $ 9,200,000,000 2003 est. 69 Kazakhstan $ 8,621,000,000 2003 est. 70 Peru $ 8,244,000,000 2003 est. 71 Dominican Republic $ 7,911,000,000 2003 est. 72 Serbia and Montenegro $ 7,144,000,000 2003 est. 73 Costa Rica $ 7,057,000,000 2003 est. 74 Sri Lanka $ 6,626,000,000 2003 est. 75 Panama $ 6,622,000,000 2003 est. 76 Iraq $ 6,521,000,000 2003 est. 77 Libya $ 6,282,000,000 2003 est. 78 Ecuador $ 6,220,000,000 2003 est. 79 Lebanon $ 6,073,000,000 2003 est. 80 Guatemala $ 5,749,000,000 2003 est. 81 Qatar $ 5,711,000,000 2003 est. 82 Oman $ 5,659,000,000 2003 est. 83 Estonia $ 5,535,000,000 2003 est. 84 Bermuda $ 5,523,000,000 2002 85 El Salvador $ 5,466,000,000 2003 est. 86 Bahrain $ 5,126,000,000 2003 est. 87 Liberia $ 5,051,000,000 2002 est. 88 Jordan $ 4,946,000,000 2003 est. 89 Latvia $ 4,921,000,000 2003 est. 90 Syria $ 4,845,000,000 2003 est. 91 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 4,700,000,000 2003 est. 92 Cyprus $ 4,637,000,000 2003 est. 93 Cuba $ 4,531,000,000 2003 est. 94 Angola $ 4,080,000,000 2003 est. 95 Trinidad and Tobago $ 3,917,000,000 2003 est. 96 Kenya $ 3,705,000,000 2003 est. 97 Jamaica $ 3,265,000,000 2003 est. 98 Ghana $ 3,240,000,000 2003 est. 99 Honduras $ 3,110,000,000 2003 est. 100 Yemen $ 3,042,000,000 2003 est. 101 Cote d'Ivoire $ 2,781,000,000 2003 est. 102 Paraguay $ 2,770,000,000 2003 est. 103 Malta $ 2,761,000,000 2003 est. 104 Iceland $ 2,590,000,000 2003 est. 105 Macau $ 2,530,000,000 2002 106 Reunion $ 2,500,000,000 1997 107 Azerbaijan $ 2,498,000,000 2003 est. 108 Turkmenistan $ 2,472,000,000 2003 est. 109 Sudan $ 2,383,000,000 2003 est. 110 Uzbekistan $ 2,310,000,000 2003 est. 111 Netherlands Antilles $ 2,233,000,000 2002 112 Macedonia $ 2,184,000,000 2003 est. 113 Mauritius $ 2,136,000,000 2003 est. 114 Cambodia $ 2,124,000,000 2003 est. 115 Burma $ 2,071,000,000 2003 est. 116 Korea, North $ 2,042,000,000 2002 est. 117 Martinique $ 2,000,000,000 1997 118 Uruguay $ 1,989,000,000 2003 est. 119 Ethiopia $ 1,964,000,000 2003 est. 120 Cameroon $ 1,959,000,000 2003 est. 121 Gaza Strip $ 1,900,000,000 122 West Bank $ 1,900,000,000 123 Albania $ 1,760,000,000 2003 est. 124 Botswana $ 1,753,000,000 2003 est. 125 Senegal $ 1,753,000,000 2003 est. 126 Gibraltar $ 1,743,000,000 2002 127 Guadeloupe $ 1,700,000,000 1997 128 Zimbabwe $ 1,691,000,000 2003 est. 129 Tanzania $ 1,674,000,000 2003 est. 130 Nicaragua $ 1,658,000,000 2003 est. 131 Brunei $ 1,630,000,000 2002 est. 132 Bahamas, The $ 1,614,000,000 2002 est. 133 Bolivia $ 1,505,000,000 2003 est. 134 Nepal $ 1,419,000,000 2002 est. 135 Equatorial Guinea $ 1,371,000,000 2003 est. 136 Namibia $ 1,371,000,000 2003 est. 137 French Polynesia $ 1,341,000,000 2002 138 Moldova $ 1,340,000,000 2003 est. 139 Georgia $ 1,250,000,000 2003 est. 140 Armenia $ 1,180,000,000 2003 est. 141 Uganda $ 1,179,000,000 2003 est. 142 Mozambique $ 1,142,000,000 2003 est. 143 Zambia $ 1,128,000,000 2003 est. 144 Swaziland $ 1,088,000,000 2003 est. 145 Gabon $ 1,079,000,000 2003 est. 146 Andorra $ 1,077,000,000 1998 147 Barbados $ 1,039,000,000 2002 148 Haiti $ 1,028,000,000 2003 est. 149 Afghanistan $ 1,007,000,000 2002 est. 150 New Caledonia $ 1,007,000,000 2002 151 Papua New Guinea $ 967,000,000 2003 est. 152 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 933,000,000 2002 est. 153 Mali $ 927,000,000 2002 est. 154 Madagascar $ 920,000,000 2003 est. 155 Liechtenstein $ 917,300,000 1996 156 Tajikistan $ 890,000,000 2003 est. 157 Mauritania $ 860,000,000 2002 158 Aruba $ 841,000,000 2002 est. 159 Fiji $ 835,000,000 2002 160 Chad $ 760,000,000 2003 est. 161 Benin $ 726,000,000 2003 est. 162 Antigua and Barbuda $ 692,000,000 2002 est. 163 Mongolia $ 691,000,000 2002 est. 164 Congo, Republic of the $ 666,900,000 2003 est. 165 Djibouti $ 665,000,000 2002 est. 166 Lesotho $ 661,000,000 2003 est. 167 Guinea $ 646,000,000 2003 est. 168 Burkina Faso $ 633,600,000 2003 est. 169 French Guiana $ 625,000,000 2002 est. 170 Guyana $ 612,000,000 2003 est. 171 Suriname $ 604,000,000 2002 172 Kyrgyzstan $ 601,000,000 2003 est. 173 Eritrea $ 600,000,000 2003 est. 174 Malawi $ 505,000,000 2003 est. 175 Togo $ 501,300,000 2003 est. 176 Belize $ 500,600,000 2003 est. 177 Laos $ 492,000,000 2003 est. 178 Faroe Islands $ 466,000,000 2002 179 Guam $ 462,000,000 2002 est. 180 Cayman Islands $ 457,400,000 1999 181 Greenland $ 445,000,000 2002 182 Niger $ 400,000,000 2002 est. 183 Maldives $ 392,000,000 2002 est. 184 Seychelles $ 383,700,000 2003 est. 185 Somalia $ 344,000,000 2002 est. 186 Cape Verde $ 315,500,000 2003 est. 187 Cyprus $ 301,000,000 2003 est. 188 Gambia, The $ 271,000,000 2003 est. 189 Saint Lucia $ 267,000,000 2002 est. 190 Sierra Leone $ 264,000,000 2002 est. 191 Rwanda $ 245,800,000 2003 est. 192 East Timor $ 237,000,000 2001 est. 193 Grenada $ 208,000,000 2002 est. 194 Bhutan $ 196,000,000 2000 est. 195 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 195,000,000 2002 est. 196 British Virgin Islands $ 187,000,000 2002 est. 197 Turks and Caicos Islands $ 175,600,000 2000 198 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 174,000,000 2002 est. 199 Micronesia, Federated States of $ 149,000,000 FY99/00 est. 200 Mayotte $ 141,300,000 1997 201 Vanuatu $ 138,000,000 2002 202 Central African Republic $ 136,000,000 2002 est. 203 Burundi $ 128,000,000 2003 est. 204 American Samoa $ 123,000,000 2002 205 Samoa $ 113,000,000 2002 206 Saint Pierre and Miquelon $ 106,000,000 2002 207 Guinea-Bissau $ 104,000,000 2002 est. 208 Solomon Islands $ 100,000,000 2002 est. 209 Palau $ 99,000,000 2001 est. 210 Dominica $ 98,200,000 2003 est. 211 Comoros $ 88,000,000 2002 est. 212 Tonga $ 86,000,000 2002 est. 213 Kiribati $ 83,000,000 2002 214 Anguilla $ 80,900,000 1999 215 Tuvalu $ 79,000,000 2002 216 Marshall Islands $ 54,000,000 2000 217 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) $ 53,000,000 2002 218 Cook Islands $ 50,700,000 2000 219 Saint Helena $ 42,000,000 2002 220 Nauru $ 31,000,000 2002 221 Sao Tome and Principe $ 30,030,000 2003 est. 222 Norfolk Island $ 17,900,000 FY91/92 223 Montserrat $ 17,000,000 2001 224 Niue $ 2,380,000 1999 225 Tokelau $ 323,000 1983 226 Wallis and Futuna $ 300,000 1999

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Rank code: @2089

Rank Country Industrial production growth rate(%) Date of Information

1 China 30.40 2003 est. 2 Equatorial Guinea 30.00 2002 est. 3 Cambodia 22.00 2002 est. 4 Burundi 18.00 2001 5 Moldova 17.00 2003 est. 6 Argentina 16.20 2003 est. 7 Lithuania 16.10 2003 est. 8 Vietnam 16.00 2003 est. 9 Ukraine 15.80 2003 est. 10 Lesotho 15.50 1999 11 Armenia 15.00 2002 est. 12 Cote d'Ivoire 15.00 1998 est. 13 Turkmenistan 14.00 2003 est. 14 Burkina Faso 14.00 2001 est. 15 Thailand 12.30 2003 est. 16 Tajikistan 10.30 2000 est. 17 Qatar 10.00 2003 est. 18 Laos 9.70 2001 est. 19 Bhutan 9.30 1996 est. 20 Malaysia 9.30 2003 est. 21 Kazakhstan 8.80 2003 est. 22 Nepal 8.70 FY99/00 23 Poland 8.60 2003 24 Tonga 8.60 FY98/99 25 Sudan 8.50 1999 est. 26 Turkey 8.50 2003 est. 27 East Timor 8.50 28 Taiwan 8.40 2003 29 Tanzania 8.40 1999 est. 30 Benin 8.30 2001 est. 31 Iceland 8.10 2003 est. 32 Costa Rica 8.00 2003 est. 33 Mauritius 8.00 2000 est. 34 Latvia 8.00 2003 est. 35 Faroe Islands 8.00 1999 est. 36 Honduras 7.70 2003 est. 37 Saudi Arabia 7.70 2003 est. 38 Pakistan 7.60 2003 est. 39 Botswana 7.30 2003 est. 40 Slovakia 7.20 2003 est. 41 Guyana 7.10 1997 est. 42 Panama 7.00 2003 est. 43 Russia 7.00 2003 est. 44 Rwanda 7.00 2001 est. 45 Ireland 6.70 2003 est. 46 Ethiopia 6.70 2001 est. 47 India 6.50 2003 est. 48 Suriname 6.50 1994 est. 49 Hungary 6.40 2003 est. 50 Bulgaria 6.30 2003 est. 51 Uzbekistan 6.20 2003 est. 52 Azerbaijan 6.10 2003 est. 53 Antigua and Barbuda 6.00 1997 est. 54 Algeria 6.00 2003 est. 55 San Marino 6.00 1997 est. 56 Kyrgyzstan 6.00 2000 est. 57 Sri Lanka 5.80 2003 58 Trinidad and Tobago 5.70 2003 est. 59 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.50 2003 est. 60 Ecuador 5.30 2003 est. 61 Korea, South 5.10 2003 est. 62 Belarus 5.00 2003 est. 63 Chad 5.00 1995 64 Estonia 5.00 2000 est. 65 Uganda 5.00 2003 est. 66 South Africa 5.00 2003 est. 67 Brunei 5.00 2002 est. 68 Belize 4.60 1999 69 Macedonia 4.50 2003 est. 70 Maldives 4.40 1996 est. 71 Nicaragua 4.40 2000 est. 72 Cameroon 4.20 1999 est. 73 Guatemala 4.10 1999 74 Mongolia 4.10 2002 est. 75 United Arab Emirates 4.00 2000 76 Zambia 4.00 2003 est. 77 Bolivia 3.90 1998 78 Croatia 3.90 2003 est. 79 Ghana 3.80 2000 est. 80 Indonesia 3.70 2003 est. 81 Swaziland 3.70 FY95/96 82 Colombia 3.50 2003 est. 83 Jordan 3.50 2003 est. 84 Mozambique 3.40 2000 85 Czech Republic 3.30 2003 86 Japan 3.30 2003 est. 87 Guinea 3.20 1994 88 Man, Isle of 3.20 FY96/97 89 Anguilla 3.10 1997 est. 90 Central African Republic 3.00 2002 91 Yemen 3.00 2003 est. 92 World 3.00 2002 est. 93 Georgia 3.00 2000 94 Madagascar 3.00 2000 est. 95 Iran 3.00 2003 est. 96 Djibouti 3.00 1996 est. 97 Senegal 2.90 2003 est. 98 Singapore 2.80 2003 est. 99 Samoa 2.80 2000 100 Albania 2.70 2003 est. 101 Guinea-Bissau 2.60 1997 est. 102 Cuba 2.40 2003 est. 103 Nigeria 2.30 2003 est. 104 Romania 2.30 2003 105 Bahrain 2.00 2000 est. 106 Mauritania 2.00 2000 est. 107 Kenya 2.00 2003 est. 108 Dominican Republic 2.00 2001 est. 109 Peru 2.00 2003 est. 110 Austria 1.90 2003 est. 111 Sweden 1.90 2003 est. 112 Bangladesh 1.90 2003 est. 113 Luxembourg 1.70 2003 est. 114 Serbia and Montenegro 1.70 2002 est. 115 El Salvador 1.60 2003 est. 116 Spain 1.60 2003 est. 117 Gabon 1.60 2002 est. 118 Chile 1.50 2003 est. 119 Egypt 1.50 2003 est. 120 Slovenia 1.40 2003 121 New Zealand 1.30 2003 est. 122 Angola 1.00 2000 123 Vanuatu 1.00 1997 est. 124 Cook Islands 1.00 2002 125 European Union 0.80 2004 est. 126 Finland 0.80 2003 est. 127 Grenada 0.70 1997 est. 128 Uruguay 0.70 2003 est. 129 Kiribati 0.70 1991 est. 130 Greece 0.70 2003 est. 131 Brazil 0.40 2003 est. 132 Switzerland 0.40 2003 133 Portugal 0.40 2003 est. 134 Denmark 0.30 2003 est. 135 United States 0.30 2003 est. 136 Canada 0.20 2003 est. 137 Oman 0.20 2003 est. 138 Germany 0.20 2003 est. 139 Congo, Republic of the 0.00 2002 est. 140 Paraguay 0.00 2000 est. 141 Australia -0.10 2003 est. 142 Philippines -0.10 2003 est. 143 Tunisia -0.10 2003 est. 144 Cyprus -0.30 2003 145 France -0.30 2003 146 Italy -0.50 2003 147 Cyprus -0.60 2003 148 New Caledonia -0.60 1996 149 Israel -0.60 2003 est. 150 Mexico -0.70 2003 est. 151 United Kingdom -0.70 2003 est. 152 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.90 1997 est. 153 Belgium -1.50 2003 est. 154 Malawi -1.60 2003 est. 155 Comoros -2.00 1999 est. 156 Jamaica -2.00 2000 est. 157 Netherlands -2.10 2003 est. 158 Barbados -3.20 2000 est. 159 Norway -3.50 2003 est. 160 Kuwait -5.00 2002 est. 161 Saint Lucia -8.90 1997 est. 162 Hong Kong -9.20 2003 est. 163 Dominica -10.00 1997 est. 164 Zimbabwe -14.70 2003 est. 165 Venezuela -15.40 2003 est.

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Rank code: @2091

Rank Country Infant mortality rate(deaths/1,000 live births) Date of Information

1 Angola 191.19 2004 est.

2 Afghanistan 163.07 2004 est.

3 Sierra Leone 143.64 2004 est.

4 Mozambique 130.79 2004 est.

5 Liberia 128.87 2004 est.

6 Niger 121.69 2004 est.

7 Mali 116.79 2004 est.

8 Somalia 116.70 2004 est.

9 Tajikistan 110.76 2004 est.

10 Guinea-Bissau 107.17 2004 est.

11 Djibouti 104.13 2004 est.

12 Malawi 103.32 2004 est.

13 Bhutan 100.44 2004 est.

14 Nigeria 98.80 2004 est.

15 Tanzania 98.54 2004 est.

16 Burkina Faso 97.57 2004 est.

17 Ethiopia 95.32 2004 est.

18 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 94.69 2004 est.

19 Congo, Republic of the 93.86 2004 est.

20 Chad 93.82 2004 est.

21 Rwanda 91.23 2004 est.

22 Central African Republic 91.00 2004 est.

23 Cote d'Ivoire 90.83 2004 est.

24 Guinea 90.37 2004 est.

25 Zambia 88.29 2004 est.

26 Laos 85.22 2004 est.

27 Equatorial Guinea 85.13 2004 est.

28 Benin 85.00 2004 est.

29 Lesotho 84.23 2004 est.

30 Azerbaijan 81.74 2004 est.

31 Madagascar 76.83 2004 est.

32 Comoros 74.93 2004 est.

33 Eritrea 74.87 2004 est.

34 Haiti 73.45 2004 est.

35 Turkmenistan 73.08 2004 est.

36 Pakistan 72.44 2004 est.

37 Gambia, The 72.02 2004 est.

38 Cambodia 71.48 2004 est.

39 Uzbekistan 71.10 2004 est.

40 Mauritania 70.89 2004 est.

41 Burundi 69.29 2004 est.

42 Swaziland 69.27 2004 est.

43 Cameroon 68.26 2004 est.

44 Uganda 67.83 2004 est.

45 Zimbabwe 67.69 2004 est.

46 Burma 67.24 2004 est.

47 Nepal 66.98 2004 est.

48 Togo 66.61 2004 est.

49 Bangladesh 62.60 2004 est.

50 Sudan 62.50 2004 est.

51 Mayotte 62.40 2004 est.

52 South Africa 61.81 2004 est.

53 Yemen 61.50 2004 est.

54 Kenya 61.47 2004 est.

55 Maldives 56.52 2004 est.

56 India 56.29 2004 est.

57 Senegal 55.51 2004 est.

58 Vanuatu 55.16 2004 est.

59 Botswana 54.58 2004 est.

60 Mongolia 53.79 2004 est.

61 Gabon 53.64 2004 est.

62 Bolivia 53.11 2004 est.

63 Papua New Guinea 51.45 2004 est.

64 Ghana 51.43 2004 est.

65 World 51.23 2004 est.

66 Iraq 50.25 2004 est.

67 Namibia 48.98 2004 est.

68 Kiribati 48.52 2004 est.

69 Cape Verde 47.77 2004 est.

70 East Timor 47.41 2004 est.

71 Sao Tome and Principe 43.11 2004 est.

72 Morocco 41.62 2004 est.

73 Iran 41.58 2004 est.

74 Turkey 41.04 2004 est.

75 Moldova 40.42 2004 est.

76 Guatemala 35.93 2004 est.

77 Kyrgyzstan 35.64 2004 est.

78 Indonesia 35.60 2004 est.

79 Guyana 33.26 2004 est.

80 Egypt 32.59 2004 est.

81 Dominican Republic 32.38 2004 est.

82 Peru 31.94 2004 est.

83 Algeria 31.00 2004 est.

84 Micronesia, Federated States of 30.21 2004 est.

85 Brazil 29.61 2004 est.

86 Syria 29.53 2004 est.

87 Marshall Islands 29.45 2004 est.

88 Honduras 29.32 2004 est.

89 Kazakhstan 29.21 2004 est.

90 Nicaragua 29.11 2004 est.

91 Samoa 27.71 2004 est.

92 Romania 26.43 2004 est.

93 Vietnam 25.95 2004 est.

94 Belize 25.69 2004 est.

95 Paraguay 25.63 2004 est.

96 Bahamas, The 25.21 2004 est.

97 El Salvador 25.10 2004 est.

98 Tunisia 24.77 2004 est.

99 Libya 24.60 2004 est.

100 Lebanon 24.52 2004 est.

101 Trinidad and Tobago 24.31 2004 est.

102 China 24.18 2004 est.

103 Korea, North 24.04 2004 est.

104 Ecuador 23.66 2004 est.

105 Suriname 23.57 2004 est.

106 Philippines 23.51 2004 est.

107 Armenia 23.28 2004 est.

108 Gaza Strip 22.93 2004 est.

109 Venezuela 22.20 2004 est.

110 Albania 21.52 2004 est.

111 Solomon Islands 21.29 2004 est.

112 Bosnia and Herzegovina 21.05 2004 est.

113 Anguilla 21.03 2004 est.

114 Colombia 20.97 2004 est.

115 Mexico 20.91 2004 est.

116 Bulgaria 20.55 2004 est.

117 Thailand 20.48 2004 est.

118 Panama 20.47 2004 est.

119 Ukraine 20.34 2004 est.

120 Tuvalu 20.03 2004 est.

121 West Bank 19.62 2004 est.

122 Oman 19.51 2004 est.

123 Antigua and Barbuda 19.46 2004 est.

124 Saint Helena 19.00 2004 est.

125 Qatar 18.61 2004 est.

126 Georgia 18.59 2004 est.

127 British Virgin Islands 18.05 2004 est.

128 Malaysia 17.70 2004 est.

129 Jordan 17.35 2004 est.

130 Bahrain 17.27 2004 est.

131 Greenland 15.82 2004 est.

132 Turks and Caicos Islands 15.67 2004 est.

133 Seychelles 15.53 2004 est.

134 Russia 15.39 2004 est.

135 Argentina 15.18 2004 est.

136 Mauritius 15.03 2004 est.

137 Palau 14.84 2004 est.

138 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14.78 2004 est.

139 Grenada 14.62 2004 est.

140 United Arab Emirates 14.51 2004 est.

141 Saint Kitts and Nevis 14.49 2004 est.

142 Sri Lanka 14.35 2004 est.

143 Dominica 14.15 2004 est.

144 Saint Lucia 13.53 2004 est.

145 Belarus 13.37 2004 est.

146 Saudi Arabia 13.24 2004 est.

147 Serbia and Montenegro 12.89 2004 est.

148 Fiji 12.62 2004 est.

149 Tonga 12.62 2004 est.

150 Brunei 12.61 2004 est.

151 Barbados 12.50 2004 est.

152 Jamaica 12.36 2004 est.

153 French Guiana 12.07 2004 est.

154 Uruguay 11.95 2004 est.

155 Macedonia 10.09 2004 est.

156 Netherlands Antilles 10.03 2004 est.

157 Costa Rica 9.95 2004 est.

158 Kuwait 9.95 2004 est.

159 Nauru 9.95 2004 est.

160 Latvia 9.55 2004 est.

161 American Samoa 9.27 2004 est.

162 Chile 8.80 2004 est.

163 Guadeloupe 8.60 2004 est.

164 Hungary 8.57 2004 est.

165 Bermuda 8.53 2004 est.

166 Poland 8.51 2004 est.

167 French Polynesia 8.44 2004 est.

168 Puerto Rico 8.24 2004 est.

169 Cayman Islands 8.19 2004 est.

170 Virgin Islands 8.03 2004 est.

171 Estonia 7.87 2004 est.

172 Reunion 7.78 2004 est.

173 New Caledonia 7.72 2004 est.

174 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 7.54 2004 est.

175 Slovakia 7.41 2004 est.

176 Montserrat 7.35 2004 est.

177 Cyprus 7.18 2004 est.

178 Northern Mariana Islands 7.11 2004 est.

179 Martinique 7.09 2004 est.

180 Korea, South 7.05 2004 est.

181 Israel 7.03 2004 est.

182 Guam 6.94 2004 est.

183 Lithuania 6.89 2004 est.

184 Croatia 6.84 2004 est.

185 United States 6.50 2004 est.

186 Taiwan 6.40 2004 est.

187 Cuba 6.33 2004 est.

188 Faroe Islands 6.24 2004 est.

189 Italy 5.94 2004 est.

190 Man, Isle of 5.93 2004 est.

191 Aruba 5.89 2004 est.

192 New Zealand 5.85 2004 est.

193 San Marino 5.73 2004 est.

194 Greece 5.53 2004 est.

195 Monaco 5.43 2004 est.

196 Ireland 5.39 2004 est.

197 European Union 5.30 July 2004 est.

198 Jersey 5.24 2004 est.

199 United Kingdom 5.16 2004 est.

200 Gibraltar 5.13 2004 est.

201 Portugal 5.05 2004 est.

202 Netherlands 5.04 2004 est.

203 Luxembourg 4.81 2004 est.

204 Canada 4.75 2004 est.

205 Guernsey 4.71 2004 est.

206 Liechtenstein 4.70 2004 est.

207 Australia 4.69 2004 est.

208 Belgium 4.68 2004 est.

209 Austria 4.66 2004 est.

210 Denmark 4.56 2004 est.

211 Slovenia 4.45 2004 est.

212 Spain 4.42 2004 est.

213 Macau 4.39 2004 est.

214 Switzerland 4.39 2004 est.

215 France 4.26 2004 est.

216 Germany 4.16 2004 est.

217 Andorra 4.05 2004 est.

218 Czech Republic 3.93 2004 est.

219 Malta 3.89 2004 est.

220 Norway 3.70 2004 est.

221 Finland 3.57 2004 est.

222 Iceland 3.31 2004 est.

223 Japan 3.26 2004 est.

224 Hong Kong 2.97 2004 est.

225 Sweden 2.77 2004 est.

226 Singapore 2.29 2004 est.

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Rank code: @2092

Rank Country Inflation rate (consumer prices)(%) Date of Information

1 Zimbabwe 384.70 2003 est. 2 Angola 76.60 2003 est. 3 Burma 49.70 2003 est. 4 Haiti 37.80 2003 est. 5 Venezuela 31.10 2003 est. 6 Iraq 29.30 2003 est. 7 Belarus 28.20 2003 est. 8 Dominican Republic 27.50 2003 est. 9 Ghana 26.70 2003 est. 10 Turkey 25.30 2003 est. 11 Zambia 21.40 2003 est. 12 Uruguay 19.40 2003 est. 13 Ethiopia 17.80 2003 est. 14 Suriname 17.00 2002 est. 15 Iran 16.40 2003 est. 16 Tajikistan 16.30 2003 est. 17 Laos 15.30 2003 est. 18 Romania 15.30 2003 19 Liberia 15.00 2003 est. 20 Guinea 14.80 2003 est. 21 Brazil 14.70 2003 22 Papua New Guinea 14.70 2003 est. 23 Paraguay 14.20 2003 est. 24 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 14.00 2003 est. 25 Mozambique 14.00 2003 est. 26 Gambia, The 14.00 2003 est. 27 Nigeria 13.80 2003 est. 28 Russia 13.70 2003 est. 29 Argentina 13.40 2003 30 Uzbekistan 13.10 2003 est. 31 Cyprus 12.60 2003 est. 32 Eritrea 12.30 2003 33 Moldova 11.60 2003 est. 34 Serbia and Montenegro 11.20 2003 est. 35 Yemen 10.80 2003 est. 36 Burundi 10.70 2003 est. 37 Jamaica 10.30 2003 est. 38 Tonga 10.30 2002 est. 39 Kenya 9.80 2003 est. 40 Malawi 9.50 2003 est. 41 Turkmenistan 9.50 2003 est. 42 Costa Rica 9.40 2003 est. 43 Botswana 9.20 2003 est. 44 Solomon Islands 9.00 2002 est. 45 Sao Tome and Principe 9.00 2003 est. 46 Sudan 8.80 2003 est. 47 Slovakia 8.60 2003 est. 48 Madagascar 8.00 2003 est. 49 East Timor 8.00 2003 est. 50 Ecuador 7.90 2003 est. 51 Uganda 7.90 2003 est. 52 Honduras 7.70 2003 est. 53 Rwanda 7.50 2003 est. 54 Namibia 7.30 2003 55 Swaziland 7.30 2003 est. 56 Colombia 7.10 2003 est. 57 Mauritania 7.00 2003 est. 58 Indonesia 6.60 2003 est. 59 Kazakhstan 6.60 2003 est. 60 Puerto Rico 6.50 2003 est. 61 Sri Lanka 6.30 2003 est. 62 Lesotho 6.10 2003 est. 63 Chad 6.00 2003 est. 64 Equatorial Guinea 6.00 2003 est. 65 South Africa 5.90 2003 est. 66 Guyana 5.70 2003 est. 67 Bangladesh 5.60 2003 est. 68 Slovenia 5.60 2003 est. 69 Guatemala 5.50 2003 est. 70 Nicaragua 5.30 2003 est. 71 Afghanistan 5.20 2003 72 Ukraine 5.20 2003 est. 73 Faroe Islands 5.10 1999 74 Tuvalu 5.00 2000 est. 75 Armenia 4.80 2003 est. 76 Georgia 4.80 2003 est. 77 Hungary 4.70 2003 est. 78 Jersey 4.70 1998 79 Mali 4.50 2002 est. 80 Mexico 4.50 2003 est. 81 Tanzania 4.40 2003 est. 82 Andorra 4.30 2000 83 Egypt 4.30 2003 est. 84 Mauritius 4.20 2003 est. 85 Cuba 4.10 2003 est. 86 Cyprus 4.10 2003 est. 87 Guernsey 4.00 2000 est. 88 Turks and Caicos Islands 4.00 1995 89 Guinea-Bissau 4.00 2002 est. 90 Samoa 4.00 2001 est. 91 Martinique 3.90 1990 92 India 3.80 2003 est. 93 Trinidad and Tobago 3.80 2003 est. 94 Central African Republic 3.60 2001 est. 95 Greece 3.60 2003 est. 96 Korea, South 3.60 2003 est. 97 Man, Isle of 3.60 March 2003 est. 98 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 3.60 1998 99 Algeria 3.50 2003 est. 100 Comoros 3.50 2001 est. 101 Kyrgyzstan 3.50 2003 est. 102 Ireland 3.50 2003 est. 103 Cote d'Ivoire 3.40 2003 est. 104 Palau 3.40 2000 est. 105 Bermuda 3.30 mid-2003 est. 106 San Marino 3.30 2001 107 Bolivia 3.30 2003 est. 108 Portugal 3.30 2003 est. 109 Seychelles 3.30 2003 est. 110 Aruba 3.20 2002 est. 111 United Arab Emirates 3.20 2003 est. 112 Saint Helena 3.20 1997 est. 113 Cook Islands 3.20 2000 est. 114 Philippines 3.10 2003 est. 115 Vietnam 3.10 2003 est. 116 Bhutan 3.00 2002 est. 117 Niger 3.00 2002 est. 118 Saint Lucia 3.00 2001 est. 119 Spain 3.00 2003 est. 120 Cape Verde 3.00 2003 121 Latvia 2.90 2003 est. 122 Nepal 2.90 2002 est. 123 Pakistan 2.90 2003 est. 124 Australia 2.80 2003 est. 125 Libya 2.80 2003 est. 126 Grenada 2.80 2001 est. 127 Cayman Islands 2.80 2002 128 Chile 2.80 2003 est. 129 Canada 2.80 2003 est. 130 Italy 2.70 2003 est. 131 Tunisia 2.70 2003 est. 132 Belize 2.60 2003 est. 133 Montserrat 2.60 2002 est. 134 Kiribati 2.50 2001 est. 135 Norway 2.50 2003 est. 136 British Virgin Islands 2.50 2002 137 Lebanon 2.50 2003 est. 138 Albania 2.40 2003 139 Congo, Republic of the 2.40 2003 est. 140 Jordan 2.40 2003 est. 141 Anguilla 2.30 142 Bulgaria 2.30 2003 est. 143 United States 2.30 2003 144 Qatar 2.30 2003 145 Peru 2.30 2003 est. 146 Cameroon 2.30 2003 est. 147 Gaza Strip 2.20 2001 est. 148 Virgin Islands 2.20 2003 149 West Bank 2.20 2001 est. 150 Azerbaijan 2.10 2003 est. 151 El Salvador 2.10 2003 est. 152 Denmark 2.10 2003 est. 153 France 2.10 2003 est. 154 Iceland 2.10 2003 est. 155 Netherlands 2.10 2003 est. 156 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2.10 1991-96 average 157 Netherlands Antilles 2.10 2003 est. 158 Djibouti 2.00 2002 est. 159 Luxembourg 2.00 2003 est. 160 Vanuatu 2.00 2002 est. 161 European Union 2.00 2004 est. 162 Marshall Islands 2.00 2001 est. 163 Sweden 1.90 2003 est. 164 Burkina Faso 1.90 2003 est. 165 Croatia 1.80 2003 est. 166 Thailand 1.80 2003 est. 167 New Zealand 1.80 2003 est. 168 Bahamas, The 1.70 2002 est. 169 Cambodia 1.70 2003 est. 170 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.70 2001 est. 171 Belgium 1.60 2003 est. 172 Greenland 1.60 1999 est. 173 Fiji 1.60 2002 est. 174 Benin 1.50 2003 est. 175 French Polynesia 1.50 2002 est. 176 Syria 1.50 2003 est. 177 French Guiana 1.50 2002 est. 178 Gibraltar 1.50 1998 179 Mongolia 1.50 2002 est. 180 Austria 1.40 2003 est. 181 United Kingdom 1.40 2003 est. 182 Panama 1.40 2003 est. 183 Estonia 1.30 2003 est. 184 China 1.20 2003 est. 185 Kuwait 1.20 2003 est. 186 Morocco 1.20 2003 est. 187 Macedonia 1.20 2003 est. 188 Northern Mariana Islands 1.20 1997 est. 189 Germany 1.10 2003 est. 190 Malaysia 1.10 2003 est. 191 Dominica 1.00 2001 est. 192 Sierra Leone 1.00 2002 est. 193 Niue 1.00 1995 194 Maldives 1.00 2002 est. 195 Liechtenstein 1.00 2001 196 Micronesia, Federated States of 1.00 2002 est. 197 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.90 2003 est. 198 Finland 0.90 2003 est. 199 Israel 0.70 2003 est. 200 Poland 0.70 2003 est. 201 Switzerland 0.60 2003 est. 202 Gabon 0.50 2003 est. 203 Saudi Arabia 0.50 2003 est. 204 Singapore 0.50 2003 est. 205 Antigua and Barbuda 0.40 2000 est. 206 Malta 0.40 2003 est. 207 Czech Republic 0.10 2003 est. 208 Guam 0.00 1999 est. 209 Senegal 0.00 2003 est. 210 Bahrain -0.20 2003 est. 211 Japan -0.30 2003 est. 212 Oman -0.30 2003 est. 213 Taiwan -0.30 2003 est. 214 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.40 2001 est. 215 Barbados -0.50 2003 est. 216 New Caledonia -0.60 2000 est. 217 Togo -1.00 2003 est. 218 Lithuania -1.20 2003 est. 219 Brunei -2.00 2002 est. 220 Hong Kong -2.60 2003 est. 221 Macau -2.60 2003 est. 222 Nauru -3.60 1993

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Rank code: @2095

Rank Country Labor force Date of Information

1 China 778,100,000 2003 est. 2 India 472,000,000 2003 3 European Union 211,100,000 4 United States 147,400,000 2003 5 Indonesia 105,700,000 2003 6 Brazil 82,590,000 2003 est. 7 Russia 71,680,000 2003 est. 8 Japan 66,660,000 2003 9 Bangladesh 64,020,000 2003 10 Nigeria 54,360,000 2003 est. 11 Vietnam 45,740,000 2003 est. 12 Pakistan 43,980,000 2003 13 Germany 42,630,000 2003 14 Thailand 34,900,000 2003 est. 15 Philippines 34,560,000 2003 16 Mexico 34,110,000 2003 17 United Kingdom 29,600,000 2003 18 France 27,390,000 2003 est. 19 Italy 24,150,000 2003 est. 20 Turkey 23,790,000 2003 21 Korea, South 22,920,000 2003 22 Iran 22,320,000 2003 est. 23 Burma 22,140,000 2003 est. 24 Ukraine 21,290,000 2003 25 Colombia 20,340,000 2003 est. 26 Egypt 20,190,000 2003 est. 27 Spain 18,820,000 2003 28 Tanzania 18,560,000 2003 29 Canada 17,040,000 2003 est. 30 Poland 16,920,000 2003 est. 31 South Africa 16,350,000 2003 32 Argentina 14,920,000 2003 33 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 14,510,000 1993 est. 34 Uzbekistan 14,200,000 2003 est. 35 Uganda 12,090,000 2003 est. 36 Afghanistan 11,800,000 2001 est. 37 Kenya 11,450,000 2003 est. 38 Venezuela 11,380,000 2003 39 Sudan 11,000,000 1996 est. 40 Morocco 10,840,000 2003 41 Malaysia 10,260,000 2003 est. 42 Australia 10,190,000 37256 43 Taiwan 10,080,000 2003 44 Ghana 10,000,000 2003 est. 45 Nepal 10,000,000 1996 est. 46 Algeria 9,600,000 2003 47 Korea, North 9,600,000 48 Romania 9,280,000 2003 est. 49 Mozambique 9,200,000 2000 est. 50 Peru 8,630,000 2003 est. 51 Iraq 7,800,000 2004 est. 52 Kazakhstan 7,634,000 2003 53 Netherlands 7,460,000 2003 54 Madagascar 7,300,000 2000 55 Sri Lanka 7,170,000 2003 56 Cambodia 7,000,000 2003 est. 57 Cote d'Ivoire 6,640,000 2003 58 Cameroon 6,490,000 2003 59 Saudi Arabia 6,430,000 2003 60 Chile 6,000,000 2003 est. 61 Yemen 5,790,000 2003 est. 62 Angola 5,570,000 2003 est. 63 Portugal 5,409,000 2003 64 Czech Republic 5,250,000 2003 est. 65 Burkina Faso 5,000,000 2003 66 Azerbaijan 4,990,000 2003 67 Syria 4,970,000 2003 est. 68 Belarus 4,800,000 2000 est. 69 Belgium 4,730,000 2003 70 Senegal 4,620,000 2003 71 Rwanda 4,600,000 2000 72 Zambia 4,590,000 2003 73 Cuba 4,580,000 2003 est. 74 Malawi 4,500,000 2001 est. 75 Sweden 4,449,000 2003 est. 76 Greece 4,390,000 2003 est. 77 Ecuador 4,360,000 2003 78 Zimbabwe 4,170,000 2003 est. 79 Hungary 4,164,000 2003 80 Bolivia 4,100,000 2003 81 Mali 3,930,000 2001 est. 82 Guatemala 3,840,000 2003 est. 83 Switzerland 3,720,000 2003 84 Somalia 3,700,000 85 Haiti 3,600,000 1995 86 Hong Kong 3,500,000 2003 est. 87 Tunisia 3,461,000 2003 est. 88 Austria 3,425,000 2003 89 Bulgaria 3,333,000 2003 est. 90 Papua New Guinea 3,250,000 2003 91 Tajikistan 3,187,000 2000 92 Guinea 3,000,000 1999 93 Burundi 2,990,000 2002 94 Serbia and Montenegro 2,930,000 2003 est. 95 Denmark 2,863,000 2003 est. 96 Kyrgyzstan 2,700,000 2000 97 El Salvador 2,620,000 2003 98 Israel 2,610,000 2003 est. 99 Laos 2,600,000 2001 est. 100 Finland 2,599,000 2003 est. 101 Slovakia 2,580,000 2003 102 Honduras 2,410,000 2003 est. 103 Norway 2,380,000 2003 est. 104 Turkmenistan 2,340,000 1996 105 Singapore 2,200,000 2003 106 United Arab Emirates 2,160,000 2003 107 Paraguay 2,150,000 2003 est. 108 Georgia 2,100,000 2001 est. 109 New Zealand 2,008,000 2003 est. 110 Nicaragua 1,910,000 2003 111 Ireland 1,871,000 2003 112 Costa Rica 1,758,000 2003 113 Togo 1,740,000 1996 114 Croatia 1,690,000 2003 115 Lithuania 1,642,000 2003 est. 116 Uruguay 1,560,000 2003 117 Libya 1,510,000 2003 est. 118 Lebanon 1,500,000 2001 est. 119 Armenia 1,400,000 2001 120 Mongolia 1,400,000 2001 121 Moldova 1,383,000 2003 122 Kuwait 1,380,000 2003 est. 123 Sierra Leone 1,369,000 1981 est. 124 Jordan 1,360,000 2003 125 Albania 1,350,000 2003 est. 126 Puerto Rico 1,300,000 2000 127 Panama 1,190,000 2003 est. 128 Latvia 1,180,000 2003 est. 129 Jamaica 1,130,000 2003 130 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,026,000 2001 131 Oman 920,000 2002 est. 132 Slovenia 875,000 2003 133 Macedonia 860,000 2003 est. 134 Lesotho 838,000 2000 135 Mauritania 786,000 2001 136 Namibia 760,000 2003 137 Estonia 654,000 2003 est. 138 Gabon 610,000 2003 139 Trinidad and Tobago 590,000 2003 140 Mauritius 560,000 2003 141 Guinea-Bissau 480,000 1999 142 Guyana 418,000 2001 est. 143 Gambia, The 400,000 1996 144 Swaziland 383,200 2000 145 Bahrain 350,000 2003 est. 146 Cyprus 330,000 2003 147 Reunion 309,900 2000 148 Djibouti 282,000 2000 149 Botswana 264,000 2000 150 Macau 214,000 2002 151 Luxembourg 200,000 2003 152 Martinique 165,900 1998 153 Iceland 160,000 2003 154 Malta 160,000 2002 est. 155 Bahamas, The 156,000 1999 156 Comoros 144,500 1996 est. 157 Brunei 143,400 1999 est. 158 Qatar 140,000 2003 est. 159 Fiji 137,000 1999 160 Barbados 128,500 2001 est. 161 Guadeloupe 125,900 1997 162 Suriname 100,000 163 Belize 90,000 2001 est. 164 Samoa 90,000 2000 est. 165 Netherlands Antilles 89,000 2000 166 Maldives 88,000 2000 167 New Caledonia 79,400 168 French Polynesia 70,000 1996 169 Niger 70,000 2002 est. 170 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 67,000 1984 est. 171 Guam 60,000 2000 est. 172 French Guiana 58,800 1997 173 Jersey 57,050 1996 174 Virgin Islands 48,900 2003 est. 175 Mayotte 48,800 2000 176 Saint Lucia 43,800 2001 est. 177 Grenada 42,300 1996 178 Aruba 41,500 1997 est. 179 Bermuda 37,470 2000 180 Man, Isle of 36,610 1998 181 Tonga 33,910 1996 182 Andorra 33,000 2001 est. 183 Guernsey 31,320 2000 184 Seychelles 30,900 1996 185 Monaco 30,540 January 1994 186 Antigua and Barbuda 30,000 187 Liechtenstein 29,000 31 December 2001 188 Marshall Islands 28,700 1996 est. 189 Solomon Islands 26,840 1999 190 Dominica 25,000 1999 est. 191 Greenland 24,500 1999 est. 192 Faroe Islands 24,250 October 2000 193 Cayman Islands 19,820 1995 194 San Marino 18,500 1999 195 Saint Kitts and Nevis 18,170 June 1995 196 Gibraltar 14,800 1999 197 American Samoa 14,000 1996 198 Western Sahara 12,000 199 Palau 9,845 2000 200 Cook Islands 8,000 1996 201 Kiribati 7,870 2001 est. 202 Tuvalu 7,000 2001 est. 203 Anguilla 6,049 2001 204 Northern Mariana Islands 6,006 June 1995 205 British Virgin Islands 4,911 1980 206 Turks and Caicos Islands 4,848 1990 est. 207 Montserrat 4,521 2000 est. 208 Saint Helena 3,500 1998 est. 209 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3,261 1999 210 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,100 211 Pitcairn Islands 12 1997

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Rank code: @2102

Rank Country Life expectancy at birth(years) Date of Information

1 Andorra 83.51 2004 est.

2 Macau 82.03 2004 est.

3 San Marino 81.62 2004 est.

4 Singapore 81.62 2004 est.

5 Hong Kong 81.39 2004 est.

6 Japan 81.15 2004 est.

7 Sweden 80.40 2004 est.

8 Australia 80.39 2004 est.

9 Switzerland 80.39 2004 est.

10 Guernsey 80.30 2004 est.

11 Iceland 80.19 2004 est.

12 Canada 80.10 2004 est.

13 Cayman Islands 79.95 2004 est.

14 Italy 79.68 2004 est.

15 Gibraltar 79.67 2004 est.

16 France 79.60 2004 est.

17 Monaco 79.57 2004 est.

18 Liechtenstein 79.55 2004 est.

19 Spain 79.52 2004 est.

20 Norway 79.40 2004 est.

21 Israel 79.32 2004 est.

22 Jersey 79.24 2004 est.

23 Faroe Islands 79.21 2004 est.

24 Aruba 79.14 2004 est.

25 Greece 79.09 2004 est.

26 Martinique 79.04 2004 est.

27 Austria 78.92 2004 est.

28 Virgin Islands 78.91 2004 est.

29 Malta 78.86 2004 est.

30 Netherlands 78.81 2004 est.

31 Luxembourg 78.74 2004 est.

32 Montserrat 78.71 2004 est.

33 New Zealand 78.66 2004 est.

34 Germany 78.65 2004 est.

35 Belgium 78.62 2004 est.

36 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 78.46 2004 est.

