The 2009 CIA World Factbook (part 18 of 25)

The 2009 CIA World Factbook (part 18 of 25)

Belgium engineering and metal products, motor vehicle assembly, transportation equipment, scientific instruments, processed food and beverages, chemicals, basic metals, textiles, glass, petroleum

Belize garment production, food processing, tourism, construction, oil

Benin textiles, food processing, construction materials, cement

Bermuda international business, tourism, light manufacturing

Bhutan cement, wood products, processed fruits, alcoholic beverages, calcium carbide, tourism

Bolivia mining, smelting, petroleum, food and beverages, tobacco, handicrafts, clothing

Bosnia and Herzegovina steel, coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, manganese, bauxite, vehicle assembly, textiles, tobacco products, wooden furniture, tank and aircraft assembly, domestic appliances, oil refining

Botswana diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash; livestock processing; textiles

Brazil textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment

British Virgin Islands tourism, light industry, construction, rum, concrete block, offshore financial center

Brunei petroleum, petroleum refining, liquefied natural gas, construction

Bulgaria electricity, gas, water; food, beverages, tobacco; machinery and equipment, base metals, chemical products, coke, refined petroleum, nuclear fuel

Burkina Faso cotton lint, beverages, agricultural processing, soap, cigarettes, textiles, gold

Burma agricultural processing; wood and wood products; copper, tin, tungsten, iron; cement, construction materials; pharmaceuticals; fertilizer; oil and natural gas; garments, jade and gems

Burundi light consumer goods such as blankets, shoes, soap; assembly of imported components; public works construction; food processing

Cambodia tourism, garments, construction, rice milling, fishing, wood and wood products, rubber, cement, gem mining, textiles

Cameroon petroleum production and refining, aluminum production, food processing, light consumer goods, textiles, lumber, ship repair

Canada transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and unprocessed minerals, food products, wood and paper products, fish products, petroleum and natural gas

Cape Verde food and beverages, fish processing, shoes and garments, salt mining, ship repair

Cayman Islands tourism, banking, insurance and finance, construction, construction materials, furniture

Central African Republic gold and diamond mining, logging, brewing, textiles, footwear, assembly of bicycles and motorcycles

Chad oil, cotton textiles, meatpacking, brewing, natron (sodium carbonate), soap, cigarettes, construction materials

Chile copper, other minerals, foodstuffs, fish processing, iron and steel, wood and wood products, transport equipment, cement, textiles

China mining and ore processing, iron, steel, aluminum, and other metals, coal; machine building; armaments; textiles and apparel; petroleum; cement; chemicals; fertilizers; consumer products, including footwear, toys, and electronics; food processing; transportation equipment, including automobiles, rail cars and locomotives, ships, and aircraft; telecommunications equipment, commercial space launch vehicles, satellites

Christmas Island tourism, phosphate extraction (near depletion)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands copra products and tourism

Colombia textiles, food processing, oil, clothing and footwear, beverages, chemicals, cement; gold, coal, emeralds

Comoros fishing, tourism, perfume distillation

Congo, Democratic Republic of the mining (diamonds, gold, copper, cobalt, coltan, zinc), mineral processing, consumer products (including textiles, footwear, cigarettes, processed foods and beverages), cement, commercial ship repair

Congo, Republic of the petroleum extraction, cement, lumber, brewing, sugar, palm oil, soap, flour, cigarettes

Cook Islands fruit processing, tourism, fishing, clothing, handicrafts

Costa Rica microprocessors, food processing, medical equipment, textiles and clothing, construction materials, fertilizer, plastic products

Cote d'Ivoire foodstuffs, beverages; wood products, oil refining, truck and bus assembly, textiles, fertilizer, building materials, electricity, ship construction and repair

Croatia chemicals and plastics, machine tools, fabricated metal, electronics, pig iron and rolled steel products, aluminum, paper, wood products, construction materials, textiles, shipbuilding, petroleum and petroleum refining, food and beverages, tourism

Cuba sugar, petroleum, tobacco, construction, nickel, steel, cement, agricultural machinery, pharmaceuticals

Cyprus tourism, food and beverage processing, cement and gypsum production, ship repair and refurbishment, textiles, light chemicals, metal products, wood, paper, stone, and clay products

Czech Republic motor vehicles, metallurgy, machinery and equipment, glass, armaments

Denmark iron, steel, nonferrous metals, chemicals, food processing, machinery and transportation equipment, textiles and clothing, electronics, construction, furniture and other wood products, shipbuilding and refurbishment, windmills, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment

Dhekelia none

Djibouti construction, agricultural processing

Dominica soap, coconut oil, tourism, copra, furniture, cement blocks, shoes

Dominican Republic tourism, sugar processing, ferronickel and gold mining, textiles, cement, tobacco

Ecuador petroleum, food processing, textiles, wood products, chemicals

Egypt textiles, food processing, tourism, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, hydrocarbons, construction, cement, metals, light manufactures

El Salvador food processing, beverages, petroleum, chemicals, fertilizer, textiles, furniture, light metals

Equatorial Guinea petroleum, fishing, sawmilling, natural gas

Eritrea food processing, beverages, clothing and textiles, light manufacturing, salt, cement

Estonia engineering, electronics, wood and wood products, textiles; information technology, telecommunications

Ethiopia food processing, beverages, textiles, leather, chemicals, metals processing, cement

European Union among the world's largest and most technologically advanced, the EU industrial base includes: ferrous and non-ferrous metal production and processing, metal products, petroleum, coal, cement, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, rail transportation equipment, passenger and commercial vehicles, construction equipment, industrial equipment, shipbuilding, electrical power equipment, machine tools and automated manufacturing systems, electronics and telecommunications equipment, fishing, food and beverage processing, furniture, paper, textiles, tourism

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) fish and wool processing; tourism

Faroe Islands fishing, fish processing, small ship repair and refurbishment, handicrafts

Fiji tourism, sugar, clothing, copra, gold, silver, lumber, small cottage industries

Finland metals and metal products, electronics, machinery and scientific instruments, shipbuilding, pulp and paper, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, clothing

France machinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft, electronics; textiles, food processing; tourism

French Polynesia tourism, pearls, agricultural processing, handicrafts, phosphates

Gabon petroleum extraction and refining; manganese, gold; chemicals, ship repair, food and beverages, textiles, lumbering and plywood, cement

Gambia, The processing peanuts, fish, and hides; tourism, beverages, agricultural machinery assembly, woodworking, metalworking, clothing

Gaza Strip textiles, food processing

Georgia steel, aircraft, machine tools, electrical appliances, mining (manganese and copper), chemicals, wood products, wine

Germany among the world's largest and most technologically advanced producers of iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery, vehicles, machine tools, electronics, food and beverages, shipbuilding, textiles

Ghana mining, lumbering, light manufacturing, aluminum smelting, food processing, cement, small commercial ship building

Gibraltar tourism, banking and finance, ship repairing, tobacco

Greece tourism, food and tobacco processing, textiles, chemicals, metal products; mining, petroleum

Greenland fish processing (mainly shrimp and Greenland halibut); gold, niobium, tantalite, uranium, iron and diamond mining; handicrafts, hides and skins, small shipyards

Grenada food and beverages, textiles, light assembly operations, tourism, construction

Guam US military, tourism, construction, transshipment services, concrete products, printing and publishing, food processing, textiles

Guatemala sugar, textiles and clothing, furniture, chemicals, petroleum, metals, rubber, tourism

Guernsey tourism, banking

Guinea bauxite, gold, diamonds, iron; alumina refining; light manufacturing, and agricultural processing

Guinea-Bissau agricultural products processing, beer, soft drinks

Guyana bauxite, sugar, rice milling, timber, textiles, gold mining

Haiti sugar refining, flour milling, textiles, cement, light assembly based on imported parts

Holy See (Vatican City) printing; production of coins, medals, postage stamps; mosaics and staff uniforms; worldwide banking and financial activities

Honduras sugar, coffee, textiles, clothing, wood products

Hong Kong textiles, clothing, tourism, banking, shipping, electronics, plastics, toys, watches, clocks

Hungary mining, metallurgy, construction materials, processed foods, textiles, chemicals (especially pharmaceuticals), motor vehicles

Iceland fish processing; aluminum smelting, ferrosilicon production; geothermal power, tourism

India textiles, chemicals, food processing, steel, transportation equipment, cement, mining, petroleum, machinery, software

Indonesia petroleum and natural gas, textiles, apparel, footwear, mining, cement, chemical fertilizers, plywood, rubber, food, tourism

Iran petroleum, petrochemicals, fertilizers, caustic soda, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food processing (particularly sugar refining and vegetable oil production), ferrous and non-ferrous metal fabrication, armaments

Iraq petroleum, chemicals, textiles, leather, construction materials, food processing, fertilizer, metal fabrication/processing

Ireland steel, lead, zinc, silver, aluminum, barite, and gypsum mining processing; food products, brewing, textiles, clothing; chemicals, pharmaceuticals; machinery, rail transportation equipment; glass and crystal; software, tourism

Isle of Man financial services, light manufacturing, tourism

Israel high-technology projects (including aviation, communications, computer-aided design and manufactures, medical electronics, fiber optics), wood and paper products, potash and phosphates, food, beverages, and tobacco, caustic soda, cement, construction, metals products, chemical products, plastics, diamond cutting, textiles, footwear

Italy tourism, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, food processing, textiles, motor vehicles, clothing, footwear, ceramics

Jamaica tourism, bauxite/alumina, agro processing, light manufactures, rum, cement, metal, paper, chemical products, telecommunications

Japan among world's largest and technologically advanced producers of motor vehicles, electronic equipment, machine tools, steel and nonferrous metals, ships, chemicals, textiles, processed foods

Jersey tourism, banking and finance, dairy, electronics

Jordan clothing, fertilizers, potash, phosphate mining, pharmaceuticals, petroleum refining, cement, inorganic chemicals, light manufacturing, tourism

Kazakhstan oil, coal, iron ore, manganese, chromite, lead, zinc, copper, titanium, bauxite, gold, silver, phosphates, sulfur, iron and steel; tractors and other agricultural machinery, electric motors, construction materials

Kenya small-scale consumer goods (plastic, furniture, batteries, textiles, clothing, soap, cigarettes, flour), agricultural products, horticulture, oil refining; aluminum, steel, lead; cement, commercial ship repair, tourism

Kiribati fishing, handicrafts

Korea, North military products; machine building, electric power, chemicals; mining (coal, iron ore, limestone, magnesite, graphite, copper, zinc, lead, and precious metals), metallurgy; textiles, food processing; tourism

Korea, South electronics, telecommunications, automobile production, chemicals, shipbuilding, steel

Kosovo mineral mining, construction materials, base metals, leather, machinery, appliances

Kuwait petroleum, petrochemicals, cement, shipbuilding and repair, water desalination, food processing, construction materials

Kyrgyzstan small machinery, textiles, food processing, cement, shoes, sawn logs, refrigerators, furniture, electric motors, gold, rare earth metals

Laos copper, tin, gold, and gypsum mining; timber, electric power, agricultural processing, construction, garments, cement, tourism

Latvia buses, vans, street and railroad cars; synthetic fibers, agricultural machinery, fertilizers, washing machines, radios, electronics, pharmaceuticals, processed foods, textiles; note - dependent on imports for energy and raw materials

Lebanon banking, tourism, food processing, wine, jewelry, cement, textiles, mineral and chemical products, wood and furniture products, oil refining, metal fabricating

Lesotho food, beverages, textiles, apparel assembly, handicrafts, construction, tourism

Liberia rubber processing, palm oil processing, timber, diamonds

Libya petroleum, iron and steel, food processing, textiles, handicrafts, cement

Liechtenstein electronics, metal manufacturing, dental products, ceramics, pharmaceuticals, food products, precision instruments, tourism, optical instruments

Lithuania metal-cutting machine tools, electric motors, television sets, refrigerators and freezers, petroleum refining, shipbuilding (small ships), furniture making, textiles, food processing, fertilizers, agricultural machinery, optical equipment, electronic components, computers, amber jewelry

Luxembourg banking and financial services, iron and steel, information technology, telecommunications, cargo transportation, food processing, chemicals, metal products, engineering, tires, glass, aluminum, tourism

Macau tourism, gambling, clothing, textiles, electronics, footwear, toys

Macedonia food processing, beverages, textiles, chemicals, iron, steel, cement, energy, pharmaceuticals

Madagascar meat processing, seafood, soap, breweries, tanneries, sugar, textiles, glassware, cement, automobile assembly plant, paper, petroleum, tourism

Malawi tobacco, tea, sugar, sawmill products, cement, consumer goods

Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia - rubber and oil palm processing and manufacturing, light manufacturing, electronics, tin mining and smelting, logging, timber processing; Sabah - logging, petroleum production; Sarawak - agriculture processing, petroleum production and refining, logging

Maldives tourism, fish processing, shipping, boat building, coconut processing, garments, woven mats, rope, handicrafts, coral and sand mining

Mali food processing; construction; phosphate and gold mining

Malta tourism, electronics, ship building and repair, construction, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals, footwear, clothing, tobacco

Marshall Islands copra, tuna processing, tourism, craft items (from seashells, wood, and pearls)

Mauritania fish processing, oil production, mining of iron ore, gold, and copper; gypsum deposits have never been exploited

Mauritius food processing (largely sugar milling), textiles, clothing, mining, chemicals, metal products, transport equipment, nonelectrical machinery, tourism

Mayotte newly created lobster and shrimp industry, construction

Mexico food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel, petroleum, mining, textiles, clothing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, tourism

Micronesia, Federated States of tourism, construction; fish processing, specialized aquaculture; craft items (from shell, wood, and pearls)

Moldova sugar, vegetable oil, food processing, agricultural machinery; foundry equipment, refrigerators and freezers, washing machines; hosiery, shoes, textiles

Monaco tourism, construction, small-scale industrial and consumer products

Mongolia construction and construction materials; mining (coal, copper, molybdenum, fluorspar, tin, tungsten, and gold); oil; food and beverages; processing of animal products, cashmere and natural fiber manufacturing

Montenegro steelmaking, aluminum, agricultural processing, consumer goods, tourism

Montserrat tourism, rum, textiles, electronic appliances

Morocco phosphate rock mining and processing, food processing, leather goods, textiles, construction, tourism

Mozambique food, beverages, chemicals (fertilizer, soap, paints), aluminum, petroleum products, textiles, cement, glass, asbestos, tobacco

Namibia meatpacking, fish processing, dairy products; mining (diamonds, lead, zinc, tin, silver, tungsten, uranium, copper)

Nauru phosphate mining, offshore banking, coconut products

Nepal tourism, carpets, textiles; small rice, jute, sugar, and oilseed mills; cigarettes, cement and brick production

Netherlands agroindustries, metal and engineering products, electrical machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum, construction, microelectronics, fishing

Netherlands Antilles tourism (Curacao, Sint Maarten, and Bonaire), petroleum refining (Curacao), petroleum transshipment facilities (Curacao and Bonaire), light manufacturing (Curacao)

New Caledonia nickel mining and smelting

New Zealand food processing, wood and paper products, textiles, machinery, transportation equipment, banking and insurance, tourism, mining

Nicaragua food processing, chemicals, machinery and metal products, textiles, clothing, petroleum refining and distribution, beverages, footwear, wood

Niger uranium mining, cement, brick, soap, textiles, food processing, chemicals, slaughterhouses

Nigeria crude oil, coal, tin, columbite; palm oil, peanuts, cotton, rubber, wood; hides and skins, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food products, footwear, chemicals, fertilizer, printing, ceramics, steel, small commercial ship construction and repair

Niue tourism, handicrafts, food processing

Norfolk Island tourism, light industry, ready mixed concrete

Northern Mariana Islands banking, construction, fishing, garment, tourism, handicrafts

Norway petroleum and gas, food processing, shipbuilding, pulp and paper products, metals, chemicals, timber, mining, textiles, fishing

Oman crude oil production and refining, natural and liquefied natural gas (LNG) production; construction, cement, copper, steel, chemicals, optic fiber

Pakistan textiles and apparel, food processing, pharmaceuticals, construction materials, paper products, fertilizer, shrimp

Palau tourism, craft items (from shell, wood, pearls), construction, garment making

Panama construction, brewing, cement and other construction materials, sugar milling

Papua New Guinea copra crushing, palm oil processing, plywood production, wood chip production; mining of gold, silver, and copper; crude oil production, petroleum refining; construction, tourism

Paraguay sugar, cement, textiles, beverages, wood products, steel, metallurgic, electric power

Peru mining and refining of minerals; steel, metal fabrication; petroleum extraction and refining, natural gas; fishing and fish processing, textiles, clothing, food processing

Philippines electronics assembly, garments, footwear, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, wood products, food processing, petroleum refining, fishing

Pitcairn Islands postage stamps, handicrafts, beekeeping, honey

Poland machine building, iron and steel, coal mining, chemicals, shipbuilding, food processing, glass, beverages, textiles

Portugal textiles, clothing, footwear, wood and cork, paper, chemicals, auto-parts manufacturing, base metals, diary products, wine and other foods, porcelain and ceramics, glassware, technology, telecommunications; ship construction and refurbishment; tourism

Puerto Rico pharmaceuticals, electronics, apparel, food products, tourism

Qatar crude oil production and refining, ammonia, fertilizers, petrochemicals, steel reinforcing bars, cement, commercial ship repair

Romania electric machinery and equipment, textiles and footwear, light machinery and auto assembly, mining, timber, construction materials, metallurgy, chemicals, food processing, petroleum refining

Russia complete range of mining and extractive industries producing coal, oil, gas, chemicals, and metals; all forms of machine building from rolling mills to high-performance aircraft and space vehicles; defense industries including radar, missile production, and advanced electronic components, shipbuilding; road and rail transportation equipment; communications equipment; agricultural machinery, tractors, and construction equipment; electric power generating and transmitting equipment; medical and scientific instruments; consumer durables, textiles, foodstuffs, handicrafts

Rwanda cement, agricultural products, small-scale beverages, soap, furniture, shoes, plastic goods, textiles, cigarettes

Saint Helena construction, crafts (furniture, lacework, fancy woodwork), fishing, philatelic sales

Saint Kitts and Nevis tourism, cotton, salt, copra, clothing, footwear, beverages

Saint Lucia clothing, assembly of electronic components, beverages, corrugated cardboard boxes, tourism; lime processing, coconut processing

Saint Martin tourism, light industry and manufacturing, heavy industry

Saint Pierre and Miquelon fish processing and supply base for fishing fleets; tourism

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines food processing, cement, furniture, clothing, starch

Samoa food processing, building materials, auto parts

San Marino tourism, banking, textiles, electronics, ceramics, cement, wine

Sao Tome and Principe light construction, textiles, soap, beer, fish processing, timber

Saudi Arabia crude oil production, petroleum refining, basic petrochemicals, ammonia, industrial gases, sodium hydroxide (caustic soda), cement, fertilizer, plastics, metals, commercial ship repair, commercial aircraft repair, construction

Senegal agricultural and fish processing, phosphate mining, fertilizer production, petroleum refining; iron ore, zircon, and gold mining, construction materials, ship construction and repair

Serbia sugar, agricultural machinery, electrical and communication equipment, paper and pulp, lead, transportation equipment

Seychelles fishing, tourism, processing of coconuts and vanilla, coir (coconut fiber) rope, boat building, printing, furniture; beverages

Sierra Leone diamond mining; small-scale manufacturing (beverages, textiles, cigarettes, footwear); petroleum refining, small commercial ship repair

Singapore electronics, chemicals, financial services, oil drilling equipment, petroleum refining, rubber processing and rubber products, processed food and beverages, ship repair, offshore platform construction, life sciences, entrepot trade

Slovakia metal and metal products; food and beverages; electricity, gas, coke, oil, nuclear fuel; chemicals and manmade fibers; machinery; paper and printing; earthenware and ceramics; transport vehicles; textiles; electrical and optical apparatus; rubber products

