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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: three vertical bands of blue (hoist side), gold (double width), and green; the gold band bears three green diamonds arranged in a V pattern
Samoa: red with a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side quadrant bearing five white five-pointed stars representing the Southern Cross constellation
San Marino: two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and light blue with the national coat of arms superimposed in the center; the coat of arms has a shield (featuring three towers on three peaks) flanked by a wreath, below a crown and above a scroll bearing the word LIBERTAS (Liberty)
Sao Tome and Principe: three horizontal bands of green (top), yellow (double width), and green with two black five-pointed stars placed side by side in the center of the yellow band and a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia
Saudi Arabia: green with large white Arabic script (that may be translated as There is no God but God; Muhammad is the Messenger of God) above a white horizontal saber (the tip points to the hoist side); green is the traditional color of Islam
Senegal: three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), yellow, and red with a small green five-pointed star centered in the yellow band; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia
Seychelles: five oblique bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, red, white, and green (bottom) radiating from the bottom of the hoist side
Sierra Leone: three equal horizontal bands of light green (top), white, and light blue
Singapore: two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; near the hoist side of the red band, there is a vertical, white crescent (closed portion is toward the hoist side) partially enclosing five white five-pointed stars arranged in a circle
Slovakia: three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red superimposed with the Slovak cross in a shield centered on the hoist side; the cross is white centered on a background of red and blue
Slovenia: three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red, with the Slovenian seal (a shield with the image of Triglav, Slovenia's highest peak, in white against a blue background at the center; beneath it are two wavy blue lines depicting seas and rivers, and above it are three six-pointed stars arranged in an inverted triangle which are taken from the coat of arms of the Counts of Celje, the great Slovene dynastic house of the late 14th and early 15th centuries); the seal is located in the upper hoist side of the flag centered in the white and blue bands
Solomon Islands: divided diagonally by a thin yellow stripe from the lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle (hoist side) is blue with five white five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern; the lower triangle is green
Somalia: light blue with a large white five-pointed star in the center; design based on the flag of the UN (Italian Somaliland was a UN trust territory)
South Africa: two equal width horizontal bands of red (top) and blue separated by a central green band which splits into a horizontal Y, the arms of which end at the corners of the hoist side; the Y embraces a black isosceles triangle from which the arms are separated by narrow yellow bands; the red and blue bands are separated from the green band and its arms by narrow white stripes
note: prior to 26 April 1994, the flag was actually four flags in one - three miniature flags reproduced in the center of the white band of the former flag of the Netherlands, which had three equal horizontal bands of orange (top), white, and blue; the miniature flags were a vertically hanging flag of the old Orange Free State with a horizontal flag of the UK adjoining on the hoist side and a horizontal flag of the old Transvaal Republic adjoining on the other side
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: the flag of the UK is used
Spain: three horizontal bands of red (top), yellow (double width), and red with the national coat of arms on the hoist side of the yellow band; the coat of arms includes the royal seal framed by the Pillars of Hercules, which are the two promontories (Gibraltar and Ceuta) on either side of the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar
Sri Lanka: yellow with two panels; the smaller hoist-side panel has two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and orange; the other panel is a large dark red rectangle with a yellow lion holding a sword, and there is a yellow bo leaf in each corner; the yellow field appears as a border that goes around the entire flag and extends between the two panels
Sudan: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black with a green isosceles triangle based on the hoist side
Suriname: five horizontal bands of green (top, double width), white, red (quadruple width), white, and green (double width); there is a large, yellow, five-pointed star centered in the red band
Svalbard: the flag of Norway is used
Swaziland: three horizontal bands of blue (top), red (triple width), and blue; the red band is edged in yellow; centered in the red band is a large black and white shield covering two spears and a staff decorated with feather tassels, all placed horizontally
Sweden: blue with a yellow cross that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag)
Switzerland: red square with a bold, equilateral white cross in the center that does not extend to the edges of the flag
Syria: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black, with two small green five-pointed stars in a horizontal line centered in the white band; similar to the flag of Yemen, which has a plain white band, and of Iraq, which has three green stars (plus an Arabic inscription) in a horizontal line centered in the white band; also similar to the flag of Egypt, which has a heraldic eagle centered in the white band
Tajikistan: three horizontal stripes of red (top), a wider stripe of white, and green; a gold crown surmounted by seven gold, five-pointed stars is located in the center of the white stripe