37 Guam 78.40 2004 est.

38 United Kingdom 78.38 2004 est.

39 Finland 78.35 2004 est.

40 Man, Isle of 78.34 2004 est.

41 Jordan 78.24 2004 est.

42 European Union 78.10 July 2004 est.

43 Guadeloupe 77.90 2004 est.

44 Bermuda 77.79 2004 est.

45 Saint Helena 77.76 2004 est.

46 United States 77.71 2004 est.

47 Cyprus 77.65 2004 est.

48 Denmark 77.62 2004 est.

49 Puerto Rico 77.62 2004 est.

50 Ireland 77.56 2004 est.

51 Portugal 77.53 2004 est.

52 Taiwan 77.26 2004 est.

53 Albania 77.24 2004 est.

54 Cuba 77.23 2004 est.

55 Anguilla 77.11 2004 est.

56 French Guiana 77.09 2004 est.

57 Kuwait 77.03 2004 est.

58 Costa Rica 76.84 2004 est.

59 Chile 76.58 2004 est.

60 Libya 76.50 2004 est.

61 Jamaica 76.29 2004 est.

62 British Virgin Islands 76.27 2004 est.

63 Ecuador 76.21 2004 est.

64 Slovenia 76.14 2004 est.

65 Uruguay 76.13 2004 est.

66 Czech Republic 76.02 2004 est.

67 Argentina 75.91 2004 est.

68 French Polynesia 75.90 2004 est.

69 Northern Mariana Islands 75.88 2004 est.

70 Georgia 75.88 2004 est.

71 American Samoa 75.84 2004 est.

72 Netherlands Antilles 75.83 2004 est.

73 Korea, South 75.82 2004 est.

74 Saudi Arabia 75.46 2004 est.

75 United Arab Emirates 75.24 2004 est.

76 Mexico 75.19 2004 est.

77 Paraguay 74.89 2004 est.

78 Tunisia 74.89 2004 est.

79 Brunei 74.80 2004 est.

80 Serbia and Montenegro 74.73 2004 est.

81 Dominica 74.65 2004 est.

82 Turks and Caicos Islands 74.51 2004 est.

83 Slovakia 74.50 2004 est.

84 Croatia 74.45 2004 est.

85 Poland 74.41 2004 est.

86 Venezuela 74.31 2004 est.

87 Bahrain 74.23 2004 est.

88 New Caledonia 74.04 2004 est.

89 Lithuania 73.97 2004 est.

90 Reunion 73.95 2004 est.

91 Macedonia 73.73 2004 est.

92 Qatar 73.67 2004 est.

93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 73.62 2004 est.

94 Saint Lucia 73.61 2004 est.

95 Sri Lanka 73.17 2004 est.

96 Oman 73.13 2004 est.

97 West Bank 73.08 2004 est.

98 Algeria 73.00 2004 est.

99 Bosnia and Herzegovina 72.85 2004 est.

100 Solomon Islands 72.66 2004 est.

101 Lebanon 72.63 2004 est.

102 Hungary 72.40 2004 est.

103 Mauritius 72.38 2004 est.

104 Turkey 72.36 2004 est.

105 China 72.27 2004 est.

106 Malaysia 72.24 2004 est.

107 Saint Kitts and Nevis 72.15 2004 est.

108 Bulgaria 72.03 2004 est.

109 Panama 71.94 2004 est.

110 Antigua and Barbuda 71.90 2004 est.

111 Seychelles 71.82 2004 est.

112 Gaza Strip 71.79 2004 est.

113 Estonia 71.77 2004 est.

114 Colombia 71.72 2004 est.

115 Brazil 71.69 2004 est.

116 Thailand 71.57 2004 est.

117 Armenia 71.55 2004 est.

118 Barbados 71.41 2004 est.

119 Korea, North 71.37 2004 est.

120 Romania 71.35 2004 est.

121 El Salvador 71.22 2004 est.

122 Latvia 71.05 2004 est.

123 Egypt 71.00 2004 est.

124 Samoa 70.72 2004 est.

125 Morocco 70.66 2004 est.

126 Vietnam 70.61 2004 est.

127 Cape Verde 70.45 2004 est.

128 Nicaragua 70.33 2004 est.

129 Palau 70.14 2004 est.

130 Syria 70.03 2004 est.

131 Marshall Islands 70.01 2004 est.

132 Iran 69.96 2004 est.

133 Philippines 69.91 2004 est.

134 Micronesia, Federated States of 69.75 2004 est.

135 Greenland 69.65 2004 est.

136 Indonesia 69.57 2004 est.

137 Fiji 69.53 2004 est.

138 Peru 69.53 2004 est.

139 Tonga 69.53 2004 est.

140 Suriname 68.96 2004 est.

141 Trinidad and Tobago 68.91 2004 est.

142 Belarus 68.72 2004 est.

143 Iraq 68.70 2004 est.

144 Kyrgyzstan 68.16 2004 est.

145 Tuvalu 68.01 2004 est.

146 Belize 67.49 2004 est.

147 Dominican Republic 67.26 2004 est.

148 Russia 67.10 2004 est.

149 Sao Tome and Principe 66.99 2004 est.

150 Ukraine 66.85 2004 est.

151 Kazakhstan 66.55 2004 est.

152 East Timor 65.90 2004 est.

153 Honduras 65.60 2004 est.

154 Bahamas, The 65.54 2004 est.

155 Bolivia 65.50 2004 est.

156 Guyana 65.50 2004 est.

157 Moldova 65.18 2004 est.

158 Guatemala 65.14 2004 est.

159 Papua New Guinea 64.93 2004 est.

160 Tajikistan 64.56 2004 est.

161 Grenada 64.53 2004 est.

162 Mongolia 64.52 2004 est.

163 India 64.35 2004 est.

164 Uzbekistan 64.19 2004 est.

165 World 64.11 2004 est.

166 Maldives 64.06 2004 est.

167 Azerbaijan 63.35 2004 est.

168 Pakistan 63.00 2004 est.

169 Nauru 62.73 2004 est.

170 Vanuatu 62.49 2004 est.

171 Bangladesh 62.08 2004 est.

172 Comoros 61.96 2004 est.

173 Yemen 61.75 2004 est.

174 Kiribati 61.71 2004 est.

175 Mayotte 61.39 2004 est.

176 Turkmenistan 61.39 2004 est.

177 Nepal 59.80 2004 est.

178 Cambodia 58.87 2004 est.

179 Sudan 58.54 2004 est.

180 Madagascar 56.95 2004 est.

181 Senegal 56.75 2004 est.

182 Burma 56.22 2004 est.

183 Ghana 56.00 2004 est.

184 Gabon 55.75 2004 est.

185 Equatorial Guinea 55.56 2004 est.

186 Gambia, The 55.20 2004 est.

187 Laos 55.08 2004 est.

188 Bhutan 54.39 2004 est.

189 Haiti 52.92 2004 est.

190 Mauritania 52.73 2004 est.

191 Togo 52.64 2004 est.

192 Eritrea 52.16 2004 est.

193 Uganda 51.59 2004 est.

194 Benin 50.51 2004 est.

195 Guinea 49.86 2004 est.

196 Congo, Republic of the 49.51 2004 est.

197 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 49.14 2004 est.

198 Ethiopia 48.83 2004 est.

199 Cote d'Ivoire 48.62 2004 est.

200 Somalia 48.09 2004 est.

201 Kenya 47.99 2004 est.

202 Chad 47.94 2004 est.

203 Cameroon 47.84 2004 est.

204 Liberia 47.69 2004 est.

205 Guinea-Bissau 46.97 2004 est.

206 Rwanda 46.96 2004 est.

207 Nigeria 46.74 2004 est.

208 Tanzania 45.24 2004 est.

209 Mali 45.09 2004 est.

210 Namibia 43.93 2004 est.

211 Burkina Faso 43.92 2004 est.

212 Burundi 43.50 2004 est.

213 South Africa 43.27 2004 est.

214 Djibouti 43.10 2004 est.

215 Afghanistan 42.90 2004 est.

216 Sierra Leone 42.52 2004 est.

217 Niger 42.13 2004 est.

218 Central African Republic 41.01 2004 est.

219 Mozambique 40.32 2004 est.

220 Zambia 39.70 2004 est.

221 Malawi 36.97 2004 est.

222 Lesotho 36.68 2004 est.

223 Zimbabwe 36.67 2004 est.

224 Angola 36.61 2004 est.

225 Swaziland 35.65 2004 est.

226 Botswana 33.87 2004 est.

This file was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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Rank code: @2119

Rank Country Population Date of Information

1 World 6,372,797,742 July 2005 est. 2 China 1,306,313,812 July 2005 est. 3 India 1,080,264,388 July 2005 est. 4 European Union 456,285,839 July 2005 est. 5 United States 295,734,134 July 2005 est. 6 Indonesia 241,973,879 July 2005 est. 7 Brazil 186,112,794 July 2005 est. 8 Pakistan 162,419,946 July 2005 est. 9 Bangladesh 144,319,628 July 2005 est. 10 Russia 143,420,309 July 2005 est. 11 Nigeria 128,771,988 July 2005 est. 12 Japan 127,417,244 July 2005 est. 13 Mexico 106,202,903 July 2005 est. 14 Philippines 87,857,473 July 2005 est. 15 Vietnam 83,535,576 July 2005 est. 16 Germany 82,431,390 July 2005 est. 17 Egypt 77,505,756 July 2005 est. 18 Ethiopia 73,053,286 July 2005 est. 19 Turkey 69,660,559 July 2005 est. 20 Iran 68,017,860 July 2005 est. 21 Thailand 65,444,371 July 2005 est. 22 France 60,656,178 July 2005 est. 23 United Kingdom 60,441,457 July 2005 est. 24 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 58,317,930 July 2005 est. 25 Italy 58,103,033 July 2005 est. 26 Korea, South 48,422,644 July 2005 est. 27 Ukraine 47,425,336 July 2005 est. 28 South Africa 44,344,136 July 2005 est. 29 Colombia 42,954,279 July 2005 est. 30 Burma 42,909,464 July 2005 est. 31 Spain 40,341,462 July 2005 est. 32 Sudan 40,187,486 July 2005 est. 33 Argentina 39,537,943 July 2005 est. 34 Poland 38,635,144 July 2005 est. 35 Tanzania 36,766,356 July 2005 est. 36 Kenya 33,829,590 July 2005 est. 37 Canada 32,805,041 July 2005 est. 38 Morocco 32,725,847 July 2005 est. 39 Algeria 32,531,853 July 2005 est. 40 Afghanistan 29,928,987 July 2005 est. 41 Peru 27,925,628 July 2005 est. 42 Nepal 27,676,547 July 2005 est. 43 Uganda 27,269,482 July 2005 est. 44 Uzbekistan 26,851,195 July 2005 est. 45 Saudi Arabia 26,417,599 July 2005 est. 46 Iraq 26,074,906 July 2005 est. 47 Venezuela 25,375,281 July 2005 est. 48 Malaysia 23,953,136 July 2005 est. 49 Korea, North 22,912,177 July 2005 est. 50 Taiwan 22,894,384 July 2005 est. 51 Romania 22,329,977 July 2005 est. 52 Ghana 21,029,853 July 2005 est. 53 Yemen 20,727,063 July 2005 est. 54 Australia 20,090,437 July 2005 est. 55 Sri Lanka 20,064,776 July 2005 est. 56 Mozambique 19,406,703 July 2005 est. 57 Syria 18,448,752 July 2005 est. 58 Madagascar 18,040,341 July 2005 est. 59 Cote d'Ivoire 17,298,040 July 2005 est. 60 Netherlands 16,407,491 July 2005 est. 61 Cameroon 16,380,005 July 2005 est. 62 Chile 15,980,912 July 2005 est. 63 Kazakhstan 15,185,844 July 2005 est. 64 Guatemala 14,655,189 July 2005 est. 65 Burkina Faso 13,925,313 July 2005 est. 66 Cambodia 13,607,069 July 2005 est. 67 Ecuador 13,363,593 July 2005 est. 68 Zimbabwe 12,746,990 July 2005 est. 69 Mali 12,291,529 July 2005 est. 70 Malawi 12,158,924 July 2005 est. 71 Niger 11,665,937 July 2005 est. 72 Cuba 11,346,670 July 2005 est. 73 Zambia 11,261,795 July 2005 est. 74 Angola 11,190,786 July 2005 est. 75 Senegal 11,126,832 July 2005 est. 76 Serbia and Montenegro 10,829,175 July 2005 est. 77 Greece 10,668,354 July 2005 est. 78 Portugal 10,566,212 July 2005 est. 79 Belgium 10,364,388 July 2005 est. 80 Belarus 10,300,483 July 2005 est. 81 Czech Republic 10,241,138 July 2005 est. 82 Tunisia 10,074,951 July 2005 est. 83 Hungary 10,006,835 July 2005 est. 84 Chad 9,826,419 July 2005 est. 85 Guinea 9,467,866 July 2005 est. 86 Sweden 9,001,774 July 2005 est. 87 Dominican Republic 8,950,034 July 2005 est. 88 Bolivia 8,857,870 July 2005 est. 89 Somalia 8,591,629 July 2005 est. 90 Rwanda 8,440,820 July 2005 est. 91 Austria 8,184,691 July 2005 est. 92 Haiti 8,121,622 July 2005 est. 93 Azerbaijan 7,911,974 July 2005 est. 94 Switzerland 7,489,370 July 2005 est. 95 Benin 7,460,025 July 2005 est. 96 Bulgaria 7,450,349 July 2005 est. 97 Tajikistan 7,163,506 July 2005 est. 98 Honduras 6,975,204 July 2005 est. 99 Hong Kong 6,855,125 July 2005 est. 100 El Salvador 6,704,932 July 2005 est. 101 Burundi 6,370,609 July 2005 est. 102 Paraguay 6,347,884 July 2005 est. 103 Israel 6,276,883 July 2005 est. 104 Laos 6,217,141 July 2005 est. 105 Sierra Leone 6,017,643 July 2005 est. 106 Libya 5,765,563 July 2005 est. 107 Jordan 5,759,732 July 2005 est. 108 Togo 5,681,519 July 2005 est. 109 Papua New Guinea 5,545,268 July 2005 est. 110 Nicaragua 5,465,100 July 2005 est. 111 Denmark 5,432,335 July 2005 est. 112 Slovakia 5,431,363 July 2005 est. 113 Finland 5,223,442 July 2005 est. 114 Kyrgyzstan 5,146,281 July 2005 est. 115 Turkmenistan 4,952,081 July 2005 est. 116 Georgia 4,677,401 July 2005 est. 117 Norway 4,593,041 July 2005 est. 118 Eritrea 4,561,599 July 2005 est. 119 Croatia 4,495,904 July 2005 est. 120 Moldova 4,455,421 July 2005 est. 121 Singapore 4,425,720 July 2005 est. 122 New Zealand 4,035,461 July 2005 est. 123 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,025,476 July 2005 est. 124 Costa Rica 4,016,173 July 2005 est. 125 Ireland 4,015,676 July 2005 est. 126 Puerto Rico 3,916,632 July 2005 est. 127 Lebanon 3,826,018 July 2005 est. 128 Central African Republic 3,799,897 July 2005 est. 129 Lithuania 3,596,617 July 2005 est. 130 Albania 3,563,112 July 2005 est. 131 Liberia 3,482,211 July 2005 est. 132 Uruguay 3,415,920 July 2005 est. 133 Mauritania 3,086,859 July 2005 est. 134 Panama 3,039,150 July 2005 est. 135 Oman 3,001,583 July 2005 est. 136 Congo, Republic of the 2,998,040 July 2005 est. 137 Armenia 2,982,904 July 2005 est. 138 Mongolia 2,791,272 July 2005 est. 139 Jamaica 2,731,832 July 2005 est. 140 United Arab Emirates 2,563,212 July 2005 est. 141 West Bank 2,385,615 142 Kuwait 2,335,648 July 2005 est. 143 Latvia 2,290,237 July 2005 est. 144 Bhutan 2,232,291 July 2005 est. 145 Macedonia 2,045,262 July 2005 est. 146 Namibia 2,030,692 July 2005 est. 147 Slovenia 2,011,070 July 2005 est. 148 Lesotho 1,867,035 July 2005 est. 149 Botswana 1,640,115 July 2005 est. 150 Gambia, The 1,593,256 July 2005 est. 151 Guinea-Bissau 1,416,027 July 2005 est. 152 Gabon 1,389,201 July 2005 est. 153 Gaza Strip 1,376,289 July 2005 est. 154 Estonia 1,332,893 July 2005 est. 155 Mauritius 1,230,602 July 2005 est. 156 Swaziland 1,173,900 July 2005 est. 157 Trinidad and Tobago 1,088,644 July 2005 est. 158 East Timor 1,040,880 July 2005 est. 159 Fiji 893,354 July 2005 est. 160 Qatar 863,051 July 2005 est. 161 Cyprus 780,133 July 2005 est. 162 Reunion 776,948 July 2005 est. 163 Guyana 765,283 July 2005 est. 164 Bahrain 688,345 July 2005 est. 165 Comoros 671,247 July 2005 est. 166 Solomon Islands 538,032 July 2005 est. 167 Equatorial Guinea 535,881 July 2005 est. 168 Djibouti 476,703 July 2005 est. 169 Luxembourg 468,571 July 2005 est. 170 Guadeloupe 448,713 July 2005 est. 171 Macau 445,286 July 2005 est. 172 Suriname 438,144 July 2005 est. 173 Martinique 432,900 July 2005 est. 174 Cape Verde 418,224 July 2005 est. 175 Malta 398,534 July 2005 est. 176 Brunei 372,361 July 2005 est. 177 Maldives 349,106 July 2005 est. 178 Bahamas, The 301,790 July 2005 est. 179 Iceland 296,737 July 2005 est. 180 Belize 279,457 July 2005 est. 181 Barbados 279,254 July 2005 est. 182 Western Sahara 273,008 July 2005 est. 183 French Polynesia 270,485 July 2005 est. 184 Netherlands Antilles 219,958 July 2005 est. 185 New Caledonia 216,494 July 2005 est. 186 Vanuatu 205,754 July 2005 est. 187 French Guiana 195,506 July 2005 est. 188 Mayotte 193,633 July 2005 est. 189 Sao Tome and Principe 187,410 July 2005 est. 190 Samoa 177,287 July 2005 est. 191 Guam 168,564 July 2005 est. 192 Saint Lucia 166,312 July 2005 est. 193 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 117,534 July 2005 est. 194 Tonga 112,422 July 2005 est. 195 Virgin Islands 108,708 July 2005 est. 196 Micronesia, Federated States of 108,105 July 2005 est. 197 Kiribati 103,092 July 2005 est. 198 Jersey 90,812 July 2005 est. 199 Grenada 89,502 July 2005 est. 200 Seychelles 81,188 July 2005 est. 201 Northern Mariana Islands 80,362 July 2005 est. 202 Man, Isle of 75,049 July 2005 est. 203 Aruba 71,566 July 2005 est. 204 Andorra 70,549 July 2005 est. 205 Dominica 69,029 July 2005 est. 206 Antigua and Barbuda 68,722 July 2005 est. 207 Bermuda 65,365 July 2005 est. 208 Guernsey 65,228 July 2005 est. 209 Marshall Islands 59,071 July 2005 est. 210 American Samoa 57,881 July 2005 est. 211 Greenland 56,375 July 2005 est. 212 Faroe Islands 46,962 July 2005 est. 213 Cayman Islands 44,270 July 2005 est. 214 Saint Kitts and Nevis 38,958 July 2005 est. 215 Liechtenstein 33,717 July 2005 est. 216 Monaco 32,409 July 2005 est. 217 San Marino 28,880 July 2005 est. 218 Gibraltar 27,884 July 2005 est. 219 British Virgin Islands 22,187 July 2005 est. 220 Cook Islands 21,388 July 2005 est. 221 Turks and Caicos Islands 20,556 July 2005 est. 222 Palau 20,303 July 2005 est. 223 Wallis and Futuna 16,025 July 2005 est. 224 Anguilla 13,254 July 2005 est. 225 Nauru 13,048 July 2005 est. 226 Tuvalu 11,636 July 2005 est. 227 Montserrat 9,341 July 2005 est. 228 Saint Helena 7,460 July 2005 est. 229 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 7,012 July 2005 est. 230 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2,967 July 2005 est. 231 Svalbard 2,701 July 2005 est. 232 Niue 2,166 July 2005 est. 233 Norfolk Island 1,828 July 2005 est. 234 Tokelau 1,405 July 2005 est. 235 Holy See (Vatican City) 921 July 2005 est. 236 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 628 July 2005 est. 237 Johnston Atoll 361 July 2005 est. 238 Christmas Island 361 July 2005 est. 239 Pitcairn Islands 46 July 2005 est.

This file was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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Rank code: @2121

Rank Country Railways(km) Date of Information

1 World 1,115,205 2003 2 United States 228,464 2003 3 European Union 222,293 2003 4 Russia 87,157 2003 5 China 70,058 2003 6 India 63,140 2003 7 Canada 48,909 2003 8 Germany 46,039 2003 9 Australia 44,015 2003 10 Argentina 34,091 2003 11 France 32,175 2003 12 Brazil 29,412 2003 13 Poland 23,852 2003 14 Japan 23,705 2003 15 Ukraine 22,473 2003 16 South Africa 22,298 2003 17 Mexico 19,510 2003 18 Italy 19,507 2003 19 United Kingdom 17,186 2003 20 Spain 14,268 2003 21 Kazakhstan 13,601 2003 22 Sweden 11,481 2003 23 Romania 11,385 2003 24 Czech Republic 9,520 2003 25 Turkey 8,671 2003 26 Pakistan 8,163 2003 27 Hungary 7,937 2003 28 Iran 7,203 2003 29 Chile 6,585 2003 30 Indonesia 6,458 2003 31 Austria 6,021 2003 32 Sudan 5,978 2003 33 Finland 5,851 2003 34 Belarus 5,523 2003 35 Korea, North 5,214 2003 36 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5,138 2003 37 Egypt 5,063 2003 38 Switzerland 4,533 2003 39 Serbia and Montenegro 4,380 2003 40 Bulgaria 4,294 2003 41 Cuba 4,226 2003 42 Norway 4,077 2003 43 Thailand 4,071 2003 44 Algeria 3,973 2003 45 Burma 3,955 2003 46 Uzbekistan 3,950 2003 47 New Zealand 3,898 2003 48 Tanzania 3,690 2003 49 Slovakia 3,661 2003 50 Nigeria 3,557 2003 51 Bolivia 3,519 2003 52 Belgium 3,518 2003 53 Peru 3,462 2003 54 Ireland 3,312 2003 55 Colombia 3,304 2003 56 Korea, South 3,125 2003 57 Mozambique 3,123 2003 58 Zimbabwe 3,077 2003 59 Denmark 3,002 2003 60 Azerbaijan 2,957 2003 61 Portugal 2,850 2003 62 Netherlands 2,808 2003 63 Kenya 2,778 2003 64 Angola 2,761 2003 65 Croatia 2,726 2003 66 Syria 2,711 2003 67 Bangladesh 2,706 2003 68 Vietnam 2,600 2003 69 Greece 2,571 2003 70 Taiwan 2,544 2003 71 Turkmenistan 2,440 2003 72 Malaysia 2,418 2003 73 Namibia 2,382 2003 74 Latvia 2,303 2003 75 Zambia 2,173 2003 76 Tunisia 2,152 2003 77 Uruguay 2,073 2003 78 Lithuania 1,998 2003 79 Iraq 1,963 2003 80 Morocco 1,907 2003 81 Dominican Republic 1,743 2003 82 Georgia 1,612 2003 83 Sri Lanka 1,449 2003 84 Saudi Arabia 1,392 2003 85 Uganda 1,241 2003 86 Slovenia 1,201 2003 87 Moldova 1,138 2003 88 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,021 2003 89 Cameroon 1,008 2003 90 Ecuador 966 2003 91 Estonia 958 2003 92 Ghana 953 2003 93 Costa Rica 950 2003 94 Senegal 906 2003 95 Philippines 897 2003 96 Congo, Republic of the 894 2003 97 Botswana 888 2003 98 Guatemala 886 2003 99 Armenia 845 2003 100 Guinea 837 2003 101 Gabon 814 2003 102 Malawi 797 2003 103 Madagascar 732 2003 104 Mali 729 2003 105 Honduras 699 2003 106 Macedonia 699 2003 107 Venezuela 682 2003 108 Ethiopia 681 2003 109 Cote d'Ivoire 660 2003 110 Israel 640 2003 111 Burkina Faso 622 2003 112 Cambodia 602 2003 113 Fiji 597 2003 114 Benin 578 2003 115 Togo 568 2003 116 Jordan 505 2003 117 Liberia 490 2003 118 Tajikistan 482 2003 119 Kyrgyzstan 470 2003 120 Albania 447 2003 121 Paraguay 441 2003 122 Lebanon 401 2003 123 Panama 355 2003 124 Eritrea 306 2003 125 Swaziland 301 2003 126 El Salvador 283 2003 127 Luxembourg 274 2003 128 Jamaica 272 2003 129 Guyana 187 2001 est. 130 Djibouti 100 2003 131 Puerto Rico 96 2003 132 Man, Isle of 61 2003 133 Nepal 59 2003 134 Saint Kitts and Nevis 50 2003 135 Nicaragua 6 2003

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Rank code: @2127

Rank Country Total fertility rate(children born/woman) Date of Information

1 Somalia 6.84 2004 est.

2 Afghanistan 6.75 2004 est.

3 Niger 6.75 2004 est.

4 Uganda 6.74 2004 est.

5 Yemen 6.67 2004 est.

6 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 6.62 2004 est.

7 Mali 6.50 2004 est.

8 Chad 6.32 2004 est.

9 Angola 6.27 2004 est.

10 Burkina Faso 6.23 2004 est.

11 Liberia 6.09 2004 est.

12 Malawi 5.98 2004 est.

13 Mauritania 5.94 2004 est.

14 Gaza Strip 5.91 2004 est.

15 Mayotte 5.89 2004 est.

16 Benin 5.86 2004 est.

17 Oman 5.84 2004 est.

18 Guinea 5.83 2004 est.

19 Burundi 5.81 2004 est.

20 Sierra Leone 5.72 2004 est.

21 Sao Tome and Principe 5.71 2004 est.

22 Madagascar 5.66 2004 est.

23 Eritrea 5.61 2004 est.

24 Nigeria 5.53 2004 est.

25 Rwanda 5.49 2004 est.

26 Zambia 5.47 2004 est.

27 Djibouti 5.40 2004 est.

28 Gambia, The 5.38 2004 est.

29 Ethiopia 5.33 2004 est.

30 Comoros 5.09 2004 est.

31 Tanzania 5.06 2004 est.

32 Haiti 5.02 2004 est.

33 Maldives 5.02 2004 est.

34 Kenya 4.96 2004 est.

35 Guinea-Bissau 4.93 2004 est.

36 Sudan 4.85 2004 est.

37 Bhutan 4.81 2004 est.

38 Gabon 4.77 2004 est.

39 Laos 4.77 2004 est.

40 Senegal 4.75 2004 est.

41 Mozambique 4.70 2004 est.

42 Equatorial Guinea 4.62 2004 est.

43 Togo 4.61 2004 est.

44 Cote d'Ivoire 4.58 2004 est.

45 Guatemala 4.53 2004 est.

46 Central African Republic 4.50 2004 est.

47 Cameroon 4.47 2004 est.

48 West Bank 4.40 2004 est.

49 Iraq 4.28 2004 est.

50 Kiribati 4.20 2004 est.

51 Nepal 4.19 2004 est.

52 Pakistan 4.14 2004 est.

53 Tajikistan 4.05 2004 est.

54 Saudi Arabia 4.05 2004 est.

55 Solomon Islands 4.04 2004 est.

56 Papua New Guinea 3.96 2004 est.

57 Paraguay 3.93 2004 est.

58 Marshall Islands 3.93 2004 est.

59 Honduras 3.87 2004 est.

60 Swaziland 3.70 2004 est.

61 Belize 3.68 2004 est.

62 East Timor 3.61 2004 est.

63 Congo, Republic of the 3.54 2004 est.

64 Zimbabwe 3.54 2004 est.

65 Syria 3.50 2004 est.

66 Cape Verde 3.48 2004 est.

67 Cambodia 3.44 2004 est.

68 Turkmenistan 3.41 2004 est.

69 Lesotho 3.35 2004 est.

70 Libya 3.34 2004 est.

71 American Samoa 3.25 2004 est.

72 Micronesia, Federated States of 3.25 2004 est.

73 Nauru 3.19 2004 est.

74 Namibia 3.18 2004 est.

75 El Salvador 3.16 2004 est.

76 Philippines 3.16 2004 est.

77 Bangladesh 3.13 2004 est.

78 Turks and Caicos Islands 3.08 2004 est.

79 Malaysia 3.07 2004 est.

80 Ghana 3.02 2004 est.

81 French Guiana 3.01 2004 est.

82 Samoa 3.01 2004 est.

83 Tuvalu 3.00 2004 est.

84 Tonga 3.00 2004 est.

85 Kuwait 2.97 2004 est.

86 United Arab Emirates 2.94 2004 est.

87 Bolivia 2.94 2004 est.

88 Uzbekistan 2.94 2004 est.

89 Egypt 2.88 2004 est.

90 Qatar 2.87 2004 est.

91 Dominican Republic 2.86 2004 est.

92 Botswana 2.85 2004 est.

93 Nicaragua 2.81 2004 est.

94 India 2.78 2004 est.

95 Vanuatu 2.77 2004 est.

96 Fiji 2.75 2004 est.

97 Morocco 2.73 2004 est.

98 Ecuador 2.72 2004 est.

99 Jordan 2.71 2004 est.

100 Kyrgyzstan 2.70 2004 est.

101 Bahrain 2.63 2004 est.

102 World 2.62 2004 est.

103 Guam 2.60 2004 est.

104 Colombia 2.56 2004 est.

105 Peru 2.56 2004 est.

106 Reunion 2.47 2004 est.

107 Palau 2.46 2004 est.

108 Mexico 2.45 2004 est.

109 Panama 2.45 2004 est.

110 Israel 2.44 2004 est.

111 Azerbaijan 2.44 2004 est.

112 Indonesia 2.44 2004 est.

113 Greenland 2.41 2004 est.

114 Grenada 2.37 2004 est.

115 Suriname 2.34 2004 est.

116 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.33 2004 est.

117 New Caledonia 2.31 2004 est.

118 Brunei 2.30 2004 est.

119 Costa Rica 2.28 2004 est.

120 Mongolia 2.26 2004 est.

121 Venezuela 2.26 2004 est.

122 Antigua and Barbuda 2.26 2004 est.

123 South Africa 2.24 2004 est.

124 Saint Lucia 2.21 2004 est.

125 Bahamas, The 2.20 2004 est.

126 Faroe Islands 2.20 2004 est.

127 Argentina 2.19 2004 est.

128 Virgin Islands 2.19 2004 est.

129 Korea, North 2.15 2004 est.

130 United States 2.08 2004 est.

131 Guyana 2.05 2004 est.

132 Albania 2.04 2004 est.

133 French Polynesia 2.04 2004 est.

134 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2.03 2004 est.

135 Chile 2.02 2004 est.

136 Burma 2.01 2004 est.

137 Netherlands Antilles 2.00 2004 est.

138 Dominica 1.96 2004 est.

139 Mauritius 1.96 2004 est.

140 Jamaica 1.95 2004 est.

141 Vietnam 1.94 2004 est.

142 Turkey 1.94 2004 est.

143 Brazil 1.93 2004 est.

144 Iceland 1.92 2004 est.

145 Algeria 1.92 2004 est.

146 Lebanon 1.92 2004 est.

147 Uruguay 1.91 2004 est.

148 Puerto Rico 1.91 2004 est.

149 Guadeloupe 1.91 2004 est.

150 Cayman Islands 1.90 2004 est.

151 Kazakhstan 1.89 2004 est.

152 Bermuda 1.89 2004 est.

153 Thailand 1.88 2004 est.

154 Ireland 1.87 2004 est.

155 Sri Lanka 1.85 2004 est.

156 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.85 2004 est.

157 France 1.85 2004 est.

158 Cyprus 1.83 2004 est.

159 Iran 1.82 2004 est.

160 Moldova 1.81 2004 est.

161 Aruba 1.79 2004 est.

162 New Zealand 1.79 2004 est.

163 Martinique 1.79 2004 est.

164 Luxembourg 1.79 2004 est.

165 Norway 1.78 2004 est.

166 Montserrat 1.78 2004 est.

167 Australia 1.76 2004 est.

168 Monaco 1.76 2004 est.

169 Seychelles 1.75 2004 est.

170 Tunisia 1.75 2004 est.

171 Trinidad and Tobago 1.75 2004 est.

172 Denmark 1.74 2004 est.

173 Finland 1.73 2004 est.

174 Anguilla 1.73 2004 est.

175 British Virgin Islands 1.72 2004 est.

176 China 1.72 2004 est.

177 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.71 2004 est.