Slovenia ferrous metallurgy and aluminum products, lead and zinc smelting; electronics (including military electronics), trucks, automobiles, electric power equipment, wood products, textiles, chemicals, machine tools

Solomon Islands fish (tuna), mining, timber

Somalia a few light industries, including sugar refining, textiles, wireless communication

South Africa mining (world's largest producer of platinum, gold, chromium), automobile assembly, metalworking, machinery, textiles, iron and steel, chemicals, fertilizer, foodstuffs, commercial ship repair

Spain textiles and apparel (including footwear), food and beverages, metals and metal manufactures, chemicals, shipbuilding, automobiles, machine tools, tourism, clay and refractory products, footwear, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment

Sri Lanka processing of rubber, tea, coconuts, tobacco and other agricultural commodities; telecommunications, insurance, banking; clothing, textiles; cement, petroleum refining, information technology services

Sudan oil, cotton ginning, textiles, cement, edible oils, sugar, soap distilling, shoes, petroleum refining, pharmaceuticals, armaments, automobile/light truck assembly

Suriname bauxite and gold mining, alumina production; oil, lumbering, food processing, fishing

Swaziland coal, wood pulp, sugar, soft drink concentrates, textiles and apparel

Sweden iron and steel, precision equipment (bearings, radio and telephone parts, armaments), wood pulp and paper products, processed foods, motor vehicles

Switzerland machinery, chemicals, watches, textiles, precision instruments, tourism, banking, and insurance

Syria petroleum, textiles, food processing, beverages, tobacco, phosphate rock mining, cement, oil seeds crushing, car assembly

Taiwan electronics, petroleum refining, armaments, chemicals, textiles, iron and steel, machinery, cement, food processing, vehicles, consumer products, pharmaceuticals

Tajikistan aluminum, zinc, lead; chemicals and fertilizers, cement, vegetable oil, metal-cutting machine tools, refrigerators and freezers

Tanzania agricultural processing (sugar, beer, cigarettes, sisal twine); diamond, gold, and iron mining, salt, soda ash; cement, oil refining, shoes, apparel, wood products, fertilizer

Thailand tourism, textiles and garments, agricultural processing, beverages, tobacco, cement, light manufacturing such as jewelry and electric appliances, computers and parts, integrated circuits, furniture, plastics, automobiles and automotive parts; world's second-largest tungsten producer and third-largest tin producer

Timor-Leste printing, soap manufacturing, handicrafts, woven cloth

Togo phosphate mining, agricultural processing, cement, handicrafts, textiles, beverages

Tokelau small-scale enterprises for copra production, woodworking, plaited craft goods; stamps, coins; fishing

Tonga tourism, construction, fishing

Trinidad and Tobago petroleum, chemicals, tourism, food processing, cement, beverage, cotton textiles

Tunisia petroleum, mining (particularly phosphate and iron ore), tourism, textiles, footwear, agribusiness, beverages

Turkey textiles, food processing, autos, electronics, mining (coal, chromite, copper, boron), steel, petroleum, construction, lumber, paper

Turkmenistan natural gas, oil, petroleum products, textiles, food processing

Turks and Caicos Islands tourism, offshore financial services

Tuvalu fishing, tourism, copra

Uganda sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles; cement, steel production

Ukraine coal, electric power, ferrous and nonferrous metals, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food processing (especially sugar)

United Arab Emirates petroleum and petrochemicals; fishing, aluminum, cement, fertilizers, commercial ship repair, construction materials, some boat building, handicrafts, textiles

United Kingdom machine tools, electric power equipment, automation equipment, railroad equipment, shipbuilding, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, electronics and communications equipment, metals, chemicals, coal, petroleum, paper and paper products, food processing, textiles, clothing, other consumer goods

United States leading industrial power in the world, highly diversified and technologically advanced; petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining

Uruguay food processing, electrical machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products, textiles, chemicals, beverages

Uzbekistan textiles, food processing, machine building, metallurgy, gold, petroleum, natural gas, chemicals

Vanuatu food and fish freezing, wood processing, meat canning

Venezuela petroleum, construction materials, food processing, textiles; iron ore mining, steel, aluminum; motor vehicle assembly

Vietnam food processing, garments, shoes, machine-building; mining, coal, steel; cement, chemical fertilizer, glass, tires, oil, paper

Virgin Islands tourism, petroleum refining, watch assembly, rum distilling, construction, pharmaceuticals, textiles, electronics

Wallis and Futuna copra, handicrafts, fishing, lumber

West Bank cement, quarrying, textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs; the Israelis have established some small-scale, modern industries in the settlements and industrial centers

Western Sahara phosphate mining, handicrafts

World dominated by the onrush of technology, especially in computers, robotics, telecommunications, and medicines and medical equipment; most of these advances take place in OECD nations; only a small portion of non-OECD countries have succeeded in rapidly adjusting to these technological forces; the accelerated development of new industrial (and agricultural) technology is complicating already grim environmental problems

Yemen crude oil production and petroleum refining; small-scale production of cotton textiles and leather goods; food processing; handicrafts; small aluminum products factory; cement; commercial ship repair

Zambia copper mining and processing, construction, foodstuffs, beverages, chemicals, textiles, fertilizer, horticulture

Zimbabwe mining (coal, gold, platinum, copper, nickel, tin, clay, numerous metallic and nonmetallic ores), steel; wood products, cement, chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages

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Field Listing :: Infant mortality rate

This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year; included is the total death rate, and deaths by sex, male and female. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country. Country Comparison to the World Country

Infant mortality rate(deaths/1,000 live births)

Afghanistan total: 151.95 deaths/1,000 live births male: 156.01 deaths/1,000 live births female: 147.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Albania total: 18.62 deaths/1,000 live births male: 19.05 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Algeria total: 27.73 deaths/1,000 live births male: 30.86 deaths/1,000 live births female: 24.45 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

American Samoa total: 10.18 deaths/1,000 live births male: 13.3 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Andorra total: 3.76 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.78 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Angola total: 180.21 deaths/1,000 live births male: 192.24 deaths/1,000 live births female: 167.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Anguilla total: 3.52 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.97 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda total: 16.25 deaths/1,000 live births male: 18.76 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Argentina total: 11.44 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.76 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Armenia total: 20.21 deaths/1,000 live births male: 24.97 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Aruba total: 13.79 deaths/1,000 live births male: 18.28 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Australia total: 4.75 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.08 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Austria total: 4.42 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.39 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Azerbaijan total: 54.6 deaths/1,000 live births male: 60.2 deaths/1,000 live births female: 48.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Bahamas, The total: 23.17 deaths/1,000 live births male: 28.21 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Bahrain total: 15.25 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.81 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Bangladesh total: 59.02 deaths/1,000 live births male: 66.12 deaths/1,000 live births female: 51.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Barbados total: 12.29 deaths/1,000 live births male: 13.89 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.67 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Belarus total: 6.43 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.45 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Belgium total: 4.44 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.99 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Belize total: 23.07 deaths/1,000 live births male: 26 deaths/1,000 live births female: 19.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Benin total: 64.64 deaths/1,000 live births male: 68.07 deaths/1,000 live births female: 61.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Bermuda total: 2.46 deaths/1,000 live births male: 2.57 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Bhutan total: 49.36 deaths/1,000 live births male: 50.38 deaths/1,000 live births female: 48.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Bolivia total: 44.66 deaths/1,000 live births male: 48.56 deaths/1,000 live births female: 40.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina total: 9.1 deaths/1,000 live births male: 10.44 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.67 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Botswana total: 12.59 deaths/1,000 live births male: 13.43 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Brazil total: 22.58 deaths/1,000 live births male: 26.16 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

British Virgin Islands total: 14.65 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.61 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Brunei total: 12.27 deaths/1,000 live births male: 14.68 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Bulgaria total: 17.87 deaths/1,000 live births male: 21.28 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Burkina Faso total: 84.49 deaths/1,000 live births male: 92.09 deaths/1,000 live births female: 76.66 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Burma total: 47.61 deaths/1,000 live births male: 53.78 deaths/1,000 live births female: 41.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Burundi total: 59.64 deaths/1,000 live births male: 66.32 deaths/1,000 live births female: 52.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Cambodia total: 54.79 deaths/1,000 live births male: 61.84 deaths/1,000 live births female: 47.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Cameroon total: 63.34 deaths/1,000 live births male: 68.08 deaths/1,000 live births female: 58.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Canada total: 5.04 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.37 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Cape Verde total: 41.35 deaths/1,000 live births male: 47.39 deaths/1,000 live births female: 35.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Cayman Islands total: 6.94 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.96 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Central African Republic total: 80.62 deaths/1,000 live births male: 87.22 deaths/1,000 live births female: 73.82 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Chad total: 98.69 deaths/1,000 live births male: 104.72 deaths/1,000 live births female: 92.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Chile total: 7.71 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.49 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

China total: 20.25 deaths/1,000 live births male: 18.87 deaths/1,000 live births female: 21.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Christmas Island total: NA male: NA female: NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands total: NA male: NA female: NA

Colombia total: 18.9 deaths/1,000 live births male: 22.53 deaths/1,000 live births female: 15.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Comoros total: 66.57 deaths/1,000 live births male: 74.5 deaths/1,000 live births female: 58.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the total: 81.21 deaths/1,000 live births male: 89.11 deaths/1,000 live births female: 73.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Congo, Republic of the total: 79.78 deaths/1,000 live births male: 85.29 deaths/1,000 live births female: 74.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Cook Islands total: 16.9 deaths/1,000 live births male: 20.57 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Costa Rica total: 8.77 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.66 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire total: 68.06 deaths/1,000 live births male: 75.17 deaths/1,000 live births female: 60.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Croatia total: 6.37 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.42 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Cuba total: 5.82 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.51 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Cyprus total: 6.6 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.14 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Czech Republic total: 3.79 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.13 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.43 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Denmark total: 4.34 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.39 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Djibouti total: 97.51 deaths/1,000 live births male: 104.98 deaths/1,000 live births female: 89.82 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Dominica total: 13.65 deaths/1,000 live births male: 18.34 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Dominican Republic total: 25.96 deaths/1,000 live births male: 28 deaths/1,000 live births female: 23.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Ecuador total: 20.9 deaths/1,000 live births male: 24.4 deaths/1,000 live births female: 17.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Egypt total: 27.26 deaths/1,000 live births male: 28.93 deaths/1,000 live births female: 25.51 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

El Salvador total: 21.52 deaths/1,000 live births male: 24.38 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Equatorial Guinea total: 81.58 deaths/1,000 live births male: 82.68 deaths/1,000 live births female: 80.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Eritrea total: 43.33 deaths/1,000 live births male: 48.97 deaths/1,000 live births female: 37.51 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Estonia total: 7.32 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.48 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Ethiopia total: 80.8 deaths/1,000 live births male: 92.06 deaths/1,000 live births female: 69.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

European Union total: 5.72 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.38 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) total: NA male: NA female: NA (2008 est.)

Faroe Islands total: 6.32 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.56 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Fiji total: 11.58 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.74 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Finland total: 3.47 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.78 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

France total: 3.33 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.66 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

French Polynesia total: 7.55 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.67 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Gabon total: 51.78 deaths/1,000 live births male: 60.17 deaths/1,000 live births female: 43.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Gambia, The total: 67.33 deaths/1,000 live births male: 73.56 deaths/1,000 live births female: 60.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Gaza Strip total: 18.35 deaths/1,000 live births male: 19.53 deaths/1,000 live births female: 17.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Georgia total: 16.22 deaths/1,000 live births male: 18.21 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Germany total: 3.99 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.41 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Ghana total: 51.09 deaths/1,000 live births male: 55.32 deaths/1,000 live births female: 46.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Gibraltar total: 4.83 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.37 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Greece total: 5.16 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.68 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Greenland total: 10.72 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.26 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Grenada total: 13.23 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.95 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Guam total: 6.05 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.47 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Guatemala total: 27.84 deaths/1,000 live births male: 30.2 deaths/1,000 live births female: 25.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Guernsey total: 4.47 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.98 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Guinea total: 65.22 deaths/1,000 live births male: 68.7 deaths/1,000 live births female: 61.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Guinea-Bissau total: 99.82 deaths/1,000 live births male: 109.89 deaths/1,000 live births female: 89.45 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Guyana total: 29.65 deaths/1,000 live births male: 33.02 deaths/1,000 live births female: 26.11 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Haiti total: 59.69 deaths/1,000 live births male: 66.18 deaths/1,000 live births female: 53.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Honduras total: 24.03 deaths/1,000 live births male: 26.97 deaths/1,000 live births female: 20.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Hong Kong total: 2.92 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.1 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Hungary total: 7.86 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.57 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Iceland total: 3.23 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.38 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

India total: 30.15 deaths/1,000 live births male: 34.61 deaths/1,000 live births female: 25.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Indonesia total: 29.97 deaths/1,000 live births male: 34.93 deaths/1,000 live births female: 24.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Iran total: 35.78 deaths/1,000 live births male: 35.98 deaths/1,000 live births female: 35.56 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Iraq total: 43.82 deaths/1,000 live births male: 49.38 deaths/1,000 live births female: 37.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Ireland total: 5.05 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.53 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Isle of Man total: 5.37 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.11 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Israel total: 4.22 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.39 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Italy total: 5.51 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.07 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Jamaica total: 15.22 deaths/1,000 live births male: 15.81 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Japan total: 2.79 deaths/1,000 live births male: 2.99 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Jersey total: 4.73 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.09 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Jordan total: 14.97 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.91 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Kazakhstan total: 25.73 deaths/1,000 live births male: 30.15 deaths/1,000 live births female: 21.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Kenya total: 54.7 deaths/1,000 live births male: 57.56 deaths/1,000 live births female: 51.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Kiribati total: 43.48 deaths/1,000 live births male: 48.35 deaths/1,000 live births female: 38.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Korea, North total: 51.34 deaths/1,000 live births male: 58.64 deaths/1,000 live births female: 43.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Korea, South total: 4.26 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.49 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Kuwait total: 8.96 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.94 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Kyrgyzstan total: 31.26 deaths/1,000 live births male: 36.19 deaths/1,000 live births female: 26.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Laos total: 77.82 deaths/1,000 live births male: 86.94 deaths/1,000 live births female: 68.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Latvia total: 8.77 deaths/1,000 live births male: 10.63 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.82 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Lebanon total: 21.82 deaths/1,000 live births male: 24.26 deaths/1,000 live births female: 19.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Lesotho total: 77.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 81.75 deaths/1,000 live births female: 72.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Liberia total: 138.24 deaths/1,000 live births male: 153.55 deaths/1,000 live births female: 122.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Libya total: 21.05 deaths/1,000 live births male: 23.21 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Liechtenstein total: 4.25 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.54 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Lithuania total: 6.47 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.73 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.13 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Luxembourg total: 4.56 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.56 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Macau total: 3.22 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.37 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Macedonia total: 9.01 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.21 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Madagascar total: 54.2 deaths/1,000 live births male: 59.12 deaths/1,000 live births female: 49.13 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Malawi total: 89.05 deaths/1,000 live births male: 93.15 deaths/1,000 live births female: 84.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Malaysia total: 15.87 deaths/1,000 live births male: 18.32 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Maldives total: 29.53 deaths/1,000 live births male: 32.04 deaths/1,000 live births female: 26.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Mali total: 102.05 deaths/1,000 live births male: 111.56 deaths/1,000 live births female: 92.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Malta total: 3.75 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.2 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Marshall Islands total: 25.45 deaths/1,000 live births male: 28.58 deaths/1,000 live births female: 22.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Mauritania total: 63.42 deaths/1,000 live births male: 68.65 deaths/1,000 live births female: 58.03 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Mauritius total: 12.2 deaths/1,000 live births male: 14.51 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Mayotte total: 56.29 deaths/1,000 live births male: 61.89 deaths/1,000 live births female: 50.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Mexico total: 18.42 deaths/1,000 live births male: 20.3 deaths/1,000 live births female: 16.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of total: 26.1 deaths/1,000 live births male: 28.79 deaths/1,000 live births female: 23.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Moldova total: 13.13 deaths/1,000 live births male: 14.57 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Monaco total: 5 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.77 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Mongolia total: 39.88 deaths/1,000 live births male: 42.99 deaths/1,000 live births female: 36.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Montserrat total: 16.08 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.01 deaths/1,000 live births female: 20.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Morocco total: 36.88 deaths/1,000 live births male: 40.35 deaths/1,000 live births female: 33.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Mozambique total: 105.8 deaths/1,000 live births male: 108.57 deaths/1,000 live births female: 103 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Namibia total: 45.51 deaths/1,000 live births male: 48.98 deaths/1,000 live births female: 41.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Nauru total: 9.25 deaths/1,000 live births male: 11.58 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Nepal total: 47.46 deaths/1,000 live births male: 47.4 deaths/1,000 live births female: 47.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Netherlands total: 4.73 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.25 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Netherlands Antilles total: 9.09 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.76 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

New Caledonia total: 7.05 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.7 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

New Zealand total: 4.92 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.53 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Nicaragua total: 25.02 deaths/1,000 live births male: 28.09 deaths/1,000 live births female: 21.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Niger total: 116.66 deaths/1,000 live births male: 121.72 deaths/1,000 live births female: 111.45 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Nigeria total: 94.35 deaths/1,000 live births male: 100.38 deaths/1,000 live births female: 87.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Niue total: NA male: NA female: NA (2008 est.)

Norfolk Island total: NA male: NA female: NA (2008 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands total: 6.59 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.56 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Norway total: 3.58 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.92 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Oman total: 16.88 deaths/1,000 live births male: 19.29 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Pakistan total: 65.14 deaths/1,000 live births male: 65.24 deaths/1,000 live births female: 65.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Palau total: 13.14 deaths/1,000 live births male: 14.83 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Panama total: 12.67 deaths/1,000 live births male: 13.53 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Papua New Guinea total: 45.23 deaths/1,000 live births male: 49.17 deaths/1,000 live births female: 41.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Paraguay total: 24.68 deaths/1,000 live births male: 28.77 deaths/1,000 live births female: 20.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Peru total: 28.62 deaths/1,000 live births male: 31.07 deaths/1,000 live births female: 26.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Philippines total: 20.56 deaths/1,000 live births male: 23.17 deaths/1,000 live births female: 17.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Pitcairn Islands total: NA male: NA female: NA (2008 est.)

Poland total: 6.8 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.52 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.03 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Portugal total: 4.78 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.24 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Puerto Rico total: 8.42 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.69 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Qatar total: 12.66 deaths/1,000 live births male: 13.51 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Romania total: 22.9 deaths/1,000 live births male: 25.94 deaths/1,000 live births female: 19.66 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Russia total: 10.56 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.08 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Rwanda total: 81.61 deaths/1,000 live births male: 86.68 deaths/1,000 live births female: 76.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Saint Helena total: 17.63 deaths/1,000 live births male: 20.71 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis total: 13.94 deaths/1,000 live births male: 15.66 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.11 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Saint Lucia total: 13.43 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.47 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon total: 6.87 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.86 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.82 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines total: 15.14 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.48 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Samoa total: 24.22 deaths/1,000 live births male: 28.61 deaths/1,000 live births female: 19.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

San Marino total: 5.34 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.76 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe total: 37.12 deaths/1,000 live births male: 38.84 deaths/1,000 live births female: 35.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Saudi Arabia total: 11.57 deaths/1,000 live births male: 13.15 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Senegal total: 58.94 deaths/1,000 live births male: 65.7 deaths/1,000 live births female: 51.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Serbia total: 6.75 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.79 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Seychelles total: 12.3 deaths/1,000 live births male: 15.44 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Sierra Leone total: 154.43 deaths/1,000 live births male: 171.57 deaths/1,000 live births female: 136.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Singapore total: 2.31 deaths/1,000 live births male: 2.51 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Slovakia total: 6.84 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.99 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Slovenia total: 4.25 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.82 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Solomon Islands total: 19.03 deaths/1,000 live births male: 21.65 deaths/1,000 live births female: 16.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Somalia total: 109.19 deaths/1,000 live births male: 118.31 deaths/1,000 live births female: 99.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

South Africa total: 44.42 deaths/1,000 live births male: 48.66 deaths/1,000 live births female: 40.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Spain total: 4.21 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.59 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Sri Lanka total: 18.57 deaths/1,000 live births male: 20.33 deaths/1,000 live births female: 16.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Sudan total: 82.43 deaths/1,000 live births male: 82.48 deaths/1,000 live births female: 82.37 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Suriname total: 18.81 deaths/1,000 live births male: 22.21 deaths/1,000 live births female: 15.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Svalbard total: NA male: NA female: NA (2008 est.)