Tanzania: divided diagonally by a yellow-edged black band from the lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle (hoist side) is green and the lower triangle is blue
Thailand: five horizontal bands of red (top), white, blue (double width), white, and red
Togo: five equal horizontal bands of green (top and bottom) alternating with yellow; there is a white five-pointed star on a red square in the upper hoist-side corner; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia
Tokelau: the flag of New Zealand is used
Tonga: red with a bold red cross on a white rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner
Trinidad and Tobago: red with a white-edged black diagonal band from the upper hoist side
Tromelin Island: the flag of France is used
Tunisia: red with a white disk in the center bearing a red crescent nearly encircling a red five-pointed star; the crescent and star are traditional symbols of Islam
Turkey: red with a vertical white crescent (the closed portion is toward the hoist side) and white five-pointed star centered just outside the crescent opening
Turkmenistan: green field with a vertical red stripe near the hoist side, containing five carpet guls (designs used in producing rugs) stacked above two crossed olive branches similar to the olive branches on the UN flag; a white crescent moon and five white stars appear in the upper corner of the field just to the fly side of the red stripe
Turks and Caicos Islands: blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the colonial shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the shield is yellow and contains a conch shell, lobster, and cactus
Tuvalu: light blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the outer half of the flag represents a map of the country with nine yellow five-pointed stars symbolizing the nine islands
Uganda: six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red; a white disk is superimposed at the center and depicts a red-crested crane (the national symbol) facing the hoist side
Ukraine: two equal horizontal bands of azure (top) and golden yellow represent grainfields under a blue sky
United Arab Emirates: three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and black with a thicker vertical red band on the hoist side
United Kingdom: blue with the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of England) edged in white superimposed on the diagonal red cross of Saint Patrick (patron saint of Ireland) and which is superimposed on the diagonal white cross of Saint Andrew (patron saint of Scotland); known as the Union Flag or Union Jack; the design and colors (especially the Blue Ensign) have been the basis for a number of other flags including other Commonwealth countries and their constituent states or provinces, as well as British overseas territories
United States: thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white; there is a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing 50 small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternating with rows of five stars; the 50 stars represent the 50 states, the 13 stripes represent the 13 original colonies; known as Old Glory; the design and colors have been the basis for a number of other flags, including Chile, Liberia, Malaysia, and Puerto Rico
Uruguay: nine equal horizontal stripes of white (top and bottom) alternating with blue; there is a white square in the upper hoist-side corner with a yellow sun bearing a human face known as the Sun of May and 16 rays alternately triangular and wavy
Uzbekistan: three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and green separated by red fimbriations with a white crescent moon and 12 white stars in the upper hoist-side quadrant
Vanuatu: two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a black isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) all separated by a black-edged yellow stripe in the shape of a horizontal Y (the two points of the Y face the hoist side and enclose the triangle); centered in the triangle is a boar's tusk encircling two crossed namele leaves, all in yellow
Venezuela: three equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), blue, and red with the coat of arms on the hoist side of the yellow band and an arc of seven white five-pointed stars centered in the blue band
Vietnam: red with a large yellow five-pointed star in the center
Virgin Islands: white, with a modified US coat of arms in the center between the large blue initials V and I; the coat of arms shows a yellow eagle holding an olive branch in one talon and three arrows in the other with a superimposed shield of vertical red and white stripes below a blue panel
Wake Island: the flag of the US is used
Wallis and Futuna: a large white modified Maltese cross centered on a red background; the flag of France outlined in white on two sides is in the upper hoist quadrant; the flag of France is used for official occasions
Yemen: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black; similar to the flag of Syria which has two green stars and of Iraq which has three green stars (plus an Arabic inscription) in a horizontal line centered in the white band; also similar to the flag of Egypt which has a heraldic eagle centered in the white band
Yugoslavia: three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and red
Zambia: green with a panel of three vertical bands of red (hoist side), black, and orange below a soaring orange eagle, on the outer edge of the flag
Zimbabwe: seven equal horizontal bands of green, yellow, red, black, red, yellow, and green with a white isosceles triangle edged in black with its base on the hoist side; a yellow Zimbabwe bird is superimposed on a red five-pointed star in the center of the triangle
Taiwan: red with a dark blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white sun with 12 triangular rays
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@GDP
Afghanistan: purchasing power parity - $21 billion (2000 est.)
