The 2008 CIA World Factbook (part 20 of 20)
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 United States 17,011 2005 est. 31 Swaziland 17,000 2003 est. 32 Namibia 16,000 2003 est. 33 Brazil 15,000 2003 est. 34 Cambodia 15,000 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 Iran 1,600 2005 est. 64 Argentina 1,500 2003 est. 65 Canada 1,500 2003 est. 66 Chile 1,400 2003 est. 67 Guinea-Bissau 1,200 2001 est. 68 Guyana 1,100 2003 est. 69 Belarus 1,000 2001 est. 70 France 1,000 2003 est. 71 Italy 1,000 2003 est. 72 Spain 1,000 2003 est. 73 Portugal 1,000 2003 est. 74 Germany 1,000 2003 est. 75 Costa Rica 900 2003 est. 76 Jamaica 900 2003 est. 77 Egypt 700 2003 est. 78 Djibouti 690 2003 est. 79 Bangladesh 650 2001 est. 80 Gambia, The 600 2003 est. 81 Paraguay 600 2003 est. 82 Papua New Guinea 600 2003 est. 83 Algeria 500 2003 est. 84 Japan 500 2003 est. 85 Bolivia 500 2003 est. 86 Jordan 500 2003 est. 87 Latvia 500 2003 est. 88 Suriname 500 2003 est. 89 Uzbekistan 500 2003 est. 90 Uruguay 500 2003 est. 91 United Kingdom 500 2003 est. 92 Philippines 500 2003 est. 93 Panama 500 2003 est. 94 Nicaragua 500 2003 est. 95 Mauritania 500 2003 est. 96 Bermuda 392 2005 97 Equatorial Guinea 370 2001 est. 98 Romania 350 2001 est. 99 Moldova 300 2001 est. 100 Cape Verde 225 101 Armenia 200 2003 est. 102 Belize 200 2003 est. 103 Oman 200 2003 est. 104 Lithuania 200 2003 est. 105 Lebanon 200 2003 est. 106 Laos 200 2003 est. 107 Kazakhstan 200 2003 est. 108 Korea, South 200 2003 est. 109 Kyrgyzstan 200 2003 est. 110 Hong Kong 200 2003 est. 111 Georgia 200 2003 est. 112 Fiji 200 2003 est. 113 Tunisia 200 2003 est. 114 Syria 200 2003 est. 115 Singapore 200 2003 est. 116 New Zealand 200 2003 est. 117 Mongolia 200 2003 est. 118 Estonia 200 2003 est. 119 Cuba 200 2003 est. 120 Sri Lanka 200 2003 est. 121 Brunei 200 2003 est. 122 Bahamas, The 200 2003 est. 123 Barbados 200 2003 est. 124 Bahrain 200 2003 est. 125 Azerbaijan 100 2001 est. 126 Turkmenistan 100 2004 est. 127 Tajikistan 100 2001 est. 128 Switzerland 100 2003 est. 129 Sweden 100 2003 est. 130 Slovenia 100 2003 est. 131 Poland 100 2001 est. 132 Norway 100 2003 est. 133 Netherlands 100 2003 est. 134 Malta 100 2003 est. 135 Mauritius 100 2001 est. 136 Macedonia 100 2003 est. 137 Luxembourg 100 2003 est. 138 Slovakia 100 2001 est. 139 Israel 100 2001 est. 140 Iceland 100 2003 est. 141 Hungary 100 2001 est. 142 Greece 100 2003 est. 143 Finland 100 2003 est. 144 Bulgaria 100 2001 est. 145 Bosnia and Herzegovina 100 2001 est. 146 Denmark 100 2003 est. 147 Ireland 100 2003 est. 148 Belgium 100 2003 est. 149 Austria 100 2003 est. 150 Czech Republic 10 2001 est. 151 Croatia 10 2001 est. 152 Svalbard 0 2001
This file was last updated on 18 December, 2008
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Rank code: @2173
Rank Country Oil - production(bbl/day) Date of Information
1 World 84,790,000 2007 est. 2 Saudi Arabia 10,250,000 2007 est. 3 Russia 9,876,000 2007 est. 4 United States 8,457,000 2007 est. 5 Iran 4,033,000 2007 est. 6 China 3,725,000 2008 est. 7 Mexico 3,501,000 2007 est. 8 Canada 3,425,000 2007 est. 9 United Arab Emirates 2,948,000 2007 est. 10 European Union 2,674,000 2007 11 Venezuela 2,667,000 2007 est. 12 Kuwait 2,613,000 2007 est. 13 Norway 2,565,000 2007 est. 14 Nigeria 2,352,000 2007 est. 15 Brazil 2,277,000 2007 est. 16 Algeria 2,173,000 2007 est. 17 Iraq 2,094,000 2007 est. 18 Angola 1,910,000 2008 est. 19 Libya 1,845,000 2007 est. 20 United Kingdom 1,690,000 2007 est. 21 Kazakhstan 1,445,000 2007 est. 22 Qatar 1,125,000 2007 est. 23 Azerbaijan 1,099,000 2008 est. 24 Indonesia 1,044,000 2007 est. 25 India 880,500 2007 est. 26 Argentina 790,800 2007 est. 27 Malaysia 753,700 2008 est. 28 Oman 714,300 2007 est. 29 Egypt 664,000 2007 est. 30 Australia 600,000 2008 est. 31 Colombia 550,000 2008 est. 32 Ecuador 511,600 2007 est. 33 Sudan 466,100 2007 est. 34 Syria 433,200 2007 est. 35 Equatorial Guinea 368,500 2007 est. 36 Vietnam 350,700 2007 est. 37 Thailand 348,600 2007 est. 38 Yemen 320,600 2007 est. 39 Denmark 313,800 2007 est. 40 Congo, Republic of the 261,000 41 Gabon 243,900 2007 est. 42 South Africa 199,100 2007 est. 43 Brunei 180,500 2007 est. 44 Turkmenistan 180,400 2007 est. 45 Italy 166,600 2007 est. 46 Trinidad and Tobago 163,300 2007 est. 47 Chad 156,000 2008 est. 48 Germany 148,100 2007 est. 49 Japan 129,800 2007 est. 50 Peru 125,000 2008 est. 51 Romania 112,400 2007 est. 52 Ukraine 102,400 2007 est. 53 Uzbekistan 99,260 2007 est. 54 Netherlands 88,950 2007 est. 55 Cameroon 87,400 2008 est. 56 Tunisia 86,210 2007 est. 57 Timor-Leste 78,480 2007 est. 58 France 69,680 2007 est. 59 Pakistan 68,670 2007 est. 60 Bolivia 61,790 2007 est. 61 Cuba 61,300 2008 est. 62 Cote d'Ivoire 54,400 2008 est. 63 Bahrain 48,610 2007 est. 64 New Zealand 47,850 2007 est. 65 Turkey 42,800 2007 est. 66 Papua New Guinea 42,100 2008 est. 67 Poland 37,670 2007 est. 68 Belarus 33,700 2007 est. 69 Hungary 32,580 2007 est. 70 Spain 29,000 2007 est. 71 Austria 24,920 2007 est. 72 Philippines 23,930 2007 est. 73 Croatia 23,620 2007 est. 74 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 22,160 2007 est. 75 Burma 21,900 2007 est. 76 Korea, South 20,970 2007 est. 77 Virgin Islands 17,620 2007 est. 78 Guatemala 15,820 2007 est. 79 Mauritania 14,990 2007 est. 80 Czech Republic 13,530 2007 est. 81 Suriname 13,000 2007 est. 82 Slovakia 12,770 2007 est. 83 Chile 11,610 2007 est. 84 Serbia 11,410 2007 est. 85 Taiwan 10,600 2007 est. 86 Singapore 9,836 2007 est. 87 Finland 8,951 2007 est. 88 Belgium 8,671 2007 est. 89 Lithuania 8,250 2007 est. 90 Ghana 7,571 2007 est. 91 Estonia 7,430 2007 est. 92 Bangladesh 6,746 2007 est. 93 Albania 6,425 2007 est. 94 Portugal 6,281 2007 est. 95 Israel 5,966 2007 est. 96 Greece 4,265 2007 est. 97 Morocco 3,746 2007 est. 98 Bulgaria 3,661 2007 est. 99 Switzerland 3,202 2007 est. 100 Belize 3,000 2007 est. 101 Aruba 2,356 2007 est. 102 Sweden 2,350 2007 est. 103 Puerto Rico 1,354 2007 est. 104 Barbados 1,111 2007 est. 105 Georgia 979 2007 est. 106 Kyrgyzstan 965 2007 est. 107 Uruguay 936 2007 est. 108 Tajikistan 281 2007 est. 109 Zambia 150 2007 est. 110 Korea, North 141 2007 est. 111 Madagascar 92 2007 est. 112 Dominican Republic 12 2004 113 Ethiopia 7 2007 est. 114 Slovenia 5 2007 est. 115 Sierra Leone 1 2007 est. 116 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2007 est. 117 Botswana 0 2007 est. 118 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2007 est. 119 Solomon Islands 0 2007 est. 120 Zimbabwe 0 2007 est. 121 Swaziland 0 2007 est. 122 Samoa 0 2007 est. 123 Western Sahara 0 2007 est. 124 Namibia 0 2007 est. 125 British Virgin Islands 0 2007 est. 126 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2007 est. 127 Burkina Faso 0 2007 est. 128 Uganda 0 2007 est. 129 Tanzania 0 2007 est. 130 Sao Tome and Principe 0 2007 est. 131 Togo 0 2007 est. 132 Tonga 0 2007 est. 133 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 2007 est. 134 Saint Lucia 0 2007 est. 135 Somalia 0 2007 est. 136 Saint Helena 0 2007 est. 137 Senegal 0 2005 est. 138 Seychelles 0 2007 est. 139 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 2007 est. 140 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 2007 est. 141 Rwanda 0 2007 est. 142 Guinea-Bissau 0 2007 est. 143 Panama 0 2007 est. 144 Paraguay 0 2007 est. 145 Nicaragua 0 2005 est. 146 Netherlands Antilles 0 2005 est. 147 Nauru 0 2007 est. 148 Nepal 0 2007 est. 149 Vanuatu 0 2007 est. 150 Niger 0 2007 est. 151 Niue 0 2007 est. 152 New Caledonia 0 2007 est. 153 Mozambique 0 2007 est. 154 Maldives 0 2007 est. 155 Malta 0 2007 est. 156 Mauritius 0 2007 est. 157 Macau 0 2007 est. 158 Luxembourg 0 2007 est. 159 Lesotho 0 2007 est. 160 Liberia 0 2007 est. 161 Latvia 0 2007 est. 162 Lebanon 0 2007 est. 163 Laos 0 2007 est. 164 Kosovo 0 2007 165 Kiribati 0 2007 est. 166 Mali 0 2007 est. 167 Macedonia 0 2007 168 Montenegro 0 2007 est. 169 Malawi 0 2007 est. 170 Montserrat 0 2007 est. 171 Mongolia 0 2007 est. 172 Moldova 0 2007 est. 173 Kenya 0 2008 est. 174 Jordan 0 2005 est. 175 Jamaica 0 2005 est. 176 Iceland 0 2007 est. 177 Gambia, The 0 2007 est. 178 French Polynesia 0 2007 est. 179 Faroe Islands 0 2007 est. 180 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0 2007 est. 181 Fiji 0 2007 est. 182 El Salvador 0 2005 183 Eritrea 0 2007 est. 184 Ireland 0 2005 est. 185 Dominica 0 2007 est. 186 Djibouti 0 2007 est. 187 Cyprus 0 2008 est. 188 Cook Islands 0 2007 est. 189 Honduras 0 2007 est. 190 Hong Kong 0 2007 est. 191 Haiti 0 2007 est. 192 Guyana 0 2007 est. 193 Guinea 0 2007 est. 194 Guam 0 2007 est. 195 Greenland 0 2007 est. 196 Grenada 0 2007 est. 197 Gibraltar 0 2007 est. 198 Cape Verde 0 2007 est. 199 Central African Republic 0 2007 est. 200 Costa Rica 0 2004 201 Comoros 0 2007 est. 202 Cayman Islands 0 2007 est. 203 Sri Lanka 0 2005 est. 204 Cambodia 0 2007 est. 205 Burundi 0 2007 est. 206 Bhutan 0 2007 est. 207 Benin 0 2007 est. 208 Bahamas, The 0 2007 est. 209 Bermuda 0 2007 est. 210 Armenia 0 2007 est. 211 American Samoa 0 2007 est. 212 Afghanistan 0 2007 est.
This file was last updated on 18 December, 2008
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Rank code: @2174
Rank Country Oil - consumption(bbl/day) Date of Information
1 World 85,270,000 2007 est. 2 United States 20,680,000 2007 est. 3 European Union 14,390,000 2007 4 China 7,578,000 2007 est. 5 Japan 5,007,000 2007 est. 6 Russia 2,858,000 2007 est. 7 India 2,722,000 2007 est. 8 Germany 2,456,000 2007 est. 9 Brazil 2,372,000 2007 est. 10 Canada 2,371,000 2007 est. 11 Saudi Arabia 2,311,000 2007 est. 12 Korea, South 2,214,000 2007 est. 13 Mexico 2,119,000 2007 est. 14 France 1,950,000 2007 est. 15 United Kingdom 1,763,000 2007 est. 16 Italy 1,702,000 2007 est. 17 Iran 1,679,000 2006 est. 18 Spain 1,611,000 2007 est. 19 Indonesia 1,219,000 2006 est. 20 Netherlands 984,200 2007 est. 21 Australia 966,200 2007 est. 22 Taiwan 950,500 2006 est. 23 Thailand 928,600 2006 est. 24 Singapore 834,600 2006 est. 25 Venezuela 738,300 2007 est. 26 Turkey 676,600 2007 est. 27 Egypt 652,700 2006 est. 28 Belgium 628,500 2007 est. 29 Argentina 525,100 2006 est. 30 Poland 524,000 2007 est. 31 South Africa 504,900 2006 est. 32 Malaysia 501,100 2006 est. 33 Greece 441,400 2007 est. 34 United Arab Emirates 381,000 2006 est. 35 Sweden 353,700 2007 est. 36 Pakistan 345,000 2006 est. 37 Ukraine 344,000 2006 est. 38 Philippines 340,100 2006 est. 39 Kuwait 334,700 2006 est. 40 Nigeria 312,000 2006 est. 41 Portugal 301,000 2007 est. 42 Iraq 295,000 2007 est. 43 Hong Kong 293,100 2006 est. 44 Austria 289,400 2007 est. 45 Algeria 279,800 2006 est. 46 Libya 278,700 2006 est. 47 Vietnam 271,100 2007 est. 48 Colombia 265,400 2006 est. 49 Syria 261,000 2006 est. 50 Chile 253,000 2006 est. 51 Switzerland 244,900 2007 est. 52 Kazakhstan 243,100 2006 est. 53 Romania 238,200 2006 est. 54 Israel 232,300 2006 est. 55 Finland 228,200 2007 est. 56 Norway 224,500 2007 est. 57 Puerto Rico 215,000 2007 est. 58 Czech Republic 207,400 2007 est. 59 Cuba 203,500 2006 est. 60 Ireland 200,900 2007 est. 61 Denmark 190,600 2007 est. 62 Belarus 179,700 2006 est. 63 Morocco 179,700 2006 est. 64 Peru 167,900 2006 est. 65 Hungary 162,800 2007 est. 66 Ecuador 160,500 2006 est. 67 Azerbaijan 160,000 2007 est. 68 New Zealand 158,400 2007 est. 69 Uzbekistan 157,100 2006 est. 70 Yemen 135,400 2006 est. 71 Dominican Republic 117,300 2006 est. 72 Jordan 110,700 2006 est. 73 Bulgaria 109,600 2006 est. 74 Qatar 108,900 2006 est. 75 Turkmenistan 107,400 2006 est. 76 Lebanon 106,000 2006 est. 77 Croatia 101,800 2006 est. 78 Panama 92,790 2006 est. 79 Virgin Islands 91,680 2007 est. 80 Tunisia 91,110 2006 est. 81 Bangladesh 89,940 2006 est. 82 Sri Lanka 86,030 2006 est. 83 Serbia 85,000 2003 est. 84 Slovakia 82,860 2007 est. 85 Sudan 79,760 2006 est. 86 Guatemala 74,230 2006 est. 87 Jamaica 73,370 2006 est. 88 Oman 69,100 2006 est. 89 Netherlands Antilles 67,450 2006 est. 90 Kenya 65,530 2006 est. 91 Luxembourg 60,640 2007 est. 92 Cyprus 57,830 2006 est. 93 Lithuania 57,170 2006 est. 94 Angola 55,640 2006 est. 95 Slovenia 54,310 2006 est. 96 Ghana 49,300 2006 est. 97 Honduras 46,830 2006 est. 98 Costa Rica 45,600 2006 est. 99 El Salvador 44,330 2006 est. 100 Burma 43,140 2006 est. 101 Armenia 41,090 2006 est. 102 Senegal 36,200 2006 est. 103 Latvia 35,180 2006 est. 104 Uruguay 33,400 2007 est. 105 Bahrain 32,830 2006 est. 106 Tajikistan 31,590 2006 est. 107 Bolivia 31,500 2007 est. 108 Albania 30,900 2006 est. 109 Ethiopia 30,450 2006 est. 110 Estonia 30,440 2006 est. 111 Papua New Guinea 29,050 2006 est. 112 Nicaragua 28,880 2006 est. 113 Trinidad and Tobago 28,730 2006 est. 114 Bosnia and Herzegovina 27,590 2006 est. 115 Paraguay 27,410 2006 est. 116 Tanzania 27,270 2006 est. 117 Bahamas, The 26,830 2006 est. 118 Cote d'Ivoire 25,950 2006 est. 119 Cameroon 24,500 2006 est. 120 Korea, North 24,000 2006 est. 121 Gibraltar 22,620 2006 est. 122 Mauritius 22,450 2006 est. 123 Iceland 21,120 2007 est. 124 Namibia 19,840 2006 est. 125 Macedonia 19,590 2006 est. 126 Mauritania 19,320 2006 est. 127 Malta 18,680 2006 est. 128 Madagascar 18,190 2006 est. 129 Togo 17,770 2006 est. 130 Nepal 16,960 2006 est. 131 Macau 16,570 2006 est. 132 Moldova 15,770 2006 est. 133 Zambia 14,760 2006 est. 134 Zimbabwe 14,590 2006 est. 135 Mozambique 14,390 2006 est. 136 Brunei 13,200 2006 est. 137 Gabon 13,170 2006 est. 138 Georgia 12,980 2006 est. 139 Mongolia 12,860 2006 est. 140 Guam 12,780 2007 est. 141 Haiti 12,370 2006 est. 142 Suriname 12,370 2006 est. 143 Kyrgyzstan 12,330 2006 est. 144 Djibouti 12,170 2006 est. 145 Botswana 11,640 2006 est. 146 Uganda 11,570 2006 est. 147 New Caledonia 11,560 2006 est. 148 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 10,460 2006 est. 149 Guyana 10,440 2006 est. 150 Fiji 9,971 2006 est. 151 Benin 9,232 2007 est. 152 Barbados 8,674 2006 est. 153 Guinea 8,559 2006 est. 154 Burkina Faso 8,470 2006 est. 155 Sierra Leone 8,430 2006 est. 156 Congo, Republic of the 7,677 2006 est. 157 Aruba 7,102 2006 est. 158 Belize 7,000 2006 est. 159 Seychelles 6,560 2006 est. 160 Malawi 6,160 2006 est. 161 French Polynesia 6,082 2006 est. 162 Niger 5,550 2006 est. 163 Maldives 5,490 2006 est. 164 Rwanda 5,320 2006 est. 165 Eritrea 5,186 2006 est. 166 Somalia 5,040 2006 est. 167 Afghanistan 5,036 2006 est. 168 Mali 4,640 2006 est. 169 Faroe Islands 4,628 2006 est. 170 Bermuda 4,566 2006 est. 171 Antigua and Barbuda 4,109 2006 est. 172 American Samoa 4,053 2006 est. 173 Greenland 3,927 2006 est. 174 Cambodia 3,736 2006 est. 175 Liberia 3,687 2006 est. 176 Swaziland 3,490 2006 est. 177 Laos 2,996 2006 est. 178 Burundi 2,956 2006 est. 179 Saint Lucia 2,780 2006 est. 180 Cayman Islands 2,767 2006 est. 181 Guinea-Bissau 2,520 2006 est. 182 Central African Republic 2,322 2006 est. 183 Cape Verde 2,117 2006 est. 184 Gambia, The 2,082 2006 est. 185 Grenada 2,043 2006 est. 186 Western Sahara 1,760 2006 est. 187 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,570 2006 est. 188 Lesotho 1,400 2006 est. 189 Chad 1,352 2006 est. 190 Solomon Islands 1,320 2006 est. 191 Bhutan 1,250 2006 est. 192 Samoa 1,130 2006 est. 193 Nauru 1,070 2006 est. 194 Saint Kitts and Nevis 950 2006 est. 195 Equatorial Guinea 918 2006 est. 196 Tonga 870 2006 est. 197 Dominica 851 2006 est. 198 Comoros 712 2006 est. 199 Vanuatu 660 2006 est. 200 Sao Tome and Principe 660 2006 est. 201 British Virgin Islands 650 2006 est. 202 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 560 2006 est. 203 Montserrat 506 2006 est. 204 Cook Islands 464 2006 est. 205 Montenegro 450 2004 206 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 252 2006 est. 207 Kiribati 232 2006 est. 208 Turks and Caicos Islands 80 2006 est. 209 Saint Helena 60 2006 est. 210 Niue 20 2006 est.
This file was last updated on 18 December, 2008
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Rank code: @2175
Rank Country Oil - imports(bbl/day) Date of Information
1 World 65,410,000 2005 2 European Union 17,710,000 2001 3 United States 13,710,000 2005 4 Japan 5,470,000 2005 5 China 3,190,000 2007 6 Germany 3,026,000 2005 7 Netherlands 2,648,000 2005 8 France 2,465,000 2005 9 Korea, South 2,410,000 2006 10 Italy 2,223,000 2005 11 India 2,159,000 2005 est. 12 Singapore 2,003,000 2005 13 Spain 1,777,000 2005 14 United Kingdom 1,673,000 2005 15 Canada 1,229,000 2005 16 Taiwan 1,208,000 2006 17 Belgium 1,119,000 2005 18 Thailand 832,900 2005 19 Turkey 714,100 2005 20 Brazil 648,800 2005 21 Australia 615,000 2005 22 Sweden 581,000 2005 23 Greece 527,200 2005 24 Indonesia 500,000 2006 est. 25 Poland 499,200 2005 26 Virgin Islands 492,300 2005 27 Ukraine 441,200 2005 28 Belarus 394,100 2005 est. 29 Portugal 390,300 2005 30 Mexico 385,400 2005 31 Philippines 355,800 2005 32 Israel 334,300 2005 33 South Africa 319,000 2006 est. 34 Hong Kong 314,700 2006 35 Austria 313,500 2005 36 Malaysia 308,500 2005 37 Pakistan 290,600 2005 38 Finland 281,300 January-September 2007 est. 39 Netherlands Antilles 277,600 2005 40 Switzerland 274,900 2005 41 Vietnam 271,100 2007 42 Aruba 238,200 2005 43 United Arab Emirates 232,300 2005 44 Puerto Rico 230,700 2005 45 Czech Republic 224,600 2005 46 Chile 222,900 2006 est. 47 Bahrain 221,500 2005 48 Romania 219,000 2005 49 Lithuania 206,700 2005 50 Ireland 194,000 2005 51 Morocco 192,500 2005 est. 52 Hungary 178,400 2005 53 Iran 167,800 2005 54 Denmark 164,000 2006 est. 55 Syria 160,000 2007 est. 56 Bulgaria 158,400 2005 est. 57 Nigeria 154,300 2005 58 Egypt 140,000 2005 59 New Zealand 137,300 2005 60 Slovakia 134,100 2005 61 Kazakhstan 127,600 2005 62 Cuba 123,200 2005 63 Dominican Republic 116,600 2005 64 Peru 115,600 2005 65 Jordan 112,300 2005 est. 66 Croatia 112,200 2005 67 Lebanon 97,590 2005 68 Norway 92,650 2005 69 Tunisia 89,130 2005 70 Panama 88,790 2005 71 Sri Lanka 87,090 2005 72 Bangladesh 83,220 2005 73 Russia 73,140 2005 74 Guatemala 72,960 2006 est. 75 Kenya 72,780 2005 76 Trinidad and Tobago 72,780 2005 77 Cote d'Ivoire 71,850 2005 78 Jamaica 71,280 2005 79 Bahamas, The 69,780 2005 80 Luxembourg 63,760 2005 81 Yemen 62,850 2005 82 Slovenia 59,110 2005 83 Cyprus 55,970 2005 84 Cameroon 50,750 2005 85 Ecuador 47,060 2005 86 Ghana 45,520 2005 87 Latvia 45,340 2005 88 El Salvador 45,210 2006 89 Armenia 44,670 2005 90 Honduras 44,040 2005 91 Uruguay 43,670 2007 92 Costa Rica 43,110 2005 93 Saudi Arabia 41,680 2005 94 Senegal 40,450 2005 95 Uzbekistan 31,440 2005 96 Ethiopia 29,820 2005 97 Nicaragua 29,700 2005 est. 98 Estonia 28,170 2005 99 Bosnia and Herzegovina 27,370 2005 100 Tanzania 26,760 2005 101 Macedonia 26,470 2005 102 Paraguay 25,940 2007 103 Gibraltar 25,080 2005 104 Albania 24,860 2005 est. 105 Papua New Guinea 24,150 2005 106 Mauritius 23,650 2006 107 Mauritania 23,630 2005 108 Argentina 23,380 2005 109 Burma 22,180 2005 est. 110 Angola 19,550 2005 111 Malta 18,910 2005 112 Namibia 17,750 2005 113 Iceland 17,450 2005 114 Madagascar 17,100 2005 115 Benin 16,830 2007 est. 116 Togo 16,650 2005 117 Georgia 15,820 2005 118 Zimbabwe 15,800 2005 est. 119 Oman 15,440 2005 120 Botswana 14,500 2005 121 Moldova 14,450 2005 122 Kyrgyzstan 14,240 2005 123 Macau 13,870 2006 124 Zambia 13,810 2005 125 Guam 13,530 2005 126 Mozambique 13,240 2005 127 Algeria 13,110 2005 est. 128 Mongolia 12,630 2005 est. 129 Colombia 12,480 2005 130 Haiti 11,980 2005 131 Djibouti 11,810 2005 132 New Caledonia 11,780 2005 133 Uganda 11,540 2005 134 Nepal 11,530 2006 est. 135 Guyana 10,960 2005 136 Fiji 10,900 2005 137 Barbados 10,710 2005 138 Korea, North 10,520 2006 est. 139 Guinea 8,811 2005 140 Bolivia 8,600 2007 est. 141 Burkina Faso 8,446 2005 142 Sierra Leone 8,271 2005 143 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 8,220 2006 est. 144 Kuwait 8,022 2005 145 Tajikistan 7,600 2007 146 Sudan 7,558 2005 147 Belize 7,122 2005 148 Malawi 6,788 2005 149 Suriname 6,369 2005 150 French Polynesia 6,271 2005 151 Seychelles 5,722 2005 152 Rwanda 5,597 2005 153 Niger 5,425 2005 154 Maldives 5,362 2005 155 Turkmenistan 5,283 2005 156 Eritrea 4,924 2005 157 Mali 4,860 2005 est. 158 Somalia 4,772 2005 159 Faroe Islands 4,636 2005 160 Antigua and Barbuda 4,556 2005 161 Afghanistan 4,534 2005 162 Bermuda 4,378 2005 163 Azerbaijan 4,267 2005 164 Greenland 4,089 2005 165 American Samoa 4,066 2005 166 Cambodia 3,618 2005 167 Liberia 3,593 2005 168 Swaziland 3,530 2005 169 Laos 3,036 2005 170 Cayman Islands 2,818 2005 171 Burundi 2,635 2005 172 Saint Lucia 2,631 2005 173 Guinea-Bissau 2,560 2005 174 Gabon 2,485 2005 175 Gambia, The 2,123 2005 176 Central African Republic 2,057 2005 177 Western Sahara 1,925 2005 178 Grenada 1,844 2005 179 Cape Verde 1,785 2005 180 Congo, Republic of the 1,702 2005 181 Lesotho 1,500 2005 182 Chad 1,492 2005 183 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,460 2005 184 Solomon Islands 1,426 2005 185 Bhutan 1,152 2005 186 Samoa 1,128 2005 187 Equatorial Guinea 1,070 2005 188 Nauru 1,049 2005 189 Tonga 1,035 2005 190 Saint Kitts and Nevis 918 2005 191 Comoros 755 2005 192 Vanuatu 671 2005 193 Dominica 670 2005 194 Sao Tome and Principe 660 2005 195 British Virgin Islands 650 2005 196 Libya 575 2005 197 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 557 2005 198 Montserrat 483 2005 199 Cook Islands 476 2005 200 Brunei 304 2005 201 Kiribati 259 2005 202 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 249 2005 203 Saint Helena 85 2005 204 Turks and Caicos Islands 84 2005 205 Niue 27 2005 206 Qatar 0 2005 207 Venezuela 0 2006 est.
This file was last updated on 18 December, 2008
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Rank code: @2176
Rank Country Oil - exports(bbl/day) Date of Information
1 World 66,190,000 2005 2 Saudi Arabia 8,900,000 2007 est. 3 European Union 6,979,000 2001 4 Russia 5,080,000 2007 5 Norway 2,714,000 2005 6 United Arab Emirates 2,703,000 2005 est. 7 Iran 2,520,000 2006 est. 8 Nigeria 2,473,000 2005 9 Kuwait 2,356,000 2005 10 Canada 2,225,000 2005 11 Mexico 2,204,000 2005 12 Venezuela 2,203,000 2006 est. 13 Algeria 1,844,000 2005 est. 14 United Kingdom 1,749,000 2005 15 Iraq 1,670,000 2007 est. 16 Netherlands 1,639,000 2005 17 Libya 1,455,000 2005 18 Kazakhstan 1,236,000 2005 est. 19 Angola 1,230,000 2005 20 Singapore 1,203,000 2005 21 United States 1,165,000 2005 22 Qatar 1,026,000 2005 23 Azerbaijan 795,600 2007 est. 24 Oman 722,000 2005 25 Italy 616,700 2005 26 France 584,700 2005 27 Germany 563,400 2005 28 Malaysia 546,300 2005 29 Belgium 528,700 2005 30 Brazil 481,100 2005 31 Indonesia 470,000 2006 est. 32 India 450,700 2005 est. 33 Ecuador 421,700 2005 est. 34 Virgin Islands 398,500 2005 35 Vietnam 394,400 2005 36 Equatorial Guinea 375,400 2005 37 Argentina 339,900 2005 38 Australia 337,400 2005 39 Yemen 336,600 2005 40 Denmark 320,000 2006 41 Taiwan 289,200 2006 42 Sudan 282,100 2005 43 Colombia 276,100 2005 44 South Africa 267,700 2005 45 Belarus 256,400 2005 est. 46 Gabon 255,500 2005 47 Syria 254,500 2005 est. 48 Bahrain 238,900 2005 49 Aruba 233,300 2005 50 Congo, Republic of the 230,200 2005 est. 51 Sweden 219,200 2005 52 Trinidad and Tobago 218,800 2005 53 Thailand 207,400 2005 54 Netherlands Antilles 206,900 2005 55 Egypt 204,700 2005 est. 56 Brunei 200,000 2005 57 Ukraine 190,500 2005 58 Spain 181,800 2005 59 Chad 176,700 2005 60 Japan 168,800 2005 61 Lithuania 148,400 2005 62 Finland 126,300 January-September 2007 est. 63 Romania 125,200 2005 64 Greece 125,100 2005 65 Turkey 114,600 2005 66 Cameroon 108,800 2005 67 Cote d'Ivoire 84,940 2005 68 Israel 82,910 2005 69 China 79,060 2007 70 Tunisia 73,790 2005 71 Slovakia 72,240 2005 72 Peru 69,090 2005 est. 73 Hungary 66,660 2005 74 Poland 57,920 2005 75 Bulgaria 50,530 2005 est. 76 Portugal 50,490 2005 77 Austria 46,300 2005 78 Croatia 43,680 2005 79 Philippines 41,160 2005 80 Turkmenistan 40,000 2007 est. 81 Papua New Guinea 39,310 2005 82 Bahamas, The 38,740 2005 83 Chile 32,500 2005 84 Ireland 29,780 2005 85 Pakistan 28,060 2005 86 Czech Republic 27,360 2005 87 Morocco 24,360 2005 est. 88 Hong Kong 22,420 2006 89 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 19,820 2005 90 Bolivia 18,500 2007 est. 91 Guatemala 15,560 2006 est. 92 New Zealand 14,570 2005 93 Uzbekistan 11,940 2005 94 Puerto Rico 10,610 2005 95 Latvia 10,070 2005 96 Switzerland 9,370 2005 97 Estonia 7,000 2005 98 Macedonia 6,768 2005 99 Benin 6,484 2005 100 Ghana 5,709 2005 101 Kenya 5,137 2005 102 Burma 5,000 2006 est. 103 El Salvador 4,963 2006 104 Slovenia 4,535 2005 105 Panama 4,447 2005 106 Uruguay 4,410 2007 107 Senegal 4,298 2005 108 Suriname 2,899 2005 109 Fiji 2,848 2005 110 Kyrgyzstan 2,534 2005 111 Georgia 2,492 2005 112 Costa Rica 2,115 2005 113 Belize 1,960 2006 114 Barbados 1,750 2005 115 Togo 1,547 2005 116 Jamaica 1,535 2005 117 Maldives 1,499 2005 118 Bangladesh 1,351 2005 119 Iceland 861 2005 120 Nicaragua 809 2005 121 Albania 749 2005 est. 122 Madagascar 480 2005 123 Sierra Leone 432 2005 124 Honduras 418 2005 125 New Caledonia 356 2005 126 Sri Lanka 292 2005 127 Luxembourg 282 2005 128 Tajikistan 248 2005 129 Zambia 191 2005 130 Antigua and Barbuda 158 2005 131 Greenland 150 2005 132 Uganda 115 2005 133 Eritrea 55 2005 134 Moldova 50 2005 135 Gambia, The 42 2005 136 Liberia 23 2005 137 Djibouti 19 2005 138 Afghanistan 0 2005 139 Bermuda 0 2005 140 American Samoa 0 2005 141 Bhutan 0 2005 142 Cayman Islands 0 2005 143 Central African Republic 0 2005 144 Saint Lucia 0 2005 145 Somalia 0 2005 146 Saint Helena 0 2005 147 Seychelles 0 2006 148 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 2005 149 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 2005 150 Rwanda 0 2005 151 Guinea-Bissau 0 2005 152 Mongolia 0 2005 est. 153 Zimbabwe 0 2005 est. 154 Swaziland 0 2005 155 Samoa 0 2005 156 Western Sahara 0 2005 157 Namibia 0 2005 158 British Virgin Islands 0 2005 159 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2005 160 Burkina Faso 0 2005 161 Tanzania 0 2005 162 Sao Tome and Principe 0 2005 163 Tonga 0 2007 est. 164 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 2005 165 Macau 0 2005 166 Lesotho 0 2005 167 Lebanon 0 2005 168 Laos 0 2005 169 Kiribati 0 2005 170 Korea, North 0 2006 171 Jordan 0 2005 est. 172 Faroe Islands 0 2005 173 Paraguay 0 2007 174 Nauru 0 2005 175 Nepal 0 2005 176 Vanuatu 0 2005 177 Niger 0 2005 178 Niue 0 2005 179 Mozambique 0 2005 180 Malta 0 2005 181 Mauritania 0 2005 182 Mauritius 0 2006 183 Mali 0 2006 184 Malawi 0 2005 185 Montserrat 0 2005 186 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0 2005 187 Ethiopia 0 2005 188 Dominican Republic 0 2005 189 Dominica 0 2005 190 Cyprus 0 2005 191 Cook Islands 0 2005 192 Cape Verde 0 2005 193 Cuba 0 2006 194 Haiti 0 2005 195 Guyana 0 2005 196 Guinea 0 2005 197 Guam 0 2005 198 Grenada 0 2005 199 Gibraltar 0 2005 200 French Polynesia 0 2005 201 Comoros 0 2005 202 Cambodia 0 2005 203 Burundi 0 2005 204 Solomon Islands 0 2005 205 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2005 206 Botswana 0 2005 207 Armenia 0 2005
This file was last updated on 18 December, 2008
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Rank code: @2178
Rank Country Oil - proved reserves(bbl) Date of Information
1 World 1,332,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 2 Saudi Arabia 266,800,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 3 Canada 178,600,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 4 Iran 138,400,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 5 Iraq 115,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 6 Kuwait 104,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 7 United Arab Emirates 97,800,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 8 Venezuela 87,040,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 9 Russia 60,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 10 Libya 41,460,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 11 Nigeria 36,220,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 12 Kazakhstan 30,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 13 United States 20,970,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 14 China 16,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 15 Qatar 15,210,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 16 Algeria 12,200,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 17 Brazil 12,180,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 18 Mexico 11,650,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 19 Angola 9,035,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 20 Azerbaijan 7,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 21 Norway 6,865,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 22 European Union 6,144,000,000 1 January 2008 23 India 5,625,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 24 Oman 5,500,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 25 Sudan 5,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 26 Ecuador 4,517,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 27 Indonesia 4,370,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 28 Malaysia 4,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 29 Egypt 3,700,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 30 United Kingdom 3,600,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 31 Yemen 3,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 32 Argentina 2,587,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 33 Syria 2,500,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 34 Gabon 2,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 35 Congo, Republic of the 1,600,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 36 Colombia 1,506,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 37 Australia 1,500,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 38 Chad 1,500,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 39 Denmark 1,188,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 40 Brunei 1,100,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 41 Equatorial Guinea 1,100,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 42 Trinidad and Tobago 728,300,000 1 January 2008 est. 43 Romania 600,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 44 Turkmenistan 600,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 45 Vietnam 600,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 46 Uzbekistan 594,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 47 Bolivia 465,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 48 Thailand 460,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 49 Italy 406,500,000 1 January 2008 est. 50 Tunisia 400,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 51 Ukraine 395,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 52 Peru 382,900,000 1 January 2008 est. 53 Germany 367,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 54 Turkey 300,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 55 Pakistan 289,200,000 1 January 2008 est. 56 Cameroon 200,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 57 Albania 199,100,000 1 January 2008 est. 58 Belarus 198,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 59 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 180,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 60 Chile 150,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 61 Spain 150,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 62 Philippines 138,500,000 1 January 2008 est. 63 Bahrain 124,600,000 1 January 2008 est. 64 Cuba 124,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 65 France 119,800,000 1 January 2008 est. 66 Cote d'Ivoire 100,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 67 Mauritania 100,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 68 Netherlands 100,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 69 Poland 96,380,000 1 January 2008 est. 70 Suriname 88,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 71 Papua New Guinea 88,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 72 Guatemala 83,070,000 1 January 2008 est. 73 Croatia 79,150,000 1 January 2008 est. 74 Serbia 77,500,000 1 January 2008 est. 75 New Zealand 55,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 76 Austria 50,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 77 Burma 50,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 78 Japan 44,120,000 1 January 2008 est. 79 Kyrgyzstan 40,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 80 Georgia 35,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 81 Bangladesh 28,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 82 Hungary 20,180,000 1 January 2008 est. 83 Bulgaria 15,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 84 Czech Republic 15,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 85 South Africa 15,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 86 Ghana 15,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 87 Lithuania 12,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 88 Tajikistan 12,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 89 Greece 10,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 90 Slovakia 9,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 91 Benin 8,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 92 Belize 6,700,000 1 January 2008 est. 93 Taiwan 2,380,000 1 January 2008 est. 94 Barbados 2,200,000 1 January 2008 est. 95 Israel 1,940,000 1 January 2008 est. 96 Jordan 1,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 97 Morocco 836,000 1 January 2008 est. 98 Ethiopia 428,000 1 January 2008 est. 99 Aruba 0 1 January 2006 est. 100 Afghanistan 0 1 January 2006 est. 101 Botswana 0 1 January 2006 est. 102 Zimbabwe 0 1 January 2006 est. 103 Swaziland 0 1 January 2006 est. 104 Samoa 0 1 January 2006 est. 105 Western Sahara 0 1 January 2006 est. 106 Namibia 0 1 January 2006 est. 107 British Virgin Islands 0 1 January 2006 est. 108 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 1 January 2006 est. 109 Burkina Faso 0 1 January 2006 est. 110 Uganda 0 1 January 2006 est. 111 Tanzania 0 1 January 2006 est. 112 Sao Tome and Principe 0 1 January 2006 est. 113 Togo 0 1 January 2006 est. 114 Tonga 0 1 January 2007 est. 115 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 1 January 2006 est. 116 Sweden 0 1 January 2006 est. 117 Saint Lucia 0 1 January 2006 est. 118 Somalia 0 1 January 2006 est. 119 Singapore 0 1 January 2006 est. 120 Sierra Leone 0 1 January 2006 est. 121 Slovenia 0 1 January 2006 est. 122 Saint Helena 0 1 January 2006 est. 123 Senegal 0 1 January 2006 est. 124 Seychelles 0 1 January 2006 125 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 1 January 2006 est. 126 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 1 January 2006 est. 127 Rwanda 0 1 January 2006 est. 128 Puerto Rico 0 1 January 2006 est. 129 New Caledonia 0 1 January 2006 est. 130 Mozambique 0 1 January 2006 est. 131 Maldives 0 1 January 2006 est. 132 Malta 0 1 January 2006 est. 133 Mauritius 0 1 January 2006 est. 134 Mali 0 1 January 2006 est. 135 Macedonia 0 1 January 2008 est. 136 Montenegro 0 1 January 2006 est. 137 Malawi 0 1 January 2006 est. 138 Guinea-Bissau 0 1 January 2006 est. 139 Panama 0 1 January 2006 est. 140 Paraguay 0 1 January 2006 est. 141 Nicaragua 0 1 January 2006 est. 142 Netherlands Antilles 0 1 January 2006 est. 143 Nauru 0 1 January 2006 est. 144 Nepal 0 1 January 2006 est. 145 Vanuatu 0 1 January 2006 est. 146 Niue 0 1 January 2006 est. 147 Montserrat 0 1 January 2006 est. 148 Mongolia 0 1 January 2006 est. 149 Moldova 0 1 January 2006 est. 150 Macau 0 1 January 2006 est. 151 Madagascar 0 1 January 2006 est. 152 Luxembourg 0 1 January 2006 est. 153 Iceland 0 1 January 2006 est. 154 Grenada 0 1 January 2006 est. 155 Gibraltar 0 1 January 2006 est. 156 Gambia, The 0 1 January 2006 est. 157 French Polynesia 0 1 January 2006 est. 158 Faroe Islands 0 1 January 2006 est. 159 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0 1 January 2006 est. 160 Fiji 0 1 January 2006 est. 161 El Salvador 0 1 January 2006 est. 162 Eritrea 0 1 January 2006 est. 163 Honduras 0 1 January 2006 est. 164 Hong Kong 0 1 January 2006 est. 165 Haiti 0 1 January 2006 est. 166 Guyana 0 1 January 2006 est. 167 Guinea 0 1 January 2006 est. 168 Guam 0 1 January 2006 est. 169 Greenland 0 1 January 2006 est. 170 Estonia 0 1 January 2006 est. 171 Ireland 0 1 January 2006 est. 172 Dominican Republic 0 1 January 2006 est. 173 Dominica 0 1 January 2006 est. 174 Djibouti 0 1 January 2006 est. 175 Cook Islands 0 1 January 2006 est. 176 Cape Verde 0 1 January 2006 est. 177 Central African Republic 0 1 January 2006 est. 178 Lesotho 0 1 January 2006 est. 179 Liberia 0 1 January 2006 est. 180 Latvia 0 1 January 2006 est. 181 Lebanon 0 1 January 2006 est. 182 Laos 0 1 January 2006 est. 183 Korea, South 0 1 January 2006 est. 184 Kiribati 0 1 January 2006 est. 185 Kenya 0 1 January 2006 est. 186 Jamaica 0 1 January 2006 est. 187 Costa Rica 0 1 January 2006 est. 188 Comoros 0 1 January 2006 est. 189 Cayman Islands 0 1 January 2006 est. 190 Sri Lanka 0 1 January 2006 est. 191 Cambodia 0 1 January 2006 est. 192 Burundi 0 1 January 2006 est. 193 Bhutan 0 1 January 2006 est. 194 Solomon Islands 0 1 January 2006 est. 195 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 1 January 2006 est. 196 Belgium 0 1 January 2006 est. 197 Bahamas, The 0 1 January 2006 est. 198 Bermuda 0 1 January 2006 est. 199 Armenia 0 1 January 2006 est. 200 American Samoa 0 1 January 2006 est. 201 Antigua and Barbuda 0 1 January 2006 est.