Swaziland total: 68.63 deaths/1,000 live births male: 71.87 deaths/1,000 live births female: 65.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Sweden total: 2.75 deaths/1,000 live births male: 2.91 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Switzerland total: 4.18 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.64 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.68 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Syria total: 25.87 deaths/1,000 live births male: 26.13 deaths/1,000 live births female: 25.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Taiwan total: 5.35 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.64 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Tajikistan total: 41.03 deaths/1,000 live births male: 45.9 deaths/1,000 live births female: 35.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Tanzania total: 69.28 deaths/1,000 live births male: 76.24 deaths/1,000 live births female: 62.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Thailand total: 17.63 deaths/1,000 live births male: 18.9 deaths/1,000 live births female: 16.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Timor-Leste total: 40.65 deaths/1,000 live births male: 46.72 deaths/1,000 live births female: 34.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Togo total: 56.24 deaths/1,000 live births male: 63.5 deaths/1,000 live births female: 48.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Tokelau total: NA male: NA female: NA (2008 est.)

Tonga total: 11.58 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.74 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago total: 29.93 deaths/1,000 live births male: 31.14 deaths/1,000 live births female: 28.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Tunisia total: 22.57 deaths/1,000 live births male: 24.81 deaths/1,000 live births female: 20.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Turkey total: 25.78 deaths/1,000 live births male: 26.84 deaths/1,000 live births female: 24.67 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Turkmenistan total: 45.36 deaths/1,000 live births male: 53.85 deaths/1,000 live births female: 36.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands total: 13.89 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.02 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Tuvalu total: 18.43 deaths/1,000 live births male: 20.95 deaths/1,000 live births female: 15.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Uganda total: 64.82 deaths/1,000 live births male: 68.46 deaths/1,000 live births female: 61.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Ukraine total: 8.98 deaths/1,000 live births male: 11.2 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

United Arab Emirates total: 12.7 deaths/1,000 live births male: 14.86 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

United Kingdom total: 4.85 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.4 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

United States total: 6.26 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.94 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Uruguay total: 11.32 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.73 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Uzbekistan total: 23.43 deaths/1,000 live births male: 27.7 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Vanuatu total: 49.45 deaths/1,000 live births male: 51.97 deaths/1,000 live births female: 46.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Venezuela total: 21.54 deaths/1,000 live births male: 25.1 deaths/1,000 live births female: 17.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Vietnam total: 22.88 deaths/1,000 live births male: 23.27 deaths/1,000 live births female: 22.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Virgin Islands total: 7.56 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.28 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Wallis and Futuna total: 5.02 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.27 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

West Bank total: 15.96 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.87 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Western Sahara total: 69.66 deaths/1,000 live births male: 69.84 deaths/1,000 live births female: 69.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

World total: 40.85 deaths/1,000 live births male: 43.85 deaths/1,000 live births female: 37.67 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Yemen total: 54.7 deaths/1,000 live births male: 59.12 deaths/1,000 live births female: 50.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Zambia total: 101.2 deaths/1,000 live births male: 105.97 deaths/1,000 live births female: 96.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Zimbabwe total: 32.31 deaths/1,000 live births male: 34.9 deaths/1,000 live births female: 29.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

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Field Listing :: Inflation rate (consumer prices)

This entry furnishes the annual percent change in consumer prices compared with the previous year's consumer prices. Country Comparison to the World Country

Inflation rate (consumer prices)(%)

Afghanistan 13% (2007 est.)

Albania 3.4% (2008 est.) 2.9% (2007 est.)

Algeria 4.4% (2008 est.) 3.5% (2007 est.)

American Samoa NA%

Andorra 3.9% (2007) 3.2% (2005)

Angola 12.5% (2008 est.) 12.2% (2007 est.)

Anguilla 5.3% (2006 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda 1.5% (2007 est.)

Argentina 8.6% (2008 est.) 8.8% (2007 est.) note: based on official estimates, which lack credibility; non-official estimates put inflation at 22% in 2008

Armenia 9% (2008 est.) 4.4% (2007 est.)

Aruba 3.4% (2005)

Australia 4.4% (2008 est.) 2.3% (2007 est.)

Austria 3.2% (2008 est.) 2.2% (2007 est.)

Azerbaijan 20.8% (2008 est.) 16.7% (2007 est.)

Bahamas, The 2.4% (2007 est.)

Bahrain 7% (2008 est.) 3.3% (2007 est.)

Bangladesh 8.9% (2008 est.) 9.1% (2007 est.)

Barbados 5.5% (2007 est.)

Belarus 14.8% (2008 est.) 8.4% (2007 est.)

Belgium 4.5% (2008 est.) 1.8% (2007 est.)

Belize 6.4% (2008 est.) 2.3% (2007 est.)

Benin 7.9% (2008 est.) 1.3% (2007 est.)

Bermuda 2.8% (November 2005)

Bhutan 4.9% (2007 est.)

Bolivia 14% (2008 est.) 8.7% (2007 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.3% (2008 est.) 1.6% (2007 est.)

Botswana 12.6% (2008 est.) 7.1% (2007 est.)

Brazil 5.7% (2008 est.) 3.6% (2007 est.)

British Virgin Islands 2% (2005)

Brunei 0.3% (2007 est.)

Bulgaria 12.3% (2008 est.) 9.8% (2007 est.)

Burkina Faso 10.7% (2008 est.) -0.2% (2007 est.)

Burma 26.8% (2008 est.) 35% (2007 est.)

Burundi 24.1% (2008 est.) 8.3% (2007 est.)

Cambodia 25% (2008 est.) 5.9% (2007 est.)

Cameroon 5.3% (2008 est.) 1.1% (2007 est.)

Canada 2.4% (2008 est.) 2.1% (2007 est.)

Cape Verde 6.8% (2008 est.) 4.4% (2007 est.)

Cayman Islands 4.4% (2004)

Central African Republic 0.9% (2007 est.)

Chad 10.3% (2008 est.) 4% (2007 est.)

Chile 8.7% (2008 est.) 4.4% (2007 est.)

China 5.9% (2008 est.) 4.8% (2007 est.)

Colombia 7% (2008 est.) 5.5% (2007 est.)

Comoros 3% (2007 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the 16.7% (2007 est.)

Congo, Republic of the 7.3% (2008 est.) 2.7% (2007 est.)

Cook Islands 2.1% (2005 est.)

Costa Rica 13.4% (2008 est.) 9.4% (2007 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire 6.3% (2008 est.) 1.9% (2007 est.)

Croatia 6.1% (2008 est.) 4.5% (2007 est.)

Cuba 3.4% (2008 est.) 3.1% (2007 est.)

Cyprus 4.7% (2008 est.) 2.4% (2007 est.)

Czech Republic 6.3% (2008 est.) 2.9% (2007 est.)

Denmark 3.4% (2008 est.) 1.7% (2007 est.)

Djibouti 5% (2007 est.)

Dominica 2.7% (2007 est.)

Dominican Republic 10.6% (2008 est.) 6.1% (2007 est.)

Ecuador 8.3% (2008 est.) 2.3% (2007 est.)

Egypt 18.3% (2008 est.) 9.5% (2007 est.)

El Salvador 7.3% (2008 est.) 4.6% (2007 est.)

Equatorial Guinea 7.5% (2008 est.) 6% (2007 est.)

Eritrea 18% (2008 est.) 17% (2007 est.)

Estonia 10.4% (2008 est.) 6.6% (2007 est.)

Ethiopia 44.4% (2008 est.) 17.2% (2007 est.)

European Union 3.5% (2008 est.) 1.8% (2006 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 3.6% (1998)

Faroe Islands 1.8% (2005)

Fiji 4.8% (2007)

Finland 4.1% (2008 est.) 2.5% (2007 est.)

France 2.8% (2008 est.) 1.5% (2007 est.)

French Polynesia 1.1% (2007) 1.1% (2006 est.)

Gabon 5.3% (2008 est.) 5% (2007 est.)

Gambia, The 4.5% (2008 est.) 5.1% (2007 est.)

Gaza Strip 11.5% (2008) 3.6% (2006) note: includes West Bank

Georgia 10% (2008 est.) 9.3% (2007 est.)

Germany 2.7% (2008 est.) 2.3% (2007 est.)

Ghana 16.5% (2008 est.) 10.7% (2007 est.)

Gibraltar 2.9% (2005)

Greece 4.1% (2008 est.) 2.9% (2007 est.)

Greenland 1% (2005 est.)

Grenada 3.7% (2007 est.)

Guam 2.5% (2005 est.)

Guatemala 11.4% (2008 est.) 6.8% (2007 est.)

Guernsey 3.4% (June 2006)

Guinea 15% (2008 est.) 23.4% (2007 est.)

Guinea-Bissau 3.8% (2007 est.)

Guyana 8.3% (2008 est.) 12.3% (2007 est.)

Haiti 15.5% (2008 est.) 8.5% (2007 est.)

Honduras 11.4% (2008 est.) 6.9% (2007 est.)

Hong Kong 4.3% (2008 est.) 2% (2007 est.)

Hungary 6.1% (2008 est.) 8% (2007 est.)

Iceland 12.7% (2008 est.) 5.1% (2007 est.)

India 8.3% (2008 est.) 6.4% (2007 est.)

Indonesia 9.9% (2008 est.) 6.3% (2007 est.)

Iran 25.6% (2008 est.) 17.1% (2007 est.) note: official Iranian estimate

Iraq 2.8% (2008 est.) 4.7% (2007 est.)

Ireland 4.1% (2008 est.) 4.9% (2007 est.)

Isle of Man 3.1% (December 2006 est.)

Israel 4.6% (2008 est.) 0.5% (2007 est.)

Italy 3.4% (2008 est.) 1.8% (2007 est.)

Jamaica 22% (2008 est.) 9.5% (2007 est.)

Japan 1.4% (2008 est.) 0.1% (2007 est.)

Jersey 3.7% (December 2006)

Jordan 14.9% (2008 est.) 5.4% (2007 est.)

Kazakhstan 17% (2008 est.) 10.8% (2007 est.)

Kenya 26.2% (2008 est.) 9.7% (2007 est.)

Kiribati 0.2% (2007 est.)

Korea, North NA%

Korea, South 4.7% (2008 est.) 2.5% (2007 est.)

Kosovo 5.3% (2007 est.)

Kuwait 10.6% (2008 est.) 5.5% (2007 est.)

Kyrgyzstan 24.5% (2008 est.) 10.2% (2007 est.)

Laos 8.6% (2008 est.) 4.5% (2007 est.)

Latvia 15.4% (2008 est.) 10.1% (2007 est.)

Lebanon 10% (2008 est.) 4.2% (2007 est.)

Lesotho 10.7% (2008 est.) 8% (2007 est.)

Liberia 11.2% (2007 est.)

Libya 10.4% (2008 est.) 6.3% (2007 est.)

Liechtenstein 1% (2001)

Lithuania 10.9% (2008 est.) 5.7% (2007 est.)

Luxembourg 3.4% (2008 est.) 2.3% (2007 est.)

Macau 6.2% (December 2008) 7.2% (2006)

Macedonia 8.3% (2008 est.) 2.3% (2007 est.)

Madagascar 9.2% (2008 est.) 10.3% (2007 est.)

Malawi 8.7% (2008 est.) 7.9% (2007 est.)

Malaysia 5.4% (2008 est.) 2% (2007 est.) note: approximately 30% of goods are price-controlled

Maldives 12.8% (October 2008 est.) 5% (2007 est.)

Mali 2.5% (2007 est.)

Malta 4.3% (2008 est.) 1.3% (2007 est.)

Marshall Islands 12.9% (2008 est.) 3% (2005 est.)

Mauritania 7.3% (2007 est.)

Mauritius 9.7% (2008 est.) 8.8% (2007 est.)

Mayotte 1.7% (2005)

Mexico 5.1% (2008 est.) 4% (2007 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of 2.2% (2005)

Moldova 12.8% (2008 est.) 12.3% (2007 est.)

Monaco 1.9% (2000)

Mongolia 28% (2008 est.) 9% (2007 est.)

Montenegro 3.4% (2007)

Montserrat 2.6% (2002 est.)

Morocco 3.8% (2008 est.) 2% (2007 est.)

Mozambique 10.3% (2008 est.) 8.2% (2007 est.)

Namibia 10.3% (2008 est.) 6.7% (2007 est.)

Nauru NA%

Nepal 7.7% (2008 est.) 6.4% (2007 est.)

Netherlands 2.5% (2008 est.) 1.6% (2007 est.)

Netherlands Antilles 2.1% (2003 est.)

New Caledonia 1.4% (2000 est.)

New Zealand 4% (2008 est.) 2.4% (2007 est.)

Nicaragua 19.8% (2008 est.) 11.1% (2007 est.)

Niger 0.1% (2007 est.)

Nigeria 11.6% (2008 est.) 5.4% (2007 est.)

Niue 4% (2005)

Northern Mariana Islands -0.8% (2000)

Norway 3.8% (2008 est.) 0.8% (2007 est.)

Oman 12.5% (2008 est.) 5.9% (2007 est.)

Pakistan 20.3% (2008 est.) 7.6% (2007 est.)

Palau 2.7% (2005 est.)

Panama 8.8% (2008 est.) 4.2% (2007 est.)

Papua New Guinea 10.7% (2008 est.) 0.9% (2007 est.)

Paraguay 10.2% (2008 est.) 8.1% (2007 est.)

Peru 5.8% (2008 est.) 1.8% (2007 est.)

Philippines 9.3% (2008 est.) 2.8% (2007 est.)

Poland 4.2% (2008 est.) 2.5% (2007 est.)

Portugal 2.6% (2008 est.) 2.4% (2007 est.)

Puerto Rico 6.5% (2003 est.)

Qatar 15.2% (2008 est.) 13.7% (2007 est.)

Romania 7.8% (2008 est.) 4.8% (2007 est.)

Russia 14.1% (2008 est.) 9% (2007 est.)

Rwanda 15.4% (2008 est.) 9.1% (2007 est.)

Saint Helena 3.2% (1997 est.) 3.2% (1997 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.5% (2007 est.)

Saint Lucia 1.9% (2007 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon 8.1% (2005)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.1% (2007 est.)

Samoa 6% (2007 est.)

San Marino -3.5% (2008) -1.5% (2006)

Sao Tome and Principe 26% (2008 est.) 18% (2007 est.)

Saudi Arabia 9.9% (2008 est.) 4.1% (2007 est.)

Senegal 5.8% (2008 est.) 5.9% (2007 est.)

Serbia 6.8% (2007)

Seychelles 37% (2008 est.) 5.3% (2007 est.)

Sierra Leone 11.7% (2007 est.)

Singapore 6.5% (2008 est.) 2.1% (2007 est.)

Slovakia 4.6% (2008 est.) 2.8% (2007 est.)

Slovenia 5.7% (2008 est.) 3.6% (2007 est.)

Solomon Islands 6.3% (2007 est.)

Somalia NA% note: businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be easily determined

South Africa 11.3% (2008 est.) 6.5% (2007 est.)

Spain 4.1% (2008 est.) 2.8% (2007 est.)

Sri Lanka 22.6% (2008 est.) 15.8% (2007 est.)

Sudan 14.3% (2008 est.) 8% (2007 est.)

Suriname 6.4% (2007 est.)

Swaziland 13.4% (2008 est.) 8.1% (2007 est.)

Sweden 3.5% (2008 est.) 2.2% (2007 est.)

Switzerland 2.4% (2008 est.) 0.7% (2007 est.)

Syria 15.7% (2008 est.) 12.2% (2007 est.)

Taiwan 3.5% (2008 est.) 1.8% (2007 est.)

Tajikistan 20.5% (2008 est.) 13.1% (2007 est.)

Tanzania 10.3% (2008 est.) 7% (2007 est.)

Thailand 5.5% (2008 est.) 2.2% (2007 est.)

Timor-Leste 7.8% (2007 est.)

Togo 8.7% (2008 est.) 1% (2007 est.)

Tokelau NA%

Tonga 5.9% (2007 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago 12% (2008 est.) 7.9% (2007 est.)

Tunisia 5% (2008 est.) 3.1% (2007 est.)

Turkey 10.4% (2008 est.) 8.7% (2007 est.)

Turkmenistan 13% (2008 est.) 11.3% (2007 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands 4% (1995)

Tuvalu 3.8% (2006 est.)

Uganda 12.1% (2008 est.) 6.1% (2007 est.)

Ukraine 25.2% (2008 est.) 12.8% (2007 est.)

United Arab Emirates 15.8% (2008 est.) 14% (2007 est.)

United Kingdom 3.6% (2008 est.) 2.3% (2007 est.)

United States 3.8% (2008 est.) 2.9% (2007 est.)

Uruguay 7.9% (2008 est.) 8.1% (2007 est.)

Uzbekistan 14% (2008 est.) 12% (2007 est.) note: official data; based on independent analysis of consumer prices, inflation reached 38% in 2008

Vanuatu 3.9% (2007 est.)

Venezuela 30.4% (2008 est.) 18.7% (2007 est.)

Vietnam 23.1% (2008 est.) 8.3% (2007 est.)

Virgin Islands 2.2% (2003)

Wallis and Futuna 2.8% (2005)

West Bank 11.5% (2008) 3.6% (2006) note: data in include Gaza Strip

Western Sahara NA%

World developed countries 1% to 4% typically; developing countries 5% to 20% typically; national inflation rates vary widely in individual cases, from declining prices in Japan to hyperinflation in one Third World country (Zimbabwe); inflation rates have declined for most countries for the last several years, held in check by increasing international competition from several low wage countries

Yemen 19% (2008 est.) 10% (2007 est.)

Zambia 12.4% (2008 est.) 10.6% (2007 est.)

Zimbabwe 14.93 billion% (2008 est.) 12,563% (2007 est.)