Albania: purchasing power parity - $10.5 billion (2000 est.)
Algeria: purchasing power parity - $171 billion (2000 est.)
American Samoa: purchasing power parity - $500 million (2000 est.)
Andorra: purchasing power parity - $1.2 billion (1996 est.)
Angola: purchasing power parity - $10.1 billion (2000 est.)
Anguilla: purchasing power parity - $96 million (1999 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda: purchasing power parity - $533 million (1999 est.)
Argentina: purchasing power parity - $476 billion (2000 est.)
Armenia: purchasing power parity - $10 billion (2000 est.)
Aruba: purchasing power parity - $2 billion (2000 est.)
Australia: purchasing power parity - $445.8 billion (2000 est.)
Austria: purchasing power parity - $203 billion (2000 est.)
Azerbaijan: purchasing power parity - $23.5 billion (2000 est.)
Bahamas, The: purchasing power parity - $4.5 billion (2000 est.)
Bahrain: purchasing power parity - $10.1 billion (2000 est.)
Bangladesh: purchasing power parity - $203 billion (2000 est.)
Barbados: purchasing power parity - $4 billion (2000 est.)
Belarus: purchasing power parity - $78.8 billion (2000 est.)
Belgium: purchasing power parity - $259.2 billion (2000 est.)
Belize: purchasing power parity - $790 million (2000 est.)
Benin: purchasing power parity - $6.6 billion (2000 est.)
Bermuda: purchasing power parity - $2.1 billion (2000 est.)
Bhutan: purchasing power parity - $2.3 billion (2000 est.)
Bolivia: purchasing power parity - $20.9 billion (2000 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: purchasing power parity - $6.5 billion (2000 est.)
Botswana: purchasing power parity - $10.4 billion (2000 est.)
Brazil: purchasing power parity - $1.13 trillion (2000 est.)
British Virgin Islands: purchasing power parity - $311 million (2000 est.)
Brunei: purchasing power parity - $5.9 billion (2000 est.)
Bulgaria: purchasing power parity - $48 billion (2000 est.)
Burkina Faso: purchasing power parity - $12 billion (2000 est.)
Burma: purchasing power parity - $63.7 billion (2000 est.)
Burundi: purchasing power parity - $4.4 billion (2000 est.)
Cambodia: purchasing power parity - $16.1 billion (2000 est.)
Cameroon: purchasing power parity - $26 billion (2000 est.)
Canada: purchasing power parity - $774.7 billion (2000 est.)
Cape Verde: purchasing power parity - $670 million (2000 est.)
Cayman Islands: purchasing power parity - $930 million (1997 est.)
Central African Republic: purchasing power parity - $6.1 billion (2000 est.)
Chad: purchasing power parity - $8.1 billion (2000 est.)
Chile: purchasing power parity - $153.1 billion (2000 est.)
China: purchasing power parity - $4.5 trillion (2000 est.)