This file was last updated on 18 December, 2008
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Rank code: @2179
Rank Country Natural gas - proved reserves(cu m) Date of Information
1 World 175,400,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 2 Russia 47,570,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 3 Iran 26,850,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 4 Qatar 25,630,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 5 Saudi Arabia 7,167,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 6 United Arab Emirates 6,071,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 7 United States 5,977,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 8 Nigeria 5,210,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 9 Venezuela 4,708,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 10 Algeria 4,502,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 11 Iraq 3,170,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 12 Kazakhstan 2,832,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 13 Turkmenistan 2,832,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 14 Indonesia 2,659,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 15 European Union 2,476,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 16 Malaysia 2,350,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 17 China 2,265,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 18 Norway 2,241,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 19 Uzbekistan 1,841,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 20 Egypt 1,656,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 21 Canada 1,648,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 22 Kuwait 1,586,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 23 Libya 1,419,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 24 Netherlands 1,416,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 25 Ukraine 1,104,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 26 India 1,075,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 27 Azerbaijan 849,500,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 28 Australia 849,500,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 29 Oman 849,500,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 30 Pakistan 792,800,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 31 Bolivia 750,400,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 32 Trinidad and Tobago 531,500,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 33 Yemen 478,500,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 34 Argentina 446,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 35 United Kingdom 412,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 36 Mexico 392,200,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 37 Brunei 390,800,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 38 Brazil 347,700,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 39 Peru 337,800,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 40 Thailand 331,200,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 41 Burma 283,200,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 42 Angola 269,800,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 43 Germany 254,800,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 44 Syria 240,700,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 45 Papua New Guinea 226,500,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 46 Timor-Leste 200,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est. 47 Vietnam 192,500,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 48 Poland 164,800,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 49 Bangladesh 141,600,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 50 Cameroon 135,100,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 51 Mozambique 127,400,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 52 Colombia 122,900,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 53 Philippines 98,540,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 54 Chile 97,970,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 55 Italy 94,150,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 56 Bahrain 92,030,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 57 Congo, Republic of the 90,610,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 58 Sudan 84,950,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 59 Cuba 70,790,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 60 Denmark 70,510,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 61 Tunisia 65,130,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 62 Romania 63,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 63 Namibia 62,290,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 64 Rwanda 56,630,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 65 Afghanistan 49,550,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 66 Serbia 48,140,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 67 Equatorial Guinea 36,810,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 68 Israel 30,440,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 69 New Zealand 29,670,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 70 Croatia 28,540,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 71 Gabon 28,320,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 72 Mauritania 28,320,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 73 Cote d'Ivoire 28,320,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 74 Ethiopia 24,920,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 75 Ghana 22,650,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 76 Japan 20,900,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 77 Austria 16,140,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 78 Slovakia 14,160,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 79 Ireland 9,911,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 80 Ecuador 9,369,000,000 1 January 2006 est. 81 Georgia 8,495,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 82 Turkey 8,495,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 83 Hungary 8,098,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 84 France 7,277,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 85 Tanzania 6,513,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 86 Taiwan 6,229,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 87 Jordan 6,031,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 88 Bulgaria 5,663,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 89 Somalia 5,663,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 90 Tajikistan 5,663,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 91 Kyrgyzstan 5,663,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 92 Czech Republic 3,964,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 93 Guatemala 2,960,000,000 1 January 2006 est. 94 Belarus 2,832,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 95 Spain 2,548,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 96 Greece 1,982,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 97 Morocco 1,557,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 98 Benin 1,133,000,000 1 January 2008 est. 99 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 991,100,000 1 January 2008 est. 100 Albania 849,500,000 1 January 2008 est. 101 Barbados 141,600,000 1 January 2008 est. 102 South Africa 27,160,000 1 January 2006 est. 103 Aruba 0 1 January 2006 104 Botswana 0 1 January 2006 est. 105 Belgium 0 1 January 2006 106 Solomon Islands 0 1 January 2006 est. 107 Mali 0 1 January 2006 est. 108 Macedonia 0 1 January 2008 est. 109 Malawi 0 1 January 2006 est. 110 Montserrat 0 1 January 2006 est. 111 Mongolia 0 1 January 2006 est. 112 Moldova 0 1 January 2006 est. 113 Macau 0 1 January 2006 est. 114 Madagascar 0 1 January 2006 est. 115 Lithuania 0 1 January 2006 est. 116 Zimbabwe 0 1 January 2006 est. 117 Zambia 0 1 January 2006 est. 118 Swaziland 0 1 January 2006 est. 119 Samoa 0 1 January 2006 est. 120 Western Sahara 0 1 January 2006 est. 121 Virgin Islands 0 1 January 2006 est. 122 British Virgin Islands 0 1 January 2006 est. 123 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 1 January 2006 est. 124 Uruguay 0 1 January 2006 est. 125 Burkina Faso 0 1 January 2006 est. 126 Uganda 0 1 January 2006 est. 127 Sao Tome and Principe 0 1 January 2006 est. 128 Togo 0 1 January 2006 est. 129 Tonga 0 1 January 2007 est. 130 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 1 January 2006 est. 131 Switzerland 0 1 January 2006 est. 132 Sweden 0 1 January 2006 est. 133 Saint Lucia 0 1 January 2006 est. 134 Singapore 0 1 January 2006 est. 135 Sierra Leone 0 1 January 2006 est. 136 Slovenia 0 1 January 2006 est. 137 Saint Helena 0 1 January 2006 est. 138 Seychelles 0 1 January 2006 est. 139 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 1 January 2006 est. 140 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 1 January 2006 est. 141 Puerto Rico 0 1 January 2006 est. 142 Guinea-Bissau 0 1 January 2006 est. 143 Portugal 0 1 January 2006 est. 144 Panama 0 1 January 2006 est. 145 Paraguay 0 1 January 2007 est. 146 Nicaragua 0 1 January 2006 est. 147 Netherlands Antilles 0 1 January 2006 est. 148 Suriname 0 1 January 2006 est. 149 Nauru 0 1 January 2006 est. 150 Nepal 0 1 January 2006 est. 151 Vanuatu 0 1 January 2006 est. 152 Niger 0 1 January 2006 est. 153 Niue 0 1 January 2006 est. 154 New Caledonia 0 1 January 2006 est. 155 Maldives 0 1 January 2006 est. 156 Malta 0 1 January 2006 est. 157 Mauritius 0 1 January 2006 est. 158 Lebanon 0 1 January 2006 est. 159 Laos 0 1 January 2006 est. 160 Korea, South 0 1 January 2006 est. 161 Kiribati 0 1 January 2006 est. 162 Korea, North 0 1 January 2007 163 Kenya 0 1 January 2006 est. 164 Jamaica 0 1 January 2006 est. 165 Iceland 0 1 January 2006 est. 166 Luxembourg 0 1 January 2006 est. 167 Lesotho 0 1 January 2006 est. 168 Liberia 0 1 January 2006 est. 169 Honduras 0 1 January 2006 est. 170 Hong Kong 0 1 January 2006 est. 171 Haiti 0 1 January 2006 est. 172 Guyana 0 1 January 2006 est. 173 Guinea 0 1 January 2006 est. 174 Guam 0 1 January 2006 est. 175 Greenland 0 1 January 2006 est. 176 Grenada 0 1 January 2006 est. 177 Gibraltar 0 1 January 2006 est. 178 Gambia, The 0 1 January 2006 est. 179 French Polynesia 0 1 January 2006 est. 180 Faroe Islands 0 1 January 2006 est. 181 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0 1 January 2006 est. 182 Fiji 0 1 January 2006 est. 183 Finland 0 1 January 2006 184 El Salvador 0 1 January 2006 est. 185 Eritrea 0 1 January 2006 est. 186 Estonia 0 1 January 2006 est. 187 Dominican Republic 0 1 January 2006 est. 188 Dominica 0 1 January 2006 est. 189 Djibouti 0 1 January 2006 est. 190 Cyprus 0 1 January 2006 191 Cook Islands 0 1 January 2006 est. 192 Cape Verde 0 1 January 2006 est. 193 Central African Republic 0 1 January 2006 194 Costa Rica 0 1 January 2006 est. 195 Comoros 0 1 January 2006 est. 196 Cayman Islands 0 1 January 2006 est. 197 Sri Lanka 0 1 January 2006 est. 198 Chad 0 1 January 2006 est. 199 Burundi 0 1 January 2006 est. 200 Bhutan 0 1 January 2006 est. 201 Belize 0 1 January 2006 est. 202 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 1 January 2006 203 Bahamas, The 0 1 January 2006 est. 204 Bermuda 0 1 January 2006 est. 205 Armenia 0 1 January 2006 206 American Samoa 0 1 January 2006 est. 207 Antigua and Barbuda 0 1 January 2006 est.
This file was last updated on 18 December, 2008
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Rank code: @2180
Rank Country Natural gas - production(cu m) Date of Information
1 World 3,021,000,000,000 2007 est. 2 Russia 656,200,000,000 2007 est. 3 United States 545,900,000,000 2007 est. 4 European Union 197,800,000,000 2007 est. 5 Canada 187,000,000,000 2007 est. 6 Iran 111,900,000,000 2007 est. 7 Norway 92,600,000,000 2007 est. 8 Algeria 85,700,000,000 2007 est. 9 Netherlands 76,330,000,000 2007 est. 10 Saudi Arabia 75,900,000,000 2007 est. 11 United Kingdom 72,300,000,000 2007 est. 12 China 69,270,000,000 2007 est. 13 Turkmenistan 68,880,000,000 2007 est. 14 Uzbekistan 65,190,000,000 2007 est. 15 Malaysia 64,500,000,000 2007 est. 16 Qatar 59,800,000,000 2007 est. 17 Indonesia 56,000,000,000 2007 est. 18 Mexico 55,980,000,000 2007 est. 19 United Arab Emirates 48,790,000,000 2006 est. 20 Egypt 47,500,000,000 2007 est. 21 Argentina 44,800,000,000 2007 est. 22 Australia 43,620,000,000 2007 est. 23 Trinidad and Tobago 39,000,000,000 2007 est. 24 Nigeria 34,100,000,000 2007 est. 25 India 31,700,000,000 2007 est. 26 Pakistan 30,800,000,000 2007 est. 27 Kazakhstan 27,880,000,000 2007 est. 28 Venezuela 26,500,000,000 2007 est. 29 Thailand 25,400,000,000 2007 est. 30 Oman 24,100,000,000 2007 est. 31 Ukraine 19,500,000,000 2007 est. 32 Germany 17,960,000,000 2007 est. 33 Bangladesh 15,700,000,000 2007 est. 34 Libya 14,800,000,000 2006 est. 35 Bolivia 14,700,000,000 2007 est. 36 Brunei 13,800,000,000 2006 est. 37 Burma 12,600,000,000 2006 est. 38 Kuwait 12,500,000,000 2006 est. 39 Romania 12,500,000,000 2006 est. 40 Bahrain 11,330,000,000 2006 est. 41 Brazil 9,800,000,000 2007 est. 42 Azerbaijan 9,770,000,000 2007 est. 43 Italy 9,706,000,000 2007 est. 44 Denmark 9,223,000,000 2007 est. 45 Syria 7,800,000,000 2007 est. 46 Colombia 7,220,000,000 2006 est. 47 Vietnam 6,860,000,000 2007 est. 48 Poland 6,025,000,000 2007 est. 49 New Zealand 4,573,000,000 2007 est. 50 Japan 3,729,000,000 2007 est. 51 Iraq 3,500,000,000 2007 est. 52 South Africa 2,900,000,000 2006 est. 53 Tunisia 2,550,000,000 2006 est. 54 Hungary 2,545,000,000 2007 est. 55 Philippines 2,200,000,000 2006 est. 56 Austria 1,848,000,000 2007 est. 57 Chile 1,800,000,000 2007 est. 58 Peru 1,780,000,000 2006 est. 59 Mozambique 1,650,000,000 2006 est. 60 Croatia 1,580,000,000 2006 est. 61 Equatorial Guinea 1,300,000,000 2006 est. 62 Cote d'Ivoire 1,300,000,000 2006 est. 63 Cuba 1,058,000,000 2006 64 Israel 970,000,000 2006 est. 65 France 953,000,000 2007 est. 66 Turkey 893,000,000 2007 est. 67 Angola 680,000,000 2006 est. 68 Serbia 650,000,000 2005 est. 69 Ireland 457,000,000 2007 est. 70 Taiwan 400,000,000 2007 est. 71 Korea, South 390,000,000 2007 est. 72 Jordan 320,000,000 2006 est. 73 Ecuador 280,000,000 2006 est. 74 Congo, Republic of the 180,000,000 2006 est. 75 Czech Republic 172,000,000 2007 est. 76 Belarus 164,000,000 2007 est. 77 Tanzania 146,000,000 2006 est. 78 Papua New Guinea 140,000,000 2006 est. 79 Slovakia 128,000,000 2007 est. 80 Gabon 100,000,000 2006 est. 81 Spain 88,000,000 2007 est. 82 Morocco 60,000,000 2006 est. 83 Moldova 50,000,000 2006 est. 84 Senegal 50,000,000 2006 est. 85 Tajikistan 32,000,000 2007 est. 86 Albania 30,000,000 2006 est. 87 Barbados 29,170,000 2006 est. 88 Greece 24,000,000 2007 est. 89 Afghanistan 20,000,000 2006 est. 90 Cameroon 20,000,000 2006 est. 91 Kyrgyzstan 18,000,000 2007 est. 92 Georgia 10,000,000 2007 est. 93 Slovenia 4,000,000 2006 est. 94 Aruba 0 2007 est. 95 Botswana 0 2007 est. 96 Belgium 0 2007 est. 97 Belize 0 2007 est. 98 Benin 0 2007 est. 99 Bhutan 0 2007 est. 100 Guinea 0 2007 est. 101 Guatemala 0 2007 est. 102 Guam 0 2007 est. 103 Greenland 0 2007 est. 104 Grenada 0 2007 est. 105 Gibraltar 0 2007 est. 106 Ghana 0 2007 est. 107 Gambia, The 0 2007 est. 108 French Polynesia 0 2007 est. 109 Zimbabwe 0 2007 est. 110 Zambia 0 2007 est. 111 Yemen 0 2007 est. 112 Swaziland 0 2007 est. 113 Samoa 0 2007 est. 114 Western Sahara 0 2007 est. 115 Namibia 0 2007 est. 116 Virgin Islands 0 2007 est. 117 British Virgin Islands 0 2007 est. 118 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2007 est. 119 Uruguay 0 2007 est. 120 Burkina Faso 0 2007 est. 121 Uganda 0 2007 est. 122 Timor-Leste 0 2007 est. 123 Sao Tome and Principe 0 2007 est. 124 Togo 0 2007 est. 125 Tonga 0 2007 est. 126 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 2007 est. 127 Switzerland 0 2007 est. 128 Sweden 0 2007 est. 129 Sudan 0 2007 est. 130 Saint Lucia 0 2007 est. 131 Somalia 0 2007 est. 132 Singapore 0 2007 est. 133 Sierra Leone 0 2007 est. 134 Saint Helena 0 2007 est. 135 Seychelles 0 2007 est. 136 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 2007 est. 137 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 2007 est. 138 Rwanda 0 2007 est. 139 Puerto Rico 0 2007 est. 140 Guinea-Bissau 0 2007 est. 141 Portugal 0 2007 est. 142 Panama 0 2007 est. 143 Nepal 0 2007 est. 144 Vanuatu 0 2007 est. 145 Niger 0 2007 est. 146 Niue 0 2007 est. 147 New Caledonia 0 2007 est. 148 Maldives 0 2007 est. 149 Malta 0 2007 est. 150 Mauritania 0 2007 est. 151 Mauritius 0 2007 est. 152 Paraguay 0 2007 est. 153 Nicaragua 0 2007 est. 154 Netherlands Antilles 0 2007 est. 155 Suriname 0 2007 est. 156 Nauru 0 2007 est. 157 Mali 0 2007 est. 158 Macedonia 0 2007 est. 159 Malawi 0 2007 est. 160 Montserrat 0 2007 est. 161 Mongolia 0 2007 est. 162 Macau 0 2007 est. 163 Madagascar 0 2007 est. 164 Luxembourg 0 2007 est. 165 Lesotho 0 2007 est. 166 Liberia 0 2007 est. 167 Lithuania 0 2007 est. 168 Latvia 0 2007 est. 169 Lebanon 0 2007 est. 170 Laos 0 2007 est. 171 Kosovo 0 2007 172 Kiribati 0 2007 est. 173 Korea, North 0 2007 est. 174 Kenya 0 2007 est. 175 Jamaica 0 2007 est. 176 Iceland 0 2007 est. 177 Honduras 0 2007 est. 178 Hong Kong 0 2007 est. 179 Haiti 0 2007 est. 180 Guyana 0 2007 est. 181 Faroe Islands 0 2007 est. 182 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0 2007 est. 183 Fiji 0 2007 est. 184 Finland 0 2007 est. 185 Ethiopia 0 2007 est. 186 El Salvador 0 2007 est. 187 Eritrea 0 2007 est. 188 Estonia 0 2007 est. 189 Dominican Republic 0 2007 est. 190 Dominica 0 2007 est. 191 Djibouti 0 2007 est. 192 Cyprus 0 2007 est. 193 Cook Islands 0 2007 est. 194 Cape Verde 0 2007 est. 195 Central African Republic 0 2007 est. 196 Costa Rica 0 2007 est. 197 Comoros 0 2007 est. 198 Cayman Islands 0 2007 est. 199 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0 2007 est. 200 Sri Lanka 0 2007 est. 201 Chad 0 2007 est. 202 Cambodia 0 2007 est. 203 Burundi 0 2007 est. 204 Bulgaria 0 2007 est. 205 Solomon Islands 0 2007 est. 206 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2007 est. 207 Bahamas, The 0 2007 est. 208 Bermuda 0 2007 est. 209 Armenia 0 2007 est. 210 American Samoa 0 2007 est. 211 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2007 est.
This file was last updated on 18 December, 2008
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Rank code: @2181
Rank Country Natural gas - consumption(cu m) Date of Information
1 World 3,198,000,000,000 2007 est. 2 United States 652,900,000,000 2007 est. 3 Russia 610,000,000,000 2007 est. 4 European Union 500,100,000,000 2007 est. 5 Iran 111,800,000,000 2007 est. 6 Japan 100,300,000,000 2007 est. 7 Germany 97,440,000,000 2007 est. 8 Canada 92,900,000,000 2007 est. 9 United Kingdom 91,100,000,000 2007 est. 10 Ukraine 84,900,000,000 2007 est. 11 Italy 84,890,000,000 2007 est. 12 Saudi Arabia 75,900,000,000 2007 est. 13 China 70,510,000,000 2007 est. 14 Mexico 68,290,000,000 2007 est. 15 Uzbekistan 51,180,000,000 2007 est. 16 Netherlands 46,420,000,000 2007 est. 17 Argentina 44,100,000,000 2007 est. 18 United Arab Emirates 43,110,000,000 2006 est. 19 France 42,690,000,000 2007 est. 20 India 41,700,000,000 2007 est. 21 Turkey 36,600,000,000 2007 est. 22 Thailand 35,300,000,000 2007 est. 23 Korea, South 34,830,000,000 2007 est. 24 Spain 34,430,000,000 2007 est. 25 Malaysia 32,900,000,000 2007 est. 26 Egypt 31,800,000,000 2007 est. 27 Pakistan 30,800,000,000 2007 est. 28 Kazakhstan 30,580,000,000 2007 est. 29 Australia 29,400,000,000 2007 est. 30 Venezuela 26,500,000,000 2007 est. 31 Algeria 26,300,000,000 2007 est. 32 Indonesia 23,400,000,000 2007 est. 33 Belarus 21,760,000,000 2007 est. 34 Trinidad and Tobago 20,800,000,000 2007 est. 35 Qatar 20,500,000,000 2007 est. 36 Brazil 19,800,000,000 2007 est. 37 Turkmenistan 19,480,000,000 2007 est. 38 Belgium 17,390,000,000 2007 est. 39 Romania 17,090,000,000 2007 40 Poland 16,380,000,000 2007 est. 41 Bangladesh 15,700,000,000 2007 est. 42 Hungary 13,360,000,000 2007 est. 43 Nigeria 12,900,000,000 2007 est. 44 Kuwait 12,500,000,000 2006 est. 45 Bahrain 11,330,000,000 2006 est. 46 Taiwan 11,300,000,000 2007 est. 47 Oman 11,000,000,000 2007 est. 48 Azerbaijan 9,770,000,000 2007 est. 49 Czech Republic 8,622,000,000 2007 est. 50 Austria 8,436,000,000 2007 est. 51 Colombia 7,220,000,000 2006 est. 52 Vietnam 6,860,000,000 2007 est. 53 Norway 6,500,000,000 2007 est. 54 Singapore 6,500,000,000 2007 est. 55 Libya 6,390,000,000 2006 est. 56 Slovakia 6,216,000,000 2007 est. 57 Bulgaria 5,600,000,000 2006 est. 58 Ireland 4,984,000,000 2007 est. 59 Finland 4,581,000,000 2007 est. 60 New Zealand 4,572,000,000 2007 est. 61 Denmark 4,555,000,000 2007 est. 62 Syria 4,400,000,000 2007 est. 63 Chile 4,200,000,000 2007 est. 64 Portugal 4,112,000,000 2007 est. 65 Greece 4,069,000,000 2007 est. 66 Brunei 3,990,000,000 2006 est. 67 Tunisia 3,850,000,000 2006 est. 68 Burma 3,620,000,000 2006 est. 69 Lithuania 3,440,000,000 2007 est. 70 Switzerland 3,232,000,000 2007 est. 71 South Africa 3,100,000,000 2006 est. 72 Bolivia 3,000,000,000 2007 est. 73 Croatia 2,730,000,000 2006 est. 74 Hong Kong 2,690,000,000 2007 est. 75 Serbia 2,550,000,000 2005 est. 76 Moldova 2,440,000,000 2007 est. 77 Jordan 2,250,000,000 2006 est. 78 Philippines 2,200,000,000 2006 est. 79 Armenia 2,050,000,000 2007 est. 80 Latvia 2,040,000,000 2007 est. 81 Iraq 1,800,000,000 2006 est. 82 Peru 1,780,000,000 2006 est. 83 Georgia 1,490,000,000 2007 est. 84 Estonia 1,480,000,000 2007 est. 85 Mozambique 1,450,000,000 2006 est. 86 Luxembourg 1,329,000,000 2007 est. 87 Equatorial Guinea 1,300,000,000 2006 est. 88 Cote d'Ivoire 1,300,000,000 2006 est. 89 Slovenia 1,105,000,000 2006 est. 90 Cuba 1,058,000,000 2006 91 Sweden 1,006,000,000 2007 est. 92 Israel 970,000,000 2006 est. 93 Tajikistan 842,000,000 2007 est. 94 Kyrgyzstan 768,000,000 2007 est. 95 Puerto Rico 736,200,000 2007 est. 96 Angola 680,000,000 2006 est. 97 Bosnia and Herzegovina 400,000,000 2006 est. 98 Ecuador 280,000,000 2006 est. 99 Dominican Republic 250,000,000 2006 est. 100 Congo, Republic of the 180,000,000 2006 est. 101 Tanzania 146,000,000 2006 est. 102 Papua New Guinea 140,000,000 2006 est. 103 Uruguay 102,800,000 2007 est. 104 Gabon 100,000,000 2006 est. 105 Macedonia 100,000,000 2006 est. 106 Morocco 60,000,000 2006 est. 107 Senegal 50,000,000 2006 est. 108 Albania 30,000,000 2006 est. 109 Barbados 29,170,000 2006 est. 110 Afghanistan 20,000,000 2006 est. 111 Cameroon 20,000,000 2006 est. 112 Aruba 0 2007 est. 113 Bahamas, The 0 2007 est. 114 Solomon Islands 0 2007 est. 115 Burundi 0 2007 est. 116 Zimbabwe 0 2007 est. 117 Zambia 0 2007 est. 118 Yemen 0 2007 est. 119 Swaziland 0 2007 est. 120 Samoa 0 2007 est. 121 Western Sahara 0 2007 est. 122 Namibia 0 2007 est. 123 Virgin Islands 0 2007 est. 124 British Virgin Islands 0 2007 est. 125 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2007 est. 126 Burkina Faso 0 2007 est. 127 Uganda 0 2007 est. 128 Timor-Leste 0 2007 est. 129 Sao Tome and Principe 0 2007 est. 130 Togo 0 2007 est. 131 Tonga 0 2007 est. 132 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 2007 est. 133 Sudan 0 2007 est. 134 Saint Lucia 0 2007 est. 135 Somalia 0 2007 est. 136 Sierra Leone 0 2007 est. 137 Saint Helena 0 2007 est. 138 Guinea-Bissau 0 2007 est. 139 Panama 0 2007 est. 140 Paraguay 0 2007 est. 141 Nicaragua 0 2007 est. 142 Netherlands Antilles 0 2007 est. 143 Suriname 0 2007 est. 144 Nauru 0 2007 est. 145 Nepal 0 2007 est. 146 Maldives 0 2007 est. 147 Seychelles 0 2007 est. 148 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 2007 est. 149 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 2007 est. 150 Rwanda 0 2007 est. 151 Malta 0 2007 est. 152 Mauritania 0 2007 est. 153 Mauritius 0 2007 est. 154 Mali 0 2007 est. 155 Malawi 0 2007 est. 156 Montserrat 0 2007 est. 157 Mongolia 0 2007 est. 158 Macau 0 2007 est. 159 Vanuatu 0 2007 est. 160 Niger 0 2007 est. 161 Niue 0 2007 est. 162 New Caledonia 0 2007 est. 163 Kenya 0 2007 est. 164 Jamaica 0 2007 est. 165 Iceland 0 2007 est. 166 Honduras 0 2007 est. 167 Haiti 0 2007 est. 168 Guyana 0 2007 est. 169 Guinea 0 2007 est. 170 Guatemala 0 2007 est. 171 Guam 0 2007 est. 172 Ethiopia 0 2007 est. 173 El Salvador 0 2007 est. 174 Eritrea 0 2007 est. 175 Dominica 0 2007 est. 176 Djibouti 0 2007 est. 177 Cook Islands 0 2007 est. 178 Cape Verde 0 2007 est. 179 Central African Republic 0 2007 est. 180 Costa Rica 0 2007 est. 181 Comoros 0 2007 est. 182 Cayman Islands 0 2007 est. 183 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0 2007 est. 184 Sri Lanka 0 2007 est. 185 Chad 0 2007 est. 186 Cambodia 0 2007 est. 187 Madagascar 0 2007 est. 188 Lesotho 0 2007 est. 189 Liberia 0 2007 est. 190 Lebanon 0 2007 est. 191 Laos 0 2007 est. 192 Kosovo 0 2007 193 Kiribati 0 2007 est. 194 Korea, North 0 2007 est. 195 Greenland 0 2007 est. 196 Grenada 0 2007 est. 197 Gibraltar 0 2007 est. 198 Ghana 0 2007 est. 199 Gambia, The 0 2007 est. 200 French Polynesia 0 2007 est. 201 Faroe Islands 0 2007 est. 202 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0 2007 est. 203 Fiji 0 2007 est. 204 Bhutan 0 2007 est. 205 Benin 0 2007 est. 206 Belize 0 2007 est. 207 Bermuda 0 2007 est. 208 American Samoa 0 2007 est. 209 Botswana 0 2007 est. 210 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2007 est.
This file was last updated on 18 December, 2008
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Rank code: @2182
Rank Country Natural gas - imports(cu m) Date of Information
1 World 957,600,000,000 2007 2 European Union 361,200,000,000 2005 est. 3 United States 130,300,000,000 2007 est. 4 Japan 95,620,000,000 2007 est. 5 Germany 88,350,000,000 2007 est. 6 Italy 73,950,000,000 2007 est. 7 Ukraine 65,400,000,000 2007 est. 8 Russia 58,300,000,000 2007 est. 9 France 42,900,000,000 2007 est. 10 Turkey 35,830,000,000 2007 est. 11 Spain 34,470,000,000 2007 est. 12 Korea, South 33,380,000,000 2007 est. 13 United Kingdom 29,200,000,000 2007 est. 14 Netherlands 25,730,000,000 2007 est. 15 Belarus 21,600,000,000 2007 est. 16 Belgium 17,340,000,000 2007 est. 17 Canada 13,200,000,000 2007 est. 18 Mexico 11,690,000,000 2007 est. 19 Taiwan 10,900,000,000 2007 est. 20 Kazakhstan 10,800,000,000 2007 est. 21 Hungary 10,450,000,000 2007 est. 22 Poland 10,120,000,000 2007 est. 23 Brazil 10,000,000,000 2007 est. 24 India 10,000,000,000 2007 est. 25 Thailand 9,800,000,000 2007 est. 26 Austria 9,658,000,000 2007 est. 27 Czech Republic 8,628,000,000 2007 est. 28 Singapore 6,500,000,000 2007 est. 29 Slovakia 6,268,000,000 2007 est. 30 Iran 6,100,000,000 2007 est. 31 Australia 5,689,000,000 2007 est. 32 Bulgaria 5,179,000,000 2005 33 Romania 4,800,000,000 2007 est. 34 Finland 4,576,000,000 2007 est. 35 Ireland 4,552,000,000 2007 est. 36 Greece 4,100,000,000 2007 est. 37 Portugal 4,095,000,000 2007 est. 38 China 3,920,000,000 2007 est. 39 Lithuania 3,440,000,000 2007 est. 40 Switzerland 3,232,000,000 2007 est. 41 Hong Kong 2,690,000,000 2007 est. 42 Moldova 2,440,000,000 2007 est. 43 Chile 2,400,000,000 2007 est. 44 Jordan 2,400,000,000 2007 est. 45 Serbia 2,100,000,000 2004 est. 46 Armenia 2,050,000,000 2007 est. 47 Latvia 2,040,000,000 2007 est. 48 Argentina 1,900,000,000 2007 est. 49 Estonia 1,480,000,000 2007 est. 50 Georgia 1,480,000,000 2007 est. 51 United Arab Emirates 1,343,000,000 2005 52 Luxembourg 1,329,000,000 2007 est. 53 Croatia 1,103,000,000 2005 54 Slovenia 1,073,000,000 2005 55 Sweden 1,006,000,000 2007 est. 56 Tajikistan 810,000,000 2007 est. 57 Kyrgyzstan 750,000,000 2007 est. 58 Puerto Rico 736,200,000 2007 est. 59 Dominican Republic 239,800,000 2005 60 Uruguay 116,900,000 2007 61 Macedonia 102,800,000 2007 62 Aruba 0 2007 est. 63 Afghanistan 0 2007 est. 64 Bahrain 0 2007 est. 65 Botswana 0 2007 est. 66 Solomon Islands 0 2007 est. 67 Benin 0 2007 est. 68 Burma 0 2007 est. 69 Bolivia 0 2007 est. 70 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2005 71 Belize 0 2007 est. 72 Bangladesh 0 2007 est. 73 Bahamas, The 0 2007 est. 74 Bermuda 0 2007 est. 75 Faroe Islands 0 2007 est. 76 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0 2007 est. 77 Fiji 0 2007 est. 78 Ethiopia 0 2007 est. 79 El Salvador 0 2007 est. 80 Eritrea 0 2007 est. 81 Equatorial Guinea 0 2007 est. 82 Egypt 0 2007 est. 83 Denmark 0 2007 est. 84 Lebanon 0 2007 est. 85 Laos 0 2007 est. 86 Kuwait 0 2007 est. 87 Kiribati 0 2007 est. 88 Korea, North 0 2007 est. 89 Kenya 0 2007 est. 90 Jamaica 0 2007 est. 91 Iraq 0 2007 est. 92 Cote d'Ivoire 0 2007 est. 93 Mozambique 0 2007 est. 94 Malaysia 0 2007 est. 95 Maldives 0 2007 est. 96 Oman 0 2007 est. 97 Malta 0 2007 est. 98 Mauritania 0 2007 est. 99 Mauritius 0 2007 est. 100 Morocco 0 2007 est. 101 Mali 0 2007 est. 102 Zimbabwe 0 2007 est. 103 Zambia 0 2007 est. 104 Yemen 0 2007 est. 105 Swaziland 0 2007 est. 106 Samoa 0 2007 est. 107 Western Sahara 0 2007 est. 108 Namibia 0 2007 est. 109 Virgin Islands 0 2007 est. 110 Vietnam 0 2007 est. 111 British Virgin Islands 0 2007 est. 112 Venezuela 0 2007 est. 113 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2007 est. 114 Uzbekistan 0 2007 est. 115 Burkina Faso 0 2007 est. 116 Uganda 0 2007 est. 117 Tanzania 0 2007 est. 118 Turkmenistan 0 2007 est. 119 Timor-Leste 0 2007 est. 120 Tunisia 0 2005 121 Sao Tome and Principe 0 2007 est. 122 Togo 0 2007 est. 123 Tonga 0 2007 est. 124 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 2007 est. 125 Trinidad and Tobago 0 2007 est. 126 Syria 0 2007 est. 127 Sudan 0 2007 est. 128 Saint Lucia 0 2007 est. 129 Somalia 0 2007 est. 130 Sierra Leone 0 2007 est. 131 Saint Helena 0 2007 est. 132 South Africa 0 2005 133 Seychelles 0 2007 est. 134 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 2007 est. 135 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 2007 est. 136 Saudi Arabia 0 2007 est. 137 Rwanda 0 2007 est. 138 Philippines 0 2007 est. 139 Qatar 0 2007 est. 140 Guinea-Bissau 0 2007 est. 141 Papua New Guinea 0 2007 est. 142 Panama 0 2007 est. 143 Pakistan 0 2007 est. 144 Peru 0 2007 est. 145 Paraguay 0 2007 est. 146 New Zealand 0 2007 est. 147 Nicaragua 0 2007 est. 148 Netherlands Antilles 0 2007 est. 149 Suriname 0 2007 est. 150 Nauru 0 2007 est. 151 Nepal 0 2007 est. 152 Norway 0 2007 est. 153 Nigeria 0 2007 est. 154 Vanuatu 0 2007 est. 155 Niger 0 2007 est. 156 Niue 0 2007 est. 157 New Caledonia 0 2007 est. 158 Malawi 0 2007 est. 159 Montserrat 0 2007 est. 160 Mongolia 0 2007 est. 161 Macau 0 2007 est. 162 Madagascar 0 2007 est. 163 Libya 0 2007 est. 164 Lesotho 0 2007 est. 165 Liberia 0 2007 est. 166 Israel 0 2007 est. 167 Indonesia 0 2007 est. 168 Iceland 0 2007 est. 169 Honduras 0 2007 est. 170 Haiti 0 2007 est. 171 Guyana 0 2007 est. 172 Guinea 0 2007 est. 173 Guatemala 0 2007 est. 174 Guam 0 2007 est. 175 Greenland 0 2007 est. 176 Grenada 0 2007 est. 177 Gibraltar 0 2007 est. 178 Ghana 0 2007 est. 179 Gabon 0 2007 est. 180 Gambia, The 0 2007 est. 181 French Polynesia 0 2007 est. 182 Cook Islands 0 2007 est. 183 Cape Verde 0 2007 est. 184 Cuba 0 2007 est. 185 Central African Republic 0 2007 est. 186 Costa Rica 0 2007 est. 187 Colombia 0 2007 est. 188 Comoros 0 2007 est. 189 Cameroon 0 2007 est. 190 Ecuador 0 2007 est. 191 Dominica 0 2007 est. 192 Djibouti 0 2007 est. 193 Cayman Islands 0 2007 est. 194 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0 2007 est. 195 Congo, Republic of the 0 2007 est. 196 Chad 0 2007 est. 197 Cambodia 0 2007 est. 198 Burundi 0 2007 est. 199 Brunei 0 2007 est. 200 Bhutan 0 2007 est. 201 Barbados 0 2007 est. 202 Azerbaijan 0 2005 203 American Samoa 0 2007 est. 204 Angola 0 2007 est. 205 Albania 0 2007 est. 206 Algeria 0 2007 est. 207 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2007 est.
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Rank code: @2183
Rank Country Natural gas - exports(cu m) Date of Information
1 World 929,900,000,000 2007 est. 2 Russia 237,200,000,000 2007 est. 3 Canada 107,300,000,000 2007 est. 4 Norway 86,100,000,000 2007 est. 5 European Union 76,480,000,000 2005 est. 6 Algeria 59,400,000,000 2007 est. 7 Netherlands 55,660,000,000 2007 est. 8 Turkmenistan 49,400,000,000 2007 est. 9 Qatar 39,300,000,000 2007 est. 10 Indonesia 32,600,000,000 2007 est. 11 Malaysia 31,600,000,000 2007 est. 12 United States 23,280,000,000 2007 est. 13 Nigeria 21,200,000,000 2007 est. 14 Australia 19,910,000,000 2007 est. 15 Trinidad and Tobago 18,100,000,000 2007 est. 16 Egypt 15,700,000,000 2007 est. 17 Uzbekistan 14,010,000,000 2007 est. 18 Oman 13,100,000,000 2007 est. 19 Germany 12,220,000,000 2007 est. 20 Bolivia 11,700,000,000 2007 est. 21 United Kingdom 10,400,000,000 2007 est. 22 Burma 9,900,000,000 2007 est. 23 Libya 9,900,000,000 2007 est. 24 Brunei 9,400,000,000 2007 est. 25 Kazakhstan 8,100,000,000 2007 est. 26 United Arab Emirates 6,848,000,000 2005 est. 27 Iran 6,200,000,000 2007 est. 28 Denmark 4,517,000,000 2007 est. 29 Ukraine 4,000,000,000 2006 est. 30 Mexico 2,973,000,000 2007 est. 31 Austria 2,767,000,000 2007 est. 32 China 2,690,000,000 2007 est. 33 Argentina 2,600,000,000 2007 est. 34 France 966,000,000 2007 est. 35 Czech Republic 402,000,000 2007 est. 36 Slovakia 180,000,000 2007 est. 37 Hungary 138,000,000 2007 est. 38 Italy 68,000,000 2007 est. 39 Poland 45,000,000 2007 est. 40 Turkey 31,000,000 2007 est. 41 Aruba 0 2007 est. 42 Azerbaijan 0 2007 est. 43 Bahrain 0 2007 est. 44 Botswana 0 2007 est. 45 Solomon Islands 0 2007 est. 46 Belarus 0 2007 est. 47 Benin 0 2007 est. 48 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2007 est. 49 Belize 0 2007 est. 50 Bangladesh 0 2007 est. 51 Bahamas, The 0 2007 est. 52 Belgium 0 2007 est. 53 Bermuda 0 2007 est. 54 Cuba 0 2007 est. 55 Central African Republic 0 2007 est. 56 Costa Rica 0 2007 est. 57 Colombia 0 2007 est. 58 Comoros 0 2007 est. 59 Cameroon 0 2007 est. 60 Cayman Islands 0 2007 est. 61 Chile 0 2007 est. 62 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0 2007 est. 63 Greenland 0 2007 est. 64 Grenada 0 2007 est. 65 Gibraltar 0 2007 est. 66 Ghana 0 2007 est. 67 Georgia 0 2007 est. 68 Gabon 0 2007 est. 69 Gambia, The 0 2007 est. 70 French Polynesia 0 2007 est. 71 Faroe Islands 0 2007 est. 72 Jordan 0 2007 est. 73 Jamaica 0 2007 est. 74 Japan 0 2007 est. 75 Iraq 0 2007 est. 76 Cote d'Ivoire 0 2007 est. 77 Israel 0 2007 est. 78 India 0 2007 est. 79 Iceland 0 2007 est. 80 Croatia 0 2007 est. 81 Mongolia 0 2007 est. 82 Moldova 0 2007 est. 83 Macau 0 2007 est. 84 Madagascar 0 2007 est. 85 Luxembourg 0 2007 est. 86 Lesotho 0 2007 est. 87 Liberia 0 2007 est. 88 Lithuania 0 2007 est. 89 Latvia 0 2007 est. 90 Zimbabwe 0 2007 est. 91 Zambia 0 2007 est. 92 Yemen 0 2007 est. 93 Swaziland 0 2007 est. 94 Samoa 0 2007 est. 95 Western Sahara 0 2007 est. 96 Namibia 0 2007 est. 97 Virgin Islands 0 2007 est. 98 Vietnam 0 2007 est. 99 British Virgin Islands 0 2007 est. 100 Venezuela 0 2007 est. 101 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2007 est. 102 Uruguay 0 2007 est. 103 Burkina Faso 0 2007 est. 104 Uganda 0 2007 est. 105 Tanzania 0 2007 est. 106 Taiwan 0 2007 est. 107 Timor-Leste 0 2007 est. 108 Tunisia 0 2007 est. 109 Sao Tome and Principe 0 2007 est. 110 Togo 0 2007 est. 111 Tonga 0 2007 est. 112 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 2007 est. 113 Tajikistan 0 2007 est. 114 Thailand 0 2007 est. 115 Switzerland 0 2007 est. 116 Sweden 0 2007 est. 117 Sudan 0 2007 est. 118 Saint Lucia 0 2007 est. 119 Spain 0 2007 est. 120 Somalia 0 2007 est. 121 Singapore 0 2007 est. 122 Sierra Leone 0 2007 est. 123 Slovenia 0 2007 est. 124 Saint Helena 0 2007 est. 125 South Africa 0 2007 est. 126 Seychelles 0 2007 est. 127 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 2007 est. 128 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 2007 est. 129 Saudi Arabia 0 2007 est. 130 Rwanda 0 2007 est. 131 Puerto Rico 0 2007 est. 132 Philippines 0 2007 est. 133 Romania 0 2007 est. 134 Serbia 0 2005 est. 135 Guinea-Bissau 0 2007 est. 136 Papua New Guinea 0 2007 est. 137 Portugal 0 2007 est. 138 Panama 0 2007 est. 139 Pakistan 0 2007 est. 140 Peru 0 2007 est. 141 Paraguay 0 2007 est. 142 New Zealand 0 2007 est. 143 Nicaragua 0 2007 est. 144 Netherlands Antilles 0 2007 est. 145 Suriname 0 2007 est. 146 Nauru 0 2007 est. 147 Nepal 0 2007 est. 148 Vanuatu 0 2007 est. 149 Niger 0 2007 est. 150 Niue 0 2007 est. 151 New Caledonia 0 2007 est. 152 Mozambique 0 2005 est. 153 Maldives 0 2007 est. 154 Malta 0 2007 est. 155 Mauritania 0 2007 est. 156 Mauritius 0 2007 est. 157 Morocco 0 2007 est. 158 Mali 0 2007 est. 159 Macedonia 0 2007 est. 160 Malawi 0 2007 est. 161 Montserrat 0 2007 est. 162 Lebanon 0 2007 est. 163 Laos 0 2007 est. 164 Kuwait 0 2007 est. 165 Korea, South 0 2007 est. 166 Kiribati 0 2007 est. 167 Korea, North 0 2007 est. 168 Kyrgyzstan 0 2007 est. 169 Kenya 0 2007 est. 170 Honduras 0 2007 est. 171 Hong Kong 0 2007 est. 172 Haiti 0 2007 est. 173 Guyana 0 2007 est. 174 Guinea 0 2007 est. 175 Guatemala 0 2007 est. 176 Greece 0 2007 est. 177 Guam 0 2007 est. 178 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0 2007 est. 179 Fiji 0 2007 est. 180 Finland 0 2007 est. 181 Ethiopia 0 2007 est. 182 El Salvador 0 2007 est. 183 Eritrea 0 2007 est. 184 Estonia 0 2007 est. 185 Equatorial Guinea 0 2007 est. 186 Ireland 0 2007 est. 187 Ecuador 0 2007 est. 188 Dominican Republic 0 2007 est. 189 Dominica 0 2007 est. 190 Djibouti 0 2007 est. 191 Cyprus 0 2007 est. 192 Cook Islands 0 2007 est. 193 Cape Verde 0 2007 est. 194 Congo, Republic of the 0 2007 est. 195 Sri Lanka 0 2007 est. 196 Chad 0 2007 est. 197 Cambodia 0 2007 est. 198 Burundi 0 2007 est. 199 Bulgaria 0 2007 est. 200 Bhutan 0 2007 est. 201 Brazil 0 2007 est. 202 Barbados 0 2007 est. 203 Armenia 0 2007 est. 204 American Samoa 0 2007 est. 205 Angola 0 2007 est. 206 Albania 0 2007 est. 207 Afghanistan 0 2007 est. 208 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2007 est.