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Field Listing :: Waterways

This entry gives the total length of navigable rivers, canals, and other inland bodies of water. Country Comparison to the World Country

Waterways(km)

Afghanistan 1,200 km (chiefly Amu Darya, which handles vessels up to 500 DWT) (2008)

Albania 43 km (2008)

Angola 1,300 km (2008)

Argentina 11,000 km (2007)

Australia 2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling river systems) (2006)

Austria 358 km (2007)

Bangladesh 8,370 km note: includes up to 3,060 km main cargo routes; network reduced to 5,200 km in dry season (2007)

Belarus 2,500 km (use limited by location on perimeter of country and by shallowness) (2003)

Belgium 2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use) (2008)

Belize 825 km (navigable only by small craft) (2008)

Benin 150 km (on River Niger along northern border) (2007)

Bolivia 10,000 km (commercially navigable) (2007)

Bosnia and Herzegovina Sava River (northern border) open to shipping but use limited (2008)

Brazil 50,000 km (most in areas remote from industry and population) (2008)

Brunei 209 km (navigable by craft drawing less than 1.2 m) (2008)

Bulgaria 470 km (2008)

Burma 12,800 km (2008)

Burundi mainly on Lake Tanganyika (2008)

Cambodia 2,400 km (mainly on Mekong River) (2008)

Cameroon navigation mainly on Benue River; limited during rainy season (2008)

Canada 636 km note: Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with United States (2008)

Central African Republic 2,800 km (primarily on the Oubangui and Sangha rivers) (2007)

Chad Chari and Legone rivers are navigable only in wet season (2008)

China 110,000 km navigable (2008)

Colombia 18,000 km (2008)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the 15,000 km (2008)

Congo, Republic of the 1,120 km (commercially navigable on Congo and Oubanqui rivers) (2008)

Costa Rica 730 km (seasonally navigable by small craft) (2008)

Cote d'Ivoire 980 km (navigable rivers, canals, and numerous coastal lagoons) (2008)

Croatia 785 km (2008)

Cuba 240 km (2008)

Czech Republic 664 km (principally on Elbe, Vltava, Oder, and other navigable rivers, lakes, and canals) (2008)

Denmark 400 km (2008)

Ecuador 1,500 km (most inaccessible) (2008)

Egypt 3,500 km note: includes Nile River, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway, and numerous smaller canals in delta; Suez Canal (193.5 km including approaches) navigable by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 17.68 m (2007)

El Salvador Rio Lempa partially navigable for small craft (2008)

Estonia 320 km (2008)

European Union 52,332 km (2006)

Fiji 203 km note: 122 km navigable by motorized craft and 200-metric-ton barges (2008)

Finland 7,842 km note: includes Saimaa Canal system of 3,577 km; southern part leased from Russia (2008)

France metropolitan France: 8,501 km (1,621 km accessible to craft of 3,000 metric tons) French Guiana: 3,760 km (460 km navigable by small oceangoing vessels and coastal and river steamers, 3,300 km by native craft) (2008)

Gabon 1,600 km (310 km on Ogooue River) (2008)

Gambia, The 390 km (on River Gambia; small ocean-going vessels can reach 190 km) (2008)

Germany 7,467 km note: Rhine River carries most goods; Main-Danube Canal links North Sea and Black Sea (2008)

Ghana 1,293 km note: 168 km for launches and lighters on Volta, Ankobra, and Tano rivers; 1,125 km of arterial and feeder waterways on Lake Volta (2008)

Greece 6 km note: Corinth Canal (6 km) crosses the Isthmus of Corinth; shortens sea voyage by 325 km (2008)

Guatemala 990 km note: 260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km navigable during high-water season (2007)

Guinea 1,300 km (navigable by shallow-draft native craft) (2008)

Guinea-Bissau rivers are navigable for some distance; many inlets and creeks give shallow-water access to much of interior (2008)

Guyana 330 km note: Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo rivers are navigable by oceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km respectively (2008)

Honduras 465 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2008)

Hungary 1,622 km (most on Danube River) (2008)

India 14,500 km note: 5,200 km on major rivers and 485 km on canals suitable for mechanized vessels (2008)

Indonesia 21,579 km (2008)

Iran 850 km (on Karun River; additional service on Lake Urmia) (2008)

Iraq 5,279 km note: Euphrates River (2,815 km), Tigris River (1,899 km), and Third River (565 km) are principal waterways (2008)

Ireland 956 km (pleasure craft only) (2008)

Italy 2,400 km note: used for commercial traffic; of limited overall value compared to road and rail (2008)

Japan 1,770 km (seagoing vessels use inland seas) (2007)

Kazakhstan 4,000 km (on the Ertis ((Irtysh)) River (80%) and Syr Darya ((Syrdariya)) River) (2008)

Kenya part of Lake Victoria system is within boundaries of Kenya (2007)

Kiribati 5 km (small network of canals in Line Islands) (2007)

Korea, North 2,250 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2008)

Korea, South 1,608 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2008)

Kyrgyzstan 600 km (2008)

Laos 4,600 km note: primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,900 additional km are intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m (2008)

Latvia 300 km (2007)

Liechtenstein 28 km (2008)

Lithuania 441 km (2007)

Luxembourg 37 km (on Moselle River) (2008)

Madagascar 600 km note: 432 km navigable (2008)

Malawi 700 km (on Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) and Shire River) (2008)

Malaysia 7,200 km note: Peninsular Malaysia 3,200 km; Sabah 1,500 km; Sarawak 2,500 km (2008)

Mali 1,800 km (2008)

Mauritania some navigation possible on Senegal River

Mexico 2,900 km (navigable rivers and coastal canals) (2008)

Moldova 424 km (on Dniester and Prut rivers) (2008)

Mongolia 580 km note: only waterway in operation is Lake Hovsgol (135 km); Selenge River (270 km) and Orhon River (175 km) are navigable but carry little traffic; lakes and rivers freeze in winter, are open from May to September (2007)

Mozambique 460 km (Zambezi River navigable to Tete and along Cahora Bassa Lake) (2008)

Netherlands 6,215 km (navigable for ships of 50 tons) (2007)

Nicaragua 2,220 km (including lakes Managua and Nicaragua) (2008)

Niger 300 km (the Niger, the only major river, is navigable to Gaya between September and March) (2008)

Nigeria 8,600 km (Niger and Benue rivers and smaller rivers and creeks) (2008)

Norway 1,577 km (2008)

Panama 800 km (includes 82 km Panama Canal) (2008)

Papua New Guinea 11,000 km (2006)

Paraguay 3,100 km (2008)

Peru 8,808 km note: 8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon system and 208 km of Lago Titicaca (2008)

Philippines 3,219 km (limited to vessels with draft less than 1.5 m) (2008)

Poland 3,997 km (navigable rivers and canals) (2007)

Portugal 210 km (on Douro River from Porto) (2008)

Romania 1,731 km note: includes 1,075 km on Danube River, 524 km on secondary branches, and 132 km on canals (2006)

Russia 102,000 km (including 33,000 km with guaranteed depth) note: 72,000 km system in European Russia links Baltic Sea, White Sea, Caspian Sea, Sea of Azov, and Black Sea (2007)

Rwanda Lac Kivu navigable by shallow-draft barges and native craft (2008)

Senegal 1,000 km (primarily on Senegal, Saloum, and Casamance rivers) (2008)

Serbia 587 km (primarily on Danube and Sava rivers) (2008)

Sierra Leone 800 km (600 km year round) (2007)

Slovakia 172 km (on Danube River) (2008)

Slovenia some transport on Danube River (2008)

Spain 1,000 km (2008)

Sri Lanka 160 km (primarily on rivers in southwest) (2008)

Sudan 4,068 km (1,723 km open year round on White and Blue Nile rivers) (2008)

Suriname 1,200 km (most navigable by ships with drafts up to 7 m) (2008)

Sweden 2,052 km (2007)

Switzerland 65 km (Rhine River between Basel-Rheinfelden and Schaffhausen-Bodensee) (2008)

Syria 900 km (not economically significant) (2008)

Tajikistan 200 km (along Vakhsh River) (2008)

Tanzania Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, and Lake Nyasa principal avenues of commerce with neighboring countries; rivers not navigable (2007)

Thailand 4,000 km note: 3,701 km navigable by boats with drafts up to 0.9 m (2008)

Togo 50 km (seasonally on Mono River depending on rainfall) (2008)

Turkey 1,200 km (2008)

Turkmenistan 1,300 km (Amu Darya and Kara Kum canal are important inland waterways) (2008)

Uganda on Lake Victoria, 200 km on Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga, and parts of Albert Nile (2008)

Ukraine 2,176 km (most on Dnieper River) (2007)

United Kingdom 3,200 km (620 km used for commerce) (2008)

United States 41,009 km (19,312 km used for commerce) note: Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with Canada (2008)

Uruguay 1,600 km (2008)

Uzbekistan 1,100 km (2008)

Venezuela 7,100 km note: Orinoco River (400 km) and Lake de Maracaibo navigable by oceangoing vessels (2008)

Vietnam 17,702 km (5,000 km navigable by vessels up to 1.8 m draft) (2008)

World 671,886 km (2004)

Zambia 2,250 km (includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi and Luapula rivers) (2008)

Zimbabwe on Lake Kariba (2008)

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Field Listing :: Judicial branch

This entry contains the name(s) of the highest court(s) and a brief description of the selection process for members. Country

Judicial branch

Afghanistan the constitution establishes a nine-member Stera Mahkama or Supreme Court (its nine justices are appointed for 10-year terms by the president with approval of the Wolesi Jirga) and subordinate High Courts and Appeals Courts; there is also a minister of justice; a separate Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission established by the Bonn Agreement is charged with investigating human rights abuses and war crimes

Albania Constitutional Court, Supreme Court (chairman is elected by the People's Assembly for a four-year term) and multiple appeals and district courts

Algeria Supreme Court

American Samoa High Court (chief justice and associate justices are appointed by the US Secretary of the Interior)

Andorra Tribunal of Judges or Tribunal de Batlles; Tribunal of the Courts or Tribunal de Corts; Supreme Court of Justice of Andorra or Tribunal Superior de Justicia d'Andorra; Supreme Council of Justice or Consell Superior de la Justicia; Fiscal Ministry or Ministeri Fiscal; Constitutional Tribunal or Tribunal Constitucional

Angola Supreme Court and separate provincial courts (judges are appointed by the president)

Anguilla High Court (judge provided by Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court)

Antigua and Barbuda Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court consisting of a High Court of Justice and a Court of Appeal (based in Saint Lucia; two judges of the Supreme Court are residents of the islands and preside over the Court of Summary Jurisdiction); Magistrates' Courts; member of the Caribbean Court of Justice

Argentina Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (the Supreme Court judges are appointed by the president with approval of the Senate) note: the Supreme Court has seven judges; the Argentine Congress in 2006 passed a bill to gradually reduce the number of Supreme Court judges to five

Armenia Constitutional Court; Court of Cassation (Appeals Court)

Aruba Common Court of Justice of Aruba (judges are appointed by the monarch)

Australia High Court (the chief justice and six other justices are appointed by the governor general)

Austria Supreme Judicial Court or Oberster Gerichtshof; Administrative Court or Verwaltungsgerichtshof; Constitutional Court or Verfassungsgerichtshof

Azerbaijan Supreme Court

Bahamas, The Privy Council in London; Courts of Appeal; Supreme (lower) Court; Magistrates' Courts

Bahrain High Civil Appeals Court

Bangladesh Supreme Court (the chief justices and other judges are appointed by the president)

Barbados Supreme Court of Judicature consists of a High Court and a Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the Service Commissions for the Judicial and Legal Services); Caribbean Court of Justice or CCJ is the highest court of appeal; based in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Belarus Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president); Constitutional Court (half of the judges appointed by the president and half appointed by the Chamber of Representatives)

Belgium Supreme Court of Justice or Hof van Cassatie (in Dutch) or Cour de Cassation (in French) (judges are appointed for life by the government; candidacies have to be submitted by the High Justice Council)

Belize Summary Jurisdiction Courts (criminal) and District Courts (civil jurisdiction); Supreme Court (the chief justice is appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister); Court of Appeal; Privy Council in the UK; member of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)

Benin Constitutional Court or Cour Constitutionnelle; Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; High Court of Justice

Bermuda Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; Magistrate Courts

Bhutan Supreme Court of Appeal (the monarch); High Court (judges appointed by the monarch); note - the draft constitution establishes a Supreme Court that will serve as chief court of appeal

Bolivia Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges appointed for 10-year terms by National Congress); District Courts (one in each department); provincial and local courts (to try minor cases); Constitutional Tribunal (five primary or titulares and five alternate or suplente magistrates appointed by Congress; to rule on constitutional issues); National Electoral Court (six members elected by Congress, Supreme Court, the president, and the political party with the highest vote in the last election for four-year terms); note - under the 2009 Constitution, all Constitutional and Supreme Court judges will be elected by popular vote

Bosnia and Herzegovina BH Constitutional Court (consists of nine members: four members are selected by the Bosniak/Croat Federation's House of Representatives, two members by the Republika Srpska's National Assembly, and three non-Bosnian members by the president of the European Court of Human Rights); BH State Court (consists of nine judges and three divisions - Administrative, Appellate and Criminal - having jurisdiction over cases related to state-level law and appellate jurisdiction over cases initiated in the entities); a War Crimes Chamber opened in March 2005 note: the entities each have a Supreme Court; each entity also has a number of lower courts; there are 10 cantonal courts in the Federation, plus a number of municipal courts; the Republika Srpska has five municipal courts

Botswana High Court; Court of Appeal; Magistrates' Courts (one in each district)

Brazil Supreme Federal Tribunal or STF (11 ministers are appointed for life by the president and confirmed by the Senate); Higher Tribunal of Justice; Regional Federal Tribunals (judges are appointed for life); note - though appointed "for life," judges, like all federal employees, have a mandatory retirement age of 70

British Virgin Islands Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, consisting of the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal (one judge of the Supreme Court is a resident of the islands and presides over the High Court); Magistrate's Court; Juvenile Court; Court of Summary Jurisdiction

Brunei Supreme Court - chief justice and judges are sworn in by monarch for three-year terms; Judicial Committee of Privy Council in London is final court of appeal for civil cases; Sharia courts deal with Islamic laws (2006)

Bulgaria independent judiciary comprised of judges, prosecutors and investigating magistrates who are appointed, promoted, demoted, and dismissed by a 25-member Supreme Judicial Council (consists of the chairmen of the two Supreme Courts, the Chief Prosecutor, and 22 members, half of whom are elected by the National Assembly and the other half by the bodies of the judiciary for a 5-year term in office); three levels of case review; 182 courts of which two Supreme Courts act as the last instance on civil and criminal cases (the Supreme Court of Cassation) and appeals of government decisions (the Supreme Administrative Court)

Burkina Faso Supreme Court; Appeals Court

Burma remnants of the British-era legal system are in place, but there is no guarantee of a fair public trial; the judiciary is not independent of the executive

Burundi Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; Constitutional Court; High Court of Justice (composed of the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court)

Cambodia Supreme Council of the Magistracy (provided for in the constitution and formed in December 1997); Supreme Court (and lower courts) exercises judicial authority

Cameroon Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president); High Court of Justice (consists of nine judges and six substitute judges; elected by the National Assembly)

Canada Supreme Court of Canada (judges are appointed by the prime minister through the governor general); Federal Court of Canada; Federal Court of Appeal; Provincial Courts (these are named variously Court of Appeal, Court of Queens Bench, Superior Court, Supreme Court, and Court of Justice)

Cape Verde Supreme Tribunal of Justice or Supremo Tribunal de Justia

Cayman Islands Grand Court; Cayman Islands Court of Appeal; Summary Court

Central African Republic Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; Constitutional Court (three judges appointed by the president, three by the president of the National Assembly, and three by fellow judges); Court of Appeal; Criminal Courts; Inferior Courts

Chad Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; Criminal Courts; Magistrate Courts

Chile Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges are appointed by the president and ratified by the Senate from lists of candidates provided by the court itself; the president of the Supreme Court is elected every three years by the 20-member court); Constitutional Tribunal (eight-members - two each from the Senate, Chamber of Deputies, Supreme Court, and National Security Council - review the constitutionality of laws approved by Congress)

China Supreme People's Court (judges appointed by the National People's Congress); Local People's Courts (comprise higher, intermediate, and basic courts); Special People's Courts (primarily military, maritime, railway transportation, and forestry courts)

Christmas Island Supreme Court; District Court; Magistrate's Court

Cocos (Keeling) Islands Supreme Court; Magistrate's Court

Colombia four roughly coequal, supreme judicial organs; Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (highest court of criminal law; judges are selected by their peers from the nominees of the Superior Judicial Council for eight-year terms); Council of State (highest court of administrative law; judges are selected from the nominees of the Superior Judicial Council for eight-year terms); Constitutional Court (guards integrity and supremacy of the constitution; rules on constitutionality of laws, amendments to the constitution, and international treaties); Superior Judicial Council (administers and disciplines the civilian judiciary; resolves jurisdictional conflicts arising between other courts; members are elected by three sister courts and Congress for eight-year terms)

Comoros Supreme Court or Cour Supremes (two members appointed by the president, two members elected by the Federal Assembly, one elected by the Council of each island, and others are former presidents of the republic)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the Constitutional Court; Appeals Court or Cour de Cassation; Council of State; High Military Court; plus civil and military courts and tribunals

Congo, Republic of the Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

Cook Islands High Court

Costa Rica Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (22 justices are elected for renewable eight-year terms by the Legislative Assembly)

Cote d'Ivoire Supreme Court or Cour Supreme consists of four chambers: Judicial Chamber for criminal cases, Audit Chamber for financial cases, Constitutional Chamber for judicial review cases, and Administrative Chamber for civil cases; there is no legal limit to the number of members

Croatia Supreme Court; Constitutional Court; judges for both courts are appointed for eight-year terms by the Judicial Council of the Republic, which is elected by the Assembly

Cuba People's Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo Popular (president, vice president, and other judges are elected by the National Assembly)

Cyprus Supreme Court (judges are appointed jointly by the president and vice president) note: there is also a Supreme Court in the area administered by Turkish Cypriots

Czech Republic Supreme Court; Constitutional Court; chairman and deputy chairmen are appointed by the president for a 10-year term

Denmark Supreme Court (judges are appointed for life by the monarch)

Djibouti Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

Dominica Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, consisting of the Court of Appeal and the High Court (located in Saint Lucia; one of the six judges must reside in Dominica and preside over the Court of Summary Jurisdiction)

Dominican Republic Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges are appointed by the National Judicial Council comprised of the president, the leaders of both chambers of congress, the president of the Supreme Court, and an additional non-governing party congressional representative)

Ecuador Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (according to the Constitution, new justices are elected by the full Supreme Court; in December 2004, however, Congress successfully replaced the entire court by a simple majority resolution)

Egypt Supreme Constitutional Court

El Salvador Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (15 judges are selected by the Legislative Assembly; the 15 judges are assigned to four Supreme Court chambers - constitutional, civil, penal, and administrative conflict)

Equatorial Guinea Supreme Tribunal

Eritrea High Court - regional, subregional, and village courts; also have military and special courts

Estonia Supreme Court (chairman appointed for life by Parliament)

Ethiopia Federal Supreme Court (the president and vice president of the Federal Supreme Court are recommended by the prime minister and appointed by the House of People's Representatives; for other federal judges, the prime minister submits to the House of People's Representatives for appointment candidates selected by the Federal Judicial Administrative Council)

European Union Court of Justice of the European Communities (ensures that the treaties are interpreted and applied uniformly throughout the EU; resolve constitutional issues among the EU institutions) - 27 justices (one from each member state) appointed for a six-year term; note - for the sake of efficiency, the court can sit with 13 justices known as the "Grand Chamber"; Court of First Instance - 27 justices appointed for a six-year term

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Supreme Court (chief justice is a nonresident); Magistrates Court (senior magistrate presides over civil and criminal divisions); Court of Summary Jurisdiction

Faroe Islands none

Fiji Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president); Court of Appeal; High Court; Magistrates' Courts

Finland Supreme Court or Korkein Oikeus (judges appointed by the president)

France Supreme Court of Appeals or Cour de Cassation (judges are appointed by the president from nominations of the High Council of the Judiciary); Constitutional Council or Conseil Constitutionnel (three members appointed by the president, three appointed by the president of the National Assembly, and three appointed by the president of the Senate); Council of State or Conseil d'Etat

French Polynesia Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; Court of the First Instance or Tribunal de Premiere Instance; Court of Administrative Law or Tribunal Administratif

Gabon Supreme Court or Cour Supreme consisting of three chambers - Judicial, Administrative, and Accounts; Constitutional Court; Courts of Appeal; Court of State Security; County Courts

Gambia, The Supreme Court

Georgia Supreme Court (judges elected by the Supreme Council on the president's or chairman of the Supreme Court's recommendation); Constitutional Court; first and second instance courts