178 Serbia and Montenegro 1.67 2004 est.

179 Cuba 1.66 2004 est.

180 Sweden 1.66 2004 est.

181 United Kingdom 1.66 2004 est.

182 Netherlands 1.66 2004 est.

183 Man, Isle of 1.65 2004 est.

184 Gibraltar 1.65 2004 est.

185 Barbados 1.65 2004 est.

186 Belgium 1.64 2004 est.

187 Canada 1.61 2004 est.

188 Jersey 1.57 2004 est.

189 Taiwan 1.57 2004 est.

190 Macedonia 1.57 2004 est.

191 Saint Helena 1.54 2004 est.

192 Liechtenstein 1.51 2004 est.

193 Malta 1.50 2004 est.

194 European Union 1.48 July 2004 est.

195 Portugal 1.47 2004 est.

196 Switzerland 1.43 2004 est.

197 Georgia 1.41 2004 est.

198 Ukraine 1.40 2004 est.

199 Estonia 1.39 2004 est.

200 Croatia 1.39 2004 est.

201 Belarus 1.39 2004 est.

202 Japan 1.39 2004 est.

203 Poland 1.39 2004 est.

204 Germany 1.39 2004 est.

205 Guernsey 1.38 2004 est.

206 Bulgaria 1.38 2004 est.

207 Romania 1.36 2004 est.

208 Austria 1.36 2004 est.

209 Greece 1.33 2004 est.

210 San Marino 1.33 2004 est.

211 Armenia 1.32 2004 est.

212 Slovakia 1.32 2004 est.

213 Hungary 1.32 2004 est.

214 Andorra 1.29 2004 est.

215 Italy 1.28 2004 est.

216 Spain 1.28 2004 est.

217 Northern Mariana Islands 1.27 2004 est.

218 Russia 1.27 2004 est.

219 Latvia 1.26 2004 est.

220 Korea, South 1.26 2004 est.

221 Slovenia 1.24 2004 est.

222 Czech Republic 1.20 2004 est.

223 Lithuania 1.19 2004 est.

224 Singapore 1.05 2004 est.

225 Macau 0.93 2004 est.

226 Hong Kong 0.91 2004 est.

This file was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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Rank code: @2129

Rank Country Unemployment rate(%) Date of Information

1 Liberia 85.00 2003 est. 2 Kiribati 70.00 1992 est. 3 Zimbabwe 70.00 2002 est. 4 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 60.00 2000 est. 5 Gaza Strip 50.00 2003 est. 6 Zambia 50.00 2000 est. 7 East Timor 50.00 1992 est. 8 West Bank 50.00 2002 est. 9 Senegal 48.00 2001 est. 10 Nepal 47.00 2001 est. 11 Lesotho 45.00 2002 12 Botswana 40.00 2001 est. 13 Kenya 40.00 2001 est. 14 Bangladesh 40.00 2002 est. 15 Bosnia and Herzegovina 40.00 2002 est. 16 Tajikistan 40.00 2002 est. 17 Mayotte 38.00 1999 18 Macedonia 36.70 2003 est. 19 Reunion 36.00 1999 est. 20 Namibia 35.00 1998 21 Yemen 35.00 2003 est. 22 Serbia and Montenegro 34.50 2003 est. 23 Swaziland 34.00 2000 est. 24 South Africa 31.00 2003 est. 25 Marshall Islands 30.90 1999 est. 26 Cameroon 30.00 2001 est. 27 Libya 30.00 2001 28 World 30.00 29 Equatorial Guinea 30.00 1998 est. 30 Guadeloupe 27.80 1998 31 Honduras 27.50 2003 est. 32 Martinique 27.20 1998 33 Algeria 26.20 2003 est. 34 Saudi Arabia 25.00 2003 35 Dominica 23.00 2000 est. 36 French Guiana 22.00 2001 37 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22.00 1997 est. 38 Nicaragua 22.00 2003 est. 39 Cape Verde 21.00 2000 est. 40 Gabon 21.00 1997 est. 41 Mozambique 21.00 1997 est. 42 Mauritania 21.00 1999 est. 43 Armenia 20.00 2001 est. 44 Comoros 20.00 1996 est. 45 Poland 20.00 2003 46 Syria 20.00 2002 est. 47 Ghana 20.00 1997 est. 48 Croatia 19.50 2003 49 Morocco 19.00 2003 est. 50 New Caledonia 19.00 1996 51 Sudan 18.70 2002 est. 52 Paraguay 18.50 2003 est. 53 Lebanon 18.00 1997 est. 54 Venezuela 18.00 2003 est. 55 Argentina 17.30 2003 56 Georgia 17.00 2001 est. 57 Suriname 17.00 2000 58 Dominican Republic 16.50 2003 est. 59 Saint Lucia 16.50 1997 est. 60 Micronesia, Federated States of 16.00 1999 est. 61 Jordan 16.00 2001 est. 62 Uruguay 16.00 2003 63 Jamaica 15.90 2003 est. 64 Albania 15.80 2003 est. 65 Iran 15.70 2002 est. 66 Netherlands Antilles 15.60 2002 est. 67 Slovakia 15.20 2003 est. 68 Bahrain 15.00 1998 est. 69 Guam 15.00 2000 est. 70 Mali 14.60 2001 est. 71 Bulgaria 14.30 2003 72 Tunisia 14.30 2003 est. 73 Colombia 14.20 2003 est. 74 Saint Helena 14.00 1998 est. 75 Panama 13.80 2003 est. 76 Tonga 13.30 1996 est. 77 Cook Islands 13.00 1996 78 Cote d'Ivoire 13.00 1998 79 Grenada 12.50 2000 80 Brazil 12.30 2003 est. 81 Puerto Rico 12.00 2002 82 French Polynesia 11.80 1994 83 Bolivia 11.70 2003 84 Philippines 11.40 2003 85 Spain 11.30 2003 est. 86 Slovenia 11.20 2003 est. 87 Antigua and Barbuda 11.00 2001 est. 88 Barbados 10.70 2003 est. 89 Israel 10.70 2003 est. 90 Germany 10.50 2003 est. 91 Turkey 10.50 2003 est. 92 Trinidad and Tobago 10.40 2003 93 Lithuania 10.30 2003 est. 94 China 10.10 2003 est. 95 Estonia 10.10 2003 96 Brunei 10.00 2001 est. 97 Turks and Caicos Islands 10.00 1997 est. 98 Greenland 10.00 2000 est. 99 Egypt 9.90 2003 est. 100 Czech Republic 9.90 2003 101 Ecuador 9.80 2003 est. 102 Mauritius 9.80 2003 est. 103 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 9.80 1997 104 France 9.70 2003 est. 105 Peru 9.70 2003 est. 106 India 9.50 2003 107 Greece 9.40 2003 est. 108 Virgin Islands 9.30 2003 est. 109 Belize 9.10 2002 110 European Union 9.10 2004 est. 111 Finland 9.00 2003 est. 112 Kazakhstan 8.80 2003 est. 113 Indonesia 8.70 2003 est. 114 Italy 8.60 2003 est. 115 Latvia 8.60 2003 est. 116 Chile 8.50 2003 est. 117 Russia 8.50 2003 est. 118 Sri Lanka 8.40 2003 119 Belgium 8.10 2003 est. 120 Central African Republic 8.00 2001 est. 121 Moldova 8.00 2002 est. 122 Hong Kong 7.90 2003 123 Canada 7.80 2003 est. 124 Pakistan 7.70 2003 est. 125 Fiji 7.60 1999 126 Guatemala 7.50 2003 est. 127 Kyrgyzstan 7.20 1999 est. 128 Romania 7.20 2003 129 Malta 7.00 2003 est. 130 Bahamas, The 6.90 2001 est. 131 Anguilla 6.70 2001 132 Costa Rica 6.70 2003 est. 133 El Salvador 6.50 2003 est. 134 Portugal 6.40 2003 est. 135 Macau 6.30 2003 136 Denmark 6.10 2003 137 Vietnam 6.10 2003 est. 138 American Samoa 6.00 2000 139 United States 6.00 2003 140 Montserrat 6.00 1998 est. 141 Australia 6.00 2003 142 Hungary 5.90 2003 est. 143 Madagascar 5.90 1998 144 Laos 5.70 1997 est. 145 Cyprus 5.60 2003 est. 146 Japan 5.30 2003 147 Mali 5.30 2001 est. 148 Netherlands 5.30 2003 est. 149 Bermuda 5.00 2002 est. 150 Taiwan 5.00 2003 est. 151 United Kingdom 5.00 2003 est. 152 Sweden 4.90 2003 est. 153 Singapore 4.80 2003 est. 154 Ireland 4.70 2003 est. 155 Norway 4.70 2003 est. 156 New Zealand 4.70 2003 est. 157 Mongolia 4.60 2001 158 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.50 1997 159 Austria 4.40 2003 est. 160 Burma 4.20 2003 161 Cayman Islands 4.10 1997 162 Switzerland 3.70 2003 est. 163 Ukraine 3.70 2003 164 Luxembourg 3.60 2003 est. 165 Malaysia 3.60 2003 est. 166 Cyprus 3.40 2003 est. 167 Korea, South 3.40 2003 est. 168 Iceland 3.40 2003 est. 169 Mexico 3.30 2003 170 Monaco 3.10 1998 171 British Virgin Islands 3.00 1995 172 Qatar 2.70 2001 173 Cuba 2.60 2003 est. 174 San Marino 2.60 2001 175 Cambodia 2.50 2000 est. 176 United Arab Emirates 2.40 2001 177 Palau 2.30 2000 est. 178 Thailand 2.20 2003 est. 179 Belarus 2.10 2003 est. 180 Kuwait 2.10 2003 est. 181 Gibraltar 2.00 2001 est. 182 Kiribati 2.00 1992 est. 183 Liechtenstein 1.30 September 2002 184 Azerbaijan 1.10 2003 est. 185 Faroe Islands 1.00 October 2000 186 Man, Isle of 0.70 March 2003 187 Jersey 0.70 1998 est. 188 Aruba 0.60 2003 est. 189 Guernsey 0.50 1999 est. 190 Uzbekistan 0.50 2003 191 Andorra 0.00 1996 est. 192 Nauru 0.00 2002 est.

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Rank code: @2147

Rank Country Area(sq km) Date of Information

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780,580 46 Chile 756,950 47 Zambia 752,614 48 Burma 678,500 49 Afghanistan 647,500 50 Somalia 637,657 51 Central African Republic 622,984 52 Ukraine 603,700 53 Botswana 600,370 54 Madagascar 587,040 55 Kenya 582,650 56 France 547,030 57 Yemen 527,970 58 Thailand 514,000 59 Spain 504,782 60 Turkmenistan 488,100 61 Cameroon 475,440 62 Papua New Guinea 462,840 63 Sweden 449,964 64 Uzbekistan 447,400 65 Morocco 446,550 66 Iraq 437,072 67 Paraguay 406,750 68 Zimbabwe 390,580 69 Japan 377,835 70 Germany 357,021 71 Congo, Republic of the 342,000 72 Finland 338,145 73 Malaysia 329,750 74 Vietnam 329,560 75 Norway 324,220 76 Cote d'Ivoire 322,460 77 Poland 312,685 78 Italy 301,230 79 Philippines 300,000 80 Ecuador 283,560 81 Burkina Faso 274,200 82 New Zealand 268,680 83 Gabon 267,667 84 Western Sahara 266,000 85 Guinea 245,857 86 United Kingdom 244,820 87 Ghana 239,460 88 Romania 237,500 89 Laos 236,800 90 Uganda 236,040 91 Guyana 214,970 92 Oman 212,460 93 Belarus 207,600 94 Kyrgyzstan 198,500 95 Senegal 196,190 96 Syria 185,180 97 Cambodia 181,040 98 Uruguay 176,220 99 Tunisia 163,610 100 Suriname 163,270 101 Bangladesh 144,000 102 Tajikistan 143,100 103 Nepal 140,800 104 Greece 131,940 105 Nicaragua 129,494 106 Eritrea 121,320 107 Korea, North 120,540 108 Malawi 118,480 109 Benin 112,620 110 Honduras 112,090 111 Liberia 111,370 112 Bulgaria 110,910 113 Cuba 110,860 114 Guatemala 108,890 115 Iceland 103,000 116 Serbia and Montenegro 102,350 117 Korea, South 98,480 118 Hungary 93,030 119 Portugal 92,391 120 Jordan 92,300 121 French Guiana 91,000 122 Azerbaijan 86,600 123 Austria 83,870 124 United Arab Emirates 82,880 125 Czech Republic 78,866 126 Panama 78,200 127 Sierra Leone 71,740 128 Ireland 70,280 129 Georgia 69,700 130 Sri Lanka 65,610 131 Lithuania 65,200 132 Latvia 64,589 133 Svalbard 62,049 134 Togo 56,785 135 Croatia 56,542 136 Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,129 137 Costa Rica 51,100 138 Slovakia 48,845 139 Dominican Republic 48,730 140 Bhutan 47,000 141 Estonia 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186 Reunion 2,517 187 Comoros 2,170 188 Mauritius 2,040 189 Guadeloupe 1,780 190 Faroe Islands 1,399 191 Martinique 1,100 192 Hong Kong 1,092 193 Sao Tome and Principe 1,001 194 Netherlands Antilles 960 195 Kiribati 811 196 Dominica 754 197 Tonga 748 198 Micronesia, Federated States of 702 199 Singapore 693 200 Bahrain 665 201 Saint Lucia 616 202 Man, Isle of 572 203 Guam 549 204 Northern Mariana Islands 477 205 Andorra 468 206 Palau 458 207 Seychelles 455 208 Antigua and Barbuda 443 209 Barbados 431 210 Turks and Caicos Islands 430 211 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 412 212 Saint Helena 410 213 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 389 214 Mayotte 374 215 Jan Mayen 373 216 Gaza Strip 360 217 Virgin Islands 352 218 Grenada 344 219 Malta 316 220 Maldives 300 221 Wallis and Futuna 274 222 Cayman Islands 262 223 Saint Kitts and Nevis 261 224 Niue 260 225 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 242 226 Cook Islands 240 227 American Samoa 199 228 Aruba 193 229 Marshall Islands 181 230 Liechtenstein 160 231 British Virgin Islands 153 232 Christmas Island 135 233 Dhekelia 131 234 Akrotiri 123 235 Jersey 116 236 Anguilla 102 237 Montserrat 102 238 Guernsey 78 239 San Marino 61 240 British Indian Ocean Territory 60 241 Bouvet Island 59 242 Bermuda 53 243 Pitcairn Islands 47 244 Norfolk Island 35 245 Europa Island 28 246 Tuvalu 26 247 Macau 25 248 Nauru 21 249 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 14 250 Palmyra Atoll 12 251 Tokelau 10 252 Gibraltar 7 253 Wake Island 7 254 Midway Islands 6 255 Clipperton Island 6 256 Navassa Island 5 257 Ashmore and Cartier Islands 5 258 Glorioso Islands 5 259 Spratly Islands 5 260 Jarvis Island 5 261 Juan de Nova Island 4 262 Coral Sea Islands 3 263 Johnston Atoll 3 264 Monaco 2 265 Howland Island 2 266 Baker Island 1 267 Kingman Reef 1 268 Tromelin Island 1 269 Holy See (Vatican City) 0 270 Bassas da India 0

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Rank code: @2150

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38 Pakistan 3,982,800 2003 39 Austria 3,881,000 2003 40 Hong Kong 3,801,300 2003 41 Hungary 3,666,400 2002 42 Czech Republic 3,626,000 2003 43 Denmark 3,610,100 2003 44 Saudi Arabia 3,502,600 2003 45 Chile 3,467,000 2002 46 Norway 3,343,000 2002 47 Philippines 3,310,900 2002 48 Belarus 3,071,300 2003 49 Israel 3,006,000 2002 50 Bulgaria 2,868,200 2002 51 Venezuela 2,841,800 2002 52 Serbia and Montenegro 2,611,700 2003 53 Finland 2,548,000 2003 54 Algeria 2,199,600 2003 55 Syria 2,099,300 2002 56 Kazakhstan 2,081,900 2002 57 Ireland 1,955,000 2003 58 Singapore 1,896,100 2004 59 Peru 1,839,200 2003 60 Croatia 1,825,000 2002 61 New Zealand 1,765,000 2002 62 Uzbekistan 1,717,100 2003 63 Ecuador 1,549,000 2003 64 Puerto Rico 1,329,500 2002 65 Slovakia 1,294,700 2003 66 Morocco 1,219,200 2003 67 Tunisia 1,163,800 2003 68 United Arab Emirates 1,135,800 2003 69 Costa Rica 1,132,000 2002 70 Korea, North 1,100,000 2001 71 Uruguay 946,500 2002 72 Bosnia and Herzegovina 938,000 2003 73 Azerbaijan 923,800 2002 74 Dominican Republic 901,800 2003 75 Sudan 900,000 2003 76 Sri Lanka 881,400 2002 77 Nigeria 853,100 2003 78 Guatemala 846,000 2002 79 Lithuania 824,200 2003 80 Slovenia 812,300 2003 81 El Salvador 752,600 2003 82 Libya 750,000 2003 83 Bangladesh 740,000 2003 84 Moldova 706,900 2002 85 Lebanon 678,800 2002 86 Iraq 675,000 2003 87 Latvia 653,900 2003 88 Georgia 650,500 2003 89 Jordan 622,600 2003 90 Bolivia 600,100 2003 91 Cuba 574,400 2002 92 Armenia 562,600 2003 93 Macedonia 560,000 2002 94 Yemen 542,200 2002 95 Kuwait 486,900 2003 96 Estonia 475,000 2002 97 Jamaica 444,400 2002 98 Ethiopia 435,000 2003 99 Cyprus 427,400 100 Kyrgyzstan 394,800 2002 101 Panama 386,900 2002 102 Turkmenistan 374,000 2002 103 Nepal 371,800 2003 104 Burma 357,300 2003 105 Luxembourg 355,400 2002 106 Mauritius 348,200 2003 107 Kenya 328,400 2003 108 Cote d'Ivoire 328,000 2003 109 Trinidad and Tobago 325,100 2002 110 Honduras 322,500 2002 111 Ghana 302,300 2003 112 West Bank 301,600 2002 113 Zimbabwe 300,900 2003 114 Reunion 300,000 2001 115 Paraguay 273,200 2002 116 Albania 255,000 2003 117 Tajikistan 242,100 2003 118 Oman 233,900 2002 119 Senegal 228,800 2003 120 Guadeloupe 210,000 2001 121 Malta 208,300 2003 122 Iceland 190,700 2003 123 Bahrain 185,800 2003 124 Qatar 184,500 2003 125 Macau 174,600 2003 126 Martinique 172,000 2001 127 Nicaragua 171,600 2002 128 Tanzania 149,100 2003 129 Botswana 142,400 2002 130 Barbados 134,000 2003 131 Bahamas, The 131,700 2003 132 Haiti 130,000 2002 133 Mongolia 128,000 2002 134 Namibia 127,400 2003 135 Cameroon 110,900 2002 136 Fiji 102,000 2003 137 Somalia 100,000 2002 138 Angola 96,300 2003 139 Gaza Strip 95,729 1997 140 Brunei 90,000 2002 141 Zambia 88,400 2003 142 Cyprus 86,228 143 Malawi 85,000 2003 144 Guam 84,134 2001 145 Mozambique 83,700 2002 146 Netherlands Antilles 81,000 2001 147 Guyana 80,400 2002 148 Suriname 79,800 2003 149 Jersey 73,900 2001 150 Cape Verde 71,700 2003 151 Virgin Islands 69,400 2002 152 Benin 66,500 2003 153 Burkina Faso 65,400 2003 154 Papua New Guinea 62,000 2002 155 Laos 61,900 2002 156 Uganda 61,000 2003 157 Togo 60,600 2003 158 Madagascar 59,600 2003 159 Mali 56,600 2002 160 Bermuda 56,000 2002 161 Guernsey 55,000 2001 162 French Polynesia 52,500 2002 163 New Caledonia 52,000 2002 164 Saint Lucia 51,100 2002 165 French Guiana 51,000 2001 166 Man, Isle of 51,000 1999 167 Swaziland 46,200 2003 168 Gambia, The 38,400 2002 169 Gabon 38,400 2003 170 Eritrea 38,100 2003 171 Antigua and Barbuda 38,000 2002 172 Cayman Islands 38,000 2002 173 Aruba 37,100 2002 174 Cambodia 35,400 2002 175 Andorra 35,000 2001 176 Monaco 33,700 2002 177 Grenada 33,500 2002 178 Belize 33,300 2003 179 Afghanistan 33,100 2002 180 Mauritania 31,500 2002 181 Maldives 28,700 2002 182 Lesotho 28,600 2002 183 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27,300 2002 184 Guinea 26,200 2003 185 Greenland 26,000 2001 186 Bhutan 25,200 2003 187 Gibraltar 24,512 2002 188 Sierra Leone 24,000 2002 189 Burundi 23,900 2003 190 Dominica 23,700 2002 191 Saint Kitts and Nevis 23,500 2002 192 Rwanda 23,200 2002 193 Faroe Islands 23,000 2002 194 Niger 22,400 2002 195 Seychelles 21,700 2002 196 Northern Mariana Islands 21,000 2000 197 San Marino 20,600 2002 198 Liechtenstein 19,900 2002 199 American Samoa 15,000 2001 200 Comoros 13,200 2003 201 Chad 11,800 2002 202 Samoa 11,800 2002 203 British Virgin Islands 11,700 2002 204 Tonga 11,200 2002 205 Guinea-Bissau 10,600 2003 206 Micronesia, Federated States of 10,100 2001 207 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 10,000 2002 208 Mayotte 10,000 2001 209 Equatorial Guinea 9,600 2003 210 Djibouti 9,500 2003 211 Central African Republic 9,000 2002 212 Congo, Republic of the 7,000 2003 213 Sao Tome and Principe 7,000 2003 214 Liberia 7,000 2001 215 Palau 6,700 2002 216 Solomon Islands 6,600 2002 217 Vanuatu 6,500 2003 218 Anguilla 6,200 2002 219 Cook Islands 6,200 2002 220 Turks and Caicos Islands 5,700 2002 221 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 4,800 2002 222 Kiribati 4,500 2002 223 Marshall Islands 4,500 2003 224 Norfolk Island 2,532 2004 225 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2,400 2002 226 Saint Helena 2,200 2002 227 Nauru 1,900 2002 228 Wallis and Futuna 1,900 2002 229 Niue 1,100 2002 230 Tuvalu 700 2002 231 Tokelau 300 2002 232 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 287 1992 233 Pitcairn Islands 1 2004 234 Antarctica 0 2001

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Rank code: @2151

Rank Country Telephones - mobile cellular Date of Information

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Argentina 6,500,000 2002 38 Venezuela 6,463,600 2002 39 Chile 6,445,700 2002 40 Israel 6,334,000 2002 41 Colombia 6,186,200 2003 42 Switzerland 6,172,000 2003 43 Egypt 5,797,500 2003 44 Denmark 4,785,300 2003 45 Finland 4,700,000 2003 46 Ukraine 4,200,000 2002 47 Norway 4,163,400 2003 48 Slovakia 3,678,800 2003 49 Serbia and Montenegro 3,634,600 2003 50 Singapore 3,521,800 2004 51 Ireland 3,400,000 2003 52 Iran 3,376,500 2003 53 Nigeria 3,149,500 2003 54 United Arab Emirates 2,972,300 2003 55 Peru 2,908,800 2003 56 Vietnam 2,742,000 2003 57 Pakistan 2,624,800 2003 58 New Zealand 2,599,000 2003 59 Bulgaria 2,597,500 2002 60 Croatia 2,553,000 2003 61 Ecuador 2,394,400 2003 62 Lithuania 2,169,900 2003 63 Dominican Republic 2,120,400 2003 64 Tunisia 1,899,900 2003 65 Paraguay 1,770,300 2003 66 Slovenia 1,739,100 2003 67 Kenya 1,590,800 2003 68 Guatemala 1,577,100 2002 69 Algeria 1,447,310 2003 70 Kuwait 1,420,000 2003 71 Bolivia 1,401,500 2003 72 Jamaica 1,400,000 2002 73 Bangladesh 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Qatar 376,500 2003 112 Macedonia 365,300 2002 113 Macau 364,000 2003 114 Trinidad and Tobago 361,900 2002 115 Moldova 338,200 2002 116 Congo, Republic of the 330,000 2003 117 Honduras 326,500 2002 118 Guadeloupe 323,500 2002 119 Uzbekistan 320,800 2003 120 Gaza Strip 320,000 2002 121 Martinique 319,900 2002 122 Gabon 300,000 2003 123 Mauritania 300,000 2003 124 Malta 290,000 2003 125 Madagascar 279,500 2003 126 Iceland 279,100 2003 127 Mali 250,000 2003 128 Zambia 241,000 2003 129 Benin 236,200 2003 130 Burkina Faso 227,000 2003 131 Namibia 223,700 2003 132 Togo 220,000 2003 133 Mongolia 216,000 2002 134 Nicaragua 202,800 2002 135 Suriname 168,100 2003 136 Cyprus 143,178 137 Barbados 140,000 2003 138 Haiti 140,000 2002 139 French Guiana 138,200 2002 140 Brunei 137,000 2002 141 Malawi 135,100 2003 142 Rwanda 134,000 2003 143 Angola 130,000 2002 144 Bahamas, The 121,800 2002 145 Armenia 114,400 2003 146 Guinea 111,500 2003 147 Fiji 109,900 2003 148 Gambia, The 100,000 2002 149 Libya 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Rank code: @2153

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Denmark 2,756,000 2002 39 Colombia 2,732,200 2003 40 Egypt 2,700,000 2003 41 Czech Republic 2,700,000 2003 42 Finland 2,650,000 2002 43 Switzerland 2,556,000 2002 44 Singapore 2,310,000 2002 45 Norway 2,288,000 2002 46 New Zealand 2,110,000 2003 47 Israel 2,000,000 2002 48 Greece 1,718,400 2003 49 Hungary 1,600,000 2002 50 Pakistan 1,500,000 2002 51 Saudi Arabia 1,500,000 2003 52 Belarus 1,391,900 2003 53 Slovakia 1,375,800 2003 54 Venezuela 1,274,400 2002 55 Ireland 1,260,000 2003 56 United Arab Emirates 1,110,200 2003 57 Croatia 1,014,000 2003 58 Latvia 936,000 2003 59 Ukraine 900,000 2002 60 Serbia and Montenegro 847,000 2003 61 Costa Rica 800,000 2002 62 Morocco 800,000 2003 63 Nigeria 750,000 2003 64 Slovenia 750,000 2002 65 Lithuania 695,700 2003 66 Bulgaria 630,000 2002 67 Tunisia 630,000 2003 68 Jamaica 600,000 2002 69 Puerto Rico 600,000 2002 70 Ecuador 569,700 2003 71 Kuwait 567,000 2003 72 El Salvador 550,000 2003 73 Algeria 500,000 2002 74 Dominican Republic 500,000 2003 75 Zimbabwe 500,000 2002 76 Uzbekistan 492,000 2003 77 Jordan 457,000 2003 78 Estonia 444,000 2002 79 Guatemala 400,000 2002 80 Uruguay 400,000 2002 81 Lebanon 400,000 2002 82 Kenya 400,000 2002 83 Azerbaijan 300,000 2002 84 Sudan 300,000 2003 85 Bolivia 270,000 2002 86 Kazakhstan 250,000 2002 87 Tanzania 250,000 2003 88 Bangladesh 243,000 2003 89 Senegal 225,000 2003 90 Syria 220,000 2002 91 Cyprus 210,000 2002 92 Togo 210,000 2003 93 Sri Lanka 200,000 2002 94 Bahrain 195,700 2003 95 Iceland 195,000 2003 96 Oman 180,000 2002 97 Ghana 170,000 2002 98 Honduras 168,600 2002 99 Luxembourg 165,000 2002 100 Libya 160,000 2003 101 Kyrgyzstan 152,000 2002 102 Georgia 150,500 2003 103 Armenia 150,000 2003 104 Reunion 150,000 2002 105 Moldova 150,000 2002 106 Mauritius 150,000 2003 107 West Bank 145,000 2003 108 Trinidad and Tobago 138,000 2002 109 Qatar 126,000 2003 110 Guyana 125,000 2002 111 Uganda 125,000 2003 112 Cuba 120,000 2001 113 Malta 120,000 2002 114 Panama 120,000 2002 115 Paraguay 120,000 2003 116 Macau 120,000 2003 117 Barbados 100,000 2003 118 Yemen 100,000 2002 119 Macedonia 100,000 2002 120 Bosnia and Herzegovina 100,000 2002 121 Cote d'Ivoire 90,000 2002 122 Nicaragua 90,000 2002 123 Somalia 89,000 2002 124 Bahamas, The 84,000 2003 125 Haiti 80,000 2002 126 Nepal 80,000 2002 127 Ethiopia 75,000 2003 128 Papua New Guinea 75,000 2002 129 Madagascar 70,500 2003 130 Benin 70,000 2003 131 Zambia 68,200 2003 132 Namibia 65,000 2003 133 Botswana 60,000 2002 134 Cameroon 60,000 135 New Caledonia 60,000 2003 136 Gaza Strip 60,000 137 Fiji 55,000 2003 138 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 50,000 2002 139 Mozambique 50,000 2002 140 Mongolia 50,000 2002 141 Guam 50,000 2002 142 Burkina Faso 48,000 2003 143 Angola 41,000 2002 144 Guinea 40,000 2003 145 Martinique 40,000 2002 146 Malawi 36,000 2003 147 Brunei 35,000 2002 148 French Polynesia 35,000 2002 149 Gabon 35,000 2003 150 Bermuda 34,500 2003 151 Albania 30,000 2003 152 Belize 30,000 2002 153 Virgin Islands 30,000 2002 154 Cambodia 30,000 2002 155 Burma 28,000 2003 156 Swaziland 27,000 2003 157 Faroe Islands 25,000 2002 158 Mali 25,000 2002 159 Rwanda 25,000 2002 160 Iraq 25,000 2002 161 Gambia, The 25,000 2002 162 Andorra 24,500 2001 163 Aruba 24,000 2002 164 Lesotho 21,000 2002 165 Cape Verde 20,400 2003 166 Greenland 20,000 2002 167 Guadeloupe 20,000 2002 168 Suriname 20,000 2002 169 Liechtenstein 20,000 2002 170 Guinea-Bissau 19,000 2003 171 Monaco 16,000 2002 172 Bhutan 15,000 2003 173 Chad 15,000 2002 174 Congo, Republic of the 15,000 2003 175 Sao Tome and Principe 15,000 2003 176 Niger 15,000 2002 177 Maldives 15,000 2002 178 Laos 15,000 2002 179 Grenada 15,000 2002 180 San Marino 14,300 2002 181 Burundi 14,000 2003 182 Saint Lucia 13,000 2002 183 Dominica 12,500 2002 184 Seychelles 11,700 2002 185 Antigua and Barbuda 10,000 2002 186 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10,000 2002 187 Mauritania 10,000 2002 188 Eritrea 9,500 2003 189 Sierra Leone 8,000 2002 190 Turkmenistan 8,000 2002 191 Vanuatu 7,500 2003 192 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7,000 2002 193 Djibouti 6,500 2003 194 Gibraltar 6,200 2002 195 Micronesia, Federated States of 6,000 2002 196 Comoros 5,000 2003 197 Central African Republic 5,000 2002 198 Tajikistan 4,100 2003 199 Samoa 4,000 2002 200 Cook Islands 3,600 2002 201 French Guiana 3,200 2002 202 Anguilla 3,000 2002 203 Tonga 2,900 2002 204 Solomon Islands 2,200 2002 205 Kiribati 2,000 2002 206 Netherlands Antilles 2,000 2000 207 Equatorial Guinea 1,800 2002 208 Marshall Islands 1,400 2003 209 Tuvalu 1,300 2002 210 Afghanistan 1,000 2002 211 Liberia 1,000 2002 212 Wallis and Futuna 900 2002 213 Saint Helena 500 2002 214 Nauru 300 2002

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Rank code: @2155

Rank Country HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate(%) Date of Information

1 Swaziland 38.80 2003 est. 2 Botswana 37.30 2003 est. 3 Lesotho 28.90 2003 est. 4 Zimbabwe 24.60 2001 est. 5 South Africa 21.50 2003 est. 6 Namibia 21.30 2003 est. 7 Zambia 16.50 2003 est. 8 Malawi 14.20 2003 est. 9 Central African Republic 13.50 2003 est. 10 Mozambique 12.20 2003 est. 11 Guinea-Bissau 10.00 2003 est. 12 Tanzania 8.80 2003 est. 13 Gabon 8.10 2003 est. 14 Cote d'Ivoire 7.00 2003 est. 15 Sierra Leone 7.00 2001 est. 16 Cameroon 6.90 2003 est. 17 Kenya 6.70 2003 est. 18 Burundi 6.00 2003 est. 19 Liberia 5.90 2003 est. 20 Haiti 5.60 2003 est. 21 Nigeria 5.40 2003 est. 22 Rwanda 5.10 2003 est. 23 Congo, Republic of the 4.90 2003 est. 24 Chad 4.80 2003 est. 25 Ethiopia 4.40 2003 est. 26 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4.20 2003 est. 27 Burkina Faso 4.20 2003 est. 28 Togo 4.10 2003 est. 29 Uganda 4.10 2003 est. 30 Angola 3.90 2003 est. 31 Equatorial Guinea 3.40 2001 est. 32 Guinea 3.20 2003 est. 33 Trinidad and Tobago 3.20 2003 est. 34 Ghana 3.10 2003 est. 35 Bahamas, The 3.00 2003 est. 36 Djibouti 2.90 2003 est. 37 Eritrea 2.70 2003 est. 38 Cambodia 2.60 2003 est. 39 Guyana 2.50 2003 est. 40 Belize 2.40 2003 est. 41 Sudan 2.30 2001 est. 42 Benin 1.90 2003 est. 43 Mali 1.90 2003 est. 44 Honduras 1.80 2003 est. 45 Dominican Republic 1.70 2003 est. 46 Madagascar 1.70 2003 est. 47 Suriname 1.70 2001 est. 48 Barbados 1.50 2003 est. 49 Thailand 1.50 2003 est. 50 Ukraine 1.40 2003 est. 51 Burma 1.20 2003 est. 52 Gambia, The 1.20 2003 est. 53 Niger 1.20 2003 est. 54 Jamaica 1.20 2003 est. 55 Estonia 1.10 2001 est. 56 Guatemala 1.10 2003 est. 57 Russia 1.10 2001 est. 58 Somalia 1.00 2001 est. 59 India 0.90 2001 est. 60 Panama 0.90 2003 est. 61 Senegal 0.80 2003 est. 62 Argentina 0.70 2001 est. 63 Venezuela 0.70 2001 est. 64 Spain 0.70 2001 est. 65 El Salvador 0.70 2003 est. 66 Colombia 0.70 2003 est. 67 Brazil 0.70 2003 est. 68 Costa Rica 0.60 2003 est. 69 United States 0.60 2003 est. 70 Papua New Guinea 0.60 2003 est. 71 Mauritania 0.60 2003 est. 72 Latvia 0.60 2001 est. 73 Italy 0.50 2001 est. 74 Paraguay 0.50 2003 est. 75 Peru 0.50 2003 est. 76 Nepal 0.50 2001 est. 77 France 0.40 2003 est. 78 Switzerland 0.40 2001 est. 79 Vietnam 0.40 2003 est. 80 Portugal 0.40 2001 est. 81 Malaysia 0.40 2003 est. 82 Austria 0.30 2003 est. 83 Uruguay 0.30 2001 est. 84 Chile 0.30 2003 est. 85 Mexico 0.30 2003 est. 86 Libya 0.30 2001 est. 87 Canada 0.30 2003 est. 88 Ecuador 0.30 2003 est. 89 Belarus 0.30 2001 est. 90 Bahrain 0.20 2001 est. 91 Belgium 0.20 2003 est. 92 Serbia and Montenegro 0.20 2001 est. 93 United Kingdom 0.20 2001 est. 94 Singapore 0.20 2003 est. 95 Nicaragua 0.20 2003 est. 96 Netherlands 0.20 2001 est. 97 Malta 0.20 2001 est. 98 Moldova 0.20 2001 est. 99 Luxembourg 0.20 2001 est. 100 Kazakhstan 0.20 2001 est. 101 Iceland 0.20 2001 est. 102 Greece 0.20 2001 est. 103 Denmark 0.20 2003 est. 104 United Arab Emirates 0.18 2001 est. 105 Comoros 0.12 2001 est. 106 Kuwait 0.12 2001 est. 107 Algeria 0.10 2001 est. 108 Australia 0.10 2003 est. 109 Azerbaijan 0.10 2003 est. 110 Bolivia 0.10 2003 est. 111 Bulgaria 0.10 2001 est. 112 Sri Lanka 0.10 2001 est. 113 Maldives 0.10 2001 est. 114 Oman 0.10 2001 est. 115 Mauritius 0.10 2001 est. 116 Morocco 0.10 2001 est. 117 Macedonia 0.10 2001 est. 118 Georgia 0.10 2001 est. 119 Fiji 0.10 2003 est. 120 Finland 0.10 2003 est. 121 Czech Republic 0.10 2001 est. 122 Ireland 0.10 2001 est. 123 Egypt 0.10 2001 est. 124 Cyprus 0.10 2003 est. 125 Cuba 0.10 2003 est. 126 China 0.10 2003 est. 127 Tajikistan 0.10 2001 est. 128 Syria 0.10 2001 est. 129 Sweden 0.10 2001 est. 130 Slovenia 0.10 2001 est. 131 Philippines 0.10 2003 est. 132 Romania 0.10 2001 est. 133 Poland 0.10 2001 est. 134 Pakistan 0.10 2001 est. 135 Mongolia 0.10 2003 est. 136 Yemen 0.10 2001 est. 137 Uzbekistan 0.10 2001 est. 138 Turkmenistan 0.10 2004 est. 139 Turkey 0.10 2001 est. 140 Tunisia 0.10 2005 est. 141 Slovakia 0.10 2001 est. 142 Lithuania 0.10 2001 est. 143 Lebanon 0.10 2001 est. 144 Laos 0.10 2003 est. 145 Korea, South 0.10 2003 est. 146 Kyrgyzstan 0.10 2001 est. 147 Jordan 0.10 2001 est. 148 Japan 0.10 2003 est. 149 New Zealand 0.10 2003 est. 150 Norway 0.10 2001 est. 151 Iraq 0.10 2001 est. 152 Israel 0.10 2001 est. 153 Iran 0.10 2001 est. 154 Indonesia 0.10 2003 est. 155 Hungary 0.10 2001 est. 156 Croatia 0.10 2001 est. 157 Hong Kong 0.10 2003 est. 158 Germany 0.10 2001 est. 159 Brunei 0.10 2003 est. 160 Bhutan 0.10 2001 est. 161 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.10 2001 est. 162 Bangladesh 0.10 2001 est. 163 Armenia 0.10 2003 est. 164 Qatar 0.09 2001 est. 165 Cape Verde 0.04 166 Afghanistan 0.01 2001 est. 167 Saudi Arabia 0.01 2001 est. 168 Svalbard 0.00 2001

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Rank code: @2156

Rank Country HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS Date of Information

1 South Africa 5,300,000 2003 est. 2 India 5,100,000 2001 est. 3 Nigeria 3,600,000 2003 est. 4 Zimbabwe 1,800,000 2001 est. 5 Tanzania 1,600,000 2003 est. 6 Ethiopia 1,500,000 2003 est. 7 Mozambique 1,300,000 2003 est. 8 Kenya 1,200,000 2003 est. 9 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1,100,000 2003 est. 10 United States 950,000 2003 est. 11 Zambia 920,000 2003 est. 12 Malawi 900,000 2003 est. 13 Russia 860,000 2001 est. 14 China 840,000 2003 est. 15 Brazil 660,000 2003 est. 16 Cote d'Ivoire 570,000 2003 est. 17 Thailand 570,000 2003 est. 18 Cameroon 560,000 2003 est. 19 Uganda 530,000 2001 est. 20 Sudan 400,000 2001 est. 21 Ukraine 360,000 2001 est. 22 Botswana 350,000 2003 est. 23 Ghana 350,000 2003 est. 24 Burma 330,000 2003 est. 25 Lesotho 320,000 2003 est. 26 Burkina Faso 300,000 2003 est. 27 Haiti 280,000 2003 est. 28 Central African Republic 260,000 2003 est. 29 Burundi 250,000 2003 est. 30 Rwanda 250,000 2003 est. 31 Angola 240,000 2003 est. 32 Vietnam 220,000 2003 est. 33 Swaziland 220,000 2003 est. 34 Namibia 210,000 2001 est. 35 Chad 200,000 2003 est. 36 Colombia 190,000 2003 est. 37 Cambodia 170,000 2003 est. 38 Sierra Leone 170,000 2001 est. 39 Mexico 160,000 2003 est. 40 Guinea 140,000 2003 est. 41 Madagascar 140,000 2003 est. 42 Italy 140,000 2001 est. 43 Mali 140,000 2003 est. 44 Spain 140,000 2001 est. 45 Argentina 130,000 2001 est. 46 France 120,000 2003 est. 47 Indonesia 110,000 2003 est. 48 Togo 110,000 2003 est. 49 Venezuela 110,000 1999 est. 50 Liberia 100,000 2003 est. 51 Congo, Republic of the 90,000 2003 est. 52 Dominican Republic 88,000 2003 est. 53 Peru 82,000 2003 est. 54 Guatemala 78,000 2003 est. 55 Pakistan 74,000 2001 est. 56 Niger 70,000 2003 est. 57 Benin 68,000 2003 est. 58 Honduras 63,000 2003 est. 59 Nepal 61,000 2001 est. 60 Eritrea 60,000 2003 est. 61 Canada 56,000 2003 est. 62 Malaysia 52,000 2003 est. 63 United Kingdom 51,000 2001 est. 64 Gabon 48,000 2003 est. 65 Senegal 44,000 2003 est. 66 Germany 43,000 2001 est. 67 Somalia 43,000 2001 est. 68 Iran 31,000 2001 est. 69 El Salvador 29,000 2003 est. 70 Trinidad and Tobago 29,000 2003 est. 71 Chile 26,000 2003 est. 72 Jamaica 22,000 2003 est. 73 Portugal 22,000 2001 est. 74 Ecuador 21,000 2003 est. 75 Netherlands 19,000 2001 est. 76 Guinea-Bissau 17,000 2001 est. 77 Kazakhstan 16,500 2001 est. 78 Panama 16,000 2003 est. 79 Papua New Guinea 16,000 2003 est. 80 Belarus 15,000 2001 est. 81 Morocco 15,000 2001 est. 82 Paraguay 15,000 1999 est. 83 Australia 14,000 2003 est. 84 Poland 14,000 2003 est. 85 Bangladesh 13,000 2001 est. 86 Switzerland 13,000 2001 est. 87 Costa Rica 12,000 2003 est. 88 Yemen 12,000 2001 est. 89 Japan 12,000 2003 est. 90 Egypt 12,000 2001 est. 91 Guyana 11,000 2003 est. 92 Uzbekistan 11,000 2003 est. 93 Austria 10,000 2003 est. 94 Belgium 10,000 2003 est. 95 Libya 10,000 2001 est. 96 Serbia and Montenegro 10,000 2001 est. 97 Mauritania 9,500 2003 est. 98 Algeria 9,100 2003 est. 99 Greece 9,100 2001 est. 100 Djibouti 9,100 2003 est. 101 Philippines 9,000 2003 est. 102 Korea, South 8,300 2003 est. 103 Estonia 7,800 2003 est. 104 Latvia 7,600 2001 est. 105 Puerto Rico 7,397 106 Gambia, The 6,800 2003 est. 107 Romania 6,500 2001 est. 108 Nicaragua 6,400 2003 est. 109 Uruguay 6,000 2001 est. 110 Equatorial Guinea 5,900 2001 est. 111 Bahamas, The 5,600 2003 est. 112 Moldova 5,500 2001 est. 113 Suriname 5,200 2001 est. 114 Denmark 5,000 2003 est. 115 Bolivia 4,900 2003 est. 116 Singapore 4,100 2003 est. 117 Kyrgyzstan 3,900 2003 est. 118 Belize 3,600 2003 est. 119 Sweden 3,600 2001 est. 120 Sri Lanka 3,500 2001 est. 121 Cuba 3,300 2003 est. 122 Georgia 3,000 2003 est. 123 Israel 3,000 1999 est. 124 Ireland 2,800 2001 est. 125 Hungary 2,800 2001 est. 126 Lebanon 2,800 2003 est. 127 Armenia 2,600 2003 est. 128 Hong Kong 2,600 2003 est. 129 Barbados 2,500 2003 est. 130 Czech Republic 2,500 2001 est. 131 Norway 2,100 2001 est. 132 Laos 1,700 2003 est. 133 Finland 1,500 2003 est. 134 Azerbaijan 1,400 2003 est. 135 New Zealand 1,400 2003 est. 136 Lithuania 1,300 2003 est. 137 Oman 1,300 2001 est. 138 Cyprus 1,000 1999 est. 139 Tunisia 1,000 2003 est. 140 Bosnia and Herzegovina 900 2003 est. 141 Cape Verde 775 142 Mauritius 700 2001 est. 143 Bahrain 600 2003 est. 144 Fiji 600 2003 est. 145 Jordan 600 2003 est. 146 Iraq 500 2003 est. 147 Syria 500 2003 est. 148 Malta 500 2003 est. 149 Mongolia 500 2003 est 150 Luxembourg 500 2003 est. 151 Bulgaria 346 2001 est. 152 Slovenia 280 2001 est. 153 Iceland 220 2001 est. 154 Brunei 200 2003 est. 155 Turkmenistan 200 2003 est. 156 Tajikistan 200 2003 est. 157 Macedonia 200 2003 est. 158 Slovakia 200 2003 est. 159 Croatia 200 2001 est. 160 Bhutan 100 1999 est. 161 Greenland 100 162 Maldives 100 2001 est. 163 Samoa 12 164 Svalbard 0 2001