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Rank code: @2184
Rank Country Internet hosts Date of Information
1 United States 316,000,000 2 Japan 39,909,000 2008 3 Germany 22,606,000 2008 4 Italy 17,702,000 2008 5 China 14,306,000 2008 6 France 14,256,000 2008 7 Australia 11,134,000 2008 8 Netherlands 10,983,000 2008 9 Mexico 10,653,000 2008 10 Brazil 9,573,000 2008 11 United Kingdom 8,269,000 2008 12 Poland 7,808,000 2008 13 Taiwan 5,225,000 2008 14 Canada 5,119,000 2008 15 Russia 4,822,000 2008 16 Finland 3,877,000 2008 17 Belgium 3,841,000 2008 18 Argentina 3,813,000 2008 19 Denmark 3,642,000 2008 20 Sweden 3,579,000 2008 21 Switzerland 3,437,000 2008 22 Spain 3,264,000 2008 23 Norway 2,995,000 2008 24 Austria 2,806,000 2008 25 India 2,707,000 2008 26 Turkey 2,667,000 2008 27 Czech Republic 2,434,000 2008 28 Romania 2,195,000 2008 29 Hungary 1,879,000 2008 30 Portugal 1,858,000 2008 31 New Zealand 1,720,000 2008 32 Greece 1,626,000 2008 33 Colombia 1,554,000 2008 34 Israel 1,415,000 2008 35 South Africa 1,297,000 2008 36 Ireland 1,242,000 2008 37 Thailand 1,116,000 2008 38 Croatia 1,111,000 2008 39 Chile 847,215 2008 40 Singapore 837,559 2008 41 Hong Kong 817,766 2008 42 Lithuania 812,083 2008 43 Indonesia 753,200 2008 44 Slovakia 717,744 2008 45 Estonia 645,495 2008 46 Ukraine 524,202 2008 47 Bulgaria 513,470 2008 48 Uruguay 480,593 2008 49 Niue 382,599 2008 50 United Arab Emirates 381,915 2008 51 Malaysia 377,716 2008 52 Korea, South 333,823 2008 53 Philippines 283,579 2008 54 Morocco 275,889 2008 55 Peru 271,745 2008 56 Iceland 263,980 2008 57 Moldova 223,869 2008 58 Latvia 220,082 2008 59 Pakistan 197,264 2008 60 Luxembourg 180,756 2008 61 Egypt 175,342 2008 62 Trinidad and Tobago 155,722 2008 63 Venezuela 145,394 2008 64 Cyprus 143,099 2008 65 Saudi Arabia 141,232 2008 66 Guatemala 124,095 2008 67 Dominican Republic 105,546 2008 68 Vietnam 84,151 2008 69 Slovenia 75,984 2008 70 Bolivia 68,428 2008 71 Belarus 68,118 2008 72 Nicaragua 58,157 2008 73 Kyrgyzstan 56,905 2008 74 Tuvalu 56,209 2008 75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 56,032 2008 76 Netherlands Antilles 47,597 2008 77 Ecuador 45,404 2008 78 Nepal 42,219 2008 79 Uzbekistan 38,183 2008 80 Macedonia 36,905 2008 81 Lebanon 36,681 2008 82 Kazakhstan 36,417 2008 83 European Union 31,693 84 Georgia 27,905 2008 85 Kenya 27,376 2008 86 Malta 26,494 2008 87 Armenia 26,081 2008 88 Tanzania 24,271 2008 89 Ghana 24,018 2008 90 Andorra 23,368 2008 91 Mozambique 22,532 2008 92 Jordan 21,150 2008 93 Monaco 21,058 2008 94 Paraguay 19,691 2008 95 Tonga 19,231 2008 96 Zimbabwe 19,157 2008 97 Aruba 17,661 2008 98 Costa Rica 16,440 2008 99 New Caledonia 15,487 2008 100 Brunei 14,950 2008 101 Greenland 14,132 2008 102 French Polynesia 14,070 2008 103 Honduras 13,370 2008 104 Fiji 12,592 2008 105 El Salvador 11,434 2008 106 Samoa 11,307 2008 107 Madagascar 11,016 2008 108 Albania 10,162 2008 109 Mauritius 9,609 2008 110 Bhutan 9,046 2008 111 Faroe Islands 8,516 2008 112 Panama 7,858 2008 113 Syria 7,857 2008 114 Antarctica 7,748 2008 115 Liechtenstein 7,639 2008 116 Zambia 7,610 2008 117 Azerbaijan 6,995 2008 118 San Marino 6,665 2008 119 Botswana 6,374 2008 120 Namibia 6,296 2008 121 Guyana 6,218 2008 122 Cote d'Ivoire 5,569 2008 123 Sri Lanka 4,940 2008 124 Oman 4,785 2008 125 Cayman Islands 4,648 2008 126 Virgin Islands 4,610 2008 127 Solomon Islands 3,804 2008 128 Cuba 3,664 2008 129 Angola 3,562 2008 130 Papua New Guinea 3,422 2008 131 Kuwait 3,289 2008 132 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 3,211 2008 133 Iran 2,860 2008 134 Belize 2,751 2008 135 Bahrain 2,621 2008 136 Swaziland 2,582 2008 137 Rwanda 2,363 2008 138 Turks and Caicos Islands 2,352 2008 139 Cook Islands 2,234 2008 140 Antigua and Barbuda 2,215 2008 141 American Samoa 1,923 2008 142 Gibraltar 1,904 2008 143 Christmas Island 1,821 2008 144 Bermuda 1,628 2008 145 Maldives 1,600 2008 146 Bangladesh 1,440 2008 147 Sao Tome and Principe 1,355 2008 148 Jamaica 1,292 2008 149 Cambodia 1,230 2008 150 Tajikistan 1,158 2008 151 Uganda 1,090 2008 152 Eritrea 1,074 2008 153 Nigeria 1,048 2008 154 Laos 1,015 2008 155 Vanuatu 990 2008 156 Micronesia, Federated States of 866 2008 157 Benin 848 2008 158 Togo 769 2008 159 Turkmenistan 640 2008 160 Qatar 563 2008 161 Algeria 477 2008 162 British Virgin Islands 465 2008 163 Isle of Man 426 2008 164 Montserrat 409 2008 165 Puerto Rico 404 2008 166 Mali 387 2008 167 Tunisia 376 2008 168 Mongolia 356 2008 169 Gambia, The 320 2008 170 Saint Helena 306 2008 171 Timor-Leste 285 2008 172 Seychelles 284 2008 173 Tokelau 273 2008 174 Macau 263 2008 175 Senegal 217 2008 176 Niger 216 2008 177 Anguilla 205 2008 178 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 196 2008 179 Jersey 190 2008 180 Yemen 167 2008 181 Burundi 162 2008 182 Djibouti 161 2008 183 Guernsey 156 2008 184 Ethiopia 128 2008 185 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 124 2008 186 Burkina Faso 116 2008 187 Burma 108 2008 188 Malawi 107 2008 189 Barbados 104 2008 190 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 91 2008 191 British Indian Ocean Territory 89 2008 192 Gabon 88 2008 193 Lesotho 83 2008 194 Guinea-Bissau 82 2008 195 Cameroon 69 2008 196 Holy See (Vatican City) 55 2008 197 Norfolk Island 51 2008 198 Saint Kitts and Nevis 45 2008 199 Nauru 42 2008 200 Bahamas, The 41 2008 201 French Southern and Antarctic Lands 38 2008 202 Guam 36 2008 203 Mauritania 34 2008 204 Suriname 33 2008 205 Sudan 33 2008 206 Afghanistan 31 2008 207 Libya 31 2008 208 Dominica 29 2008 209 Central African Republic 21 2008 210 Cape Verde 20 2008 211 Saint Lucia 17 2008 212 Guinea 16 2008 213 Pitcairn Islands 12 2008 214 Equatorial Guinea 9 2008 215 Kiribati 9 2008 216 Grenada 9 2008 217 Comoros 8 2008 218 Sierra Leone 8 2008 219 Haiti 7 2008 220 Liberia 7 2008 221 Bouvet Island 6 2008 222 Northern Mariana Islands 6 2008 223 Chad 5 2008 224 Congo, Republic of the 5 2008 225 Iraq 3 2008 226 Marshall Islands 3 2008 227 Mayotte 1 2008 228 Wallis and Futuna 1 2008 229 Somalia 1 2008 230 Palau 0 2008 231 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 2008
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Rank code: @2185
Rank Country Investment (gross fixed)(% of GDP) Date of Information
1 Lesotho 51.90 2007 est. 2 Qatar 43.30 2007 est. 3 China 42.70 2007 est. 4 Congo, Republic of the 40.40 2007 est. 5 Equatorial Guinea 37.90 2007 est. 6 Vietnam 37.10 2007 est. 7 Cape Verde 37.00 2007 est. 8 Sao Tome and Principe 36.90 2007 est. 9 Guyana 34.90 2007 est. 10 Jamaica 34.20 2007 est. 11 India 33.90 2007 est. 12 Armenia 33.60 2007 est. 13 Moldova 33.30 2007 est. 14 Latvia 32.50 2007 est. 15 Turkmenistan 32.50 2007 est. 16 Estonia 31.90 2007 est. 17 Nicaragua 31.80 2007 est. 18 Ghana 31.60 2007 est. 19 Spain 31.10 2007 est. 20 Belarus 30.80 2007 est. 21 Montenegro 30.50 2006 est. 22 Honduras 30.40 2007 est. 23 Kazakhstan 30.30 2007 est. 24 Croatia 30.10 2007 est. 25 Bulgaria 29.80 2007 est. 26 Morocco 29.70 2007 est. 27 Georgia 29.40 2007 est. 28 Kosovo 29.00 2006 est. 29 Haiti 28.90 2006 est. 30 Korea, South 28.80 2007 est. 31 Slovenia 28.70 2007 est. 32 Romania 28.00 2007 est. 33 Jordan 27.90 2007 est. 34 Iran 27.60 2007 est. 35 Iceland 27.50 2007 est. 36 Ukraine 27.40 2007 est. 37 Australia 27.30 2007 est. 38 Thailand 26.80 2007 est. 39 Lithuania 26.60 2007 est. 40 Ireland 26.30 2007 est. 41 Zambia 26.20 2007 est. 42 Ethiopia 25.90 2007 est. 43 Madagascar 25.90 2007 est. 44 Greece 25.70 2007 est. 45 Slovakia 25.70 2007 est. 46 Kyrgyzstan 25.60 2007 est. 47 Gambia, The 25.40 2007 est. 48 Uganda 25.40 2007 est. 49 Senegal 25.20 2007 est. 50 Mauritius 25.10 2007 est. 51 Yemen 25.00 2007 est. 52 Indonesia 24.90 2007 est. 53 Singapore 24.90 2007 est. 54 Sri Lanka 24.70 2007 est. 55 Algeria 24.50 2007 est. 56 Burundi 24.40 2007 est. 57 Bangladesh 24.30 2007 est. 58 Argentina 24.20 2007 est. 59 Gabon 24.20 2007 est. 60 Togo 24.20 2007 est. 61 Czech Republic 24.10 2007 est. 62 Namibia 23.80 2007 est. 63 Nigeria 23.70 2007 est. 64 Venezuela 23.70 2007 est. 65 Tunisia 23.60 2007 est. 66 Albania 23.30 2007 est. 67 New Zealand 23.30 2007 est. 68 Japan 23.20 2007 est. 69 Tanzania 23.20 2007 est. 70 Peru 23.00 2007 est. 71 Denmark 22.90 2007 est. 72 World 22.70 2007 est. 73 Canada 22.60 2007 est. 74 Colombia 22.50 2007 est. 75 Bahrain 22.30 2007 est. 76 Lebanon 22.00 2007 est. 77 Rwanda 22.00 2007 est. 78 Ecuador 21.90 2007 est. 79 Malaysia 21.70 2007 est. 80 Poland 21.70 2007 est. 81 Portugal 21.70 2007 est. 82 Costa Rica 21.60 2007 est. 83 European Union 21.50 2006 est. 84 Syria 21.50 2007 est. 85 Switzerland 21.50 2007 est. 86 Turkey 21.50 2007 est. 87 France 21.50 2007 est. 88 Belgium 21.30 2007 est. 89 Mozambique 21.30 2007 est. 90 Pakistan 21.30 2007 est. 91 Egypt 21.20 2007 est. 92 Taiwan 21.20 2007 est. 93 Burkina Faso 21.10 2007 est. 94 Italy 21.00 2007 est. 95 Russia 21.00 2007 est. 96 Hungary 20.90 2007 est. 97 Cyprus 20.80 2007 est. 98 Mexico 20.80 2007 est. 99 Norway 20.80 2007 est. 100 Kenya 20.70 2007 est. 101 Austria 20.60 2007 est. 102 South Africa 20.60 2007 est. 103 Chile 20.60 2007 est. 104 United Arab Emirates 20.30 2007 est. 105 Hong Kong 20.30 2007 est. 106 Finland 20.30 2007 est. 107 Luxembourg 20.20 2007 est. 108 Panama 20.20 2007 est. 109 Serbia 20.10 2007 est. 110 Azerbaijan 20.00 2007 est. 111 Oman 20.00 2007 est. 112 Netherlands 20.00 2007 est. 113 Saudi Arabia 20.00 2007 est. 114 Belize 19.70 2007 est. 115 Kuwait 19.70 2007 est. 116 Benin 19.30 2007 est. 117 Papua New Guinea 19.30 2007 est. 118 Botswana 19.20 2007 est. 119 Cambodia 19.20 2007 est. 120 Eritrea 19.10 2007 est. 121 Sudan 19.00 2007 est. 122 Sweden 19.00 2007 est. 123 Malta 18.90 2007 est. 124 Paraguay 18.90 2007 est. 125 Dominican Republic 18.80 2007 est. 126 Swaziland 18.60 2007 est. 127 Germany 18.50 2007 est. 128 Israel 18.50 2007 est. 129 United Kingdom 18.20 2007 est. 130 Macedonia 17.70 2007 est. 131 Brazil 17.60 2007 est. 132 Cameroon 17.30 2007 est. 133 Guatemala 17.10 2007 est. 134 Trinidad and Tobago 16.70 2007 est. 135 Zimbabwe 16.70 2007 est. 136 Bolivia 16.10 2007 est. 137 El Salvador 16.10 2007 est. 138 United States 15.50 2007 est. 139 Philippines 14.80 2007 est. 140 Uruguay 13.90 2007 est. 141 Burma 13.10 2007 est. 142 Cuba 13.10 2007 est. 143 Tajikistan 12.40 2007 est. 144 Chad 11.40 2007 est. 145 Guinea 11.30 2007 est. 146 Angola 9.10 2007 est. 147 Seychelles 8.90 2007 est. 148 Cote d'Ivoire 8.80 2007 est. 149 Libya 8.80 2007 est. 150 Malawi 8.40 2007 est.
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Rank code: @2186
Rank Country Public debt(% of GDP) Date of Information
1 Zimbabwe 218.20 2007 est. 2 Lebanon 186.60 2007 est. 3 Japan 170.00 2007 est. 4 Jamaica 126.50 2007 est. 5 Sudan 105.90 2007 est. 6 Egypt 105.80 2007 est. 7 Italy 104.00 2007 est. 8 Singapore 96.30 2007 est. 9 Seychelles 92.30 2007 est. 10 Greece 89.50 2007 est. 11 Sri Lanka 85.80 2007 est. 12 Belgium 84.60 2007 est. 13 Norway 83.10 2007 est. 14 Bhutan 81.40 2004 15 Israel 80.60 2007 est. 16 Cote d'Ivoire 75.20 2007 est. 17 Jordan 72.40 2007 est. 18 Morocco 67.40 2007 est. 19 Hungary 67.00 2007 est. 20 Germany 64.90 2007 est. 21 Uruguay 64.80 2007 est. 22 Canada 64.20 2007 est. 23 France 63.90 2007 est. 24 Portugal 63.60 2007 est. 25 Mauritius 63.10 2007 est. 26 Nicaragua 62.90 2007 est. 27 United States 60.80 2007 est. 28 Cyprus 59.60 2007 est. 29 Austria 59.10 2007 est. 30 Ghana 58.50 2007 est. 31 India 58.20 2007 est. 32 Argentina 56.10 2007 est. 33 Philippines 55.80 2007 est. 34 Tunisia 55.40 2007 est. 35 Panama 53.00 2007 est. 36 Colombia 52.80 2007 est. 37 Gabon 52.80 2007 est. 38 Albania 51.40 2007 est. 39 Malawi 50.60 2007 est. 40 Pakistan 50.60 2007 est. 41 Kenya 48.70 2007 est. 42 Croatia 47.80 2007 est. 43 Costa Rica 46.60 2007 est. 44 Aruba 46.30 2005 45 Bolivia 46.30 2007 est. 46 Netherlands 45.50 2007 est. 47 Brazil 45.10 2007 est. 48 Ethiopia 44.50 2007 est. 49 Switzerland 44.20 2007 est. 50 United Kingdom 43.60 2007 est. 51 Poland 43.10 2007 est. 52 Vietnam 42.00 2007 est. 53 Sweden 41.70 2007 est. 54 Malaysia 41.60 2007 est. 55 Dominican Republic 41.00 2007 est. 56 Papua New Guinea 40.10 2007 est. 57 Turkey 38.90 2007 est. 58 Montenegro 38.00 2006 59 Thailand 37.90 2007 est. 60 Syria 37.70 2007 est. 61 Bangladesh 37.40 2007 est. 62 El Salvador 37.30 2007 est. 63 Serbia 37.00 2007 est. 64 Cuba 36.80 2007 est. 65 Spain 36.20 2007 est. 66 Finland 35.90 2007 est. 67 Slovakia 35.90 2007 est. 68 Bosnia and Herzegovina 34.00 2007 est. 69 Indonesia 34.00 2007 est. 70 Yemen 33.50 2007 est. 71 Ecuador 33.10 2007 est. 72 South Africa 31.30 2007 est. 73 Bahrain 31.20 2007 est. 74 Macedonia 30.80 2007 est. 75 Peru 29.20 2007 est. 76 Korea, South 28.20 2007 est. 77 Zambia 28.10 2007 est. 78 Trinidad and Tobago 27.90 2007 est. 79 Taiwan 27.90 2007 est. 80 Iceland 27.60 2007 est. 81 Paraguay 27.00 2007 est. 82 Denmark 26.00 2007 est. 83 Czech Republic 26.00 2007 est. 84 Ireland 24.90 2007 est. 85 Saudi Arabia 24.30 2007 est. 86 Honduras 24.10 2007 est. 87 Slovenia 23.60 2007 est. 88 Moldova 23.30 2007 est. 89 Senegal 22.90 2007 est. 90 Mexico 22.80 2007 est. 91 Namibia 22.30 2007 est. 92 Mozambique 22.20 2007 est. 93 United Arab Emirates 21.20 2007 est. 94 Guatemala 20.90 2007 est. 95 New Zealand 20.70 2007 est. 96 Uganda 20.60 2007 est. 97 Tanzania 19.60 2007 est. 98 Venezuela 19.30 2007 est. 99 Uzbekistan 18.70 2007 est. 100 China 18.40 2007 est. 101 Algeria 18.00 2007 est. 102 Lithuania 17.30 2007 est. 103 Iran 17.20 2007 est. 104 Gibraltar 15.70 2005 est. 105 Australia 15.60 2007 est. 106 Cameroon 15.50 2007 est. 107 Nigeria 14.40 2007 est. 108 Romania 13.00 2007 est. 109 Hong Kong 12.50 2007 est. 110 Angola 12.00 2007 est. 111 Ukraine 11.70 2007 est. 112 Qatar 11.00 2007 est. 113 Bulgaria 10.50 2007 est. 114 Kuwait 9.70 2007 est. 115 Kazakhstan 7.70 2007 est. 116 Latvia 7.40 2007 est. 117 Azerbaijan 6.70 2007 est. 118 Luxembourg 6.40 2007 est. 119 Russia 5.90 2007 est. 120 Wallis and Futuna 5.60 2004 est. 121 Botswana 5.40 2007 est. 122 Libya 4.70 2007 est. 123 Chile 4.10 2007 est. 124 Oman 3.70 2007 est. 125 Estonia 3.40 2007 est. 126 Equatorial Guinea 1.60 2007 est.
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Rank code: @2187
Rank Country Current account balance Date of Information
1 China $ 371,800,000,000 2007 est. 2 Germany $ 254,500,000,000 2007 est. 3 Japan $ 210,500,000,000 2007 est. 4 Saudi Arabia $ 86,620,000,000 2007 est. 5 Russia $ 78,310,000,000 2007 est. 6 Switzerland $ 72,350,000,000 2007 est. 7 Norway $ 64,070,000,000 2007 est. 8 Kuwait $ 47,500,000,000 2007 est. 9 Netherlands $ 47,310,000,000 2007 est. 10 Singapore $ 46,390,000,000 2007 est. 11 Sweden $ 37,970,000,000 2007 est. 12 United Arab Emirates $ 34,530,000,000 2007 est. 13 Taiwan $ 32,880,000,000 2007 est. 14 Algeria $ 32,050,000,000 2007 est. 15 Iran $ 28,950,000,000 2007 est. 16 Malaysia $ 28,930,000,000 2007 est. 17 Hong Kong $ 28,040,000,000 2007 est. 18 Libya $ 26,380,000,000 2007 est. 19 Venezuela $ 20,000,000,000 2007 est. 20 Thailand $ 14,920,000,000 2007 est. 21 Angola $ 13,580,000,000 2007 est. 22 Canada $ 12,670,000,000 2007 est. 23 Austria $ 12,030,000,000 2007 est. 24 Finland $ 11,400,000,000 2007 est. 25 Indonesia $ 11,010,000,000 2007 est. 26 Qatar $ 10,410,000,000 2007 est. 27 Azerbaijan $ 9,019,000,000 2007 est. 28 Argentina $ 7,438,000,000 2007 est. 29 Chile $ 7,200,000,000 2007 est. 30 Brunei $ 7,101,000,000 2007 est. 31 Philippines $ 6,351,000,000 2007 est. 32 Iraq $ 6,025,000,000 2007 est. 33 Korea, South $ 5,954,000,000 2007 est. 34 Trinidad and Tobago $ 5,378,000,000 2007 est. 35 Israel $ 5,197,000,000 2007 est. 36 Luxembourg $ 4,921,000,000 2007 est. 37 Oman $ 4,866,000,000 2007 est. 38 Uzbekistan $ 4,615,000,000 2007 est. 39 Denmark $ 4,279,000,000 2007 est. 40 Belgium $ 3,282,000,000 2007 est. 41 Bahrain $ 2,907,000,000 2007 est. 42 Nigeria $ 2,514,000,000 2007 est. 43 Botswana $ 1,973,000,000 2007 est. 44 Bolivia $ 1,796,000,000 2007 est. 45 Brazil $ 1,712,000,000 2007 est. 46 Turkmenistan $ 1,705,000,000 2007 est. 47 Gabon $ 1,552,000,000 2007 est. 48 Peru $ 1,516,000,000 2007 est. 49 Burma $ 1,427,000,000 2007 est. 50 Timor-Leste $ 1,161,000,000 2007 est. 51 Ecuador $ 1,064,000,000 2007 est. 52 Syria $ 908,000,000 2007 est. 53 Namibia $ 805,200,000 2007 est. 54 Bangladesh $ 804,700,000 2007 est. 55 Egypt $ 500,900,000 2007 est. 56 Equatorial Guinea $ 415,000,000 2007 est. 57 Cuba $ 240,000,000 2007 est. 58 British Virgin Islands $ 134,300,000 1999 59 Papua New Guinea $ 125,800,000 2007 est. 60 Paraguay $ 119,000,000 2007 est. 61 Bhutan $ 116,000,000 2007 est. 62 Nepal $ 58,000,000 2007 63 Lesotho $ 49,000,000 2007 est. 64 Cook Islands $ 26,670,000 2005 65 Suriname $ 24,000,000 2007 est. 66 Palau $ 15,090,000 FY03/04 67 Comoros $ 8,000,000 2007 est. 68 Guinea-Bissau $ -6,000,000 2007 est. 69 Tuvalu $ -11,680,000 2003 70 Kiribati $ -21,000,000 2007 est. 71 Mongolia $ -23,000,000 2007 est. 72 Tonga $ -23,000,000 2007 est. 73 Samoa $ -24,000,000 2007 est. 74 Swaziland $ -24,000,000 2007 est. 75 Micronesia, Federated States of $ -34,300,000 FY05 est. 76 Anguilla $ -42,870,000 2003 est. 77 Belize $ -43,000,000 2007 est. 78 Sao Tome and Principe $ -55,000,000 2007 est. 79 Kosovo $ -58,300,000 2007 80 Vanuatu $ -60,000,000 2007 est. 81 Sierra Leone $ -63,000,000 2007 est. 82 Gambia, The $ -71,000,000 2007 est. 83 Dominica $ -72,000,000 2007 est. 84 Central African Republic $ -77,000,000 2007 est. 85 Burundi $ -101,000,000 2007 est. 86 Cape Verde $ -132,600,000 2007 est. 87 Grenada $ -138,000,000 2007 est. 88 Solomon Islands $ -143,000,000 2007 est. 89 Cote d'Ivoire $ -146,000,000 2007 est. 90 Rwanda $ -147,000,000 2007 est. 91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ -149,000,000 2007 est. 92 Guyana $ -157,000,000 2007 est. 93 Togo $ -159,000,000 2007 est. 94 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ -163,000,000 2007 est. 95 Chad $ -171,000,000 2007 est. 96 Mauritania $ -184,000,000 2007 est. 97 Uruguay $ -185,600,000 2007 est. 98 Saint Lucia $ -199,000,000 2007 est. 99 Eritrea $ -205,000,000 2007 est. 100 Antigua and Barbuda $ -211,000,000 2007 est. 101 Djibouti $ -212,000,000 2007 est. 102 Liberia $ -224,000,000 2007 103 Zambia $ -228,000,000 2007 est. 104 Macedonia $ -249,000,000 2007 est. 105 Barbados $ -254,000,000 2007 est. 106 Kyrgyzstan $ -267,900,000 2007 est. 107 Seychelles $ -272,000,000 2007 est. 108 Laos $ -285,000,000 2007 est. 109 Malawi $ -318,000,000 2007 est. 110 Niger $ -321,000,000 2007 est. 111 Cameroon $ -325,000,000 2007 est. 112 Tajikistan $ -351,000,000 2007 est. 113 Yemen $ -362,000,000 2007 est. 114 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ -402,000,000 2007 est. 115 Mauritius $ -408,300,000 2007 est. 116 Guinea $ -424,000,000 2007 est. 117 Malta $ -424,500,000 2007 est. 118 Benin $ -441,000,000 2007 est. 119 Mali $ -446,000,000 2007 est. 120 Haiti $ -467,000,000 2007 est. 121 Maldives $ -472,000,000 2007 122 Cambodia $ -506,300,000 2007 est. 123 Fiji $ -507,000,000 2007 est. 124 Armenia $ -571,400,000 2007 est. 125 Zimbabwe $ -649,000,000 2007 est. 126 Moldova $ -694,700,000 2007 est. 127 Burkina Faso $ -706,000,000 2007 est. 128 Uganda $ -744,700,000 2007 est. 129 Mozambique $ -795,100,000 2007 est. 130 Ethiopia $ -826,800,000 2007 est. 131 Madagascar $ -890,000,000 2007 est. 132 Tunisia $ -905,000,000 2007 est. 133 Nicaragua $ -1,001,000,000 2007 est. 134 Sri Lanka $ -1,019,000,000 2007 est. 135 El Salvador $ -1,119,000,000 2007 est. 136 Kenya $ -1,147,000,000 2007 est. 137 Albania $ -1,202,000,000 2007 est. 138 Honduras $ -1,225,000,000 2007 est. 139 Bahamas, The $ -1,442,000,000 2007 est. 140 Senegal $ -1,458,000,000 2007 est. 141 Congo, Republic of the $ -1,491,000,000 2007 est. 142 Costa Rica $ -1,499,000,000 2007 est. 143 Ghana $ -1,549,000,000 2007 est. 144 Panama $ -1,577,000,000 2007 est. 145 Guatemala $ -1,663,000,000 2007 est. 146 Jamaica $ -1,830,000,000 2007 est. 147 Morocco $ -1,834,000,000 2007 est. 148 Tanzania $ -1,856,000,000 2007 est. 149 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ -1,939,000,000 2007 est. 150 Georgia $ -2,044,000,000 2007 est. 151 Lebanon $ -2,046,000,000 2007 est. 152 Cyprus $ -2,144,000,000 2007 est. 153 Slovenia $ -2,181,000,000 2007 est. 154 Dominican Republic $ -2,231,000,000 2007 est. 155 Jordan $ -2,767,000,000 2007 est. 156 Belarus $ -2,876,000,000 2007 est. 157 Iceland $ -3,189,000,000 2007 est. 158 Sudan $ -3,447,000,000 2007 est. 159 Estonia $ -3,771,000,000 2007 est. 160 Slovakia $ -3,998,000,000 2007 est. 161 Czech Republic $ -4,534,000,000 2007 est. 162 Croatia $ -4,850,000,000 2007 est. 163 Lithuania $ -5,260,000,000 2007 est. 164 Mexico $ -5,525,000,000 2007 est. 165 Colombia $ -5,862,000,000 2007 est. 166 Ukraine $ -5,918,000,000 2007 est. 167 Latvia $ -6,231,000,000 2007 est. 168 Serbia $ -6,889,000,000 2007 est. 169 Vietnam $ -6,993,000,000 2007 est. 170 Kazakhstan $ -7,184,000,000 2007 est. 171 Hungary $ -8,018,000,000 2007 est. 172 Pakistan $ -8,255,000,000 2007 est. 173 Bulgaria $ -8,530,000,000 2007 est. 174 New Zealand $ -10,230,000,000 2007 est. 175 India $ -12,110,000,000 2007 est. 176 Ireland $ -14,120,000,000 2007 est. 177 Poland $ -15,910,000,000 2007 est. 178 South Africa $ -20,630,000,000 2007 est. 179 Portugal $ -21,750,000,000 2007 est. 180 Romania $ -23,020,000,000 2007 est. 181 France $ -31,250,000,000 2007 est. 182 Turkey $ -37,580,000,000 2007 est. 183 Greece $ -44,400,000,000 2007 est. 184 Italy $ -51,030,000,000 2007 est. 185 Australia $ -56,780,000,000 2007 est. 186 United Kingdom $ -119,200,000,000 2007 est. 187 Spain $ -145,300,000,000 2007 est. 188 United States $ -731,200,000,000 2007 est.
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Rank code: @2188
Rank Country Reserves of foreign exchange and gold Date of Information
1 China $ 1,534,000,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 2 Japan $ 954,100,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 3 Russia $ 476,400,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 4 India $ 275,000,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 5 Taiwan $ 275,000,000,000 31 December 2007 6 Korea, South $ 262,200,000,000 31 December 2007 7 Brazil $ 180,300,000,000 31 December 2007 8 Singapore $ 163,000,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 9 Hong Kong $ 152,700,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 10 Germany $ 136,200,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 11 France $ 115,700,000,000 2006 est. 12 Algeria $ 110,600,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 13 Malaysia $ 101,100,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 14 Italy $ 94,330,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 15 Thailand $ 87,460,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 16 Mexico $ 87,190,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 17 Libya $ 79,600,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 18 United Arab Emirates $ 77,240,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 19 Turkey $ 76,510,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 20 Switzerland $ 75,370,000,000 2006 est. 21 United States $ 70,570,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 22 Iran $ 69,200,000,000 2007 est. 23 Poland $ 65,750,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 24 Norway $ 60,840,000,000 2006 est. 25 United Kingdom $ 57,300,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 26 Indonesia $ 56,920,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 27 Nigeria $ 51,330,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 28 Argentina $ 46,120,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 29 Canada $ 41,080,000,000 2007 est. 30 Romania $ 39,960,000,000 31 December 2007 31 Czech Republic $ 34,590,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 32 Denmark $ 34,320,000,000 2006 est. 33 Saudi Arabia $ 34,010,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 34 Philippines $ 33,750,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 35 Venezuela $ 33,480,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 36 South Africa $ 32,940,000,000 31 December 2007 37 Ukraine $ 32,480,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 38 Egypt $ 31,370,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 39 Sweden $ 31,040,000,000 2006 est. 40 Israel $ 28,520,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 41 Peru $ 27,780,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 42 Netherlands $ 26,980,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 43 Australia $ 26,910,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 44 Iraq $ 25,660,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 45 Morocco $ 24,720,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 46 Hungary $ 24,050,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 47 Vietnam $ 23,870,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 48 Colombia $ 20,950,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 49 Lebanon $ 20,550,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 50 Spain $ 19,050,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 51 Slovakia $ 18,980,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 52 Austria $ 18,220,000,000 2006 est. 53 Kazakhstan $ 17,630,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 54 Bulgaria $ 17,380,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 55 New Zealand $ 17,250,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 56 Chile $ 16,840,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 57 Kuwait $ 16,780,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 58 Belgium $ 16,510,000,000 2007 est. 59 Pakistan $ 15,690,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 60 Serbia $ 14,220,000,000 2007 est. 61 Croatia $ 13,670,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 62 Portugal $ 11,550,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 63 Angola $ 11,200,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 64 Botswana $ 9,790,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 65 Qatar $ 9,752,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 66 Oman $ 9,524,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 67 Finland $ 8,385,000,000 2007 68 Jordan $ 7,929,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 69 Tunisia $ 7,854,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 70 Yemen $ 7,760,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 71 Lithuania $ 7,721,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 72 Uzbekistan $ 6,750,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 73 Trinidad and Tobago $ 6,745,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 74 Cyprus $ 6,507,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 75 Syria $ 6,046,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 76 Latvia $ 5,758,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 77 Slovenia $ 5,682,000,000 30 September 2007 est. 78 Bolivia $ 5,318,000,000 31 October 2007 79 Bangladesh $ 5,278,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 80 Turkmenistan $ 5,172,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 81 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 4,525,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 82 Azerbaijan $ 4,273,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 83 Belarus $ 4,266,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 84 Cuba $ 4,247,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 85 Guatemala $ 4,139,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 86 Uruguay $ 4,121,000,000 December 2007 est. 87 Costa Rica $ 4,114,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 88 Bahrain $ 4,101,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 89 Equatorial Guinea $ 3,846,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 90 Malta $ 3,798,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 91 Greece $ 3,658,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 92 Sri Lanka $ 3,644,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 93 Ecuador $ 3,521,000,000 30 November 2007 est. 94 Kenya $ 3,355,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 95 Estonia $ 3,270,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 96 Cameroon $ 2,932,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 97 Tanzania $ 2,910,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 98 Dominican Republic $ 2,562,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 99 Uganda $ 2,560,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 100 Honduras $ 2,546,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 101 Cote d'Ivoire $ 2,519,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 102 Paraguay $ 2,463,000,000 31 December 2007 103 Iceland $ 2,436,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 104 Macedonia $ 2,265,000,000 31 December 2007 105 Burma $ 2,262,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 106 Congo, Republic of the $ 2,206,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 107 Ghana $ 2,204,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 108 El Salvador $ 2,199,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 109 Albania $ 2,162,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 110 Cambodia $ 2,143,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 111 Papua New Guinea $ 2,087,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 112 Panama $ 1,935,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 113 Jamaica $ 1,905,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 114 Mauritius $ 1,822,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 115 Senegal $ 1,660,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 116 Armenia $ 1,657,000,000 December 2007 est. 117 Mozambique $ 1,445,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 118 Sudan $ 1,378,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 119 Georgia $ 1,361,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 120 Moldova $ 1,334,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 121 Ethiopia $ 1,294,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 122 Gabon $ 1,238,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 123 Benin $ 1,209,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 124 Kyrgyzstan $ 1,177,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 125 Nicaragua $ 1,103,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 126 Zambia $ 1,090,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 127 Burkina Faso $ 1,029,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 128 Chad $ 969,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 129 Ireland $ 926,200,000 2006 est. 130 Namibia $ 896,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 131 Lesotho $ 852,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 132 Madagascar $ 846,700,000 31 December 2007 est. 133 Swaziland $ 762,700,000 31 December 2007 est. 134 Barbados $ 620,000,000 2007 135 Rwanda $ 552,800,000 31 December 2007 est. 136 Laos $ 540,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 137 Haiti $ 444,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 138 Togo $ 438,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 139 Cape Verde $ 398,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 140 Guyana $ 313,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 141 Suriname $ 263,300,000 2006 142 Tajikistan $ 242,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 143 Malawi $ 217,200,000 31 December 2007 est. 144 Luxembourg $ 205,500,000 2006 est. 145 Burundi $ 177,100,000 31 December 2007 est. 146 Gambia, The $ 142,800,000 31 December 2007 est. 147 Zimbabwe $ 120,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 148 Guinea $ 119,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 149 Belize $ 109,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 150 Samoa $ 70,150,000 FY03/04 151 Tonga $ 40,830,000 yearend, FY04/05 152 Seychelles $ 40,800,000 31 December 2007 est. 153 Vanuatu $ 40,540,000 2003 154 Sao Tome and Principe $ 34,600,000 31 December 2007 est. 155 Eritrea $ 23,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
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Rank code: @2198
Rank Country Stock of direct foreign investment - at home Date of Information
1 World 14,000,000,000,000.00 year-end 2007 est. 2 United States 2,093,000,000,000.00 2007 est. 3 United Kingdom 1,288,000,000,000.00 2007 est. 4 Hong Kong 1,185,000,000,000.00 2007 est. 5 France 942,300,000,000.00 2007 est. 6 Germany 855,800,000,000.00 2007 est. 7 China 758,900,000,000.00 2007 est. 8 Belgium 678,200,000,000.00 2007 est. 9 Netherlands 673,400,000,000.00 2007 est. 10 Spain 568,800,000,000.00 2007 est. 11 Canada 527,400,000,000.00 2007 est. 12 Italy 364,800,000,000.00 2007 est. 13 Australia 315,000,000,000.00 2007 est. 14 Switzerland 306,400,000,000.00 2007 est. 15 Russia 271,600,000,000.00 2006 16 Mexico 260,900,000,000.00 2007 est. 17 Brazil 248,900,000,000.00 2007 est. 18 Austria 222,900,000,000.00 2007 est. 19 Sweden 216,600,000,000.00 2007 est. 20 Singapore 214,500,000,000.00 2007 est. 21 Ireland 191,400,000,000.00 2007 est. 22 Denmark 149,700,000,000.00 2007 est. 23 Poland 143,000,000,000.00 2007 est. 24 Korea, South 119,600,000,000.00 2007 est. 25 Japan 110,800,000,000.00 2007 est. 26 Hungary 108,600,000,000.00 2007 est. 27 Turkey 106,400,000,000.00 2007 est. 28 India 95,960,000,000.00 2007 est. 29 South Africa 93,510,000,000.00 2007 est. 30 Taiwan 92,830,000,000.00 2007 31 Chile 91,490,000,000.00 2007 est. 32 Portugal 91,190,000,000.00 2007 est. 33 Czech Republic 86,750,000,000.00 2007 est. 34 Malaysia 86,160,000,000.00 2007 est. 35 Finland 85,240,000,000.00 2007 est. 36 Thailand 80,830,000,000.00 2007 est. 37 New Zealand 71,310,000,000.00 2007 est. 38 Argentina 65,310,000,000.00 2007 est. 39 Norway 62,630,000,000.00 2007 est. 40 Romania 60,820,000,000.00 2007 est. 41 Israel 57,970,000,000.00 2007 est. 42 Indonesia 57,600,000,000.00 2007 est. 43 Colombia 56,190,000,000.00 2007 est. 44 Greece 52,840,000,000.00 2007 est. 45 Egypt 48,460,000,000.00 2007 est. 46 Slovakia 45,250,000,000.00 2007 est. 47 United Arab Emirates 44,370,000,000.00 2007 est. 48 Venezuela 43,960,000,000.00 2007 est. 49 Kazakhstan 40,160,000,000.00 2007 est. 50 Bulgaria 33,910,000,000.00 2007 est. 51 Nigeria 33,640,000,000.00 2007 est. 52 Morocco 32,900,000,000.00 2007 est. 53 Vietnam 32,740,000,000.00 2007 est. 54 Ukraine 31,080,000,000.00 2007 est. 55 Tunisia 26,220,000,000.00 2007 est. 56 Peru 24,720,000,000.00 2007 est. 57 Croatia 23,130,000,000.00 2007 est. 58 Pakistan 20,010,000,000.00 2007 est. 59 Philippines 19,880,000,000.00 2007 est. 60 Jordan 18,180,000,000.00 2007 est. 61 Angola 17,230,000,000.00 2007 est. 62 Estonia 16,590,000,000.00 2007 est. 63 Ecuador 16,310,000,000.00 2007 est. 64 Lithuania 14,630,000,000.00 2007 est. 65 Cyprus 13,360,000,000.00 2007 est. 66 Bahrain 13,310,000,000.00 2007 est. 67 Dominican Republic 12,750,000,000.00 2007 est. 68 Trinidad and Tobago 12,440,000,000.00 2007 69 Algeria 12,040,000,000.00 2007 est. 70 Serbia 11,950,000,000.00 2006 est. 71 Cuba 11,240,000,000.00 2006 est. 72 Qatar 11,180,000,000.00 2007 est. 73 Slovenia 10,410,000,000.00 2007 est. 74 Latvia 8,620,000,000.00 2007 est. 75 Costa Rica 8,530,000,000.00 2007 est. 76 Azerbaijan 7,829,000,000.00 2007 est. 77 Bolivia 6,880,000,000.00 31 December 2004 78 Macau 6,500,000,000.00 2006 79 Libya 6,286,000,000.00 2007 est. 80 Iran 6,026,000,000.00 2007 est. 81 El Salvador 5,918,000,000.00 2007 est. 82 Bangladesh 4,971,000,000.00 2007 est. 83 Chad 4,500,000,000.00 2006 est. 84 Uruguay 4,190,000,000.00 2007 85 Macedonia 2,405,000,000.00 2007 est. 86 Kenya 1,249,000,000.00 2007 est. 87 Kuwait 898,000,000.00 2007 est. 88 Paraguay 2,057,000.00 2007
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Rank code: @2199
Rank Country Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad Date of Information
1 World 14,000,000,000,000.00 year-end 2007 est. 2 United States 2,791,000,000,000.00 2007 est. 3 United Kingdom 1,707,000,000,000.00 2007 est. 4 France 1,307,000,000,000.00 2007 est. 5 Germany 1,218,000,000,000.00 2007 est. 6 Hong Kong 1,027,000,000,000.00 2007 est. 7 Netherlands 851,300,000,000.00 2007 est. 8 Spain 681,700,000,000.00 2007 est. 9 Switzerland 605,600,000,000.00 2007 est. 10 Belgium 540,100,000,000.00 2007 est. 11 Japan 533,100,000,000.00 2007 est. 12 Italy 520,100,000,000.00 2007 est. 13 Canada 514,700,000,000.00 2007 est. 14 Australia 280,600,000,000.00 2007 est. 15 Sweden 261,500,000,000.00 2007 est. 16 Russia 209,600,000,000.00 2006 17 Austria 208,100,000,000.00 2007 est. 18 Denmark 166,600,000,000.00 2007 est. 19 Ireland 139,600,000,000.00 2007 est. 20 Norway 126,100,000,000.00 2007 est. 21 Finland 113,000,000,000.00 2007 est. 22 Singapore 111,200,000,000.00 2005 23 Taiwan 108,900,000,000.00 2007 24 Brazil 107,100,000,000.00 2007 est. 25 China 93,750,000,000.00 2007 est. 26 Korea, South 82,100,000,000.00 2006 27 Portugal 54,850,000,000.00 2007 est. 28 South Africa 53,980,000,000.00 2007 est. 29 Hungary 45,540,000,000.00 2007 est. 30 Malaysia 42,550,000,000.00 2007 est. 31 Israel 41,960,000,000.00 2007 est. 32 Mexico 39,010,000,000.00 2007 est. 33 India 37,500,000,000.00 2007 est. 34 Greece 30,800,000,000.00 2007 est. 35 Argentina 26,260,000,000.00 2007 est. 36 Chile 24,680,000,000.00 2007 est. 37 Kuwait 24,220,000,000.00 2007 est. 38 Poland 19,690,000,000.00 2007 est. 39 United Arab Emirates 14,140,000,000.00 2007 est. 40 Venezuela 13,810,000,000.00 2007 est. 41 Nigeria 12,630,000,000.00 2007 est. 42 Turkey 11,350,000,000.00 2007 est. 43 Colombia 10,380,000,000.00 2007 est. 44 Indonesia 9,225,000,000.00 2006 est. 45 Bahrain 7,720,000,000.00 2007 est. 46 Thailand 7,013,000,000.00 2007 est. 47 Slovenia 6,127,000,000.00 2007 est. 48 Czech Republic 6,058,000,000.00 2007 est. 49 Estonia 5,873,000,000.00 2007 est. 50 Qatar 5,625,000,000.00 2007 est. 51 Philippines 5,584,000,000.00 2007 est. 52 Cyprus 5,419,000,000.00 2007 est. 53 Azerbaijan 4,912,000,000.00 2007 est. 54 Cuba 4,138,000,000.00 2006 est. 55 Kazakhstan 3,970,000,000.00 September 2007 56 Libya 3,333,000,000.00 2007 est. 57 Croatia 3,161,000,000.00 2007 est. 58 Lithuania 1,642,000,000.00 2007 est. 59 Slovakia 1,509,000,000.00 2007 est. 60 Peru 1,476,000,000.00 2007 est. 61 Ecuador 1,456,000,000.00 2007 est. 62 Trinidad and Tobago 1,419,000,000.00 2007 63 Egypt 1,295,000,000.00 2007 est. 64 Macau 1,100,000,000.00 2006 65 Pakistan 982,000,000.00 2007 est. 66 Romania 915,000,000.00 2007 est. 67 Iran 903,000,000.00 2007 est. 68 Ukraine 895,000,000.00 2007 est. 69 Morocco 882,000,000.00 2006 est. 70 Algeria 851,000,000.00 2007 est. 71 Latvia 699,000,000.00 2007 est. 72 Bulgaria 559,000,000.00 2007 est. 73 Costa Rica 490,000,000.00 2007 est. 74 El Salvador 384,000,000.00 2007 est. 75 Angola 227,000,000.00 2006 est. 76 Uruguay 156,000,000.00 2007 77 Tunisia 118,000,000.00 2007 est. 78 Bangladesh 104,000,000.00 2007 est. 79 Dominican Republic 59,000,000.00 2007 est. 80 Kenya 47,000,000.00 2007 est.