Germany Federal Constitutional Court or Bundesverfassungsgericht (half the judges are elected by the Bundestag and half by the Bundesrat)

Ghana Supreme Court

Gibraltar Supreme Court; Court of Appeal

Greece Supreme Judicial Court; Special Supreme Tribunal; all judges are appointed for life by the president after consultation with a judicial council

Greenland High Court or Landsret (appeals can be made to the Ostre Landsret or Eastern Division of the High Court or Supreme Court in Copenhagen)

Grenada Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, consisting of a court of Appeal and a High Court of Justice (two High Court judges are assigned to and reside in Grenada); Itinerant Court of Appeal three judges; member of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)

Guam Federal District Court (judge is appointed by the president); Territorial Superior Court (judges appointed for eight-year terms by the governor)

Guatemala Constitutional Court or Corte de Constitucionalidad is Guatemala's highest court (five judges are elected for concurrent five-year terms); Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (13 members serve concurrent five-year terms and elect a president of the Court each year from among their number; the president of the Supreme Court of Justice also supervises trial judges around the country, who are named to five-year terms)

Guernsey Royal Court (judges elected by an electoral college and the bailiff)

Guinea Court of First Instance or Tribunal de Premiere Instance; Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

Guinea-Bissau Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal da Justica (consists of nine justices appointed by the president and serve at his pleasure; final court of appeals in criminal and civil cases); Regional Courts (one in each of nine regions; first court of appeals for Sectoral Court decisions; hear all felony cases and civil cases valued at more than $1,000); 24 Sectoral Courts (judges are not necessarily trained lawyers; they hear civil cases valued at less than $1,000 and misdemeanor criminal cases)

Guyana Supreme Court of Judicature, consisting of the High Court and the Court of Appeal, with right of final appeal to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)

Haiti Supreme Court or Cour de Cassation

Holy See (Vatican City) there are three tribunals responsible for civil and criminal matters within Vatican City; three other tribunals rule on issues pertaining to the Holy See note: judicial duties were established by the Motu Proprio of Pope PIUS XII on 1 May 1946

Honduras Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (15 judges are elected for seven-year terms by the National Congress)

Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Hungary Constitutional Court (judges are elected by the National Assembly for nine-year terms)

Iceland Supreme Court or Haestirettur (justices are appointed for life by the Minister of Justice); eight district courts (justices are appointed for life by the Minister of Justice)

India Supreme Court (one chief justice and 25 associate justices are appointed by the president and remain in office until they reach the age of 65 or are removed for "proved misbehavior")

Indonesia Supreme Court or Mahkamah Agung is the final court of appeal but does not have the power of judicial review (justices are appointed by the president from a list of candidates selected by the legislature); in March 2004 the Supreme Court assumed administrative and financial responsibility for the lower court system from the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights; Constitutional Court or Mahkamah Konstitusi (invested by the president on 16 August 2003) has the power of judicial review, jurisdiction over the results of a general election, and reviews actions to dismiss a president from office; Labor Court under supervision of Supreme Court began functioning in January 2006; the Anti-Corruption Court has jurisdiction over corruption cases brought by the independent Corruption Eradication Commission; in 2006, the Constitutional Court declared the mechanism by which the Anti-Corruption Court was established unconstitutional and gave the parliament until the end of 2009 to pass Anti-Corruption Court legislation

Iran The Supreme Court (Qeveh Qazaieh) and the four-member High Council of the Judiciary have a single head and overlapping responsibilities; together they supervise the enforcement of all laws and establish judicial and legal policies; lower courts include a special clerical court, a revolutionary court, and a special administrative court

Iraq the Iraq Constitution calls for the federal judicial power to be comprised of the Higher Judicial Council, Federal Supreme Court, Federal Court of Cassation, Public Prosecution Department, Judiciary Oversight Commission and other federal courts that are regulated in accordance with the law

Ireland Supreme Court (judges appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister and cabinet)

Isle of Man High Court of Justice (justices are appointed by the Lord Chancellor of England on the nomination of the lieutenant governor)

Israel Supreme Court (justices appointed by Judicial Selection Committee - made up of all three branches of the government; mandatory retirement age is 70)

Italy Constitutional Court or Corte Costituzionale (composed of 15 judges: one-third appointed by the president, one-third elected by parliament, one-third elected by the ordinary and administrative Supreme Courts)

Jamaica Supreme Court (judges appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister); Court of Appeal; Privy Council in UK; member of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)

Japan Supreme Court (chief justice is appointed by the monarch after designation by the cabinet; all other justices are appointed by the cabinet)

Jersey Royal Court (judges elected by an electoral college and the bailiff)

Jordan Court of Cassation (Supreme Court)

Kazakhstan Supreme Court (44 members); Constitutional Council (seven members)

Kenya Court of Appeal (chief justice is appointed by the president); High Court

Kiribati Court of Appeal; High Court; 26 Magistrates' courts; judges at all levels are appointed by the president

Korea, North Central Court (judges are elected by the Supreme People's Assembly)

Korea, South Supreme Court (justices appointed by the president with consent of National Assembly); Constitutional Court (justices appointed by the president based partly on nominations by National Assembly and Chief Justice of the court)

Kosovo Supreme Court; district courts; municipal courts note: the Kosovo Constitution dictates that the Supreme Court of Kosovo is the highest judicial authority, and provides for a Kosovo Judicial Council (KJC) that proposes to the president candidates for appointment or reappointment as judges and prosecutors; the KJC is also responsible for decisions on the promotion and transfer of judges and disciplinary proceedings against judges; at least 15 percent of Supreme Court and district court judges shall be from non-majority communities

Kuwait High Court of Appeal

Kyrgyzstan Supreme Court; Constitutional Court (judges of both the Supreme and Constitutional Courts are appointed for 10-year terms by the Jorgorku Kengesh on the recommendation of the president; their mandatory retirement age is 70 years); Higher Court of Arbitration; Local Courts (judges appointed by the president on the recommendation of the National Council on Legal Affairs for a probationary period of five years, then 10 years)

Laos People's Supreme Court (the president of the People's Supreme Court is elected by the National Assembly on the recommendation of the National Assembly Standing Committee; the vice president of the People's Supreme Court and the judges are appointed by the National Assembly Standing Committee)

Latvia Supreme Court (judges' appointments are confirmed by parliament); Constitutional Court (judges' appointments are confirmed by parliament)

Lebanon four Courts of Cassation (three courts for civil and commercial cases and one court for criminal cases); Constitutional Council (called for in Ta'if Accord - rules on constitutionality of laws); Supreme Council (hears charges against the president and prime minister as needed)

Lesotho High Court (chief justice appointed by the monarch acting on the advice of the prime minister); Court of Appeal; Magistrate Courts; customary or traditional court

Liberia Supreme Court

Libya Supreme Court

Liechtenstein Supreme Court or Oberster Gerichtshof; Court of Appeal or Obergericht

Lithuania Constitutional Court; Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; judges for all courts appointed by the president

Luxembourg judicial courts and tribunals (three Justices of the Peace, two district courts, and one Supreme Court of Appeals); administrative courts and tribunals (State Prosecutor's Office, administrative courts and tribunals, and the Constitutional Court); judges for all courts are appointed for life by the monarch

Macau Court of Final Appeal in Macau Special Administrative Region

Macedonia Supreme Court; Constitutional Court; Republican Judicial Council note: the Assembly appoints the judges

Madagascar Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; High Constitutional Court or Haute Cour Constitutionnelle

Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal; High Court (chief justice appointed by the president, puisne judges appointed on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission); magistrate's courts

Malaysia Civil Courts include Federal Court, Court of Appeal, High Court of Malaya on peninsula Malaysia, and High Court of Sabah and Sarawak in states of Borneo (judges are appointed by the king on the advice of the prime minister); Sharia Courts include Sharia Appeal Court, Sharia High Court, and Sharia Subordinate Courts at state-level and deal with religious and family matters such as custody, divorce, and inheritance only for Muslims; decisions of Sharia courts cannot be appealed to civil courts

Maldives Supreme Court; Supreme Court judges are appointed by the president with approval of voting members of the People's Council; High Court; Trial Courts; all lower court judges are appointed by the Judicial Service Commission

Mali Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

Malta Constitutional Court; Court of Appeal; judges for both courts are appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister

Marshall Islands Supreme Court; High Court; Traditional Rights Court

Mauritania Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; Court of Appeals; lower courts

Mauritius Supreme Court

Mayotte Supreme Court or Tribunal Superieur d'Appel

Mexico Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nacion (justices or ministros are appointed by the president with consent of the Senate)

Micronesia, Federated States of Supreme Court

Moldova Supreme Court; Constitutional Court (the sole authority for constitutional judicature)

Monaco Supreme Court or Tribunal Supreme (judges appointed by the monarch on the basis of nominations by the National Council)

Mongolia Supreme Court (serves as appeals court for people's and provincial courts but rarely overturns verdicts of lower courts; judges are nominated by the General Council of Courts and approved by the president)

Montenegro Constitutional Court (five judges with nine-year terms); Supreme Court (judges have life tenure)

Montserrat Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based in Saint Lucia, one judge of the Supreme Court is a resident of the islands and presides over the High Court)

Morocco Supreme Court (judges are appointed on the recommendation of the Supreme Council of the Judiciary, presided over by the monarch)

Mozambique Supreme Court (the court of final appeal; some of its professional judges are appointed by the president, and some are elected by the Assembly); other courts include an Administrative Court, Constitutional Court, customs courts, maritime courts, courts marshal, labor courts

Namibia Supreme Court (judges appointed by the president on the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission)

Nauru Supreme Court

Nepal Supreme Court or Sarbochha Adalat (the president appoints the chief justice is appointed by the monarch on recommendation of the Constitutional Council; the chief justice appoints other judges on the recommendation of the Judicial Council)

Netherlands Supreme Court or Hoge Raad (justices are nominated for life by the monarch)

Netherlands Antilles Joint High Court of Justice (judges appointed by the monarch)

New Caledonia Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; County Courts; Joint Commerce Tribunal Court; Children's Court

New Zealand Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; High Court; note - judges appointed by the governor general

Nicaragua Supreme Court or Corte Suprema de Justicia (16 judges elected for five-year terms by the National Assembly)

Niger State Court or Cour d'Etat; Court of Appeals or Cour d'Appel

Nigeria Supreme Court (judges recommended by the National Judicial Council and appointed by the president); Federal Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the federal government from a pool of judges recommended by the National Judicial Council)

Niue Supreme Court of New Zealand; High Court of Niue

Norfolk Island Supreme Court; Court of Petty Sessions

Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Supreme Court; Superior Court; Federal District Court

Norway Supreme Court or Hoyesterett (justices appointed by the monarch)

Oman Supreme Court note: the nascent civil court system, administered by region, has judges who practice secular and Sharia law

Pakistan Supreme Court (justices appointed by the president); Federal Islamic or Sharia Court

Palau Supreme Court; Court of Common Pleas; Land Court

Panama Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (nine judges appointed for 10-year terms); five superior courts; three courts of appeal

Papua New Guinea Supreme Court (the chief justice is appointed by the governor general on the proposal of the National Executive Council after consultation with the minister responsible for justice; other judges are appointed by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission)

Paraguay Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (nine judges appointed on the proposal of the Council of Magistrates or Consejo de la Magistratura)

Peru Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (judges are appointed by the National Council of the Judiciary)

Philippines Supreme Court (15 justices are appointed by the president on the recommendation of the Judicial and Bar Council and serve until 70 years of age); Court of Appeals; Sandigan-bayan (special court for hearing corruption cases of government officials)

Pitcairn Islands Magistrate's Court; Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; judicial officers are appointed by the governor

Poland Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president on the recommendation of the National Council of the Judiciary for an indefinite period); Constitutional Tribunal (judges are chosen by the Sejm for nine-year terms)

Portugal Supreme Court (Supremo Tribunal de Justica); judges appointed for life by the Conselho Superior da Magistratura

Puerto Rico Supreme Court; Appellate Court; Court of First Instance composed of two sections: a Superior Court and a Municipal Court (justices for all these courts appointed by the governor with the consent of the Senate)

Qatar Courts of First Instance, Appeal, and Cassation; an Administrative Court and a Constitutional Court were established in 2007; note - all judges are appointed by Amiri Decree based on the recommendation of the Supreme Judiciary Council for renewable three-year terms

Romania Supreme Court of Justice (comprised of 11 judges appointed for three-year terms by the president in consultation with the Superior Council of Magistrates, which is comprised of the minister of justice, the prosecutor general, two civil society representatives appointed by the Senate, and 14 judges and prosecutors elected by their peers); a separate body, the Constitutional Court, validates elections and makes decisions regarding the constitutionality of laws, treaties, ordinances, and internal rules of the Parliament; it is comprised of nine members serving nine-year terms, with three members each appointed by the president, the Senate, and the Chamber of Deputies

Russia Constitutional Court; Supreme Court; Supreme Arbitration Court; judges for all courts are appointed for life by the Federation Council on the recommendation of the president

Rwanda Supreme Court; High Courts of the Republic; Provincial Courts; District Courts; mediation committees

Saint Helena Magistrate's Court; Supreme Court; Court of Appeal

Saint Kitts and Nevis Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (consisting of a Court of Appeal and a High Court; based on Saint Lucia; two judges of the Supreme Court reside in Saint Kitts and Nevis); member of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)

Saint Lucia Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (consists of a High Court and a Court of Appeals; based on Saint Lucia; three judges of the Supreme Court reside in Saint Lucia); member of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon Superior Tribunal of Appeals or Tribunal Superieur d'Appel

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (consisting of a High Court and Court of Appeals; based on Saint Lucia; two judges of the Supreme Court reside in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

Samoa Court of Appeal; Supreme Court; District Court; Land and Titles Court

San Marino Council of Twelve or Consiglio dei XII

Sao Tome and Principe Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the National Assembly)

Saudi Arabia Supreme Council of Justice

Senegal Constitutional Court; Council of State; Court of Final Appeals or Cour de Cassation; Court of Appeals

Serbia Constitutional Court, Supreme Court (to become court of cassation under new constitution), appellate courts, district courts, municipal courts

Seychelles Court of Appeal; Supreme Court; judges for both courts are appointed by the president

Sierra Leone Supreme Court; Appeals Court; High Court

Singapore Supreme Court (chief justice is appointed by the president with the advice of the prime minister, other judges are appointed by the president with the advice of the chief justice); Court of Appeals

Slovakia Supreme Court (judges are elected by the National Council); Constitutional Court (judges appointed by president from group of nominees approved by the National Council); Special Court (judges elected by a council of judges and appointed by president)

Slovenia Supreme Court (judges are elected by the National Assembly on the recommendation of the Judicial Council); Constitutional Court (judges elected for nine-year terms by the National Assembly and nominated by the president)

Solomon Islands Court of Appeal

Somalia following the breakdown of the central government, most regions have reverted to local forms of conflict resolution, either secular, traditional Somali customary law, or Sharia (Islamic) law with a provision for appeal of all sentences

South Africa Constitutional Court; Supreme Court of Appeals; High Courts; Magistrate Courts

Spain Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo

Sri Lanka Supreme Court; Court of Appeals; judges for both courts are appointed by the president

Sudan Constitutional Court of nine justices; National Supreme Court; National Courts of Appeal; other national courts; National Judicial Service Commission will undertake overall management of the National Judiciary

Suriname Cantonal Courts and a Court of Justice as an appellate court (justices are nominated for life); member of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)

Swaziland High Court; Supreme Court; judges for both courts are appointed by the monarch

Sweden Supreme Court or Hogsta Domstolen (judges are appointed by the prime minister and the cabinet)

Switzerland Federal Supreme Court (judges elected for six-year terms by the Federal Assembly)

Syria Supreme Judicial Council (appoints and dismisses judges; headed by the president); national level - Supreme Constitutional Court (adjudicates electoral disputes and rules on constitutionality of laws and decrees; justices appointed for four-year terms by the president); Court of Cassation; Appeals Courts (Appeals Courts represent an intermediate level between the Court of Cassation and local level courts); local level - Magistrate Courts; Courts of First Instance; Juvenile Courts; Customs Courts; specialized courts - Economic Security Courts (hear cases related to economic crimes); Supreme State Security Court (hear cases related to national security); Personal Status Courts (religious; hear cases related to marriage and divorce)

Taiwan Judicial Yuan (justices appointed by the president with consent of the Legislative Yuan)

Tajikistan Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president)

Tanzania Permanent Commission of Enquiry (official ombudsman); Court of Appeal (consists of a chief justice and four judges); High Court (consists of a Jaji Kiongozi and 29 judges appointed by the president; holds regular sessions in all regions); District Courts; Primary Courts (limited jurisdiction and appeals can be made to the higher courts)

Thailand Supreme Court or Sandika (judges appointed by the monarch)

Timor-Leste Supreme Court of Justice - constitution calls for one judge to be appointed by National Parliament and rest appointed by Superior Council for Judiciary; note - until Supreme Court is established, Court of Appeals is highest court

Togo Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

Tokelau Supreme Court in New Zealand exercises civil and criminal jurisdiction in Tokelau

Tonga Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the monarch); Court of Appeal (Chief Justice and high court justices from overseas chosen and approved by Privy Council)

Trinidad and Tobago Supreme Court of Judicature (comprised of the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeals; the chief justice is appointed by the president after consultation with the prime minister and the leader of the opposition; other justices are appointed by the president on the advice of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission); the highest court of appeal is the Privy Council in London; member of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)

Tunisia Court of Cassation or Cour de Cassation

Turkey Constitutional Court; High Court of Appeals (Yargitay); Council of State (Danistay); Court of Accounts (Sayistay); Military High Court of Appeals; Military High Administrative Court

Turkmenistan Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president)

Turks and Caicos Islands Supreme Court; Court of Appeal

Tuvalu High Court (a chief justice visits twice a year to preside over its sessions; its rulings can be appealed to the Court of Appeal in Fiji); eight Island Courts (with limited jurisdiction)

Uganda Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the president and approved by the legislature); High Court (judges are appointed by the president)

Ukraine Supreme Court; Constitutional Court

United Arab Emirates Union Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president)

United Kingdom House of Lords (highest court of appeal; several Lords of Appeal in Ordinary are appointed by the monarch for life); Supreme Courts of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland (comprising the Courts of Appeal, the High Courts of Justice, and the Crown Courts); Scotland's Court of Session and Court of the Justiciary

United States Supreme Court (nine justices; nominated by the president and confirmed with the advice and consent of the Senate; appointed to serve for life); United States Courts of Appeal; United States District Courts; State and County Courts

Uruguay Supreme Court (judges are nominated by the president and elected for 10-year terms by the General Assembly)

Uzbekistan Supreme Court (judges are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Supreme Assembly)

Vanuatu Supreme Court (chief justice is appointed by the president after consultation with the prime minister and the leader of the opposition, three other justices are appointed by the president on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission)

Venezuela Supreme Tribunal of Justice or Tribuna Suprema de Justicia (magistrates are elected by the National Assembly for a single 12-year term)

Vietnam Supreme People's Court (chief justice is elected for a five-year term by the National Assembly on the recommendation of the president)

Virgin Islands US District Court of the Virgin Islands (under Third Circuit jurisdiction); Superior Court of the Virgin Islands (judges appointed by the governor for 10-year terms)

Wallis and Futuna justice generally administered under French law by the high administrator, but the three traditional kings administer customary law and there is a magistrate in Mata-Utu; a court of appeal is located in Noumea, New Caledonia

Yemen Supreme Court

Zambia Supreme Court (the final court of appeal; justices are appointed by the president); High Court (has unlimited jurisdiction to hear civil and criminal cases)

Zimbabwe Supreme Court; High Court

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Field Listing :: Labor force

This entry contains the total labor force figure. Country Comparison to the World Country

Labor force

Afghanistan 15 million (2004 est.)

Albania 1.103 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (2007 est.)

Algeria 9.464 million (2008 est.)