Christmas Island: purchasing power parity - $NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: purchasing power parity - $NA
Colombia: purchasing power parity - $250 billion (2000 est.)
Comoros: purchasing power parity - $419 million (2000 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: purchasing power parity - $31 billion (2000 est.)
Congo, Republic of the: purchasing power parity - $3.1 billion (2000 est.)
Cook Islands: purchasing power parity - $100 million (1999 est.)
Costa Rica: purchasing power parity - $25 billion (2000 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire: purchasing power parity - $26.2 billion (2000 est.)
Croatia: purchasing power parity - $24.9 billion (2000 est.)
Cuba: purchasing power parity - $19.2 billion (2000 est.)
Cyprus: Greek Cypriot area: purchasing power parity - $9.7 billion (2000 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: purchasing power parity - $830 million (1999 est.)
Czech Republic: purchasing power parity - $132.4 billion (2000 est.)
Denmark: purchasing power parity - $136.2 billion (2000 est.)
Djibouti: purchasing power parity - $574 million (2000 est.)
Dominica: purchasing power parity - $290 million (2000 est.)
Dominican Republic: purchasing power parity - $48.3 billion (2000 est.)
Ecuador: purchasing power parity - $37.2 billion (2000 est.)
Egypt: purchasing power parity - $247 billion (2000 est.)
El Salvador: purchasing power parity - $24 billion (2000 est.)
Equatorial Guinea: purchasing power parity - $960 million (2000 est.)
Eritrea: purchasing power parity - $2.9 billion (2000 est.)
Estonia: purchasing power parity - $14.7 billion (2000 est.)
Ethiopia: purchasing power parity - $39.2 billion (2000 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): purchasing power parity - $52 million (FY95/96 est.)
Faroe Islands: purchasing power parity - $910 million (2000 est.)
Fiji: purchasing power parity - $5.9 billion (1999 est.)
Finland: purchasing power parity - $118.3 billion (2000 est.)
France: purchasing power parity - $1.448 trillion (2000 est.)
French Guiana: purchasing power parity - $1 billion (1998 est.)
French Polynesia: purchasing power parity - $2.6 billion (1997 est.)
Gabon: purchasing power parity - $7.7 billion (2000 est.)
Gambia, The: purchasing power parity - $1.5 billion (2000 est.)
Gaza Strip: purchasing power parity - $1.11 billion (2000 est.)
Georgia: purchasing power parity - $22.8 billion (2000 est.)
Germany: purchasing power parity - $1.936 trillion (2000 est.)
Ghana: purchasing power parity - $37.4 billion (2000 est.)
Gibraltar: purchasing power parity - $500 million (1997 est.)
Greece: purchasing power parity - $181.9 billion (2000 est.)
Greenland: purchasing power parity - $1.1 billion (2000 est.)
Grenada: purchasing power parity - $394 million (2000 est.)
Guadeloupe: purchasing power parity - $3.7 billion (1997 est.)
Guam: purchasing power parity - $3.2 billion (2000 est.)
Guatemala: purchasing power parity - $46.2 billion (2000 est.)
Guernsey: purchasing power parity - $1.3 billion (1999 est.)
Guinea: purchasing power parity - $10 billion (2000 est.)
Guinea-Bissau: purchasing power parity - $1.1 billion (2000 est.)
Guyana: purchasing power parity - $3.4 billion (2000 est.)
Haiti: purchasing power parity - $12.7 billion (2000 est.)
Honduras: purchasing power parity - $17 billion (2000 est.)
Hong Kong: purchasing power parity - $181 billion (2000 est.)
Hungary: purchasing power parity - $113.9 billion (2000 est.)
Iceland: purchasing power parity - $6.85 billion (2000 est.)
India: purchasing power parity - $2.2 trillion (2000 est.)
Indonesia: purchasing power parity - $654 billion (2000 est.)
Iran: purchasing power parity - $413 billion (2000 est.)