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Rank code: @2200
Rank Country Market value of publicly traded shares Date of Information
1 World 53,510,000,000,000.00 2006 2 United States 17,000,000,000,000.00 2005 3 European Union 11,640,000,000,000.00 2006 4 Japan 4,737,000,000,000.00 2005 5 China 4,477,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 est. 6 United Kingdom 3,058,000,000,000.00 2005 7 Hong Kong 2,970,000,000,000.00 2007 est. 8 France 1,710,000,000,000.00 2005 9 Canada 1,481,000,000,000.00 2005 10 Russia 1,322,000,000,000.00 2006 11 Germany 1,221,000,000,000.00 2005 12 Finland 1,095,000,000,000.00 January 2008 13 Korea, South 1,051,000,000,000.00 2007 14 Spain 960,000,000,000.00 2005 15 Switzerland 938,600,000,000.00 2005 16 Netherlands 924,400,000,000.00 November 2007 17 South Africa 842,000,000,000.00 January 2008 18 India 818,900,000,000.00 2006 19 Australia 804,100,000,000.00 2005 20 Italy 798,200,000,000.00 2005 21 Brazil 711,100,000,000.00 2006 22 Taiwan 654,000,000,000.00 28 December 2007 23 Netherlands Antilles 488,600,000,000.00 2003 24 Belgium 422,700,000,000.00 2006 25 Sweden 403,900,000,000.00 2005 26 Singapore 382,400,000,000.00 2007 27 Mexico 348,300,000,000.00 2006 28 Saudi Arabia 326,900,000,000.00 2006 29 Malaysia 235,400,000,000.00 2006 30 Norway 191,000,000,000.00 2005 31 Denmark 178,000,000,000.00 2005 32 Chile 174,600,000,000.00 2006 33 Israel 173,300,000,000.00 2006 34 Turkey 162,400,000,000.00 2006 35 Poland 149,100,000,000.00 2006 36 Greece 145,000,000,000.00 2005 37 Thailand 139,600,000,000.00 2006 38 Indonesia 138,900,000,000.00 2006 39 United Arab Emirates 138,500,000,000.00 2006 40 Kuwait 128,900,000,000.00 2006 41 Austria 126,300,000,000.00 2005 42 Ireland 114,100,000,000.00 2005 43 Philippines 103,400,000,000.00 2007 44 Egypt 93,480,000,000.00 2006 45 Argentina 79,730,000,000.00 2006 46 Luxembourg 79,400,000,000.00 2006 47 Portugal 66,980,000,000.00 2005 48 Qatar 61,560,000,000.00 2006 49 Peru 59,660,000,000.00 2006 50 Colombia 56,200,000,000.00 2006 51 Morocco 49,600,000,000.00 2006 52 Czech Republic 48,600,000,000.00 2006 53 Cyprus 48,200,000,000.00 2005 54 Pakistan 45,520,000,000.00 2006 55 Romania 45,420,000,000.00 2007 56 Iran 45,200,000,000.00 December 2007 57 Ukraine 42,870,000,000.00 2006 58 Hungary 41,930,000,000.00 2006 59 New Zealand 40,620,000,000.00 2005 60 Nigeria 32,820,000,000.00 2006 61 Jordan 29,730,000,000.00 2006 62 Croatia 29,010,000,000.00 2006 63 Iceland 27,800,000,000.00 2005 64 Zimbabwe 26,560,000,000.00 2006 65 Bahrain 21,120,000,000.00 2006 66 Oman 16,160,000,000.00 2006 67 Trinidad and Tobago 15,570,000,000.00 2006 68 Slovenia 15,180,000,000.00 2006 69 Ghana 13,010,000,000.00 2007 70 Jamaica 12,280,000,000.00 2006 71 Kenya 11,380,000,000.00 2006 72 Kazakhstan 10,520,000,000.00 2005 73 Bulgaria 10,320,000,000.00 2006 74 Lithuania 10,190,000,000.00 2006 75 Lebanon 8,279,000,000.00 2006 76 Venezuela 8,251,000,000.00 2006 77 Sri Lanka 7,769,000,000.00 2006 78 Estonia 5,963,000,000.00 2006 79 Mauritius 5,700,000,000.00 2007 80 Slovakia 5,574,000,000.00 2006 81 Barbados 5,513,000,000.00 2005 82 Serbia 5,409,000,000.00 2005 83 Panama 5,074,000,000.00 2005 84 Papua New Guinea 4,863,000,000.00 2005 85 Zambia 4,500,000,000.00 2007 86 West Bank 4,461,000,000.00 2005 87 Tunisia 4,446,000,000.00 2006 88 Cote d'Ivoire 4,155,000,000.00 2006 89 Malta 4,097,000,000.00 2005 90 Ecuador 4,040,000,000.00 2006 91 Botswana 3,947,000,000.00 2006 92 El Salvador 3,623,000,000.00 2005 93 Bangladesh 3,610,000,000.00 2006 94 Latvia 2,705,000,000.00 2006 95 Bolivia 2,200,000,000.00 2005 96 Bermuda 2,125,000,000.00 2005 97 Costa Rica 1,478,000,000.00 2005 98 Georgia 1,390,000,000.00 2007 99 Nepal 963,500,000.00 2005 100 Macedonia 646,000,000.00 2005 101 Mongolia 613,300,000.00 2007 102 Tanzania 587,900,000.00 2005 103 Fiji 586,700,000.00 2005 104 Moldova 573,900,000.00 2004 105 Namibia 541,800,000.00 2006 106 Macau 413,100,000.00 2004 107 Paraguay 233,800,000.00 2005 108 Uruguay 224,000,000.00 2007 109 Swaziland 196,800,000.00 2005 110 Guyana 187,300,000.00 2005 111 Cayman Islands 130,000,000.00 2005 112 Uganda 103,400,000.00 2005 113 Armenia 42,800,000.00 2005 114 Kyrgyzstan 41,990,000.00 2005 115 Uzbekistan 36,890,000.00 2005
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Rank code: @2206
Rank Country Education expenditures(% of GDP) Date of Information
1 Kiribati 17.80 2002 2 Lesotho 13.00 2006 3 Marshall Islands 11.80 2004 4 Palau 10.30 2002 5 Yemen 9.60 2001 6 Vanuatu 9.50 2003 7 Uzbekistan 9.40 1991 8 Saint Kitts and Nevis 9.30 2005 9 Cuba 9.10 2006 10 Botswana 8.70 2007 11 Djibouti 8.40 2006 12 Denmark 8.30 2005 13 Guyana 8.30 2006 14 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8.10 2005 15 Maldives 8.00 2006 16 Iceland 7.60 2004 17 Moldova 7.60 2006 18 Micronesia, Federated States of 7.30 2000 19 Tunisia 7.30 2005 20 Norway 7.20 2005 21 Sweden 7.10 2005 22 Bhutan 7.00 2005 23 Swaziland 7.00 2005 24 Barbados 6.90 2005 25 Israel 6.90 2004 26 Namibia 6.90 2003 27 Kenya 6.90 2006 28 Saudi Arabia 6.80 2004 29 Saint Lucia 6.60 2006 30 Fiji 6.50 2004 31 Seychelles 6.50 2006 32 Bolivia 6.40 2003 33 Finland 6.40 2005 34 Cape Verde 6.30 2006 35 Cyprus 6.30 2004 36 Ukraine 6.30 2006 37 Malaysia 6.20 2004 38 New Zealand 6.20 2006 39 Belarus 6.10 2006 40 Belgium 6.00 2004 41 Slovenia 6.00 2005 42 Sudan 6.00 1991 43 Ethiopia 6.00 2006 44 Malawi 5.80 2003 45 Switzerland 5.80 2005 46 France 5.70 2005 47 United Kingdom 5.60 2005 48 Hungary 5.50 2005 49 Mexico 5.50 2005 50 Portugal 5.50 2005 51 Poland 5.50 2005 52 Austria 5.40 2005 53 South Africa 5.40 2006 54 Ghana 5.40 2005 55 Belize 5.30 2004 56 Jamaica 5.30 2005 57 United States 5.30 2005 58 Netherlands 5.30 2005 59 Brunei 5.20 2000 60 Guinea-Bissau 5.20 1999 61 Uganda 5.20 2004 62 Grenada 5.20 2003 63 Canada 5.20 2002 64 Algeria 5.10 1999 65 Malta 5.10 2004 66 Latvia 5.10 2004 67 Iran 5.10 2006 68 Estonia 5.10 2004 69 Burundi 5.10 2005 70 Dominica 5.00 1999 71 Tonga 5.00 2004 72 Lithuania 5.00 2005 73 Mongolia 5.00 2004 74 Senegal 5.00 2006 75 Mozambique 5.00 2005 76 Costa Rica 4.90 2004 77 Jordan 4.90 1999 78 Kyrgyzstan 4.90 2005 79 Aruba 4.80 2005 80 Colombia 4.70 2006 81 Ireland 4.70 2005 82 Germany 4.60 2004 83 Cote d'Ivoire 4.60 2001 84 Zimbabwe 4.60 2000 85 Korea, South 4.60 2004 86 Australia 4.50 2005 87 Mali 4.50 2006 88 Italy 4.50 2005 89 Croatia 4.50 2004 90 Bulgaria 4.50 2005 91 Benin 4.40 2004 92 Greece 4.40 2005 93 Monaco 4.40 2004 94 Czech Republic 4.40 2004 95 Samoa 4.30 2002 96 Egypt 4.20 2006 97 Spain 4.20 2005 98 Burkina Faso 4.20 2006 99 Thailand 4.20 2005 100 Trinidad and Tobago 4.20 200 101 Anguilla 4.00 2005 102 Turkey 4.00 2004 103 Oman 4.00 2006 104 Paraguay 4.00 2004 105 Brazil 4.00 2004 106 Antigua and Barbuda 3.90 2002 107 Bahrain 3.90 1991 108 Turkmenistan 3.90 1991 109 Syria 3.90 1999 110 Mauritius 3.90 2006 111 Slovakia 3.90 2005 112 Hong Kong 3.90 2006 113 Argentina 3.80 2004 114 Panama 3.80 2004 115 Rwanda 3.80 2005 116 Sierra Leone 3.80 2005 117 Russia 3.80 2005 118 Gabon 3.80 2000 119 Kuwait 3.80 2006 120 Comoros 3.80 2002 121 Honduras 3.80 1991 122 Singapore 3.70 2001 123 British Virgin Islands 3.70 2006 124 Venezuela 3.70 2006 125 Bahamas, The 3.60 2000 126 Dominican Republic 3.60 2006 127 Indonesia 3.60 2006 128 Japan 3.50 2005 129 Romania 3.50 2005 130 Macedonia 3.50 2002 131 Luxembourg 3.40 1999 132 Tajikistan 3.40 2006 133 Nepal 3.40 2003 134 Niger 3.40 2006 135 Solomon Islands 3.30 1999 136 Qatar 3.30 2005 137 Montserrat 3.30 2004 138 Cameroon 3.30 2006 139 Armenia 3.20 2001 140 India 3.20 2005 141 Chile 3.20 2006 142 El Salvador 3.10 2006 143 Nicaragua 3.10 2003 144 Madagascar 3.10 2006 145 Georgia 3.10 2006 146 Laos 3.00 2006 147 Albania 2.90 2002 148 Uruguay 2.90 2006 149 Mauritania 2.90 2006 150 Cayman Islands 2.80 2005 151 Bangladesh 2.70 2005 152 Libya 2.70 1999 153 Lebanon 2.70 2006 154 Guatemala 2.60 2006 155 Pakistan 2.60 2006 156 Togo 2.60 2002 157 Peru 2.50 2006 158 Philippines 2.50 2005 159 Angola 2.40 2005 160 Macau 2.40 2005 161 Eritrea 2.40 2006 162 Andorra 2.30 2006 163 Kazakhstan 2.30 2005 164 Tanzania 2.20 1999 165 Azerbaijan 2.10 2006 166 Gambia, The 2.00 2004 167 Zambia 2.00 2005 168 Chad 1.90 2005 169 Congo, Republic of the 1.90 2005 170 China 1.90 1999 171 Vietnam 1.80 1991 172 Cambodia 1.70 2004 173 Guinea 1.60 2005 174 Central African Republic 1.40 2006 175 Haiti 1.40 1991 176 United Arab Emirates 1.30 2005 177 Bermuda 1.20 2006 178 Burma 1.20 2001 179 Ecuador 1.00 2001 180 Nigeria 0.90 1991 181 Equatorial Guinea 0.60 2003 182 Cook Islands 0.20 2001
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Rank code: @2207
Rank Country Central bank discount rate(%) Date of Information
1 Zimbabwe 975.00 31 December 2007 2 Venezuela 28.50 31 December 2007 3 Sao Tome and Principe 28.00 31 December 2007 4 Turkey 25.00 31 December 2007 5 Guinea 22.25 31 December 2005 6 Iraq 20.00 31 December 2007 7 Paraguay 20.00 31 December 2007 8 Angola 19.57 31 December 2007 9 Brazil 17.85 31 December 2007 10 Costa Rica 17.00 31 December 2007 11 Tanzania 16.40 31 December 2007 12 Iceland 15.25 31 December 2007 13 Sri Lanka 15.00 31 December 2007 14 Tajikistan 15.00 31 December 2007 15 Malawi 15.00 31 December 2007 16 Uganda 14.68 31 December 2007 17 Botswana 14.50 31 December 2007 18 Ghana 13.50 31 December 2007 19 Azerbaijan 13.00 31 December 2007 20 Lesotho 12.82 31 December 2007 21 Laos 12.67 31 December 2007 22 Maldives 12.50 31 December 2007 23 Rwanda 12.50 31 December 2007 24 Barbados 12.00 31 December 2007 25 Burma 12.00 31 December 2007 26 Belize 12.00 31 December 2007 27 Lebanon 12.00 31 December 2007 28 Zambia 11.73 31 December 2007 29 Colombia 11.50 31 December 2007 30 Kazakhstan 11.00 31 December 2007 31 South Africa 11.00 31 December 2007 32 Swaziland 11.00 31 December 2007 33 Ecuador 10.72 31 December 2007 34 Namibia 10.50 31 December 2007 35 Burundi 10.12 31 December 2007 36 Belarus 10.00 31 December 2007 37 Trinidad and Tobago 10.00 31 December 2007 38 Uruguay 10.00 31 December 2007 39 Russia 10.00 31 December 2007 40 Gambia, The 10.00 31 December 2007 41 Pakistan 10.00 31 December 2007 42 Mozambique 9.95 31 December 2007 43 Mongolia 9.87 31 December 2007 44 Serbia 9.57 31 December 2007 45 Nigeria 9.50 31 December 2007 46 Fiji 9.25 31 December 2007 47 Egypt 9.00 31 December 2007 48 Croatia 9.00 31 December 2007 49 Cape Verde 8.50 31 December 2007 50 New Zealand 8.25 31 December 2007 51 Indonesia 8.00 31 December 2007 52 Ukraine 8.00 31 December 2007 53 Hungary 7.50 31 December 2007 54 Papua New Guinea 7.38 31 December 2007 55 Jordan 7.00 31 December 2007 56 Antigua and Barbuda 6.50 31 December 2007 57 Anguilla 6.50 31 December 2007 58 Vietnam 6.50 31 December 2007 59 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.50 31 December 2007 60 Saint Lucia 6.50 31 December 2007 61 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.50 31 December 2007 62 Macedonia 6.50 31 December 2007 63 Montserrat 6.50 31 December 2007 64 Guyana 6.50 31 December 2007 65 Grenada 6.50 31 December 2007 66 Dominica 6.50 31 December 2007 67 Bolivia 6.50 31 December 2007 68 Albania 6.25 31 December 2007 69 Norway 6.25 31 December 2007 70 Nepal 6.25 31 December 2007 71 Kuwait 6.25 31 December 2007 72 Chile 6.00 31 December 2007 73 Vanuatu 6.00 31 December 2007 74 Latvia 6.00 31 December 2007 75 India 6.00 31 December 2007 76 Hong Kong 5.75 31 December 2007 77 Peru 5.75 31 December 2007 78 Comoros 5.36 31 December 2007 79 Bahamas, The 5.25 31 December 2007 80 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5.25 31 December 2007 81 Cambodia 5.25 31 December 2007 82 Chad 5.25 31 December 2007 83 Gabon 5.25 31 December 2007 84 Equatorial Guinea 5.25 31 December 2007 85 Central African Republic 5.25 31 December 2007 86 Seychelles 5.13 31 December 2007 87 Aruba 5.00 31 December 2007 88 Poland 5.00 31 December 2007 89 European Union 5.00 31 December 2007 90 Cyprus 5.00 31 December 2007 91 Bangladesh 5.00 31 December 2007 92 Lithuania 4.85 31 December 2007 93 United States 4.83 31 December 2007 94 Bulgaria 4.58 31 December 2007 95 Canada 4.50 31 December 2007 96 Philippines 4.28 31 December 2007 97 Benin 4.25 31 December 2007 98 Slovakia 4.25 31 December 2007 99 Mali 4.25 31 December 2007 100 Senegal 4.25 31 December 2007 101 Burkina Faso 4.25 31 December 2007 102 Togo 4.25 31 December 2007 103 Guinea-Bissau 4.25 31 December 2007 104 Niger 4.25 31 December 2007 105 Cote d'Ivoire 4.25 31 December 2007 106 Algeria 4.00 31 December 2007 107 Israel 4.00 31 December 2007 108 Libya 4.00 31 December 2007 109 Denmark 4.00 31 December 2007 110 Thailand 3.75 31 December 2007 111 Czech Republic 3.50 31 December 2007 112 Sweden 3.50 31 December 2007 113 China 3.33 31 December 2007 114 Korea, South 3.25 31 December 2007 115 Morocco 3.25 31 December 2007 116 Switzerland 2.05 31 December 2007 117 Oman 1.98 31 December 2007 118 Japan 0.75 31 December 2007
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Rank code: @2208
Rank Country Commercial bank prime lending rate(%) Date of Information
1 Zimbabwe 578.96 31 December 2007 2 Haiti 46.99 31 December 2007 3 Madagascar 45.00 31 December 2007 4 Brazil 43.72 31 December 2007 5 Sao Tome and Principe 32.40 31 December 2007 6 Laos 28.50 31 December 2007 7 Gambia, The 27.92 31 December 2007 8 Malawi 27.72 31 December 2007 9 Kyrgyzstan 25.32 31 December 2007 10 Paraguay 25.03 31 December 2007 11 Sierra Leone 25.00 31 December 2007 12 Tajikistan 22.87 31 December 2007 13 Peru 22.86 31 December 2007 14 Mauritius 21.87 31 December 2007 15 Georgia 20.41 31 December 2007 16 Iraq 19.74 31 December 2007 17 Mozambique 19.52 31 December 2007 18 Iceland 19.29 31 December 2007 19 Azerbaijan 19.13 31 December 2007 20 Uganda 19.11 31 December 2007 21 Zambia 18.89 31 December 2007 22 Moldova 18.83 31 December 2007 23 Afghanistan 18.14 31 December 2007 24 Yemen 18.00 31 December 2007 25 Angola 17.70 31 December 2007 26 Mongolia 17.54 31 December 2007 27 Armenia 17.52 31 December 2007 28 Jamaica 17.20 31 December 2007 29 Venezuela 17.11 31 December 2007 30 Sri Lanka 17.08 31 December 2007 31 Burma 17.00 31 December 2007 32 Nigeria 16.94 31 December 2007 33 Burundi 16.84 31 December 2007 34 Honduras 16.61 31 December 2007 35 Botswana 16.22 31 December 2007 36 Tanzania 16.03 31 December 2007 37 Bangladesh 16.00 31 December 2007 38 Rwanda 15.84 31 December 2007 39 Dominican Republic 15.83 31 December 2007 40 Colombia 15.38 31 December 2007 41 Liberia 15.05 31 December 2007 42 Timor-Leste 15.05 31 December 2007 43 Chad 15.00 31 December 2007 44 Congo, Republic of the 15.00 31 December 2007 45 Gabon 15.00 31 December 2007 46 Equatorial Guinea 15.00 31 December 2007 47 Central African Republic 15.00 31 December 2007 48 Cameroon 15.00 31 December 2007 49 Guyana 14.61 31 December 2007 50 Belize 14.33 31 December 2007 51 Lesotho 14.13 31 December 2007 52 Solomon Islands 14.12 31 December 2007 53 Albania 14.10 31 December 2007 54 Micronesia, Federated States of 14.03 31 December 2007 55 Bhutan 14.00 31 December 2007 56 Ukraine 13.90 31 December 2007 57 Indonesia 13.86 31 December 2007 58 Suriname 13.77 31 December 2007 59 Romania 13.35 31 December 2007 60 Kenya 13.34 31 December 2007 61 South Africa 13.17 31 December 2007 62 Swaziland 13.17 31 December 2007 63 Nicaragua 13.04 31 December 2007 64 India 13.02 31 December 2007 65 Maldives 13.00 31 December 2007 66 Namibia 12.88 31 December 2007 67 Bolivia 12.86 31 December 2007 68 Guatemala 12.84 31 December 2007 69 New Zealand 12.83 31 December 2007 70 Costa Rica 12.80 31 December 2007 71 Samoa 12.65 31 December 2007 72 Egypt 12.51 31 December 2007 73 Tonga 12.16 31 December 2007 74 Ecuador 12.08 31 December 2007 75 Iran 12.00 31 December 2007 76 Trinidad and Tobago 11.75 31 December 2007 77 Vietnam 11.18 31 December 2007 78 Serbia 11.13 31 December 2007 79 Argentina 11.05 31 December 2007 80 Aruba 11.01 31 December 2007 81 Italy 10.93 31 December 2007 82 Latvia 10.91 31 December 2007 83 Seychelles 10.89 31 December 2007 84 Barbados 10.80 31 December 2007 85 Cape Verde 10.55 31 December 2007 86 Comoros 10.50 31 December 2007 87 Antigua and Barbuda 10.44 31 December 2007 88 Montserrat 10.40 31 December 2007 89 Lebanon 10.26 31 December 2007 90 Macedonia 10.23 31 December 2007 91 Saint Lucia 10.12 31 December 2007 92 Russia 10.03 31 December 2007 93 Australia 10.02 31 December 2007 94 Bulgaria 10.00 31 December 2007 95 Spain 9.89 31 December 2007 96 Papua New Guinea 9.78 31 December 2007 97 Anguilla 9.76 31 December 2007 98 Grenada 9.76 31 December 2007 99 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9.61 31 December 2007 100 Croatia 9.33 31 December 2007 101 Saint Kitts and Nevis 9.28 31 December 2007 102 Netherlands Antilles 9.21 31 December 2007 103 Dominica 9.17 31 December 2007 104 Hungary 9.09 31 December 2007 105 Montenegro 9.09 31 December 2007 106 Fiji 9.01 31 December 2007 107 Uruguay 8.94 31 December 2007 108 Netherlands 8.72 31 December 2007 109 Philippines 8.69 31 December 2007 110 Jordan 8.68 31 December 2007 111 Chile 8.67 31 December 2007 112 Belarus 8.58 31 December 2007 113 Kuwait 8.54 31 December 2007 114 Bahrain 8.35 31 December 2007 115 Panama 8.25 31 December 2007 116 Vanuatu 8.16 31 December 2007 117 United States 8.05 31 December 2007 118 European Union 8.03 31 December 2007 119 Algeria 8.00 31 December 2007 120 Nepal 8.00 31 December 2007 121 Syria 8.00 31 December 2005 122 Slovakia 7.99 31 December 2007 123 Portugal 7.92 31 December 2007 124 Macau 7.81 31 December 2007 125 Gaza Strip 7.73 31 December 2006 126 West Bank 7.73 31 December 2006 127 Greece 7.71 31 December 2007 128 San Marino 7.58 31 December 2007 129 Mexico 7.56 31 December 2007 130 China 7.47 31 December 2007 131 Qatar 7.43 31 December 2007 132 Oman 7.29 31 December 2007 133 France 7.28 31 December 2007 134 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.17 31 December 2007 135 Thailand 7.05 31 December 2007 136 Ethiopia 7.00 31 December 2006 137 Belgium 6.98 31 December 2007 138 Lithuania 6.86 31 December 2007 139 Slovenia 6.82 31 December 2007 140 Hong Kong 6.75 31 December 2007 141 Cyprus 6.74 31 December 2007 142 Norway 6.65 31 December 2007 143 Korea, South 6.55 31 December 2007 144 Ireland 6.52 31 December 2007 145 Estonia 6.46 31 December 2007 146 Malaysia 6.41 31 December 2007 147 Austria 6.30 31 December 2007 148 Israel 6.27 31 December 2007 149 Malta 6.24 31 December 2007 150 Canada 6.10 31 December 2007 151 Libya 6.00 31 December 2007 152 Germany 5.96 31 December 2007 153 Czech Republic 5.79 31 December 2007 154 Finland 5.62 31 December 2007 155 United Kingdom 5.52 31 December 2007 156 Bahamas, The 5.50 31 December 2007 157 Brunei 5.50 31 December 2007 158 Poland 5.48 31 December 2006 159 Singapore 5.33 31 December 2007 160 Sweden 4.00 31 December 2004 161 Switzerland 3.15 31 December 2007 162 Japan 1.88 31 December 2007
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Rank code: @2209
Rank Country Stock of money Date of Information
1 European Union 5,742,000,000,000.00 2 Japan 4,370,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 3 China 2,090,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 4 United States 1,374,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 5 Burma 598,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 6 Canada 391,600,000,000.00 31 December 2007 7 Russia 303,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007 8 Australia 298,500,000,000.00 31 December 2007 9 India 250,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007 10 Sweden 217,100,000,000.00 31 December 2007 11 Switzerland 213,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007 12 Denmark 148,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007 13 Poland 137,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007 14 Brazil 131,100,000,000.00 31 December 2007 15 Mexico 103,500,000,000.00 31 December 2007 16 Saudi Arabia 102,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007 17 Korea, South 92,590,000,000.00 31 December 2007 18 Czech Republic 84,430,000,000.00 31 December 2007 19 Morocco 67,420,000,000.00 31 December 2007 20 Turkey 64,430,000,000.00 31 December 2007 21 Venezuela 63,180,000,000.00 31 December 2007 22 Syria 58,840,000,000.00 31 December 2006 23 South Africa 58,490,000,000.00 31 December 2007 24 Algeria 55,430,000,000.00 31 December 2007 25 Pakistan 52,760,000,000.00 31 December 2007 26 Hong Kong 51,250,000,000.00 31 December 2007 27 United Arab Emirates 49,500,000,000.00 31 December 2007 28 Malaysia 49,410,000,000.00 31 December 2007 29 Indonesia 47,780,000,000.00 31 December 2007 30 Iran 46,130,000,000.00 31 December 2007 31 Singapore 44,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007 32 Hungary 36,780,000,000.00 31 December 2007 33 Ukraine 35,970,000,000.00 31 December 2007 34 Argentina 33,930,000,000.00 31 December 2007 35 Thailand 28,620,000,000.00 31 December 2007 36 Egypt 27,600,000,000.00 31 December 2007 37 Vietnam 27,150,000,000.00 31 December 2007 38 Slovakia 26,170,000,000.00 31 December 2007 39 Romania 25,170,000,000.00 31 December 2007 40 New Zealand 24,200,000,000.00 31 December 2007 41 Colombia 21,810,000,000.00 31 December 2007 42 Nigeria 21,720,000,000.00 31 December 2007 43 Philippines 21,270,000,000.00 31 December 2007 44 Iraq 18,810,000,000.00 31 December 2007 45 Libya 18,040,000,000.00 31 December 2007 46 Chile 16,600,000,000.00 31 December 2007 47 Bulgaria 15,580,000,000.00 31 December 2007 48 Israel 15,360,000,000.00 31 December 2006 49 Kuwait 15,120,000,000.00 31 December 2007 50 Peru 14,660,000,000.00 31 December 2007 51 Zimbabwe 14,180,000,000.00 31 December 2007 52 Kazakhstan 12,740,000,000.00 31 December 2007 53 Lithuania 11,840,000,000.00 31 December 2007 54 Croatia 11,610,000,000.00 31 December 2007 55 Qatar 9,718,000,000.00 31 December 2007 56 Tunisia 9,491,000,000.00 31 December 2007 57 Slovenia 9,347,000,000.00 31 December 2006 58 Bangladesh 8,444,000,000.00 31 December 2007 59 Latvia 8,196,000,000.00 31 December 2007 60 Estonia 7,158,000,000.00 31 December 2007 61 Jordan 6,765,000,000.00 31 December 2007 62 Iceland 6,640,000,000.00 31 December 2007 63 Guatemala 6,227,000,000.00 31 December 2007 64 Kenya 5,932,000,000.00 31 December 2007 65 Sudan 5,549,000,000.00 31 December 2007 66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,130,000,000.00 31 December 2007 67 Oman 5,044,000,000.00 31 December 2007 68 Serbia 4,632,000,000.00 31 December 2007 69 Malta 4,603,000,000.00 31 December 2007 70 Costa Rica 4,504,000,000.00 31 December 2007 71 Cote d'Ivoire 4,451,000,000.00 31 December 2007 72 Ecuador 4,395,000,000.00 31 December 2007 73 Azerbaijan 4,261,000,000.00 31 December 2007 74 Bahrain 4,169,000,000.00 31 December 2007 75 Angola 4,153,000,000.00 31 December 2007 76 Cyprus 4,094,000,000.00 31 December 2007 77 Dominican Republic 4,074,000,000.00 31 December 2007 78 Belarus 4,065,000,000.00 31 December 2007 79 Ethiopia 3,651,000,000.00 31 December 2006 80 Yemen 3,076,000,000.00 31 December 2007 81 Panama 3,054,000,000.00 31 December 2007 82 Bolivia 3,032,000,000.00 31 December 2007 83 Senegal 2,842,000,000.00 31 December 2007 84 Albania 2,707,000,000.00 31 December 2007 85 Brunei 2,674,000,000.00 31 December 2007 86 Trinidad and Tobago 2,646,000,000.00 31 December 2007 87 Cameroon 2,616,000,000.00 31 December 2007 88 Sri Lanka 2,465,000,000.00 31 December 2007 89 Lebanon 2,374,000,000.00 31 December 2007 90 Tanzania 2,263,000,000.00 31 December 2007 91 Nepal 2,184,000,000.00 31 December 2007 92 Ghana 2,179,000,000.00 31 December 2006 93 Namibia 2,149,000,000.00 31 December 2007 94 Uruguay 2,145,000,000.00 31 December 2007 95 Paraguay 1,943,000,000.00 31 December 2007 96 El Salvador 1,802,000,000.00 31 December 2007 97 Papua New Guinea 1,685,000,000.00 31 December 2007 98 Mauritius 1,673,000,000.00 31 December 2007 99 Mali 1,580,000,000.00 31 December 2007 100 Gaza Strip 1,574,000,000.00 31 December 2007 101 West Bank 1,574,000,000.00 31 December 2007 102 Honduras 1,573,000,000.00 31 December 2007 103 Gabon 1,547,000,000.00 31 December 2007 104 Armenia 1,507,000,000.00 31 December 2007 105 Barbados 1,478,000,000.00 31 December 2007 106 Afghanistan 1,426,000,000.00 31 December 2007 107 Congo, Republic of the 1,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007 108 Jamaica 1,369,000,000.00 31 December 2007 109 Uganda 1,363,000,000.00 31 December 2007 110 San Marino 1,326,000,000.00 31 December 2007 111 Benin 1,324,000,000.00 31 December 2007 112 Bahamas, The 1,274,000,000.00 31 December 2007 113 Mozambique 1,261,000,000.00 31 December 2007 114 Macedonia 1,173,000,000.00 31 December 2007 115 Montenegro 1,172,000,000.00 31 December 2007 116 Madagascar 1,161,000,000.00 31 December 2007 117 Macau 1,160,000,000.00 31 December 2007 118 Georgia 1,154,000,000.00 31 December 2007 119 Netherlands Antilles 1,133,000,000.00 31 December 2007 120 Burkina Faso 1,051,000,000.00 31 December 2007 121 Fiji 1,042,000,000.00 31 December 2007 122 Botswana 1,026,000,000.00 31 December 2007 123 Zambia 995,800,000.00 31 December 2007 124 Moldova 965,000,000.00 31 December 2007 125 Kyrgyzstan 911,100,000.00 31 December 2007 126 Chad 874,500,000.00 31 December 2007 127 Equatorial Guinea 835,200,000.00 31 December 2007 128 Eritrea 749,100,000.00 31 December 2007 129 Haiti 704,700,000.00 31 December 2007 130 Aruba 640,900,000.00 31 December 2007 131 Togo 624,900,000.00 31 December 2007 132 Niger 604,500,000.00 31 December 2007 133 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 597,000,000.00 31 December 2007 134 Cape Verde 574,000,000.00 31 December 2007 135 Cambodia 513,600,000.00 31 December 2007 136 Mongolia 504,700,000.00 31 December 2007 137 Nicaragua 465,100,000.00 31 December 2007 138 Lesotho 439,200,000.00 31 December 2007 139 Suriname 416,600,000.00 31 December 2007 140 Bhutan 381,100,000.00 31 December 2007 141 Djibouti 380,000,000.00 31 December 2007 142 Malawi 361,500,000.00 31 December 2007 143 Maldives 344,100,000.00 31 December 2007 144 Seychelles 330,800,000.00 31 December 2007 145 Laos 327,900,000.00 31 December 2007 146 Belize 323,900,000.00 31 December 2007 147 Guyana 315,200,000.00 31 December 2007 148 Guinea 309,800,000.00 31 December 2005 149 Antigua and Barbuda 294,800,000.00 31 December 2007 150 Saint Lucia 264,700,000.00 31 December 2007 151 Swaziland 244,800,000.00 31 December 2007 152 Rwanda 233,600,000.00 31 December 2005 153 Central African Republic 218,300,000.00 31 December 2007 154 Burundi 208,700,000.00 31 December 2007 155 Gambia, The 186,700,000.00 31 December 2007 156 Sierra Leone 184,600,000.00 31 December 2007 157 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 155,500,000.00 31 December 2007 158 Grenada 151,200,000.00 31 December 2007 159 Liberia 145,600,000.00 31 December 2007 160 Guinea-Bissau 142,500,000.00 31 December 2007 161 Solomon Islands 118,300,000.00 31 December 2007 162 Vanuatu 107,100,000.00 31 December 2007 163 Saint Kitts and Nevis 97,310,000.00 31 December 2007 164 Tajikistan 91,590,000.00 31 December 2006 165 Comoros 76,680,000.00 31 December 2007 166 Timor-Leste 74,940,000.00 31 December 2007 167 Dominica 73,710,000.00 31 December 2007 168 Samoa 69,970,000.00 31 December 2007 169 Tonga 46,380,000.00 31 December 2007 170 Anguilla 23,570,000.00 31 December 2007 171 Micronesia, Federated States of 22,450,000.00 31 December 2007 172 Sao Tome and Principe 19,990,000.00 31 December 2007 173 Montserrat 17,900,000.00 31 December 2007
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Rank code: @2210
Rank Country Stock of quasi money Date of Information
1 European Union 10,930,000,000,000.00 2 United States 10,100,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 3 Japan 4,783,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 4 China 3,437,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 5 Canada 1,381,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 6 Brazil 792,800,000,000.00 31 December 2007 7 Australia 667,200,000,000.00 31 December 2007 8 India 647,300,000,000.00 31 December 2007 9 Hong Kong 578,100,000,000.00 31 December 2007 10 Korea, South 541,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007 11 Switzerland 450,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007 12 Russia 292,500,000,000.00 31 December 2007 13 Turkey 254,300,000,000.00 31 December 2007 14 Burma 216,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007 15 Thailand 216,600,000,000.00 31 December 2007 16 Malaysia 187,600,000,000.00 31 December 2007 17 Mexico 168,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007 18 Singapore 162,200,000,000.00 31 December 2007 19 Israel 154,300,000,000.00 31 December 2007 20 South Africa 141,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007 21 Indonesia 127,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 22 New Zealand 117,800,000,000.00 31 December 2007 23 Saudi Arabia 109,500,000,000.00 31 December 2007 24 United Arab Emirates 104,600,000,000.00 31 December 2007 25 Egypt 102,600,000,000.00 31 December 2007 26 Poland 93,990,000,000.00 31 December 2007 27 Denmark 81,640,000,000.00 31 December 2007 28 Chile 80,420,000,000.00 31 December 2007 29 Iran 68,710,000,000.00 31 December 2007 30 Philippines 65,850,000,000.00 31 December 2007 31 Czech Republic 58,770,000,000.00 31 December 2007 32 Lebanon 57,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007 33 Kuwait 55,200,000,000.00 31 December 2007 34 Vietnam 51,080,000,000.00 31 December 2007 35 Sweden 48,490,000,000.00 31 December 2007 36 Syria 45,930,000,000.00 31 December 2006 37 Argentina 45,920,000,000.00 31 December 2007 38 Cyprus 43,930,000,000.00 31 December 2007 39 Hungary 43,070,000,000.00 31 December 2007 40 Ukraine 41,510,000,000.00 31 December 2007 41 Romania 34,960,000,000.00 31 December 2007 42 Bangladesh 32,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007 43 Croatia 31,860,000,000.00 31 December 2007 44 Algeria 28,590,000,000.00 31 December 2007 45 Colombia 27,250,000,000.00 31 December 2007 46 Kazakhstan 25,750,000,000.00 31 December 2007 47 Qatar 22,600,000,000.00 31 December 2007 48 Macau 21,910,000,000.00 31 December 2007 49 Slovakia 21,110,000,000.00 31 December 2007 50 Peru 19,950,000,000.00 31 December 2007 51 Nigeria 19,070,000,000.00 31 December 2007 52 Pakistan 18,420,000,000.00 31 December 2007 53 Bulgaria 17,030,000,000.00 31 December 2007 54 Morocco 16,230,000,000.00 31 December 2007 55 Jordan 15,380,000,000.00 31 December 2007 56 Iceland 15,050,000,000.00 31 December 2006 57 Panama 14,260,000,000.00 31 December 2007 58 Tunisia 13,560,000,000.00 31 December 2007 59 Slovenia 12,690,000,000.00 31 December 2006 60 Serbia 12,190,000,000.00 31 December 2007 61 Oman 11,040,000,000.00 31 December 2007 62 Bahrain 10,630,000,000.00 31 December 2007 63 Sri Lanka 10,460,000,000.00 31 December 2007 64 Guatemala 8,928,000,000.00 31 December 2007 65 Venezuela 8,889,000,000.00 31 December 2007 66 Ecuador 7,974,000,000.00 31 December 2007 67 Uruguay 7,919,000,000.00 31 December 2007 68 Malta 7,645,000,000.00 31 December 2007 69 Angola 7,216,000,000.00 31 December 2007 70 Lithuania 6,917,000,000.00 31 December 2007 71 Belarus 6,823,000,000.00 31 December 2007 72 Mauritius 6,759,000,000.00 31 December 2007 73 Albania 6,433,000,000.00 31 December 2007 74 Kenya 6,273,000,000.00 31 December 2007 75 Trinidad and Tobago 5,707,000,000.00 31 December 2007 76 Dominican Republic 5,631,000,000.00 31 December 2007 77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,597,000,000.00 31 December 2007 78 Zimbabwe 5,349,000,000.00 31 December 2007 79 Honduras 5,266,000,000.00 31 December 2007 80 Latvia 5,113,000,000.00 31 December 2007 81 Nepal 4,745,000,000.00 31 December 2007 82 Bolivia 4,729,000,000.00 31 December 2007 83 San Marino 4,584,000,000.00 31 December 2007 84 Jamaica 4,540,000,000.00 31 December 2007 85 Yemen 4,526,000,000.00 31 December 2007 86 Botswana 4,336,000,000.00 31 December 2007 87 Bahamas, The 4,324,000,000.00 31 December 2007 88 Brunei 4,258,000,000.00 31 December 2007 89 Estonia 4,253,000,000.00 31 December 2007 90 Sudan 4,068,000,000.00 31 December 2007 91 Iraq 3,670,000,000.00 31 December 2007 92 Ethiopia 3,258,000,000.00 31 December 2007 93 Libya 3,192,000,000.00 31 December 2007 94 Macedonia 3,127,000,000.00 31 December 2007 95 Gaza Strip 3,048,000,000.00 31 December 2007 96 West Bank 3,048,000,000.00 31 December 2007 97 Tanzania 2,885,000,000.00 31 December 2007 98 Costa Rica 2,870,000,000.00 31 December 2007 99 Barbados 2,717,000,000.00 31 December 2007 100 Azerbaijan 2,593,000,000.00 31 December 2007 101 Cambodia 2,309,000,000.00 31 December 2007 102 Netherlands Antilles 2,309,000,000.00 31 December 2007 103 Ghana 2,174,000,000.00 31 December 2006 104 Cote d'Ivoire 1,915,000,000.00 31 December 2007 105 Nicaragua 1,802,000,000.00 31 December 2007 106 Zambia 1,709,000,000.00 31 December 2007 107 Cameroon 1,698,000,000.00 31 December 2007 108 Senegal 1,579,000,000.00 31 December 2007 109 Haiti 1,561,000,000.00 31 December 2007 110 Mongolia 1,539,000,000.00 31 December 2007 111 Namibia 1,493,000,000.00 31 December 2007 112 Papua New Guinea 1,482,000,000.00 31 December 2007 113 Mozambique 1,467,000,000.00 31 December 2007 114 Moldova 1,449,000,000.00 31 December 2007 115 Montenegro 1,446,000,000.00 31 December 2007 116 Georgia 1,379,000,000.00 31 December 2007 117 Paraguay 1,368,000,000.00 31 December 2007 118 Uganda 1,302,000,000.00 31 December 2007 119 Fiji 1,088,000,000.00 31 December 2007 120 Afghanistan 958,600,000.00 31 December 2007 121 Eritrea 932,900,000.00 31 December 2007 122 Antigua and Barbuda 902,000,000.00 31 December 2007 123 Suriname 824,400,000.00 31 December 2007 124 Gabon 799,300,000.00 31 December 2007 125 Aruba 792,900,000.00 31 December 2007 126 Armenia 765,200,000.00 31 December 2007 127 El Salvador 764,100,000.00 31 December 2007 128 Guyana 728,800,000.00 31 December 2007 129 Saint Lucia 720,900,000.00 31 December 2007 130 Laos 717,900,000.00 31 December 2007 131 Mali 697,100,000.00 31 December 2007 132 Cape Verde 689,000,000.00 31 December 2007 133 Saint Kitts and Nevis 688,600,000.00 31 December 2007 134 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 677,900,000.00 31 December 2007 135 Burkina Faso 663,000,000.00 31 December 2007 136 Benin 627,200,000.00 31 December 2007 137 Madagascar 577,400,000.00 31 December 2007 138 Belize 549,000,000.00 31 December 2007 139 Grenada 533,400,000.00 31 December 2007 140 Swaziland 529,400,000.00 31 December 2007 141 Anguilla 470,100,000.00 31 December 2007 142 Maldives 434,900,000.00 31 December 2007 143 Vanuatu 421,800,000.00 31 December 2007 144 Togo 383,900,000.00 31 December 2007 145 Kyrgyzstan 303,700,000.00 31 December 2007 146 Djibouti 284,100,000.00 31 December 2007 147 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 280,200,000.00 31 December 2007 148 Dominica 269,100,000.00 31 December 2007 149 Malawi 250,400,000.00 31 December 2007 150 Seychelles 249,000,000.00 31 December 2007 151 Rwanda 227,400,000.00 31 December 2005 152 Bhutan 220,300,000.00 31 December 2007 153 Congo, Republic of the 204,300,000.00 31 December 2007 154 Niger 193,700,000.00 31 December 2007 155 Gambia, The 180,400,000.00 31 December 2007 156 Sierra Leone 177,700,000.00 31 December 2007 157 Equatorial Guinea 174,500,000.00 31 December 2007 158 Samoa 168,700,000.00 31 December 2007 159 Tajikistan 161,000,000.00 31 December 2006 160 Lesotho 160,200,000.00 31 December 2007 161 Burundi 141,000,000.00 31 December 2007 162 Tonga 106,800,000.00 31 December 2007 163 Micronesia, Federated States of 72,490,000.00 31 December 2007 164 Timor-Leste 68,780,000.00 31 December 2007 165 Solomon Islands 57,890,000.00 31 December 2007 166 Chad 55,230,000.00 31 December 2007 167 Liberia 49,890,000.00 31 December 2007 168 Central African Republic 47,580,000.00 31 December 2007 169 Montserrat 43,900,000.00 31 December 2007 170 Sao Tome and Principe 33,500,000.00 31 December 2007 171 Comoros 23,390,000.00 31 December 2007 172 Guinea-Bissau 12,040,000.00 31 December 2007
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Rank code: @2211
Rank Country Stock of domestic credit Date of Information
1 European Union 20,940,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 2 United States 14,150,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 3 Japan 9,653,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 4 United Kingdom 5,278,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 5 Germany 5,081,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 6 China 4,653,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 7 France 4,105,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 8 Spain 3,177,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 9 Italy 3,084,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 10 Canada 2,382,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 11 Netherlands 1,876,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 12 Brazil 1,377,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 13 Australia 1,312,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 14 Korea, South 1,061,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 15 Burma 887,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007 16 Switzerland 855,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007 17 India 769,300,000,000.00 31 December 2007 18 Ireland 768,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007 19 Belgium 767,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007 20 Denmark 684,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007 21 Sweden 630,800,000,000.00 31 December 2007 22 Austria 599,500,000,000.00 31 December 2007 23 Portugal 451,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007 24 Greece 392,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007 25 Turkey 358,100,000,000.00 31 December 2007 26 Luxembourg 357,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007 27 Mexico 349,100,000,000.00 31 December 2007 28 Russia 339,100,000,000.00 31 December 2007 29 Hong Kong 259,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007 30 South Africa 254,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007 31 Thailand 241,800,000,000.00 31 December 2007 32 Finland 240,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007 33 Poland 223,200,000,000.00 31 December 2007 34 Malaysia 220,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 35 New Zealand 200,100,000,000.00 31 December 2007 36 Indonesia 170,200,000,000.00 31 December 2007 37 United Arab Emirates 155,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007 38 Singapore 129,200,000,000.00 31 December 2007 39 Chile 127,100,000,000.00 31 December 2007 40 Egypt 113,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007 41 Israel 113,400,000,000.00 31 December 2006 42 Iran 109,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007 43 Hungary 109,500,000,000.00 31 December 2007 44 Czech Republic 103,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007 45 Ukraine 87,130,000,000.00 31 December 2007 46 Colombia 85,340,000,000.00 31 December 2007 47 Kuwait 78,250,000,000.00 31 December 2007 48 Argentina 72,550,000,000.00 31 December 2007 49 Morocco 71,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007 50 Vietnam 68,630,000,000.00 31 December 2007 51 Saudi Arabia 66,940,000,000.00 31 December 2007 52 Philippines 65,660,000,000.00 31 December 2007 53 Pakistan 65,050,000,000.00 31 December 2007 54 Romania 58,760,000,000.00 31 December 2007 55 Cyprus 52,090,000,000.00 31 December 2007 56 Syria 50,920,000,000.00 31 December 2006 57 Venezuela 50,240,000,000.00 31 December 2007 58 Iceland 49,670,000,000.00 31 December 2006 59 Croatia 45,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007 60 Lebanon 45,510,000,000.00 31 December 2007 61 Kazakhstan 43,750,000,000.00 31 December 2007 62 Slovakia 41,760,000,000.00 31 December 2007 63 Bangladesh 40,150,000,000.00 31 December 2007 64 Qatar 30,520,000,000.00 31 December 2007 65 Latvia 27,560,000,000.00 31 December 2007 66 Tunisia 25,230,000,000.00 31 December 2007 67 Bulgaria 25,180,000,000.00 31 December 2007 68 Lithuania 25,050,000,000.00 31 December 2007 69 Zimbabwe 24,910,000,000.00 31 December 2007 70 Estonia 21,350,000,000.00 31 December 2007 71 Jordan 19,530,000,000.00 31 December 2007 72 Peru 17,880,000,000.00 31 December 2007 73 Panama 17,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007 74 Nigeria 16,150,000,000.00 31 December 2007 75 Dominican Republic 15,920,000,000.00 31 December 2007 76 Sri Lanka 14,820,000,000.00 31 December 2007 77 Guatemala 13,960,000,000.00 31 December 2007 78 Oman 13,880,000,000.00 31 December 2007 79 Serbia 13,440,000,000.00 31 December 2007 80 Costa Rica 12,910,000,000.00 31 December 2007 81 Belarus 12,160,000,000.00 31 December 2007 82 Malta 10,990,000,000.00 31 December 2007 83 Kenya 10,430,000,000.00 31 December 2007 84 Bahrain 10,320,000,000.00 31 December 2007 85 El Salvador 9,729,000,000.00 31 December 2007 86 Ecuador 8,926,000,000.00 31 December 2007 87 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8,895,000,000.00 31 December 2007 88 Sudan 8,659,000,000.00 31 December 2007 89 Mauritius 8,582,000,000.00 31 December 2007 90 San Marino 7,513,000,000.00 31 December 2007 91 Bahamas, The 7,395,000,000.00 31 December 2007 92 Albania 7,341,000,000.00 31 December 2007 93 Ethiopia 6,694,000,000.00 31 December 2006 94 Jamaica 6,609,000,000.00 31 December 2007 95 Uruguay 6,396,000,000.00 31 December 2007 96 Honduras 6,298,000,000.00 31 December 2007 97 Azerbaijan 5,726,000,000.00 31 December 2007 98 Nepal 5,636,000,000.00 31 December 2007 99 Bolivia 4,759,000,000.00 31 December 2007 100 Namibia 4,446,000,000.00 31 December 2007 101 Cote d'Ivoire 4,404,000,000.00 31 December 2007 102 Ghana 4,173,000,000.00 31 December 2006 103 Nicaragua 4,133,000,000.00 31 December 2007 104 Trinidad and Tobago 3,721,000,000.00 31 December 2007 105 Barbados 3,533,000,000.00 31 December 2007 106 Georgia 3,374,000,000.00 31 December 2007 107 Montenegro 3,083,000,000.00 31 December 2007 108 Senegal 2,970,000,000.00 31 December 2007 109 Netherlands Antilles 2,927,000,000.00 31 December 2007 110 Macedonia 2,924,000,000.00 31 December 2007 111 Paraguay 2,457,000,000.00 31 December 2007 112 Brunei 2,380,000,000.00 31 December 2007 113 Tanzania 2,250,000,000.00 31 December 2007 114 Yemen 2,224,000,000.00 31 December 2007 115 Zambia 1,968,000,000.00 31 December 2007 116 Fiji 1,948,000,000.00 31 December 2007 117 Moldova 1,896,000,000.00 31 December 2007 118 Eritrea 1,711,000,000.00 31 December 2007 119 Haiti 1,537,000,000.00 31 December 2007 120 Papua New Guinea 1,486,000,000.00 31 December 2007 121 Gaza Strip 1,455,000,000.00 31 December 2007 122 West Bank 1,455,000,000.00 31 December 2007 123 Angola 1,385,000,000.00 31 December 2007 124 Aruba 1,348,000,000.00 31 December 2007 125 Cameroon 1,300,000,000.00 31 December 2007 126 Armenia 1,256,000,000.00 31 December 2007 127 Saint Lucia 1,217,000,000.00 31 December 2007 128 Mongolia 1,191,000,000.00 31 December 2007 129 Liberia 1,157,000,000.00 31 December 2007 130 Cambodia 1,131,000,000.00 31 December 2007 131 Mali 1,099,000,000.00 31 December 2007 132 Maldives 1,080,000,000.00 31 December 2007 133 Cape Verde 1,049,000,000.00 31 December 2007 134 Antigua and Barbuda 1,002,000,000.00 31 December 2007 135 Uganda 907,300,000.00 31 December 2007 136 Burkina Faso 905,100,000.00 31 December 2007 137 Belize 877,600,000.00 31 December 2007 138 Mozambique 877,200,000.00 31 December 2007 139 Saint Kitts and Nevis 782,400,000.00 31 December 2007 140 Madagascar 767,500,000.00 31 December 2007 141 Guyana 739,300,000.00 31 December 2007 142 Seychelles 660,200,000.00 31 December 2007 143 Suriname 651,000,000.00 31 December 2007 144 Togo 590,700,000.00 31 December 2007 145 Grenada 575,800,000.00 31 December 2007 146 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 559,500,000.00 31 December 2007 147 Kyrgyzstan 558,300,000.00 31 December 2007 148 Benin 520,600,000.00 31 December 2007 149 Anguilla 447,700,000.00 31 December 2007 150 Guinea 422,100,000.00 31 December 2005 151 Tajikistan 417,400,000.00 31 December 2006 152 Malawi 406,200,000.00 31 December 2007 153 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 387,800,000.00 31 December 2007 154 Gabon 359,800,000.00 31 December 2007 155 Burundi 342,000,000.00 31 December 2007 156 Central African Republic 320,200,000.00 31 December 2007 157 Niger 318,900,000.00 31 December 2007 158 Laos 285,800,000.00 31 December 2007 159 Vanuatu 229,500,000.00 31 December 2007 160 Djibouti 224,700,000.00 31 December 2007 161 Samoa 215,100,000.00 31 December 2007 162 Rwanda 209,200,000.00 31 December 2005 163 Swaziland 204,100,000.00 31 December 2007 164 Dominica 193,100,000.00 31 December 2007 165 Bhutan 169,900,000.00 31 December 2007 166 Gambia, The 169,900,000.00 31 December 2007 167 Tonga 163,100,000.00 31 December 2007 168 Sierra Leone 162,900,000.00 31 December 2007 169 Solomon Islands 126,900,000.00 31 December 2007 170 Chad 82,810,000.00 31 December 2007 171 Guinea-Bissau 46,440,000.00 31 December 2007 172 Comoros 45,090,000.00 31 December 2007 173 Sao Tome and Principe 31,840,000.00 31 December 2007 174 Afghanistan 20,060,000.00 31 December 2007 175 Montserrat 5,537,000.00 31 December 2007
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Appendix A - Abbreviations
ABEDA: Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
ACCT: Agency for the French-Speaking Community (see International Organization of the French-speaking World)
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
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
ADB: Asian Development Bank
ASEAN: Association of Southeast Asian Nations
AU: African Union
Autodin: Automatic Digital Network
BA: Baltic Assembly
bbl/day: barrels per day
BCIE: Central American Bank for Economic Integration
BDEAC: Central African States Development Bank
Benelux: Benelux Economic Union
BIMSTEC: Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
Biodiversity: Convention on Biological Diversity
BGN: United States Board on Geographic Names
BIS: Bank for International Settlements
BSEC: Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone
C: Commonwealth
c.i.f.: cost, insurance, and freight
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
CEMAC: Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
CEPGL: Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries
CERN: European Organization for Nuclear Research
CEPT: Conference Europeanne des Poste et Telecommunications
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
Comsat: Communications Satellite Corporation
COMESA: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
CP: Colombo Plan
CPLP: Comunidade dos Paises de Lingua Portuguesa
CSTO: Collective Security Treaty Organization
CTBTO: Preparation commission for the Nuclear-Ban-Treaty Operation
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
DST: daylight savings time
DWT: deadweight ton
EAC: East African Community
EADB: East African Development Bank
EAEC: Eurasian Economic Community
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
ECSC: European Coal and Steel Community
EEC: European Economic Community
EFTA: European Free Trade Association
EEZ: exclusive economic zone
EIB: European Investment Bank
EMU: European 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
f.o.b.: free on board
FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization
FAX: facsimile
FLS: Front Line States
FOC: flags of convenience
FSU: former Soviet Union
FY: fiscal year
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-11: Group of 11
G-24: Group of 24
G-77: Group of 77
GATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; now WTO
GCC: Gulf Cooperation Council
GCTU: General Confederation of Trade Unions
GDP: gross domestic product
GMT: Greenwich Mean Time
GNP: gross national product
GRT: gross register ton
GSM: global system for mobile cellular communications
GUAM: Organization for Democracy and Economic Development; acronym for member states - Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova
GWP: gross world product
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
IBRD: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organization
ICC: International Chamber of Commerce
ICCt: International Criminal Court
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
IDP: Internally Displaced Person
IEA: International Energy Agency
IFAD: International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFC: International Finance Corporation
IFRCS: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
IGAD: Inter-Governmental Authority on Development
IHO: International Hydrographic Organization
ILO: International Labor Organization
IMF: International Monetary Fund
IMO: International Maritime Organization
IMSO: International Mobile Satellite 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
IPU: Inter-parliamentary Union
ISO: International Organization for Standardization
ISP: Internet Service Provider
ITSO: International Telecommunications Satellites Organization
ITU: International Telecommunication Union
ITUC: International Trade Union Confederation, the successor to ICFTU (International Confederation of Free Trade Unions) and the WCL (World Confederation of Labor)
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)
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
MINURSO: United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
MIGA: Multilateral Investment Geographic Agency
MINUSTAH: United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
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
OAU: Organization of African Unity; see African Union
ODA: official development assistance
OECD: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OECS: Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
OHCHR: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
OIC: Organization of the Islamic Conference
OIF: International Organization of the French-speaking World
ONUB: United Nations Operation in Burundi
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
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
SACEP: South Asia Co-opeative Environment Programme
SADC: Southern African Development Community
SCO: Shanghai Cooperation Organization
SAFE: South African Far East Cable
SECI: Southeast European Cooperative Initiative
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: Secretariat of the Pacific Communities
SPF: South Pacific Forum
sq km: square kilometer
sq mi: square mile
TAT: Trans-Atlantic Telephone
TEU: Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit
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
UMA: Arab Maghreb Union
UN: United Nations
UNAMSIL: United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
UNCLOS: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, also know 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
UNICEF: United Nations Children's Fund
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
UNITAR: United Nations Institute for Training and Research
UNMEE: United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
UNMIK: United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
UNMIL: United Nations Mission in Liberia
UNMIT: United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste
UNMOGIP: United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan
UNMOVIC: United Nations Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission
UNOCI: United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire
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: Untied Nations System Staff College
UNTSO: United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
UNU: United Nations University
UNWTO: World Tourism Organization
UPU: Universal Postal Union
US: United States
USSR: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union); used for information dated before 25 December 1991
UTC: Coordinated Universal Time
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
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: World Trade Organization
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 Development Bank Group (AfDB): note - regional multilateral development finance institution temporarily located in Tunis, Tunisia; the Bank Group consists of the African Development Bank, the African Development Fund, and the Nigerian Trust Fund
established - 10 September 1964
aim - to promote economic development and social progress
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 - (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, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara), Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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 - (79) 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, Cuba, 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, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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
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) and 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 - (4) Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
associate members - (5) Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
observers - (2) Mexico, Panama
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 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
Arctic Council: established - 18 September 1996
aim - to address the common concerns and challenges faced by Arctic governments and the people of the Arctic; to protect the Arctic environment
members - (8) Canada, Denmark (Greenland, Faroe Islands), Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, US
permanent participants - (6) Aleut International Association, Arctic Athabaskan Council, Gwich'in Council International, Inuit Circumpolar Conference, Russian Association of Indigenous People of the North, Saami Council
observers - (8) China, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, UK
ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF): established - 25 July 1994
aim - to foster constructive dialogue and consultation on political and security issues of common interest and concern
members - (26) Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Canada, China, EU, India, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, NZ, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, US, Vietnam
Asian Development Bank (ADB): established - 19 December 1966
aim - to promote regional economic cooperation
members - (48) Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, Georgia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, NZ, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam
nonregional members - (19) Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US
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 Secretariat
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): established - 8 August 1967
aim - to encourage regional economic, social, and cultural cooperation among the non-Communist 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; note - ASEAN promotes cooperation with Pakistan in some areas of mutual interest
observers - (1) Papua New Guinea
Australia Group (AG): established - June 1985
aim - to consult on and coordinate export controls related to chemical and biological weapons
members - (41) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, European Commission, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, 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
Baltic Assembly (BA): established - 12 May 1990
aim - to thoroughly discuss various cooperation issues between Baltic states
members - (3) Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
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, European Central Bank, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, 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
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC): established - June 1997
aim - to foster socio-economic cooperation among members
members - (7) Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand
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 - 1975
aim - to discuss and coordinate major economic policies
members - (7) Big Six (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK) plus the US
Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone (BSEC): established - 25 June 1992
aim - to enhance regional stability through economic cooperation
members - (12) Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine; note - Macedonia is in the process of joining
observers - (17) Austria, Belarus, Black Sea Commission, Commission of the EC, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Energy Charter Secretariat, France, Germany, International Black Sea Club, Israel, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Tunisia, US; note - Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia have applied for observer status