American Samoa 17,630 (2005)

Andorra 42,230 (2007)

Angola 7.569 million (2008 est.)

Anguilla 6,049 (2001)

Antigua and Barbuda 30,000 (1991)

Argentina 16.27 million note: urban areas only (2008 est.)

Armenia 1.481 million (2007 est.)

Aruba 41,500 (2004 est.)

Australia 11.25 million (2008 est.)

Austria 3.633 million (2008 est.)

Azerbaijan 5.782 million (2008 est.)

Bahamas, The 175,500 (2007)

Bahrain 557,000 note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2008 est.)

Bangladesh 70.86 million note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $4.8 billion in 2005-06. (2008 est.)

Barbados 175,000 (2007 est.)

Belarus 4.869 million (2007)

Belgium 4.99 million (2008)

Belize 122,300 note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2008 est.)

Benin 3.662 million (2007 est.)

Bermuda 38,360 (2004)

Bhutan NA note: major shortage of skilled labor

Bolivia 4.454 million (2008 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.863 million (2007)

Botswana 685,300 formal sector employees (2007)

Brazil 93.65 million (2008 est.)

British Virgin Islands 12,770 (2004)

Brunei 188,800 (2008 est.)

Bulgaria 2.67 million (2008 est.)

Burkina Faso 6.668 million note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2007)

Burma 30.04 million (2008 est.)

Burundi 4.245 million (2007)

Cambodia 8.6 million (2008 est.)

Cameroon 6.759 million (2008 est.)

Canada 18.22 million (2008 est.)

Cape Verde 196,100 (2007)

Cayman Islands 23,450 (2004)

Central African Republic 1.926 million (2007)

Chad 4.293 million (2007)

Chile 7.267 million (2008 est.)

China 807.3 million (2008 est.)

Christmas Island NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA

Colombia 21.3 million (2008 est.)

Comoros 268,500 (2007 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the 23.53 million (2007 est.)

Congo, Republic of the NA

Cook Islands 6,820 (2001)

Costa Rica 2.06 million note: this official estimate excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica (2008 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire 7.346 million (68% agricultural) (2008 est.)

Croatia 1.731 million (2008 est.)

Cuba 4.962 million note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2008 est.)

Cyprus 397,000 (2008 est.)

Czech Republic 5.36 million (2008 est.)

Denmark 2.88 million (2008 est.)

Djibouti 351,700 (2007)

Dominica 25,000 (2000 est.)

Dominican Republic 4.119 million (2008 est.)

Ecuador 4.64 million (urban) (2008 est.)

Egypt 24.6 million (2008 est.)

El Salvador 2.947 million (2008 est.)

Equatorial Guinea NA

Eritrea NA

Estonia 693,000 (2008 est.)

Ethiopia 37.9 million (2007)

European Union 224.4 million (2008 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,724 (est.) (1996)

Faroe Islands 24,250 (October 2000)

Fiji 335,000 (2007 est.)

Finland 2.703 million (2008 est.)

France 27.97 million (2008 est.)

French Polynesia 116,000 (2007)

Gabon 581,000 (2008 est.)

Gambia, The 777,100 (2007)

Gaza Strip 267,000 (2006)

Georgia 2.317 million (2007 est.)

Germany 43.6 million (2008 est.)

Ghana 10.12 million (2008 est.)

Gibraltar 12,690 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (2001)

Greece 4.96 million (2008 est.)

Greenland 32,120 (2004)

Grenada 42,300 (1996)

Guam 82,950 (2007 est.)

Guatemala 4.056 million (2008 est.)

Guernsey 31,470 (March 2006)

Guinea 4.392 million (2007 est.)

Guinea-Bissau 632,700 (2007)

Guyana 333,900 (2007 est.)

Haiti 3.643 million note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (2007)

Holy See (Vatican City) NA

Honduras 2.991 million (2008 est.)

Hong Kong 3.66 million (2008 est.)

Hungary 4.2 million (2008 est.)

Iceland 184,000 (2008 est.)

India 523.5 million (2008 est.)

Indonesia 112 million (2008 est.)

Iran 24.35 million note: shortage of skilled labor (2008 est.)

Iraq 7.74 million (2008 est.)

Ireland 2.241 million (2008 est.)

Isle of Man 39,690 (2001)

Israel 2.957 million (2008 est.)

Italy 25.11 million (2008 est.)

Jamaica 1.304 million (2008 est.)

Japan 66.5 million (2008 est.)

Jersey 53,560 (June 2006)

Jordan 1.615 million (2008 est.)

Kazakhstan 8.412 million (2008 est.)

Kenya 17.37 million (2007 est.)

Kiribati 7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001 est.)

Korea, North 20 million note: estimates vary widely (2004 est.)

Korea, South 24.35 million (2008 est.)

Kosovo 550,000 (2007 est.)

Kuwait 2.088 million note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 60% of the labor force (2008 est.)

Kyrgyzstan 2.344 million (2007)

Laos 2.1 million (2006 est.)

Latvia 1.193 million (2008 est.)

Lebanon 1.481 million note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2007 est.)

Lesotho 854,600 (2007 est.)

Libya 1.64 million (2008 est.)

Liechtenstein 32,440 of whom 13,900 commute from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (2007)

Lithuania 1.614 million (2008 est.)

Luxembourg 206,000 of whom 125,400 are foreign cross-border workers commuting primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2008 est.)

Macau 337,400 (2008 est.)

Macedonia 925,000 (2008 est.)

Madagascar 9.504 million (2007)

Malawi 5.747 million (2007 est.)

Malaysia 11.09 million (2008 est.)

Maldives 136,100 (2007)

Mali 3.241 million (2007 est.)

Malta 173,000 (2008)

Marshall Islands 14,680 (2000)

Mauritania 1.318 million (2007)

Mauritius 584,000 (2008 est.)

Mayotte 44,560 (2002)

Mexico 45.32 million (2008 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of 16,360 (2008)

Moldova 1.327 million (2008 est.)

Monaco 44,000 note: includes workers from all foreign countries (2005 est.)

Mongolia 1.068 million (2008)

Montenegro 259,100 (2004)

Montserrat NA

Morocco 11.29 million (2008 est.)

Mozambique 9.65 million (2008 est.)

Namibia 686,000 (2008 est.)

Nepal 14.6 million note: severe lack of skilled labor (2008 est.)

Netherlands 7.715 million (2008 est.)

Netherlands Antilles 91,470 (2007)

New Caledonia 102,600 (2007)

New Zealand 2.25 million (2008 est.)

Nicaragua 2.322 million (2008 est.)

Niger 4.688 million (2007)

Nigeria 51.04 million (2008 est.)

Niue 663 (2001)

Norfolk Island NA

Northern Mariana Islands 38,450 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers (2005 est.)

Norway 2.591 million (2008 est.)

Oman 968,800 note: about 60% of the labor force is non-national (2007)

Pakistan 50.58 million note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2008 est.)

Palau 9,777 (2005)

Panama 1.392 million note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2008 est.)

Papua New Guinea 3.639 million (2008 est.)

Paraguay 2.839 million (2008 est.)

Peru 10.2 million (2008 est.)

Philippines 36.81 million (2008 est.)

Pitcairn Islands 15 able-bodied men (2004)

Poland 17.01 million (2008 est.)

Portugal 5.625 million (2008 est.)

Puerto Rico 1.479 million (2007)

Qatar 1.119 million (2008 est.)

Romania 9.32 million (2008 est.)

Russia 75.7 million (2008 est.)

Rwanda 4.446 million (2007)

Saint Helena 2,486 note: 1,200 work offshore (1998 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis 18,170 (June 1995)

Saint Lucia 79,700 (2007)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3,450 (2005)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 57,520 (2007 est.)

Samoa 66,270 (2007 est.)

San Marino 22,660 (2008)

Sao Tome and Principe 52,490 (2007)

Saudi Arabia 6.74 million note: about 80% of the labor force is non-national (2008 est.)

Senegal 4.973 million (2008 est.)

Serbia 2.961 million (2002 est.)

Seychelles 39,560 (2006)

Sierra Leone 2.207 million (2007 est.)

Singapore 2.94 million (2008 est.)

Slovakia 2.254 million (2008 est.)

Slovenia 940,000 (2008 est.)

Solomon Islands 202,500 (2007)

Somalia 3.447 million (few skilled laborers) (2007)

South Africa 17.79 million economically active (2008 est.)

Spain 22.85 million (2008 est.)

Sri Lanka 7.569 million note: excludes northern and eastern provinces (2008 est.)

Sudan 11.92 million (2007 est.)

Suriname 165,600 (2007)

Svalbard NA

Swaziland 457,900 (2007)

Sweden 4.897 million (2008 est.)

Switzerland 4.053 million (2008 est.)

Syria 5.593 million (2008 est.)

Taiwan 10.85 million (2008 est.)

Tajikistan 2.1 million (2008)

Tanzania 21.06 million (2008 est.)

Thailand 37.78 million (2008 est.)

Timor-Leste NA

Togo 2.595 million (2007)

Tokelau 440 (2001)

Tonga 39,960 (2007)

Trinidad and Tobago 620,800 (2008 est.)

Tunisia 3.66 million (2008 est.)

Turkey 24.06 million note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2008 est.)

Turkmenistan 13.51 million (2007 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands 4,848 (1990 est.)

Tuvalu 3,615 (2004 est.)

Uganda 14.54 million (2008 est.)

Ukraine 21.57 million (2008 est.)

United Arab Emirates 3.266 million note: expatriates account for about 85% of the work force (2008 est.)

United Kingdom 31.23 million (2008 est.)

United States 154.3 million (includes unemployed) (2008 est.)

Uruguay 1.641 million (2008 est.)

Uzbekistan 15.37 million (2008 est.)

Vanuatu 115,900 (2007)

Venezuela 12.59 million (2008 est.)

Vietnam 47.41 million (2008 est.)

Virgin Islands 49,820 (2007 est.)

Wallis and Futuna 3,104 (2003)

West Bank 605,000 (2006)

Western Sahara 12,000 (2005 est.)

World 3.232 billion (2008 est.)

Yemen 6.454 million (2008 est.)

Zambia 5.235 million (2008 est.)

Zimbabwe 4.039 million (2008 est.)

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Field Listing :: Land boundaries

This entry contains the total length of all land boundaries and the individual lengths for each of the contiguous border countries. When available, official lengths published by national statistical agencies are used. Because surveying methods may differ, country border lengths reported by contiguous countries may differ. Country

Land boundaries(km)

Afghanistan total: 5,529 km border countries: China 76 km, Iran 936 km, Pakistan 2,430 km, Tajikistan 1,206 km, Turkmenistan 744 km, Uzbekistan 137 km

Akrotiri total: 47.4 km border countries: Cyprus 47.4 km

Albania total: 717 km border countries: Greece 282 km, Macedonia 151 km, Montenegro 172 km, Kosovo 112 km

Algeria total: 6,343 km border countries: Libya 982 km, Mali 1,376 km, Mauritania 463 km, Morocco 1,559 km, Niger 956 km, Tunisia 965 km, Western Sahara 42 km

American Samoa 0 km

Andorra total: 120.3 km border countries: France 56.6 km, Spain 63.7 km

Angola total: 5,198 km border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,511 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of discontiguous Cabinda Province), Republic of the Congo 201 km, Namibia 1,376 km, Zambia 1,110 km

Anguilla 0 km

Antarctica 0 km note: see entry on Disputes - international

Antigua and Barbuda 0 km

Argentina total: 9,861 km border countries: Bolivia 832 km, Brazil 1,261 km, Chile 5,308 km, Paraguay 1,880 km, Uruguay 580 km

Armenia total: 1,254 km border countries: Azerbaijan-proper 566 km, Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave 221 km, Georgia 164 km, Iran 35 km, Turkey 268 km

Aruba 0 km

Ashmore and Cartier Islands 0 km

Australia 0 km

Austria total: 2,562 km border countries: Czech Republic 362 km, Germany 784 km, Hungary 366 km, Italy 430 km, Liechtenstein 35 km, Slovakia 91 km, Slovenia 330 km, Switzerland 164 km

Azerbaijan total: 2,013 km border countries: Armenia (with Azerbaijan-proper) 566 km, Armenia (with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave) 221 km, Georgia 322 km, Iran (with Azerbaijan-proper) 432 km, Iran (with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave) 179 km, Russia 284 km, Turkey 9 km

Bahamas, The 0 km

Bahrain 0 km

Bangladesh total: 4,246 km border countries: Burma 193 km, India 4,053 km

Barbados 0 km

Belarus total: 3,306 km border countries: Latvia 171 km, Lithuania 680 km, Poland 605 km, Russia 959 km, Ukraine 891 km

Belgium total: 1,385 km border countries: France 620 km, Germany 167 km, Luxembourg 148 km, Netherlands 450 km

Belize total: 516 km border countries: Guatemala 266 km, Mexico 250 km

Benin total: 1,989 km border countries: Burkina Faso 306 km, Niger 266 km, Nigeria 773 km, Togo 644 km

Bermuda 0 km

Bhutan total: 1,075 km border countries: China 470 km, India 605 km

Bolivia total: 6,940 km border countries: Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,423 km, Chile 860 km, Paraguay 750 km, Peru 1,075 km

Bosnia and Herzegovina total: 1,538 km border countries: Croatia 932 km, Montenegro 249 km, Serbia 357 km

Botswana total: 4,013 km border countries: Namibia 1,360 km, South Africa 1,840 km, Zimbabwe 813 km

Bouvet Island 0 km

Brazil total: 16,885 km border countries: Argentina 1,261 km, Bolivia 3,423 km, Colombia 1,644 km, French Guiana 730 km, Guyana 1,606 km, Paraguay 1,365 km, Peru 2,995 km, Suriname 593 km, Uruguay 1,068 km, Venezuela 2,200 km

British Indian Ocean Territory 0 km

British Virgin Islands 0 km

Brunei total: 381 km border countries: Malaysia 381 km

Bulgaria total: 1,808 km border countries: Greece 494 km, Macedonia 148 km, Romania 608 km, Serbia 318 km, Turkey 240 km

Burkina Faso total: 3,193 km border countries: Benin 306 km, Cote d'Ivoire 584 km, Ghana 549 km, Mali 1,000 km, Niger 628 km, Togo 126 km

Burma total: 5,876 km border countries: Bangladesh 193 km, China 2,185 km, India 1,463 km, Laos 235 km, Thailand 1,800 km

Burundi total: 974 km border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 233 km, Rwanda 290 km, Tanzania 451 km

Cambodia total: 2,572 km border countries: Laos 541 km, Thailand 803 km, Vietnam 1,228 km

Cameroon total: 4,591 km border countries: Central African Republic 797 km, Chad 1,094 km, Republic of the Congo 523 km, Equatorial Guinea 189 km, Gabon 298 km, Nigeria 1,690 km

Canada total: 8,893 km border countries: US 8,893 km (includes 2,477 km with Alaska)

Cape Verde 0 km

Cayman Islands 0 km

Central African Republic total: 5,203 km border countries: Cameroon 797 km, Chad 1,197 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,577 km, Republic of the Congo 467 km, Sudan 1,165 km

Chad total: 5,968 km border countries: Cameroon 1,094 km, Central African Republic 1,197 km, Libya 1,055 km, Niger 1,175 km, Nigeria 87 km, Sudan 1,360 km

Chile total: 6,339 km border countries: Argentina 5,308 km, Bolivia 860 km, Peru 171 km

China total: 22,117 km border countries: Afghanistan 76 km, Bhutan 470 km, Burma 2,185 km, India 3,380 km, Kazakhstan 1,533 km, North Korea 1,416 km, Kyrgyzstan 858 km, Laos 423 km, Mongolia 4,677 km, Nepal 1,236 km, Pakistan 523 km, Russia (northeast) 3,605 km, Russia (northwest) 40 km, Tajikistan 414 km, Vietnam 1,281 km regional borders: Hong Kong 30 km, Macau 0.34 km

Christmas Island 0 km

Clipperton Island 0 km

Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0 km

Colombia total: 6,309 km border countries: Brazil 1,644 km, Ecuador 590 km, Panama 225 km, Peru 1,800 km, Venezuela 2,050 km

Comoros 0 km

Congo, Democratic Republic of the total: 10,730 km border countries: Angola 2,511 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of Angola's discontiguous Cabinda Province), Burundi 233 km, Central African Republic 1,577 km, Republic of the Congo 2,410 km, Rwanda 217 km, Sudan 628 km, Tanzania 459 km, Uganda 765 km, Zambia 1,930 km

Congo, Republic of the total: 5,504 km border countries: Angola 201 km, Cameroon 523 km, Central African Republic 467 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,410 km, Gabon 1,903 km

Cook Islands 0 km

Coral Sea Islands 0 km

Costa Rica total: 639 km border countries: Nicaragua 309 km, Panama 330 km

Cote d'Ivoire total: 3,110 km border countries: Burkina Faso 584 km, Ghana 668 km, Guinea 610 km, Liberia 716 km, Mali 532 km

Croatia total: 1,982 km border countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina 932 km, Hungary 329 km, Serbia 241 km, Montenegro 25 km, Slovenia 455 km

Cuba total: 29 km border countries: US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay 29 km note: Guantanamo Naval Base is leased by the US and remains part of Cuba

Cyprus total: 150.4 km (approximately) border sovereign base areas: Akrotiri 47.4 km, Dhekelia 103 km (approximately)

Czech Republic total: 1,989 km border countries: Austria 362 km, Germany 815 km, Poland 615 km, Slovakia 197 km

Denmark total: 68 km border countries: Germany 68 km

Dhekelia total: 103 km (approximately) border countries: Cyprus 103 km (approximately)

Djibouti total: 516 km border countries: Eritrea 109 km, Ethiopia 349 km, Somalia 58 km

Dominica 0 km

Dominican Republic total: 360 km border countries: Haiti 360 km

Ecuador total: 2,010 km border countries: Colombia 590 km, Peru 1,420 km

Egypt total: 2,665 km border countries: Gaza Strip 11 km, Israel 266 km, Libya 1,115 km, Sudan 1,273 km

El Salvador total: 545 km border countries: Guatemala 203 km, Honduras 342 km

Equatorial Guinea total: 539 km border countries: Cameroon 189 km, Gabon 350 km

Eritrea total: 1,626 km border countries: Djibouti 109 km, Ethiopia 912 km, Sudan 605 km

Estonia total: 633 km border countries: Latvia 343 km, Russia 290 km

Ethiopia total: 5,328 km border countries: Djibouti 349 km, Eritrea 912 km, Kenya 861 km, Somalia 1,600 km, Sudan 1,606 km

European Union total: 12,440.8 km border countries: Albania 282 km, Andorra 120.3 km, Belarus 1,050 km, Croatia 999 km, Holy See 3.2 km, Liechtenstein 34.9 km, Macedonia 394 km, Moldova 450 km, Monaco 4.4 km, Norway 2,348 km, Russia 2,257 km, San Marino 39 km, Serbia 945 km, Switzerland 1,811 km, Turkey 446 km, Ukraine 1,257 km note: data for European Continent only

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0 km

Faroe Islands 0 km

Fiji 0 km

Finland total: 2,654 km border countries: Norway 727 km, Sweden 614 km, Russia 1,313 km

France metropolitan France - total: 2,889 km border countries: Andorra 56.6 km, Belgium 620 km, Germany 451 km, Italy 488 km, Luxembourg 73 km, Monaco 4.4 km, Spain 623 km, Switzerland 573 km French Guiana - total: 1,183 km border countries: Brazil 673 km, Suriname 510 km

French Polynesia 0 km

French Southern and Antarctic Lands 0 km

Gabon total: 2,551 km border countries: Cameroon 298 km, Republic of the Congo 1,903 km, Equatorial Guinea 350 km