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Rank code: @2157

Rank Country HIV/AIDS - deaths Date of Information

1 South Africa 370,000 2003 est. 2 India 310,000 2001 est. 3 Nigeria 310,000 2003 est. 4 Zimbabwe 170,000 2003 est. 5 Tanzania 160,000 2003 est. 6 Kenya 150,000 2003 est. 7 Ethiopia 120,000 2003 est. 8 Mozambique 110,000 2003 est. 9 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 100,000 2003 est. 10 Zambia 89,000 2003 est. 11 Malawi 84,000 2003 est. 12 Uganda 78,000 2003 est. 13 Thailand 58,000 2003 est. 14 Cameroon 49,000 2003 est. 15 Cote d'Ivoire 47,000 2003 est. 16 China 44,000 2003 est. 17 Botswana 33,000 2003 est. 18 Ghana 30,000 2003 est. 19 Lesotho 29,000 2003 est. 20 Burkina Faso 29,000 2003 est. 21 Burundi 25,000 2003 est. 22 Haiti 24,000 2003 est. 23 Central African Republic 23,000 2003 est. 24 Sudan 23,000 2003 est. 25 Rwanda 22,000 2003 est. 26 Angola 21,000 2003 est. 27 Burma 20,000 2003 est. 28 Ukraine 20,000 2003 est. 29 Chad 18,000 2003 est. 30 Swaziland 17,000 2003 est. 31 Namibia 16,000 2003 est. 32 Brazil 15,000 2003 est. 33 Cambodia 15,000 2003 est. 34 United States 14,000 2003 est. 35 Mali 12,000 2003 est. 36 Sierra Leone 11,000 2001 est. 37 Togo 10,000 2003 est. 38 Congo, Republic of the 9,700 2003 est. 39 Guinea 9,000 2003 est. 40 Russia 9,000 2001 est. 41 Vietnam 9,000 2003 est. 42 Dominican Republic 7,900 2003 est. 43 Madagascar 7,500 2003 est. 44 Liberia 7,200 2003 est. 45 Eritrea 6,300 2003 est. 46 Benin 5,800 2003 est. 47 Guatemala 5,800 2003 est. 48 Mexico 5,000 2003 est. 49 Pakistan 4,900 2003 est. 50 Niger 4,800 2003 est. 51 Peru 4,200 2003 est. 52 Honduras 4,100 2003 est. 53 Venezuela 4,100 2003 est. 54 Colombia 3,600 2003 est. 55 Senegal 3,500 2003 est. 56 Nepal 3,100 2003 est. 57 Gabon 3,000 2003 est. 58 Indonesia 2,400 2003 est. 59 El Salvador 2,200 2003 est. 60 Malaysia 2,000 2003 est. 61 Trinidad and Tobago 1,900 2003 est. 62 Ecuador 1,700 2003 est. 63 Argentina 1,500 2003 est. 64 Canada 1,500 2003 est. 65 Chile 1,400 2003 est. 66 Guinea-Bissau 1,200 2001 est. 67 Guyana 1,100 2003 est. 68 Belarus 1,000 2001 est. 69 France 1,000 2003 est. 70 Italy 1,000 2003 est. 71 Spain 1,000 2003 est. 72 Portugal 1,000 2003 est. 73 Germany 1,000 2003 est. 74 Costa Rica 900 2003 est. 75 Jamaica 900 2003 est. 76 Iran 800 2003 est. 77 Egypt 700 2003 est. 78 Djibouti 690 2003 est. 79 Bangladesh 650 2001 est. 80 Gambia, The 600 2003 est. 81 Papua New Guinea 600 2003 est. 82 Paraguay 600 2003 est. 83 Algeria 500 2003 est. 84 Latvia 500 2003 est. 85 Philippines 500 2003 est. 86 Uzbekistan 500 2003 est. 87 Uruguay 500 2003 est. 88 United Kingdom 500 2003 est. 89 Suriname 500 2003 est. 90 Jordan 500 2003 est. 91 Japan 500 2003 est. 92 Equatorial Guinea 370 2001 est. 93 Romania 350 2001 est. 94 Moldova 300 2001 est. 95 Cape Verde 225 96 Armenia 200 2003 est. 97 Lithuania 200 2003 est. 98 Lebanon 200 2003 est. 99 Laos 200 2003 est. 100 Kazakhstan 200 2003 est. 101 Korea, South 200 2003 est. 102 Kyrgyzstan 200 2003 est. 103 Hong Kong 200 2003 est. 104 Georgia 200 2003 est. 105 Fiji 200 2003 est. 106 Tunisia 200 2003 est. 107 Syria 200 2003 est. 108 Singapore 200 2003 est. 109 New Zealand 200 2003 est. 110 Oman 200 2003 est. 111 Mongolia 200 2003 est. 112 Estonia 200 2003 est. 113 Cuba 200 2003 est. 114 Sri Lanka 200 2003 est. 115 Brunei 200 2003 est. 116 Barbados 200 2003 est. 117 Bahamas, The 200 2003 est. 118 Bahrain 200 2003 est. 119 Azerbaijan 100 2001 est. 120 Serbia and Montenegro 100 2003 est. 121 Turkmenistan 100 2004 est. 122 Switzerland 100 2003 est. 123 Sweden 100 2003 est. 124 Slovenia 100 2003 est. 125 Poland 100 2001 est. 126 Norway 100 2003 est. 127 Netherlands 100 2003 est. 128 Malta 100 2003 est. 129 Mauritius 100 2001 est. 130 Macedonia 100 2003 est. 131 Tajikistan 100 2001 est. 132 Luxembourg 100 2003 est. 133 Slovakia 100 2001 est. 134 Israel 100 2001 est. 135 Iceland 100 2003 est. 136 Hungary 100 2001 est. 137 Greece 100 2003 est. 138 Finland 100 2003 est. 139 Bulgaria 100 2001 est. 140 Bosnia and Herzegovina 100 2001 est. 141 Denmark 100 2003 est. 142 Ireland 100 2003 est. 143 Belgium 100 2003 est. 144 Austria 100 2003 est. 145 Czech Republic 10 2001 est. 146 Croatia 10 2001 est. 147 Samoa 3 148 Svalbard 0 2001

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Rank code: @2173

Rank Country Oil - production(bbl/day) Date of Information

1 World 75,340,000 2001 est. 2 Saudi Arabia 8,711,000 2001 est. 3 United States 8,054,000 2001 est. 4 Russia 7,286,000 2001 est. 5 Iran 3,804,000 2001 est. 6 Mexico 3,590,000 2001 est. 7 Norway 3,408,000 2001 est. 8 China 3,300,000 2001 est. 9 European Union 3,244,000 2001 10 Venezuela 3,080,000 2001 est. 11 Canada 2,738,000 2001 est. 12 United Arab Emirates 2,566,000 2001 est. 13 United Kingdom 2,541,000 2001 est. 14 Kuwait 2,270,000 2003 est. 15 Nigeria 2,256,000 2001 est. 16 Iraq 2,200,000 January 2004 est. 17 Brazil 1,561,000 2001 est. 18 Algeria 1,520,000 2001 est. 19 Indonesia 1,451,000 2001 est. 20 Libya 1,429,000 2001 est. 21 Oman 963,800 2001 est. 22 Qatar 864,200 2001 est. 23 Argentina 828,600 2001 est. 24 Egypt 816,900 2001 est. 25 Kazakhstan 798,200 2001 est. 26 Angola 742,400 2001 est. 27 India 732,400 2001 est. 28 Australia 731,000 2001 est. 29 Malaysia 690,000 2003 est. 30 Colombia 614,400 2001 est. 31 Syria 522,700 2001 est. 32 Yemen 438,500 2001 est. 33 Ecuador 421,200 2001 est. 34 Vietnam 356,700 2001 est. 35 Denmark 346,200 2001 est. 36 Azerbaijan 307,200 2001 est. 37 Gabon 301,300 2001 est. 38 Congo, Republic of the 275,000 2001 est. 39 Brunei 217,200 2001 est. 40 Sudan 209,100 2001 est. 41 South Africa 196,200 2001 est. 42 Equatorial Guinea 181,400 2001 est. 43 Thailand 173,800 2001 est. 44 Turkmenistan 162,500 2001 est. 45 Uzbekistan 142,700 2001 est. 46 Trinidad and Tobago 136,200 2001 est. 47 Romania 127,500 2001 est. 48 Peru 95,100 2001 est. 49 Ukraine 86,490 2001 est. 50 Germany 85,860 2001 est. 51 Italy 79,460 2001 est. 52 Cameroon 76,650 2001 est. 53 Tunisia 72,580 2001 est. 54 Papua New Guinea 67,500 2001 est. 55 Pakistan 62,870 2001 est. 56 Cuba 50,000 2001 est. 57 Turkey 48,000 2001 est. 58 Netherlands 46,200 2001 est. 59 Bolivia 44,340 2001 est. 60 Bahrain 43,000 2001 est. 61 New Zealand 42,160 2001 est. 62 Hungary 41,190 2001 est. 63 Belarus 37,000 2001 est. 64 France 34,920 2001 est. 65 Croatia 29,000 2001 est. 66 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 24,000 2001 est. 67 Guatemala 21,080 2001 est. 68 Austria 20,670 2001 est. 69 Burma 18,590 2002 est. 70 Japan 17,330 2001 est. 71 Poland 17,180 2001 est. 72 Serbia and Montenegro 15,000 2001 est. 73 Chile 13,640 2001 est. 74 Cote d'Ivoire 11,000 2001 est. 75 Suriname 10,000 2001 est. 76 Philippines 8,460 2001 est. 77 Czech Republic 7,419 2001 est. 78 Spain 7,099 2001 est. 79 Ghana 7,000 2001 est. 80 Greece 5,992 2001 est. 81 Albania 5,952 2001 est. 82 Estonia 5,100 2001 est. 83 Lithuania 4,594 2001 est. 84 Bangladesh 3,581 2001 est. 85 Georgia 2,000 2001 est. 86 Kyrgyzstan 2,000 2001 est. 87 Barbados 1,271 2001 est. 88 Taiwan 1,100 2001 est. 89 Slovakia 1,000 2001 est. 90 Benin 700 2001 est. 91 Bulgaria 603 2001 est. 92 Morocco 400 2001 est. 93 Tajikistan 250 2001 est. 94 Israel 80 2001 est. 95 Jordan 40 2001 est. 96 Slovenia 20 2001 est. 97 Aruba 0 2001 est. 98 Afghanistan 0 2001 est. 99 Botswana 0 2001 est. 100 Belgium 0 2001 est. 101 Solomon Islands 0 2001 est. 102 Lesotho 0 2001 est. 103 Liberia 0 2001 est. 104 Latvia 0 2001 est. 105 Lebanon 0 2001 est. 106 Laos 0 2001 est. 107 Korea, South 0 2001 est. 108 Kiribati 0 2001 est. 109 Korea, North 0 2001 est. 110 Kenya 0 2001 est. 111 Zimbabwe 0 2001 est. 112 Zambia 0 2001 est. 113 Swaziland 0 2001 est. 114 Samoa 0 2001 est. 115 Western Sahara 0 2001 est. 116 Namibia 0 2001 est. 117 Virgin Islands 0 2001 est. 118 British Virgin Islands 0 2001 est. 119 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2001 est. 120 Uruguay 0 2001 est. 121 Burkina Faso 0 2001 est. 122 Uganda 0 2001 est. 123 Tanzania 0 2001 est. 124 Sao Tome and Principe 0 2001 est. 125 Togo 0 2001 est. 126 Tonga 0 2001 est. 127 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 2001 est. 128 Switzerland 0 2001 est. 129 Sweden 0 2001 est. 130 Saint Lucia 0 2001 est. 131 Somalia 0 2001 est. 132 Singapore 0 2001 est. 133 Sierra Leone 0 2001 est. 134 Saint Helena 0 2001 est. 135 Senegal 0 2001 est. 136 Seychelles 0 2001 est. 137 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 2001 est. 138 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 2001 est. 139 Rwanda 0 2001 est. 140 Puerto Rico 0 2001 est. 141 Reunion 0 2001 est. 142 Panama 0 2001 est. 143 Paraguay 0 2001 est. 144 Nicaragua 0 2001 est. 145 Netherlands Antilles 0 2001 est. 146 Nauru 0 2001 est. 147 Nepal 0 2001 est. 148 Vanuatu 0 2001 est. 149 Niger 0 2001 est. 150 Niue 0 2001 est. 151 Guinea-Bissau 0 2001 est. 152 Portugal 0 2001 est. 153 New Caledonia 0 2001 est. 154 Mozambique 0 2001 est. 155 Maldives 0 2001 est. 156 Malta 0 2001 est. 157 Mauritania 0 2001 est. 158 Mauritius 0 2001 est. 159 Mali 0 2001 est. 160 Macedonia 0 2001 est. 161 Malawi 0 2001 est. 162 Montserrat 0 2001 est. 163 Mongolia 0 2001 est. 164 Moldova 0 2001 est. 165 Macau 0 2001 est. 166 Martinique 0 2001 est. 167 Madagascar 0 2001 est. 168 Luxembourg 0 2001 est. 169 Jamaica 0 2001 est. 170 Iceland 0 2001 est. 171 Honduras 0 2001 est. 172 Hong Kong 0 2001 est. 173 Haiti 0 2001 est. 174 Guyana 0 2001 est. 175 Guinea 0 2001 est. 176 French Polynesia 0 2001 est. 177 Faroe Islands 0 2001 est. 178 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0 2001 est. 179 Fiji 0 2001 est. 180 Finland 0 2001 est. 181 French Guiana 0 2001 est. 182 Ethiopia 0 2001 est. 183 El Salvador 0 2001 est. 184 Eritrea 0 2001 est. 185 Guam 0 2001 est. 186 Guadeloupe 0 2001 est. 187 Greenland 0 2001 est. 188 Grenada 0 2001 est. 189 Gibraltar 0 2001 est. 190 Gambia, The 0 2001 est. 191 Ireland 0 2001 est. 192 Dominican Republic 0 2001 est. 193 Dominica 0 2001 est. 194 Djibouti 0 2001 est. 195 Cyprus 0 2001 est. 196 Cook Islands 0 2001 est. 197 Cape Verde 0 2001 est. 198 Central African Republic 0 2001 est. 199 Costa Rica 0 2001 est. 200 Comoros 0 2001 est. 201 Cayman Islands 0 2001 est. 202 Sri Lanka 0 2001 est. 203 Chad 0 2001 est. 204 Cambodia 0 2001 est. 205 Burundi 0 2001 est. 206 Bhutan 0 2001 est. 207 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2001 est. 208 Belize 0 2001 est. 209 Bahamas, The 0 2001 est. 210 Bermuda 0 2001 est. 211 Armenia 0 2001 est. 212 American Samoa 0 2001 est. 213 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2001 est.

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Rank code: @2174

Rank Country Oil - consumption(bbl/day) Date of Information

1 World 75,810,000 2001 est. 2 United States 19,650,000 2001 est. 3 European Union 14,480,000 2001 4 Japan 5,290,000 2001 est. 5 China 4,570,000 2001 est. 6 Germany 2,813,000 2001 est. 7 Russia 2,595,000 2001 est. 8 Brazil 2,199,000 2001 est. 9 Korea, South 2,140,000 2001 est. 10 India 2,130,000 2001 est. 11 France 2,026,000 2001 est. 12 Italy 1,866,000 2001 est. 13 United Kingdom 1,710,000 2001 est. 14 Canada 1,703,000 2001 est. 15 Mexico 1,507,000 2001 est. 16 Spain 1,497,000 2001 est. 17 Saudi Arabia 1,452,000 2001 est. 18 Iran 1,277,000 2001 est. 19 Indonesia 1,045,000 2001 est. 20 Taiwan 988,000 2001 est. 21 Netherlands 895,300 2001 est. 22 Australia 796,500 2001 est. 23 Thailand 785,000 2001 est. 24 Singapore 700,000 2001 est. 25 Turkey 619,500 2001 est. 26 Belgium 595,100 2001 est. 27 Egypt 562,000 2001 est. 28 Venezuela 505,000 2001 est. 29 Argentina 486,000 2001 est. 30 Iraq 460,000 2001 est. 31 South Africa 460,000 2001 est. 32 Malaysia 460,000 2003 est. 33 Poland 424,100 2001 est. 34 Greece 405,700 2001 est. 35 Pakistan 365,000 2001 est. 36 Philippines 343,000 2001 est. 37 Portugal 339,800 2001 est. 38 Sweden 328,600 2001 est. 39 United Arab Emirates 310,000 2001 est. 40 Kuwait 293,000 2003 est. 41 Switzerland 290,400 2001 est. 42 Ukraine 290,000 2001 est. 43 Nigeria 275,000 2001 est. 44 Syria 265,000 2001 est. 45 Austria 262,400 2001 est. 46 Israel 260,000 2001 est. 47 Hong Kong 257,000 2001 est. 48 Colombia 252,000 2001 est. 49 Chile 241,000 2001 est. 50 Belarus 230,000 2001 est. 51 Denmark 218,000 2001 est. 52 Libya 216,000 2001 est. 53 Romania 215,000 2001 est. 54 Finland 211,400 2001 est. 55 Algeria 209,000 2001 est. 56 Kazakhstan 195,000 2001 est. 57 Puerto Rico 190,000 2001 est. 58 Vietnam 185,000 2001 est. 59 Czech Republic 175,700 2001 est. 60 Ireland 174,400 2001 est. 61 Norway 171,100 2001 est. 62 Morocco 167,000 2001 est. 63 Cuba 163,000 2001 est. 64 Peru 161,000 2001 est. 65 Uzbekistan 142,000 2001 est. 66 Hungary 140,700 2001 est. 67 Azerbaijan 140,000 2001 est. 68 New Zealand 132,700 2001 est. 69 Dominican Republic 129,000 2001 est. 70 Ecuador 129,000 2001 est. 71 Lebanon 107,000 2001 est. 72 Jordan 103,000 2001 est. 73 Bulgaria 94,000 2001 est. 74 Croatia 89,000 2001 est. 75 Tunisia 87,000 2001 est. 76 Korea, North 85,000 2001 est. 77 Slovakia 82,000 2001 est. 78 Sri Lanka 75,000 2001 est. 79 Yemen 74,000 2001 est. 80 Lithuania 72,000 2001 est. 81 Netherlands Antilles 72,000 2001 est. 82 Bangladesh 71,000 2001 est. 83 Jamaica 66,000 2001 est. 84 Virgin Islands 66,000 2001 est. 85 Serbia and Montenegro 64,000 2001 est. 86 Turkmenistan 63,000 2001 est. 87 Guatemala 61,000 2001 est. 88 Kenya 57,000 2001 est. 89 Slovenia 53,300 2001 est. 90 Oman 53,000 2001 est. 91 Panama 52,000 2001 est. 92 Luxembourg 50,650 2001 est. 93 Sudan 50,000 2001 est. 94 Bolivia 49,000 2001 est. 95 Cyprus 49,000 2001 est. 96 Latvia 44,000 2001 est. 97 Gibraltar 42,000 2001 est. 98 Uruguay 41,500 2001 est. 99 El Salvador 39,000 2001 est. 100 Burma 38,000 2001 est. 101 Ghana 38,000 2001 est. 102 Costa Rica 37,000 2001 est. 103 Cote d'Ivoire 32,000 2001 est. 104 Georgia 31,500 2001 est. 105 Angola 31,000 2001 est. 106 Senegal 31,000 2001 est. 107 Bahrain 31,000 2001 est. 108 Honduras 29,000 2001 est. 109 Qatar 29,000 2001 est. 110 Paraguay 25,000 2001 est. 111 Nicaragua 24,500 2001 est. 112 Estonia 24,000 2001 est. 113 Trinidad and Tobago 24,000 2001 est. 114 Moldova 24,000 2001 est. 115 Mauritania 24,000 2001 est. 116 Bahamas, The 23,000 2001 est. 117 Zimbabwe 23,000 2001 est. 118 Ethiopia 23,000 2001 est. 119 Albania 22,400 2001 est. 120 Cameroon 22,000 2001 est. 121 Mauritius 21,000 2001 est. 122 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20,000 2001 est. 123 Malta 20,000 2001 est. 124 Tajikistan 20,000 2001 est. 125 Kyrgyzstan 20,000 2001 est. 126 Macedonia 20,000 2001 est. 127 Guam 20,000 2001 est. 128 Reunion 18,000 2001 est. 129 Tanzania 17,000 2001 est. 130 Iceland 16,300 2001 est. 131 Botswana 16,000 2001 est. 132 Nepal 16,000 2001 est. 133 Papua New Guinea 15,000 2001 est. 134 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 14,000 2001 est. 135 Martinique 13,500 2001 est. 136 Brunei 13,000 2001 est. 137 Madagascar 13,000 2001 est. 138 Guadeloupe 13,000 2001 est. 139 Namibia 13,000 2001 est. 140 Gabon 13,000 2001 est. 141 Benin 11,500 2001 est. 142 Djibouti 11,300 2001 est. 143 Macau 11,190 2001 est. 144 Guyana 11,000 2001 est. 145 Haiti 11,000 2001 est. 146 Zambia 11,000 2001 est. 147 Barbados 10,900 2001 est. 148 Suriname 10,000 2001 est. 149 Togo 10,000 2001 est. 150 Mongolia 8,750 2001 est. 151 Uganda 8,750 2001 est. 152 New Caledonia 8,750 2001 est. 153 Guinea 8,600 2001 est. 154 Mozambique 8,500 2001 est. 155 Burkina Faso 8,000 2001 est. 156 Aruba 6,500 2001 est. 157 Sierra Leone 6,500 2001 est. 158 French Guiana 6,500 2001 est. 159 Eritrea 6,000 2001 est. 160 Armenia 5,700 2001 est. 161 Fiji 5,700 2001 est. 162 Malawi 5,400 2001 est. 163 Rwanda 5,300 2001 est. 164 Belize 5,000 2001 est. 165 Niger 5,000 2001 est. 166 Congo, Republic of the 5,000 2001 est. 167 French Polynesia 4,750 2001 est. 168 Faroe Islands 4,500 2001 est. 169 Bermuda 4,000 2001 est. 170 Mali 4,000 2001 est. 171 Seychelles 4,000 2001 est. 172 Somalia 4,000 2001 est. 173 American Samoa 3,800 2001 est. 174 Greenland 3,700 2001 est. 175 Antigua and Barbuda 3,600 2001 est. 176 Cambodia 3,600 2001 est. 177 Afghanistan 3,500 2001 est. 178 Swaziland 3,500 2001 est. 179 Maldives 3,200 2001 est. 180 Liberia 3,100 2001 est. 181 Burundi 2,750 2001 est. 182 Laos 2,750 2001 est. 183 Guinea-Bissau 2,500 2001 est. 184 Cayman Islands 2,400 2001 est. 185 Saint Lucia 2,400 2001 est. 186 Central African Republic 2,400 2001 est. 187 Cape Verde 2,000 2001 est. 188 Equatorial Guinea 2,000 2001 est. 189 Gambia, The 1,900 2001 est. 190 Western Sahara 1,800 2001 est. 191 Chad 1,500 2001 est. 192 Lesotho 1,500 2001 193 Solomon Islands 1,250 2001 est. 194 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,250 2001 est. 195 Bhutan 1,020 2001 est. 196 Grenada 1,000 2001 est. 197 Tonga 1,000 2001 est. 198 Samoa 1,000 2001 est. 199 Nauru 1,000 2001 est. 200 Saint Kitts and Nevis 710 2001 est. 201 Comoros 700 2001 est. 202 Sao Tome and Principe 700 2001 est. 203 Dominica 600 2001 est. 204 Vanuatu 600 2001 est. 205 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 600 2001 est. 206 Cook Islands 450 2001 est. 207 British Virgin Islands 420 2001 est. 208 Montserrat 400 2001 est. 209 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 200 2001 est. 210 Saint Helena 200 2001 est. 211 Kiribati 190 2001 est. 212 Niue 20 2001 est. 213 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 2001 est.

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Rank code: @2175

Rank Country Oil - imports(bbl/day) Date of Information

1 European Union 16,970,000 2001 2 Japan 5,449,000 2001 3 Germany 3,081,000 2001 4 Korea, South 2,965,000 2001 5 Netherlands 2,284,000 2001 6 France 2,281,000 2001 7 Italy 2,158,000 2001 8 Spain 1,582,000 2001 9 United Kingdom 1,418,000 2001 10 China 1,207,000 2001 11 Canada 1,145,000 2001 12 Belgium 1,042,000 2001 13 Turkey 616,500 2001 14 Sweden 553,100 2001 15 Australia 530,800 2001 16 Greece 468,300 2001 17 Poland 413,700 2001 18 Mexico 374,700 2001 19 Portugal 357,300 2001 20 Finland 318,300 2001 21 Switzerland 289,500 2001 22 Austria 262,000 2001 23 Denmark 195,000 2001 24 Czech Republic 192,300 2001 25 Ireland 178,600 2001 26 Hungary 136,600 2001 27 New Zealand 119,700 2001 28 Norway 88,870 2001 29 Luxembourg 50,700 2001 30 Iceland 15,470 2001 31 Saudi Arabia 0 2003

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Rank code: @2176

Rank Country Oil - exports(bbl/day) Date of Information

1 Saudi Arabia 7,920,000 2003 2 European Union 6,429,000 2001 3 Norway 3,466,000 2001 4 United Kingdom 2,205,000 2001 5 Iran 2,200,000 2003 6 Canada 2,008,000 2001 7 Kuwait 1,970,000 2003 8 Mexico 1,881,000 2001 9 Iraq 1,700,000 January 2004 10 Netherlands 1,418,000 2001 11 Korea, South 804,700 2001 12 Australia 523,400 2001 13 Italy 456,600 2001 14 Belgium 450,000 2001 15 France 409,600 2001 16 Germany 404,300 2001 17 Denmark 332,100 2001 18 Malaysia 230,200 2003 19 Sweden 203,700 2001 20 China 151,200 2001 21 Spain 135,100 2001 22 Finland 101,000 2001 23 Japan 93,360 2001 24 Greece 84,720 2001 25 Poland 53,000 2001 26 Hungary 47,180 2001 27 Turkey 46,110 2001 28 Austria 35,470 2001 29 New Zealand 30,220 2001 30 Portugal 28,830 2001 31 Ireland 27,450 2001 32 Czech Republic 26,670 2001 33 Switzerland 10,420 2001 34 Luxembourg 634 2001 35 Iceland 0 2001

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Rank code: @2178

Rank Country Oil - proved reserves(bbl) Date of Information

1 World 1,025,000,000,000 1 January 2002 2 Saudi Arabia 261,700,000,000 1 January 2002 3 Iraq 113,800,000,000 1 January 2002 4 Kuwait 97,680,000,000 1 January 2002 5 Iran 94,390,000,000 1 January 2002 6 United Arab Emirates 80,310,000,000 1 January 2002 7 Venezuela 63,950,000,000 1 January 2002 8 Russia 51,220,000,000 1 January 2002 9 Libya 29,750,000,000 1 January 2002 10 Nigeria 27,000,000,000 1 January 2002 11 China 26,750,000,000 1 January 2002 12 United States 22,450,000,000 1 January 2002 13 Mexico 15,110,000,000 1 January 2003 14 Qatar 14,510,000,000 1 January 2002 15 Algeria 13,100,000,000 1 January 2002 16 Norway 9,859,000,000 1 January 2002 17 Brazil 8,507,000,000 1 January 2002 18 European Union 7,467,000,000 1 January 2002 19 Indonesia 7,083,000,000 1 January 2002 20 Oman 5,703,000,000 1 January 2002 21 Angola 5,691,000,000 1 January 2002 22 Canada 5,112,000,000 1 January 2002 23 United Kingdom 4,741,000,000 1 January 2002 24 India 4,330,000,000 1 January 2002 25 Malaysia 3,729,000,000 1 January 2002 26 Australia 3,664,000,000 1 January 2002 27 Egypt 3,308,000,000 1 January 2002 28 Yemen 3,200,000,000 1 January 2002 29 Argentina 2,927,000,000 1 January 2002 30 Kazakhstan 2,709,000,000 1 January 2002 31 Gabon 2,450,000,000 1 January 2002 32 Syria 2,400,000,000 1 January 2002 33 Ecuador 2,358,000,000 1 January 2002 34 Colombia 1,800,000,000 1 January 2002 35 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1,538,000,000 1 January 2002 36 Vietnam 1,400,000,000 1 January 2002 37 Brunei 1,255,000,000 1 January 2002 38 Denmark 1,230,000,000 1 January 2002 39 Romania 1,055,000,000 1 January 2002 40 Trinidad and Tobago 990,000,000 1 January 2004 41 Sudan 631,500,000 1 January 2002 42 Peru 614,700,000 1 January 2002 43 Thailand 600,000,000 1 January 2003 44 Azerbaijan 589,000,000 1 January 2002 45 Italy 586,600,000 1 January 2002 46 Equatorial Guinea 563,500,000 1 January 2002 47 Cuba 532,000,000 1 January 2002 48 Bolivia 458,800,000 1 January 2002 49 Tunisia 417,000,000 1 January 2002 50 Papua New Guinea 345,200,000 1 January 2002 51 Germany 327,300,000 1 January 2002 52 Pakistan 297,100,000 1 January 2002 53 Uzbekistan 297,000,000 1 January 2002 54 Turkey 288,400,000 1 January 2002 55 Turkmenistan 273,000,000 1 January 2002 56 Guatemala 263,000,000 1 January 2002 57 Cameroon 200,000,000 1 January 2002 58 Ukraine 197,500,000 1 January 2002 59 Albania 185,500,000 1 January 2002 60 Philippines 164,000,000 1 January 2002 61 France 144,300,000 1 January 2002 62 Bahrain 125,000,000 1 January 2003 63 Poland 116,400,000 1 January 2002 64 Burma 115,000,000 1 January 2003 65 Hungary 110,700,000 1 January 2002 66 Croatia 93,600,000 1 January 2002 67 Congo, Republic of the 93,500,000 1 January 2002 68 New Zealand 89,620,000 1 January 2002 69 Netherlands 88,060,000 1 January 2002 70 Austria 85,690,000 1 January 2002 71 Chile 81,050,000 1 January 2002 72 Cote d'Ivoire 50,000,000 1 January 2002 73 Serbia and Montenegro 38,750,000 1 January 2002 74 Suriname 37,000,000 1 January 2002 75 Japan 29,290,000 1 January 2002 76 Bangladesh 28,450,000 1 January 2002 77 Czech Republic 17,250,000 1 January 2002 78 Spain 10,500,000 1 January 2002 79 Ghana 8,255,000 1 January 2002 80 Bulgaria 8,100,000 1 January 2002 81 South Africa 7,840,000 1 January 2002 82 Greece 4,500,000 1 January 2002 83 Slovakia 4,500,000 1 January 2002 84 Benin 4,105,000 1 January 2002 85 Taiwan 2,000,000 1 January 2002 86 Israel 1,920,000 1 January 2002 87 Barbados 1,254,000 1 January 2002 88 Morocco 900,000 1 January 2002 89 Jordan 445,000 1 January 2002 90 Ethiopia 214,000 1 January 2002 91 Afghanistan 0 1 January 2002 92 Rwanda 0 1 January 2002 93 Tanzania 0 1 January 2002 94 Namibia 0 1 January 2002 95 Somalia 0 1 January 2002 96 Mozambique 0 1 January 2002 97 Ireland 0 1 January 2002 98 Madagascar 0 1 January 2002

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Rank code: @2179

Rank Country Natural gas - proved reserves(cu m) Date of Information

1 World 161,200,000,000,000 1 January 2002 2 Russia 47,860,000,000,000 1 January 2002 3 Iran 24,800,000,000,000 1 January 2002 4 Qatar 17,930,000,000,000 1 January 2002 5 Saudi Arabia 6,339,000,000,000 1 January 2002 6 United Arab Emirates 5,892,000,000,000 1 January 2002 7 United States 5,195,000,000,000 1 January 2002 8 Algeria 4,739,000,000,000 1 January 2002 9 Venezuela 4,202,000,000,000 1 January 2002 10 Nigeria 4,007,000,000,000 1 January 2002 11 European Union 3,262,000,000,000 1 January 2002 12 Iraq 3,149,000,000,000 1 January 2002 13 Indonesia 2,549,000,000,000 1 January 2002 14 Australia 2,407,000,000,000 1 January 2002 15 Malaysia 2,230,000,000,000 1 January 2002 16 Norway 1,716,000,000,000 1 January 2002 17 Netherlands 1,693,000,000,000 1 January 2002 18 Canada 1,691,000,000,000 1 January 2002 19 Kuwait 1,548,000,000,000 1 January 2002 20 Turkmenistan 1,430,000,000,000 1 January 2002 21 Libya 1,321,000,000,000 1 January 2002 22 China 1,290,000,000,000 1 January 2002 23 Egypt 1,264,000,000,000 1 January 2002 24 Mexico 969,200,000,000 1 January 2003 25 Uzbekistan 937,300,000,000 1 January 2002 26 Kazakhstan 920,300,000,000 1 January 2002 27 Oman 846,400,000,000 1 January 2002 28 Argentina 768,000,000,000 1 January 2002 29 Bolivia 727,200,000,000 1 January 2002 30 United Kingdom 714,900,000,000 1 January 2002 31 Pakistan 695,600,000,000 1 January 2002 32 Trinidad and Tobago 589,000,000,000 1 January 2004 33 Ukraine 560,700,000,000 1 January 2002 34 India 542,400,000,000 1 January 2002 35 Yemen 480,000,000,000 1 January 2002 36 Papua New Guinea 385,500,000,000 1 January 2002 37 Thailand 368,200,000,000 1 January 2003 38 Brunei 315,000,000,000 1 January 2002 39 Burma 314,400,000,000 1 January 2003 40 Germany 298,300,000,000 1 January 2002 41 Peru 245,100,000,000 1 January 2002 42 Syria 240,700,000,000 1 January 2002 43 Brazil 221,700,000,000 1 January 2002 44 Italy 209,700,000,000 1 January 2002 45 Vietnam 192,600,000,000 1 January 2002 46 Poland 154,400,000,000 1 January 2002 47 Bangladesh 150,300,000,000 1 January 2002 48 Colombia 132,000,000,000 1 January 2002 49 Romania 111,100,000,000 1 January 2002 50 Ecuador 106,500,000,000 1 January 2002 51 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 104,800,000,000 1 January 2002 52 Philippines 104,600,000,000 1 January 2002 53 Sudan 99,110,000,000 1 January 2002 54 Denmark 81,980,000,000 1 January 2002 55 Angola 79,570,000,000 1 January 2002 56 Tunisia 77,160,000,000 1 January 2002 57 Equatorial Guinea 68,530,000,000 1 January 2002 58 Chile 67,780,000,000 1 January 2002 59 Gabon 66,470,000,000 1 January 2002 60 Mozambique 63,710,000,000 1 January 2002 61 Azerbaijan 62,300,000,000 1 January 2002 62 New Zealand 58,940,000,000 1 January 2002 63 Cameroon 55,220,000,000 1 January 2002 64 Hungary 50,450,000,000 1 January 2002 65 Afghanistan 49,980,000,000 1 January 2002 66 Bahrain 46,000,000,000 1 January 2003 67 Cuba 42,620,000,000 1 January 2002 68 Taiwan 38,230,000,000 1 January 2002 69 Croatia 34,360,000,000 1 January 2002 70 Namibia 31,150,000,000 1 January 2002 71 Rwanda 28,320,000,000 1 January 2002 72 Austria 24,900,000,000 1 January 2002 73 Serbia and Montenegro 24,070,000,000 1 January 2002 74 Israel 20,810,000,000 1 January 2002 75 Japan 20,020,000,000 1 January 2002 76 Cote d'Ivoire 14,870,000,000 1 January 2002 77 South Africa 14,160,000,000 1 January 2002 78 France 12,860,000,000 1 January 2002 79 Ethiopia 12,460,000,000 1 January 2002 80 Ghana 11,890,000,000 1 January 2002 81 Tanzania 11,330,000,000 1 January 2002 82 Ireland 9,911,000,000 1 January 2002 83 Turkey 8,685,000,000 1 January 2002 84 Slovakia 7,504,000,000 1 January 2002 85 Bulgaria 3,724,000,000 1 January 2002 86 Albania 3,316,000,000 1 January 2002 87 Jordan 3,256,000,000 1 January 2002 88 Czech Republic 3,057,000,000 1 January 2002 89 Somalia 2,832,000,000 1 January 2002 90 Guatemala 1,543,000,000 1 January 2002 91 Morocco 665,400,000 1 January 2002 92 Benin 608,800,000 1 January 2002 93 Congo, Republic of the 495,500,000 1 January 2002 94 Greece 254,900,000 1 January 2002 95 Spain 254,900,000 1 January 2002 96 Barbados 70,790,000 1 January 2002 97 Madagascar 0 1 January 2002 98 Suriname 0 1 January 2002

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Rank code: @2180

Rank Country Natural gas - production(cu m) Date of Information

1 World 2,578,000,000,000 2001 est. 2 Russia 580,800,000,000 2001 est. 3 United States 548,100,000,000 2001 est. 4 European Union 243,800,000,000 2001 5 Canada 186,800,000,000 2001 est. 6 United Kingdom 105,900,000,000 2001 est. 7 Algeria 80,300,000,000 2001 est. 8 Netherlands 77,750,000,000 2001 est. 9 Indonesia 69,000,000,000 2001 est. 10 Uzbekistan 63,100,000,000 2001 est. 11 Iran 61,500,000,000 2001 est. 12 Norway 54,600,000,000 2001 est. 13 Saudi Arabia 53,690,000,000 2001 est. 14 Malaysia 53,660,000,000 2001 est. 15 Turkmenistan 48,200,000,000 2001 est. 16 United Arab Emirates 44,940,000,000 2001 est. 17 Argentina 37,150,000,000 2001 est. 18 Mexico 36,870,000,000 2001 est. 19 Australia 33,080,000,000 2001 est. 20 Qatar 32,400,000,000 2001 est. 21 Venezuela 31,710,000,000 2001 est. 22 China 30,300,000,000 2001 est. 23 Trinidad and Tobago 25,000,000,000 2003 est. 24 Pakistan 23,400,000,000 2001 est. 25 India 22,750,000,000 2001 est. 26 Germany 22,160,000,000 2001 est. 27 Egypt 21,200,000,000 2001 est. 28 Thailand 18,730,000,000 2001 est. 29 Ukraine 18,200,000,000 2001 est. 30 Nigeria 15,680,000,000 2001 est. 31 Italy 15,490,000,000 2001 est. 32 Romania 14,300,000,000 2001 est. 33 Oman 13,770,000,000 2001 est. 34 Brunei 10,350,000,000 2001 est. 35 Kazakhstan 10,080,000,000 2001 est. 36 Bangladesh 9,900,000,000 2001 est. 37 Bahrain 8,900,000,000 2001 est. 38 Kuwait 8,700,000,000 2002 est. 39 Denmark 8,380,000,000 2001 est. 40 Burma 7,350,000,000 2001 est. 41 New Zealand 6,504,000,000 2001 est. 42 Libya 6,180,000,000 2001 est. 43 Brazil 5,950,000,000 2001 est. 44 Syria 5,840,000,000 2001 est. 45 Azerbaijan 5,720,000,000 2001 est. 46 Colombia 5,700,000,000 2001 est. 47 Poland 5,471,000,000 2001 est. 48 Bolivia 4,050,000,000 2001 est. 49 Hungary 3,231,000,000 2001 est. 50 Iraq 2,760,000,000 2001 est. 51 Japan 2,519,000,000 2001 est. 52 Tunisia 2,250,000,000 2001 est. 53 France 1,898,000,000 2001 est. 54 South Africa 1,800,000,000 2001 est. 55 Croatia 1,760,000,000 2001 est. 56 Austria 1,731,000,000 2001 est. 57 Cote d'Ivoire 1,350,000,000 2001 est. 58 Vietnam 1,300,000,000 2001 est. 59 Chile 1,200,000,000 2001 est. 60 Ireland 815,000,000 2001 est. 61 Taiwan 750,000,000 2001 est. 62 Serbia and Montenegro 602,000,000 2001 est. 63 Cuba 600,000,000 2001 est. 64 Angola 530,000,000 2001 est. 65 Spain 516,000,000 2001 est. 66 Peru 370,000,000 2001 est. 67 Turkey 312,000,000 2001 est. 68 Slovakia 292,000,000 2001 est. 69 Jordan 290,000,000 2001 est. 70 Afghanistan 220,000,000 2001 est. 71 Belarus 200,000,000 2001 est. 72 Ecuador 160,000,000 2001 est. 73 Czech Republic 160,000,000 2001 est. 74 Papua New Guinea 110,000,000 2001 est. 75 Gabon 80,000,000 2001 est. 76 Georgia 60,000,000 2001 est. 77 Mozambique 60,000,000 2001 est. 78 Morocco 50,000,000 2001 est. 79 Tajikistan 50,000,000 2001 est. 80 Senegal 50,000,000 2001 est. 81 Greece 35,000,000 2001 est. 82 Albania 30,000,000 2001 est. 83 Barbados 29,170,000 2001 est. 84 Equatorial Guinea 20,000,000 2001 est. 85 Kyrgyzstan 16,000,000 2001 est. 86 Israel 10,000,000 2001 est. 87 Philippines 10,000,000 2001 est. 88 Bulgaria 4,000,000 2001 est. 89 Armenia 0 2001 est. 90 Estonia 0 2001 est. 91 Latvia 0 2001 est. 92 Yemen 0 2001 est. 93 Uruguay 0 2001 est. 94 Switzerland 0 2001 est. 95 Sweden 0 2001 est. 96 Singapore 0 2001 est. 97 Slovenia 0 2001 est. 98 Puerto Rico 0 2001 est. 99 Portugal 0 2001 est. 100 Moldova 0 2001 est. 101 Luxembourg 0 2001 est. 102 Lithuania 0 2001 est. 103 Korea, South 0 2001 est. 104 Hong Kong 0 2001 est. 105 Finland 0 2001 est. 106 Belgium 0 2001 est. 107 Cameroon 0 2001 est. 108 Congo, Republic of the 0 2001 est. 109 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2001 est.