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 - (5) Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands
observers - (7) 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 - (21) Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, 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 Economic and Monetary 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 - (10) African Development Bank (AfDB), Cameroon, Central African States Bank (BEAC), Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, 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 - (7) Argentina, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Spain, 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, 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 - (18) Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, 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, German Democratic Republic, Hungary, North Korea, Laos, Mongolia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, USSR, Vietnam
Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO): established - 7 October 2002
aim - to coordinate military and political cooperation, to develop multilateral structures and mechanisms of cooperation for ensuring national security of the member states
members - (7) Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Colombo Plan (CP): established - 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, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, NZ, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, US, Vietnam
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA): note - formerly known as Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern Africa (PTA)
established - 5 November 1993
aim - recognizing, promoting and protecting fundamental human rights, commitment to the principles of liberty and rule of law, maintaining peace and stability through the promotion and strengthening of good neighborliness, commitment to peaceful settlement of disputes among member states
members - (19) Burundi, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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 (suspended), The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, NZ, Nigeria, Pakistan (reinstated 2004), 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
Comuinidade dos Paises de Lingua Portuguesa (CPLP): established - 1996
aim - to establish a forum for friendship among Portuguese-speaking nations where Portuguese is an official language
members - (8) Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe, Timor-Leste
associate observers - (3) Equatorial Guinea, Mauritius, Senegal
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 - (10 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, 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 - (47) 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, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, UK
observers - (5) Canada, Holy See, 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
observers - (7) France, Italy, Netherlands, Slovakia, Ukraine, UK, US
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, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, 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, Isle of Man, Jersey, North Korea, Macau, 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
Developing Eight (D-8): established - 15 June 1997
aim - to improve developing countries' positions in the world economy, diversify and create new opportunities in trade relations, enhance participation in decision-making at the international level, provide better standards of living
member - (8) Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Turkey
East African Community (EAC): note - originally established in 1967, it was disbanded in 1977
established - January 2001
aim - to establish a political and economic union among the countries
members - (5) Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
East African Development Bank (EADB): established - 6 June 1967; effective - 1 December 1967
aim - to promote economic development
members - (4) Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
East Asia Summit (EAS): established - 14 December 2005
aim - to promote cooperation in political and security issues; to promote development, financial stability, energy security, economic integration and growth; to eradicate poverty and narrow the development gap in East Asia, and to promote deeper cultural understanding
members - (16) Australia, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, NZ, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Economic and Monetary 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
Economic and Monetary Union (EMU): note - an integral part of the European Union; also known as the European Economic and Monetary Union
established - 1-2 December 1969 (proposed at summit conference of heads of government; 7 February 1992 (Maastricht Treaty signed)
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 - (15) Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain
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; note - organization collapsed because of fighting in 1998; reactivated in 2006
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS): established - 28 May 1975
aim - to promote regional economic cooperation
members - (15) Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, 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
Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC or EurasEC): note - merged with Central Asian Cooperation Organization (CACO) in 2005
established - May 2001
aim - to create a common economic and energy policy
members - (6) Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
observers - (3) Armenia, Moldova, Ukraine
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 - (50) Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, 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 - (63) Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, EC, European Investment Bank (EIB), Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, UK, US, Uzbekistan
European Community (or European Communities, EC): established 8 April 1965 to integrate the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), 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 - (27) Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, 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 - (8) EC, India, 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 - (17) Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
cooperating states - (5) Canada, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania
European Union (EU): note - see European Union entry at the end of the "country" listings
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 - (192) includes all UN member countries except Brunei, Liechtenstein, and Singapore (189 total); plus Cook Islands, EC, Faroe Islands, and Niue
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, 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 - 1964
aim - to form a monetary union among countries whose currencies were linked to the French franc
members - (16) Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo
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 (WTO)
General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU): established - 16 April 1992
aim - to consolidate trade union actions to protect citizens' social and labor rights and interests, to help secure trade unions' rights and guarantees, and to strengthen international trade union solidarity
members - (11) Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
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 - September 1990
aim - mechanism for policy coordination
members - (2) Colombia, Mexico; note - Panama shows interest in joining
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): also known as Groupe des Six Sur le Desarmement (not to be confused with the Big Six) was established in 22 May 1984 with the aim of achieving nuclear disarmament; its members were 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 - 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 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, Sweden
Group of 10 (G-10): note - also known as the Paris Club; includes the wealthiest members of the IMF who provide most of the money to be loaned and act as the informal steering committee; name persists despite increased membership
established - October 1962
aim - to coordinate credit policy
members - (11) Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US
observers - (4) BIS, EU, 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; name persists despite increased membership
established - September 1989
aim - to promote economic cooperation among developing nations; to act as the main political organ for the Nonaligned Movement
members - (18) Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, 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
observers - (1) China
Group of 77 (G-77): established - 15 June1964; October 1967 first ministerial meeting
aim - to promote economic cooperation among developing countries; name persists in spite of increased membership
members - (129 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, 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, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, 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, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, 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
Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM): note- acronym standing for the member countries, Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova; formerly known as GUUAM before Uzbekistan withdrew in 5 May 2005
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 - (4) Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine
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 and Mayotte), 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 - (47) 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, South Korea, 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 - (6) Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda; note - Eritrea declared its suspension in 2007
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU): established - 1889
aim - fosters contacts among parliamentarians, considers and expresses views of international interest and concern with the purpose of bringing about action by parliaments and parliamentarians, contributes to the defense and promotion of human rights, contributes to better knowledge of representative institutions
members - (154 and the Palestine Liberation Organization) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, 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, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, 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, Somalia, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Palestine Liberation Organization
associate members - (8) Andean Parliament, Central American Parliament, East African Legislative Assembly, European Parliament, Inter- Parliamentary Committee of the West African Economic and Monetary Union, Latin American Parliament, Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): established - 26 October 1956; effective - 29 July 1957
aim - to promote peaceful uses of atomic energy
members - (145) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, 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, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe; note - membership pending for Bahrain, Burundi, Cape Verde, Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Oman, Nepal until the necessary legal instruments are deposited with the IAEA
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 - (185) includes all UN member countries except Andorra, Cuba, North Korea, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Nauru, and Tuvalu
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC): established - 1919
aim - to promote free trade and private enterprise and to represent business interests at national and international levels
members - (91 national committees) Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Caribbean, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, South Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela; note - Peru is restructuring
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 - (190) includes all UN member countries except Dominica, Liechtenstein, and Tuvalu (189 total); plus Cook Islands
International Civilian Support Mission in Haiti (MICAH): established 17 December 1999 to promote respect for human rights; members included Argentina, Benin, Canada, France, India, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Tunisia, US; closed 2001
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC): established - 17 February 1863
aim - to provide humanitarian aid in wartime
members - (15-25 individuals) all Swiss nationals
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) - (108) Afghanistan, Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, NZ, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, UK, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zambia
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol): established - 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 - (187) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, 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, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, 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, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
subbureaus - (11) American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Macau, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos 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 - (168) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, 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, EU, 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, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, 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 - (28) Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Luxembourg, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, 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, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, 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, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, 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, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Palestine Liberation Organization
observers - (2) Eritrea and 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 - (181) includes all UN member countries except Andorra, Brunei, Cuba, North Korea, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Nauru, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Suriname, Tuvalu
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD): established - November 1974
aim - to promote agricultural development; a UN specialized agency
members - (165)
List A - (23 industrialized aid contributors) Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US
List B - (12 petroleum-exporting aid contributors) Algeria, Gabon, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Venezuela
List C - (130 aid recipients) Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, 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, 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, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Niue, 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 (suspended since 1992), Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor- Leste, 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 - June 1919; effective - 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 oceanograrphy
members - (80) Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Burma, Canada, Chile, China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo (suspended), Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominican Republic (suspended), Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, NZ, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname (suspended), Sweden, Syria, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela
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 - (181) includes all UN member countries except Andorra, Bhutan, North Korea, Liechtenstein, Maldives, Federated States of Micronesia, Monaco, Nauru, Palau, Tonga, and Tuvalu; note - includes the following dependencies: Netherlands (Netherlands Antilles and Aruba)
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 - (167) includes all UN member countries except Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Belarus, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Mali, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niger, Palau, Rwanda, Tajikistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Zambia
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 - (185) includes all UN member countries except Andorra, Cuba, North Korea, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Nauru, Tuvalu; note - includes the following dependencies or areas of special interest: China (Hong Kong and Macau), Netherlands (Netherlands Antilles and Aruba)
International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO): established - 15 April 1999
aim - acts as watchdog over Inmarsat (International Maritime Satellite Organization), a private company, to make sure it follows ICAO standards and recommended practices; plays an active role in the development of international telecommunications policies
members - (92) Algeria, Argentina, Australia, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Malaysia, Malta, Marshall Islands, Maurtius, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, NZ, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Venezuela, Vietnam
International Olympic Committee (IOC): established - 23 June 1894
aim - to promote the Olympic ideals and administer the Olympic games: 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada; 2012 Summer Olympics in London, UK; 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia
National Olympic Committees - (204 and the Palestine Liberation Organization) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, 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, 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, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, 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, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, 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 - (122) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, 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, Estonia, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
observers - (16) Bahrain, Bhutan, China, Cuba, Ethiopia, Guyana, Holy See, Indonesia, Macedonia, Mozambique, Namibia, Papua New Guinea, Russia, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Turkmenistan
International Organization for Standardization (ISO): established - 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 - (105 national standards organizations) Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, NZ, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saint Lucia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe
correspondent members - (41 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burma, Cameroon, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Gabon, Georgia, Guatemala, Guinea, Hong Kong, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Moldova, Montenegro, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Togo, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Palestine Liberation Organization
subscriber members - (10) Antigua and Barbuda, Burundi, Cambodia, Dominica, Guyana, Honduras, Laos, Lesotho, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname
International Organization of the French-speaking World (OIF): note - name changed from Agency of Cultural and Technical Cooperation (ACCT) in 1997; also known as Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie
established - 20 March 1970
aim - founded around a common language to promote and spread the cultures of its members and to reinforce cultural and technical cooperation between them
members - (53) Albania, Andorra, Belgium, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Canada - New Brunswick, Canada - Quebec, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominica, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, France, French Community of Belgium, Gabon, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Laos, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, Niger, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Tunisia, Vanuatu, Vietnam
associates - (3) Armenia, Cyprus, Ghana
observers - (14) Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Mozambique, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Thailand, Ukraine
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM): established - 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 and the Palestine Liberation Organization); note - same as membership for International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
International Telecommunications Satellites Organization (ITSO): established - August 1964
aim - to act as a watchdog over Intelsat, Ltd., a private company, to make sure it provides on a global and non-discriminatory basis public telecommunication services
members - (148) Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, 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, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, the Federated States of Micronesia, 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, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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 - (191) includes all UN member countries except Palau, Timor- Leste (190 total); plus Holy See
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC): note - its predecessors were the Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and the World Confederation of Labor (WCL)
established - 3 November 2006
aim - to promote the trade union movement
members - (311 affiliated organizations in the following 154 countries and the Palestine Liberation Organization as of December 2007) Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bonaire, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros, 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, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, 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, and the Palestine Liberation Organization
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 - (55 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, 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
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 - (27) Argentina, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Secretaria General Iberoamericana (SEGIB), 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 - (26) China, Corporacion Andina de Fomento, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, EC, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Inter- American Development Bank, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Latin America Economic System, Nicaragua, Organization of American States, Panama, Pan-American Health Organization, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, 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 - 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
observers - (3) Eritrea, India, Venezuela
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, Isle of Man, Jamaica, Jersey, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, 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, Isle of Man, Jersey, North Korea, Macau, 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)
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA): established - 12 April 1988
aim - encourages flow of foreign direct investment among member countries by offering investment insurance, consultation, and negotiation on conditions for foreign investment and technical assistance; a UN specialized agency
members - (173) includes all UN member countries except Andorra, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Comoros, Cuba, Kiribati, North Korea, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, NZ, Niger, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia, Tonga, Tuvalu
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 the 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 - (117 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda,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, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, 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, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, UAE, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Palestine Liberation Organization
observers - (15) Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, El Salvadore, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Paraguay, Serbia, Ukraine, Uruguay
guests - (24) Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Greece, Holy See, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
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 - (8) Denmark (including Faroe Islands and Greenland), Estonia, Finland (including Aland Islands), Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, 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, and 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 - 1974; effective - 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 - (45) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, 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) EC
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 - (56) 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, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, UK, US, Uzbekistan
partners for cooperation - (11) Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Jordan, South Korea, Mongolia, 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) - (184) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbadoes, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, 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, Dominica, Djibouti, Ecuador, 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, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, 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, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
signatory states (countries that have signed, but not ratified, the Convention) - (5) The Bahamas, Burma, Dominican Republic, Guinea- Bissau, Israel
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 - (63) Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Latvia, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, UK, Vanuatu, 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 (suspended), UAE
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS): established - 18 June 1981; effective - 4 July 1981
aim - to promote political, economic, and defense cooperation
members - (9) Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC): established - 14 September 1960
aim - to coordinate petroleum policies
members - (13) Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, 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 - (14) AU, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Central African Republic, ECO, Islamic Conference Youth Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation, LAS, Moro National Liberation Front, NAM, OAU, Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States, Russia, Thailand, Turkish Muslim Community of Kibris, UN
Pacific Community (SPC): local name of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community
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
associate members - (2) French Polynesia, New Caledonia
partners - (13) Canada, China, EU, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, UK, US
observers - (5) Asia Development Bank, The Commonwealth, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Wallis and Futuna
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) Australia, Austria, 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 - (24) Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Finland, Georgia, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan; note - a nation that becomes a member of NATO is no longer a member of PFP
Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA): established - 29 July 1899
aim - to facilitate the settlement of international disputes
members - (108) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, 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, Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Togo, 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 - 1988
aim - to consult on regional Latin American issues
members - (21) Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, CARICOM, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
Schengen Convention: established - established - signed June 1990; effective March 1995
aim - aim - to allow free movement within an area without internal border controls
members - (25) Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland; note - UK and Ireland have not joined; Liechtenstein and Cyprus will probably join in 2009; Bulgaria and Romania are still not fully implemented
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
Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC): established - 6 February 1947; effective 29 July 1948
aim - to serve island development in 22 Pacific countries; to develop technical assistance and professional, scientific, and research support; to build planning and management capability
members - (26) America Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, NZ, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, US, Wallis and Futuna
Shanghai Cooperation 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
observers - (4) India, Iran, Mongolia, Pakistan
guests - (6) Afghanistan, ASEAN, CIS, EurAsEC, Turkmenistan, UN
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 American Community of Nations (CSN): established - 9 December 2004
aim - to coordinate common policies regarding multilateral organizations, to integrate physical infrastructure, and to consolidate the merger of CAN and Mercosur
members - (12) Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Uruguay, Venezuela
observers - (2) Mexico, Panama
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC): established - 8 December 1985
aim - to promote economic, social, and cultural cooperation
members - (8) Afghanistan. Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
observers - (9) Australia, Burma, China, EU, Iran, Japan, South Korea, Mauritius, US
South Asia Co-operative Environment Program (SACEP): established - January 1983
aim - to promote regional cooperation in South Asia in the field of environment, both natural and human, and on issues of economic and social development; to support conservation and management of natural resources of the region
members - (8) Afghanistan, 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 - 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
Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI): established - 6 December 1996
aim - to encourage cooperation among participating states and to facilitate their integration into European structures
members - (13) Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey
observers - (18) Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Canada, France, Georgia, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine, UK, US
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, Madagascar, 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 - (5) Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
Third World: another term for the less developed countries; the term is obsolescent; see less developed countries (LDCs)
African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID): established - 31 July 2007
aim - to contribute to the restoration of security conditions which will allow safe humanitarian assistance throughout Darfur, to contribute to the protection of civilian populations under imminent threat of physical attack, to monitor, observe compliance with, and verify the implementation of various ceasefire agreements
members - (31) Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Canada, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, UK, Yemen, Zambia
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)
Union Latina: established - 15 May 1954; became functional 1983
aim - to project, protect, and promote the common heritage and unifying idenitites of the Latin, and Latin-influenced, world
members - (37) Andorra, Angola, Bolivia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Cote d'Ivoire, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Italy, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Spain, Timor-Leste, Uruguay, Venezuela
observers - (3) Argentina, Holy See, Order of Malta
Union of South American Nations (UNASUR - Spanish; UNASUL - Portuguese): formerly South American Community of Nations which terminated on 16 April 2007
established - 23 May 2008
aim - to model a community after the European Union which will include a common currency, parliament, and passport
members - (12) Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela
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 (OHCHR), Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Preparation Committee for the Nuclear-Test- Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), United Nations Center for Human Settlements (UN-Habitat), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF), United Nations Development Program (UNDP), United Nations Drug Control Program (UNDCP), United Nations Environment Program (UNEP),United Nations Fund for International Partnerships (UNFIP), 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), 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), African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT), United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI), United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT), United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS), 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), United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), 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 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 (UNWTO), and World Trade Organization (WTO)
5) Trusteeship Council (inactive; no trusteeships at this time)
6) International Court of Justice (ICJ)
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 - (36) 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 - (193) 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, Croatia, India, Japan, Poland
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 - (193) includes all UN member countries except Liechtenstein (191 total); plus Cook Islands and Niue
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 - (192) 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) - (76) Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Holy See, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Lebanon, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, UK, US, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia
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 - (172) includes all UN member countries except Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Estonia, Iceland, Kiribati, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, San Marino, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, US
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) Algeria, Brazil, Burkino Faso, China, Republic of the Congo, Cuba, Estonia, France (2), Ghana, India, Iran, Japan, Kuwait, Norway, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland (2), Thailand, US; note - the UN Secretary General can appoint up to 30 members
United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT): established - 25 August 2006
aim - to support the Government, to support the electoral process, to ensure the restoration and maintenance of public security
members - (14) Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Fiji, India, Malaysia, Nepal, NZ, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Sierra Leone, Singapore
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
note - gives civilian support only; works closely with NATO Kosovo Force (KFOR)
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 - (28) Belgium, China, Croatia, Cyprus, El Salvador, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, South Korea, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Nepal, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Slovenia, Spain, Tanzania, Turkey
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 - (8) 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 - (28) Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Croatia, Djibouti, Egypt, El Slavador, France, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Poland, Russia, Sri Lanka, Uruguay, Yemen
United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT): established - 25 September 2007
aim - to create the security and conditions which will to contribute to the protection of refugees, displaced persons, and citizens in danger, to facilitate the provision of humanitarian assistance in eastern Chad and the northeastern Central African Republic, to create favorable conditions for the recontruction and economic and social development of these areas
members - (22) Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Egypt, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Mali, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Rwanda, Senegal, Spain, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia
United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE): established 31 July 2000; aim was to monitor the cessation of hostilities; mandate ended July 2008; members were Algeria, Austria, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, The Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, India, Iran, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tanzania, Tunisia, Ukraine, 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 - (45) Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Ghana, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Togo, Ukraine, UK, US, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL): established on 22 October 1999; aim was to 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; mandate ended 31 December 2005; members were Bangladesh, Bolivia, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, The Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Guinea, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Ukraine, UK, Uruguay, Zambia
United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS): established - March 2005
aim - to support implementation of the comprehensive Peace Agreement by Monitoring and verifying the implementation of the Cease Fire Agreement, by observing and monitoring movements of armed groups, and by helping disarm, demobilizing and reintegrating armed bands
members - (61) Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Finland, Gabon, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherland, NZ, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, UK, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET): established on 17 May 2002 to provide assistance to structures critical to public security and to assist in the development of law enforcement agencies; to contribute to extenal security; members were Australia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Denmark, Fiji, Jordan, Malaysia, Mozambique, Nepal, NZ, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Sweden; completed its mandate 20 May 2005
United Nations Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC): formerly known as United Nations Special Commission for the Elimination of Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction (UNSCOM); established December 1999 with the aim to identify, account for, and eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and the capacity to produce them; commissioners were from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, UN Department for Disarmament Affairs, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, Senegal, Ukraine, UK, US; finished operations 29 June 2007
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 - (32) Albania, Austria, Bangladesh, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Jordan, South Korea, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, UK, US, Uruguay, Yemen
United Nations Operation in Burundi (ONUB): was established 21 May 2004 to support and help implement the efforts undertaken by Burundians to restore lasting peace and bring about national reconciliation; members were Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Chad, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, India, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mozambique, Nambia, Nepal, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Uruguay, Yemen, Zambia; mandate was completed 31 December 2006
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 - (48) Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Ukraine, UK, Uruguay, Yemen, Zambia
United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI): established - 27 February 2004
aim - to facilitate the implementation by the Ivorian parties of the peace agreement signed by them in January 2003
members - (41) Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Chad, China, Croatia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, The Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, India, Ireland, Jordan, Moldova, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Uruguay, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
United Nations Peacekeeping 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 - (7) Argentina, Austria, Canada, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, UK
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA): note - acronym retained from predecessor organization UN Fund for Population Activities
established - 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 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) - (22) Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, EC, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, UK, US
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD): established - 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 12 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; Belgium (2007-08), Burkina Faso (2008-09), Costa Rica (2008-09), Croatia (2008-09), Indonesia (2007-08), Italy (2007-08), Libya (2008-09), Panama (2007-08), South Africa (2007-08), Vietnam (2008-09); note - Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey and Uganda have been elected by the General Assembly for two-year terms starting 1 January 2009
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH): established - 30 April 2004
aim - to stabilize Haiti in many areas for at least six months
members - (17) Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, Jordan, Nepal, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Sri Lanka, US, Uruguay
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO): established - 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 - (191) includes all UN member countries except Andorra, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau (189 total); plus Holy See and Overseas Territories of the UK; note - includes the following dependencies or areas of special interest: Australia (Norfolk Island), China (Hong Kong, Macau), Denmark (Faroe Islands, Greenland), France (French Polynesia including Clipperton Island, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Scattered Islands [Bassas da India, Europe, Juan de Nova, Glorioso Islands, Tromelin], Wallis and Futuna), Netherlands (Aruba, Netherlands Antilles), NZ (Cook Island, Niue, Tokelau), UK (Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey; Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, Turks and Caicos), US (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)
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 German Democratic Republic (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 - (8) Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea- Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo
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), International Finance Corporation (IFC), and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
World Confederation of Labor (WCL): established 19 June 1920 as the International Federation of Christian Trade Unions (IFCTU), renamed 4 October 1968; aim was to promote the trade union movement; on 31 October 2006 it merged with the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) to form the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); members were (105 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, Denmark, 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, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, 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, 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 - (175) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, 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, Dominican Republic, EC, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, 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, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, 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 - (174 and the Palestine Liberation Organization) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bonaire, 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, Curacao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, North Korea, South Korea, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Moldovo, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Eustatius, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martaan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, Somaliland, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, US Virgin Islands, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, 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 - (193) includes all UN member countries except Liechtenstein (191 total); plus Cook Islands and Niue
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 - (184) includes all UN member countries except Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Vanuatu (183 total); plus Holy See
World Meteorological Organization (WMO): established - 11 October 1947; effective - 4 April 1951
aim - to sponsor meteorological cooperation; a UN specialized agency
members - (188) includes all UN member countries except Andorra, Equatorial Guinea, Grenada, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu (180 total); plus Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles, British Caribbean Territories, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Hong Kong, Macau, New Caledonia, and Niue
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO): established - 2 January 1975
aim - to promote tourism as a means of contributing to economic development, international understanding, and peace
members - (154) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, 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, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, UK, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
associate members - (7) Aruba, Flanders, Hong Kong, Macau, Madeira Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico
observers - (1 plus Palestine Liberation Organization) Holy See, Palestine Liberation Organization
World Trade Organization (WTO): 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 - (153) Albania, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, 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, Estonia, EC, 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, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, 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, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe
observers - (30) Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Belarus, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Holy See, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Montenegro, Russia, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Serbia, Seychelles, Sudan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Yemen; note - with the exception of the Holy See, an observer 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 - (36) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, 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
observers - (1) European Commission
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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-Sulphur 85
see 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
see Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur 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 - (167) 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, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic 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, 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, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, 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, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, 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
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 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 - (186) 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (1) US
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 - (38) Australia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Finland, France, Haiti, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Portugal, Senegal, Serbia, 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 - (20) Afghanistan, Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ghana, Iceland, 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, Austria, Azerbaijan, 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, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, UK, US
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (2) Holy See, San Marino
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 - (153) Albania, Algeria, 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, 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, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Fiji, 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, Kazakhstan, Kenya, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Tajikistan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia
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, Mauritius, 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 - (168) 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, 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, 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, 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, Palau, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, 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; the London Convention came into force in 1996
parties - (88) Afghanistan, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, 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, Montenegro, Morocco, Nauru, Netherlands, NZ, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Seychelles, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Vanuatu
associate members to the London Convention - (2) Faroe Islands, Macau countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (3) Chad, Kuwait, Uruguay
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 - (68) Afghanistan, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Brunei, 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
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 - (72) Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Germany, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Nauru, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Norway, Oman, Palau, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Senegal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Togo, Tuvalu, 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
entered into force - 23 February 2005
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 - (181) 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, Cental African Republic, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Island, Costa Rica, 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, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, 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, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (4) Kazakhstan, US
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 - (189) 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, 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, 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, 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, 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 - (139) Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burma, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Libya, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, 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, 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
consultative parties - (31) Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, UK, US, Uruguay
non consultative parties - (12) Austria, Colombia, Cuba, Denmark, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey
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 - (31) Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, 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 Sulphur Emissions
note - abbreviated as Air Pollution-Sulphur 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 - (27) Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (3) 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
entered into force - 23 October 2003
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 - (27) Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (10) Armenia, Croatia, Greece, Ireland, Philippines Poland, Portugal, Spain, Ukraine, US
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%
note - abbreviated as Air Pollution-Sulphur 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, 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 - (155) Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, 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, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, 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, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Niue, 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, 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 - (27) Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Iran, North Korea, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Niger, 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 - (185) 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, 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, 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, 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, Timor- Leste, 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 - (195) 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, 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, Holy See, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, 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, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, 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, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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: Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions (FIPS 10) is maintained by the Office of Targeting and Transnational Issues, National Geospatial- Intelligence Agency, and published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (Department of Commerce). FIPS 10 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.