Gambia, The total: 740 km border countries: Senegal 740 km

Gaza Strip total: 62 km border countries: Egypt 11 km, Israel 51 km

Georgia total: 1,461 km border countries: Armenia 164 km, Azerbaijan 322 km, Russia 723 km, Turkey 252 km

Germany total: 3,621 km border countries: Austria 784 km, Belgium 167 km, Czech Republic 646 km, Denmark 68 km, France 451 km, Luxembourg 138 km, Netherlands 577 km, Poland 456 km, Switzerland 334 km

Ghana total: 2,094 km border countries: Burkina Faso 549 km, Cote d'Ivoire 668 km, Togo 877 km

Gibraltar total: 1.2 km border countries: Spain 1.2 km

Greece total: 1,228 km border countries: Albania 282 km, Bulgaria 494 km, Turkey 206 km, Macedonia 246 km

Greenland 0 km

Grenada 0 km

Guam 0 km

Guatemala total: 1,687 km border countries: Belize 266 km, El Salvador 203 km, Honduras 256 km, Mexico 962 km

Guernsey 0 km

Guinea total: 3,399 km border countries: Cote d'Ivoire 610 km, Guinea-Bissau 386 km, Liberia 563 km, Mali 858 km, Senegal 330 km, Sierra Leone 652 km

Guinea-Bissau total: 724 km border countries: Guinea 386 km, Senegal 338 km

Guyana total: 2,949 km border countries: Brazil 1,606 km, Suriname 600 km, Venezuela 743 km

Haiti total: 360 km border countries: Dominican Republic 360 km

Heard Island and McDonald Islands 0 km

Holy See (Vatican City) total: 3.2 km border countries: Italy 3.2 km

Honduras total: 1,520 km border countries: Guatemala 256 km, El Salvador 342 km, Nicaragua 922 km

Hong Kong total: 30 km regional border: China 30 km

Hungary total: 2,185 km border countries: Austria 366 km, Croatia 329 km, Romania 443 km, Serbia 166 km, Slovakia 676 km, Slovenia 102 km, Ukraine 103 km

Iceland 0 km

India total: 14,103 km border countries: Bangladesh 4,053 km, Bhutan 605 km, Burma 1,463 km, China 3,380 km, Nepal 1,690 km, Pakistan 2,912 km

Indonesia total: 2,830 km border countries: Timor-Leste 228 km, Malaysia 1,782 km, Papua New Guinea 820 km

Iran total: 5,440 km border countries: Afghanistan 936 km, Armenia 35 km, Azerbaijan-proper 432 km, Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave 179 km, Iraq 1,458 km, Pakistan 909 km, Turkey 499 km, Turkmenistan 992 km

Iraq total: 3,650 km border countries: Iran 1,458 km, Jordan 181 km, Kuwait 240 km, Saudi Arabia 814 km, Syria 605 km, Turkey 352 km

Ireland total: 360 km border countries: UK 360 km

Isle of Man 0 km

Israel total: 1,017 km border countries: Egypt 266 km, Gaza Strip 51 km, Jordan 238 km, Lebanon 79 km, Syria 76 km, West Bank 307 km

Italy total: 1,899.2 km border countries: Austria 430 km, France 488 km, Holy See (Vatican City) 3.2 km, San Marino 39 km, Slovenia 199 km, Switzerland 740 km

Jamaica 0 km

Jan Mayen 0 km

Japan 0 km

Jersey 0 km

Jordan total: 1,635 km border countries: Iraq 181 km, Israel 238 km, Saudi Arabia 744 km, Syria 375 km, West Bank 97 km

Kazakhstan total: 12,185 km border countries: China 1,533 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,224 km, Russia 6,846 km, Turkmenistan 379 km, Uzbekistan 2,203 km

Kenya total: 3,477 km border countries: Ethiopia 861 km, Somalia 682 km, Sudan 232 km, Tanzania 769 km, Uganda 933 km

Kiribati 0 km

Korea, North total: 1,673 km border countries: China 1,416 km, South Korea 238 km, Russia 19 km

Korea, South total: 238 km border countries: North Korea 238 km

Kosovo total: 702 km border countries: Albania 112 km, Macedonia 159 km, Montenegro 79 km, Serbia 352 km

Kuwait total: 462 km border countries: Iraq 240 km, Saudi Arabia 222 km

Kyrgyzstan total: 3,051 km border countries: China 858 km, Kazakhstan 1,224 km, Tajikistan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,099 km

Laos total: 5,083 km border countries: Burma 235 km, Cambodia 541 km, China 423 km, Thailand 1,754 km, Vietnam 2,130 km

Latvia total: 1,382 km border countries: Belarus 171 km, Estonia 343 km, Lithuania 576 km, Russia 292 km

Lebanon total: 454 km border countries: Israel 79 km, Syria 375 km

Lesotho total: 909 km border countries: South Africa 909 km

Liberia total: 1,585 km border countries: Guinea 563 km, Cote d'Ivoire 716 km, Sierra Leone 306 km

Libya total: 4,348 km border countries: Algeria 982 km, Chad 1,055 km, Egypt 1,115 km, Niger 354 km, Sudan 383 km, Tunisia 459 km

Liechtenstein total: 76 km border countries: Austria 34.9 km, Switzerland 41.1 km

Lithuania total: 1,574 km border countries: Belarus 680 km, Latvia 576 km, Poland 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad) 227 km

Luxembourg total: 359 km border countries: Belgium 148 km, France 73 km, Germany 138 km

Macau total: 0.34 km regional border: China 0.34 km

Macedonia total: 766 km border countries: Albania 151 km, Bulgaria 148 km, Greece 246 km, Kosovo 159 km, Serbia 62 km

Madagascar 0 km

Malawi total: 2,881 km border countries: Mozambique 1,569 km, Tanzania 475 km, Zambia 837 km

Malaysia total: 2,669 km border countries: Brunei 381 km, Indonesia 1,782 km, Thailand 506 km

Maldives 0 km

Mali total: 7,243 km border countries: Algeria 1,376 km, Burkina Faso 1,000 km, Guinea 858 km, Cote d'Ivoire 532 km, Mauritania 2,237 km, Niger 821 km, Senegal 419 km

Malta 0 km

Marshall Islands 0 km

Mauritania total: 5,074 km border countries: Algeria 463 km, Mali 2,237 km, Senegal 813 km, Western Sahara 1,561 km

Mauritius 0 km

Mayotte 0 km

Mexico total: 4,353 km border countries: Belize 250 km, Guatemala 962 km, US 3,141 km

Micronesia, Federated States of 0 km

Moldova total: 1,390 km border countries: Romania 450 km, Ukraine 940 km

Monaco total: 4.4 km border countries: France 4.4 km

Mongolia total: 8,220 km border countries: China 4,677 km, Russia 3,543 km

Montenegro total: 625 km border countries: Albania 172 km, Bosnia and Herzegovina 225 km, Croatia 25 km, Kosovo 79 km, Serbia 124 km

Montserrat 0 km

Morocco total: 2,017.9 km border countries: Algeria 1,559 km, Western Sahara 443 km, Spain (Ceuta) 6.3 km, Spain (Melilla) 9.6 km

Mozambique total: 4,571 km border countries: Malawi 1,569 km, South Africa 491 km, Swaziland 105 km, Tanzania 756 km, Zambia 419 km, Zimbabwe 1,231 km

Namibia total: 3,936 km border countries: Angola 1,376 km, Botswana 1,360 km, South Africa 967 km, Zambia 233 km

Nauru 0 km

Navassa Island 0 km

Nepal total: 2,926 km border countries: China 1,236 km, India 1,690 km

Netherlands total: 1,027 km border countries: Belgium 450 km, Germany 577 km

Netherlands Antilles total: 15 km border countries: Saint Martin 15 km

New Caledonia 0 km

New Zealand 0 km

Nicaragua total: 1,231 km border countries: Costa Rica 309 km, Honduras 922 km

Niger total: 5,697 km border countries: Algeria 956 km, Benin 266 km, Burkina Faso 628 km, Chad 1,175 km, Libya 354 km, Mali 821 km, Nigeria 1,497 km

Nigeria total: 4,047 km border countries: Benin 773 km, Cameroon 1,690 km, Chad 87 km, Niger 1,497 km

Niue 0 km

Norfolk Island 0 km

Northern Mariana Islands 0 km

Norway total: 2,542 km border countries: Finland 727 km, Sweden 1,619 km, Russia 196 km

Oman total: 1,374 km border countries: Saudi Arabia 676 km, UAE 410 km, Yemen 288 km

Pakistan total: 6,774 km border countries: Afghanistan 2,430 km, China 523 km, India 2,912 km, Iran 909 km

Palau 0 km

Panama total: 555 km border countries: Colombia 225 km, Costa Rica 330 km

Papua New Guinea total: 820 km border countries: Indonesia 820 km

Paracel Islands 0 km

Paraguay total: 3,995 km border countries: Argentina 1,880 km, Bolivia 750 km, Brazil 1,365 km

Peru total: 7,461 km border countries: Bolivia 1,075 km, Brazil 2,995 km, Chile 171 km, Colombia 1,800 km, Ecuador 1,420 km

Philippines 0 km

Pitcairn Islands 0 km

Poland total: 3,047 km border countries: Belarus 605 km, Czech Republic 615 km, Germany 456 km, Lithuania 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) 432 km, Slovakia 420 km, Ukraine 428 km

Portugal total: 1,214 km border countries: Spain 1,214 km

Puerto Rico 0 km

Qatar total: 60 km border countries: Saudi Arabia 60 km

Romania total: 2,508 km border countries: Bulgaria 608 km, Hungary 443 km, Moldova 450 km, Serbia 476 km, Ukraine (north) 362 km, Ukraine (east) 169 km

Russia total: 20,241.5 km border countries: Azerbaijan 284 km, Belarus 959 km, China (southeast) 3,605 km, China (south) 40 km, Estonia 290 km, Finland 1,313 km, Georgia 723 km, Kazakhstan 6,846 km, North Korea 17.5 km, Latvia 292 km, Lithuania (Kaliningrad Oblast) 227 km, Mongolia 3,441 km, Norway 196 km, Poland (Kaliningrad Oblast) 432 km, Ukraine 1,576 km

Rwanda total: 893 km border countries: Burundi 290 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 217 km, Tanzania 217 km, Uganda 169 km

Saint Barthelemy 0 km

Saint Helena 0 km

Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 km

Saint Lucia 0 km

Saint Martin total: 15 km border countries: Netherlands Antilles (Sint Maarten) 15 km

Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 km

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 km

Samoa 0 km

San Marino total: 39 km border countries: Italy 39 km

Sao Tome and Principe 0 km

Saudi Arabia total: 4,431 km border countries: Iraq 814 km, Jordan 744 km, Kuwait 222 km, Oman 676 km, Qatar 60 km, UAE 457 km, Yemen 1,458 km

Senegal total: 2,640 km border countries: The Gambia 740 km, Guinea 330 km, Guinea-Bissau 338 km, Mali 419 km, Mauritania 813 km

Serbia total: 2,026 km border countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina 302 km, Bulgaria 318 km, Croatia 241 km, Hungary 151 km, Kosovo 352 km, Macedonia 62 km, Montenegro 124 km, Romania 476 km

Seychelles 0 km

Sierra Leone total: 958 km border countries: Guinea 652 km, Liberia 306 km

Singapore 0 km

Slovakia total: 1,474 km border countries: Austria 91 km, Czech Republic 197 km, Hungary 676 km, Poland 420 km, Ukraine 90 km

Slovenia total: 1,086 km border countries: Austria 330 km, Croatia 455 km, Hungary 102 km, Italy 199 km

Solomon Islands 0 km

Somalia total: 2,340 km border countries: Djibouti 58 km, Ethiopia 1,600 km, Kenya 682 km

South Africa total: 4,862 km border countries: Botswana 1,840 km, Lesotho 909 km, Mozambique 491 km, Namibia 967 km, Swaziland 430 km, Zimbabwe 225 km

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands 0 km

Spain total: 1,917.8 km border countries: Andorra 63.7 km, France 623 km, Gibraltar 1.2 km, Portugal 1,214 km, Morocco (Ceuta) 6.3 km, Morocco (Melilla) 9.6 km

Spratly Islands 0 km

Sri Lanka 0 km

Sudan total: 7,687 km border countries: Central African Republic 1,165 km, Chad 1,360 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 628 km, Egypt 1,273 km, Eritrea 605 km, Ethiopia 1,606 km, Kenya 232 km, Libya 383 km, Uganda 435 km

Suriname total: 1,703 km border countries: Brazil 593 km, French Guiana 510 km, Guyana 600 km

Svalbard 0 km

Swaziland total: 535 km border countries: Mozambique 105 km, South Africa 430 km

Sweden total: 2,233 km border countries: Finland 614 km, Norway 1,619 km

Switzerland total: 1,852 km border countries: Austria 164 km, France 573 km, Italy 740 km, Liechtenstein 41 km, Germany 334 km

Syria total: 2,253 km border countries: Iraq 605 km, Israel 76 km, Jordan 375 km, Lebanon 375 km, Turkey 822 km

Taiwan 0 km

Tajikistan total: 3,651 km border countries: Afghanistan 1,206 km, China 414 km, Kyrgyzstan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,161 km

Tanzania total: 3,861 km border countries: Burundi 451 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 459 km, Kenya 769 km, Malawi 475 km, Mozambique 756 km, Rwanda 217 km, Uganda 396 km, Zambia 338 km

Thailand total: 4,863 km border countries: Burma 1,800 km, Cambodia 803 km, Laos 1,754 km, Malaysia 506 km

Timor-Leste total: 228 km border countries: Indonesia 228 km

Togo total: 1,647 km border countries: Benin 644 km, Burkina Faso 126 km, Ghana 877 km

Tokelau 0 km

Tonga 0 km

Trinidad and Tobago 0 km

Tunisia total: 1,424 km border countries: Algeria 965 km, Libya 459 km

Turkey total: 2,648 km border countries: Armenia 268 km, Azerbaijan 9 km, Bulgaria 240 km, Georgia 252 km, Greece 206 km, Iran 499 km, Iraq 352 km, Syria 822 km

Turkmenistan total: 3,736 km border countries: Afghanistan 744 km, Iran 992 km, Kazakhstan 379 km, Uzbekistan 1,621 km

Turks and Caicos Islands 0 km

Tuvalu 0 km

Uganda total: 2,698 km border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 765 km, Kenya 933 km, Rwanda 169 km, Sudan 435 km, Tanzania 396 km

Ukraine total: 4,566 km border countries: Belarus 891 km, Hungary 103 km, Moldova 940 km, Poland 428 km, Romania (south) 176 km, Romania (southwest) 362 km, Russia 1,576 km, Slovakia 90 km

United Arab Emirates total: 867 km border countries: Oman 410 km, Saudi Arabia 457 km

United Kingdom total: 360 km border countries: Ireland 360 km

United States total: 12,034 km border countries: Canada 8,893 km (including 2,477 km with Alaska), Mexico 3,141 km note: US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is leased by the US and is part of Cuba; the base boundary is 28 km

United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges none

Uruguay total: 1,648 km border countries: Argentina 580 km, Brazil 1,068 km

Uzbekistan total: 6,221 km border countries: Afghanistan 137 km, Kazakhstan 2,203 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,099 km, Tajikistan 1,161 km, Turkmenistan 1,621 km

Vanuatu 0 km

Venezuela total: 4,993 km border countries: Brazil 2,200 km, Colombia 2,050 km, Guyana 743 km

Vietnam total: 4,639 km border countries: Cambodia 1,228 km, China 1,281 km, Laos 2,130 km

Virgin Islands 0 km

Wake Island 0 km

Wallis and Futuna 0 km

West Bank total: 404 km border countries: Israel 307 km, Jordan 97 km

Western Sahara total: 2,046 km border countries: Algeria 42 km, Mauritania 1,561 km, Morocco 443 km

World the land boundaries in the world total 251,060 km (not counting shared boundaries twice); two nations, China and Russia, each border 14 other countries note: 45 nations and other areas are landlocked, these include: Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Holy See (Vatican City), Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Niger, Paraguay, Rwanda, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, West Bank, Zambia, Zimbabwe; two of these, Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan, are doubly landlocked

Yemen total: 1,746 km border countries: Oman 288 km, Saudi Arabia 1,458 km

Zambia total: 5,664 km border countries: Angola 1,110 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,930 km, Malawi 837 km, Mozambique 419 km, Namibia 233 km, Tanzania 338 km, Zimbabwe 797 km

Zimbabwe total: 3,066 km border countries: Botswana 813 km, Mozambique 1,231 km, South Africa 225 km, Zambia 797 km

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Field Listing :: Land use

This entry contains the percentage shares of total land area for three different types of land use: arable land - land cultivated for crops like wheat, maize, and rice that are replanted after each harvest; permanent crops - land cultivated for crops like citrus, coffee, and rubber that are not replanted after each harvest; includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber; other - any land not arable or under permanent crops; includes permanent meadows and pastures, forests and woodlands, built-on areas, roads, barren land, etc. Country

Land use(%)

Afghanistan arable land: 12.13% permanent crops: 0.21% other: 87.66% (2005)

Albania arable land: 20.1% permanent crops: 4.21% other: 75.69% (2005)

Algeria arable land: 3.17% permanent crops: 0.28% other: 96.55% (2005)

American Samoa arable land: 10% permanent crops: 15% other: 75% (2005)

Andorra arable land: 2.13% permanent crops: 0% other: 97.87% (2005)

Angola arable land: 2.65% permanent crops: 0.23% other: 97.12% (2005)

Anguilla arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (mostly rock with sparse scrub oak, few trees, some commercial salt ponds) (2005)

Antarctica arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (ice 98%, barren rock 2%) (2005)

Antigua and Barbuda arable land: 18.18% permanent crops: 4.55% other: 77.27% (2005)

Argentina arable land: 10.03% permanent crops: 0.36% other: 89.61% (2005)

Armenia arable land: 16.78% permanent crops: 2.01% other: 81.21% (2005)

Aruba arable land: 10.53% permanent crops: 0% other: 89.47% (2005)

Ashmore and Cartier Islands arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (all grass and sand) (2005)

Australia arable land: 6.15% (includes about 27 million hectares of cultivated grassland) permanent crops: 0.04% other: 93.81% (2005)

Austria arable land: 16.59% permanent crops: 0.85% other: 82.56% (2005)

Azerbaijan arable land: 20.62% permanent crops: 2.61% other: 76.77% (2005)

Bahamas, The arable land: 0.58% permanent crops: 0.29% other: 99.13% (2005)

Bahrain arable land: 2.82% permanent crops: 5.63% other: 91.55% (2005)

Bangladesh arable land: 55.39% permanent crops: 3.08% other: 41.53% (2005)

Barbados arable land: 37.21% permanent crops: 2.33% other: 60.46% (2005)

Belarus arable land: 26.77% permanent crops: 0.6% other: 72.63% (2005)

Belgium arable land: 27.42% permanent crops: 0.69% other: 71.89% note: includes Luxembourg (2005)

Belize arable land: 3.05% permanent crops: 1.39% other: 95.56% (2005)

Benin arable land: 23.53% permanent crops: 2.37% other: 74.1% (2005)

Bermuda arable land: 20% permanent crops: 0% other: 80% (55% developed, 45% rural/open space) (2005)

Bhutan arable land: 2.3% permanent crops: 0.43% other: 97.27% (2005)

Bolivia arable land: 2.78% permanent crops: 0.19% other: 97.03% (2005)

Bosnia and Herzegovina arable land: 19.61% permanent crops: 1.89% other: 78.5% (2005)

Botswana arable land: 0.65% permanent crops: 0.01% other: 99.34% (2005)

Bouvet Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (93% ice) (2005)

Brazil arable land: 6.93% permanent crops: 0.89% other: 92.18% (2005)

British Indian Ocean Territory arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