Iraq: purchasing power parity - $57 billion (2000 est.)
Ireland: purchasing power parity - $81.9 billion (2000 est.)
Israel: purchasing power parity - $110.2 billion (2000 est.)
Italy: purchasing power parity - $1.273 trillion (2000 est.)
Jamaica: purchasing power parity - $9.7 billion (2000 est.)
Japan: purchasing power parity - $3.15 trillion (2000 est.)
Jersey: purchasing power parity - $2.2 billion (1999 est.)
Jordan: purchasing power parity - $17.3 billion (2000 est.)
Kazakhstan: purchasing power parity - $85.6 billion (2000 est.)
Kenya: purchasing power parity - $45.6 billion (2000 est.)
Kiribati: purchasing power parity - $76 million (2000 est.), supplemented by a nearly equal amount from external sources
Korea, North: purchasing power parity - $22 billion (2000 est.)
Korea, South: purchasing power parity - $764.6 billion (2000 est.)
Kuwait: purchasing power parity - $29.3 billion (2000 est.)
Kyrgyzstan: purchasing power parity - $12.6 billion (2000 est.)
Laos: purchasing power parity - $9 billion (2000 est.)
Latvia: purchasing power parity - $17.3 billion (2000 est.)
Lebanon: purchasing power parity - $18.2 billion (2000 est.)
Lesotho: purchasing power parity - $5.1 billion (2000 est.)
Liberia: purchasing power parity - $3.35 billion (2000 est.)
Libya: purchasing power parity - $45.4 billion (2000 est.)
Liechtenstein: purchasing power parity - $730 million (1998 est.)
Lithuania: purchasing power parity - $26.4 billion (2000 est.)
Luxembourg: purchasing power parity - $15.9 billion (2000 est.)
Macau: purchasing power parity - $7.82 billion (2000 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: purchasing power parity - $9 billion (2000 est.)
Madagascar: purchasing power parity - $12.3 billion (2000 est.)
Malawi: purchasing power parity - $9.4 billion (2000 est.)
Malaysia: purchasing power parity - $223.7 billion (2000 est.)
Maldives: purchasing power parity - $594 million (2000 est.)
Mali: purchasing power parity - $9.1 billion (2000 est.)
Malta: purchasing power parity - $5.6 billion (2000 est.)
Man, Isle of: purchasing power parity - $1.4 billion (1999 est.)
Marshall Islands: purchasing power parity - $105 million (1998 est.), supplemented by approximately $65 million annual US aid
Martinique: purchasing power parity - $4.39 billion (1997 est.)
Mauritania: purchasing power parity - $5.4 billion (2000 est.)
Mauritius: purchasing power parity - $12.3 billion (2000 est.)
Mayotte: purchasing power parity - $85 million (1998 est.)
Mexico: purchasing power parity - $915 billion (2000 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of: purchasing power parity - $263 million (1999 est.)
note: GDP is supplemented by grant aid, averaging perhaps $100 million annually
Moldova: purchasing power parity - $11.3 billion (2000 est.)
Monaco: purchasing power parity - $870 million (1999 est.)
Mongolia: purchasing power parity - $4.7 billion (2000 est.)
Montserrat: purchasing power parity - $31 million (1999 est.)
Morocco: purchasing power parity - $105 billion (2000 est.)
Mozambique: purchasing power parity - $19.1 billion (2000 est.)
Namibia: purchasing power parity - $7.6 billion (2000 est.)
Nauru: purchasing power parity - $59 million (2000 est.)
Nepal: purchasing power parity - $33.7 billion (2000 est.)
Netherlands: purchasing power parity - $388.4 billion (2000 est.)
Netherlands Antilles: purchasing power parity - $2.4 billion (2000 est.)
New Caledonia: purchasing power parity - $3 billion (1998 est.)
New Zealand: purchasing power parity - $67.6 billion (2000 est.)
Nicaragua: purchasing power parity - $13.1 billion (2000 est.)