STANAG 1059: Letter Codes for Geographical Entities (8th edition, 2004) is a Standardization Agreement (STANAG) established and maintained by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO/OTAN) for the purpose of providing a common set of geo-spatial identifiers for countries, territories, and possessions. The 8th edition established trigraph codes for each country based upon the ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 character sets. These codes are used throughout NATO.
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).
STANAG- Entity FIPS 10 | ISO 3166 | 1059 Internet Comment
Afghanistan AF AF AFG 004 AFG .af Albania AL AL ALB 008 ALB .al Algeria AG DZ DZA 012 DZA .dz American Samoa AQ AS ASM 016 ASM .as Andorra AN AD AND 020 AND .ad Angola AO AO AGO 024 AGO .ao Anguilla AV AI AIA 660 AIA .ai Antarctica AY AQ ATA 010 ATA .aq ISO defines as the territory south of 60 degrees south latitude
Antigua and Barbuda AC AG ATG 028 ATG .ag Argentina AR AR ARG 032 ARG .ar Armenia AM AM ARM 051 ARM .am Aruba AA AW ABW 533 ABW .aw Ashmore and Cartier Islands AT - - - AUS - ISO includes with Australia
Australia AS AU AUS 036 AUS .au ISO includes Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Coral Sea Islands
Austria AU AT AUT 040 AUT .at Azerbaijan AJ AZ AZE 031 AZE .az Bahamas, The BF BS BHS 044 BHS .bs Bahrain BA BH BHR 048 BHR .bh Baker Island FQ - - - UMI - ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands
Bangladesh BG BD BGD 050 BGD .bd Barbados BB BB BRB 052 BRB .bb Bassas da India BS - - - - - administered as part of French Southern and Antarctic Lands; no ISO codes assigned
Belarus BO BY BLR 112 BLR .by Belgium BE BE BEL 056 BEL .be Belize BH BZ BLZ 084 BLZ .bz Benin BN BJ BEN 204 BEN .bj Bermuda BD BM BMU 060 BMU .bm Bhutan BT BT BTN 064 BTN .bt Bolivia BL BO BOL 068 BOL .bo Bosnia and Herzegovina BK BA BIH 070 BIH .ba Botswana BC BW BWA 072 BWA .bw Bouvet Island BV BV BVT 074 BVT .bv Brazil BR BR BRA 076 BRA .br British Indian Ocean Territory IO IO IOT 086 IOT .io British Virgin Islands VI VG VGB 092 VGB .vg Brunei BX BN BRN 096 BRN .bn Bulgaria BU BG BGR 100 BGR .bg Burkina Faso UV BF BFA 854 BFA .bf Burma BM MM MMR 104 MMR .mm ISO uses the name Myanmar
Burundi BY BI BDI 108 BDI .bi Cambodia CB KH KHM 116 KHM .kh Cameroon CM CM CMR 120 CMR .cm Canada CA CA CAN 124 CAN .ca Cape Verde CV CV CPV 132 CPV .cv Cayman Islands CJ KY CYM 136 CYM .ky Central African Republic CT CF CAF 140 CAF .cf Chad CD TD TCD 148 TCD .td Chile CI CL CHL 152 CHL .cl China CH CN CHN 156 CHN .cn see also Taiwan
Christmas Island KT CX CXR 162 CXR .cx Clipperton Island IP - - - FYP - ISO includes with French Polynesia
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsCK CC CCK 166 AUS .cc Colombia CO CO COL 170 COL .co Comoros CN KM COM 174 COM .km Congo, Democratic Republic of the CG CD COD 180 COD .cd formerly Zaire
Congo, Republic of the CF CG COG 178 COG .cg Cook Islands CW CK COK 184 COK .ck Coral Sea Islands CR - - - AUS - ISO includes with Australia
Costa Rica CS CR CRI 188 CRI .cr Cote d'Ivoire IV CI CIV 384 CIV .ci Croatia HR HR HRV 191 HRV .hr Cuba CU CU CUB 192 CUB .cu Cyprus CY CY CYP 196 CYP .cy Czech Republic EZ CZ CZE 203 CZE .cz Denmark DA DK DNK 208 DNK .dk Djibouti DJ DJ DJI 262 DJI .dj Dominica DO DM DMA 212 DMA .dm Dominican Republic DR DO DOM 214 DOM .do Ecuador EC EC ECU 218 ECU .ec Egypt EG EG EGY 818 EGY .eg El Salvador ES SV SLV 222 SLV .sv Equatorial Guinea EK GQ GNQ 226 GNQ .gq Eritrea ER ER ERI 232 ERI .er Estonia EN EE EST 233 EST .ee Ethiopia ET ET ETH 231 ETH .et Europa Island EU - - - - - administered as part of French Southern and Antarctic Lands; no ISO codes assigned
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) FK FK FLK 238 FLK .fk Faroe Islands FO FO FRO 234 FRO .fo Fiji FJ FJ FJI 242 FJI .fj Finland FI FI FIN 246 FIN .fi France FR FR FRA 250 FRA .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 GUF .gf French Polynesia FP PF PYF 258 PYF .pf ISO includes Clipperton Island
French Southern and Antarctic Lands FS TF ATF 260 ATF .tf FIPS 10-4 does not include the French-claimed portion of Antarctica (Terre Adelie)
Gabon GB GA GAB 266 GAB .ga Gambia, The GA GM GMB 270 GMB .gm Gaza Strip GZ PS PSE 275 PSE .ps ISO identifies as Occupied Palestinian Territory
Georgia GG GE GEO 268 GEO .ge Germany GM DE DEU 276 DEU .de Ghana GH GH GHA 288 GHA .gh Gibraltar GI GI GIB 292 GIB .gi Glorioso Islands GO - - - - - administered as part of French Southern and Antarctic Lands; no ISO codes assigned
Greece GR GR GRC 300 GRC .gr Greenland GL GL GRL 304 GRL .gl Grenada GJ GD GRD 308 GRD .gd Guadeloupe GP GP GLP 312 GLP .gp Guam GQ GU GUM 316 GUM .gu Guatemala GT GT GTM 320 GTM .gt Guernsey GK GG GGY 831 UK .gg Guinea GV GN GIN 324 GIN .gn Guinea-Bissau PU GW GNB 624 GNB .gw Guyana GY GY GUY 328 GUY .gy Haiti HA HT HTI 332 HTI .ht Heard Island and McDonald Islands HM HM HMD 334 HMD .hm Holy See (Vatican City) VT VA VAT 336 VAT .va Honduras HO HN HND 340 HND .hn Hong Kong HK HK HKG 344 HKG .hk Howland Island HQ - - - UMI - ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands
Hungary HU HU HUN 348 HUN .hu Iceland IC IS ISL 352 ISL .is India IN IN IND 356 IND .in Indonesia ID ID IDN 360 IDN .id Iran IR IR IRN 364 IRN .ir Iraq IZ IQ IRQ 368 IRQ .iq Ireland EI IE IRL 372 IRL .ie Isle of Man IM IM IMN 833 UK .im Israel IS IL ISR 376 ISR .il Italy IT IT ITA 380 ITA .it Jamaica JM JM JAM 388 JAM .jm Jan Mayen JN - - - SJM - ISO includes with Svalbard
Japan JA JP JPN 392 JPN .jp Jarvis Island DQ - - - UMI - ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands
Jersey JE JE JEY 832 UK .je Johnston Atoll JQ - - - UMI - ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands
Jordan JO JO JOR 400 JOR .jo Juan de Nova Island JU - - - - - administered as part of French Southern and Antarctic Lands; no ISO codes assigned
Kazakhstan KZ KZ KAZ 398 KAZ .kz Kenya KE KE KEN 404 KEN .ke Kingman Reef KQ - - - UMI - ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands
Kiribati KR KI KIR 296 KIR .ki Korea, North KN KP PRK 408 PRK .kp Korea, South KS KR KOR 410 KOR .kr Kosovo KV - - - - - ISO codes have not been designated
Kuwait KU KW KWT 414 KWT .kw Kyrgyzstan KG KG KGZ 417 KGZ .kg Laos LA LA LAO 418 LAO .la Latvia LG LV LVA 428 LVA .lv Lebanon LE LB LBN 422 LBN .lb Lesotho LT LS LSO 426 LSO .ls Liberia LI LR LBR 430 LBR .lr Libya LY LY LBY 434 LBY .ly Liechtenstein LS LI LIE 438 LIE .li Lithuania LH LT LTU 440 LTU .lt Luxembourg LU LU LUX 442 LUX .lu Macau MC MO MAC 446 MAC .mo Macedonia MK MK MKD 807 FYR .mk Madagascar MA MG MDG 450 MDG .mg Malawi MI MW MWI 454 MWI .mw Malaysia MY MY MYS 458 MYS .my Maldives MV MV MDV 462 MDV .mv Mali ML ML MLI 466 MLI .ml Malta MT MT MLT 470 MLT .mt Marshall Islands RM MH MHL 584 MHL .mh Martinique MB MQ MTQ 474 MTQ .mq Mauritania MR MR MRT 478 MRT .mr Mauritius MP MU MUS 480 MUS .mu Mayotte MF YT MYT 175 FRA .yt Mexico MX MX MEX 484 MEX .mx Micronesia, Federated States of FM FM FSM 583 FSM .fm Midway Islands MQ - - - UMI - ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands
Moldova MD MD MDA 498 MDA .md Monaco MN MC MCO 492 MCO .mc Mongolia MG MN MNG 496 MNG .mn Montenegro MJ ME MNE 499 - .me Montserrat MH MS MSR 500 MSR .ms Morocco MO MA MAR 504 MAR .ma Mozambique MZ MZ MOZ 508 MOZ .mz Myanmar - - - - - - see Burma
Namibia WA NA NAM 516 NAM .na Nauru NR NR NRU 520 NRU .nr Navassa Island BQ - - - US - ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands
Nepal NP NP NPL 524 NPL .np Netherlands NL NL NLD 528 NLD .nl Netherlands Antilles NT AN ANT 530 ANT .an New Caledonia NC NC NCL 540 NCL .nc New Zealand NZ NZ NZL 554 NZL .nz Nicaragua NU NI NIC 558 NIC .ni Niger NG NE NER 562 NER .ne Nigeria NI NG NGA 566 NGA .ng Niue NE NU NIU 570 NIU .nu Norfolk Island NF NF NFK 574 NFK .nf Northern Mariana Islands CQ MP MNP 580 MNP .mp Norway NO NO NOR 578 NOR .no Oman MU OM OMN 512 OMN .om Pakistan PK PK PAK 586 PAK .pk Palau PS PW PLW 585 PLW .pw Palmyra Atoll LQ - - - UMI - ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands
Panama PM PA PAN 591 PAN .pa Papua New Guinea PP PG PNG 598 PNG .pg Paracel Islands PF - - - - - Paraguay PA PY PRY 600 PRY .py Peru PE PE PER 604 PER .pe Philippines RP PH PHL 608 PHL .ph Pitcairn Islands PC PN PCN 612 PCN .pn Poland PL PL POL 616 POL .pl Portugal PO PT PRT 620 PRT .pt Puerto Rico RQ PR PRI 630 PRI .pr Qatar QA QA QAT 634 QAT .qa Reunion RE RE REU 638 REU .re Romania RO RO ROU 642 ROU .ro Russia RS RU RUS 643 RUS .ru Rwanda RW RW RWA 646 RWA .rw Saint Barthelemy TB BL BLM 652 - .bl ccTLD .fr and .gp may also be used
Saint Helena SH SH SHN 654 SHN .sh Saint Kitts and NevisSC KN KNA 659 KNA .kn Saint Lucia ST LC LCA 662 LCA .lc Saint Martin RN MF MAF 663 - .mf ccTLD .fr and .gp may also be used
Saint Pierre and Miquelon SB PM SPM 666 SPM .pm Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC VC VCT 670 VCT .vc Samoa WS WS WSM 882 WSM .ws San Marino SM SM SMR 674 SMR .sm Sao Tome and Principe TP ST STP 678 STP .st Saudi Arabia SA SA SAU 682 SAU .sa Senegal SG SN SEN 686 SEN .sn Serbia RI RS SRB 688 - .rs Seychelles SE SC SYC 690 SYC .sc Sierra Leone SL SL SLE 694 SLE .sl Singapore SN SG SGP 702 SGP .sg Slovakia LO SK SVK 703 SVK .sk Slovenia SI SI SVN 705 SVN .si Solomon Islands BP SB SLB 090 SLB .sb Somalia SO SO SOM 706 SOM .so South Africa SF ZA ZAF 710 ZAF .za South Georgia and the Islands SX GS SGS 239 SGS .gs Spain SP ES ESP 724 ESP .es Spratly Islands PG - - - - - Sri Lanka CE LK LKA 144 LKA .lk Sudan SU SD SDN 736 SDN .sd Suriname NS SR SUR 740 SUR .sr Svalbard SV SJ SJM 744 SJM .sj ISO includes Jan Mayen
Swaziland WZ SZ SWZ 748 SWZ .sz Sweden SW SE SWE 752 SWE .se Switzerland SZ CH CHE 756 CHE .ch Syria SY SY SYR 760 SYR .sy Taiwan TW TW TWN 158 TWN .tw Tajikistan TI TJ TJK 762 TJK .tj Tanzania TZ TZ TZA 834 TZA .tz Thailand TH TH THA 764 THA .th Timor-Leste TT TL TLS 626 TLS .tl Togo TO TG TGO 768 TGO .tg Tokelau TL TK TKL 772 TKL .tk Tonga TN TO TON 776 TON .to Trinidad and Tobago TD TT TTO 780 TTO .tt Tromelin Island TE - - - - - administered as part of French Southern and Antarctic Lands; no ISO codes assigned
Tunisia TS TN TUN 788 TUN .tn Turkey TU TR TUR 792 TUR .tr Turkmenistan TX TM TKM 795 TKM .tm Turks and Caicos Islands TK TC TCA 796 TCA .tc Tuvalu TV TV TUV 798 TUV .tv Uganda UG UG UGA 800 UGA .ug Ukraine UP UA UKR 804 UKR .ua United Arab Emirates AE AE ARE 784 ARE .ae United Kingdom UK GB GBR 826 GBR .uk United States US US USA 840 USA .us United States Minor Outlying Islands - UM UMI 581 - .um ISO includes Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Palmyra Atoll, Wake Island
Uruguay UY UY URY 858 URY .uy Uzbekistan UZ UZ UZB 860 UZB .uz Vanuatu NH VU VUT 548 VUT .vu Venezuela VE VE VEN 862 VEN .ve Vietnam VM VN VNM 704 VNM .vn Virgin Islands VQ VI VIR 850 VIR .vi Virgin Islands (UK) - - - - - .vg see British Virgin Islands
Virgin Islands (US) - - - - - .vi see Virgin Islands
Wake Island WQ - - - UMI - ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands
Wallis and Futuna WF WF WLF 876 WLF .wf West Bank WE PS PSE 275 PSE .ps ISO identifies as Occupied Palestinian Territory
Western Sahara WI EH ESH 732 ESH .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 YEM .ye Zaire - - - - - - see Democratic Republic of the Congo
Zambia ZA ZM ZMB 894 ZMB .zm Zimbabwe ZI ZW ZWE 716 ZWE .zw
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ference 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; note - this document has not yet been ratified and only the 3rd Edition (1953) remains in force
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 - - - - Baltic Sea 2 1 B26 7B Eastern Mediterranean 3.1.2 28 B - 8E Indian Ocean 5 45 F 6A Mediterranean Sea 3.1 28 B11 - North Atlantic Ocean 1 23 B 1A North Pacific Ocean 7 57 D 3A Pacific Ocean - - - - South Atlantic Ocean 4 32 C 2A South China and Eastern Archipelagic Seas 6 49, 48 D18 plus 3U plus others others South Pacific Ocean 8 61 E 4A Western Mediterranean 3.1.1 28 A - 8W
*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 Latitude Longitude World 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 Kazakhstan 51 10 N 71 30 E for 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 33 00 N 44 00 E Iraq) 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 United States 57 00 N 134 00 W (island 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 India 11 30 N 72 30 E name for Laccadive Islands) Amirante Isles (island Seychelles 6 00 S 53 10 E group; 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 37 52 S 77 32 E Amsterdam) and 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 14 34 N 90 44 W Barbuda 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 44 W 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 As-Sudan (local name for Sudan 15 00 N 30 00 E Sudan) Ascension Island Saint Helena 7 57 S 14 22 W Ashgabat, Ashkhabad Turkmenistan 37 57 N 58 23 E (capital) Asmara, Asmera (capital) Eritrea 15 20 N 38 53 E 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 (city) New Zealand 36 52 S 174 46 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, Azerbaidzhan Azerbaijan 40 30 N 47 30 E (local name for Azerbaijan) Azores (islands) Portugal 38 30 N 28 00 W Azov, Sea of Atlantic Ocean 49 00 N 36 00 E Bab el Mandeb (strait) Indian Ocean 12 40 N 43 20 E Babuyan Channel Pacific Ocean 18 44 N 121 40 E Babuyan Islands Philippines 19 10 N 121 40 E Baffin Bay Arctic Ocean 73 00 N 66 00 W Baffin Island Canada 68 00 N 70 00 W Baghdad (capital) Iraq 33 21 N 44 25 E Baku (capital; also Baki, Azerbaijan 40 23 N 49 51 E Baky) Balabac Strait Pacific Ocean 7 35 N 117 00 E Balearic Islands Spain 39 30 N 3 00 E Balearic Sea (Iberian Sea) Atlantic Ocean 40 30 N 2 00 E Bali (island) Indonesia 8 20 S 115 00 E Bali Sea Indian Ocean 7 45 S 115 30 E Balintang Channel Pacific Ocean 19 49 N 121 40 E Balintang Islands Philippines 19 55 N 122 10 E Balkan Peninsula Albania, Bosnia 42 00 N 23 00 E and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part) Balleny Islands Antarctica 67 00 S 163 00 E Balochistan (region) Pakistan 28 00 N 63 00 E Baltic Sea Atlantic Ocean 57 00 N 19 00 E Bamako (capital) Mali 12 39 N 8 00 W Banaba (Ocean Island) Kiribati 0 52 S 169 35 E Banat (region) Hungary, Romania, 45 30 N 21 00 E Serbia Banda Sea Pacific Ocean 5 00 S 128 00 E Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei 4 53 N 114 56 E (capital) Bangka (island) Indonesia 2 30 S 106 00 E Bangkok (capital) Thailand 13 45 N 100 31 E Bangui (capital) Central African 4 22 N 18 35 E Republic Banjul (capital) The Gambia 13 28 N 16 39 W Banks Island Australia 10 12 S 142 16 E Banks Island Canada 75 15 N 121 30 W Banks Islands (Iles Banks) Vanuatu 14 00 S 167 30 E Barbuda (island) Antigua and 17 38 N 61 48 W Barbuda Barcelona (city) Spain 41 25 N 2 13 E Barents Sea Arctic Ocean 74 00 N 36 00 E Barranquilla (city) Colombia 10 59 N 74 48 W Bashi Channel Pacific Ocean 22 00 N 121 00 E Basilan Strait Pacific Ocean 6 49 N 122 05 E Basque Provinces Spain 43 00 N 2 30 W Bass Strait Pacific Ocean 39 20 S 145 30 E Basse-Terre (capital) France 16 00 N 61 44 W (Guadeloupe) Basseterre (capital) Saint Kitts and 17 18 N 62 43 W Nevis Bastia (city) France (Corsica) 42 42 N 9 27 E Basutoland (former name for Lesotho 29 30 S 28 30 E Lesotho) Batan Islands Philippines 20 30 N 121 50 E Bavaria (region; also Germany 48 30 N 11 30 E Bayern) Beagle Channel Atlantic Ocean 54 53 S 68 10 W Bear Island (see Bjornoya) Svalbard 74 26 N 19 05 E Beaufort Sea Arctic Ocean 73 00 N 140 00 W Bechuanaland (former name Botswana 22 00 S 24 00 E for Botswana) Beijing (capital) China 39 56 N 116 24 E Beirut (capital) Lebanon 33 53 N 35 30 E Bekaa Valley Lebanon 34 00 N 36 05 E Belau (Palau Islands) Palau 7 30 N 134 30 E Belep Islands (Iles Belep) New Caledonia 19 45 S 163 40 E Belfast (city) United Kingdom 54 36 N 5 55 W Belgian Congo (former name Democratic 0 00 N 25 00 E for Democratic Republic of Republic of the the Congo) Congo Belgie, Belgique (local name Belgium 50 50 N 4 00 E for Belgium) Belgrade (capital) Serbia 44 50 N 20 30 E Belize City Belize 17 30 N 88 12 W Belle Isle, Strait of Atlantic Ocean 51 35 N 56 30 W Bellingshausen Sea Southern Ocean 71 00 S 85 00 W Belmopan (capital) Belize 17 15 N 88 46 W Belorussia (former name for Belarus 53 00 N 28 00 E Belarus) Benadir (region; former name Somalia 4 00 N 46 00 E of Italian Somaliland) Bengal, Bay of Indian Ocean 15 00 N 90 00 E Berau, Gulf of Pacific Ocean 2 30 S 132 30 E Bering Island Russia 55 00 N 166 30 E Bering Sea Pacific Ocean 60 00 N 175 00 W Bering Strait Pacific Ocean 65 30 N 169 00 W Berkner Island Antarctica 79 30 S 49 30 W Berlin (capital) Germany 52 31 N 13 24 E Berlin, East (former name Germany 52 30 N 13 33 E for eastern sector of Berlin) Berlin, West (former name Germany 52 30 N 13 20 E for western sector of Berlin) Bern (capital) Switzerland 46 57 N 7 26 E Bessarabia (region) Moldova, Romania, 47 00 N 28 30 E Ukraine Bharat (local name for India 20 00 N 77 00 E India) Bhopal (city) India 23 16 N 77 24 E Biafra (region) Nigeria 5 30 N 7 30 E Big Diomede Island Russia 65 46 N 169 06 W Bijagos, Arquipelago dos Guinea-Bissau 11 25 N 16 20 W (island group) Bikini Atoll Marshall Islands 11 35 N 165 23 E Bilbao (city) Spain 43 15 N 2 58 W Bioko (island) Equatorial Guinea 3 30 N 8 42 E Biscay, Bay of Atlantic Ocean 44 00 N 4 00 W Bishkek (capital) Kyrgyzstan 42 54 N 74 36 E Bishop Rock United Kingdom 49 52 N 6 27 W Bismarck Archipelago (island Papua New Guinea 5 00 S 150 00 E group) Bismarck Sea Pacific Ocean 4 00 S 148 00 E Bissau (capital) Guinea-Bissau 11 51 N 15 35 W Bjornoya (Bear Island) Svalbard 74 26 N 19 05 E Black Forest (region) Germany 48 00 N 8 15 E Black Rock (island) South Georgia and 53 39 S 41 48 W the South Sandwich Islands Black Sea Atlantic Ocean 43 00 N 35 00 E Bloemfontein (judicial South Africa 29 12 S 26 07 E capital) Bo Hai (gulf) Pacific Ocean 38 00 N 120 00 E Boa Vista (island) Cape Verde 16 05 N 22 50 W Bogota (capital) Colombia 4 36 N 74 05 W Bohemia (region) Czech Republic 50 00 N 14 30 E Bombay (city; see Mumbai) India 18 58 N 72 50 E Bonaire (island) Netherlands 12 10 N 68 15 W Antilles Bonifacio, Strait of Atlantic Ocean 41 01 N 14 00 E Bonin Islands Japan 27 00 N 142 10 E Bonn (former capital) Germany 50 44 N 7 05 E Bophuthatswana (region; South Africa 26 30 S 25 30 E enclave) Bora-Bora (island) French Polynesia 16 30 S 151 45 W Bordeaux (city) France 44 50 N 0 34 W Borneo (island) Brunei, Indonesia, 0 30 N 114 00 E Malaysia Bornholm (island) Denmark 55 10 N 15 00 E Bosna i Hercegovina (local Bosnia and 44 00 N 18 00 E name for Bosnia and Herzegovina Herzegovina) Bosnia (political region) Bosnia and 44 00 N 18 00 E Herzegovina Bosporus (strait) Atlantic Ocean 41 00 N 29 00 E Bothnia, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean 63 00 N 20 00 E Bougainville (island) Papua New Guinea 6 00 S 155 00 E Bougainville Strait Pacific Ocean 6 40 S 156 10 E Bounty Islands New Zealand 47 43 S 174 00 E Bourbon Island (former name Reunion 21 06 S 55 36 E of Reunion) Brasilia (capital) Brazil 15 47 S 47 55 W Bratislava (capital) Slovakia 48 09 N 17 07 E Brazzaville (capital) Republic of the 4 16 S 15 17 E Congo Bridgetown (capital) Barbados 13 06 N 59 37 W Brisbane (city) Australia 27 28 S 153 02 E Bristol Bay Pacific Ocean 57 00 N 160 00 W Bristol Channel Atlantic Ocean 51 18 N 3 30 W Britain (see Great Britain) United Kingdom 54 00 N 2 00 W British Bechuanaland South Africa 27 30 S 23 30 E (region; former name for northwest South Africa) British Central African Malawi 13 30 S 34 00 E Protectorate (former name of Nyasaland) British East Africa (former Kenya, Tanzania, 1 00 N 38 00 E name for British possessions Uganda in eastern Africa) British Guiana (former name Guyana 5 00 N 59 00 W for Guyana) British Honduras (former Belize 17 15 N 88 45 W name for Belize) British Solomon Islands Solomon Islands 8 00 S 159 00 E (former name for Solomon Islands) British Somaliland (former Somalia 10 00 N 49 00 E name for northern Somalia) Brussels (capital) Belgium 50 50 N 4 20 E Bubiyan (island) Kuwait 29 47 N 48 10 E Bucharest (capital) Romania 44 26 N 26 06 E Budapest (capital) Hungary 47 30 N 19 05 E Buenos Aires (capital) Argentina 34 36 S 58 27 W Bujumbura (capital) Burundi 3 23 S 29 22 E Bukovina (region) Romania, Ukraine 48 00 N 26 00 E Byelarus (local name for Belarus 53 00 N 28 00 E Belarus) Byelorussia (former name for Belarus 53 00 N 28 00 E Belarus) Cabinda (province) Angola 5 33 S 12 12 E Cabo Verde (local name for Cape Verde 16 00 N 24 00 W Cape Verde) Cabot Strait Atlantic Ocean 47 20 N 59 30 W Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos 21 56 N 71 58 W Islands Cairo (capital) Egypt 30 03 N 31 15 E Calcutta (city) India 22 32 N 88 21 E Calgary (city) Canada 51 02 N 114 04 W California, Gulf of Pacific Ocean 28 00 N 112 00 W Cameroun (local name for Cameroon 6 00 N 12 00 E Cameroon) Campbell Island New Zealand 52 33 S 169 09 E Campeche, Bay of Atlantic Ocean 20 00 N 94 00 W Canal Zone (former name for Panama 9 00 N 79 45 W US possessions in Panama) Canarias Sea Atlantic Ocean 28 00 N 16 00 W Canary Islands Spain 28 00 N 15 30 W Canberra (capital) Australia 35 17 S 149 08 E Cancun (city) Mexico 21 10 N 86 50 W Canton (city; now Guangzhou) China 23 06 N 113 16 E Canton Island (Kanton Kiribati 2 49 S 171 40 W Island) Cape Juby (region; former Morocco 27 53 N 12 58 W name for Southern Morocco) Cape Province (region; South Africa 31 30 S 22 30 E former name for Northern, Western, and Eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa) Cape Town (legislative South Africa 33 57 S 18 25 E capital) Cape of Good Hope (cape; South Africa 34 15 S 18 20 E also alternate name for Cape Province of South Africa) Caracas (capital) Venezuela 10 30 N 66 56 W Cargados Carajos Shoals Mauritius 16 25 S 59 38 E Caribbean Sea Atlantic Ocean 15 00 N 73 00 W Caroline Islands Federated States 7 30 N 148 00 E of Micronesia, Palau Carpatho-Ukraine (region; Ukraine 48 22 N 23 32 E former name for Zakarpats'ka oblast') Carpentaria, Gulf of Pacific Ocean 14 00 S 139 00 E Casablanca (city) Morocco 33 35 N 7 34 W Castries (capital) Saint Lucia 14 01 N 61 00 W Catalonia (region) Spain 42 00 N 2 00 E Cato Island Australia 23 15 S 155 32 E Caucasus (region) Russia 42 00 N 45 00 E Cayenne (capital) French Guiana 4 56 N 52 20 W Celebes (island) Indonesia 2 00 S 121 00 E Celebes Sea Pacific Ocean 3 00 N 122 00 E Celtic Sea Atlantic Ocean 51 00 N 6 30 W Central African Empire Central African 7 00 N 21 00 E (former name for Central Republic African Republic) Ceram (Seram) Sea Pacific Ocean 2 30 S 129 30 E Ceska Republika (local name Czech Republic 49 45 N 15 30 E for Czech Republic) Ceskoslovensko (former local Czech Republic, 49 00 N 17 30 E name for Czechoslovakia) Slovakia Cetinje (capital city) Montenegro 42 24 N 18 55 E Ceuta (city) Spain 35 53 N 5 19 W Ceylon (former name for Sri Sri Lanka 7 00 N 81 00 E Lanka) Chafarinas, Islas (island) Spain 35 12 N 2 26 W Chagos Archipelago (Oil British Indian 6 00 S 71 30 E Islands) Ocean Territory Challenger Deep (Mariana Pacific Ocean 11 22 N 142 36 E Trench) Channel Islands Guernsey, Jersey 49 20 N 2 20 W Charlotte Amalie (capital) Virgin Islands 18 21 N 64 56 W Chatham Islands New Zealand 44 00 S 176 30 W Chechnya (region; also Russia 43 15 N 45 40 E Chechnia) Cheju Strait Pacific Ocean 34 00 N 126 30 E Cheju-do (island) Korea, South 33 20 N 126 30 E Chengdu (city) China 30 43 N 104 04 E Chennai (city; also Madras) India 13 04 N 80 16 E Chesterfield Islands (Iles New Caledonia 19 52 S 158 15 E Chesterfield) Chihli, Gulf of (see Bo Hai) Pacific Ocean 38 30 N 120 00 E Chiloe (island) Chile 42 50 S 74 00 W China, People's Republic of China 35 00 N 105 00 E China, Republic of Taiwan 23 30 N 121 00 E Chisinau (capital; also Moldova 47 00 N 28 50 E Kishinev) Choiseul (island) Solomon Islands 7 05 S 121 00 E Choson (local name for North North Korea 40 00 N 127 00 E Korea) Christmas Island (Indian Australia 10 25 S 105 39 E Ocean) Christmas Island (Pacific Kiribati 1 52 N 157 20 W Ocean; also Kiritimati) Chukchi Sea Arctic Ocean 69 00 N 171 00 W Chuuk Islands (Truk Islands) Federated States 7 25 N 151 47 W of Micronesia Cilicia (region) Turkey 36 50 N 34 30 E Ciskei (enclave) South Africa 33 00 S 27 00 E Citta del Vaticano (local Holy See 41 54 N 12 27 E name for Vatican City) Cochin China (region) Vietnam 11 00 N 107 00 E Coco, Isla del (island) Costa Rica 5 32 N 87 04 W Cocos Islands Cocos (Keeling) 12 30 S 96 50 E Islands Colombo (capital) Sri Lanka 6 56 N 79 51 E Colon, Archipielago de Ecuador 0 00 N 90 30 W (Galapagos Islands) Commander Islands Russia 55 00 N 167 00 E (Komandorskiye Ostrova) Comores (local name for Comoros 12 10 S 44 15 E Comoros) Con Son (islands) Vietnam 8 43 N 106 36 E Conakry (capital) Guinea 9 31 N 13 43 W Confederatio Helvetica Switzerland 47 00 N 8 00 E (local name for Switzerland) Congo (Brazzaville) (former Republic of the 1 00 S 15 00 E name for Republic of the Congo Congo) Congo (Leopoldville) (former Democratic 0 00 N 25 00 E name for the Democratic Republic of the Republic of the Congo) Congo Constantinople (city; former Turkey 41 01 N 28 58 E name for Istanbul) Cook Strait Pacific Ocean 41 15 S 174 30 E Copenhagen (capital) Denmark 55 40 N 12 35 E Coral Sea Pacific Ocean 15 00 S 150 00 E Corfu (island) Greece 39 40 N 19 45 E Corinth (region) Greece 37 56 N 22 56 E Corisco (island) Equatorial Guinea 0 55 N 9 19 E Corn Islands (Islas del Nicaragua 12 15 N 83 00 W Maiz) Corocoro Island Guyana, Venezuela 3 38 N 66 50 W Corsica (island; also Corse) France 42 00 N 9 00 E Cosmoledo Group (island Seychelles 9 43 S 47 35 E group; also Atoll de Cosmoledo) Cotonou (former capital) Benin 6 21 N 2 26 E Cotopaxi (volcano) Ecuador 0 39 S 78 26 W Courantyne River Guyana, Suriname 5 57 N 57 06 W Cozumel (island) Mexico 20 30 N 86 55 W Crete (island) Greece 35 15 N 24 45 E Crimea (region) Ukraine 45 00 N 34 00 E Crimean Peninsula Ukraine 45 00 N 34 00 E Crooked Island Passage Atlantic Ocean 22 55 N 74 35 W Crozet Islands (Iles Crozet) French Southern 46 30 S 51 00 E and Antarctic Lands Cyclades (island group) Greece 37 00 N 25 10 E Cyrenaica (region) Libya 31 00 N 22 00 E Czechoslovakia (former name Czech Republic, 49 00 N 18 00 E for the entity that Slovakia subsequently split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia) D'Entrecasteaux Islands Papua New Guinea 9 30 S 150 40 E Dagestan (region) Russia 43 00 N 47 00 E Dahomey (former name for Benin 9 30 N 2 15 E Benin) Daito Islands Japan 43 00 N 17 00 E Dakar (capital) Senegal 14 40 N 17 26 W Dalmatia (region) Croatia 43 00 N 17 00 E Daman (city; also Damao) India 20 10 N 73 00 E Damascus (capital) Syria 33 30 N 36 18 E Danger Islands (see Pukapuka Cook Islands 10 53 S 165 49 W Atoll) Danish Straits Atlantic Ocean 58 00 N 11 00 E Danish West Indies (former Virgin Islands 18 20 N 64 50 W name for the Virgin Islands) Danmark (local name) Denmark 56 00 N 10 00 E Danzig (city; former name Poland 54 23 N 18 40 E for Gdansk) Dao Bach Long Vi (island) Vietnam 20 08 N 107 44 E Dar es Salaam (capital) Tanzania 6 48 S 39 17 E Dardanelles (strait) Atlantic Ocean 40 15 N 26 25 E Davis Strait Atlantic Ocean 67 00 N 57 00 W Dead Sea Israel, Jordan, 32 30 N 35 30 E West Bank Deception Island Antarctica 62 56 S 60 34 W Denmark Strait Atlantic Ocean 67 00 N 24 00 W Desolation Islands (Isles French Southern 49 30 S 69 30 E Kerguelen) and Antarctic Lands Deutschland (local name for Germany 51 00 N 9 00 E Germany) Devils Island (Ile du French Guiana 5 17 N 52 35 W Diable) Devon Island Canada 76 00 N 87 00 W Dhaka (capital) Bangladesh 23 43 N 90 25 E Dhivehi Raajje (local name Maldives 3 15 N 73 00 E for Maldives) Dhofar (region) Oman 17 00 N 54 10 E Diego Garcia (island) British Indian 7 20 S 72 25 E Ocean Territory Diego Ramirez (islands) Chile 56 30 S 68 43 W Dili (capital) Timor-Leste 8 35 S 125 36 E Dilmun (former name for Bahrain 7 00 N 81 00 E Bahrain) Diomede Islands Russia (Big 65 47 N 169 00 W Diomede), United States (Little Diomede) Diu (region) India 20 42 N 70 59 E Djibouti (capital) Djibouti 11 30 N 43 15 E Dnieper (river) Belarus, Russia, 46 30 N 32 18 E Ukraine (Dnyapro, Dnepr, Dnipro) Dniester (river) Moldova, Ukraine 46 18 N 30 17 E (Nistru, Dnister) Dobruja (region) Bulgaria, Romania 43 30 N 28 00 E Dodecanese (island group) Greece 36 00 N 27 05 E Dodoma (city) Tanzania 6 11 S 35 45 E Doha (capital) Qatar 25 17 N 51 32 E Donets Basin Russia, Ukraine 48 15 N 38 30 E Douala (city) Cameroon 4 03 N 9 42 E Douglas (capital) Man, Isle of 54 09 N 4 28 W Dover, Strait of Atlantic Ocean 51 00 N 1 30 E Drake Passage Atlantic Ocean, 60 00 S 60 00 W Southern Ocean Druk Yul (local name for Bhutan 27 30 N 90 30 E Bhutan) Dubai, Dubayy (city) United Arab 25 18 N 55 18 E Emirates Dublin (capital) Ireland 53 20 N 6 15 W Duesseldorf (city) Germany 51 13 N 6 47 E Durban (city) South Africa 29 51 S 31 02 E Dushanbe (capital) Tajikistan 38 35 N 68 48 E Dutch Antilles (former name Netherlands 12 10 N 68 30 W for the Netherlands Antilles Antilles) Dutch East Indies (former Indonesia 5 00 S 120 00 E name for Indonesia) Dutch Guiana (former name Suriname 4 00 N 56 00 W for Suriname) Dutch West Indies (former Netherlands 12 10 N 68 30 W name for the Netherlands Antilles Antilles) Dzungarian Gate (valley) China, Kazakhstan 45 25 N 82 25 E East China Sea Pacific Ocean 30 00 N 126 00 E East Frisian Islands Germany 53 44 N 7 25 E East Germany (German Germany 52 00 N 13 00 E Democratic Republic; former name for eastern portion of Germany) East Korea Strait (Eastern Pacific Ocean 34 00 N 129 00 E Channel or Tsushima Strait) East Pakistan (former name Bangladesh 24 00 N 90 00 E for Bangladesh) East Siberian Sea Arctic Ocean 74 00 N 166 00 E Easter Island (Isla de Chile 27 07 S 109 22 W Pascua) Eastern Channel (East Korea Pacific Ocean 34 00 N 129 00 E Strait or Tsushima Strait) Eastern Samoa (former name American Samoa 14 20 S 170 00 W for American Samoa) Edinburgh (city) United Kingdom 55 57 N 3 11 W Eesti (local name for Estonia 59 00 N 26 00 E Estonia) Eire (local name for Ireland 53 00 N 8 00 W Ireland) Elba (island) Italy 42 46 N 10 17 E Elemi Triangle (region) Ethiopia 5 00 N 35 30 E (claimed), Kenya (de facto), Sudan (claimed) Ellada, Ellas (local name Greece 39 00 N 22 00 E for Greece) Ellef Ringnes Island Canada 78 00 N 103 00 W Ellesmere Island Canada 81 00 N 80 00 W Ellice Islands Tuvalu 8 00 S 178 00 E Ellsworth Land (region) Antarctica 75 00 S 92 00 W Elobey, Islas de (island Equatorial Guinea 0 59 N 9 33 E group) Enderbury Island Kiribati 3 08 S 171 05 W Enewetak Atoll (Eniwetok Marshall Islands 11 30 N 162 15 E Atoll) England (region) United Kingdom 52 30 N 1 30 W English Channel Atlantic Ocean 50 20 N 1 00 W Eniwetok Atoll (see Enewetak Marshall Islands 11 30 N 162 15 E Atoll) Eolie, Isole (island group) Italy 38 30 N 15 00 E Epirus, Northern (region) Albania, Greece 40 00 N 20 30 E Episkopi Cantonment Akrotiri, Dhekelia 34 40 N 32 51 E (capital) Ertra (local name for Eritrea 15 00 N 39 00 E Eritrea) Espana Spain 40 00 N 4 00 W Essequibo (region; claimed Guyana 6 59 N 58 23 W by Venezuela) Etorofu (island; also Russia (de facto) 44 55 N 147 40 E Iturup) Farquhar Group (island Seychelles 10 10 S 51 10 E group; also Atoll de Farquhar) Fergana Valley Kyrgyzstan, 41 00 N 72 00 E Tajikistan, Uzbekistan Fernando Po (island; see Equatorial Guinea 3 30 N 8 42 E Bioko) Fernando de Noronha (island Brazil 3 51 S 32 25 W group) Filipinas (local name for Philippines 13 00 N 122 00 E the Philippines; also Pilipinas) Finland, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean 60 00 N 27 00 E Fiume (city; former name for Croatia 45 19 N 14 25 E Rijeka) Florence (city) Italy 43 46 N 11 16 E Flores (island) Indonesia 8 45 S 121 00 E Flores Sea Pacific Ocean 7 40 S 119 45 E Florida, Straits of Atlantic Ocean 25 00 N 79 45 W Fongafale (largest island of Tuvalu 8 30 S 179 12 E Funafuti) Former Soviet Union (FSU) Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan Formosa (island) Taiwan 23 30 N 121 00 E Formosa Strait (see Taiwan Pacific Ocean 24 00 N 119 00 E Strait) Foroyar (local name for Faroe Islands 62 00 N 7 00 W Faroe Islands) Fort-de-France (capital) Martinique 14 36 N 61 05 W Frankfurt am Main (city) Germany 50 07 N 8 41 E Franz Josef Land (island Russia 81 00 N 55 00 E group) Freetown (capital) Sierra Leone 8 30 N 13 15 W French Cameroon (former name Cameroon 6 00 N 12 00 E for Cameroon) French Guinea (former name Guinea 11 00 N 10 00 W for Guinea) French Indochina (former Cambodia, Laos, 15 00 N 107 00 E name for French possessions Vietnam in southeast Asia) French Morocco (former name Morocco 32 00 N 5 00 W for Morocco) French Somaliland (former Djibouti 11 30 N 43 00 E name for Djibouti) French Sudan (former name Mali 17 00 N 4 00 W for Mali) French Territory of the Djibouti 11 30 N 43 00 E Afars and Issas (or FTAI; former name for Djibouti) French Togoland (former name Togo 8 00 N 1 10 E for Togo) French West Indies (former Guadeloupe, 16 30 N 62 00 W name for French possessions Martinique in the West Indies) Friendly Islands Tonga 20 00 S 175 00 W Frisian Islands Denmark, Germany, 53 35 N 6 40 E Netherlands Frunze (city; former name Kyrgyzstan 42 54 N 74 36 E for Bishkek) Funafuti (capital, atoll) Tuvalu 8 30 S 179 12 E Fundy, Bay of Atlantic Ocean 45 00 N 66 00 W Futuna Islands (Hoorn Wallis and Futuna 14 19 S 178 05 W Islands/Iles de Horne) Fyn (island) Denmark 55 20 N 10 25 E Gaborone (capital) Botswana 24 45 S 25 55 E Galapagos Islands Ecuador 0 00 N 90 30 W (Archipielago de Colon) Galicia (region) Poland, Ukraine 49 30 N 23 00 E Galicia (region) Spain 42 45 N 8 10 E Galilee (region) Israel 32 54 N 35 20 E Galleons Passage Atlantic Ocean 11 00 N 60 55 W Gambier Islands (Iles French Polynesia 23 09 S 134 58 W Gambier) Gaspar Strait Pacific Ocean 3 00 S 107 00 E Gdansk (city; formerly Poland 54 23 N 18 40 E Danzig) Geneva (city) Switzerland 46 12 N 6 10 E Genoa (city) Italy 44 25 N 8 57 E George Town (capital) Cayman Islands 19 20 N 81 23 W George Town (city) Malaysia 5 26 N 100 16 E George Town (city) The Bahamas 23 30 N 75 46 W Georgetown (capital) Guyana 6 48 N 58 10 W Georgetown (city) The Gambia 13 30 N 14 47 W German Democratic Republic Germany 52 00 N 13 00 E (East Germany; former name for eastern portion of Germany) German Southwest Africa Namibia 22 00 S 17 00 E (former name for Namibia) Germany, Federal Republic of Germany 51 00 N 9 00 E Gibraltar (city, peninsula) Gibraltar 36 11 N 5 22 W Gibraltar, Strait of Atlantic Ocean 35 57 N 5 36 W Gidi Pass Egypt 30 13 N 33 09 E Gilbert Islands Kiribati 1 25 N 173 00 E Goa (state) India 15 20 N 74 00 E Gobi (desert) China, Mongolia 42 30 N 107 00 E Godthab (capital; also Nuuk) Greenland 64 11 N 51 44 W Golan Heights (region) Syria 33 00 N 35 45 E Gold Coast (former name for Ghana 8 00 N 2 00 W Ghana) Golfo San Jorge (gulf) Atlantic Ocean 46 00 S 66 00 W Golfo San Matias (gulf) Atlantic Ocean 41 30 S 64 00 W Good Hope, Cape