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Rank code: @2181

Rank Country Natural gas - consumption(cu m) Date of Information

1 World 2,555,000,000,000 2001 est. 2 United States 640,900,000,000 2001 est. 3 European Union 463,600,000,000 2001 4 Russia 408,100,000,000 2001 est. 5 Germany 94,340,000,000 2001 est. 6 United Kingdom 92,850,000,000 2001 est. 7 Canada 82,250,000,000 2001 est. 8 Japan 80,420,000,000 2001 est. 9 Ukraine 74,100,000,000 2001 est. 10 Italy 71,180,000,000 2001 est. 11 Iran 65,590,000,000 2001 est. 12 Saudi Arabia 53,690,000,000 2001 est. 13 Netherlands 49,720,000,000 2001 est. 14 Uzbekistan 45,200,000,000 2001 est. 15 France 42,010,000,000 2001 est. 16 Mexico 38,840,000,000 2001 est. 17 United Arab Emirates 37,860,000,000 2001 est. 18 Indonesia 36,200,000,000 2001 est. 19 Venezuela 31,710,000,000 2001 est. 20 Malaysia 31,250,000,000 2001 est. 21 Argentina 31,100,000,000 2001 est. 22 China 27,400,000,000 2001 est. 23 Thailand 23,930,000,000 2001 est. 24 Pakistan 23,400,000,000 2001 est. 25 Australia 23,330,000,000 2001 est. 26 India 22,750,000,000 2001 est. 27 Algeria 22,320,000,000 2001 est. 28 Egypt 21,200,000,000 2001 est. 29 Korea, South 20,920,000,000 2001 est. 30 Romania 19,700,000,000 2001 est. 31 Belarus 18,000,000,000 2001 est. 32 Spain 17,960,000,000 2001 est. 33 Turkey 15,940,000,000 2001 est. 34 Qatar 15,860,000,000 2001 est. 35 Belgium 15,500,000,000 2001 est. 36 Kazakhstan 14,300,000,000 2001 est. 37 Poland 13,850,000,000 2001 est. 38 Trinidad and Tobago 13,760,000,000 2003 est. 39 Hungary 13,370,000,000 2001 est. 40 Bangladesh 9,900,000,000 2001 est. 41 Czech Republic 9,892,000,000 2001 est. 42 Turkmenistan 9,600,000,000 2001 est. 43 Brazil 9,590,000,000 2001 est. 44 Bahrain 8,900,000,000 2001 est. 45 Kuwait 8,700,000,000 2002 est. 46 Slovakia 7,932,000,000 2001 est. 47 Nigeria 7,850,000,000 2001 est. 48 Austria 7,810,000,000 2001 est. 49 Azerbaijan 6,720,000,000 2001 est. 50 Taiwan 6,640,000,000 2001 est. 51 New Zealand 6,504,000,000 2001 est. 52 Chile 6,470,000,000 2001 est. 53 Oman 6,340,000,000 2001 est. 54 Syria 5,840,000,000 2001 est. 55 Bulgaria 5,804,000,000 2001 est. 56 Colombia 5,700,000,000 2001 est. 57 Libya 5,410,000,000 2001 est. 58 Denmark 5,280,000,000 2001 est. 59 Finland 4,557,000,000 2001 est. 60 Ireland 4,199,000,000 2001 est. 61 Norway 4,100,000,000 2001 est. 62 Tunisia 3,830,000,000 2001 est. 63 Switzerland 3,093,000,000 2001 est. 64 Croatia 2,840,000,000 2001 est. 65 Iraq 2,760,000,000 2001 est. 66 Lithuania 2,760,000,000 2001 est. 67 Portugal 2,542,000,000 2001 est. 68 Singapore 2,500,000,000 2001 est. 69 Burma 2,150,000,000 2001 est. 70 Moldova 2,050,000,000 2001 est. 71 Greece 2,021,000,000 2001 est. 72 Kyrgyzstan 2,016,000,000 2001 est. 73 South Africa 1,800,000,000 2001 est. 74 Latvia 1,700,000,000 2001 est. 75 Armenia 1,400,000,000 2001 est. 76 Brunei 1,350,000,000 2001 est. 77 Cote d'Ivoire 1,350,000,000 2001 est. 78 Tajikistan 1,300,000,000 2001 est. 79 Vietnam 1,300,000,000 2001 est. 80 Estonia 1,270,000,000 2001 est. 81 Georgia 1,160,000,000 2001 est. 82 Bolivia 1,150,000,000 2001 est. 83 Slovenia 1,040,000,000 2001 est. 84 Sweden 949,000,000 2001 est. 85 Luxembourg 865,000,000 2001 est. 86 Hong Kong 680,900,000 2001 est. 87 Puerto Rico 630,000,000 2001 est. 88 Serbia and Montenegro 602,000,000 2001 est. 89 Cuba 600,000,000 2001 est. 90 Angola 530,000,000 2001 est. 91 Peru 370,000,000 2001 est. 92 Bosnia and Herzegovina 300,000,000 2001 est. 93 Jordan 290,000,000 2001 est. 94 Afghanistan 220,000,000 2001 est. 95 Ecuador 160,000,000 2001 est. 96 Papua New Guinea 110,000,000 2001 est. 97 Gabon 80,000,000 2001 est. 98 Mozambique 60,000,000 2001 est. 99 Morocco 50,000,000 2001 est. 100 Senegal 50,000,000 2001 est. 101 Uruguay 40,000,000 2001 est. 102 Albania 30,000,000 2001 est. 103 Barbados 29,170,000 2001 est. 104 Equatorial Guinea 20,000,000 2001 est. 105 Israel 10,000,000 2001 est. 106 Philippines 10,000,000 2001 est. 107 Congo, Republic of the 0 2001 est. 108 Cameroon 0 2001 est. 109 Yemen 0 2001 est.

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Rank code: @2182

Rank Country Natural gas - imports(cu m) Date of Information

1 World 697,500,000,000 2001 est. 2 European Union 292,200,000,000 2001 3 United States 114,100,000,000 2001 est. 4 Germany 78,730,000,000 2001 est. 5 Japan 77,730,000,000 2001 est. 6 Ukraine 55,900,000,000 2001 est. 7 Italy 54,780,000,000 2001 est. 8 France 40,260,000,000 2001 est. 9 Russia 32,700,000,000 2001 est. 10 Korea, South 21,110,000,000 2001 est. 11 Netherlands 20,780,000,000 2001 est. 12 Belarus 17,800,000,000 2001 est. 13 Spain 17,260,000,000 2001 est. 14 Turkey 15,750,000,000 2001 est. 15 Belgium 15,400,000,000 2001 est. 16 Hungary 9,587,000,000 2001 est. 17 Czech Republic 9,521,000,000 2001 est. 18 Poland 8,782,000,000 2001 est. 19 Kazakhstan 8,300,000,000 2001 est. 20 Slovakia 7,205,000,000 2001 est. 21 Taiwan 6,300,000,000 2001 est. 22 Austria 6,033,000,000 2001 est. 23 Bulgaria 5,800,000,000 2001 est. 24 Romania 5,400,000,000 2001 est. 25 Chile 5,270,000,000 2001 est. 26 Thailand 5,200,000,000 2001 est. 27 Finland 4,567,000,000 2001 est. 28 Canada 4,460,000,000 2001 est. 29 Iran 4,200,000,000 2001 est. 30 Brazil 3,640,000,000 2001 est. 31 Ireland 3,384,000,000 2001 est. 32 Switzerland 3,093,000,000 2001 est. 33 Mexico 2,967,000,000 2001 est. 34 Lithuania 2,760,000,000 2001 est. 35 United Kingdom 2,700,000,000 2001 est. 36 Portugal 2,553,000,000 2001 est. 37 Singapore 2,500,000,000 2001 est. 38 Moldova 2,050,000,000 2001 est. 39 Greece 2,018,000,000 2001 est. 40 Kyrgyzstan 2,000,000,000 2001 est. 41 Latvia 1,700,000,000 2001 est. 42 Tunisia 1,580,000,000 2001 est. 43 Armenia 1,400,000,000 2001 est. 44 Estonia 1,270,000,000 2001 est. 45 Tajikistan 1,250,000,000 2001 est. 46 Georgia 1,100,000,000 2001 est. 47 Croatia 1,080,000,000 2001 est. 48 Slovenia 1,040,000,000 2001 est. 49 Azerbaijan 1,000,000,000 2001 est. 50 Sweden 968,000,000 2001 est. 51 Luxembourg 867,000,000 2001 est. 52 Hong Kong 680,900,000 2001 est. 53 Puerto Rico 630,000,000 2001 est. 54 Bosnia and Herzegovina 300,000,000 2001 est. 55 Uruguay 40,000,000 2001 est. 56 United Arab Emirates 0 2001 est. 57 Afghanistan 0 2001 est. 58 Argentina 0 2001 est. 59 Bolivia 0 2001 est. 60 Senegal 0 2001 est. 61 South Africa 0 2001 est. 62 Saudi Arabia 0 2001 est. 63 Philippines 0 2001 est. 64 Qatar 0 2001 est. 65 Papua New Guinea 0 2001 est. 66 Pakistan 0 2001 est. 67 Peru 0 2001 est. 68 New Zealand 0 2001 est. 69 Yemen 0 2001 est. 70 Serbia and Montenegro 0 2001 est. 71 Vietnam 0 2001 est. 72 Venezuela 0 2001 est. 73 Uzbekistan 0 2001 est. 74 Turkmenistan 0 2001 est. 75 Trinidad and Tobago 0 2001 est. 76 Syria 0 2001 est. 77 Norway 0 2001 est. 78 Nigeria 0 2001 est. 79 Mozambique 0 2001 est. 80 Malaysia 0 2001 est. 81 Oman 0 2001 est. 82 Morocco 0 2001 est. 83 Libya 0 2001 est. 84 Kuwait 0 2002 est. 85 Jordan 0 2001 est. 86 Iraq 0 2001 est. 87 Cote d'Ivoire 0 2001 est. 88 Israel 0 2001 est. 89 India 0 2001 est. 90 Indonesia 0 2001 est. 91 Gabon 0 2001 est. 92 Ecuador 0 2001 est. 93 Denmark 0 2001 est. 94 Cuba 0 2001 est. 95 Colombia 0 2001 est. 96 Cameroon 0 2001 est. 97 China 0 2001 est. 98 Congo, Republic of the 0 2001 est. 99 Brunei 0 2001 est. 100 Burma 0 2001 est. 101 Equatorial Guinea 0 2001 est. 102 Egypt 0 2001 est. 103 Bangladesh 0 2001 est. 104 Barbados 0 2001 est. 105 Bahrain 0 2001 est. 106 Australia 0 2001 est. 107 Angola 0 2001 est. 108 Albania 0 2001 est. 109 Algeria 0 2001 est.

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Rank code: @2183

Rank Country Natural gas - exports(cu m) Date of Information

1 World 712,000,000,000 2001 est. 2 Russia 205,400,000,000 2001 est. 3 Canada 109,000,000,000 2001 est. 4 European Union 77,040,000,000 2001 5 Algeria 57,980,000,000 2001 est. 6 Norway 50,500,000,000 2001 est. 7 Netherlands 49,280,000,000 2001 est. 8 Turkmenistan 38,600,000,000 2001 est. 9 Indonesia 32,800,000,000 2001 est. 10 Malaysia 22,410,000,000 2001 est. 11 Uzbekistan 17,900,000,000 2001 est. 12 Qatar 16,540,000,000 2001 est. 13 United Kingdom 15,750,000,000 2001 est. 14 Trinidad and Tobago 11,790,000,000 2003 est. 15 United States 11,160,000,000 2001 est. 16 Australia 9,744,000,000 2001 est. 17 Brunei 9,000,000,000 2001 est. 18 Nigeria 7,830,000,000 2001 est. 19 Oman 7,430,000,000 2001 est. 20 United Arab Emirates 7,080,000,000 2001 est. 21 Germany 6,674,000,000 2001 est. 22 Argentina 6,050,000,000 2001 est. 23 Burma 5,200,000,000 2001 est. 24 Kazakhstan 4,100,000,000 2001 est. 25 Denmark 3,100,000,000 2001 est. 26 Bolivia 2,900,000,000 2001 est. 27 France 1,725,000,000 2001 est. 28 Libya 770,000,000 2001 est. 29 Taiwan 410,000,000 2001 est. 30 Austria 403,000,000 2001 est. 31 Mexico 254,000,000 2001 est. 32 Iran 110,000,000 2001 est. 33 Italy 61,000,000 2001 est. 34 Poland 41,000,000 2001 est. 35 Hungary 4,000,000 2001 est. 36 Czech Republic 1,000,000 2001 est. 37 Afghanistan 0 2001 est. 38 Barbados 0 2001 est. 39 Bangladesh 0 2001 est. 40 Cuba 0 2001 est. 41 Colombia 0 2001 est. 42 Cameroon 0 2001 est. 43 Chile 0 2001 est. 44 China 0 2001 est. 45 Congo, Republic of the 0 2001 est. 46 Bulgaria 0 2001 est. 47 Brazil 0 2001 est. 48 Belarus 0 2001 est. 49 Moldova 0 2001 est. 50 Luxembourg 0 2001 est. 51 Slovakia 0 2001 est. 52 Lithuania 0 2001 est. 53 Latvia 0 2001 est. 54 Kuwait 0 2002 est. 55 Korea, South 0 2001 est. 56 Kyrgyzstan 0 2001 est. 57 Jordan 0 2001 est. 58 Vietnam 0 2001 est. 59 Venezuela 0 2001 est. 60 Uruguay 0 2001 est. 61 Ukraine 0 2001 est. 62 Turkey 0 2001 est. 63 Tunisia 0 2001 est. 64 Tajikistan 0 2001 est. 65 Thailand 0 2001 est. 66 Sweden 0 2001 est. 67 Yemen 0 2001 est. 68 Serbia and Montenegro 0 2001 est. 69 Spain 0 2001 est. 70 Singapore 0 2001 est. 71 Slovenia 0 2001 est. 72 Senegal 0 2001 est. 73 South Africa 0 2001 est. 74 Saudi Arabia 0 2001 est. 75 Puerto Rico 0 2001 est. 76 Philippines 0 2001 est. 77 Switzerland 0 2001 est. 78 Syria 0 2001 est. 79 Romania 0 2001 est. 80 Papua New Guinea 0 2001 est. 81 Portugal 0 2001 est. 82 Pakistan 0 2001 est. 83 Peru 0 2001 est. 84 New Zealand 0 2001 est. 85 Mozambique 0 2001 est. 86 Morocco 0 2001 est. 87 Japan 0 2001 est. 88 Iraq 0 2001 est. 89 Cote d'Ivoire 0 2001 est. 90 Israel 0 2001 est. 91 India 0 2001 est. 92 Croatia 0 2001 est. 93 Hong Kong 0 2001 est. 94 Greece 0 2001 est. 95 Georgia 0 2001 est. 96 Gabon 0 2001 est. 97 Finland 0 2001 est. 98 Estonia 0 2001 est. 99 Equatorial Guinea 0 2001 est. 100 Ireland 0 2001 est. 101 Egypt 0 2001 est. 102 Ecuador 0 2001 est. 103 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2001 est. 104 Belgium 0 2001 est. 105 Bahrain 0 2001 est. 106 Azerbaijan 0 2001 est. 107 Albania 0 2001 est. 108 Armenia 0 2001 est. 109 Angola 0 2001 est.

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Rank code: @2184

Rank Country Internet hosts Date of Information

1 United States 115,311,958 2002 2 European Union 22,000,414 3 Japan 12,962,065 2003 4 Netherlands 4,518,226 2004 5 United Kingdom 3,398,708 2004 6 Canada 3,210,081 2003 7 Brazil 3,163,349 2003 8 Australia 2,847,763 2003 9 Taiwan 2,777,085 2003 10 Germany 2,686,119 2004 11 France 2,396,761 2004 12 Italy 1,437,511 2004 13 Mexico 1,333,406 2003 14 Denmark 1,219,925 2004 15 Finland 1,219,173 2004 16 Spain 1,056,950 2004 17 Sweden 945,221 2004 18 Poland 804,915 2004 19 Argentina 742,358 2003 20 Korea, South 694,206 2001 21 Switzerland 667,275 2004 22 Norway 593,850 2004 23 Hong Kong 591,993 2003 24 Russia 560,874 2004 25 Singapore 484,825 2003 26 New Zealand 474,395 2003 27 Israel 437,516 2004 28 Austria 387,006 2004 29 Hungary 383,071 2004 30 Turkey 355,215 2004 31 Portugal 346,078 2004 32 Czech Republic 295,677 2004 33 South Africa 288,633 2003 34 Greece 208,977 2004 35 Chile 202,429 2003 36 Belgium 166,799 2004 37 Ireland 162,228 2004 38 China 160,421 2003 39 Iceland 122,175 2004 40 Colombia 115,158 2003 41 Malaysia 107,971 2003 42 Thailand 103,700 2003 43 Ukraine 94,345 2004 44 Slovakia 89,592 2004 45 Uruguay 87,630 2003 46 India 86,871 2003 47 Estonia 82,142 2004 48 Lithuania 67,769 2004 49 Peru 65,868 2003 50 Dominican Republic 64,197 2003 51 Indonesia 62,036 2003 52 United Arab Emirates 56,283 2004 53 Bulgaria 53,421 2004 54 Latvia 51,758 2004 55 Romania 50,807 2004 56 Slovenia 45,491 2004 57 Philippines 38,440 2002 58 Venezuela 35,301 2003 59 Croatia 29,644 2004 60 Luxembourg 28,214 2003 61 Kazakhstan 21,984 2004 62 Guatemala 20,360 2003 63 Serbia and Montenegro 20,207 2004 64 Tonga 18,906 2003 65 Saudi Arabia 15,931 2004 66 Pakistan 15,124 2003 67 Kyrgyzstan 12,299 2004 68 Moldova 11,984 2003 69 Costa Rica 10,826 2003 70 Paraguay 9,243 2003 71 Kenya 8,325 2003 72 Samoa 8,225 2003 73 Trinidad and Tobago 8,003 2003 74 Malta 7,156 2004 75 Panama 7,129 2003 76 Nicaragua 7,094 2003 77 Bolivia 7,080 2003 78 Lebanon 6,998 2004 79 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6,994 2004 80 Brunei 6,409 2003 81 Cyprus 5,901 2004 82 Tanzania 5,534 2003 83 Belarus 5,308 2004 84 Iran 5,269 2004 85 Bermuda 5,161 2001 86 Georgia 5,160 2004 87 French Polynesia 5,123 2003 88 Zimbabwe 4,501 2003 89 New Caledonia 4,449 2003 90 Andorra 4,144 2004 91 El Salvador 4,084 2003 92 Mauritius 3,985 2003 93 Cote d'Ivoire 3,795 2004 94 Macedonia 3,738 2004 95 Liechtenstein 3,727 2004 96 Morocco 3,627 2004 97 Kuwait 3,437 2001 98 Egypt 3,401 2004 99 Mozambique 3,249 2003 100 Ecuador 3,188 2003 101 Namibia 3,164 2003 102 Jordan 3,160 2004 103 Uganda 2,692 2004 104 Greenland 2,642 2004 105 Belize 2,613 2003 106 Armenia 2,206 2004 107 Honduras 1,944 2003 108 Botswana 1,920 2003 109 Sri Lanka 1,882 2003 110 Zambia 1,880 2003 111 San Marino 1,763 2004 112 Antigua and Barbuda 1,665 2003 113 Cuba 1,529 2003 114 Rwanda 1,495 2003 115 Jamaica 1,480 2003 116 Swaziland 1,401 2003 117 Bahrain 1,334 2003 118 Nigeria 1,142 2004 119 Sao Tome and Principe 1,069 2003 120 Eritrea 1,047 2004 121 Uzbekistan 1,040 2003 122 Bhutan 985 2003 123 Laos 937 2003 124 Aruba 923 2001 125 Nepal 917 2003 126 Algeria 897 2004 127 Benin 879 2004 128 Cambodia 818 2003 129 Madagascar 773 2003 130 Oman 726 2003 131 Djibouti 702 2004 132 Dominica 681 2003 133 Senegal 672 2003 134 Guyana 613 2003 135 Azerbaijan 586 2004 136 Gambia, The 568 2004 137 Monaco 533 2004 138 Maldives 532 2003 139 Turkmenistan 524 2004 140 Vanuatu 512 2003 141 Fiji 493 2003 142 Cameroon 479 2004 143 Albania 455 2004 144 Burkina Faso 442 2003 145 Ghana 407 2004 146 Solomon Islands 398 2003 147 Papua New Guinea 389 2003 148 Guinea 380 2004 149 Vietnam 340 2003 150 Bahamas, The 302 2003 151 Tunisia 281 2004 152 Sierra Leone 277 2004 153 Seychelles 264 2003 154 Qatar 221 2004 155 Barbados 204 2003 156 Mali 187 2003 157 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 153 2003 158 Yemen 138 2004 159 Niger 134 2003 160 Lesotho 119 2003 161 Netherlands Antilles 119 2001 162 Cape Verde 118 2004 163 Gabon 93 2004 164 Macau 89 2003 165 Togo 82 2003 166 Tajikistan 69 2004 167 Libya 67 2003 168 Saint Kitts and Nevis 51 2003 169 Congo, Republic of the 46 2003 170 Saint Lucia 41 2003 171 Mongolia 40 2003 172 Mauritania 25 2003 173 Burundi 22 2003 174 Grenada 18 2003 175 Suriname 18 2003 176 Malawi 18 2003 177 Angola 17 2003 178 Liberia 14 2004 179 Comoros 11 2003 180 Syria 11 2004 181 Ethiopia 9 2003 182 Holy See (Vatican City) 9 2004 183 Chad 8 2004 184 Central African Republic 6 2002 185 Marshall Islands 6 2003 186 Somalia 4 2004 187 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4 2003 188 Burma 3 2003 189 Equatorial Guinea 3 2004 190 Guinea-Bissau 2 2004 191 Bangladesh 1 2003

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Rank code: @2185

Rank Country Investment (gross fixed)(% of GDP) Date of Information

1 Equatorial Guinea 63.60 2003 2 Sao Tome and Principe 51.60 2003 3 Azerbaijan 50.40 2003 4 Mozambique 47.80 2003 5 Zambia 45.20 2003 6 China 43.40 2003 7 Chad 40.30 2003 8 Seychelles 39.10 2003 9 Guyana 38.50 2003 10 Lesotho 34.10 2003 11 Belize 33.00 2003 12 Vietnam 33.00 2003 13 Angola 31.70 2003 14 Jamaica 31.60 2003 15 Congo, Republic of the 31.30 2003 16 Estonia 30.20 2003 17 Korea, South 29.60 2003 18 Yemen 29.10 2003 19 Burkina Faso 29.00 2003 20 Iran 28.60 2003 21 Nicaragua 28.10 2003 22 Croatia 27.70 2003 23 Nigeria 27.70 2003 24 Latvia 27.10 2003 25 Eritrea 26.30 2003 26 Czech Republic 26.00 2003 27 Slovakia 25.80 2003 28 Spain 25.60 2003 29 Greece 25.50 2003 30 Thailand 25.50 2003 31 Singapore 24.90 2003 32 Algeria 24.80 2003 33 Australia 24.80 2003 34 Panama 24.80 2003 35 Lebanon 24.80 2003 36 Ghana 24.50 2003 37 Tunisia 24.20 2003 38 Honduras 24.00 2003 39 Botswana 23.90 2003 40 Japan 23.90 2003 41 Kazakhstan 23.90 2003 42 Slovenia 23.30 2003 43 Bangladesh 23.20 2003 44 Qatar 23.20 2003 45 India 23.10 2003 46 Malta 23.10 2003 47 Ireland 22.90 2003 48 Mauritius 22.90 2003 49 Sri Lanka 22.70 2003 50 Gabon 22.70 2003 51 Austria 22.50 2003 52 Romania 22.50 2003 53 Hong Kong 22.30 2003 54 Portugal 22.30 2003 55 Malaysia 22.20 2003 56 United Arab Emirates 22.00 2003 57 Hungary 22.00 2003 58 Belarus 21.70 2003 59 Ecuador 21.70 2003 60 Morocco 21.70 2003 61 Iceland 21.60 2003 62 Senegal 21.30 2003 63 Chile 21.20 2003 64 Guinea 21.20 2003 65 Swaziland 21.10 2003 66 Ukraine 21.00 2003 67 New Zealand 20.90 2003 68 Lithuania 20.80 2003 69 Luxembourg 20.70 2003 70 Uganda 20.30 2003 71 Costa Rica 20.20 2003 72 Netherlands 20.10 2003 73 Switzerland 20.10 2003 74 Gambia, The 20.00 2003 75 Cyprus 19.90 2003 76 Denmark 19.90 2003 77 Dominican Republic 19.90 2003 78 Armenia 19.80 2003 79 Namibia 19.80 2003 80 Belgium 19.70 2003 81 Indonesia 19.70 2003 82 Bulgaria 19.60 2003 83 Canada 19.50 2003 84 Turkmenistan 19.50 2003 85 Cameroon 19.40 2003 86 Benin 19.30 2003 87 Mexico 19.30 2003 88 Rwanda 19.30 2003 89 France 19.20 2003 90 Italy 19.10 2003 91 Jordan 18.80 2003 92 Albania 18.70 2003 93 Poland 18.40 2003 94 Togo 18.40 2003 95 Russia 18.20 2003 96 Philippines 18.10 2003 97 Brazil 18.00 2003 98 Georgia 18.00 2003 99 Saudi Arabia 18.00 2003 100 Finland 18.00 2003 101 Norway 17.80 2003 102 Germany 17.70 2003 103 Peru 17.70 2003 104 Kyrgyzstan 17.60 2003 105 Taiwan 17.50 2003 106 Israel 17.20 2003 107 Tanzania 17.20 2003 108 Paraguay 17.20 2003 109 Moldova 17.20 2003 110 Ethiopia 17.00 2003 111 Egypt 16.70 2003 112 Cape Verde 16.50 2003 113 Macedonia 16.30 2003 114 El Salvador 16.20 2003 115 United Kingdom 16.20 2003 116 South Africa 16.00 2003 117 Cambodia 15.90 2003 118 Colombia 15.90 2003 119 Sweden 15.70 2003 120 Turkey 15.50 2003 121 Guatemala 15.20 2003 122 United States 15.20 2003 123 Argentina 15.10 2003 124 Libya 15.00 2003 125 Madagascar 14.80 2003 126 Trinidad and Tobago 14.80 2003 127 Sudan 14.80 2003 128 Kenya 14.30 2003 129 Serbia and Montenegro 14.30 2003 130 Papua New Guinea 13.90 2003 131 Syria 13.60 2003 132 Oman 13.00 2003 133 Pakistan 12.90 2003 134 Venezuela 12.60 2003 135 Bolivia 12.40 2003 136 Malawi 12.30 2003 137 Bahrain 11.90 2003 138 Burma 11.80 2003 139 Cuba 10.10 2003 140 Burundi 9.80 2003 141 Uruguay 9.70 2003 142 Zimbabwe 8.90 2003 143 Cote d'Ivoire 8.70 2003 144 Kuwait 8.00 2003 145 Tajikistan 7.50 2003

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Rank code: @2186

Rank Country Public debt(% of GDP) Date of Information

1 Malawi 235.70 2003 2 Lebanon 185.10 2003 3 Japan 154.60 2003 4 Jamaica 145.60 2003 5 Zambia 133.60 2003 6 Seychelles 129.30 2003 7 Nicaragua 125.30 2003 8 Serbia and Montenegro 123.20 2003 9 Israel 108.60 2003 10 Italy 106.40 2003 11 Singapore 106.40 2003 12 Sri Lanka 105.10 2003 13 Belgium 102.00 2003 est. 14 Egypt 101.80 2003 15 Greece 100.90 2003 16 Saudi Arabia 94.60 2003 17 Jordan 92.70 2003 18 Syria 89.00 2003 19 Moldova 88.40 2003 20 Sudan 87.00 2003 21 Cote d'Ivoire 82.50 2003 22 Turkey 78.70 2003 23 Canada 77.00 2003 24 Philippines 77.00 2003 25 Morocco 76.20 2003 26 Panama 73.30 2003 27 Indonesia 72.90 2003 28 Pakistan 72.70 2003 29 Qatar 72.70 2003 30 Papua New Guinea 72.40 2003 31 Croatia 69.10 2003 32 France 68.80 2003 33 Austria 67.60 2003 34 Argentina 65.70 2003 est. 35 Vietnam 64.30 2003 36 Germany 64.20 2003 37 Kenya 62.90 2003 38 Spain 62.70 2003 39 United States 62.40 2003 40 Cyprus 62.30 2003 41 Uganda 62.20 2003 42 Portugal 59.80 2003 43 India 59.70 2003 44 Tunisia 59.50 2003 45 Dominican Republic 59.40 2003 46 Brazil 58.50 2003 47 Honduras 57.80 2003 48 Bahrain 57.50 2003 49 Cameroon 57.10 2003 50 Switzerland 57.10 2003 51 Hungary 57.00 2003 52 Costa Rica 56.10 2003 53 Trinidad and Tobago 55.90 2003 54 Senegal 54.20 2003 55 Netherlands 54.10 2003 56 Ecuador 53.70 2003 57 Colombia 51.90 2003 58 Sweden 51.80 2003 59 United Kingdom 51.00 2003 60 Peru 49.20 2003 61 Finland 48.70 2003 62 Bulgaria 48.00 2003 63 Poland 47.40 2003 64 Thailand 46.60 2003 65 Malaysia 45.50 2003 66 Paraguay 45.10 2003 67 Denmark 45.00 2003 68 El Salvador 43.70 2003 69 Bangladesh 43.30 2003 70 Uzbekistan 42.30 2003 71 Algeria 41.50 2003 est. 72 Iceland 41.50 2003 73 Zimbabwe 41.30 2003 74 Yemen 39.50 2003 75 Venezuela 38.80 2003 76 South Africa 38.20 2003 77 Slovakia 37.60 2003 78 Namibia 35.60 2003 79 Russia 34.10 2003 80 Mauritius 31.90 2003 81 Slovenia 31.90 2003 82 Gabon 31.50 2003 83 Ireland 31.20 2003 84 Guatemala 30.80 2003 85 Taiwan 30.50 2003 86 Macedonia 30.20 2003 87 China 30.10 2003 88 Czech Republic 29.70 2003 89 Kuwait 29.50 2003 90 Ukraine 28.70 2003 91 Nigeria 28.60 2003 92 Iran 28.20 2003 93 New Zealand 25.60 2003 94 Romania 25.50 2003 95 Lithuania 23.60 2003 96 Mexico 23.10 2003 97 Norway 22.10 2003 98 Australia 18.20 2003 99 United Arab Emirates 18.10 2003 100 Libya 16.60 2003 101 Azerbaijan 16.30 2003 est. 102 Oman 15.60 2003 103 Kazakhstan 15.50 2003 104 Chile 14.80 2003 105 Latvia 14.40 2003 106 Korea, South 13.80 2003 107 Estonia 7.40 2003 108 Botswana 7.00 2003 109 Tanzania 6.10 2003

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Rank code: @2187

Rank Country Current account balance Date of Information

1 Japan $ 135,900,000,000 2003 2 Germany $ 57,240,000,000 2003 3 Switzerland $ 36,000,000,000 2003 4 Russia $ 35,910,000,000 2003 5 China $ 31,170,000,000 2003 6 Norway $ 29,340,000,000 2003 7 Taiwan $ 28,570,000,000 2003 8 Singapore $ 26,150,000,000 2003 9 Saudi Arabia $ 22,270,000,000 2003 10 Sweden $ 19,560,000,000 2003 11 Canada $ 18,630,000,000 2003 12 Hong Kong $ 17,420,000,000 2003 13 France $ 13,800,000,000 2003 14 Malaysia $ 13,380,000,000 2003 15 United Arab Emirates $ 12,470,000,000 2003 16 Korea, South $ 12,320,000,000 2003 17 Netherlands $ 12,090,000,000 2003 18 Belgium $ 10,690,000,000 2003 19 Finland $ 10,300,000,000 2003 20 Venezuela $ 9,659,000,000 2003 21 Thailand $ 9,440,000,000 2003 22 Kuwait $ 8,652,000,000 2003 23 Argentina $ 7,855,000,000 2003 24 Algeria $ 7,836,000,000 2003 25 Indonesia $ 7,336,000,000 2003 26 Libya $ 6,641,000,000 2003 27 Denmark $ 6,397,000,000 2003 28 Qatar $ 4,149,000,000 2003 29 Iran $ 3,935,000,000 2003 30 Egypt $ 3,874,000,000 2003 31 Brazil $ 3,520,000,000 2003 32 India $ 3,410,000,000 2003 33 Pakistan $ 3,358,000,000 2003 34 Philippines $ 3,349,000,000 2003 35 Ukraine $ 2,891,000,000 2003 36 Oman $ 2,173,000,000 2003 37 Nigeria $ 1,439,000,000 2003 38 Iraq $ 1,136,000,000 2003 39 Morocco $ 963,000,000 2003 40 Turkmenistan $ 957,000,000 2003 41 Trinidad and Tobago $ 954,000,000 2003 42 Jordan $ 903,000,000 2003 43 Dominican Republic $ 867,000,000 2003 44 Botswana $ 539,000,000 2003 45 Cote d'Ivoire $ 501,000,000 2003 46 Uzbekistan $ 462,000,000 2003 47 Bangladesh $ 393,000,000 2003 48 Mauritius $ 289,000,000 2003 49 Yemen $ 157,000,000 2003 50 Paraguay $ 146,000,000 2003 51 Congo, Republic of the $ 139,200,000 2003 52 Namibia $ 123,000,000 2003 53 Ghana $ 110,000,000 2003 54 Uruguay $ 76,000,000 2003 55 Bahrain $ 53,000,000 2003 56 Bolivia $ 50,000,000 2003 57 Slovenia $ 15,100,000 2003 58 Papua New Guinea $ 12,000,000 2003 59 Sao Tome and Principe $ -8,000,000 2003 60 Burma $ -35,000,000 2003 61 Burundi $ -35,000,000 2003 62 Gambia, The $ -42,000,000 2003 63 Haiti $ -48,000,000 2003 64 Tajikistan $ -50,000,000 2003 65 Laos $ -58,000,000 2003 66 Malawi $ -58,000,000 2003 67 Kazakhstan $ -68,800,000 2003 68 Syria $ -72,000,000 2003 69 Swaziland $ -72,690,000 2003 70 Seychelles $ -73,000,000 2003 71 Gabon $ -101,000,000 2003 72 Cape Verde $ -106,300,000 2003 73 Kyrgyzstan $ -108,000,000 2003 74 Benin $ -112,000,000 2003 75 Lesotho $ -112,000,000 2003 76 Ecuador $ -117,000,000 2003 77 Moldova $ -135,000,000 2003 78 Togo $ -140,000,000 2003 79 Belize $ -142,000,000 2003 80 Guyana $ -158,000,000 2003 81 Eritrea $ -159,000,000 2003 82 Rwanda $ -163,000,000 2003 83 Israel $ -174,000,000 2003 84 Armenia $ -210,000,000 2003 85 Cambodia $ -218,100,000 2003 86 Uganda $ -237,000,000 2003 87 Malta $ -250,000,000 2003 88 Guinea $ -252,000,000 2003 89 Cuba $ -273,000,000 2003 90 Slovakia $ -277,400,000 2003 91 Sri Lanka $ -278,000,000 2003 92 Macedonia $ -278,000,000 2003 93 Honduras $ -279,600,000 2003 94 Kenya $ -306,000,000 2003 95 Zambia $ -340,000,000 2003 96 Burkina Faso $ -341,000,000 2003 97 Zimbabwe $ -346,000,000 2003 98 Georgia $ -365,000,000 2003 99 Senegal $ -389,000,000 2003 100 Madagascar $ -398,000,000 2003 101 Albania $ -407,000,000 2003 102 Ethiopia $ -408,000,000 2003 103 Panama $ -408,000,000 2003 104 Chad $ -474,000,000 2003 105 Angola $ -475,000,000 2003 106 Cyprus $ -545,000,000 2003 107 Cameroon $ -564,000,000 2003 108 Mozambique $ -566,000,000 2003 109 Iceland $ -574,000,000 2003 110 Chile $ -594,000,000 2003 111 Tanzania $ -617,000,000 2003 112 Sudan $ -718,000,000 2003 113 El Salvador $ -734,000,000 2003 114 Tunisia $ -738,600,000 2003 115 Jamaica $ -842,000,000 2003 116 Nicaragua $ -859,000,000 2003 117 Belarus $ -945,000,000 2003 118 Latvia $ -955,900,000 2003 119 Costa Rica $ -970,000,000 2003 120 Guatemala $ -1,106,000,000 2003 121 Peru $ -1,116,000,000 2003 122 Estonia $ -1,150,000,000 2003 123 Equatorial Guinea $ -1,168,000,000 2003 124 Lithuania $ -1,218,000,000 2003 125 South Africa $ -1,234,000,000 2003 126 Austria $ -1,353,000,000 2003 127 Colombia $ -1,417,000,000 2003 128 Bulgaria $ -1,666,000,000 2003 129 Vietnam $ -1,781,000,000 2003 130 Azerbaijan $ -2,021,000,000 2003 131 Croatia $ -2,039,000,000 2003 132 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ -2,195,000,000 2003 133 Serbia and Montenegro $ -2,416,000,000 2003 134 Lebanon $ -2,865,000,000 2003 135 Ireland $ -2,994,000,000 2003 136 Romania $ -3,368,000,000 2003 137 New Zealand $ -3,446,000,000 2003 138 Poland $ -4,085,000,000 2003 139 Czech Republic $ -5,570,000,000 2003 140 Turkey $ -6,806,000,000 2003 141 Hungary $ -7,347,000,000 2003 142 United Kingdom $ -7,556,000,000 2003 143 Portugal $ -7,592,000,000 2003 144 Mexico $ -9,150,000,000 2003 145 Greece $ -11,330,000,000 2003 146 Italy $ -22,280,000,000 2003 147 Spain $ -23,770,000,000 2003 148 Australia $ -30,140,000,000 2003 149 United States $ -541,800,000,000 2003