British Virgin Islands arable land: 20% permanent crops: 6.67% other: 73.33% (2005)

Brunei arable land: 2.08% permanent crops: 0.87% other: 97.05% (2005)

Bulgaria arable land: 29.94% permanent crops: 1.9% other: 68.16% (2005)

Burkina Faso arable land: 17.66% permanent crops: 0.22% other: 82.12% (2005)

Burma arable land: 14.92% permanent crops: 1.31% other: 83.77% (2005)

Burundi arable land: 35.57% permanent crops: 13.12% other: 51.31% (2005)

Cambodia arable land: 20.44% permanent crops: 0.59% other: 78.97% (2005)

Cameroon arable land: 12.54% permanent crops: 2.52% other: 84.94% (2005)

Canada arable land: 4.57% permanent crops: 0.65% other: 94.78% (2005)

Cape Verde arable land: 11.41% permanent crops: 0.74% other: 87.85% (2005)

Cayman Islands arable land: 3.85% permanent crops: 0% other: 96.15% (2005)

Central African Republic arable land: 3.1% permanent crops: 0.15% other: 96.75% (2005)

Chad arable land: 2.8% permanent crops: 0.02% other: 97.18% (2005)

Chile arable land: 2.62% permanent crops: 0.43% other: 96.95% (2005)

China arable land: 14.86% permanent crops: 1.27% other: 83.87% (2005)

Christmas Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (mainly tropical rainforest; 63% of the island is a national park) (2005)

Clipperton Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (all coral) (2005)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Colombia arable land: 2.01% permanent crops: 1.37% other: 96.62% (2005)

Comoros arable land: 35.87% permanent crops: 23.32% other: 40.81% (2005)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the arable land: 2.86% permanent crops: 0.47% other: 96.67% (2005)

Congo, Republic of the arable land: 1.45% permanent crops: 0.15% other: 98.4% (2005)

Cook Islands arable land: 16.67% permanent crops: 8.33% other: 75% (2005)

Coral Sea Islands arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (mostly grass or scrub cover) (2005)

Costa Rica arable land: 4.4% permanent crops: 5.87% other: 89.73% (2005)

Cote d'Ivoire arable land: 10.23% permanent crops: 11.16% other: 78.61% (2005)

Croatia arable land: 25.82% permanent crops: 2.19% other: 71.99% (2005)

Cuba arable land: 27.63% permanent crops: 6.54% other: 65.83% (2005)

Cyprus arable land: 10.81% permanent crops: 4.32% other: 84.87% (2005)

Czech Republic arable land: 38.82% permanent crops: 3% other: 58.18% (2005)

Denmark arable land: 52.59% permanent crops: 0.19% other: 47.22% (2005)

Djibouti arable land: 0.04% permanent crops: 0% other: 99.96% (2005)

Dominica arable land: 6.67% permanent crops: 21.33% other: 72% (2005)

Dominican Republic arable land: 22.49% permanent crops: 10.26% other: 67.25% (2005)

Ecuador arable land: 5.71% permanent crops: 4.81% other: 89.48% (2005)

Egypt arable land: 2.92% permanent crops: 0.5% other: 96.58% (2005)

El Salvador arable land: 31.37% permanent crops: 11.88% other: 56.75% (2005)

Equatorial Guinea arable land: 4.63% permanent crops: 3.57% other: 91.8% (2005)

Eritrea arable land: 4.78% permanent crops: 0.03% other: 95.19% (2005)

Estonia arable land: 12.05% permanent crops: 0.35% other: 87.6% (2005)

Ethiopia arable land: 10.01% permanent crops: 0.65% other: 89.34% (2005)

European Union arable land: NA permanent crops: NA other: NA

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (99% permanent pastures, 1% other) (2005)

Faroe Islands arable land: 2.14% permanent crops: 0% other: 97.86% (2005)

Fiji arable land: 10.95% permanent crops: 4.65% other: 84.4% (2005)

Finland arable land: 6.54% permanent crops: 0.02% other: 93.44% (2005)

France arable land: 33.46% permanent crops: 2.03% other: 64.51% note: French Guiana - arable land 0.13%, permanent crops 0.04%, other 99.83% (90% forest, 10% other); Guadeloupe - arable land 11.70%, permanent crops 2.92%, other 85.38%; Martinique - arable land 9.09%, permanent crops 10.0%, other 80.91%; Reunion - arable land 13.94%, permanent crops 1.59%, other 84.47% (2005)

French Polynesia arable land: 0.75% permanent crops: 5.5% other: 93.75% (2005)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul) - 100% trees, grasses, ferns, and moss; Ile Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul) - 100% grass, ferns, and moss; Iles Crozet - 100% tossock grass, heath, and fern; Iles Kerguelen - 100% tossock grass and Kerguelen cabbage; Bassas da India (Iles Eparses) - 100% rock, coral reef, and sand; Europa Island (Iles Eparses) - 100% mangrove swamp and dry woodlands; Glorioso Islands (Iles Eparses) - 100% lush vegetation and coconut palms; Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses) - 90% forest, 10% other; Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses) - 100% grasses and scattered brush (2005)

Gabon arable land: 1.21% permanent crops: 0.64% other: 98.15% (2005)

Gambia, The arable land: 27.88% permanent crops: 0.44% other: 71.68% (2005)

Gaza Strip arable land: 29% permanent crops: 21% other: 50% (2002)

Georgia arable land: 11.51% permanent crops: 3.79% other: 84.7% (2005)

Germany arable land: 33.13% permanent crops: 0.6% other: 66.27% (2005)

Ghana arable land: 17.54% permanent crops: 9.22% other: 73.24% (2005)

Gibraltar arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Greece arable land: 20.45% permanent crops: 8.59% other: 70.96% (2005)

Greenland arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Grenada arable land: 5.88% permanent crops: 29.41% other: 64.71% (2005)

Guam arable land: 3.64% permanent crops: 18.18% other: 78.18% (2005)

Guatemala arable land: 13.22% permanent crops: 5.6% other: 81.18% (2005)

Guernsey arable land: NA permanent crops: NA other: NA

Guinea arable land: 4.47% permanent crops: 2.64% other: 92.89% (2005)

Guinea-Bissau arable land: 8.31% permanent crops: 6.92% other: 84.77% (2005)

Guyana arable land: 2.23% permanent crops: 0.14% other: 97.63% (2005)

Haiti arable land: 28.11% permanent crops: 11.53% other: 60.36% (2005)

Heard Island and McDonald Islands arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Holy See (Vatican City) arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (urban area) (2005)

Honduras arable land: 9.53% permanent crops: 3.21% other: 87.26% (2005)

Hong Kong arable land: 5.05% permanent crops: 1.01% other: 93.94% (2001)

Hungary arable land: 49.58% permanent crops: 2.06% other: 48.36% (2005)

Iceland arable land: 0.07% permanent crops: 0% other: 99.93% (2005)

India arable land: 48.83% permanent crops: 2.8% other: 48.37% (2005)

Indonesia arable land: 11.03% permanent crops: 7.04% other: 81.93% (2005)

Iran arable land: 9.78% permanent crops: 1.29% other: 88.93% (2005)

Iraq arable land: 13.12% permanent crops: 0.61% other: 86.27% (2005)

Ireland arable land: 16.82% permanent crops: 0.03% other: 83.15% (2005)

Isle of Man arable land: 9% permanent crops: 0% other: 91% (permanent pastures, forests, mountain, and heathland) (2002)

Israel arable land: 15.45% permanent crops: 3.88% other: 80.67% (2005)

Italy arable land: 26.41% permanent crops: 9.09% other: 64.5% (2005)

Jamaica arable land: 15.83% permanent crops: 10.01% other: 74.16% (2005)

Jan Mayen arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Japan arable land: 11.64% permanent crops: 0.9% other: 87.46% (2005)

Jersey arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Jordan arable land: 3.32% permanent crops: 1.18% other: 95.5% (2005)

Kazakhstan arable land: 8.28% permanent crops: 0.05% other: 91.67% (2005)

Kenya arable land: 8.01% permanent crops: 0.97% other: 91.02% (2005)

Kiribati arable land: 2.74% permanent crops: 47.95% other: 49.31% (2005)

Korea, North arable land: 22.4% permanent crops: 1.66% other: 75.94% (2005)

Korea, South arable land: 16.58% permanent crops: 2.01% other: 81.41% (2005)

Kuwait arable land: 0.84% permanent crops: 0.17% other: 98.99% (2005)

Kyrgyzstan arable land: 6.55% permanent crops: 0.28% other: 93.17% note: Kyrgyzstan has the world's largest natural-growth walnut forest (2005)

Laos arable land: 4.01% permanent crops: 0.34% other: 95.65% (2005)

Latvia arable land: 28.19% permanent crops: 0.45% other: 71.36% (2005)

Lebanon arable land: 16.35% permanent crops: 13.75% other: 69.9% (2005)

Lesotho arable land: 10.87% permanent crops: 0.13% other: 89% (2005)

Liberia arable land: 3.43% permanent crops: 1.98% other: 94.59% (2005)

Libya arable land: 1.03% permanent crops: 0.19% other: 98.78% (2005)

Liechtenstein arable land: 25% permanent crops: 0% other: 75% (2005)

Lithuania arable land: 44.81% permanent crops: 0.9% other: 54.29% (2005)

Luxembourg arable land: 27.42% permanent crops: 0.69% other: 71.89% (includes Belgium) (2005)

Macau arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Macedonia arable land: 22.01% permanent crops: 1.79% other: 76.2% (2005)

Madagascar arable land: 5.03% permanent crops: 1.02% other: 93.95% (2005)

Malawi arable land: 20.68% permanent crops: 1.18% other: 78.14% (2005)

Malaysia arable land: 5.46% permanent crops: 17.54% other: 77% (2005)

Maldives arable land: 13.33% permanent crops: 30% other: 56.67% (2005)

Mali arable land: 3.76% permanent crops: 0.03% other: 96.21% (2005)

Malta arable land: 31.25% permanent crops: 3.13% other: 65.62% (2005)

Marshall Islands arable land: 11.11% permanent crops: 44.44% other: 44.45% (2005)

Mauritania arable land: 0.2% permanent crops: 0.01% other: 99.79% (2005)

Mauritius arable land: 49.02% permanent crops: 2.94% other: 48.04% (2005)

Mayotte arable land: NA% permanent crops: NA% other: NA%

Mexico arable land: 12.66% permanent crops: 1.28% other: 86.06% (2005)

Micronesia, Federated States of arable land: 5.71% permanent crops: 45.71% other: 48.58% (2005)

Moldova arable land: 54.52% permanent crops: 8.81% other: 36.67% (2005)

Monaco arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (urban area) (2005)

Mongolia arable land: 0.76% permanent crops: 0% other: 99.24% (2005)

Montenegro arable land: 13.7% permanent crops: 1% other: 85.3%

Montserrat arable land: 20% permanent crops: 0% other: 80% (2005)

Morocco arable land: 19% permanent crops: 2% other: 79% (2005)

Mozambique arable land: 5.43% permanent crops: 0.29% other: 94.28% (2005)

Namibia arable land: 0.99% permanent crops: 0.01% other: 99% (2005)

Nauru arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Navassa Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Nepal arable land: 16.07% permanent crops: 0.85% other: 83.08% (2005)

Netherlands arable land: 21.96% permanent crops: 0.77% other: 77.27% (2005)

Netherlands Antilles arable land: 10% permanent crops: 0% other: 90% (2005)

New Caledonia arable land: 0.32% permanent crops: 0.22% other: 99.46% (2005)

New Zealand arable land: 5.54% permanent crops: 6.92% other: 87.54% (2005)

Nicaragua arable land: 14.81% permanent crops: 1.82% other: 83.37% (2005)

Niger arable land: 11.43% permanent crops: 0.01% other: 88.56% (2005)

Nigeria arable land: 33.02% permanent crops: 3.14% other: 63.84% (2005)

Niue arable land: 11.54% permanent crops: 15.38% other: 73.08% (2005)

Norfolk Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Northern Mariana Islands arable land: 13.04% permanent crops: 4.35% other: 82.61% (2005)

Norway arable land: 2.7% permanent crops: 0% other: 97.3% (2005)

Oman arable land: 0.12% permanent crops: 0.14% other: 99.74% (2005)

Pakistan arable land: 24.44% permanent crops: 0.84% other: 74.72% (2005)

Palau arable land: 8.7% permanent crops: 4.35% other: 86.95% (2005)

Panama arable land: 7.26% permanent crops: 1.95% other: 90.79% (2005)

Papua New Guinea arable land: 0.49% permanent crops: 1.4% other: 98.11% (2005)

Paracel Islands arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Paraguay arable land: 7.47% permanent crops: 0.24% other: 92.29% (2005)

Peru arable land: 2.88% permanent crops: 0.47% other: 96.65% (2005)

Philippines arable land: 19% permanent crops: 16.67% other: 64.33% (2005)

Pitcairn Islands arable land: NA permanent crops: NA other: NA

Poland arable land: 40.25% permanent crops: 1% other: 58.75% (2005)

Portugal arable land: 17.29% permanent crops: 7.84% other: 74.87% (2005)

Puerto Rico arable land: 3.69% permanent crops: 5.59% other: 90.72% (2005)

Qatar arable land: 1.64% permanent crops: 0.27% other: 98.09% (2005)

Romania arable land: 39.49% permanent crops: 1.92% other: 58.59% (2005)

Russia arable land: 7.17% permanent crops: 0.11% other: 92.72% (2005)

Rwanda arable land: 45.56% permanent crops: 10.25% other: 44.19% (2005)

Saint Helena arable land: 12.9% permanent crops: 0% other: 87.1% (2005)

Saint Kitts and Nevis arable land: 19.44% permanent crops: 2.78% other: 77.78% (2005)

Saint Lucia arable land: 6.45% permanent crops: 22.58% other: 70.97% (2005)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon arable land: 12.5% permanent crops: 0% other: 87.5% (2005)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines arable land: 17.95% permanent crops: 17.95% other: 64.1% (2005)

Samoa arable land: 21.13% permanent crops: 24.3% other: 54.57% (2005)

San Marino arable land: 16.67% permanent crops: 0% other: 83.33% (2005)

Sao Tome and Principe arable land: 8.33% permanent crops: 48.96% other: 42.71% (2005)

Saudi Arabia arable land: 1.67% permanent crops: 0.09% other: 98.24% (2005)

Senegal arable land: 12.51% permanent crops: 0.24% other: 87.25% (2005)

Serbia arable land: NA permanent crops: NA other: NA

Seychelles arable land: 2.17% permanent crops: 13.04% other: 84.79% (2005)

Sierra Leone arable land: 7.95% permanent crops: 1.05% other: 91% (2005)

Singapore arable land: 1.47% permanent crops: 1.47% other: 97.06% (2005)

Slovakia arable land: 29.23% permanent crops: 2.67% other: 68.1% (2005)

Slovenia arable land: 8.53% permanent crops: 1.43% other: 90.04% (2005)

Solomon Islands arable land: 0.62% permanent crops: 2.04% other: 97.34% (2005)

Somalia arable land: 1.64% permanent crops: 0.04% other: 98.32% (2005)

South Africa arable land: 12.1% permanent crops: 0.79% other: 87.11% (2005)

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (largely covered by permanent ice and snow with some sparse vegetation consisting of grass, moss, and lichen) (2005)

Spain arable land: 27.18% permanent crops: 9.85% other: 62.97% (2005)

Spratly Islands arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Sri Lanka arable land: 13.96% permanent crops: 15.24% other: 70.8% (2005)

Sudan arable land: 6.78% permanent crops: 0.17% other: 93.05% (2005)

Suriname arable land: 0.36% permanent crops: 0.06% other: 99.58% (2005)

Svalbard arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (no trees; the only bushes are crowberry and cloudberry) (2005)

Swaziland arable land: 10.25% permanent crops: 0.81% other: 88.94% (2005)

Sweden arable land: 5.93% permanent crops: 0.01% other: 94.06% (2005)

Switzerland arable land: 9.91% permanent crops: 0.58% other: 89.51% (2005)

Syria arable land: 24.8% permanent crops: 4.47% other: 70.73% (2005)

Taiwan arable land: 24% permanent crops: 1% other: 75% (2001)

Tajikistan arable land: 6.52% permanent crops: 0.89% other: 92.59% (2005)

Tanzania arable land: 4.23% permanent crops: 1.16% other: 94.61% (2005)

Thailand arable land: 27.54% permanent crops: 6.93% other: 65.53% (2005)

Timor-Leste arable land: 8.2% permanent crops: 4.57% other: 87.23% (2005)

Togo arable land: 44.2% permanent crops: 2.11% other: 53.69% (2005)

Tokelau arable land: 0% (soil is thin and infertile) permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Tonga arable land: 20% permanent crops: 14.67% other: 65.33% (2005)

Trinidad and Tobago arable land: 14.62% permanent crops: 9.16% other: 76.22% (2005)

Tunisia arable land: 17.05% permanent crops: 13.08% other: 69.87% (2005)

Turkey arable land: 29.81% permanent crops: 3.39% other: 66.8% (2005)

Turkmenistan arable land: 4.51% permanent crops: 0.14% other: 95.35% (2005)

Turks and Caicos Islands arable land: 2.33% permanent crops: 0% other: 97.67% (2005)

Tuvalu arable land: 0% permanent crops: 66.67% other: 33.33% (2005)

Uganda arable land: 21.57% permanent crops: 8.92% other: 69.51% (2005)

Ukraine arable land: 53.8% permanent crops: 1.5% other: 44.7% (2005)

United Arab Emirates arable land: 0.77% permanent crops: 2.27% other: 96.96% (2005)

United Kingdom arable land: 23.23% permanent crops: 0.2% other: 76.57% (2005)

United States arable land: 18.01% permanent crops: 0.21% other: 81.78% (2005)

United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2008)

Uruguay arable land: 7.77% permanent crops: 0.24% other: 91.99% (2005)

Uzbekistan arable land: 10.51% permanent crops: 0.76% other: 88.73% (2005)

Vanuatu arable land: 1.64% permanent crops: 6.97% other: 91.39% (2005)

Venezuela arable land: 2.85% permanent crops: 0.88% other: 96.27% (2005)

Vietnam arable land: 20.14% permanent crops: 6.93% other: 72.93% (2005)

Virgin Islands arable land: 5.71% permanent crops: 2.86% other: 91.43% (2005)

Wake Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Wallis and Futuna arable land: 7.14% permanent crops: 35.71% other: 57.15% (2005)

West Bank arable land: 16.9% permanent crops: 18.97% other: 64.13% (2001)

Western Sahara arable land: 0.02% permanent crops: 0% other: 99.98% (2005)

World arable land: 10.57% permanent crops: 1.04% other: 88.38% (2005)

Yemen arable land: 2.91% permanent crops: 0.25% other: 96.84% (2005)

Zambia arable land: 6.99% permanent crops: 0.04% other: 92.97% (2005)

Zimbabwe arable land: 8.24% permanent crops: 0.33% other: 91.43% (2005)

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Field Listing :: Languages

This entry provides a rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population speaking that language. Country

Languages(%)

Afghanistan Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 50%, Pashto (official) 35%, Turkic languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen) 11%, 30 minor languages (primarily Balochi and Pashai) 4%, much bilingualism

Akrotiri English, Greek

Albania Albanian (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek, Vlach, Romani, Slavic dialects

Algeria Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects

American Samoa Samoan 90.6% (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages), English 2.9%, Tongan 2.4%, other Pacific islander 2.1%, other 2% note: most people are bilingual (2000 census)

Andorra Catalan (official), French, Castilian, Portuguese

Angola Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages

Anguilla English (official)

Antigua and Barbuda English (official), local dialects

Argentina Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French

Armenia Armenian 97.7%, Yezidi 1%, Russian 0.9%, other 0.4% (2001 census)