of South Africa 34 24 S 18 30 E Goteborg (city) Sweden 57 43 N 11 58 E Gotland (island) Sweden 57 30 N 18 33 E Gough Island Saint Helena 40 20 S 9 55 W Graham Land (region) Antarctica 65 00 S 64 00 W Gran Chaco (region) Argentina, 24 00 S 60 00 W Paraguay Grand Bahama (island) The Bahamas 26 40 N 78 35 W Grand Banks (fishing ground) Atlantic Ocean 47 06 N 55 48 W Grand Cayman (island) Cayman Islands 19 20 N 81 20 W Grand Turk (capital; also Turks and Caicos 21 28 N 71 08 W Cockburn Town) Islands Great Australian Bight Indian Ocean 35 00 S 130 00 E Great Belt (strait; also Atlantic Ocean 55 30 N 11 00 E Store Baelt) Great Bitter Lake Egypt 30 20 N 32 23 E Great Britain (island) United Kingdom 54 00 N 2 00 W Great Channel Indian Ocean 6 25 N 94 20 E Great Inagua (island) The Bahamas 21 00 N 73 20 W Great Rift Valley Ethiopia, Kenya 0 30 N 36 00 E Greater Sunda Islands Brunei, Indonesia, 2 00 S 110 00 E Malaysia Green Islands Papua New Guinea 4 30 S 154 10 E Greenland Sea Arctic Ocean 79 00 N 5 00 W Grenadines, Northern (island Saint Vincent and 13 15 N 61 12 W group) the Grenadines Grenadines, Southern (island Grenada 12 07 N 61 40 W group) Grytviken (town; on South South Georgia and 54 15 S 36 45 W Georgia) the South Sandwich Islands Guadalahara (city) Mexico 20 40 N 103 24 W Guadalcanal (island) Solomon Islands 9 32 S 160 12 E Guadalupe, Isla de (island) Mexico 29 11 N 118 17 W Guangzhou (city; also China 23 09 N 113 21 E Canton) Guantanamo Bay (US Naval Cuba 20 00 N 75 08 W Base) Guatemala (capital) Guatemala 14 38 N 90 31 W Guine-Bissau (local name for Guinea-Bissau 12 00 N 15 00 W Guinea-Bissau) Guinea Ecuatorial (local Equatorial Guinea 2 00 N 10 00 E name for Equatorial Guinea) Guinea, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean 3 00 N 2 30 E Guinee (local name for Guinea 11 00 N 10 00 W Guinea) Gustavia (capital) Saint Barthelemy 17 53 N 62 51 W Guyane Francaise (local name French Guiana 4 00 N 53 00 W for French Guiana) Ha'apai Group (island group) Tonga 19 42 S 174 29 W Habomai Islands Russia (de facto) 43 30 N 146 10 E Hadhramaut (region) Yemen 15 00 N 50 00 E Hagatna (capital; formerly Guam 13 28 N 144 45 E Agana) Hague, The (seat of Netherlands 52 05 N 4 18 E government) Haifa (city) Israel 32 50 N 35 00 E Hainan Dao (island) China 19 00 N 109 30 E Haiphong (city) Vietnam 20 52 N 106 41 E Hala'ib Triangle (region) Egypt (claimed), 22 30 N 35 00 E Sudan (de facto) Halifax (city) Canada 44 39 N 63 36 W Halmahera (island) Indonesia 1 00 N 128 00 E Halmahera Sea Pacific Ocean 0 30 S 129 00 E Hamburg (city) Germany 53 34 N 9 59 E Hamilton (capital) Bermuda 32 17 N 64 46 W Han-guk (local name for South Korea 37 00 N 127 30 E South Korea Hanoi (capital) Vietnam 21 02 N 105 51 E Harare (capital) Zimbabwe 17 50 S 31 03 E Harvey Islands (former name Cook Islands 21 14 S 159 46 W for Cook Islands) Hatay (province) Turkey 36 30 N 36 15 E Havana (capital) Cuba 23 08 N 82 22 W Hawaii (island) United States 19 45 N 155 45 W Hawaiian Islands United States 21 00 N 157 45 W Hawar (island) Bahrain 25 40 N 50 47 E Hayastan (local name for Armenia 40 00 N 45 00 E Armenia) Heard Island Heard Island and 53 06 S 73 30 E McDonald Islands Hejaz (region) Saudi Arabia 24 30 N 38 30 E Helsinki (capital) Finland 60 10 N 24 58 E Herzegovina (political Bosnia and 44 00 N 18 00 E region) Herzegovina Hiiumaa (island) Estonia 58 50 N 22 30 E Hispaniola (island) Dominican 18 45 N 71 00 W Republic, Haiti Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Vietnam 10 45 N 106 40 E Saigon) Hokkaido (island) Japan 44 00 N 143 00 E Holland (region) Netherlands 52 30 N 5 45 E Hong Kong (special Hong Kong 22 15 N 114 10 E administrative region) Honiara (capital) Solomon Islands 9 26 S 159 57 E Honshu (island) Japan 36 00 N 138 00 E Hormuz, Strait of Indian Ocean 26 34 N 56 15 E Horn of Africa (region) Djibouti, Eritrea, 8 00 N 48 00 E Ethiopia, Somalia Horn, Cape (Cabo de Hornos) Chile 55 59 S 67 16 W Horne, Iles de (island Wallis and Futuna 14 19 S 178 05 W group) Hrvatska (local name for Croatia 45 10 N 15 30 E Croatia) Hudson Bay Arctic Ocean 60 00 N 86 00 W Hudson Strait Arctic Ocean 62 00 N 71 00 W Hunter Island New Caledonia, 22 24 S 172 06 E Vanuatu Iberian Peninsula Portugal, Spain 40 00 N 5 00 W Iceland Sea Arctic Ocean 68 00 N 20 00 W Ifni (region; former name of Morocco 29 22 N 10 09 W part of Spanish West Africa) Inaccessible Island Saint Helena 37 17 S 12 40 W Indochina (region) Cambodia, Laos, 15 00 N 107 00 E Vietnam Ingushetia (region) Russia 43 15 N 45 00 E Inhambane (region) Mozambique 22 30 S 34 30 E Inini (former name for French Guiana 4 00 N 53 00 W French Guiana) Inland Sea Japan 34 20 N 133 30 E Inner Hebrides (islands) United Kingdom 56 30 N 6 20 W Inner Mongolia (region; also China 42 00 N 113 00 E Nei Mongol) Ionian Islands Greece 38 30 N 20 30 E Ionian Sea Atlantic Ocean 38 30 N 18 00 E Irian Jaya (province) Indonesia 5 00 S 138 00 E Irish Sea Atlantic Ocean 53 30 N 5 20 W Iron Gate (river gorge) Romania, Serbia 44 41 N 22 31 E Iskenderun (region; formerly Turkey 36 34 N 36 08 E Alexandretta) Islamabad (capital) Pakistan 33 42 N 73 10 E Island (local name for Iceland 65 00 N 18 00 W Iceland) Islas Malvinas (island Falkland Islands 51 45 S 59 00 W group) (Islas Malvinas) Istanbul (city) Turkey 41 01 N 28 58 E Istrian Peninsula Croatia, Slovenia 45 00 N 14 00 E Italia (local name for Italy 42 50 N 12 50 E Italy) Italian East Africa (former Eritrea, Ethiopia, 8 00 N 38 00 E name for Italian possessions Somalia in eastern Africa) Italian Somaliland (former Somalia 10 00 N 49 00 E name for southern Somalia) Ittihad al-Imarat al- United Arab 24 00 N 54 00 E Arabiyah (local name for the Emirates United Arab Emirates) Iturup (island; see Etorofu) Russia (de facto) 44 55 N 147 40 E Ityop'iya (local name for Ethiopia 8 00 N 38 00 E Ethiopia) Ivory Coast (former name for Cote d'Ivoire 8 00 N 5 00 W Cote d'Ivoire) Iwo Jima (island) Japan 24 47 N 141 20 E Izmir (region) Turkey 38 25 N 27 10 E Jakarta (capital) Indonesia 6 10 S 106 48 E James Bay Arctic Ocean 54 00 N 80 00 W Jamestown (capital) Saint Helena 15 56 S 5 44 W Jammu (city) India 32 42 N 74 52 E Jammu and Kashmir (region) India, Pakistan 34 00 N 76 00 E Japan, Sea of Pacific Ocean 40 00 N 135 00 E Jars, Plain of Laos 19 27 N 103 10 E Java (island) Indonesia 7 30 S 110 00 E Java Sea Pacific Ocean 5 00 S 110 00 E Jerusalem (capital, Israel, West Bank 31 47 N 35 14 E proclaimed) Jiddah, Jeddah (city) Saudi Arabia 21 30 N 39 12 E Johannesburg (city) South Africa 26 15 S 28 00 E Joseph Bonaparte Gulf Pacific Ocean 14 00 S 128 45 E Juan Fernandez, Islas de Chile 33 00 S 80 00 W (island group) Juan de Fuca, Strait of Pacific Ocean 48 18 N 124 00 W Jubal, Strait of Indian Ocean 27 40 N 33 55 E Judaea (region) Israel, West Bank 31 35 N 35 00 E Jugoslavia, Jugoslavija Bosnia and 43 00 N 21 00 E (local names for Yugoslavia, Herzegovina, a former Balkan federation) Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia Jutland (region) Denmark 56 00 N 9 15 E Juventud, Isla de la (Isle Cuba 21 40 N 82 50 W of Youth) Kabardino-Balkaria (region) Russia 43 30 N 43 30 E Kabul (capital) Afghanistan 34 31 N 69 12 E Kaduna (city) Nigeria 10 33 N 7 27 E Kailas Range China, India 30 00 N 82 00 E Kalaallit Nunaat (local name Greenland 72 00 N 40 00 W for Greenland) Kalahari (desert) Botswana, Namibia 24 30 S 21 00 E Kalimantan (region) Indonesia 0 00 N 115 00 E Kaliningrad (region; Russia 54 30 N 21 00 E formerly part of East Prussia) Kamaran (island) Yemen 15 21 N 42 34 E Kamchatka Peninsula Russia 56 00 N 160 00 E (Poluostrov Kamchatka) Kampala (capital) Uganda 0 19 N 32 25 E Kampuchea (former name for Cambodia 13 00 N 105 00 E Cambodia) Kane Basin (portion of Arctic Ocean 79 30 N 68 00 W channel) Kanton Island Kiribati 2 49 S 171 40 W Kara Sea Arctic Ocean 76 00 N 80 00 E Karachevo-Cherkessia Russia 43 40 N 41 50 E (region) Karachi (city) Pakistan 24 51 N 67 03 E Karafuto (island; former Russia 50 00 N 143 00 E name for southern Sakhalin Island) Karakoram Pass China, India 35 30 N 77 50 E Karelia, Kareliya (region) Finland, Russia 63 15 N 30 48 E Karelian Isthmus Russia 60 25 N 30 00 E Karimata Strait Pacific Ocean 2 05 S 108 40 E Kashmir (region) India, Pakistan 34 00 N 76 00 E Katanga (region) Democratic 10 00 S 26 00 E Republic of the Congo Kathmandu (capital) Nepal 27 43 N 85 19 E Kattegat (strait) Atlantic Ocean 57 00 N 11 00 E Kauai Channel Pacific Ocean 21 45 N 158 50 W Kazakstan (former name for Kazakhstan 48 00 N 68 00 E Kazakhstan) Keeling Islands Cocos (Keeling) 12 30 S 96 50 E Islands Kerguelen, Iles (island French Southern 49 30 S 69 30 E group) and Antarctic Lands Kermadec Islands New Zealand 29 50 S 178 15 W Kerulen River China, Mongolia 48 48 N 117 00 E Khabarovsk (city) Russia 48 27 N 135 06 E Khanka, Lake China, Russia 45 00 N 132 24 E Khartoum (capital) Sudan 15 36 N 32 32 E Khios (island) Greece 38 22 N 26 04 E Khmer Republic (former name Cambodia 13 00 N 105 00 E for Cambodia) Khuriya Muriya Islands Oman 17 30 N 56 00 E (Kuria Muria Islands) Khyber Pass Afghanistan, 34 05 N 71 10 E Pakistan Kibris (Turkish local name Cyprus 35 00 N 33 00 E for Cyprus) Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee Atlantic Ocean 53 53 N 9 08 E Kanal) Kiev (city; former name for Ukraine 50 26 N 30 31 E Kyiv) Kigali (capital) Rwanda 1 57 S 30 04 E Kingston (capital) Jamaica 18 00 N 76 48 W Kingston (capital) Norfolk Island 29 03 S 167 58 E Kingstown (capital) Saint Vincent and 13 09 N 61 14 W the Grenadines Kinshasa (capital) Democratic 4 18 S 15 18 E Republic of the Congo Kipros (Greek local name for Cyprus 35 00 N 33 00 E Cyprus) Kirghiziya, Kirgizia (former Kyrgyzstan 41 00 N 75 00 E name for Kyrgyzstan) Kirguizstan (local name for Kyrgyzstan 41 00 N 75 00 E Kyrgyzstan) Kiritimati (Christmas Kiribati 1 52 N 157 20 W Island) Kishinev (see Chisinau) Moldova 47 00 N 28 50 E Kithira Strait Atlantic Ocean 36 00 N 23 00 E Kobe (city) Japan 34 41 N 135 10 E Kodiak Island United States 57 49 N 152 23 W Kola Peninsula (Kol'skiy Russia 67 20 N 37 00 E Poluostrov) Kolonia (town; former Federated States 6 58 N 158 13 E capital; changed to Palikir) of Micronesia Korea Bay Pacific Ocean 39 00 N 124 00 E Korea Strait Pacific Ocean 34 00 N 129 00 E Korea, Democratic People's North Korea 40 00 N 127 00 E Republic of Korea, Republic of South Korea 37 00 N 127 30 E Koror (capital) Palau 7 20 N 134 29 E Kosovo (region) Serbia 42 30 N 21 00 E Kosrae (island) Federated States 5 20 N 163 00 E of Micronesia Kowloon (city) Hong Kong 22 18 N 114 10 E Kra, Isthmus of Burma, Thailand 10 20 N 99 00 E Krakatoa (volcano) Indonesia 6 07 S 105 24 E Krakow (city) Poland 50 03 N 19 56 E Kuala Lumpur (capital) Malaysia 3 10 N 101 42 E Kunashiri (island; also Russia (de facto) 44 20 N 146 00 E Kunashir) Kunlun Mountains China 36 00 N 84 00 E Kuril Islands Russia (de facto) 46 10 N 152 00 E Kuwait (capital) Kuwait 29 20 N 47 59 E Kuznetsk Basin Russia 54 00 N 86 00 E Kwajalein Atoll Marshall Islands 9 05 N 167 20 E Kyiv (capital) Ukraine 50 26 N 30 31 E Kyushu (island) Japan 33 00 N 131 00 E La Paz (administrative Bolivia 16 30 S 68 09 W capital) La Perouse Strait Pacific Ocean 45 45 N 142 00 E Labrador (peninsula, region) Canada 54 00 N 62 00 W Labrador Sea Atlantic Ocean 60 00 N 55 00 W Laccadive Islands India 10 00 N 73 00 E Laccadive Sea Indian Ocean 7 00 N 76 00 E Lagos (former capital) Nigeria 6 27 N 3 24 E Lahore (city) Pakistan 31 33 N 74 23 E Lake Erie Atlantic Ocean 42 30 N 81 00 W Lake Huron Atlantic Ocean 45 00 N 83 00 W Lake Michigan Atlantic Ocean 43 30 N 87 30 W Lake Ontario Atlantic Ocean 43 30 N 78 00 W Lake Superior Atlantic Ocean 48 00 N 88 00 W Lakshadweep (Laccadive India 10 00 N 73 00 E Islands) Lantau Island Hong Kong 22 15 N 113 55 E Lao (local name for Laos) Laos 18 00 N 105 00 E Laptev Sea Arctic Ocean 76 00 N 126 00 E Las Palmas (city) Spain (Canary 28 06 N 15 24 W Islands) Latakia (region) Syria 36 00 N 35 50 E Latvija (local name for Latvia 57 00 N 25 00 E Latvia) Lau Group (island group) Fiji 18 20 S 178 30 E Lefkosa (see Nicosia) Cyprus 35 10 N 33 22 E Leipzig (city) Germany 51 21 N 12 23 E Lemnos (island) Greece 39 54 N 25 21 E Leningrad (city; former name Russia 59 55 N 30 15 E for Saint Petersburg) Lesser Sunda Islands Indonesia 9 00 S 120 00 E Lesvos (island) Greece 39 15 N 26 15 E Leyte (island) Philippines 10 50 N 124 50 E Liancourt Rocks (claimed by South Korea 37 15 N 131 50 E Japan) Liaodong Wan (gulf) Pacific Ocean 40 30 N 121 20 E Liban (local name for Lebanon 33 50 N 36 50 E Lebanon) Libreville (capital) Gabon 0 23 N 9 27 E Lietuva (local name for Lithuania 56 00 N 24 00 E Lithuania) Ligurian Sea Atlantic Ocean 43 30 N 9 00 E Lilongwe (capital) Malawi 13 59 S 33 44 E Lima (capital) Peru 12 03 S 77 03 W Lincoln Sea Arctic Ocean 83 00 N 56 00 W Line Islands Jarvis Island, 0 05 N 157 00 W Kingman Reef, Kiribati, Palmyra Atoll Lion, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean 43 20 N 4 00 E Lisbon (capital) Portugal 38 43 N 9 08 W Little Belt (strait; also Atlantic Ocean 55 05 N 9 55 E Lille Baelt) Ljubljana (capital) Slovenia 46 03 N 14 31 E Llanos (region) Venezuela 8 00 N 68 00 W Lobamba (city) Swaziland 26 27 S 31 12 E Lombok (island) Indonesia 8 28 S 116 40 E Lombok Strait Indian Ocean 8 30 S 115 50 E Lome (capital) Togo 6 08 N 1 13 E London (capital) United Kingdom 51 30 N 0 10 W Longyearbyen (capital) Svalbard 78 13 N 15 33 E Lord Howe Island Australia 31 30 S 159 00 E Lorraine (region) France 48 42 N 6 11 E Louisiade Archipelago Papua New Guinea 11 00 S 153 00 E Lourenco Marques (city; Mozambique 25 56 S 32 34 E former name for Maputo) Loyalty Islands (Iles New Caledonia 21 00 S 167 00 E Loyaute) Luanda (capital) Angola 8 48 S 13 14 E Lubnan (local name for Lebanon 33 50 N 36 50 E Lebanon) Lubumbashi (city) Democratic 11 40 S 27 28 E Republic of the Congo Lusaka (capital) Zambia 15 25 S 28 17 E Luxembourg (capital) Luxembourg 49 45 N 6 10 E Luzon (island) Philippines 16 00 N 121 00 E Luzon Strait Pacific Ocean 20 30 N 121 00 E Lyakhov Islands Russia 73 45 N 138 00 E Macao Macau 22 10 N 113 33 E Macau (special China 22 10 N 113 33 E administrative region) Macquarie Island Australia 54 36 S 158 54 E Madagasikara (local name for Madagascar 20 00 S 47 00 E Madagascar) Maddalena, Isola Italy 41 13 N 09 24 E Madeira Islands Portugal 32 40 N 16 45 W Madras (city; see Chennai) India 13 04 N 80 16 E Madrid (capital) Spain 40 24 N 3 41 W Magellan, Strait of Atlantic Ocean 54 00 S 71 00 W Maghreb (region) Algeria, Libya, 34 00 N 3 00 E Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia Magreb (local name for Morocco 32 00 N 5 00 W Morocco) Magyarorszag (local name for Hungary 47 00 N 20 00 E Hungary) Mahe Island Seychelles 4 41 S 55 30 E Maiz, Islas del (Corn Nicaragua 12 15 N 83 00 W Islands) Majorca Island (Isla de Spain 39 30 N 3 00 E Mallorca) Majuro (capital) Marshall Islands 7 05 N 171 08 E Makassar Strait Pacific Ocean 2 00 S 117 30 E Makedonija (local name for Macedonia 41 50 N 22 00 E Macedonia) Malabo (capital) Equatorial Guinea 3 45 N 8 47 E Malacca, Strait of Indian Ocean 2 30 N 101 20 E Malagasy Republic Madagascar 20 00 S 47 00 E Malay Archipelago Brunei, Indonesia, 2 30 N 120 00 E Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines Malay Peninsula Malaysia, Thailand 7 10 N 100 35 E Male (capital) Maldives 4 10 N 73 31 E Mallorca, Isla de (island; Spain 39 30 N 3 00 E also Majorca) Malmady (region) Belgium 50 26 N 6 02 E Malpelo, Isla de (island) Colombia 4 00 N 90 30 W Malta Channel Atlantic Ocean 56 44 N 26 53 E Malvinas, Islas (island Falkland Islands 51 45 S 59 00 W group) (Islas Malvinas) Mamoutzou (capital) Mayotte 12 47 S 45 14 E Managua (capital) Nicaragua 12 09 N 86 17 W Manama (capital) Bahrain 26 13 N 50 35 E Manchukuo (former state) China 44 00 N 124 00 E Manchuria (region) China 44 00 N 124 00 E Manila (capital) Philippines 14 35 N 121 00 E Manipa Strait Pacific Ocean 3 20 S 127 23 E Mannar, Gulf of Indian Ocean 8 30 N 79 00 E Manua Islands American Samoa 14 13 S 169 35 W Maputo (capital) Mozambique 25 58 S 32 35 E Marcus Island (Minami-tori- Japan 24 16 N 154 00 E shima) Margarita, Isla (island) Venezuela 10 00 N 64 00 W Mariana Islands Guam, Northern 16 00 N 145 30 E Mariana Islands Marie Byrd Land (region) Antarctica 77 00 S 130 00 W Marigot (capital) Saint Martin 18 04 N 63 05 W Marion Island South Africa 46 51 S 37 52 E Marmara, Sea of Atlantic Ocean 40 40 N 28 15 E Marquesas Islands (Iles French Polynesia 9 00 S 139 30 W Marquises) Marseille (city) France 43 18 N 5 23 E Martin Vaz, Ilhas (island Brazil 20 30 S 28 51 W group) Mas a Tierra (Robinson Chile 33 38 S 78 52 W Crusoe Island) Mascarene Islands Mauritius, Reunion 21 00 S 57 00 E Maseru (capital) Lesotho 29 28 S 27 30 E Mata-Utu (capital) Wallis and Futuna 13 57 S 171 56 W Matsu (island) Taiwan 26 13 N 119 56 E Matthew Island New Caledonia, 22 20 S 171 20 E Vanuatu Mauritanie (local name for Mauritania 20 00 N 12 00 W Mauritania) Mazatlan (city) Mexico 23 13 N 106 25 W Mbabane (capital) Swaziland 26 18 S 31 06 E McDonald Islands Heard Island and 53 06 S 73 30 E McDonald Islands Mecca (city) Saudi Arabia 21 27 N 39 49 E Mediterranean Sea Atlantic Ocean 36 00 N 15 00 E Melbourne (city) Australia 37 49 S 144 58 E Melilla (exclave) Spain 35 19 N 2 58 W Memel (region) Lithuania 55 43 N 21 30 E Mesopotamia (region) Iraq 33 00 N 44 00 E Messina, Strait of Atlantic Ocean 38 15 N 15 35 E Mexico City (capital) Mexico 19 24 N 99 09 W Mexico, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean 25 00 N 90 00 W Middle Congo (former name Republic of the 1 00 S 15 00 E for Republic of the Congo) Congo Milan (city) Italy 45 28 N 9 11 E Milwaukee Deep (Puerto Rico Atlantic Ocean 19 55 N 65 27 W Trench) Minami-tori-shima (Marcus Japan 24 16 N 154 00 E Island) Mindanao (island) Philippines 8 00 N 125 00 E Mindanao Sea Pacific Ocean 9 15 N 124 30 E Mindoro (island) Philippines 12 50 N 121 05 E Mindoro Strait Pacific Ocean 12 20 N 120 40 E Mingrelia (region) Georgia 42 30 N 41 52 E Minicoy Island India 8 17 N 73 02 E Minorca Island (Isla de Spain 40 00 N 4 00 E Menorca) Minsk (capital) Belarus 53 54 N 27 34 E Misr (local name for Egypt) Egypt 27 00 N 30 00 E Mitla Pass Egypt 30 02 N 32 54 E Mocambique (local name for Mozambique 18 15 S 35 00 E Mozambique) Mogadishu (capital) Somalia 2 04 N 45 22 E Moldavia (region) Moldova, Romania 47 00 N 29 00 E Molucca Sea Pacific Ocean 2 00 N 127 00 E Moluccas (Spice Islands) Indonesia 2 00 S 128 00 E Mombasa (city) Kenya 4 03 S 39 40 E Mona Passage Atlantic Ocean 18 30 N 67 45 W Monaco (capital) Monaco 43 44 N 7 25 E Mongol Uls (local name for Mongolia 46 00 N 105 00 E Mongolia) Monrovia (capital) Liberia 6 18 N 10 47 W Monterrey (city) Mexico 25 40 N 100 19 W Montevideo (capital) Uruguay 34 53 S 56 11 W Montreal (city) Canada 45 31 N 73 34 W Moravia (region) Czech Republic 49 30 N 17 00 E Moravian Gate (pass) Czech Republic 49 35 N 17 50 E Moroni (capital) Comoros 11 41 S 43 16 E Mortlock Islands (Nomoi Federated States 5 30 N 153 40 E Islands) of Micronesia Moscow (capital) Russia 55 45 N 37 35 E Mount Pinatubo (volcano) Philippines 15 08 N 120 21 E Mozambique Channel Indian Ocean 19 00 S 41 00 E Mumbai (city; also Bombay) India 18 58 N 72 50 E Munich, Muenchen (city) Germany 48 08 N 11 35 E Muritaniyah (local name for Mauritania 20 00 N 12 00 W Mauritania) Musandam Peninsula Oman, United Arab 26 18 N 56 24 E Emirates Muscat (capital) Oman 23 37 N 58 35 E Muscat and Oman (former name Oman 21 00 N 57 00 E for Oman) Myanma, Myanmar Burma 22 00 N 98 00 E N'Djamena (capital) Chad 12 07 N 15 03 E Nagorno-Karabakh (region) Azerbaijan 40 00 N 46 40 E Nairobi (capital) Kenya 1 17 S 36 49 E Namib (desert) Namibia 24 00 S 15 00 E Nampo-shoto (island group) Japan 30 00 N 140 00 E Nan Madol (ruins) Federated States 6 85 N 158 35 E of Micronesia Naples (city) Italy 40 51 N 14 15 E Nassau (capital) The Bahamas 25 05 N 77 21 W Natal (region) South Africa 29 00 S 30 25 E Natuna Besar Islands Indonesia 3 30 N 102 30 E Natuna Sea Pacific Ocean 3 30 N 108 00 E Naxcivan (region) Azerbaijan 39 20 N 45 20 E Naxos (island) Greece 37 05 N 25 30 E Nederland (local name for Netherlands 52 30 N 5 45 E the Netherlands) Nederlandse Antillen (local Netherlands 12 15 N 68 45 W name for the Netherlands Antilles Antilles) Negev (region) Israel 30 30 N 34 55 E Negros (island) Philippines 10 00 N 123 00 E Nejd (region) Saudi Arabia 24 05 N 45 15 E Netherlands East Indies Indonesia 5 00 S 120 00 E (former name for Indonesia) Netherlands Guiana (former Suriname 4 00 N 56 00 W name for Suriname) Nevis (island) Saint Kitts and 17 09 N 62 35 W Nevis New Britain (island) Papua New Guinea 6 00 S 150 00 E New Delhi (capital) India 28 36 N 77 12 E New Guinea (island) Indonesia, Papua 5 00 S 140 00 E New Guinea New Hebrides (island group) Vanuatu 16 00 S 167 00 E New Ireland (island) Papua New Guinea 3 20 N 152 00 E New Siberian Islands Russia 75 00 N 142 00 E New Territories (mainland Hong Kong 22 24 N 114 10 E region) Newfoundland (island, with Canada 52 00 N 56 00 W mainland area, and a province) Niamey (capital) Niger 13 31 N 2 07 E Nicobar Islands India 8 00 N 93 30 E Nicosia (capital; also Cyprus 35 10 N 33 22 E Lefkosia) Nightingale Island Saint Helena 37 25 S 12 30 W Nihon, Nippon (local name Japan 36 00 N 138 00 E for Japan) Nomoi Islands (Mortlock Federated States 5 30 N 153 40 E Islands) of Micronesia Norge (local name for Norway 62 00 N 10 00 E Norway) Norman Isles (Channel Guernsey, Jersey 49 20 N 2 20 W Islands) North Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean 30 00 N 45 00 W North Channel Atlantic Ocean 55 10 N 5 40 W North Frisian Islands Denmark, Germany 54 50 N 8 12 E North Greenland Sea Arctic Ocean 78 00 N 5 00 W North Island New Zealand 39 00 S 176 00 E North Ossetia (region) Russia 43 00 N 44 10 E North Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean 30 00 N 165 00 W North Sea Atlantic Ocean 56 00 N 4 00 E North Vietnam (former name Vietnam 23 00 N 106 00 E for northern portion of Vietnam) North Yemen (Yemen Arab Yemen 15 00 N 44 00 E Republic; now part of Yemen) Northeast Providence Channel Atlantic Ocean 25 40 N 77 09 W Northern Areas Pakistan 36 0 N 75 0 E Northern Cyprus (region) Cyprus 35 15 N 33 44 E Northern Epirus (region) Albania, Greece 40 00 N 20 30 E Northern Grenadines Saint Vincent and 12 45 N 61 15 W (political region) the Grenadines Northern Ireland United Kingdom 54 40 N 6 45 W Northern Rhodesia (former Zambia 15 00 S 30 00 E name for Zambia) Northwest Passages Arctic Ocean 74 40 N 100 00 W Norwegian Sea Atlantic Ocean 66 00 N 6 00 E Nouakchott (capital) Mauritania 18 06 N 15 57 W Noumea (capital) New Caledonia 22 16 S 166 27 E Nouvelle-Caledonie (local New Caledonia 21 30 S 165 30 E name for New Caledonia) Nouvelles Hebrides (former Vanuatu 16 00 S 167 00 E name for Vanuatu) Novaya Zemlya (islands) Russia 74 00 N 57 00 E Nubia (region) Egypt, Sudan 20 30 N 33 00 E Nuku'alofa (capital) Tonga 21 08 S 175 12 W Nunavut (region) Canada 72 00 N 90 00 W Nuuk (capital; also Godthab) Greenland 64 11 N 51 44 W Nyasaland (former name for Malawi 13 30 S 34 00 E Malawi) Nyassa (region) Mozambique 13 30 S 37 00 E Oahu (island) United States 21 30 N 158 00 W (Hawaii) Ocean Island (Banaba) Kiribati 0 52 S 169 35 E Ocean Island (Kure Island) United States 28 25 N 178 20 W Oesterreich (local name for Austria 47 20 N 13 20 E Austria) Ogaden (region) Ethiopia, Somalia 7 00 N 46 00 E Oil Islands (Chagos British Indian 6 00 S 71 30 E Archipelago) Ocean Territory Okhotsk, Sea of Pacific Ocean 53 00 N 150 00 E Okinawa (island group) Japan 26 30 N 128 00 E Oland (island) Sweden 56 45 N 16 40 E Oman, Gulf of Indian Ocean 24 30 N 58 30 E Ombai Strait Pacific Ocean 8 30 S 125 00 E Oran (city) Algeria 35 43 N 0 43 W Orange River Colony (region; South Africa 28 20 S 26 40 E former name of Free State Province of South Africa) Oranjestad (capital) Aruba 12 33 N 70 06 W Oresund (The Sound) (strait) Atlantic Ocean 55 50 N 12 40 E Orkney Islands United Kingdom 59 00 N 3 00 W Osaka (city) Japan 34 42 N 135 30 E Oslo (capital) Norway 59 55 N 10 45 E Osumi Strait (Van Diemen Pacific Ocean 31 00 N 131 00 E Strait) Otranto, Strait of Atlantic Ocean 40 00 N 19 00 E Ottawa (capital) Canada 45 25 N 75 40 W Ouagadougou (capital) Burkina Faso 12 22 N 1 31 W Outer Hebrides (islands) United Kingdom 57 45 N 7 00 W Outer Mongolia (region) Mongolia 46 00 N 105 00 E P'yongyang (capital) North Korea 39 01 N 125 45 E Pacific Islands, Trust Marshall Islands, 10 00 N 155 00 E Territory of the (former Federated States name of a large area of the of Micronesia, western North Pacific Ocean) Northern Mariana Islands, Palau Pagan (island) Northern Mariana 18 08 N 145 47 E Islands Pago Pago (capital) American Samoa 14 16 S 170 42 W Palawan (island) Philippines 9 30 N 118 30 E Palermo (city) Italy 38 07 N 13 21 E Palestine (region) Israel, West Bank 32 00 N 35 15 E Palikir (capital) Federated States 6 55 N 158 08 E of Micronesia Palk Strait Indian Ocean 10 00 N 79 45 E Pamirs (mountains) China, Tajikistan 38 00 N 73 00 E Pampas (region) Argentina 35 00 S 63 00 W Panama (capital) Panama 8 58 N 79 32 W Panama Canal Panama 9 00 N 79 45 W Panama, Gulf of Pacific Ocean 8 00 N 79 30 W Panay (island) Philippines 11 15 N 122 30 E Pantelleria, Isola di Italy 36 47 N 12 00 E (island) Papeete (capital) French Polynesia 17 32 S 149 34 W Paramaribo (capital) Suriname 5 50 N 55 10 W Parece Vela (island) Japan 20 20 N 136 00 E Paris (capital) France 48 52 N 2 20 E Pascua, Isla de (Easter Chile 27 07 S 109 22 W Island) Pashtunistan (region) Afghanistan, 32 00 N 69 00 E Pakistan Passion, Ile de la (island) Clipperton Island 10 17 N 109 13 W Patagonia (region) Argentina 48 00 S 61 00 W Peking (see Beijing) China 39 56 N 116 24 E Pelagian Islands (Isole Italy 35 40 N 12 40 E Pelagie) Peleliu (Beliliou) (island) Palau 7 01 N 134 15 E Peloponnese (peninsula) Greece 37 30 N 22 25 E Pemba Island Tanzania 5 20 S 39 45 E Penang Island Malaysia 5 23 N 100 15 E Pentland Firth (channel) Atlantic Ocean 58 44 N 3 13 W Perim (island) Yemen 12 39 N 43 25 E Perouse Strait, La Pacific Ocean 44 45 N 142 00 E Persia (former name for Iran 32 00 N 53 00 E Iran) Persian Gulf Indian Ocean 27 00 N 51 00 E Perth (city) Australia 31 56 S 115 50 E Pescadores (islands) Taiwan 23 30 N 119 30 E Peshawar (city) Pakistan 34 01 N 71 40 E Peter I Island Antarctica 68 48 S 90 35 W Petrograd (city; former name Russia 59 55 N 30 15 E for Saint Petersburg) Philip Island Norfolk Island 29 08 S 167 57 E Philippine Sea Pacific Ocean 20 00 N 134 00 E Phnom Penh (capital) Cambodia 11 33 N 104 55 E Phoenix Islands Kiribati 3 30 S 172 00 W Pinatubo, Mount (volcano) Philippines 15 08 N 120 21 E Pines, Isle of (island; Cuba 21 40 N 82 50 W former name for Isla de la Juventud) Pleasant Island Nauru 0 32 S 166 55 E Plymouth (capital) Montserrat 16 44 N 62 14 W Podgorica (administrative Montenegro 42 26 N 19 16 E capital) Polska (local name) Poland 52 00 N 20 00 E Polynesie Francaise (local French Polynesia 15 00 S 140 00 W name for French Polynesia) Pomerania (region) Germany, Poland 53 40 N 15 35 E Ponape (Pohnpei) (island) Federated States 6 55 N 158 15 E of Micronesia Port Louis (capital) Mauritius 20 10 S 57 30 E Port Moresby (capital) Papua New Guinea 9 30 S 147 10 E Port-Vila (capital) Vanuatu 17 44 S 168 19 E Port-au-Prince (capital) Haiti 18 32 N 72 20 W Port-of-Spain (capital) Trinidad and 10 39 N 61 31 W Tobago Porto-Novo (capital) Benin 6 29 N 2 37 E Portuguese East Africa Mozambique 18 15 S 35 00 E (former name for Mozambique) Portuguese Guinea (former Guinea-Bissau 12 00 N 15 00 W name for Guinea-Bissau) Portuguese Timor (former Timor-Leste 9 00 S 126 00 E name for Timor-Leste) Poznan (city) Poland 52 25 N 16 55 E Prague (capital) Czech Republic 50 05 N 14 28 E Praia (capital) Cape Verde 14 55 N 23 31 W Prathet Thai (local name for Thailand 15 00 N 100 00 E Thailand) Pretoria (administrative South Africa 25 42 S 28 13 E capital) Prevlaka peninsula Croatia 42 24 N 18 31 E Pribilof Islands United States 57 00 N 170 00 W Prince Edward Island Canada 46 20 N 63 20 W Prince Edward Islands South Africa 46 35 S 38 00 E Prince Patrick Island Canada 76 30 N 119 00 W Principe (island) Sao Tome and 1 38 N 7 25 E Principe Prussia (region) Germany, Poland, 53 00 N 14 00 E Russia Pukapuka Atoll Cook Islands 10 53 S 165 49 W Punjab (region) India, Pakistan 30 50 N 73 30 E Puntland (region) Somalia 8 21 N 49 08 E Qazaqstan (local name for Kazakhstan 48 00 N 68 00 E Kazakhstan) Qita Ghazzah (local name Gaza Strip 31 25 N 34 20 E Gaza Strip) Quebec (city) Canada 46 48 N 71 15 W Queen Charlotte Islands Canada 53 00 N 132 00 W Queen Elizabeth Islands Canada 78 00 N 95 00 W Queen Maud Land (claimed by Antarctica 73 30 S 12 00 E Norway) Quemoy (island) Taiwan 24 27 N 118 23 E Quito (capital) Ecuador 0 13 S 78 30 W Rabat (capital) Morocco 34 02 N 6 51 W Ralik Chain (island group) Marshall Islands 8 00 N 167 00 E Rangoon (capital; also Burma 16 47 N 96 10 E Yangon) Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Chile 27 07 S 109 22 W Ratak Chain (island group) Marshall Islands 9 00 N 171 00 E Red Sea Indian Ocean 20 00 N 38 00 E Redonda (island) Antigua and 16 55 N 62 19 W Barbuda Republica Dominicana (local Dominican Republic 19 00 N 70 40 W name for Dominican Republic) Republique Centrafricain Central African 7 00 N 21 00 E (local name for Central Republic African Republic) Republique Francaise (local France 46 00 N 2 00 E name for France) Republique Gabonaise (local Gabon 1 00 S 11 45 E name for Gabon) Republique Rwandaise (local Rwanda 2 00 S 30 00 E name for Rwanda) Republique Togolaise (local Togo 8 00 N 1 10 E name for Togo) Revillagigedo Island United States 55 35 N 131 06 W (Alaska) Revillagigedo Islands Mexico 19 00 N 112 45 W Reykjavik (capital) Iceland 64 09 N 21 57 W Rhodes (island) Greece 36 10 N 28 00 E Rhodesia, Northern (former Zambia 15 00 S 30 00 E name for Zambia) Rhodesia, Southern (former Zimbabwe 20 00 S 30 00 E name for Zimbabwe) Riga (capital) Latvia 56 57 N 24 06 E Riga, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean 57 30 N 23 30 E Rio Muni (mainland region) Equatorial Guinea 1 30 N 10 00 E Rio de Janiero (city) Brazil 22 55 S 43 17 W Rio de Oro (region) Western Sahara 23 45 N 15 45 W Rio de la Plata (gulf) Atlantic Ocean 35 00 S 59 00 W Riyadh (capital) Saudi Arabia 24 38 N 46 43 E Road Town (capital) British Virgin 18 27 N 64 37 W Islands Robinson Crusoe Island (Mas Chile 33 38 S 78 52 W a Tierra) Rocas, Atol das (island) Brazil 3 51 S 33 49 W Rockall (island) United Kingdom 57 35 N 13 48 W Rodrigues (island) Mauritius 19 42 S 63 25 E Rome (capital) Italy 41 54 N 12 29 E Roncador Cay (island) Colombia 13 32 N 80 03 W Roosevelt Island Antarctica 79 30 S 162 00 W Roseau (capital) Dominica 15 18 N 61 24 W Ross Dependency (claimed by Antarctica 80 00 S 180 00 E New Zealand) Ross Island Antarctica 81 30 S 175 00 W Ross Sea Antarctica, 76 00 S 175 00 W Southern Ocean Rossiya (local name for Russia 60 00 N 100 00 E Russia) Rota (island) Northern Mariana 14 10 N 145 12 E Islands Rotuma (island) Fiji 12 30 S 177 05 E Ruanda (former name for Rwanda 2 00 S 30 00 E Rwanda) Rub al Khali (desert) Saudi Arabia 19 30 N 49 00 E Rumelia (region) Albania, Bulgaria, 42 00 N 22 30 E Macedonia Ruthenia (region; former Ukraine 48 22 N 23 32 E name for Carpatho-Ukraine) Ryukyu Islands Japan 26 30 N 128 00 E Saar (region) Germany 49 25 N 7 00 E Saaremaa (island) Estonia 58 25 N 22 30 E Saba (island) Netherlands 17 38 N 63 10 W Antilles Sabah (state) Malaysia 5 20 N 117 10 E Sable Island Canada 43 55 N 59 50 W Safety Islands (Iles du French Guiana 5 20 N 52 37 W Salut) Sahara Occidental (former Western Sahara 24 30 N 13 00 W name for Western Sahara) Sahel (region) Burkina Faso, 15 00 N 8 00 W Chad, The Gambia, Guinea- Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal Saigon (city; former name Vietnam 10 45 N 106 40 E for Ho Chi Minh City) Saint Barthelemy (island; Guadeloupe 17 55 N 62 52 W also Saint Bart's) Saint Brandon (Cargados Mauritius 16 25 S 59 38 E Carajos Shoals) Saint Christopher (island) Saint Kitts and 17 20 N 62 45 W Nevis Saint Christopher and Nevis Saint Kitts and 17 20 N 62 45 W Nevis Saint Eustatius (island) Netherlands 17 30 N 63 00 W Antilles Saint George's (capital) Grenada 12 03 N 61 45 W Saint George's Channel Atlantic Ocean 52 00 N 6 00 W Saint Helena Island Saint Helena 15 57 S 5 42 W Saint Helens, Mount United States 46 15 N 122 12 W (volcano) Saint Helier (capital) Jersey 49 12 N 2 07 W Saint John (city) Canada (New 45 16 N 66 04 W Brunswick) Saint John's (capital) Antigua and 17 06 N 61 51 W Barbuda Saint Lawrence Island United States 49 30 N 67 00 W Saint Lawrence Seaway Atlantic Ocean 49 15 N 67 00 W Saint Lawrence, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean 48 00 N 62 00 W Saint Paul Island Canada 47 12 N 60 09 W Saint Paul Island United States 57 11 N 170 16 W Saint Paul Island (Ile Saint-French Southern 38 43 S 77 29 E Paul) and Antarctic Lands Saint Peter Port (capital) Guernsey 49 27 N 2 32 W Saint Peter and Saint Paul Brazil 0 23 N 29 23 W Rocks (Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo) Saint Petersburg (city; Russia 59 55 N 30 15 E former capital) Saint Thomas (island) Virgin Islands 18 21 N 64 55 W Saint Vincent Passage Atlantic Ocean 13 30 N 61 00 W Saint-Denis (capital) Reunion 20 52 S 55 28 E Saint-Pierre (capital) Saint Pierre and 46 46 N 56 11 W Miquelon Saipan (island) Northern Mariana 15 12 N 145 45 E Islands Sak'art'velo (local name for Georgia 42 00 N 43 30 E Georgia) Sakhalin Island (Ostrov Russia 51 00 N 143 00 E Sakhalin) Sakishima Islands Japan 24 30 N 124 00 E Sala y Gomez, Isla (island) Chile 26 28 S 105 00 W Salisbury (city; former name Zimbabwe 17 50 S 105 00 W for Harare) Salzburg (city) Austria 47 48 N 13 02 E Samar (island) Philippines 12 00 N 125 00 E Samaria (region) West Bank 32 15 N 35 10 E Samoa Islands American Samoa, 14 00 S 171 00 W Samoa Samos (island) Greece 37 48 N 26 44 E San Ambrosio, Isla (island) Chile 26 21 S 79 52 W San Andres y Providencia, Colombia 13 00 N 81 30 W Archipielago (island group) San Bernardino Strait Pacific Ocean 12 32 N 124 10 E San Felix, Isla (island) Chile 26 17 S 80 05 W San Jose (capital) Costa Rica 9 56 N 84 05 W San Juan (capital) Puerto Rico 18 28 N 66 07 W San Marino (capital) San Marino 43 56 N 12 25 E San Salvador (capital) El Salvador 13 42 N 89 12 W Sanaa (capital) Yemen 15 21 N 44 12 E Sandzak (region) Montenegro, Serbia 43 05 N 19 45 E Santa Cruz (city) Bolivia 17 48 S 63 10 W Santa Cruz Islands Solomon Islands 11 00 S 166 15 E Santa Sede (local name for Holy See 41 54 N 12 27 E the Holy See) Santiago (capital) Chile 33 27 S 70 40 W Santo Antao (island) Cape Verde 17 05 N 25 10 W Santo Domingo (capital) Dominican Republic 18 28 N 69 54 W Sao Paulo (city) Brazil 23 35 S 46 43 W Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo, Brazil 0 23 N 29 23 W Penedos de (rocks) Sao Tiago (island) Cape Verde 15 05 N 23 40 W Sao Tome (island) Sao Tome and 0 12 N 6 39 E Principe Sapporo (city) Japan 43 04 N 141 20 E Sapudi Strait Pacific Ocean 7 05 S 114 10 E Sarajevo (capital) Bosnia and 43 52 N 18 25 E Herzegovina Sarawak (state) Malaysia 2 30 N 113 30 E Sardinia (island) Italy 40 00 N 9 00 E Sargasso Sea (region) Atlantic Ocean 30 00 N 55 00 W Sark (island) Guernsey 49 26 N 2 21 W Savage Island (former name Niue 19 02 S 169 52 W for Niue) Savu Sea Pacific Ocean 9 30 S 122 00 E Saxony (region) Germany 51 00 N 13 00 E Schleswig-Holstein (region) Germany 54 31 N 9 33 E Schweiz (local German name Switzerland 47 00 N 8 00 E for Switzerland) Scopus, Mount Israel, West Bank 31 48 N 35 14 E Scotia Sea Atlantic Ocean, 56 00 S 40 00 W Southern Ocean Scotland (region) United Kingdom 57 00 N 4 00 W Scott Island Antarctica 67 24 S 179 55 W Senegambia (region; former The Gambia, 13 50 N 15 25 W name of confederation of Senegal Senegal and The Gambia) Senyavin Islands Federated States 6 55 N 158 00 E of Micronesia Seoul (capital) South Korea 37 34 N 127 00 E Serendib (former name for Sri Lanka 7 00 N 81 00 E Sri Lanka) Serrana Bank (shoal) Colombia 14 25 N 80 16 W Serranilla Bank (shoal) Colombia 15 51 N 79 46 W Settlement, The (capital) Christmas Island 10 25 S 105 43 E Severnaya Zemlya (island Russia 79 30 N 98 00 E group; also Northland) Shaba (region) Democratic 8 00 S 27 00 E Republic of the Congo Shag Island Heard Island and 53 00 S 72 30 E McDonald Islands Shag Rocks South Georgia and 53 33 S 42 02 W the South Sandwich Islands Shanghai (city) China 31 14 N 121 30 E Shenyang (city; also Mukden) China 41 46 N 123 24 E Shetland Islands United Kingdom 60 30 N 1 30 W Shikoku (island) Japan 33 45 N 133 30 E Shikotan (island) Russia (de facto) 43 47 N 146 45 E Shqiperia (local name for Albania 41 00 N 20 00 E Albania) Siam (former name for Thailand 15 00 N 100 00 E Thailand) Siberia (region) Russia 60 00 N 100 00 E Sibutu Passage Pacific Ocean 4 50 N 119 35 E Sicily (island) Italy 37 30 N 14 00 E Sicily, Strait of Atlantic Ocean 37 20 N 11 20 E Sidra, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean 31 30 N 18 00 E Sikkim (state) India 27 50 N 88 30 E Silesia (region) Czech Republic, 51 00 N 17 00 E Germany, Poland Sinai Peninsula Egypt 29 30 N 34 00 E Singapore (capital) Singapore 1 17 N 103 51 E Singapore Strait Pacific Ocean 1 15 N 104 00 E Sinkiang (autonomous region; China 42 00 N 86 00 E also Xinjiang) Sint Eustatius (island) Netherlands 17 29 N 62 58 W Antilles Sint Maarten (island; also Netherlands 18 04 N 63 04 W Saint-Martin) Antilles Sjaelland (island) Denmark 55 30 N 12 00 E Skagerrak (strait) Atlantic Ocean 57 45 N 9 00 E Skopje (capital) Macedonia 41 59 N 21 26 E Slavonia (region) Croatia 45 27 N 18 00 E Slovenija (local name for Slovenia 46 00 N 15 00 E Slovenia) Slovensko (local name for Slovakia 48 40 N 19 30 E Slovakia) Smyrna (region; former name Turkey 38 25 N 27 10 E for Izmir) Society Islands (Iles de la French Polynesia 17 00 S 150 00 W Societe) Socotra (island) Yemen 12 30 N 54 00 E Sofia (capital) Bulgaria 42 41 N 23 19 E Solomon Islands, northern Papua New Guinea 6 00 S 155 00 E Solomon Islands, southern Solomon Islands 8 00 S 159 00 E Solomon Sea Pacific Ocean 8 00 S 153 00 E Somaliland (region) Somalia 9 30 N 46 00 E Somers Islands (former name Bermuda 32 20 N 64 45 W for Bermuda) Songkhla (city) Thailand 7 12 N 100 36 E Sound, The (strait; also Atlantic Ocean 55 50 N 12 40 E Oresund) South Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean 30 00 S 15 00 W South China Sea Pacific Ocean 10 00 N 113 00 E South Georgia (island) South Georgia and 54 15 S 36 45 W the South Sandwich Islands South Island New Zealand 43 00 S 171 00 E South Korea South Korea 37 00 N 127 30 E South Orkney Islands Antarctica 61 00 S 45 00 W South Ossetia (region) Georgia 42 20 N 44 00 E South Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean 30 00 S 130 00 W South Sandwich Islands South Georgia and 57 45 S 26 30 W the South Sandwich Islands South Shetland Islands Antarctica 62 00 S 59 00 W South Tyrol (region) Italy 46 30 N 10 30 E South Vietnam (former name Vietnam 12 00 N 108 00 E for the southern portion of Vietnam) South Yemen (People's Yemen 14 00 N 48 00 E Democratic Republic of Yemen; now part of Yemen) South-West Africa (former Namibia 22 00 S 17 00 E name for Namibia) Southern Grenadines (island Grenada 12 20 N 61 30 W group) Southern Rhodesia (former Zimbabwe 20 00 S 30 00 E name for Zimbabwe) Soviet Union (former name of Armenia, a large Eurasian empire, Azerbaijan, roughly coequal with the Belarus, Estonia, former Russian Empire) Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan Spanish Guinea (former name Equatorial Guinea 2 00 N 10 00 E for Equatorial Guinea) Spanish Morocco (former name Morocco 32 00 N 7 00 W for northern Morocco) Spanish North Africa Spain (Ceuta, 35 15 N 4 00 W (exclaves) Islas Chafarinas, Melilla, Penon de Alhucemas, Penon de Velez de la Gomera) Spanish Sahara (former name) Western Sahara 24 30 N 13 00 W Spanish West Africa (former Morocco, Western 25 00 N 13 00 W name for Ifni and Spanish Sahara Sahara) Spice Islands (Moluccas) Indonesia 2 00 S 28 00 E Spitsbergen (island) Svalbard 78 00 N 20 00 E Srbija (local name for Serbia 44 00 N 21 00 E Serbia) St. John's (city) Canada 47 34 N 52 43 W (Newfoundland) Stanley (capital) Falkland Islands 51 42 S 57 41 W (Islas Malvinas) Stockholm (capital) Sweden 59 20 N 18 03 E Strasbourg (city) France 48 35 N 7 44 E Stuttgart (city) Germany 48 46 N 9 11 E Sucre (constitutional Bolivia 19 02 S 65 17 W capital) Suez Canal Egypt 29 55 N 32 33 E Suez, Gulf of Indian Ocean 28 10 N 33 27 E Suisse (local French name Switzerland 47 00 N 8 00 E for Switzerland) Sulawesi (island; Celebes) Indonesia 2 00 S 121 00 E Sulawesi Sea Pacific Ocean 3 00 N 122 00 E Sulu Archipelago (island Philippines 6 00 N 121 00 E group) Sulu Sea Pacific Ocean 8 00 N 120 00 E Sumatra (island) Indonesia 0 00 N 102 00 E Sumba (island) Indonesia 10 00 S 120 00 E Sumba Strait Pacific Ocean 9 10 S 120 00 E Sumbawa (island) Indonesia 8 30 S 118 00 E Sunda Islands (Soenda Isles) Indonesia, 2 00 S 110 00 E Malaysia Sunda Strait Indian Ocean 6 00 S 105 45 E Suomi (local name for Finland 64 00 N 26 00 E Finland) Surabaya (city) Indonesia 7 13 S 112 45 E Surigao Strait Pacific Ocean 10 15 N 125 23 E Surinam (former name for Suriname 4 00 N 56 00 W Suriname) Suriyah (local name for Syria 35 00 N 38 00 E Syria) Surtsey (volcanic island) Iceland 63 17 N 20 40 W Suva (capital) Fiji 18 08 S 178 25 E Sverdlovsk (city; also Russia 56 50 N 60 39 E Yekaterinburg) Sverige (local name for Sweden 62 00 N 15 00 E Sweden) Svizzera (local Italian name Switzerland 47 00 N 8 00 E for Switzerland) Swains Island American Samoa 11 03 S 171 15 W Swan Islands Honduras 17 25 S 83 56 W Sydney (city) Australia 33 53 S 151 13 E T'bilisi (capital) Georgia 41 43 N 44 49 E Tadzhikistan (former name Tajikistan 39 00 N 71 00 E for Tajikistan) Tahiti (island) French Polynesia 17 37 S 149 27 W Taipei (capital) Taiwan 25 03 N 121 30 E Taiwan Strait Pacific Ocean 24 00 N 119 00 E Tallinn (capital) Estonia 59 25 N 24 45 E Tanganyika (former name for Tanzania 6 00 S 35 00 E the mainland portion of Tanzania) Tangier (city) Morocco 35 48 N 5 45 W Tannu-Tuva (region) Russia 51 25 N 94 45 E Tarawa (island) Kiribati 1 25 N 173 00 E Tartary, Gulf of Pacific Ocean 50 00 N 141 00 E Tashkent (capital) Uzbekistan 41 20 N 69 18 E Tasman Sea Pacific Ocean 4 30 S 168 00 E Tasmania (island) Australia 43 00 S 147 00 E Tatar Strait Pacific Ocean 50 00 N 141 00 E Taymyr Peninsula (Poluostrov Russia 76 00 N 104 00 E Taymyr) Tchad (local name for Chad) Chad 15 00 N 19 00 E Tegucigalpa (capital) Honduras 14 06 N 87 13 W Tehran (capital) Iran 35 40 N 51 26 E Tel Aviv (capital, de facto) Israel 32 05 N 34 48 E Teluk Bone (gulf) Pacific Ocean 4 00 S 120 45 E Teluk Tomini (gulf) Pacific Ocean 0 30 S 121 00 E Terre Adelie (claimed by Antarctica 66 30 S 139 00 E France; also Adelie Land) Terres Australes et French Southern 43 00 S 67 00 E Antarctiques Francaises and Antarctic (local name for the French Lands Southern and Antarctic Lands) Thailand, Gulf of Pacific Ocean 10 00 N 101 00 E The Former Yugoslav Republic Macedonia 41 50 N 22 00 E of Macedonia Thessaloniki (city; also Greece 40 38 N 22 57 E Salonika) Thimphu (capital) Bhutan 27 28 N 89 39 E Thuringia (region) Germany 51 00 N 11 00 E Thurston Island Antarctica 72 20 S 99 00 W Tiberias, Lake Israel 32 48 N 35 35 E Tibet (autonomous region; China 32 00 N 90 00 E also Xizang) Tibilisi (see T'bilisi) Georgia 41 43 N 44 49 E Tien Shan (mountains) China, Kyrgyzstan 42 00 N 80 00 E Tierra del Fuego (island, Argentina, Chile 54 00 S 69 00 W island group) Timor (island) Timor-Leste, 9 00 S 125 00 E Indonesia Timor Lorosa'e (local name Timor-Leste 9 00 N 126 00 E for Timor-Leste) Timor Sea Pacific Ocean 11 00 S 128 00 E Tinian (island) Northern Mariana 15 00 N 145 38 E Islands Tiran, Strait of Indian Ocean 28 00 N 34 27 E Tirana, Tirane (capital) Albania 41 20 N 19 50 E Tirol, Tyrol (region) Austria, Italy 47 00 N 11 00 E Tobago (island) Trinidad and 11 15 N 60 40 W Tobago Tokyo (capital) Japan 35 42 N 139 46 E Tonkin, Gulf of Pacific Ocean 20 00 N 108 00 E Toronto (city) Canada 43 40 N 79 23 W Torres Strait Pacific Ocean 10 25 S 142 10 E Torshavn (capital) Faroe Islands 62 01 N 6 46 W Toshkent (see Tashkent) Uzbekistan 41 20 N 69 18 E Transcarpathia (region; Ukraine 48 22 N 23 32 E alternate name for Carpatho- Ukraine) Transjordan (former name for Jordan 31 00 N 36 00 E Jordan) Transkei (enclave) South Africa 32 15 S 28 15 E Transvaal (region; former South Africa 25 10 S 29 25 E name for northeastern South Africa) Transylvania (region) Romania 46 30 N 24 00 E Trindade, Ilha de (island) Brazil 20 31 S 29 20 W Trinidad (island) Trinidad and 10 22 N 61 15 W Tobago Tripoli (capital) Libya 32 54 N 13 11 E Tripoli (city) Lebanon 34 26 N 35 51 E Tripolitania (region) Libya 31 00 N 14 00 E Tristan da Cunha Group Saint Helena 37 15 S 12 30 W (island group) Trobriand Islands Papua New Guinea 8 38 S 151 04 E Trucial Coast (former name United Arab 24 00 N 54 00 E for the United Arab Emirates Emirates) Trucial Oman (former name United Arab 24 00 N 54 00 E for the United Arab Emirates Emirates) Trucial States (former name United Arab 24 00 N 54 00 E for the United Arab Emirates Emirates) Truk Islands (former name Federated States 7 25 N 151 47 E for the Chuuk Islands) of Micronesia Tsugaru Strait Pacific Ocean 41 35 N 141 00 E Tuamotu Islands (Iles French Polynesia 19 00 S 142 00 W Tuamotu) Tubuai Islands (Iles Tubuai) French Polynesia 23 00 S 150 00 W Tunb al Kubra (island) Iran 26 14 N 55 19 E Tunb as Sughra (island) Iran 26 14 N 55 09 E Tunis (capital) Tunisia 36 48 N 10 11 E Turin (city) Italy 45 04 N 7 40 E Turkish Straits (see Atlantic Ocean 40 40 N 28 00 E Bosporus and Dardenelles) Turkiye (local name for Turkey 39 00 N 35 00 E Turkey) Turkmenia, Turkmeniya Turkmenistan 40 00 N 60 00 E (former name for Turkmenistan) Turks Island Passage Atlantic Ocean 21 40 N 71 00 W Tuscany (region) Italy 43 25 N 11 00 E Tutuila (island) American Samoa 14 18 S 170 42 W Tyrrhenian Sea Atlantic Ocean 40 00 N 12 00 E Ubangi-Shari (former name Central African 6 38 N 20 33 E for the Central African Republic Republic Ukrayina (local name for Ukraine 49 00 N 32 00 E Ukraine) Ulaanbaatar (capital) Mongolia 47 55 N 106 53 E Ullung-do (island) South Korea 37 29 N 130 52 E Ulster (region) Ireland, United 54 35 N 7 00 W Kingdom Uman (local name for Oman) Oman 21 00 N 57 00 E Unimak Pass (strait) Pacific Ocean 54 20 N 164 50 W Union of Soviet Socialist Armenia, Republics or USSR (former Azerbaijan, name of a large Eurasian Belarus, Estonia, empire, roughly coequal with Georgia, the former Russian Empire) Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan United Arab Republic or UAR Egypt, Syria (former name for a federation between Egypt and Syria) Upper Volta (former name for Burkina Faso 13 00 N 2 00 W Burkina Faso) Ural Mountains Kazakhstan, Russia 60 00 N 60 00 E Urdunn (local name for Jordan 31 00 N 36 00 E Jordan) Urundi (former name for Burundi 3 30 S 30 00 E Burundi) Ussuri River China, Russia 48 28 N 135 02 E Vaduz (capital) Liechtenstein 47 09 N 9 31 E Vakhan (Wakhan Corridor) Afghanistan 37 00 N 73 00 E Valletta (capital) Malta 35 54 N 14 31 E Valley, The (capital) Anguilla 18 13 N 63 04 W Van Diemen Strait (Osumi Pacific Ocean 31 00 N 131 00 E Strait) Vancouver (city) Canada 49 16 N 123 08 W Vancouver Island Canada 49 45 N 126 00 W Vatican City (capital) Holy See 41 54 N 12 27 E Velez de la Gomera, Penon de Spain 35 11 N 4 18 W (island) Venda (enclave) South Africa 23 00 S 31 00 E Verde Island Passage Pacific Ocean 13 34 N 120 51 E Victoria (capital) Seychelles 4 38 S 55 27 E Victoria (island) Canada 71 00 N 110 00 W Victoria Land (region) Antarctica 72 00 S 155 00 E Vienna (capital) Austria 48 12 N 16 22 E Vientiane (capital) Laos 17 58 N 102 36 E Vilnius (capital) Lithuania 54 41 N 25 19 E Viti Levu (island) Fiji 18 00 S 178 00 E Vladivostok (city) Russia 43 10 N 131 56 E Vojvodina (region) Serbia 45 35 N 20 00 E Volcano Islands Japan 25 00 N 141 00 E Vostok Island Kiribati 10 06 S 152 23 W Wake Atoll Wake Island 19 17 N 166 39 E Wakhan Corridor (see Vakhan) Afghanistan 37 00 N 73 00 E Walachia (region) Romania 44 45 N 26 05 E Wales (region) United Kingdom 52 30 N 3 30 W Wallis Islands Wallis and Futuna 13 17 S 176 10 W Walvis Bay (city; former Namibia 22 59 S 14 31 E exclave) Warsaw (capital) Poland 52 15 N 21 00 E Washington, DC (capital) United States 38 53 N 77 02 W Weddell Sea Southern Ocean 72 00 S 45 00 W Wellington (capital) New Zealand 41 28 S 174 51 E West Frisian Islands Netherlands 53 26 N 5 30 E West Germany (Federal Germany 53 22 N 5 20 E Republic of Germany; former name for western portion of Germany) West Island (capital) Cocos (Keeling) 12 10 S 96 55 E Islands West Korea Strait (Western Pacific Ocean 34 40 N 129 00 E Channel) West Pakistan (former name Pakistan 30 00 N 70 00 E for present-day Pakistan) West Siberian Plain Russia 60 00 N 75 00 E Western Channel (West Korea Pacific Ocean 34 40 N 129 00 E Strait) Western Samoa (former name Samoa 13 35 S 172 20 W for Samoa) Wetar Strait Pacific Ocean 8 20 S 126 30 E White Sea Arctic Ocean 65 30 N 38 00 E Wilkes Land (region) Antarctica 71 00 S 120 00 E Willemstad (capital) Netherlands 12 06 N 68 56 W Antilles Windhoek (capital) Namibia 22 34 S 17 06 E Windward Passage Atlantic Ocean 20 00 N 73 50 W Winnipeg (city) Canada 49 53 N 97 10 W Wrangel Island (Ostrov Russia 71 14 N 179 36 W Vrangelya) Xianggang (local name for Hong Kong 22 15 N 114 10 E Hong Kong) Y'israel (local name for Israel 31 30 N 34 45 E Israel) Yaitopya (local name for Ethiopia 8 00 N 38 00 E Ethiopia) Yalu River China, North Korea 39 55 N 124 20 E Yamoussoukro (capital) Cote d'Ivoire 6 49 N 5 17 W Yangon (see Rangoon) Burma 16 47 N 96 10 E Yaounde (capital) Cameroon 3 52 N 11 31 E Yap Islands Federated States 9 30 N 138 00 E of Micronesia Yaren (governmental center) Nauru 0 32 S 166 55 E Yekaterinburg (city; Russia 56 50 N 60 39 E formerly Sverdlovsk) Yellow Sea Pacific Ocean 36 00 N 123 00 E Yemen Arab Republic (also Yemen 15 00 N 44 00 E Yemen (Sanaa); former name for northern portion of Yemen) Yemen, People's Democratic Yemen 14 00 N 46 00 E Republic of (also Yemen (Aden); former name for southern portion of Yemen) Yerevan (capital) Armenia 40 11 N 44 30 E Yokohama (city) Japan 35 26 N 139 37 E Youth, Isle of (Isla de la Cuba 21 40 N 82 50 W Juventud) Yucatan Channel Atlantic Ocean 21 45 N 85 45 W Yucatan Peninsula Mexico 19 30 N 89 00 W Yugoslavia (former name for Montenegro, Serbia 43 00 N 21 00 E a federation of Serbia and Montenegro) Yugoslavia, Kingdom of Bosnia and 43 00 N 19 00 E (former name for a Balkan Herzegovina, federation) Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia Yugoslavia, Socialist Bosnia and 43 00 N 19 00 E Federal Republic of (former Herzegovina, name for a Balkan Croatia, federation) Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia Zagreb (capital) Croatia 45 48 N 15 58 E Zaire (former name for the Democratic 15 00 S 30 00 E Democratic Republic of the Republic of the Congo) Congo Zakhalinskiy Zaliv (bay) Pacific Ocean 54 00 N 142 00 E Zaliv Shelikhova (bay) Pacific Ocean 60 00 N 157 30 E Zambezia (region) Mozambique 16 00 S 37 00 E Zanzibar (island) Tanzania 6 10 S 39 11 E Zhong Guo, Zhonghua (local China 35 00 N 105 00 E name for China) Zion, Mount (locale in Israel, West Bank 31 46 N 35 14 E Jerusalem) Zurich (city) Switzerland 47 23 N 8 32 E
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Appendix G - Weights and Measures
Note: At this time, only three countries - Burma, Liberia, and the US - have not adopted the International System of Units (SI, or metric system) as their official system of weights and measures. Although use of the metric system has been sanctioned by law in the US since 1866, it has been slow in displacing the American adaptation of the British Imperial System known as the US Customary System. The US is the only industrialized nation that does not mainly use the metric system in its commercial and standards activities, but there is increasing acceptance in science, medicine, government, and many sectors of industry.
Mathematical Notation
Mathematical Power Name
10^18 or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 one quintillion 10^15 or 1,000,000,000,000,000 one quadrillion 10^12 or 1,000,000,000,000 one trillion 10^9 or 1,000,000,000 one billion 10^6 or 1,000,000 one million 10^3 or 1,000 one thousand 10^2 or 100 one hundred 10^1 or 10 ten 10^0 or 1 one 10^-1 or 0.1 one-tenth 10^-2 or 0.01 one-hundredth 10^-3 or 0.001 one-thousandth 10^-6 or 0.000 001 one-millionth 10^-9 or 0.000 000 001 one-billionth 10^-12 or 0.000 000 000 001 one-trillionth 10^-15 or 0.000 000 000 000 001 one-quadrillionth 10^-18 or 0.000 000 000 000 000 001 one-quintillionth
Metric Interrelationships
Prefix Symbol Length, weight, or capacity
yotta Y 10^24 zetta Z 10^21 exa E 10^18 peta P 10^15 tera T 10^12 giga G 10^9 mega M 10^6 kilo k 10^3 hecto h 10^2 deka da 10^1 basic unit - 1 meter, 1 gram, 1 liter deci d 10^-1 centi c 10^-2 milli m 10^-3 micro u 10^-6 nano n 10^-9 pico p 10^-12 femto f 10^-15 atto a 10^-18 zepto z 10^-21 yocto y 10^-24
Conversion Factors
To Convert From To Multiply By
acres ares 40.468 564 224 acres hectares 0.404 685 642 24 acres square feet 43,560 acres square kilometers 0.004 046 856 422 4 acres square meters 4,046.856 422 4 acres square miles (statute) 0.001 562 50 acres square yards 4,840 ares square meters 100 ares square yards 119.599 barrels, US beer gallons 31 barrels, US beer liters 117.347 77 barrels, US petroleum gallons (British) 34.97 barrels, US petroleum gallons (US) 42 barrels, US petroleum liters 158.987 29 barrels, US proof spirits gallons 40 barrels, US proof spirits liters 151.416 47 bushels (US) bushels (British) 0.968 9 bushels (US) cubic feet 1.244 456 bushels (US) cubic inches 2,150.42 bushels (US) cubic meters 0.035 239 07 bushels (US) cubic yards 0.046 090 96 bushels (US) dekaliters 3.523 907 bushels (US) dry pints 64 bushels (US) dry quarts 32 bushels (US) liters 35.239 070 17 bushels (US) pecks 4 cables fathoms 120 cables meters 219.456 cables yards 240 carat milligrams 200 centimeters feet 0.032 808 40 centimeters inches 0.393 700 8 centimeters meters 0.01 centimeters yards 0.010 936 13 centimeters, cubic cubic inches 0.061 023 744 centimeters, square square feet 0.001 076 39 centimeters, square square inches 0.155 000 31 centimeters, square square meters 0.000 1 centimeters, square square yards 0.000 119 599 chains, square surveyor's ares 4.046 86 chains, square surveyor's square feet 4,356 chains, surveyor's feet 66 chains, surveyor's meters 20.116 8 chains, surveyor's rods 4 cords of wood cubic feet 128 cords of wood cubic meters 3.624 556 cords of wood cubic yards 4.740 7 cups liquid ounces (US) 8 cups liters 0.236 588 2 degrees Celsius degrees Fahrenheit multiply by 1.8 and add 32 degrees Fahrenheit degrees Celsius subtract 32 and divide by 1.8 dekaliters bushels 0.283 775 9 dekaliters cubic feet 0.353 146 7 dekaliters cubic inches 610.237 4 dekaliters dry pints 18.161 66 dekaliters dry quarts 9.080 829 8 dekaliters liters 10 dekaliters pecks 1.135 104 drams, avoirdupois avoirdupois ounces 0.062 55 drams, avoirdupois grains 27.344 drams, avoirdupois grams 1.771 845 2 drams, troy grains 60 drams, troy grams 3.887 934 6 drams, troy scruples 3 drams, troy troy ounces 0.125 drams, liquid (US) cubic inches 0.226 drams, liquid (US) liquid drams (British) 1.041 drams, liquid (US) liquid ounces 0.125 drams, liquid (US) milliliters 3.696 69 drams, liquid (US) minims 60 fathoms feet 6 fathoms meters 1.828 8 feet centimeters 30.48 feet inches 12 feet kilometers 0.000 304 8 feet meters 0.304 8 feet statute miles 0.000 189 39 feet yards 0.333 333 3 feet, cubic bushels 0.803 563 95 feet, cubic cubic decimeters 28.316 847 feet, cubic cubic inches 1,728 feet, cubic cubic meters 0.028 316 846 592 feet, cubic cubic yards 0.037 037 04 feet, cubic dry pints 51.428 09 feet, cubic dry quarts 25.714 05 feet, cubic gallons 7.480 519 feet, cubic gills 239.376 6 feet, cubic liquid ounces 957.506 5 feet, cubic liquid pints 59.844 16 feet, cubic liquid quarts 29.922 08 feet, cubic liters 28.316 846 592 feet, cubic pecks 3.214 256 feet, square acres 0.000 022 956 8 feet, square square centimeters 929.030 4 feet, square square decimeters 9.290 304 feet, square square inches 144 feet, square square meters 0.092 903 04 feet, square square yards 0.111 111 1 furlongs feet 660 furlongs inches 7,920 furlongs meters 201.168 furlongs statute miles 0.125 furlongs yards 220 gallons, liquid (US) cubic feet 0.133 680 6 gallons, liquid (US) cubic inches 231 gallons, liquid (US) cubic meters 0.003 785 411 784 gallons, liquid (US) cubic yards 0.004 951 13 gallons, liquid (US) gills (US) 32 gallons, liquid (US) liquid gallons (British) 0.832 67 gallons, liquid (US) liquid ounces 128 gallons, liquid (US) liquid pints 8 gallons, liquid (US) liquid quarts 4 gallons, liquid (US) liters 3.785 411 784 gallons, liquid (US) milliliters 3,785.411 784 gallons, liquid (US) minims 61,440 gills (US) centiliters 11.829 4 gills (US) cubic feet 0.004 177 517 gills (US) cubic inches 7.218 75 gills (US) gallons 0.031 25 gills (US) gills (British) 0.832 67 gills (US) liquid ounces 4 gills (US) liquid pints 0.25 gills (US) liquid quarts 0.125 gills (US) liters 0.118 294 118 25 gills (US) milliliters 118.294 118 25 gills (US) minims 1,920 grains avoirdupois drams 0.036 571 43 grains avoirdupois ounces 0.002 285 71 grains avoirdupois pounds 0.000 142 86 grains grams 0.064 798 91 grains kilograms 0.000 064 798 91 grains milligrams 64.798 910 grains pennyweights 0.042 grains scruples 0.05 grains troy drams 0.016 6 grains troy ounces 0.002 083 33 grains troy pounds 0.000 173 61 grams avoirdupois drams 0.564 383 39 grams avoirdupois ounces 0.035 273 961 grams avoirdupois pounds 0.002 204 622 6 grams grains 15.432 361 grams kilograms 0.001 grams milligrams 1,000 grams troy ounces 0.032 150 746 6 grams troy pounds 0.002 679 23 hands (height of horse) centimeters 10.16 hands (height of horse) inches 4 hectares acres 2.471 053 8 hectares square feet 107,639.1 hectares square kilometers 0.01 hectares square meters 10,000 hectares square miles 0.003 861 02 hectares square yards 11,959.90 hundredweights, long avoirdupois pounds 112 hundredweights, long kilograms 50.802 345 hundredweights, long long tons 0.05 hundredweights, long metric tons 0.050 802 345 hundredweights, long short tons 0.056 hundredweights, short avoirdupois pounds 100 hundredweights, short kilograms 45.359 237 hundredweights, short long tons 0.044 642 86 hundredweights, short metric tons 0.045 359 237 hundredweights, short short tons 0.05 inches centimeters 2.54 inches feet 0.083 333 33 inches meters 0.025 4 inches millimeters 25.4 inches yards 0.027 777 78 inches, cubic bushels 0.000 465 025 inches, cubic cubic centimeters 16.387 064 inches, cubic cubic feet 0.000 578 703 7 inches, cubic cubic meters 0.000 016 387 064 inches, cubic cubic yards 0.000 021 433 47 inches, cubic dry pints 0.029 761 6 inches, cubic dry quarts 0.014 880 8 inches, cubic gallons 0.004 329 0 inches, cubic gills 0.138 528 1 inches, cubic liquid ounces 0.554 112 6 inches, cubic liquid pints 0.034 632 03 inches, cubic liquid quarts 0.017 316 02 inches, cubic liters 0.016 387 064 inches, cubic milliliters 16.387 064 inches, cubic minims (US) 265.974 0 inches, cubic pecks 0.001 860 10 inches, square square centimeters 6.451 600 inches, square square feet 0.006 944 44 inches, square square meters 0.000 645 16 inches, square square yards 0.000 771 605 kilograms avoirdupois drams 564.383 4 kilograms avoirdupois ounces 35.273 962 kilograms avoirdupois pounds 2.204 622 622 kilograms grains 15,432.36 kilograms grams 1,000 kilograms long tons 0.000 984 2 kilograms metric tons 0.001 kilograms short hundredweights 0.022 046 23 kilograms short tons 0.001 102 31 kilograms troy ounces 32.150 75 kilograms troy pounds 2.679 229 kilometers meters 1,000 kilometers statute miles 0.621 371 192 kilometers, square acres 247.105 38 kilometers, square hectares 100 kilometers, square square meters 1,000,000 kilometers, square statute miles 0.386 102 16 knots (nautical mi/hr) kilometers/hour 1.852 knots (nautical mi/hr) statute miles/hour 1.151 leagues, nautical kilometers 5.556 leagues, nautical nautical miles 3 leagues, statute kilometers 4.828 032 leagues, statute statute miles 3 links, square surveyor's square centimeters 404.686 links, square surveyor's square inches 62.726 4 links, surveyor's centimeters 20.116 8 links, surveyor's chains 0.01 links, surveyor's inches 7.92 liters bushels 0.028 377 59 liters cubic feet 0.035 314 67 liters cubic inches 61.023 74 liters cubic meters 0.001 liters cubic yards 0.001 307 95 liters dekaliters 0.1 liters dry pints 1.816 166 liters dry quarts 0.908 082 98 liters gallons 0.264 172 052 liters gills (US) 8.453 506 liters liquid ounces 33.814 02 liters liquid pints 2.113 376 liters liquid quarts 1.056 688 2 liters milliliters 1,000 liters pecks 0.113 510 4 meters centimeters 100 meters feet 3.280 839 895 meters inches 39.370 079 meters kilometers 0.001 meters millimeters 1,000 meters statute miles 0.000 621 371 meters yards 1.093 613 298 meters, cubic bushels 28.377 59 meters, cubic cubic feet 35.314 666 7 meters, cubic cubic inches 61,023.744 meters, cubic cubic yards 1.307 950 619 meters, cubic gallons 264.172 05 meters, cubic liters 1,000 meters, cubic pecks 113.510 4 meters, square acres 0.000 247 105 38 meters, square hectares 0.000 1 meters, square square centimeters 10,000 meters, square square feet 10.763 910 4 meters, square square inches 1,550.003 1 meters, square square yards 1.195 990 046 microns meters 0.000 001 microns inches 0.000 039 4 mils inches 0.001 mils millimeters 0.025 4 miles, nautical kilometers 1.852 0 miles, nautical statute miles 1.150 779 4 miles, statute centimeters 160,934.4 miles, statute feet 5,280 miles, statute furlongs 8 miles, statute inches 63,360 miles, statute kilometers 1.609 344 miles, statute meters 1,609.344 miles, statute rods 320 miles, statute yards 1,760 miles, square nautical square kilometers 3.429 904 miles, square nautical square statute miles 1.325 miles, square statute acres 640 miles, square statute hectares 258.998 811 033 6 miles, square statute sections 1 miles, square statute square kilometers 2.589 988 110 336 miles, square statute square nautical miles 0.755 miles miles, square statute square rods 102,400 milligrams grains 0.015 432 358 35 milliliters cubic inches 0.061 023 744 milliliters gallons 0.000 264 17 milliliters gills (US) 0.008 453 5 milliliters liquid ounces 0.033 814 02 milliliters liquid pints 0.002 113 4 milliliters liquid quarts 0.001 056 7 milliliters liters 0.001 milliliters minims 16.230 73 millimeters inches 0.039 370 078 7 minims (US) cubic inches 0.003 759 77 minims (US) gills (US) 0.000 520 83 minims (US) liquid ounces 0.002 083 33 minims (US) milliliters 0.061 611 52 minims (US) minims (British) 1.041 ounces, avoirdupois avoirdupois drams 16 ounces, avoirdupois avoirdupois pounds 0.062 5 ounces, avoirdupois grains 437.5 ounces, avoirdupois grams 28.349 523 125 ounces, avoirdupois kilograms 0.028 349 523 125 ounces, avoirdupois troy ounces 0.911 458 3 ounces, avoirdupois troy pounds 0.075 954 86 ounces, liquid (US) cubic feet 0.001 044 38 ounces, liquid (US) centiliters 2.957 35 ounces, liquid (US) cubic inches 1.804 687 5 ounces, liquid (US) gallons 0.007 812 5 ounces, liquid (US) gills (US) 0.25 ounces, liquid (US) liquid drams 8 ounces, liquid (US) liquid ounces (British) 1.041 ounces, liquid (US) liquid pints 0.062 5 ounces, liquid (US) liquid quarts 0.031 25 ounces, liquid (US) liters 0.029 573 53 ounces, liquid (US) milliliters 29.573 529 6 ounces, liquid (US) minims 480 ounces, troy avoirdupois drams 17.554 29 ounces, troy avoirdupois ounces 1.097 143 ounces, troy avoirdupois pounds 0.068 571 43 ounces, troy grains 480 ounces, troy grams 31.103 476 8 ounces, troy pennyweights 20 ounces, troy troy drams 8 ounces, troy troy pounds 0.083 333 3 paces (US) centimeters 76.2 paces (US) inches 30 pecks (US) bushels 0.25 pecks (US) cubic feet 0.311 114 pecks (US) cubic inches 537.605 pecks (US) cubic meters 0.008 809 77 pecks (US) cubic yards 0.011 522 74 pecks (US) dekaliters 0.880 976 75 pecks (US) dry pints 16 pecks (US) dry quarts 8 pecks (US) liters 8.809 767 5 pecks (US) pecks (British) 0.968 9 pennyweights grains 24 pennyweights grams 1.555 173 84 pennyweights troy ounces 0.05 pints, dry (US) bushels 0.015 625 pints, dry (US) cubic feet 0.019 444 63 pints, dry (US) cubic inches 33.600 312 5 pints, dry (US) dekaliters 0.055 061 05 pints, dry (US) dry pints (British) 0.968 9 pints, dry (US) dry quarts 0.5 pints, dry (US) liters 0.550 610 47 pints, liquid (US) cubic feet 0.016 710 07 pints, liquid (US) cubic inches 28.875 pints, liquid (US) deciliters 4.731 76 pints, liquid (US) gallons 0.125 pints, liquid (US) gills (US) 4 pints, liquid (US) liquid ounces 16 pints, liquid (US) liquid pints (British) 0.832 67 pints, liquid (US) liquid quarts 0.5 pints, liquid (US) liters 0.473 176 473 pints, liquid (US) milliliters 473.176 473 pints, liquid (US) minims 7,680 points (typographical) inches 0.013 837 points (typographical) millimeters 0.351 459 8 pounds, avoirdupois avoirdupois drams 256 pounds, avoirdupois avoirdupois ounces 16 pounds, avoirdupois grains 7,000 pounds, avoirdupois grams 453.592 37 pounds, avoirdupois kilograms 0.453 592 37 pounds, avoirdupois long tons 0.000 446 428 6 pounds, avoirdupois metric tons 0.000 453 592 37 pounds, avoirdupois quintals 0.004 535 92 pounds, avoirdupois short tons 0.000 5 pounds, avoirdupois troy ounces 14.583 33 pounds, avoirdupois troy pounds 1.215 278 pounds, troy avoirdupois drams 210.651 4 pounds, troy avoirdupois ounces 13.165 71 pounds, troy avoirdupois pounds 0.822 857 1 pounds, troy grains 5,760 pounds, troy grams 373.241 721 6 pounds, troy kilograms 0.373 241 721 6 pounds, troy pennyweights 240 pounds, troy troy ounces 12 quarts, dry (US) bushels 0.031 25 quarts, dry (US) cubic feet 0.038 889 25 quarts, dry (US) cubic inches 67.200 625 quarts, dry (US) dekaliters 0.110 122 1 quarts, dry (US) dry pints 2 quarts, dry (US) dry quarts (British) 0.968 9 quarts, dry (US) liters 1.101 221 quarts, dry (US) pecks 0.125 quarts, dry (US) pints, dry (US) 2 quarts, liquid (US) cubic feet 0.033 420 14 quarts, liquid (US) cubic inches 57.75 quarts, liquid (US) deciliters 9.463 53 quarts, liquid (US) gallons 0.25 quarts, liquid (US) gills (US) 8 quarts, liquid (US) liquid ounces 32 quarts, liquid (US) liquid pints (US) 2 quarts, liquid (US) liquid quarts (British) 0.832 67 quarts, liquid (US) liters 0.946 352 946 quarts, liquid (US) milliliters 946.352 946 quarts, liquid (US) minims 15,360 quintals avoirdupois pounds 220.462 26 quintals kilograms 100 quintals metric tons 0.1 rods feet 16.5 rods meters 5.029 2 rods yards 5.5 rods, square acres 0.006 25 rods, square square meters 25.292 85 rods, square square yards 30.25 scruples grains 20 scruples grams 1.295 978 2 scruples troy drams 0.333 sections (US) square kilometers 2.589 988 1 sections (US) square statute miles 1 spans centimeters 22.86 spans inches 9 steres cubic meters 1 steres cubic yards 1.307 95 tablespoons milliliters 14.786 76 tablespoons teaspoons 3 teaspoons milliliters 4.928 922 teaspoons tablespoons 0.333 333 ton-miles, long metric ton-kilometers 1.635 169 ton-miles, short metric ton-kilometers 1.459 972 tons, gross register cubic feet of permanently enclosed space 100 tons, gross register cubic meters of permanently enclosed space 2.831 684 7 tons, long (deadweight) avoirdupois ounces 35,840 tons, long (deadweight) avoirdupois pounds 2,240 tons, long (deadweight) kilograms 1,016.046 909 8 tons, long (deadweight) long hundredweights 20 tons, long (deadweight) metric tons 1.016 046 908 8 tons, long (deadweight) short hundredweights 22.4 tons, long (deadweight) short tons 1.12 tons, metric avoirdupois pounds 2,204.623 tons, metric kilograms 1,000 tons, metric long hundredweights 19.684 130 3 tons, metric long tons 0.984 206 5 tons, metric quintals 10 tons, metric short hundredweights 22.046 23 tons, metric short tons 1.102 311 3 tons, metric troy ounces 32,150.75 tons, net register cubic feet of permanently enclosed space for cargo and passengers 100 tons, net register cubic meters of permanently enclosed space for cargo and passengers 2.831 684 7 tons, shipping cubic feet of permanently enclosed cargo space 42 tons, shipping cubic meters of permanently enclosed cargo space 1.189 307 574 tons, short avoirdupois pounds 2,000 tons, short kilograms 907.184 74 tons, short long hundredweights 17.857 14 tons, short long tons 0.892 857 1 tons, short metric tons 0.907 184 74 tons, short short hundredweights 20 townships (US) sections 36 townships (US) square kilometers 93.239 572 townships (US) square statute miles 36 miles, square statute acres 640 miles, square statute hectares 258.998 811 033 6 miles, square statute square feet 27,878,400 miles, square statute square meters 2,589,988.110 336 miles, square statute square yards 3,097,600 yards centimeters 91.44 yards feet 3 yards inches 36 yards meters 0.914 4 yards miles 0.000 568 18 yards, cubic bushels 21.696 227 yards, cubic cubic feet 27 yards, cubic cubic inches 46,656 yards, cubic cubic meters 0.764 554 857 984 yards, cubic gallons 201.974 0 yards, cubic liters 764.554 857 984 yards, cubic pecks 86.784 91 yards, square acres 0.000 206 611 6 yards, square hectares 0.000 083 612 736 yards, square square centimeters 8,361.273 6 yards, square square feet 9 yards, square square inches 1,296 yards, square square meters 0.836 127 36 yards, square square miles 0.000 000 322 830 6
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