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Rank code: @2188

Rank Country Reserves of foreign exchange & gold Date of Information

1 Japan $ 664,600,000,000 2003 2 China $ 412,700,000,000 2003 3 Taiwan $ 207,100,000,000 2003 4 Korea, South $ 155,400,000,000 2003 5 Hong Kong $ 118,400,000,000 2003 6 India $ 102,300,000,000 2003 7 Germany $ 96,840,000,000 2003 8 Singapore $ 95,750,000,000 2003 9 United States $ 85,940,000,000 2003 10 Russia $ 76,940,000,000 2003 11 France $ 70,760,000,000 2003 12 Switzerland $ 69,580,000,000 2003 13 Italy $ 63,260,000,000 2003 14 Mexico $ 59,020,000,000 2003 15 Brazil $ 49,300,000,000 2003 16 United Kingdom $ 46,050,000,000 2003 17 Malaysia $ 44,580,000,000 2003 18 Thailand $ 42,150,000,000 2003 19 Denmark $ 37,980,000,000 2003 20 Canada $ 36,270,000,000 2003 21 Indonesia $ 36,250,000,000 2003 22 Turkey $ 35,550,000,000 2003 23 Poland $ 33,960,000,000 2003 24 Algeria $ 33,420,000,000 2003 25 Australia $ 33,260,000,000 2003 26 Spain $ 26,810,000,000 2003 27 Czech Republic $ 26,800,000,000 2003 28 Israel $ 26,320,000,000 2003 29 Iran $ 25,130,000,000 2003 30 Saudi Arabia $ 22,860,000,000 2003 31 Netherlands $ 21,440,000,000 2003 32 Venezuela $ 20,670,000,000 2003 33 Sweden $ 19,990,000,000 2003 34 Libya $ 19,780,000,000 2003 35 Philippines $ 16,870,000,000 2003 36 Lebanon $ 16,350,000,000 2003 37 Chile $ 15,840,000,000 2003 38 United Arab Emirates $ 15,790,000,000 2003 39 Belgium $ 14,450,000,000 2003 40 Egypt $ 14,220,000,000 2003 41 Argentina $ 14,160,000,000 2003 42 Morocco $ 14,080,000,000 2003 43 Portugal $ 12,810,000,000 2003 44 Hungary $ 12,780,000,000 2003 45 Austria $ 12,730,000,000 2003 46 Slovakia $ 11,740,000,000 2003 47 Pakistan $ 11,670,000,000 2003 48 Finland $ 11,170,000,000 2003 49 Colombia $ 10,920,000,000 2003 50 Romania $ 10,370,000,000 2003 51 Peru $ 10,240,000,000 2003 52 Slovenia $ 8,598,000,000 2003 53 Croatia $ 8,191,000,000 2003 54 South Africa $ 7,972,000,000 2003 55 Kuwait $ 7,685,000,000 2003 56 Nigeria $ 7,128,000,000 2003 57 Ukraine $ 6,937,000,000 2003 58 Bulgaria $ 6,705,000,000 2003 59 Vietnam $ 6,357,000,000 2003 60 Greece $ 5,802,000,000 2003 61 Jordan $ 5,364,000,000 2003 62 Botswana $ 5,250,000,000 2003 63 New Zealand $ 5,083,000,000 2003 64 Yemen $ 5,009,000,000 2003 65 Kazakhstan $ 4,962,000,000 2003 66 Ireland $ 4,152,000,000 2003 67 Serbia and Montenegro $ 3,700,000,000 2003 68 Oman $ 3,594,000,000 2003 69 Cyprus $ 3,453,000,000 2003 70 Lithuania $ 3,450,000,000 2003 71 Syria $ 3,329,000,000 2003 72 Qatar $ 2,952,000,000 2003 73 Tunisia $ 2,949,000,000 2003 74 Guatemala $ 2,843,000,000 2003 75 Turkmenistan $ 2,696,000,000 2003 76 Bangladesh $ 2,624,000,000 2003 77 Trinidad and Tobago $ 2,477,000,000 2003 78 Malta $ 2,429,000,000 2003 79 Sri Lanka $ 2,273,000,000 2003 80 Uruguay $ 2,087,000,000 2003 81 Tanzania $ 2,064,000,000 2003 82 El Salvador $ 2,061,000,000 2003 83 Cote d'Ivoire $ 2,005,000,000 2003 84 Costa Rica $ 1,836,000,000 2003 85 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 1,796,000,000 2003 86 Bahrain $ 1,785,000,000 2003 87 Mauritius $ 1,598,000,000 2003 88 Latvia $ 1,535,000,000 2003 89 Ghana $ 1,469,000,000 2003 90 Kenya $ 1,455,000,000 2003 91 Honduras $ 1,439,000,000 2003 92 Estonia $ 1,377,000,000 2003 93 Uzbekistan $ 1,286,000,000 2003 94 Jamaica $ 1,195,000,000 2003 95 Ecuador $ 1,161,000,000 2003 96 Bolivia $ 1,096,000,000 2003 97 Uganda $ 1,080,000,000 2003 98 Albania $ 1,038,000,000 2003 99 Panama $ 1,011,000,000 2003 100 Mozambique $ 990,000,000 2003 101 Paraguay $ 982,000,000 2003 102 Ethiopia $ 956,000,000 2003 103 Macedonia $ 935,100,000 2003 104 Cambodia $ 861,400,000 2003 105 Sudan $ 847,200,000 2003 106 Azerbaijan $ 820,900,000 2003 107 Iceland $ 818,700,000 2003 108 Senegal $ 780,000,000 2003 109 Angola $ 638,400,000 2003 110 Belarus $ 637,000,000 2003 111 Benin $ 636,000,000 2003 112 Cameroon $ 634,000,000 2003 113 Cuba $ 582,000,000 2003 114 Burma $ 562,000,000 2003 115 Papua New Guinea $ 510,500,000 2003 116 Armenia $ 509,400,000 2003 117 Nicaragua $ 502,000,000 2003 118 Lesotho $ 460,000,000 2003 119 Madagascar $ 423,000,000 2003 120 Kyrgyzstan $ 399,300,000 2003 121 Burkina Faso $ 379,000,000 2003 122 Namibia $ 325,200,000 2003 123 Moldova $ 302,300,000 2003 124 Swaziland $ 277,500,000 2003 125 Dominican Republic $ 261,000,000 2003 126 Guyana $ 257,000,000 2003 127 Togo $ 257,000,000 2003 128 Zambia $ 247,700,000 2003 129 Rwanda $ 215,000,000 2003 130 Equatorial Guinea $ 206,000,000 2003 131 Gabon $ 201,900,000 2003 132 Laos $ 201,000,000 2003 133 Chad $ 191,800,000 2003 134 Guinea $ 191,000,000 2003 135 Georgia $ 190,700,000 2003 136 Malawi $ 132,000,000 2003 137 Gambia, The $ 118,000,000 2003 138 Tajikistan $ 117,600,000 2003 139 Cape Verde $ 88,020,000 2003 140 Belize $ 84,700,000 2003 141 Zimbabwe $ 78,000,000 2003 142 Haiti $ 73,000,000 2003 143 Burundi $ 67,400,000 2003 144 Seychelles $ 66,000,000 2003 145 Congo, Republic of the $ 44,530,000 2003 146 Eritrea $ 28,000,000 2003 147 Sao Tome and Principe $ 18,000,000 2003

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Appendix A - Abbreviations

ABEDA: Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa

ACC: Arab Cooperation Council

ACCT: Agency for the French-Speaking Community

ACP Group: African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States

AfDB: African Development Bank

AFESD: Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development

Air Pollution: Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution

Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides: Protocol to the 1979 Convention on

Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of

Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or Their Transboundary Fluxes

Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants: Protocol to the 1979

Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent

Organic Pollutants

Air Pollution-Sulphur 85: Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long- Range Transboundary Air Pollution on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or Their Transboundary Fluxes by at Least 30%

Air Pollution-Sulphur 94: Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-

Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur

Emissions

Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds: Protocol to the 1979

Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the

Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or Their

Transboundary Fluxes

AMF: Arab Monetary Fund

AMU: Arab Maghreb Union

Antarctic-Environmental Protocol: Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty

Antarctic-Marine Living Resources: Convention on the Conservation of

Antarctic Marine Living Resources

Antarctic Seals: Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals

ANZUS: Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty

APEC: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Arabsat: Arab Satellite Communications Organization

ARF: ASEAN Regional Forum

AsDB: Asian Development Bank

ASEAN: Association of Southeast Asian Nations

AU: African Union

Autodin: Automatic Digital Network

bbl/day: barrels per day

BCIE: Central American Bank for Economic Integration

BDEAC: Central African States Development Bank

Benelux: Benelux Economic Union

BGN: United States Board on Geographic Names

Biodiversity: Convention on Biological Diversity

BIS: Bank for International Settlements

BSEC: Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone

C: Commonwealth

CACM: Central American Common Market

CAEU: Council of Arab Economic Unity

CAN: Andean Community of Nations

Caricom: Caribbean Community and Common Market

CB: citizen's band mobile radio communications

CBSS: Council of the Baltic Sea States

CCC: Customs Cooperation Council

CDB: Caribbean Development Bank

CE: Council of Europe

CEI: Central European Initiative

CEMA: Council for Mutual Economic Assistance; also known as CMEA or

Comecon

CEMAC: Monetary and Economic Community of Central Africa

CEPGL: Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries

CEPT: Conference Europeanne des Postes et Telecommunications

CERN: European Organization for Nuclear Research

c.i.f.: cost, insurance, and freight

CIS: Commonwealth of Independent States

CITES: see Endangered Species

Climate Change: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol: Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations

Framework Convention on Climate Change

COCOM: Coordinating Committee on Export Controls

COMESA: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

Comsat: Communications Satellite Corporation

CP: Colombo Plan

CY: calendar year

DC: developed country

DDT: dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane

Desertification: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

DIA: United States Defense Intelligence Agency

DSN: Defense Switched Network

DWT: deadweight ton

EADB: East African Development Bank

EAPC: Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council

EBRD: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

EC: European Community

ECA: Economic Commission for Africa

ECE: Economic Commission for Europe

ECLAC: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

ECO: Economic Cooperation Organization

ECOSOC: Economic and Social Council

ECOWAS: Economic Community of West African States

ECS: European Coal and Steel Community

EEC: European Economic Community

EEZ: exclusive economic zone

EFTA: European Free Trade Association

EIB: European Investment Bank

EMU: Economic and Monetary Union

Endangered Species: Convention on the International Trade in

Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES)

Entente: Council of the Entente

Environmental Modification: Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques

ESA: European Space Agency

ESCAP: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

ESCWA: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

est.: estimate

EU: European Union

Euratom: European Atomic Energy Community

Eutelsat: European Telecommunications Satellite Organization

Ex-Im: Export-Import Bank of the United States

FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization

FAX: facsimile

f.o.b.: free on board

FOC: flags of convenience

FLS: Front Line States

FRG: Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany); used for information dated before 3 October 1990 or CY91

FSU: former Soviet Union

FY: fiscal year

F.Y.R.O.M.: The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

FZ: Franc Zone

G-2: Group of 2

G-3: Group of 3

G-5: Group of 5

G-6: Group of 6

G-7: Group of 7

G-8: Group of 8

G-9: Group of 9

G-10: Group of 10

G-15: Group of 15

G-24: Group of 24

G-77: Group of 77

GATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; now WTrO

GCC: Gulf Cooperation Council

GDP: gross domestic product

GDR: German Democratic Republic (East Germany); used for information dated before 3 October 1990 or CY91

GNP: gross national product

GRT: gross register ton

GSM: global system for mobile cellular communications

GUUAM: acronym for member states - Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan,

Azerbaijan, Moldova

GWP: gross world product

Habitat: United Nations Center for Human Settlements

Hazardous Wastes: Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary

Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal

HF: high-frequency

HIV/AIDS: human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome

IADB: Inter-American Development Bank

IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency

IANA: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

IBEC: International Bank for Economic Cooperation

IBRD: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World

Bank)

ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organization

ICC: International Chamber of Commerce or

Inuit Circumpolar Conference

ICCt: International Criminal Court

ICFTU: International Confederation of Free Trade Unions

ICJ: International Court of Justice (World Court)

ICRC: International Committee of the Red Cross

ICRM: International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

ICSID: International Center for Secretariat of Investment Disputes

ICTR: International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

ICTY: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

IDA: International Development Association

IDB: Islamic Development Bank

IEA: International Energy Agency

IFAD: International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFC: International Finance Corporation

IFCTU: International Federation of Christian Trade Unions

IFRCS: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent

Societies

IGAD: Inter-Governmental Authority on Development

IGADD: Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development

IHO: International Hydrographic Organization

IIB: International Investment Bank

ILO: International Labor Organization

IMF: International Monetary Fund

IMO: International Maritime Organization

Inmarsat: International Maritime Satellite Organization

InOC: Indian Ocean Commission

INSTRAW: International Research and Training Institute for the

Advancement of Women

Intelsat: International Telecommunications Satellite Organization

Interpol: International Criminal Police Organization

Intersputnik: International Organization of Space Communications

IOC: International Olympic Committee

IOM: International Organization for Migration

ISO: International Organization for Standardization

ISP: Internet Service Provider

ITU: International Telecommunication Union

kHz: kilohertz

km: kilometer

kW: kilowatt

kWh: kilowatt-hour

LAES: Latin American Economic System

LAIA: Latin American Integration Association

LAS: League of Arab States

Law of the Sea: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS), also know as UNCLOS

LDC: less developed country

LLDC: least developed country

London Convention: see Marine Dumping

LOS: see Law of the Sea

m: meter

Marecs: Maritime European Communications Satellite

Marine Dumping: Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by

Dumping Wastes and Other Matter

Marine Life Conservation: Convention on Fishing and Conservation of

Living Resources of the High Seas

MARPOL: see Ship Pollution

Medarabtel: Middle East Telecommunications Project of the

International Telecommunications Union

Mercosur: Southern Cone Common Market

MHz: megahertz

MICAH: International Civilian Support Mission in Haiti

MIGA: Multilateral Investment Geographic Agency

MINURSO: United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara

MONUC: United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

NA: not available

NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement

NAM: Nonaligned Movement

NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NC: Nordic Council

NEA: Nuclear Energy Agency

NEGL: negligible

NGA: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

NIB: Nordic Investment Bank

NIC: newly industrializing country

NIE: newly industrializing economy

NIS: new independent states

NM: nautical mile

NMT: Nordic Mobile Telephone

NSG: Nuclear Suppliers Group

Nuclear Test Ban: Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the

Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water

NZ: New Zealand

OAPEC: Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries

OAS: Organization of American States

ODA: official development assistance

ODF: Official Development Finance

OECD: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OECS: Organization of Eastern Caribbean States

OIC: Organization of the Islamic Conference

OOF: other official flows

OPANAL: Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean

OPCW: Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

OPEC: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

OSCE: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

Ozone Layer Protection: Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer

PCA: Permanent Court of Arbitration

PDRY: People's Democratic Republic of Yemen [Yemen (Aden) or South

Yemen]; used for information dated before 22 May 1990 or CY91

PFP: Partnership for Peace

PIF: Pacific Islands Forum

PPP: purchasing power parity

Ramsar: see Wetlands

RG: Rio Group

SAARC: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

SACU: Southern African Customs Union

SADC: Southern African Development Community

SAFE: South African Far East Cable

SCO: Shanghai Cooperative Organization

SFRY: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

SHF: super-high-frequency

Ship Pollution: Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International

Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 (MARPOL)

Sparteca: South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation

Agreement

SPC: South Pacific Commission

SPF: South Pacific Forum

sq km: square kilometer

sq mi: square mile

TAT: Trans-Atlantic Telephone

Tropical Timber 83: International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983

Tropical Timber 94: International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994

UAE: United Arab Emirates

UDEAC: Central African Customs and Economic Union

UHF: ultra-high-frequency

UK: United Kingdom

UN: United Nations

UNAMSIL: United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone

UNCLOS: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, also known as

LOS

UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNDCP: United Nations Drug Control Program

UNDOF: United Nations Disengagement Observer Force

UNDP: United Nations Development Program

UNEP: United Nations Environment Program

UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural

Organization

UNFICYP: United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus

UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund

UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNHCRHR: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

UNICEF: United Nations Children's Fund

UNICEP: United Nations International Comparison Program

UNICRI: United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research

Institute

UNIDIR: United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

UNIDO: United Nations Industrial Development Organization

UNIFIL: United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon

UNIKOM: United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission

UNITAR: United Nations Institute for Training and Research

UNMEE: United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea

UNMIBH: United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina

UNMIK: United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

UNMIL: United Nations Mission in Liberia

UNMISET: United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor

UNMOGIP: United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan

UNMOP: United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka

UNMOT: United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan

UNMOVIC: United Nations Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection

Commission

UNOMIG: United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia

UNOPS: United Nations Office of Project Services

UNRISD: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development

UNRWA: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

UNSC: United Nations Security Council

UNSSC: United Nations System Staff College

UNTAET: United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor

UNTSO: United Nations Truce Supervision Organization

UNU: United Nations University

UPU: Universal Postal Union

US: United States

USSR: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union); used for information dated before 25 December 1991

USSR/EE: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics/Eastern Europe

UV: ultra violet

VHF: very-high-frequency

VSAT: very small aperture terminal

WADB: West African Development Bank

WAEMU: West African Economic and Monetary Union

WCL: World Confederation of Labor

WCO: World Customs Organization

Wetlands: Convention on Wetlands of International Importance

Especially As Waterfowl Habitat

WEU: Western European Union

WFC: World Food Council

WFP: World Food Program

WFTU: World Federation of Trade Unions

Whaling: International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling

WHO: World Health Organization

WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization

WMO: World Meteorological Organization

WP: Warsaw Pact

WTO: see WToO for World Tourism Organization or WTrO for World Trade

Organization

WToO: World Tourism Organization

WTrO: World Trade Organization

YAR: Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen]; used for information dated before 22 May 1990 or CY91

ZC: Zangger Committee

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Appendix B - International Organizations and Groups

advanced developing countries: another term for those less developed countries (LDCs) with particularly rapid industrial development; see newly industrializing economies (NIEs)

advanced economies: a term used by the International Monetary FUND (IMF) for the top group in its hierarchy of advanced economies, countries in transition, and developing countries; it includes the following 28 advanced economies: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Luxembourg, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, US; note - this group would presumably also cover the following seven smaller countries of Andorra, Bermuda, Faroe Islands, Holy See, Liechtenstein, Monaco, and San Marino that are included in the more comprehensive group of "developed countries"

African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP Group): established - 6 June 1975

aim - to manage their preferential economic and aid relationship with the EU

members - (77) Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados,

Belize, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde,

Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the

Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti,

Dominica, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia,

Fiji, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana,

Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi,

Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Federated States of

Micronesia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Palau,

Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint

Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal,

Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa,

Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago,

Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe

African Development Bank (AfDB): note - its predecessor was

Organization of African Unity (OAU)

established - 9 September 1999

aim - to promote economic and social development

regional members - (53) Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina

Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad,

Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote

d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon,

The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia,

Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco,

Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe,

Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan,

Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

nonregional members - (24) Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada,

China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, South

Korea, Kuwait, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain,

Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US

African Union (AU): note - replaces Organization of African Unity

(OAU)

established - 8 July 2001

aim - to achieve greater unity among African States; to defend states' integrity and independence; to accelerate political, social, and economic integration; to encourage international cooperation; to promote democratic principles and institutions

members - (52) Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi,

Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros,

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire,

Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The

Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar,

Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger,

Nigeria, Rwanda, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Sao Tome and

Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa,

Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Agency for the French-Speaking Community (ACCT): note - formerly Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation established - 20 March 1970; name changed 1996

aim - to promote cultural and technical cooperation among French- speaking countries

members - (51) Albania, Belgium, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso,

Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African

Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of

the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominica, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea,

France, French Community of Belgium, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,

Haiti, Laos, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Monaco,

Morocco, New Brunswick (Canada), Niger, Quebec (Canada), Romania,

Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles,

Switzerland, Togo, Tunisia, Vanuatu, Vietnam

observers - (5) Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia

Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL): note - acronym from Organismo para la Proscripcion de las Armas Nucleares en la America Latina y el Caribe (OPANAL)

established - 14 February 1967 under the Treaty of Tlatelolco; effective - 25 April 1969 on the 11th ratification of the treaty

aim - to encourage the peaceful uses of atomic energy and prohibit nuclear weapons

members - (33) Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, The Bahamas, Barbados,

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica,

Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana,

Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,

Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,

Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela

Andean Community of Nations (CAN): note - formerly known as the Andean

Group (AG), the Andean Parliament, and most recently as the Andean

Common Market (Ancom)

established - 26 May 1969; present name established 1 October 1992; effective - 16 October 1969

aim - to promote harmonious development through economic integration

members - (5) Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela

Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (ABEDA): note - also known as Banque Arabe de Developpement Economique en Afrique (BADEA)

established - 18 February 1974; effective - 16 September 1974

aim - to promote economic development

members - (17 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Palestine Liberation Organization; note - these are all the members of the Arab League excluding Comoros, Djibouti, Somalia, Yemen

Arab Cooperation Council (ACC): established - 16 February 1989

aim - to promote economic cooperation and integration, possibly leading to an Arab Common Market

members - (4) Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Yemen; note - the ACC has remained inactive since the Gulf crisis

Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD): established - 16 May 1968

aim - to promote economic and social development

members - (20 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq (suspended 1993), Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia (suspended 1993), Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen, Palestine Liberation Organization

Arab Maghreb Union (AMU): established - 17 February 1989

aim - to promote cooperation and integration among the Arab states of northern Africa

members - (5) Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia

Arab Monetary Fund (AMF): established - 27 April 1976; effective - 2

February 1977

aim - to promote Arab cooperation, development, and integration in monetary and economic affairs

members - (21 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Algeria,

Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon,

Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan,

Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen, Palestine Liberation Organization

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC): established - 7 November 1989

aim - to promote trade and investment in the Pacific basin

members - (21) Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, NZ, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, US, Vietnam

observers - (3) Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Pacific Economic Cooperation Council, Pacific Islands Forum

Asian Development Bank (AsDB): established - 19 December 1966

aim - to promote regional economic cooperation

regional members - (44) Afghanistan, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh,

Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, East Timor, Fiji, Hong

Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, South Korea,

Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Federated

States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, NZ, Pakistan, Papua New

Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka,

Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan,

Vanuatu, Vietnam

nonregional members - (18) Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): established - 8 August 1967

aim - to encourage regional economic, social, and cultural cooperation among the countries of Southeast Asia

members - (10) Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

dialogue partners - (11) Australia, Canada, China, EU, India, Japan, South Korea, NZ, Russia, US, UNDP

ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF): established - NA 1994

aim - to foster constructive dialogue and consultation on political and security issues of common interest and concern

members - (23) Australia, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Canada, China, EU,

India, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia,

Mongolia, NZ, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russia, Singapore,

Thailand, US, Vietnam

Australia Group: established - NA June 1985

aim - to consult on and coordinate export controls related to chemical and biological weapons

members - (34) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,

Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, European Commission, Finland,

France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South

Korea, Luxembourg, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania,

Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US

Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty (ANZUS): established - 1 September 1951; effective - 29 April 1952

aim - to implement a trilateral mutual security agreement, although the US suspended security obligations to NZ on 11 August 1986; Australia and the US continue to hold annual meetings

members - (3) Australia, NZ, US

Bank for International Settlements (BIS): established - 20 January 1930; effective - 17 March 1930

aim - to promote cooperation among central banks in international financial settlements

members - (55) Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, European Central Bank, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia and Montenegro, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, UK, US; note - Serbia and Montenegro have separate central banks; their links with BIS are currently under review

Benelux Economic Union (Benelux): note - acronym from Belgium,

Netherlands, and Luxembourg

established - 3 February 1958; effective - 1 November 1960

aim - to develop closer economic cooperation and integration

members - (3) Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands

Big Seven: note - membership is the same as the Group of 7

established - NA 1975

aim - to discuss and coordinate major economic policies

members - (7) Big Six (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK) plus the US

Big Six: note - not to be confused with the Group of 6

established - NA 1967 aim - to foster economic cooperation

members - (6) Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK

Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone (BSEC): established - 25 June 1992

aim - to enhance regional stability through economic cooperation

members - (11) Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine

observers - (9) Austria, Egypt, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Tunisia

Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom): established - 4 July 1973; effective - 1 August 1973

aim - to promote economic integration and development, especially among the less developed countries

members - (15) Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize,

Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and

Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname,

Trinidad and Tobago

associate members - (4) Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands

observers - (8) Aruba, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Venezuela

Caribbean Development Bank (CDB): established - 18 October 1969; effective - 26 January 1970

aim - to promote economic development and cooperation

regional members - (20) Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas,

Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Colombia,

Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and

Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and

Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Venezuela

nonregional members - (5) Canada, China, Germany, Italy, UK

Central African Customs and Economic Union (UDEAC): see Monetary and

Economic Community of Central Africa (CEMAC)

Central African States Development Bank (BDEAC): note - acronym from

Banque de Developpement des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale

established - 3 December 1975

aim - to provide loans for economic development

members - (11) African Development Bank (AfDB), Cameroon, Central African States Bank (BEAC), Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Germany, Kuwait

Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE): note - acronym from Banco Centroamericano de Integracion Economico

established - 13 December 1960 signature of Articles of Agreement; 31 May 1961 began operations

aim - to promote economic integration and development members - (5) Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua

nonregional members - (4) Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Taiwan

Central American Common Market (CACM): established - 13 December 1960, collapsed in 1969, reinstated in 1991

aim - to promote establishment of a Central American Common Market

members - (5) Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua; note - Panama, although not a member, pursues full regional cooperation

Central European Initiative (CEI): note - evolved from the

Quadrilateral Initiative and the Hexagonal Initiative

established - 11 November 1989 as the Quadrilateral Initiative, 27 July 1991 became the Hexagonal Initiative, NA July 1992 its present name was adopted

aim - to form an economic and political cooperation group for the region between the Adriatic and the Baltic Seas

members - (17) Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina,

Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, The Former Yugoslav

Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro,

Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine

centrally planned economies : a term applied mainly to the traditionally Communist states that looked to the former USSR for leadership; most are now evolving toward more democratic and market- oriented systems; also known formerly as the Second World or as the Communist countries; through the 1980s, this group included Albania, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, GDR, Hungary, North Korea, Laos, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, USSR, Vietnam

Colombo Plan (CP): established - NA May 1950 proposal was adopted; 1

July 1951 commenced full operations

aim - to promote economic and social development in Asia and the Pacific

members - (25) Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma,

Cambodia, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, South Korea, Laos,

Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, NZ, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea,

Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, US, Vietnam

Commonwealth (C): note - also known as Commonwealth of Nations

established - 31 December 1931

aim - to foster multinational cooperation and assistance, as a voluntary association that evolved from the British Empire

members - (53) Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Cyprus, Dominica, Fiji, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, NZ, Nigeria, Pakistan (suspended), Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, UK, Vanuatu, Zambia; note - on 7 December 2003 Zimbabwe withdrew its membership from the Commonwealth

Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS): established - 8 December 1991; effective - 21 December 1991

aim - to coordinate intercommonwealth relations and to provide a mechanism for the orderly dissolution of the USSR

members - (12) Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Communist countries: traditionally the Marxist-Leninist states with authoritarian governments and command economies based on the Soviet model; most of the original and the successor states are no longer Communist; see centrally planned economies

Coordinating Committee on Export Controls (COCOM): established in 1949 to control the export of strategic products and technical data from member countries to proscribed destinations; members were Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, UK, US; abolished 31 March 1994; COCOM members established a new organization, the Wassenaar Arrangement, with expanded membership on 12 July 1996 that focuses on nonproliferation export controls as opposed to East- West control of advanced technology

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CEMA): note - also known as

CMEA or Comecon

established 25 January 1949 to promote the development of socialist economies and abolished 1 January 1991; members included Afghanistan (observer), Albania (had not participated since 1961 break with USSR), Angola (observer), Bulgaria, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia (observer), GDR, Hungary, Laos (observer), Mongolia, Mozambique (observer), Nicaragua (observer), Poland, Romania, USSR, Vietnam, Yemen (observer), Yugoslavia (associate)

Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU): established - 3 June 1957; effective - 30 May 1964

aim - to promote economic integration among Arab nations

members - (11 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, UAE, Yemen, Palestine Liberation Organization

Council of Europe (CE): established - 5 May 1949; effective - 3 August 1949

aim - to promote increased unity and quality of life in Europe

members - (45) Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium,

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic,

Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary,

Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg,

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands,

Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia and

Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey,

Ukraine, UK

observers - (6) Canada, Holy See, Israel, Japan, Mexico, US

Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS): established - 6 March 1992

aim - to promote cooperation among the Baltic Sea states in the areas of aid to new democratic institutions, economic development, humanitarian aid, energy and the environment, cultural programs and education, and transportation and communication

members - (12) Denmark, Estonia, EC, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden

Council of the Entente (Entente): established - 29 May 1959

aim - to promote economic, social, and political coordination

members - (5) Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Niger, Togo

countries in transition: a term used by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the middle group in its hierarchy of advanced economies, countries in transition, and developing countries; IMF statistics include the following 28 countries in transition: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan; note - this group is identical to the group traditionally referred to as the "former USSR/Eastern Europe" except for the addition of Mongolia

Customs Cooperation Council (CCC): note - see World Customs

Organization (WCO)

developed countries (DCs): the top group in the hierarchy of developed countries (DCs), former USSR/Eastern Europe (former USSR/EE), and less developed countries (LDCs); includes the market-oriented economies of the mainly democratic nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Bermuda, Israel, South Africa, and the European ministates; also known as the First World, high-income countries, the North, industrial countries; generally have a per capita GDP in excess of $10,000 although four OECD countries and South Africa have figures well under $10,000 and two of the excluded OPEC countries have figures of more than $10,000; the 34 DCs are: Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holy See, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US; note - similar to the new International Monetary Fund (IMF) term "advanced economies" that adds Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan but drops Malta, Mexico, South Africa, and Turkey

developing countries: a term used by the International Monetary Fund

(IMF) for the bottom group in its hierarchy of advanced economies,

countries in transition, and developing countries; IMF statistics

include the following 126 developing countries: Afghanistan, Algeria,

Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, The Bahamas, Bahrain,

Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil,

Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central

African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic

Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote

d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,

Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, The

Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana,

Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya,

Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar,

Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania,

Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Morocco, Mozambique,

Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman,

Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar,

Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal,

Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri

Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo,

Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu,

Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe; note - this category would

presumably also cover the following 46 other countries that are

traditionally included in the more comprehensive group of "less

developed countries": American Samoa, Anguilla, British Virgin Islands,

Brunei, Cayman Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Cook Islands,

Cuba, Eritrea, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gaza

Strip, Gibraltar, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guernsey,

Jersey, North Korea, Macau, Isle of Man, Martinique, Mayotte,

Montserrat, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern

Mariana Islands, Palau, Pitcairn Islands, Puerto Rico, Reunion, Saint

Helena, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Tokelau, Tonga, Turks and Caicos

Islands, Tuvalu, Virgin Islands, Wallis and Futuna, West Bank, Western

Sahara

East African Development Bank (EADB): established - 6 June 1967; effective - 1 December 1967

aim - to promote economic development

members - (3) Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC): established - 26 June 1945; effective - 24 October 1945

aim - to coordinate the economic and social work of the UN; includes five regional commissions (Economic Commission for Africa, Economic Commission for Europe, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia) and nine functional commissions (Commission for Social Development, Commission on Human Rights, Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Commission on the Status of Women, Commission on Population and Development, Statistical Commission, Commission on Science and Technology for Development, Commission on Sustainable Development, and Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice)

members - (54) selected on a rotating basis from all regions

Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL): note - acronym from Communaute Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs

established - 20 September 1976

aim - to promote regional economic cooperation and integration

members - (3) Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS): established - 28

May 1975

aim - to promote regional economic cooperation

members - (16) Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo

Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO): established - 27-29 January 1985

aim - to promote regional cooperation in trade, transportation, communications, tourism, cultural affairs, and economic development

members - (10) Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

associate member - (1) "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus"

Economic and Monetary Union (EMU): note - an integral part of the

European Union; also known as the European Economic and Monetary Union

proposed - 1-2 December 1969 at summit conference of heads of government; signed - 7 February 1992 - Maastricht Treaty

aim - to promote a single market by creating a single currency, the euro; timetable - 2 May 1998: European exchange rates fixed for 1 January 1999; 1 January 1999: all banks and stock exchanges begin using euros; 1 January 2002: the euro goes into circulation; 1 July 2002 local currencies no longer accepted

members - (12) Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain; note - Denmark, Sweden, and UK decided not to join

Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC): note - began as the North

Atlantic Cooperation Council (NACC); an extension of NATO

established - 8 November 1991; effective - 20 December 1991

aim - to discuss cooperation on mutual political and security issues

members - (46) Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium,

Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,

France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former

Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,

Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,

Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, UK, US,

Uzbekistan

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD): established - 8-9 January 1990 (proposals made); 15 April 1991 (bank inaugurated)

aim - to facilitate the transition of seven centrally planned economies in Europe (Bulgaria, former Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, former USSR, and former Yugoslavia) to market economies by committing 60% of its loans to privatization

members - (62) Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan,

Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia,

Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, EU, European Investment Bank

(EIB), Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary,

Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea,

Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former

Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia,

Morocco, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia,

Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,

Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, UK, US, Uzbekistan

European Community (or European Communities, EC): was established 8 April 1965 to integrate the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), the European Coal and Steel Community (ESC), the European Economic Community (EEC or Common Market), and to establish a completely integrated common market and an eventual federation of Europe; merged into the European Union (EU) on 7 February 1992; member states at the time of merger were Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, UK

European Free Trade Association (EFTA): established - 4 January 1960; effective - 3 May 1960

aim - to promote expansion of free trade

members - (4) Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland

European Investment Bank (EIB): established - 25 March 1957; effective - 1 January 1958

aim - to promote economic development of the EU and its predecessors, the EEC and the EC

members - (15) Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, UK

European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN): note - acronym retained from the predecessor organization Conseil Europeenne pour la Recherche Nucleaire

established - 1 July 1953; effective - 29 September 1954

aim - to foster nuclear research for peaceful purposes only

members - (20) Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK

observers - (7) European Commission, Israel, Japan, Russia, Turkey, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), US

European Space Agency (ESA): established - 31 May 1975

aim - to promote peaceful cooperation in space research and technology

members - (15) Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK

cooperating states - (2) Canada, Hungary

European Union (EU): note - evolved from the European Community (EC)

established - 7 February 1992; effective - 1 November 1993

aim - to coordinate policy among the 15 members in three fields: economics, building on the European Economic Community's (EEC) efforts to establish a common market and eventually a common currency to be called the 'euro', which superseded the EU's accounting unit, the ECU; defense, within the concept of a Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP); and justice and home affairs, including immigration, drugs, terrorism, and improved living and working conditions

members - (15) Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, UK

new member states - (10) Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia; note - states will be admitted into the Union 1 May 2004

membership applicants - (3) Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey

First World: another term for countries with advanced, industrialized economies; this term is fading from use; see developed countries (DCs)

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO): established - 16 October 1945

aim - to raise living standards and increase availability of agricultural products; a UN specialized agency

members - (184) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and

Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The

Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan,

Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina

Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central

African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic

Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica,

Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,

Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador,

Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, EC, Fiji, Finland,

France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada,

Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary,

Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica,

Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea,

Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya,

Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,

Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands,

Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco,

Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger,

Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea,

Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda,

Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,

Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia

and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon

Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname,

Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand,

Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan,

Uganda, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam,

Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

former Soviet Union (FSU): former term often used to identify as a group the successor nations to the Soviet Union or USSR; this group of 15 countries consists of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

former USSR/Eastern Europe (former USSR/EE): the middle group in the hierarchy of developed countries (DCs), former USSR/Eastern Europe (former USSR/EE), and less developed countries (LDCs); these countries are in political and economic transition and may well be grouped differently in the near future; this group of 27 countries consists of Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia; this group is identical to the IMF group "countries in transition" except for the IMF's inclusion of Mongolia

Four Dragons: the four small Asian less developed countries (LDCs) that have experienced unusually rapid economic growth; also known as the Four Tigers; this group consists of Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan; these countries are included in the IMF's "advanced economies" group

Franc Zone (FZ): note - also known as Conference des Ministres des

Finances des Pays de la Zone Franc

established - NA 1964

aim - to form a monetary union among countries whose currencies are linked to the French franc

members - (14) Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo; note - France's three overseas territories, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, and Wallis and Futuna, use the Comptoires Francais du Pacifique francs (XPF)

Front Line States (FLS): established to achieve black majority rule in

South Africa; has since gone out of existence; members included Angola,

Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT): see the World Trade

Organization (WTrO)

Group of 2 (G-2): informal term that came into use about 1986; to facilitate bilateral economic cooperation between the two most powerful economic giants; members were Japan, US

Group of 3 (G-3): established - NA September 1990

aim - mechanism for policy coordination

members - (3) Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela

Group of 5 (G-5): established - 22 September 1985

aim - to coordinate the economic policies of five major noncommunist economic powers

members - (5) France, Germany, Japan, UK, US

Group of 6 (G-6): note - also known as Groupe des Six Sur le

Desarmement; not to be confused with the Big Six

established - 22 May 1984

aim - to achieve nuclear disarmament

members - (6) Argentina, Greece, India, Mexico, Sweden, Tanzania

Group of 7 (G-7): note - membership is the same as the Big Seven

established - 22 September 1985

aim - to facilitate economic cooperation among the seven major noncommunist economic powers

members - (7) Group of 5 (France, Germany, Japan, UK, US) plus Canada and Italy

Group of 8 (G-8): established - NA October 1975

aim - to facilitate economic cooperation among the developed countries (DCs) that participated in the Conference on International Economic Cooperation (CIEC), held in several sessions between NA December 1975 and 3 June 1977

members - (8) Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, UK, US

Group of 9 (G-9): established - NA

aim - to discuss matters of mutual interest on an informal basis

members - (9) Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Sweden

Group of 10 (G-10): note - also known as the Paris Club; includes the wealthiest members of the IMF which provide most of the money to be loaned and act as the informal steering committee; name persists in spite of the addition of Switzerland on NA April 1984

established - NA October 1962

aim - to coordinate credit policy

members - (11) Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US

nonstate participants - (4) BIS, EC, IMF, OECD

Group of 11 (G-11): note - also known as the Cartagena Group;

established in 21-22 June 1984, in Cartagena, Colombia;

aim was to provide a forum for largest debtor nations in Latin America;

members were Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

Group of 15 (G-15): note - byproduct of the Nonaligned Movement

established - NA September 1989

aim - to promote economic cooperation among developing nations; to act as the main political organ for the Nonaligned Movement

members - (17) Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Venezuela, Zimbabwe

Group of 24 (G-24): established - 1 August 1989

aim - to promote the interests of developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America within the IMF

members - (24) Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Democratic

Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana,

Guatemala, India, Iran, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru,

Philippines, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago,

Venezuela

Group of 77 (G-77): established - 15 June1964; NA October 1967 first ministerial meeting

aim - to promote economic cooperation among developing countries; name persists in spite of increased membership

members - (133 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Afghanistan,

Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, The Bahamas, Bahrain,

Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and

Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi,

Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile,

China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of

the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica,

Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea,

Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala,

Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran,

Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, North Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon,

Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali,

Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Federated States of

Micronesia, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua,

Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea,

Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and

Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome

and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles,

Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri

Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo,

Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, UAE,

Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

Palestine Liberation Organization

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): note - also known as the Cooperation

Council for the Arab States of the Gulf

established - 25 May 1981

aim - to promote regional cooperation in economic, social, political, and military affairs

members - (6) Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE

GUUAM: note - acronym standing for the member countries, Georgia,

Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova

established - 7 June 2001

aim - commits the countries to cooperation and assistance in social and economic development, the strengthening and broadening of trade and economic relations, and the development and effective use of transport and communications, highways, and related infrastructure crossing the boundaries of the member states

members - (5) Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

high-income countries: another term for the industrialized countries with high per capita GDPs; see developed countries (DCs)

Indian Ocean Commission (InOC): established - 21 December 1982

aim - to organize and promote regional cooperation in all sectors, especially economic

members - (5) Comoros, France (for Reunion), Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles

industrial countries: another term for the developed countries; see developed countries (DCs)

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB): note - also known as Banco

Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID)

established - 8 April 1959; effective - 30 December 1959

aim - to promote economic and social development in Latin America

members - (46) Argentina, Austria, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium,

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia,

Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, France,

Germany, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Israel, Italy, Jamaica,

Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,

Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and

Tobago, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela

Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD): note - formerly known as Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development (IGADD)

established - 15-16 January 1986 as the Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development; revitalized - 21 March 1996 as the Inter- Governmental Authority on Development

aim - to promote a social, economic, and scientific community among its members

members - (7) Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): established - 26 October 1956; effective - 29 July 1957

aim - to promote peaceful uses of atomic energy

members - (137) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina,

Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium,

Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria,

Burkina Faso, Burma, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chile,

China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote

d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican

Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia,

Finland, France, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala,

Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran,

Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan,

Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia,

Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav

Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Marshall

Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco,

Namibia, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan,

Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania,

Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles,

Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri

Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania,

Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay,

Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD): note - also known as the World Bank

established - 22 July 1944; effective - 27 December 1945

aim - to provide economic development loans; a UN specialized agency

members - (184) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and

Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The

Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize,

Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil,

Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon,

Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China,

Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the

Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic,

Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador,

Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia,

Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana,

Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti,

Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland,

Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati,

South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho,

Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta,

Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of

Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal,

Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan,

Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland,

Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint

Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome

and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles,

Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia,

South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden,

Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga,

Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine,

UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen,

Zambia, Zimbabwe

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC): established - NA 1919

aim - to promote free trade and private enterprise and to represent business interests at national and international levels

members - (85 national committees) Algeria, Argentina, Australia,

Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon,

Canada, Caribbean, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba,

Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France,

Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India,

Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, South Korea,

Kuwait, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia,

Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Peru,

Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia,

Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South

Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania,

Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO): established - 7

December 1944; effective - 4 April 1947

aim - to promote international cooperation in civil aviation; a UN specialized agency

members - (188) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua

and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The

Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize,

Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil,

Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon,

Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China,

Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the

Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus,

Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt,

El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji,

Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece,

Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras,

Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy,

Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, South

Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia,

Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta,

Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of

Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia,

Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman,

Palau, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines,

Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and

Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San

Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia and

Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia,

Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan,

Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania,

Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey,

Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan,

Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

International Civilian Support Mission in Haiti (MICAH): established - 17 December 1999

aim - to promote respect for human rights

members - (11) Argentina, Benin, Canada, France, India, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Tunisia, US

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC): established - 17

February 1863

aim - to provide humanitarian aid in wartime

members - (25 individuals) all Swiss nationals

International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU): established

- NA December 1949

aim - to promote the trade union movement

members - (231 affiliated organizations in the following 153 countries

plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Albania, Algeria, Angola,

Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The

Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin,

Bermuda, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon,

Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia,

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands,

Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Curacao, Cyprus, Czech Republic,

Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,

Eritrea, Estonia, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French

Polynesia, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada,

Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Holy See, Honduras, Hong

Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy,

Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Latvia, Lebanon,

Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali,

Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montserrat,

Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, NZ,

Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea,

Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania,

Russia, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint

Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe,

Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore,

Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden,

Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and

Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, UK, US, Vanuatu, Venezuela,

Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Palestine Liberation Organization

International Court of Justice (ICJ): note - also known as the World

Court

established - 3 February 1946 superseded Permanent Court of International Justice

aim - primary judicial organ of the UN

members - (15 judges) elected by the UN General Assembly and Security Council to represent all principal legal systems

International Criminal Court (ICCt): established - 11 April 2002

aim - to hold all individuals and countries accountable to international laws of conduct; to specify international standards of conduct; to provide an important mechanism for implementing these standards; to ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice

members (countries that have ratified the treaty) - (92) Afghanistan,

Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria,

Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina,

Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Central African Republic,

Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the

Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, East Timor, Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji,

Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece,

Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, South

Korea, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Marshall

Islands, Mauritius, Mongolia, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, NZ, Niger,

Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania,

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia

and Montenegro, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain,

Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda,

UK, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zambia

signatory states (countries that have signed, but not ratified, the

treaty) - (51) Algeria, Angola, Armenia, The Bahamas, Bahrain,

Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile,

Comoros, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Czech Republic,

Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Iran,

Israel, Jamaica, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Madagascar,

Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, Mozambique, Oman, Philippines,

Russia, Saint Lucia, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Solomon

Islands, Sudan, Syria, Thailand, Ukraine, UAE, US, Uzbekistan, Yemen,

Zimbabwe

International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol): established -

NA September 1923 set up as the International Criminal Police

Commission; 13 June 1956 constitution modified and present name adopted

aim - to promote international cooperation among police authorities in fighting crime

members - (181) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua

and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan,

The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize,

Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei,

Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada,

Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia,

Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa

Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,

Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El

Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland,

France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada,

Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary,

Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica,

Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan,

Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein,

Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,

Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands,

Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco,

Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles,

NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua

New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar,

Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint

Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia,

Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore,

Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan,

Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand,

Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine,

UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia,

Zimbabwe

subbureaus - (14) American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin

Islands, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Guam, Hong Kong, Macau, Montserrat,

Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin

Islands

International Development Association (IDA): established - 26 January 1960; effective - 24 September 1960

aim - to provide economic loans for low-income countries; UN specialized agency and IBRD affiliate

members - (165)

Part I - (27 developed countries) Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada,

Denmark, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan,

Kuwait, Luxembourg, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Portugal, Russia, South

Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, UK, US

Part II - (138 less developed countries) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria,

Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize,

Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil,

Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central

African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic

Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote

d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Dominica,

Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial

Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Ghana,

Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti,

Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan,

Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia,

Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, The Former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall

Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia,

Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger,

Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay,

Peru, Philippines, Poland, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia,

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi

Arabia, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Sierra Leone, Singapore,

Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan,

Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad

and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam,

Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

International Energy Agency (IEA): established - 15 November 1974

aim - to promote cooperation on energy matters, especially emergency oil sharing and relations between oil consumers and oil producers; established by the OECD

members - (26) Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic,

Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,

Japan, South Korea, Luxembourg, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Portugal,

Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

(IFRCS): note - formerly known as League of Red Cross and Red Crescent

Societies (LORCS)

established - 5 May 1919

aim - to organize, coordinate, and direct international relief actions; to promote humanitarian activities; to represent and encourage the development of National Societies; to bring help to victims of armed conflicts, refugees, and displaced people; to reduce the vulnerability of people through development programs

members - (185 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Afghanistan,

Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina,

Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain,

Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia

and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso,

Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African

Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of

the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote

d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica,

Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial

Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The

Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea,

Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India,

Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan,

Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait,

Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya,

Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania,

Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco,

Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ,

Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New

Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania,

Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and

the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia,

Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore,

Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri

Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan,

Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago,

Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay,

Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, the

Palestine Liberation Organization

observers - (2) Israel, Tuvalu

International Finance Corporation (IFC): established - 25 May 1955; effective - 24 July 1956

aim - to support private enterprise in international economic development; a UN specialized agency and IBRD affiliate

members - (175) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and

Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The

Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize,

Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria,

Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde,

Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros,

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica,

Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti,

Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial

Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The

Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea,

Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India,

Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan,

Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos,

Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia,

Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico,

Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique,

Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway,

Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru,

Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and

Nevis, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia and

Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia,

Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan,

Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand,

Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan,

Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela,

Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD): established -

NA November 1974

aim - to promote agricultural development; a UN specialized agency

members - (163)

Category I - (23 industrialized aid contributors) Australia, Austria,

Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland,

Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Portugal,

Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US

Category II - (12 petroleum-exporting aid contributors) Algeria, Gabon,

Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,

UAE, Venezuela

Category III - (128 aid recipients) Afghanistan, Albania, Angola,

Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh,

Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina,

Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon,

Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia,

Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook

Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti,

Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador,

Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, The Gambia, Georgia, Ghana,

Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras,

India, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, North Korea, South

Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, The Former Yugoslav

Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali,

Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco,

Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Panama,

Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Rwanda, Saint

Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa,

Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles,

Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan,

Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo,

Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Uruguay, Vietnam,

Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

International Hydrographic Organization (IHO): note - name changed from International Hydrographic Bureau on 22 September 1970

established - NA June 1919; effective - NA June 1921

aim - to train hydrographic surveyors and nautical cartographers to achieve standardization in nautical charts and electronic chart displays; to provide advice on nautical cartography and hydrography; to develop the sciences in the field of hydrography and techniques used for descriptive oceanography

members - (74) Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh,

Belgium, Brazil, Burma, Canada, Chile, China (including Hong Kong and

Macau), Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Croatia, Cuba,

Cyprus, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Fiji,

Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Iceland, India, Indonesia,

Iran, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait,

Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, NZ,

Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines,

Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Singapore, Slovenia,

South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Syria, Thailand,

Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US,

Uruguay, Venezuela

membership pending - (3) Bulgaria, Mauritania, Qatar

International Labor Organization (ILO): established - 28 June 1919 set up as part of Treaty of Versailles; 11 April 1919 became operative; 14 December 1946 affiliated with the UN

aim - to deal with world labor issues; a UN specialized agency

members - (177) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and

Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The

Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize,

Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria,

Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde,

Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros,

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica,

Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,

Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El

Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland,

France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada,

Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary,

Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica,

Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait,

Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania,

Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar,

Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova,

Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ,

Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New

Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania,

Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and

the Grenadines, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia,

Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore,

Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri

Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria,

Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia,

Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay,

Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

International Maritime Organization (IMO): note - name changed from Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO) on 22 May 1982

established - 6 March 1948 set up as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization; effective - 17 March 1958

aim - to deal with international maritime affairs; a UN specialized agency

members - (163) Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda,

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain,

Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and

Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burma, Cambodia, Cameroon,

Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic

Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote

d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti,

Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial

Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The

Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea,

Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India,

Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan,

Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Latvia,

Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav

Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta,

Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco,

Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ,

Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea,

Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia,

Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,

Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia

and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia,

Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka,

Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo,

Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,

UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen associate

members - (3) Faroe Islands, Hong Kong, Macau

International Monetary Fund (IMF): established - 22 July 1944; effective - 27 December 1945

aim - to promote world monetary stability and economic development; a UN specialized agency

members - (184) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and

Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The

Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize,

Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil,

Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon,

Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China,

Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the

Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic,

Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador,

Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia,

Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana,

Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti,

Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland,

Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati,

South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho,

Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta,

Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of

Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal,

Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan,

Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland,

Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint

Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome

and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles,

Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia,

South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden,

Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga,

Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine,

UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen,

Zambia, Zimbabwe

International Olympic Committee (IOC): established - 23 June 1894

aim - to promote the Olympic ideals and administer the Olympic games: 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece; 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy; 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China; 2010 Winter Olympics in British Colombia, Canada

National Olympic Committees - (201 and the Palestine Liberation

Organization) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra,

Angola (suspended), Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba,

Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh,

Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia,

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands,

Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon,

Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad,

Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo,

Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire,

Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica,

Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial

Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The

Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala,

Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary,

Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica,

Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea,

Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya,

Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta,

Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova,

Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal,

Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria,

Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay,

Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania,

Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and

the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia,

Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore,

Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri

Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan,

Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago,

Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay,

Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands, Yemen, Zambia,

Zimbabwe, Palestine Liberation Organization

International Organization for Migration (IOM): note - established as

Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants

from Europe; renamed Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration

(ICEM) on 15 November 1952; renamed Intergovernmental Committee for

Migration (ICM) in November 1980; current name adopted 14 November 1989

established - 5 December 1951

aim - to facilitate orderly international emigration and immigration

members - (102) Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia,

Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Benin,

Bolivia, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile,

Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo,

Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,

Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Finland, France, The

Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,

Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan,

Kazakhstan, Kenya, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania,

Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova,

Morocco, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama,

Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda,

Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South

Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania,

Thailand, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yemen,

Zambia, Zimbabwe

observers - (29) Afghanistan, Belarus, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina,

Brazil, Burundi, China, Cuba, Estonia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Holy See,

India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Libya, The Former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Russia, San

Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia, Spain, Turkey, Turkmenistan,

Vietnam

International Organization for Standardization (ISO): established - NA

February 1947

aim - to promote the development of international standards with a view to facilitating international exchange of goods and services and to developing cooperation in the sphere of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity

members - (97 national standards organizations) Algeria, Argentina,

Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bahrain,

Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria,

Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia,

Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia,

Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India,

Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan,

Kazakhstan, Kenya, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Libya, Luxembourg,

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius,

Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, NZ, Nigeria, Norway, Oman,

Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi

Arabia, Serbia and Montenegro, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South

Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania,

Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US,

Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe

correspondent members - (36) Albania, Angola, Bolivia, Brunei,

Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, Estonia,

Guatemala, Hong Kong, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macau,

Madagascar, Malawi, Moldova, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua,

Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Senegal,

Seychelles, Sudan, Swaziland, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia

subscriber members - (14 plus the Palestinian Liberation Organization)

Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Burundi, Cambodia, Dominica, Dominican

Republic, Eritrea, Fiji, Grenada, Guyana, Honduras, Lesotho, Mali,

Niger, Palestinian Liberation Organization

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM): established

- NA 1928

aim - to promote worldwide humanitarian aid through the International

Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in wartime, and International

Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS; formerly

League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies or LORCS) in peacetime

National Societies - (185 countries); note - same as membership for

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

(IFRCS)

International Telecommunication Union (ITU): established - 17 May 1865 set up as the International Telegraph Union; 9 December 1932 adopted present name

effective - 1 January 1934; affiliated with the UN - 15 November 1947

aim - to deal with world telecommunications issues; a UN specialized agency

members - (189) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua

and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The

Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize,

Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil,

Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon,

Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China,

Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the

Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech

Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,

Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia,

Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana,

Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Holy

See, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland,

Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati,

North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon,

Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia,

Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico,

Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco,

Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger,

Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay,

Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda,

Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao

Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro,

Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon

Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname,

Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand,

Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan,

Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu,

Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Islamic Development Bank (IDB): established - 15 December 1973 by declaration of intent; effective - 12 August 1974

aim - to promote Islamic economic aid and social development

members - (54 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Afghanistan,

Albania, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Brunei,

Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt,

Gabon, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq,

Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia,

Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Oman, Pakistan,

Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Suriname,

Syria, Tajikistan, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, UAE,

Uzbekistan, Yemen, Palestine Liberation Organization

Latin American Economic System (LAES): note - also known as Sistema

Economico Latinoamericana (SELA)

established - 17 October 1975

aim - to promote economic and social development through regional cooperation

members - (28) Argentina, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia,

Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,

El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica,

Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and

Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela

Latin American Integration Association (LAIA): note - also known as

Asociacion Latinoamericana de Integracion (ALADI)

established - 12 August 1980; effective - 18 March 1981

aim - to promote freer regional trade

members - (12) Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

observers - (23) China, Commission of the European Communities,

Corporacion Andina de Fomento, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El

Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Inter-American Development Bank, Inter-

American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, Italy, Latin America

Economic System, Nicaragua, Organization of American States, Panama,

Pan-American Health Organization, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain,

Switzerland, United Nations Development Program, United Nations

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

League of Arab States (LAS): note - also known as Arab League (AL)

established - 22 March 1945

aim - to promote economic, social, political, and military cooperation

members - (21 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Algeria,

Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon,

Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan,

Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen, Palestine Liberation Organization

least developed countries (LLDCs): that subgroup of the less developed countries (LDCs) initially identified by the UN General Assembly in 1971 as having no significant economic growth, per capita GDPs normally less than $1,000, and low literacy rates; also known as the undeveloped countries; the 42 LLDCs are: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Yemen

less developed countries (LDCs): the bottom group in the hierarchy of developed countries (DCs), former USSR/Eastern Europe (former USSR/EE), and less developed countries (LDCs); mainly countries and dependent areas with low levels of output, living standards, and technology; per capita GDPs are generally below $5,000 and often less than $1,500; however, the group also includes a number of countries with high per capita incomes, areas of advanced technology, and rapid rates of growth; includes the advanced developing countries, developing countries, Four Dragons (Four Tigers), least developed countries (LLDCs), low-income countries, middle-income countries, newly industrializing economies (NIEs), the South, Third World, underdeveloped countries, undeveloped countries; the 172 LDCs are: Afghanistan, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, The Gambia, Gaza Strip, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jersey, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Isle of Man, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Palau, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Reunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, UAE, Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands, Wallis and Futuna, West Bank, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe; note - similar to the new International Monetary Fund (IMF) term "developing countries" which adds Malta, Mexico, South Africa, and Turkey but omits in its recently published statistics American Samoa, Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Cook Islands, Cuba, Eritrea, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gaza Strip, Gibraltar, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guernsey, Jersey, North Korea, Macau, Isle of Man, Martinique, Mayotte, Montserrat, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Pitcairn Islands, Puerto Rico, Reunion, Saint Helena, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Tokelau, Tonga, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Virgin Islands, Wallis and Futuna, West Bank, Western Sahara

low-income countries: another term for those less developed countries with below-average per capita GDPs; see less developed countries (LDCs)

middle-income countries: another term for those less developed countries with above-average per capita GDPs; see less developed countries (LDCs)

Monetary and Economic Community of Central Africa (CEMAC): note - was formerly the Central African Customs and Economic Union (UDEAC)

established - 8 December 1964; effective - 1 January 1966

aim - to promote the establishment of a Central African Common Market

members - (6) Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon

Near Abroad: Russian term for the 14 non-Russian successor states of the USSR, in which 25 million ethnic Russians live and in which Moscow has expressed a strong national security interest; the 14 countries are Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

new independent states (NIS): a term referring to all those countries of the FSU except the Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)

newly industrializing countries (NICs): former term for the newly industrializing economies; see newly industrializing economies (NIEs)

newly industrializing economies (NIEs): that subgroup of the less developed countries (LDCs) that has experienced particularly rapid industrialization of their economies; formerly known as the newly industrializing countries (NICs); also known as advanced developing countries; usually includes the Four Dragons (Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan), and Brazil

Nonaligned Movement (NAM): established - 1-6 September 1961

aim - to establish political and military cooperation apart from the traditional East or West blocs

members - (114 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Afghanistan,

Algeria, Angola, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus,

Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burma,

Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic,

Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo,

Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominican

Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon,

The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana,

Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, North

Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar,

Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius,

Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger,

Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines,

Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia,

Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore,

Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria,

Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan,

Uganda, UAE, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia,

Zimbabwe, Palestine Liberation Organization

observers - (13) Armenia, Belarus, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Dominica, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Paraguay, Ukraine, Uruguay

guests - (28) Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,

Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holy See, Hungary, Ireland,

Italy, Japan, South Korea, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Poland, Portugal,

Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US

Nordic Council (NC): established - 16 March 1952; effective - 12

February 1953

aim - to promote regional economic, cultural, and environmental cooperation

members - (5) Denmark (including Faroe Islands and Greenland), Finland (including Aland Islands), Iceland, Norway, Sweden

observers - (3) the Sami (Lapp) local parliaments of Finland, Norway, and Sweden

Nordic Investment Bank (NIB): established - 4 December 1975; effective - 1 June 1976

aim - to promote economic cooperation and development

members - (5) Denmark (including Faroe Islands and Greenland), Finland (including Aland Islands), Iceland, Norway, Sweden

North: a popular term for the rich industrialized countries generally located in the northern portion of the Northern Hemisphere; the counterpart of the South; see developed countries (DCs)

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): established - 17 December 1992

aim - to eliminate trade barriers, promote fair competition, increase investment opportunities, provide protection of intellectual property rights, create procedures to settle disputes

members - (3) Canada, Mexico, US

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): established - 4 April 1949

aim - to promote mutual defense and cooperation

members - (26) Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark,

Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia,

Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania,

Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, UK, US

Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA): note - also known as OECD Nuclear Energy

Agency

established - 1 February 1958

aim - to promote the peaceful uses of nuclear energy; associated with OECD

members - (28) Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic,

Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,

Italy, Japan, South Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway,

Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US

Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG): note - also known as the London

Suppliers Group or the London Group

established - NA 1974; effective - NA 1975

aim - to establish guidelines for exports of nuclear materials, processing equipment for uranium enrichment, and technical information to countries of proliferation concern and regions of conflict and instability

members - (40) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil,

Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France,

Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, South

Korea, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Poland, Portugal,

Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden,

Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, UK, US

observer - (1) European Commission (a policy-planning body for the EU)

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): established - 14 December 1960;

effective - 30 September 1961

aim - to promote economic cooperation and development

members - (30) Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic,

Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,

Italy, Japan, South Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, NZ, Norway,

Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US

special member - (1) EU

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE): note - formerly the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) established 3 July 1975

established - 1 January 1995

aim - to foster the implementation of human rights, fundamental freedoms, democracy, and the rule of law; to act as an instrument of early warning, conflict prevention, and crisis management; and to serve as a framework for conventional arms control and confidence building measures

members - (55) Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus,

Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus,

Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany,

Greece, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan,

Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former

Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands,

Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia and

Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan,

Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, UK, US, Uzbekistan

partners for cooperation - (10) Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Jordan, South Korea, Morocco, Thailand, Tunisia

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW): established - 29 April 1997

aim - to enforce the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction; to provide a forum for consultation and cooperation among the signatories of the Convention

members (countries that have ratified the Convention) - (160)

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia,

Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize,

Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei,

Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile,

China, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia,

Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, East Timor, Ecuador,

El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji,

Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece,

Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, India,

Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan,

Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia,

Lesotho, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former

Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali,

Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia,

Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal,

Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan,

Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland,

Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia,

Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia,

Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland,

Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga,

Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda,

Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen,

Zambia, Zimbabwe

signatory states (countries that have signed, but not ratified, the Convention) - (22) The Bahamas, Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guinea- Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Israel, Liberia, Madagascar, Marshall Islands, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sierra Leone; note - states have signed but not ratified the convention

Organization of African Unity (OAU): see African Union

Organization of American States (OAS): established - 14 April 1890 as the International Union of American Republics; 30 April 1948 adopted present charter; effective - 13 December 1951

aim - to promote regional peace and security as well as economic and social development

members - (35) Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba (excluded from formal participation since 1962), Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, US, Uruguay, Venezuela

observers - (56) Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan,

Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech

Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, EU, Finland,

France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Holy See, Hungary, India,

Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Latvia,

Lebanon, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland,

Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia and Montenegro,

Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia,

Turkey, Ukraine, UK, Yemen

Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC): established - 9 January 1968

aim - to promote cooperation in the petroleum industry

members - (11) Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, UAE

Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS): established - 18 June 1981; effective - 4 July 1981

aim - to promote political, economic, and defense cooperation

members - (7) Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

associate members - (2) Anguilla, British Virgin Islands

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC): established - 14

September 1960

aim - to coordinate petroleum policies

members - (11) Algeria, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Venezuela

Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC): established - 22-25

September 1969

aim - to promote Islamic solidarity in economic, social, cultural, and political affairs

members - (56 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Afghanistan,

Albania, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Brunei,

Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt,

Gabon, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Indonesia, Iran,

Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia,

Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Oman,

Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan,

Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan,

Uganda, UAE, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Palestine Liberation Organization

observers - (10) Bosnia and Herzegovina, Central African Republic, ECA, LAS, Moro National Liberation Front, NAM, OAU, Thailand, Turkish Muslim Community of Kibris, UN

Pacific Community: note - formerly known as the South Pacific Commission (SPC) established - 6 February 1947; effective - 29 July 1948

aim - to promote regional cooperation in economic and social matters

members - (27) American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, France,

French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of

Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, NZ, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands,

Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands,

Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, UK, US, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna

Pacific Islands Forum (PIF): note - formerly known as South Pacific

Forum (SPF)

established - 5 August 1971

aim - to promote regional cooperation in political matters

members - (16) Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, NZ, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

observers - (2) East Timor, New Caledonia

Paris Club: established - 1956

aim - to provide a forum for debtor countries to negotiate rescheduling of debt service payments or loans extended by governments or official agencies of participating countries; to help restore normal trade and project finance to debtor countries

members - (19) Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US

Partnership for Peace (PFP): established - 10-11 January 1994

aim - to expand and intensify political and military cooperation throughout Europe, increase stability, diminish threats to peace, and build relationships by promoting the spirit of practical cooperation and commitment to democratic principles that underpin NATO; program under the auspices of NATO

members - (20) Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Croatia,

Finland, Georgia, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, The Former Yugoslav

Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland,

Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA): established - 29 July 1899

aim - to facilitate the settlement of international disputes

members - (101) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium,

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon,

Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Costa

Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican

Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia,

Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti,

Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy,

Japan, Jordan, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon,

Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands,

NZ, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,

Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia and

Montenegro, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri

Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand,

Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Rio Group (RG): note - formerly known as Grupo de los Ocho, established NA December 1986; composed of the Contadora Group and the Lima Group

established - NA 1988

aim - to consult on regional Latin American issues

members - (19) Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

Second World: another term for the traditionally Marxist-Leninist states of the USSR and Eastern Europe, with authoritarian governments and command economies based on the Soviet model; the term is fading from use; see centrally planned economies

Shanghai Cooperative Organization (SCO): established - 15 June 2001

aim - to combat terrorism, extremism, and separatism; to safeguard regional security through mutual trust, disarmament, and cooperative security; and to increase cooperation in political, trade, economic, scientific and technological, cultural, and educational fields

members - (6) China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

socialist countries: in general, countries in which the government owns and plans the use of the major factors of production; note - the term is sometimes used incorrectly as a synonym for Communist countries

South: a popular term for the poorer, less industrialized countries generally located south of the developed countries; the counterpart of the North; see less developed countries (LDCs)

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC): established - 8 December 1985

aim - to promote economic, social, and cultural cooperation

members - (7) Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

South Pacific Forum (SPF): note - see Pacific Island Forum

South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement

(Sparteca): established - NA 1981

aim - to redress unequal trade relationships of Australia and New Zealand with small island economies in the Pacific region

members - (16) Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, NZ, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

Southern African Customs Union (SACU): established - 11 December 1969

aim - to promote free trade and cooperation in customs matters

members - (5) Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland

Southern African Development Community (SADC): note - evolved from the

Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC)

established - 17 August 1992

aim - to promote regional economic development and integration

members - (14) Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur) or Southern Common Market: note - also known as Mercado Comun del Cono Sur (Mercosur)

established - 26 March 1991

aim - to increase regional economic cooperation

members - (4) Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay

associate members - (2) Bolivia, Chile

Third World: another term for the less developed countries; the term is obsolescent; see less developed countries (LDCs)

underdeveloped countries: refers to those less developed countries with the potential for above-average economic growth; see less developed countries (LDCs)

undeveloped countries: refers to those extremely poor less developed countries (LDCs) with little prospect for economic growth; see least developed countries (LLDCs)

United Nations (UN): established - 26 June 1945; effective - 24

October 1945

aim - to maintain international peace and security and to promote cooperation involving economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems

constituent organizations - the UN is composed of six principal organs and numerous subordinate agencies and bodies as follows:

1) Secretariat

2) General Assembly: Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UN

AIDS), International Research and Training Institute for the

Advancement of Women (INSTRAW), Office of the United Nations High

Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Center for Human

Settlements (UN-Habitat), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF),

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), United

Nations Development Program (UNDP), United Nations Drug Control Program

(UNDCP), United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), United Nations High

Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR), United Nations High

Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations Institute for

Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), United Nations Institute for Training

and Research (UNITAR), United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice

Research Institute (UNICRI), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA),

United Nations Office of Project Services (UNOPS), United Nations

Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

(UNRWA), United Nations Research Institute for Social Development

(UNRISD), United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC), and United

Nations University (UNU), World Food Program (WFP)

3) Security Council: International Criminal Tribunal for the Former

Yugoslavia (ICTY), International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR),

United Nations Compensation Commission, United Nations Disengagement

Observer Force (UNDOF), United Nations Interim Administration Mission

in Kosovo (UNMIK), United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL),

United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), United Nations Mission of

Support in East Timor (UNMISET), United Nations Military Observer Group

in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), United Nations Mission for the

Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), United Nations Mission in

Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone

(UNAMSIL), United Nations Monitoring and Verification Commission

(UNMOVIC), United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG), United

Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

(MONUC), United Nations Peace-Keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), and

United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO)

4) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC): Commission for Social

Development, Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice,

Commission on Human Rights, Commission on Narcotics Drugs, Commission

on Population and Development, Commission on Science and Technology for

Development, Commission on Sustainable Development, Commission on the

Status of Women, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the

Pacific (ESCAP), Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

(ESCWA), Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Economic Commission for

Europe (ECE), Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

(ECLAC), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), International Bank for

Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), International Center for

Secretariat of Investment Disputes (ICSID), International Civil

Aviation Organization (ICAO), International Development Association

(IDA), International Finance Corporation (IFC), International Fund for

Agricultural Development (IFAD), International Labor Organization

(ILO), International Maritime Organization (IMO), International

Monetary Fund (IMF), International Telecommunication Union (ITU),

Multilateral Investment Geographic Agency (MIGA), Statistical

Commission, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural

Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Forum on Forests, United Nations

Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Universal Postal Union

(UPU), World Health Organization (WHO), World Intellectual Property

Organization (WIPO), World Meteorological Organization (WMO), World

Tourism Organization (WToO), and World Trade Organization (WTrO)

5) Trusteeship Council (inactive; no trusteeships at this time)

6) International Court of Justice (ICJ)

UN members - (191) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola,

Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria,

Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus,

Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina,

Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi,

Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad,

Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo,

Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba,

Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican

Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea,

Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia,

Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-

Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia,

Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan,

Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos,

Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania,

Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar,

Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania,

Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco,

Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ,

Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua

New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar,

Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint

Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe,

Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone,

Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa,

Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland,

Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and

Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE,

UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen,

Zambia, Zimbabwe; note - all UN members are represented in the General

Assembly

observers - (1 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Holy See, Palestine Liberation Organization

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF): note - acronym retained from the predecessor organization, UN International Children's Emergency Fund

established - 11 December 1946

aim - to help establish child health and welfare services

members - (37) selected on a rotating basis from all regions

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD): established - 30 December 1964

aim - to promote international trade

members - (192) all UN members plus Holy See

United Nations Development Program (UNDP): established - 22 November 1965

aim - to provide technical assistance to stimulate economic and social development

members (executive board) - (36) selected on a rotating basis from all regions

United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF): established - 31

May 1974

aim - to observe the 1973 Arab-Israeli cease-fire; established by the UN Security Council

members - (6) Austria, Canada, Japan, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

(UNESCO): established - 16 November 1945; effective - 4 November 1946

aim - to promote cooperation in education, science, and culture

members - (190) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua

and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The

Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize,

Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil,

Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada,

Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia,

Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook

Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech

Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor,

Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia,

Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany,

Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana,

Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq,

Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya,

Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia,

Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former

Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives,

Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated

States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique,

Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria,

Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea,

Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia,

Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia,

Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia,

Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka,

Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan,

Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey,

Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay,

Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

associate members - (6) Aruba, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Macau, Netherlands Antilles, Tokelau

United Nations Environment Program (UNEP): established - 15 December 1972

aim - to promote international cooperation on all environmental matters

members - (58) selected on a rotating basis from all regions

United Nations General Assembly: established - 26 June 1945; effective - 24 October 1945

aim - to function as the primary deliberative organ of the UN

members - (191) all UN members are represented in the General Assembly

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): established - 3

December 1949; effective - 1 January 1951

aim - to ensure the humanitarian treatment of refugees and find permanent solutions to refugee problems

members (executive committee) - (64) Algeria, Argentina, Australia,

Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia,

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Denmark,

Ecuador, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Holy See,

Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, South

Korea, Lebanon, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique,

Namibia, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan,

Philippines, Poland, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Somalia, South

Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia,

Turkey, Uganda, UK, US, Venezuela, Yemen

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO): established - 17 November 1966; effective - 1 January 1967

aim - UN specialized agency that promotes industrial development especially among the members

members - (171) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina,

Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh,

Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and

Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi,

Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile,

China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of

the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech

Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor,

Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia,

Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana,

Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti,

Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel,

Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, North Korea, South

Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya,

Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,

Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania,

Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique,

Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway,

Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines,

Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and

Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and

Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles,

Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri

Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria,

Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago,

Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, Uruguay,

Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR): established - 11 December 1963 adoption of the resolution establishing the Institute; effective - 24 March 1965

aim - to help the UN become more effective through training and research

members (Board of Trustees) - (21) Austria, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Ghana, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US; note - the UN Secretary General can appoint up to 30 members

United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK): established - 10 June 1999

aim - to promote the establishment of substantial autonomy and self- government in Kosovo; to perform basic civilian administrative functions; to support the reconstruction of key infrastructure and humanitarian and disaster relief

members - (48) Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria,

Cameroon, Canada, Cote d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Fiji,

Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India,

Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Malawi, Malaysia, Nepal,

Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania,

Russia, Senegal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey,

Ukraine UK, US, Zambia, Zimbabwe

United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL): established - 19

March 1978

aim - to confirm the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and assist in reestablishing Lebanese authority in southern Lebanon; established by the UN Security Council

members - (7) France, Ghana, India, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Ukraine

United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM): established

in 9 April 1991; to observe and monitor the demilitarized zone

established between Iraq and Kuwait; established by the UN Security

Council; members were Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, China, Denmark,

Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India,

Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland,

Romania, Russia, Senegal, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, UK, US,

Uruguay, Venezuela; mandate ended 6 October 2003

United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP): established - 24 January 1949

aim - to observe the 1949 India-Pakistan cease-fire; established by the UN Security Council

members - (9) Belgium, Chile, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Italy, South Korea, Sweden, Uruguay

United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO): established - 29 April 1991

aim - to supervise the cease-fire and conduct a referendum in Western Sahara; established by the UN Security Council

members - (25) Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, China, Croatia, Egypt,

El Salvador, France, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland,

Italy, Kenya, South Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Pakistan,

Poland, Russia, Sri Lanka, Uruguay

United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH): established

- 21 December 1995; to establish an International Police Task Force

(IPTF) to implement the Dayton Peace Agreement in Bosnia and

Herzegovina; members Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Canada,

Chile, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Fiji, Finland,

France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia,

Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria,

Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia,

Senegal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey,

Ukraine, UK, US, Vanuatu; was terminated 31 December 2002

United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE): established - 31 July 2000

aim - to monitor the cessation of hostilities

members - (42) Algeria, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, The Gambia, Ghana, Greece, India, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Ukraine, UK, US, Uruguay, Zambia

United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL): established - 19 September 2003

aim - to support the cease-fire agreement and peace process; protect UN facilities and people; support humanitarian activities;and assist in national security reform

members - (43) Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Croatia,

Denmark, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Finland, France, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-

Bissau, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Malawi, Mali,

Moldova, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan,

Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Senegal, South Africa,

Sweden, Togo, Turkey, UK, US, Zambia, Zimbabwe

United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL): established - 22

October 1999

aim - to cooperate with the Government of Sierra Leone and the other parties to the Peace Agreement in the implementation of the agreement; to monitor the military and security situation in Sierra Leone; to monitor the disarmament and demobilization of combatants and members of the Civil Defense Forces (CFD); to assist in monitoring respect for international humanitarian law

members - (31) Bangladesh, Bolivia, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech

Republic, Denmark, Egypt, The Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Guinea,

Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mali, Nepal, NZ,

Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand,

Ukraine, UK, Uruguay, Zambia

United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka (UNMOP): established 1

February 1996; to monitor the demilitarization of the Prevlaka

peninsula in southern Croatia; members were Argentina, Bangladesh,

Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, Ghana,

Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, Nepal, NZ, Nigeria, Norway,

Pakistan, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine; was terminated 15

December 2002

United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET): established - 17 May 2002

aim - to provide assistance to structures critical to political stability; to provide law enforcement and public security and to assist in the development of law enforcement agencies; to contribute to external security

members - (28) Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil,

Croatia, Denmark, Fiji, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea,

Malaysia, Mozambique, Nepal, NZ, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal,

Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Singapore, Slovakia, Sweden, Thailand,

Turkey, Uruguay

United Nations Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC): note - formerly known as United Nations Special Commission for the Elimination of Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction (UNSCOM)

established - NA December 1999

aim - to identify, account for, and eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and the capacity to produce them

commissioners - (15) Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, Senegal, Ukraine, UK, US

United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG): established - 24

August 1993

aim - to verify compliance with the cease-fire agreement, to monitor weapons exclusion zone, and to supervise CIS peacekeeping force for Abkhazia; established by the UN Security Council

members - (23) Albania, Austria, Bangladesh, Czech Republic, Denmark,

Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Jordan, South

Korea, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine,

UK, US, Uruguay

United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the

Congo (MONUC): established - 30 November 1999

aim - to establish contacts with the signatories to the cease-fire agreement and to plan for the observation of the cease-fire and disengagement of forces

members - (49) Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and

Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Czech

Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Ireland,

Jordan, Kenya, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique,

Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Poland,

Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, South Africa, Spain,

Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Ukraine, UK, Uruguay, Zambia

United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP): established - 4 March 1964

aim - to serve as a peacekeeping force between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots in Cyprus; established by the UN Security Council

members - (9) Argentina, Austria, Canada, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, South Korea, Slovakia, UK

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA): note - acronym retained from predecessor organization UN Fund for Population Activities

established - NA July 1967

aim - to assist both developed and developing countries to deal with their population problems

members (executive board ) - (36) selected on a rotating basis from all regions

United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP): established 31 March 1995; to monitor border activity in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; members were Argentina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, Ghana, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, Nepal, NZ, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, US; mandate ended 25 March 1999

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the

Near East (UNRWA): established - 8 December 1949

aim - to provide assistance to Palestinian refugees

members (advisory commission) - (10) Belgium, Egypt, France, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, UK, US

United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD): established - NA 1963

aim - to conduct research into the problems of economic development during different phases of economic growth

members - no country members, but a Board of Directors consisting of a chairman appointed by the UN secretary general and 11 individual members

United Nations Secretariat: established - 26 June 1945; effective - 24

October 1945

aim - to serve as the primary administrative organ of the UN; a Secretary General is appointed for a five-year term by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the Security Council

members - the UN Secretary General and staff

United Nations Security Council (UNSC): established - 26 June 1945; effective - 24 October 1945

aim - to maintain international peace and security

permanent members - (5) China, France, Russia, UK, US

nonpermanent members - (10) elected for two-year terms by the UN General Assembly; Algeria (2004-05), Angola (2003-04), Benin (2004-05), Brazil (2004-05), Chile (2003-04), Germany (2003-04), Pakistan (2003- 04), Philippines (2004-05), Romania (2004-05), Spain (2003-04)

United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET): established 25 October 1999 to provide security throughout the territory of East Timor; to establish an effective administration; to ensure the coordination and delivery of humanitarian assistance; to support capacity-building for self-government; 28 members including Australia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Denmark, Egypt, Fiji, Ireland, Jordan, South Korea, Malaysia, Mozambique, Nepal, NZ, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, UK, US, Uruguay

United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO): established -

NA June 1948

aim - to supervise the 1948 Arab-Israeli cease-fire; currently supports timely deployment of reinforcements to other peacekeeping operations in the region as needed; initially established by the UN Security Council

members - (23) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile,

China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Nepal,

Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden,

Switzerland, US

United Nations Trusteeship Council: established on 26 June 1945, effective on 24 October 1945, to supervise the administration of the 11 UN trust territories; members were China, France, Russia, UK, US; it formally suspended operations 1 November 1995 after the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Palau) became the Republic of Palau, a constitutional government in free association with the US; the Trusteeship Council was not dissolved

United Nations University (UNU): established - 3 December 1973

aim - to conduct research in development, welfare, and human survival and to train scholars

members - (24 members of UNU Council and the Rector are appointed by the Secretary General of the United Nations and the Director General of UNESCO)

Universal Postal Union (UPU): established - 9 October 1874, affiliated with the UN 15 November 1947; effective - 1 July 1948

aim - to promote international postal cooperation; a UN specialized agency

members - (188) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and

Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The

Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize,

Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil,

Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon,

Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China,

Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the

Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech

Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor,

Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia,

Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany,

Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana,

Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran,

Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan,

Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos,

Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania,

Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar,

Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico,

Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal,

Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan,

Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland,

Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint

Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome

and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles,

Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia,

South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden,

Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga,

Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda,

Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam,

Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Warsaw Pact (WP): established 14 May 1955 to promote mutual defense; members met 1 July 1991 to dissolve the alliance; member states at the time of dissolution were Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the USSR; earlier members included GDR and Albania

West African Development Bank (WADB): note - also known as Banque

Ouest-Africaine de Developpement (BOAD); is a financial institution of

WAEMU

established - 14 November 1973

aim - to promote regional economic development and integration

regional members - (9) Central Bank of West African States, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo

international/nonregional members - (5) African Development Bank, Belgium, European Investment Bank, France, Germany

West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU): note - also known as

Union Economique et Monetaire Ouest Africaine (UEMOA)

established - 1 August 1994

aim - to increase competitiveness of members' economic markets; to create a common market

members - (8) Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo

Western European Union (WEU): established - 23 October 1954; effective - 6 May 1955

aim - to provide mutual defense and to move toward political unification

members - (10) Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, UK

associate members - (6) Czech Republic, Hungary, Iceland, Norway, Poland, Turkey

associate partners - (7) Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia

observers - (5) Austria, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Sweden

World Bank Group: includes International Bank for Reconstruction and

Development (IBRD), International Development Association (IDA), and

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

World Confederation of Labor (WCL): established - 19 June 1920 as the

International Federation of Christian Trade Unions (IFCTU), renamed 4

October 1968

aim - to promote the trade union movement

members - (102 national organizations) Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina,

Aruba, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil,

Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic,

Chad, Chile, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of

the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic,

Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, French

Guiana, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea,

Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran,

Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Liberia, Liechtenstein,

Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,

Madagascar, Malaysia, Malawi, Malta, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius,

Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua,

Niger, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal,

Puerto Rico, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro,

Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka,

Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago,

Ukraine, US, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

World Customs Organization (WCO): note - began as the Customs

Cooperation Council (CCC)

established - 15 December 1950

aim - to promote international cooperation in customs matters

members - (162) Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia,

Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh,

Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana,

Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia,

Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chile, China,

Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the

Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech

Republic, Denmark, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia,

Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany,

Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Hong Kong, Hungary,

Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica,

Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan,

Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau,

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi,

Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico,

Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands,

Netherlands Antilles, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman,

Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines,

Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia,

Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore,

Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland,

Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo,

Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine,

UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia,

Zimbabwe

World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU): established - 3 October 1945

aim - to promote the trade union movement

members - (125 and the Palestine Liberation Organization) Afghanistan,

Albania, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia,

Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Benin,

Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon,

Canada, Chile, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of

the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic,

Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea,

Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, The Gambia, Ghana,

Greece, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti,

Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Japan,

Jordan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon,

Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali,

Martinique, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique, Nepal, New Caledonia, NZ,

Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru,

Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Reunion, Romania, Russia,

Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Solomon

Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Syria,

Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia,

Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu,

Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zimbabwe, Palestine Liberation Organization

World Food Program (WFP): established - 24 November 1961

aim - to provide food aid in support of economic development or disaster relief; an ECOSOC organization

members - (36) selected on a rotating basis from all regions

World Health Organization (WHO): established - 22 July 1946; effective - 7 April 1948

aim - to deal with health matters worldwide; a UN specialized agency

members - (192) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua

and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The

Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize,

Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil,

Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon,

Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China,

Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the

Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus,

Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East

Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea,

Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia,

Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,

Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran,

Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan,

Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos,

Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia,

Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico,

Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco,

Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger,

Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea,

Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia,

Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia,

Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore,

Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri

Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria,

Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago,

Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US,

Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia,

Zimbabwe

associate members - (2) Puerto Rico, Tokelau

observers - (2) Holy See, Liechtenstein

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): established - 14 July 1967; effective - 26 April 1970

aim - to furnish protection for literary, artistic, and scientific works; a UN specialized agency

members - (179) Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda,

Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas,

Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan,

Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria,

Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde,

Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Democratic

Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote

d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti,

Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial

Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The

Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea,

Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland,

India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan,

Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait,

Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya,

Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania,

Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique,

Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway,

Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines,

Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and

Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San

Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia and

Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia,

Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland,

Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga,

Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine,

UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia,

Zimbabwe

World Meteorological Organization (WMO): established - 11 October 1947; effective - 4 April 1951

aim - to sponsor meteorological cooperation; a UN specialized agency

members - (187) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and

Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The

Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize,

Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil,

British Caribbean Territories, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma,

Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African

Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of

the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote

d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti,

Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea,

Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Gabon, The

Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-

Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India,

Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan,

Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait,

Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania,

Luxembourg, Macau, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,

Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania,

Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco,

Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands

Antilles, New Caledonia, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway,

Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines,

Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa,

Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro,

Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon

Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname,

Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand,

Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan,

Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela,

Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

World Tourism Organization (WToO): established - 2 January 1975

aim - to promote tourism as a means of contributing to economic development, international understanding, and peace

members - (142) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola,

Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin,

Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria,

Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central

African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of

the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia,

Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,

Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, France,

Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea,

Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq,

Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, North Korea,

South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya,

Lithuania, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar,

Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico,

Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal,

Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay,

Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda,

San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia and

Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa,

Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania,

Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine,

Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

associate members - (7) Aruba, Flanders, Hong Kong, Macau, Madeira Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico

observers - (2) Holy See, Palestine Liberation Organization

World Trade Organization (WTrO): note - succeeded General Agreement on

Tariff and Trade (GATT)

established - 15 April 1994; effective - 1 January 1995

aim - to provide a forum to resolve trade conflicts between members and to carry on negotiations with the goal of further lowering and/or eliminating tariffs and other trade barriers

members - (146) Albania, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina,

Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium,

Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina

Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad,

Chile, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of

the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech

Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,

Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, EU, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The

Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea,

Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland,

India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan,

Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein,

Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau,The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,

Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania,

Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia,

Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan,

Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland,

Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia,

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore,

Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka,

Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand,

Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, UAE, UK, US,

Uruguay, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe

observers - (30) Algeria, Andorra, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Belarus, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Holy See, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Nepal, Russia, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sudan, Tajikistan, Tonga, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen; note - must start accession negotiations within five years of becoming observers

Zangger Committee (ZC): established - early 1970s

aim - to establish guidelines for the export control provisions of the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty (NPT)

members - (35) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,

Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,

Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Luxembourg,

Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia,

Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey Ukraine, UK,

US

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Appendix C - Selected International Environmental Agreements

Air Pollution

see Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution

Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides

see Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or Their Transboundary Fluxes

Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants

see Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants

Air Pollution-Sulfur 85

see Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on the Reduction of Sulfur Emissions or Their Transboundary Fluxes by at least 30%

Air Pollution-Sulfur 94

see Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulfur Emissions

Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds

see Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes

Antarctic-Environmental Protocol

see Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty

Antarctic Treaty

opened for signature - 1 December 1959

entered into force - 23 June 1961

objective - to ensure that Antarctica is used for peaceful purposes only (such as international cooperation in scientific research); to defer the question of territorial claims asserted by some nations and not recognized by others; to provide an international forum for management of the region; applies to land and ice shelves south of 60 degrees South latitude

parties - (45) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil,

Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic,

Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala,

Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Netherlands,

NZ, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia,

South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, UK, US,

Uruguay, Venezuela

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous

Wastes and Their Disposal

note - abbreviated as Hazardous Wastes

opened for signature - 22 March 1989 entered into force - 5 May 1992

objective - to reduce transboundary movements of wastes subject to the Convention to a minimum consistent with the environmentally sound and efficient management of such wastes; to minimize the amount and toxicity of wastes generated and ensure their environmentally sound management as closely as possible to the source of generation; and to assist LDCs in environmentally sound management of the hazardous and other wastes they generate

parties - (159) Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda,

Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas,

Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan,

Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria,

Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile,

China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica,

Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,

Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador,

Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, EU, Finland, France, The Gambia,

Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras,

Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy,

Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea,

Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Liechtenstein,

Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,

Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands,

Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova,

Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal,

Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan,

Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland,

Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint

Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal,

Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South

Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania,

Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda,

Ukraine, UAE, UK, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen,

Zambia

countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (3) Afghanistan, Haiti, US

Biodiversity

see Convention on Biological Diversity

Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals

note - abbreviated as Antarctic Seals

opened for signature - 1 June 1972 entered into force - 11 March 1978

objective - to promote and achieve the protection, scientific study, and rational use of Antarctic seals, and to maintain a satisfactory balance within the ecological system of Antarctica

parties - (16) Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Poland, Russia, South Africa, UK, US

countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (1) NZ

Convention on Biological Diversity

note - abbreviated as Biodiversity

opened for signature - 5 June 1992

entered into force - 29 December 1993

objective - to develop national strategies for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity

parties - (188) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and

Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The

Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize,

Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil,

Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada,

Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia,

Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook

Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech

Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,

Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, EU,

Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana,

Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti,

Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel,

Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, North

Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho,

Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former

Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives,

Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated

States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique,

Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria,

Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea,

Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia,

Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia,

Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore,

Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka,

Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan,

Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey,

Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, Uruguay, Uzbekistan,

Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (1) US

Climate Change

see United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol

see Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High

Seas

note - abbreviated as Marine Life Conservation

opened for signature - 29 April 1958

entered into force - 20 March 1966

objective - to solve through international cooperation the problems involved in the conservation of living resources of the high seas, considering that because of the development of modern technology some of these resources are in danger of being overexploited

parties - (37) Australia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina

Faso, Cambodia, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Finland,

France, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia,

Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Portugal, Senegal, Serbia and

Montenegro, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain,

Switzerland, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, UK, US,

Venezuela

countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (21) Afghanistan,

Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ghana, Iceland,

Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Lebanon, Liberia, Nepal, NZ,

Pakistan, Panama, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Uruguay

Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution

note - abbreviated as Air Pollution

opened for signature - 13 November 1979

entered into force - 16 March 1983 objective - to protect the human environment against air pollution and to gradually reduce and prevent air pollution, including long-range transboundary air pollution

parties - (49) Armenia, Azerbaijan, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia

and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic,

Denmark, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece,

Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia,

Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,

Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia,

Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, UK, US

countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (2) Holy See, San Marino

Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

note - abbreviated as Antarctic-Marine Living Resources

opened for signature - 5 May 1980

entered into force - 7 April 1982

objective - to safeguard the environment and protect the integrity of the ecosystem of the seas surrounding Antarctica, and to conserve Antarctic marine living resources

parties - (31) Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada,

Chile, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, South

Korea, Namibia, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Peru, Poland, Russia, South

Africa, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, UK, US, Uruguay, Vanuatu

Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild

Flora and Fauna (CITES)

note - abbreviated as Endangered Species

opened for signature - 3 March 1973

entered into force - 1 July 1975

objective - to protect certain endangered species from overexploitation by means of a system of import/export permits

parties - (165) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda,

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bangladesh,

Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana,

Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia,

Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China,

Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the

Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech

Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,

Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia,

Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana,

Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras,

Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy,

Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait, Laos,

Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg,

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi,

Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco,

Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ,

Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea,

Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia,

Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia and

Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia,

Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland,

Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and

Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay,

Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and

Other Matter (London Convention)

note - abbreviated as Marine Dumping

opened for signature - 29 December 1972

entered into force - 30 August 1975

objective - to control pollution of the sea by dumping and to encourage regional agreements supplementary to the Convention

parties - (80 + Hong Kong) Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina,

Australia, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil,

Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo,

Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominican

Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Greece, Guatemala,

Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong (associate member), Hungary, Iceland, Iran,

Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea,

Libya, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Nauru, Netherlands,

NZ, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru,

Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and

the Grenadines, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Slovenia, Solomon

Islands, South Africa, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tonga,

Tunisia, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Vanuatu

Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of

Environmental Modification Techniques

note - abbreviated as Environmental Modification

opened for signature - 10 December 1976

entered into force - 5 October 1978 objective - to prohibit the military or other hostile use of environmental modification techniques in order to further world peace and trust among nations

parties - (66) Afghanistan, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina,

Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Brazil,

Bulgaria, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech

Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Greece,

Guatemala, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, North Korea, South

Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Malawi, Mauritius, Mongolia, Netherlands, NZ,

Niger, Norway, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Romania, Russia,

Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe,

Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland,

Tajikistan, Tunisia, Ukraine, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vietnam,

Yemen

countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (17) Bolivia,

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Holy See, Iceland, Iran,

Iraq, Lebanon, Liberia, Luxembourg, Morocco, Nicaragua, Portugal,

Sierra Leone, Syria, Turkey, Uganda

Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as

Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar)

note - abbreviated as Wetlands

opened for signature - 2 February 1971

entered into force - 21 December 1975

objective - to stem the progressive encroachment on and loss of wetlands now and in the future, recognizing the fundamental ecological functions of wetlands and their economic, cultural, scientific, and recreational value

parties - (125) Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia,

Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus,

Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana,

Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Chad, Chile, China,

Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the

Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic,

Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Gabon,

The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-

Bissau, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland,

Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Latvia,

Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav

Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta,

Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia,

Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Norway, Pakistan, Panama,

Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal,

Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Sierra Leone,

Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden,

Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago,

Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan,

Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia

Desertification

see United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

Endangered Species

see Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES)

Environmental Modification

see Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques

Hazardous Wastes

see Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal

International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling

note - abbreviated as Whaling

opened for signature - 2 December 1946

entered into force - 10 November 1948

objective - to protect all species of whales from overhunting; to establish a system of international regulation for the whale fisheries to ensure proper conservation and development of whale stocks; and to safeguard for future generations the great natural resources represented by whale stocks

parties - (42) Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria,

Brazil, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominica, Finland, France,

Germany, Grenada, Guinea, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, South

Korea, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Oman, Panama,

Peru, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines, Senegal, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sweden,

Switzerland, UK, US

International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983

note - abbreviated as Tropical Timber 83

opened for signature - 18 November 1983

entered into force - 1 April 1985; this agreement expired when the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994, went into force

objective - to provide an effective framework for cooperation between tropical timber producers and consumers and to encourage the development of national policies aimed at sustainable utilization and conservation of tropical forests and their genetic resources

parties - (54) Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Burma,

Cameroon, Canada, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo,

Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, EU,

Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guyana, Honduras,

India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Liberia,

Luxembourg, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Panama, Papua New

Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden,

Switzerland, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, US, Venezuela

International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994

note - abbreviated as Tropical Timber 94

opened for signature - 26 January 1994

entered into force - 1 January 1997

objective - to ensure that by the year 2000 exports of tropical timber originate from sustainably managed sources; to establish a fund to assist tropical timber producers in obtaining the resources necessary to reach this objective

parties - (58) Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Burma,

Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, China, Colombia,

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire,

Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, EU, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany,

Ghana, Greece, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy,

Japan, South Korea, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands,

NZ, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Portugal,

Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and

Tobago, UK, US, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela

Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate

Change

note - abbreviated as Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol

opened for signature - 16 March 1998, but not yet in force

objective - to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions by enhancing the national programs of developed countries aimed at this goal and by establishing percentage reduction targets for the developed countries

parties - (122) Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Austria,

Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin,

Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia,

Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica,

Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic,

Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, EU, Fiji, Finland,

France, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada,

Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland,

Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kiribati, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos,

Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi,

Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico,

Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia,

Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niue, Norway, Palau,

Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland,

Portugal, Romania, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovakia,

Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden,

Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia,

Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, UK, Uruguay, Uzbekistan,

Vanuatu, Vietnam

countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (13) Australia, Croatia, Egypt, Indonesia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Niger, Russia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, US, Zambia

Law of the Sea

see United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS)

Marine Dumping

see Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and Other Matter (London Convention)

Marine Life Conservation

see Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas

Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer

note - abbreviated as Ozone Layer Protection

opened for signature - 16 September 1987

entered into force - 1 January 1989 objective - to protect the ozone layer by controlling emissions of substances that deplete it

parties - (183) Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda,

Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas,

Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin,

Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria,

Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde,

Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros,

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica,

Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,

Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador,

Estonia, Ethiopia, EU, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia,

Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana,

Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland,

Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati,

North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon,

Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia,

Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico,

Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco,

Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger,

Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea,

Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia,

Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia

and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia,

Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka,

Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan,

Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey,

Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay,

Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Nuclear Test Ban

see Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water

Ozone Layer Protection

see Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer

Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the

Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 (MARPOL)

note - abbreviated as Ship Pollution

opened for signature - 17 February 1978

entered into force - 2 October 1983

objective - to preserve the marine environment through the complete elimination of pollution by oil and other harmful substances and the minimization of accidental discharge of such substances

parties - (119) Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina,

Australia, Austria, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize,

Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burma, Cambodia, Canada,

Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus,

Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic,

Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Gabon, The

Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras,

Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica,

Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lebanon,

Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Marshall

Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands,

NZ, Nicaragua, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru,

Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis,

Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe,

Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore,

Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden,

Switzerland, Syria, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey,

Tuvalu, Ukraine, UK, US, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam

Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty

note - abbreviated as Antarctic-Environmental Protocol

opened for signature - 4 October 1991

entered into force - 14 January 1998

objective - to provide for comprehensive protection of the Antarctic environment and dependent and associated ecosystems; applies to the area covered by the Antarctic Treaty

parties - (30) Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada,

Chile, China, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy,

Japan, South Korea, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Peru, Poland, Russia,

South Africa, Spain, Sweden, UK, US, Ukraine, Uruguay

Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air

Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or

Their Transboundary Fluxes

note - abbreviated as Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides

opened for signature - 31 October 1988

entered into force - 14 February 1991

objective - to provide for the control or reduction of nitrogen oxides and their transboundary fluxes

parties - (28) Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech

Republic, Denmark, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,

Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands,

Norway, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, UK, US

countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (1) Poland

Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air

Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic

Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes

note - abbreviated as Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds

opened for signature - 18 November 1991

entered into force - 29 September 1997

objective - to provide for the control and reduction of emissions of volatile organic compounds in order to reduce their transboundary fluxes so as to protect human health and the environment from adverse effects

parties - (21) Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark,

Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein,

Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden,

Switzerland, UK

countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (6) Canada, EU, Greece, Portugal, Ukraine, US

Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air

Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulfur Emissions

note - abbreviated as Air Pollution-Sulfur 94

opened for signature - 14 June 1994

entered into force - 5 August 1998

objective - to provide for a further reduction in sulfur emissions or transboundary fluxes

parties - (23) Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic,

Denmark, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy,

Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia,

Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK

countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (5) Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Ukraine

Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air

Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants

note - abbreviated as Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants

opened for signature - 24 June 1998, but not yet in force

objective - to provide for the control and reduction of emissions of persistent organic pollutants in order to reduce their transboundary fluxes so as to protect human health and the environment from adverse effects

parties - (8) Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland

countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (28) Armenia,

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, EU, Finland, France,

Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,

Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia,

Slovenia, Spain, Ukraine, UK, US

Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air

Pollution on the Reduction of Sulfur Emissions or Their Transboundary

Fluxes by at Least 30%

note - abbreviated as Air Pollution-Sulfur 85

opened for signature - 8 July 1985

entered into force - 2 September 1987

objective - to provide for a 30% reduction in sulfur emissions or transboundary fluxes by 1993

parties - (22) Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech

Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy,

Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Slovakia,

Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine

Ship Pollution

see Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 (MARPOL)

Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water

note - abbreviated as Nuclear Test Ban

opened for signature - 5 August 1963

entered into force - 10 October 1963

objective - to obtain an agreement on general and complete disarmament under strict international control in accordance with the objectives of the United Nations; to put an end to the armaments race and eliminate incentives for the production and testing of all kinds of weapons, including nuclear weapons

parties - (113) Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia,

Australia, Austria, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan,

Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma,

Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Democratic

Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus,

Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El

Salvador, Fiji, Finland, Gabon, The Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece,

Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq,

Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea,

Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi,

Malaysia, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal,

Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Papua New

Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa, San

Marino, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone,

Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan,

Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Togo, Tonga,

Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, UK, US, Venezuela, Zambia

countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (17) Algeria,

Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Ethiopia, Haiti, Libya, Mali,

Pakistan, Paraguay, Portugal, Somalia, Tanzania, Uruguay, Vietnam,

Yemen

Tropical Timber 83

see International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983

Tropical Timber 94

see International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS)

note - abbreviated as Law of the Sea

opened for signature - 10 December 1982

entered into force - 16 November 1994

objective - to set up a comprehensive new legal regime for the sea and oceans; to include rules concerning environmental standards as well as enforcement provisions dealing with pollution of the marine environment

parties - (145) Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda,

Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, The Bahamas, Bahrain,

Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and

Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burma, Cameroon,

Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the

Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus,

Czech Republic, Djibouti, Dominica, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, EU, Fiji,

Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece,

Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras,

Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica,

Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon,

Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,

Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands,

Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Monaco,

Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ,

Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New

Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania,

Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia

and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia,

Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka,

Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago,

Tunisia, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, UK, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen,

Zambia, Zimbabwe

countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (29) Afghanistan,

Belarus, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African

Republic, Chad, Colombia, Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Dominican

Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Iran, North Korea, Lesotho, Liberia,

Libya, Liechtenstein, Malawi, Morocco, Niger, Niue, Rwanda, Swaziland,

Switzerland, Thailand, UAE

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries

Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in

Africa

note - abbreviated as Desertification

opened for signature - 14 October 1994

entered into force - 26 December 1996

objective - to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought through national action programs that incorporate long-term strategies supported by international cooperation and partnership arrangements

parties - (178) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and

Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The

Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize,

Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma,

Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African

Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of

the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote

d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti,

Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial

Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, EU, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The

Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea,

Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India,

Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan,

Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos,

Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg,

Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands,

Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova,

Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal,

Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman,

Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines,

Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint

Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome

and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone,

Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain,

Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria,

Thailand, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago,

Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay,

Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

note - abbreviated as Climate Change

opened for signature - 9 May 1992

entered into force - 21 March 1994

objective - to achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a low enough level to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system

parties - (186) Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda,

Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas,

Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan,

Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina

Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central

African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic

Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica,

Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,

Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador,

Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, EU, Fiji, Finland,

France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada,

Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary,

Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica,

Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea,

Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya,

Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta,

Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of

Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia,

Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway,

Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru,

Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint

Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa,

San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia and

Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia,

Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname,

Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand,

Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu,

Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela,

Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (2) Afghanistan, Liberia

Wetlands

see Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially As Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar)

Whaling

see International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling

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Appendix D - Cross-Reference List of Country Data Codes

FIPS 10-4: Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions (FIPS PUB 10-4) is maintained by the Office of the Geographer and Global Issues (Department of State) and published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (Department of Commerce). FIPS 10-4 codes are intended for general use throughout the US Government, especially in activities associated with the mission of the Department of State and national defense programs.

ISO 3166: Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries (ISO 3166) is prepared by the International Organization for Standardization. ISO 3166 includes two- and three-character alphabetic codes and three-digit numeric codes that may be needed for activities involving exchange of data with international organizations that have adopted that standard. Except for the numeric codes, ISO 3166 codes have been adopted in the US as FIPS 104-1: American National Standard Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries, Dependencies, and Areas of Special Sovereignty for Information Interchange.

Internet: The Internet country code is the two-letter digraph maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).

Entity FIPS 10-4 -- ISO 3166 - Internet Comment

Afghanistan AF AF AFG 004 .af

Albania AL AL ALB 008 .al

Algeria AG DZ DZA 012 .dz

American Samoa AQ AS ASM 016 .as

Andorra AN AD AND 020 .ad

Angola AO AO AGO 024 .ao

Anguilla AV AI AIA 660 .ai

Antarctica AY AQ ATA 010 .aq

ISO defines as the territory south of 60 degrees south latitude

Antigua and Barbuda AC AG ATG 028 .ag

Argentina AR AR ARG 032 .ar

Armenia AM AM ARM 051 .am

Aruba AA AW ABW 533 .aw

Ashmore and

Cartier Islands AT - - - -

ISO includes with Australia

Australia AS AU AUS 036 .au

ISO includes Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Coral Sea Islands

Austria AU AT AUT 040 .at

Azerbaijan AJ AZ AZE 031 .az

Bahamas, The BF BS BHS 044 .bs

Bahrain BA BH BHR 048 .bh

Baker Island FQ UM UMI 581 -

ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands

Bangladesh BG BD BGD 050 .bd

Barbados BB BB BRB 052 .bb

Bassas da India BS - - - -

ISO includes with the Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands

Belarus BO BY BLR 112 .by

Belgium BE BE BEL 056 .be

Belize BH BZ BLZ 084 .bz

Benin BN BJ BEN 204 .bj

Bermuda BD BM BMU 060 .bm

Bhutan BT BT BTN 064 .bt

Bolivia BL BO BOL 068 .bo

Bosnia and

Herzegovina BK BA BIH 070 .ba

Botswana BC BW BWA 072 .bw

Bouvet Island BV BV BVT 074 .bv

Brazil BR BR BRA 076 .br

British Indian

Ocean Territory IO IO IOT 086 .io

British Virgin

Islands VI VG VGB 092 .vg

Brunei BX BN BRN 096 .bn

Bulgaria BU BG BGR 100 .bg

Burkina Faso UV BF BFA 854 .bf

Burma BM MM MMR 104 .mm

ISO uses the name Myanmar

Burundi BY BI BDI 108 .bi

Cambodia CB KH KHM 116 .kh

Cameroon CM CM CMR 120 .cm

Canada CA CA CAN 124 .ca

Cape Verde CV CV CPV 132 .cv

Cayman Islands CJ KY CYM 136 .ky

Central African

Republic CT CF CAF 140 .cf

Chad CD TD TCD 148 .td

Chile CI CL CHL 152 .cl

China CH CN CHN 156 .cn

see also Taiwan

Christmas Island KT CX CXR 162 .cx

Clipperton Island IP - - - -

ISO includes with French Polynesia

Cocos (Keeling)

Islands CK CC CCK 166 .cc

Colombia CO CO COL 170 .co

Comoros CN KM COM 174 .km

Congo, Democratic

Republic of the CG CD COD 180 .cd

formerly Zaire

Congo,

Republic of the CF CG COG 178 .cg

Cook Islands CW CK COK 184 .ck

Coral Sea Islands CR - - - -

ISO includes with Australia

Costa Rica CS CR CRI 188 .cr

Cote d'Ivoire IV CI CIV 384 .ci

Croatia HR HR HRV 191 .hr

Cuba CU CU CUB 192 .cu

Cyprus CY CY CYP 196 .cy

Czech Republic EZ CZ CZE 203 .cz

Denmark DA DK DNK 208 .dk

Djibouti DJ DJ DJI 262 .dj

Dominica DO DM DMA 212 .dm

Dominican Republic DR DO DOM 214 .do

East Timor TT TL TLS 626 .tp

Ecuador EC EC ECU 218 .ec

Egypt EG EG EGY 818 .eg

El Salvador ES SV SLV 222 .sv

Equatorial Guinea EK GQ GNQ 226 .gq

Eritrea ER ER ERI 232 .er

Estonia EN EE EST 233 .ee

Ethiopia ET ET ETH 231 .et

Europa Island EU - - - -

ISO includes with the Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands

Falkland Islands

(Islas Malvinas) FK FK FLK 238 .fk

Faroe Islands FO FO FRO 234 .fo

Fiji FJ FJ FJI 242 .fj

Finland FI FI FIN 246 .fi

France FR FR FRA 250 .fr

France,

Metropolitan - FX FXX 249 .fx

ISO limits to the European part of France, excluding French

Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands,

Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Reunion, Saint

Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna

French Guiana FG GF GUF 254 .gf

French Polynesia FP PF PYF 258 .pf

ISO includes Clipperton Island

French Southern

and Antarctic

Lands FS TF ATF 260 .tf

FIPS 10-4 does not include the French-claimed portion of

Antarctica (Terre Adelie)

Gabon GB GA GAB 266 .ga

Gambia, The GA GM GMB 270 .gm

Gaza Strip GZ - - - -

Georgia GG GE GEO 268 .ge

Germany GM DE DEU 276 .de

Ghana GH GH GHA 288 .gh

Gibraltar GI GI GIB 292 .gi

Glorioso Islands GO - - - -

ISO includes with the Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands

Greece GR GR GRC 300 .gr

Greenland GL GL GRL 304 .gl

Grenada GJ GD GRD 308 .gd

Guadeloupe GP GP GLP 312 .gp

Guam GQ GU GUM 316 .gu

Guatemala GT GT GTM 320 .gt

Guernsey GK - - - .gg

ISO includes with the UK

Guinea GV GN GIN 324 .gn

Guinea-Bissau PU GW GNB 624 .gw

Guyana GY GY GUY 328 .gy

Haiti HA HT HTI 332 .ht

Heard Island and

McDonald Islands HM HM HMD 334 .hm

Holy See

(Vatican City) VT VA VAT 336 .va

Honduras HO HN HND 340 .hn

Hong Kong HK HK HKG 344 .hk

Howland Island HQ UM UMI 581 -

ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands

Hungary HU HU HUN 348 .hu

Iceland IC IS ISL 352 .is

India IN IN IND 356 .in

Indonesia ID ID IDN 360 .id

Iran IR IR IRN 364 .ir

Iraq IZ IQ IRQ 368 .iq

Ireland EI IE IRL 372 .ie

Israel IS IL ISR 376 .il

Italy IT IT ITA 380 .it

Jamaica JM JM JAM 388 .jm

Jan Mayen JN SJ SJM 744 -

ISO includes with Svalbard

Japan JA JP JPN 392 .jp

Jarvis Island DQ UM UMI 581 -

ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands

Jersey JE - - - .je

ISO includes with the UK

Johnston Atoll JQ UM UMI 581 -

ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands

Jordan JO JO JOR 400 .jo

Juan de Nova Island JU - - - -

ISO includes with the Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands

Kazakhstan KZ KZ KAZ 398 .kz

Kenya KE KE KEN 404 .ke

Kingman Reef KQ UM UMI 581 -

ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands

Kiribati KR KI KIR 296 .ki

Korea, North KN KP PRK 408 .kp

Korea, South KS KR KOR 410 .kr

Kuwait KU KW KWT 414 .kw

Kyrgyzstan KG KG KGZ 417 .kg

Laos LA LA LAO 418 .la

Latvia LG LV LVA 428 .lv

Lebanon LE LB LBN 422 .lb

Lesotho LT LS LSO 426 .ls

Liberia LI LR LBR 430 .lr

Libya LY LY LBY 434 .ly

Liechtenstein LS LI LIE 438 .li

Lithuania LH LT LTU 440 .lt

Luxembourg LU LU LUX 442 .lu

Macau MC MO MAC 446 .mo

Macedonia,

The Republic of MK MK MKD 807 .mk

Madagascar MA MG MDG 450 .mg

Malawi MI MW MWI 454 .mw

Malaysia MY MY MYS 458 .my

Maldives MV MV MDV 462 .mv

Mali ML ML MLI 466 .ml

Malta MT MT MLT 470 .mt

Man, Isle of IM - - - .im

ISO includes with the UK

Marshall Islands RM MH MHL 584 .mh

Martinique MB MQ MTQ 474 .mq

Mauritania MR MR MRT 478 .mr

Mauritius MP MU MUS 480 .mu

Mayotte MF YT MYT 175 .yt

Mexico MX MX MEX 484 .mx

Micronesia,

Federated

States of FM FM FSM 583 .fm

Midway Islands MQ UM UMI 581 -

ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands

Miscellaneous

(French) Indian

Ocean Islands - - - - -

ISO includes Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands,

Juan de Nova Island, Tromelin Island

Moldova MD MD MDA 498 .md

Monaco MN MC MCO 492 .mc

Mongolia MG MN MNG 496 .mn

Montserrat MH MS MSR 500 .ms

Morocco MO MA MAR 504 .ma

Mozambique MZ MZ MOZ 508 .mz

Myanmar - - - - -

see Burma

Namibia WA NA NAM 516 .na

Nauru NR NR NRU 520 .nr

Navassa Island BQ - - - -

Nepal NP NP NPL 524 .np

Netherlands NL NL NLD 528 .nl

Netherlands

Antilles NT AN ANT 530 .an

New Caledonia NC NC NCL 540 .nc

New Zealand NZ NZ NZL 554 .nz

Nicaragua NU NI NIC 558 .ni

Niger NG NE NER 562 .ne

Nigeria NI NG NGA 566 .ng

Niue NE NU NIU 570 .nu

Norfolk Island NF NF NFK 574 .nf

Northern Mariana

Islands CQ MP MNP 580 .mp

Norway NO NO NOR 578 .no

Oman MU OM OMN 512 .om

Pakistan PK PK PAK 586 .pk

Palau PS PW PLW 585 .pw

Palmyra Atoll LQ UM UMI 581 -

ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands

Panama PM PA PAN 591 .pa

Papua New Guinea PP PG PNG 598 .pg

Paracel Islands PF - - - -

Paraguay PA PY PRY 600 .py

Peru PE PE PER 604 .pe

Philippines RP PH PHL 608 .ph

Pitcairn Islands PC PN PCN 612 .pn

Poland PL PL POL 616 .pl

Portugal PO PT PRT 620 .pt

Puerto Rico RQ PR PRI 630 .pr

Qatar QA QA QAT 634 .qa

Reunion RE RE REU 638 .re

Romania RO RO ROU 642 .ro

Russia RS RU RUS 643 .ru

Rwanda RW RW RWA 646 .rw

Saint Helena SH SH SHN 654 .sh

Saint Kitts

and Nevis SC KN KNA 659 .kn

Saint Lucia ST LC LCA 662 .lc

Saint Pierre

and Miquelon SB PM SPM 666 .pm

Saint Vincent and

the Grenadines VC VC VCT 670 .vc

Samoa WS WS WSM 882 .ws

San Marino SM SM SMR 674 .sm

Sao Tome and

Principe TP ST STP 678 .st

Saudi Arabia SA SA SAU 682 .sa

Senegal SG SN SEN 686 .sn

Serbia and

Montenegro YI CS SCG 891 .yu

Seychelles SE SC SYC 690 .sc

Sierra Leone SL SL SLE 694 .sl

Singapore SN SG SGP 702 .sg

Slovakia LO SK SVK 703 .sk

Slovenia SI SI SVN 705 .si

Solomon Islands BP SB SLB 090 .sb

Somalia SO SO SOM 706 .so

South Africa SF ZA ZAF 710 .za

South Georgia and

the Islands SX GS SGS 239 .gs

Spain SP ES ESP 724 .es

Spratly Islands PG - - - -

Sri Lanka CE LK LKA 144 .lk

Sudan SU SD SDN 736 .sd

Suriname NS SR SUR 740 .sr

Svalbard SV SJ SJM 744 .sj

ISO includes Jan Mayen

Swaziland WZ SZ SWZ 748 .sz

Sweden SW SE SWE 752 .se

Switzerland SZ CH CHE 756 .ch

Syria SY SY SYR 760 .sy

Taiwan TW TW TWN 158 .tw

Tajikistan TI TJ TJK 762 .tj

Tanzania TZ TZ TZA 834 .tz

Thailand TH TH THA 764 .th

Togo TO TG TGO 768 .tg

Tokelau TL TK TKL 772 .tk

Tonga TN TO TON 776 .to

Trinidad and Tobago TD TT TTO 780 .tt

Tromelin Island TE - - - -

ISO includes with the Miscellaneous Islands

Tunisia TS TN TUN 788 .tn

Turkey TU TR TUR 792 .tr

Turkmenistan TX TM TKM 795 .tm

Turks and

Caicos Islands TK TC TCA 796 .tc

Tuvalu TV TV TUV 798 .tv

Uganda UG UG UGA 800 .ug

Ukraine UP UA UKR 804 .ua

United Arab

Emirates AE AE ARE 784 .ae

United Kingdom UK GB GBR 826 .uk

ISO includes Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey

United States US US USA 840 .us

United States

Minor Outlying

Islands - UM UMI 581 .um

ISO includes Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island,

Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Palmyra Atoll,

Wake Island

Uruguay UY UY URY 858 .uy

Uzbekistan UZ UZ UZB 860 .uz

Vanuatu NH VU VUT 548 .vu

Venezuela VE VE VEN 862 .ve

Vietnam VM VN VNM 704 .vn

Virgin Islands VQ VI VIR 850 .vi

Virgin Islands (UK) VI VG VGB 092 .vg

see British Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands (US) VQ VI VIR 850 .vi

see Virgin Islands

Wake Island WQ UM UMI 581 -

ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands

Wallis and Futuna WF WF WLF 876 .wf

West Bank WE - - - -

Western Sahara WI EH ESH 732 .eh

Western Samoa - - - - .ws

see Samoa

World - - - - - the Factbook uses the W data code from DIAM 65-18 Geopolitical Data Elements and Related Features, Data Standard No. 3, December 1994, published by the Defense Intelligence Agency

Yemen YM YE YEM 887 .ye Zaire - - - - - see Democratic Republic of the Congo

Zambia ZA ZM ZWB 894 .zm

Zimbabwe ZI ZW ZWE 716 .zw

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Appendix E - Cross-Reference List of Hydrographic Data Codes

IHO 23-4th: Limits of Oceans and Seas, Special Publication 23, Draft 4th Edition 1986, published by the International Hydrographic Bureau of the International Hydrographic Organization

IHO 23-3rd: Limits of Oceans and Seas, Special Publication 23, 3rd

Edition 1953, published by the International Hydrographic Organization

ACIC M 49-1: Chart of Limits of Seas and Oceans, revised January 1958,

published by the Aeronautical Chart and Information Center (ACIC),

United States Air Force; note - ACIC is now part of the National

Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA)

DIAM 65-18: Geopolitical Data Elements and Related Features, Data Standard No. 4, Defense Intelligence Agency Manual 65-18, December 1994, published by the Defense Intelligence Agency

The US Government has not yet adopted a standard for hydrographic codes similar to the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 10-4 country codes. The names and limits of the following oceans and seas are not always directly comparable because of differences in the customers, needs, and requirements of the individual organizations. Even the number of principal water bodies varies from organization to organization. Factbook users, for example, find the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean entries useful, but none of the following standards include those oceans in their entirety. Nor is there any provision for combining codes or overcodes to aggregate water bodies. The recently delimited Southern Ocean is not included.

Principal Oceans and Seas of the World

With Hydrographic Codes by Institution

IHO 23-4th IHO 23-3rd* ACIC M 49-1 DIAM 65-18

Arctic Ocean 9 17 A 5A

Atlantic Ocean - - - -

North Atlantic Ocean 1 23 B 1A

South Atlantic Ocean 4 32 C 2A

Baltic Sea 2 1 B26 7B

Indian Ocean 5 45 F 6A

Mediterranean Sea 3.1 28 B11 -

Eastern Mediterranean 3.1.2 28 B - 8E

Western Mediterranean 3.1.1 28 A - 8W

Pacific Ocean - - - -

North Pacific Ocean 7 57 D 3A

South Pacific Ocean 8 61 E 4A

South China and Eastern

Archipelagic Seas 6 49, 48 D18 plus 3U plus

others others

*The letters after the numbers are subdivisions, not footnotes.

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Appendix F - Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names

Name Entry in The World Latitude Longitude

Factbook (deg min) (deg min)

Abidjan (capital) Cote d'Ivoire 5 19 N 4 02 W

Abkhazia (region) Georgia 43 00 N 41 00 E

Abu Dhabi (capital) United Arab 24 28 N 54 22 E

Emirates

Abu Musa (island) Iran 25 52 N 55 03 E

Abuja (capital) Nigeria 9 12 N 7 11 E

Abyssinia (former name for Ethiopia 8 00 N 38 00 E

Ethiopia)

Acapulco (city) Mexico 16 51 N 99 55 W

Accra (capital) Ghana 5 33 N 0 13 W

Adamstown (capital) Pitcairn Islands 25 04 S 130 05 W

Addis Ababa (capital) Ethiopia 9 02 N 38 42 E

Adelie Land (claimed by Antarctica 66 30 S 139 00 E

France; also Terre Adelie)

Aden (city) Yemen 12 46 N 45 01 E

Aden, Gulf of Indian Ocean 12 30 N 48 00 E

Admiralty Island United States 57 44 N 134 20 W

(Alaska)

Admiralty Islands Papua New Guinea 2 10 S 147 00 E

Adriatic Sea Atlantic Ocean 42 30 N 16 00 E

Adygey (region) Russia 44 30 N 40 10 E

Aegean Islands Greece 38 00 N 25 00 E

Aegean Sea Atlantic Ocean 38 30 N 25 00 E

Afars and Issas, French Djibouti 11 30 N 43 00 E

Territory of the (or FTAI;

former name for Djibouti)

Afghanestan (local name for Afghanistan 33 00 N 65 00 E

Afghanistan)

Agalega Islands Mauritius 10 25 S 56 40 E

Agana (city; former name for Guam 13 28 N 144 45 E

Hagatna)

Ajaccio (city) France (Corsica) 41 55 N 8 44 E

Ajaria (region) Georgia 41 45 N 42 10 E

Akmola (city; former name for Kazakhstan 51 10 N 71 30 E

Astana)

Aksai Chin (region) China (de facto), 35 00 N 79 00 E

India (claimed)

Al Arabiyah as Suudiyah Saudi Arabia 25 00 N 45 00 E

(local name for Saudi Arabia)

Al Bahrayn (local name for Bahrain 26 00 N 50 33 E

Bahrain)

Al Imarat al Arabiyah al United Arab 24 00 N 54 00 E

Muttahidah (local name for Emirates

the United Arab Emirates)

Al Iraq (local name for Iraq) Iraq 33 00 N 44 00 E

Al Jaza'ir (local name for Algeria 28 00 N 3 00 E

Algeria)

Al Kuwayt (local name for Kuwait 29 30 N 45 45 E

Kuwait)

Al Maghrib (local name for Morocco 32 00 N 5 00 W

Morocco)

Al Urdun (local name for Jordan 31 00 N 36 00 E

Jordan)

Al Yaman (local name for Yemen 15 00 N 48 00 E

Yemen)

Aland Islands Finland 60 15 N 20 00 E

Alaska (state) United States 65 00 N 153 00 W

Alaska, Gulf of Pacific Ocean 58 00 N 145 00 W

Alboran Sea Atlantic Ocean 36 00 N 2 30 W

Aldabra Islands (Groupe Seychelles 9 25 S 46 22 E

d'Aldabra)

Alderney (island) Guernsey 49 43 N 2 12 W

Aleutian Islands United States 52 00 N 176 00 W

(Alaska)

Alexander Archipelago (island United States 57 00 N 134 00 W

group) (Alaska)

Alexander Island Antarctica 71 00 S 70 00 W

Alexandretta (region; former Turkey 36 34 N 36 08 E

name for Iskenderun)

Alexandria (city) Egypt 31 12 N 29 54 E

Algiers (capital) Algeria 36 47 N 2 03 E

Alhucemas, Penon de (island Spain 35 13 N 3 53 W

group)

Alma-Ata (city; former name Kazakhstan 43 15 N 76 57 E

for Almaty)

Almaty (former capital) Kazakhstan 43 15 N 76 57 E

Alofi (capital) Niue 19 01 S 169 55 W

Alphonse Island Seychelles 7 01 S 52 45 E

Alsace (region) France 48 30 N 7 20 E

Amami Strait Pacific Ocean 28 40 N 129 30 E

Amindivi Islands (former name India 11 30 N 72 30 E

for Laccadive Islands)

Amirante Isles (island group; Seychelles 6 00 S 53 10 E

also Les Amirantes)

Amman (capital) Jordan 31 57 N 35 56 E

Amsterdam (capital) Netherlands 52 23 N 4 54 E

Amsterdam Island (Ile French Southern and 37 52 S 77 32 E

Amsterdam) Antarctic Lands

Amundsen Sea Southern Ocean 72 30 S 112 00 W

Amur River China, Russia 52 56 N 141 10 E

Amurskiy Liman (strait) Pacific Ocean 53 00 N 141 30 E

Anadyrskiy Zaliv (gulf) Pacific Ocean 64 00 N 177 00 E

Anatolia (region) Turkey 39 00 N 35 00 E

Andaman Islands India 12 00 N 92 45 E

Andaman Sea Indian Ocean 10 00 N 95 00 E

Andorra la Vella (capital) Andorra 42 30 N 1 30 E

Andros (island) Greece 37 45 N 24 42 E

Andros Island The Bahamas 24 26 N 77 57 W

Anegada Passage Atlantic Ocean 18 30 N 63 40 W

Angkor Wat (ruins) Cambodia 13 26 N 103 50 E

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (former Sudan 15 00 N 30 00 E

name for Sudan)

Anjouan (island) Comoros 12 15 S 44 25 E

Ankara (capital) Turkey 39 56 N 32 52 E

Annobon (island) Equatorial Guinea 1 25 S 5 36 E

Antananarivo (capital) Madagascar 18 52 S 47 30 E

Antigua (island) Antigua and Barbuda 14 34 N 90 44 W

Antipodes Islands New Zealand 49 41 S 178 43 E

Antwerp (city) Belgium 51 13 N 4 25 E

Aomen (local Chinese short- Macau 22 10 N 113 33 E

form name for Macau)

Aozou Strip (region) Chad 22 00 N 18 00 E

Apia (capital) Samoa 13 50 S 171 45W

Aqaba, Gulf of Indian Ocean 29 00 N 34 30 E

Arab, Shatt al (river) Iran, Iraq 29 57 N 48 34 E

Arabian Sea Indian Ocean 15 00 N 65 00 E

Arafura Sea Pacific Ocean 9 00 S 133 00 E

Aral Sea Kazakhstan, 45 00 N 60 00 E

Uzbekistan

Argun River China, Russia 53 20 N 121 28 E

Aru Sea Pacific Ocean 6 15 S 135 00 E

Ascension Island Saint Helena 7 57 S 14 22 W

Ashgabat (capital) Turkmenistan 37 57 N 58 23 E

Ashkhabad (see Ashgabat) Turkmenistan 37 57 N 58 23 E

Asmara (capital) Eritrea 15 20 N 38 53 E

Asmera (see Asmara) Eritrea 15 20 N 38 53 E

As-Sudan (local name for Sudan 15 00 N 30 00 E

Sudan)

Assumption Island Seychelles 9 46 S 46 34 E

Astana (capital; formerly Kazakhstan 51 10 N 71 30 E

Akmola)

Asuncion (capital) Paraguay 25 16 S 57 40 W

Asuncion Island Northern Mariana 19 40 N 145 24 E

Islands

Atacama (desert) Chile 23 00 S 70 10 W

Atacama (region) Chile 24 30 S 69 15 W

Athens (capital) Greece 37 59 N 23 44 E

Attu Island United States 52 55 N 172 57 E

Auckland Islands New Zealand 51 00 S 166 30 E

Australes, Iles (island French Polynesia 23 20 S 151 00 W

group; also Iles Tubuai)

Avarua (capital) Cook Islands 21 12 S 159 46 W

Axel Heiberg Island Canada 79 30 N 90 00 W

Azad Kashmir (region) Pakistan 34 30 N 74 00 E

Azarbaycan (local name for Azerbaijan 40 30 N 47 30 E

Azerbaijan)

Azerbaidzhan (local name for Azerbaijan 40 30 N 47 30 E

Azerbaijan)

Azores (islands) Portugal 38 30 N 28 00 W

Azov, Sea of Atlantic Ocean 49 00 N 36 00 E

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