Niger: purchasing power parity - $10 billion (2000 est.)
Nigeria: purchasing power parity - $117 billion (2000 est.)
Niue: purchasing power parity - $4.5 million (1997 est.)
Norfolk Island: purchasing power parity - $NA
Northern Mariana Islands: purchasing power parity - $900 million (2000 est.)
note: GDP numbers reflect US spending
Norway: purchasing power parity - $124.1 billion (1999 est.)
Oman: purchasing power parity - $19.6 billion (2000 est.)
Pakistan: purchasing power parity - $282 billion (2000 est.)
Palau: purchasing power parity - $129 million (1998 est.)
note: GDP numbers reflect US spending
Panama: purchasing power parity - $16.6 billion (2000 est.)
Papua New Guinea: purchasing power parity - $12.2 billion (2000 est.)
Paraguay: purchasing power parity - $26.2 billion (2000 est.)
Peru: purchasing power parity - $123 billion (2000 est.)
Philippines: purchasing power parity - $310 billion (2000 est.)
Pitcairn Islands: purchasing power parity - $NA
Poland: purchasing power parity - $327.5 billion (2000 est.)
Portugal: purchasing power parity - $159 billion (2000 est.)
Puerto Rico: purchasing power parity - $39 billion (2000 est.)
Qatar: purchasing power parity - $15.1 billion (2000 est.)
Reunion: purchasing power parity - $3.4 billion (1998 est.)
Romania: purchasing power parity - $132.5 billion (2000 est.)
Russia: purchasing power parity - $1.12 trillion (2000 est.)
Rwanda: purchasing power parity - $6.4 billion (2000 est.)
Saint Helena: purchasing power parity - $18 million (1998 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis: purchasing power parity - $274 million (2000 est.)
Saint Lucia: purchasing power parity - $700 million (2000 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: purchasing power parity - $74 million (1996 est.); supplemented by annual payments from France of about $60 million
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: purchasing power parity - $322 million (2000 est.)
Samoa: purchasing power parity - $571 million (2000 est.)
San Marino: purchasing power parity - $860 million (2000 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe: purchasing power parity - $178 million (2000 est.)
Saudi Arabia: purchasing power parity - $232 billion (2000 est.)
Senegal: purchasing power parity - $16 billion (2000 est.)
Seychelles: purchasing power parity - $610 million (2000 est.)
Sierra Leone: purchasing power parity - $2.7 billion (2000 est.)
Singapore: purchasing power parity - $109.8 billion (2000 est.)
Slovakia: purchasing power parity - $55.3 billion (2000 est.)
Slovenia: purchasing power parity - $22.9 billion (2000 est.)
Solomon Islands: purchasing power parity - $900 million (2000 est.)
Somalia: purchasing power parity - $4.3 billion (2000 est.)
South Africa: purchasing power parity - $369 billion (2000 est.)
Spain: purchasing power parity - $720.8 billion (2000 est.)
Sri Lanka: purchasing power parity - $62.7 billion (2000 est.)
Sudan: purchasing power parity - $35.7 billion (2000 est.)
Suriname: purchasing power parity - $1.48 billion (1999 est.)
Svalbard: purchasing power parity - $NA
Swaziland: purchasing power parity - $4.4 billion (2000 est.)
Sweden: purchasing power parity - $197 billion (2000 est.)
Switzerland: purchasing power parity - $207 billion (2000 est.)
Syria: purchasing power parity - $50.9 billion (2000 est.)
Tajikistan: purchasing power parity - $7.3 billion (2000 est.)
Tanzania: purchasing power parity - $25.1 billion (2000 est.)
Thailand: purchasing power parity - $413 billion (2000 est.)
Togo: purchasing power parity - $7.3 billion (2000 est.)
Tokelau: purchasing power parity - $1.5 million (1993 est.)
Tonga: purchasing power parity - $225 million (2000 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago: purchasing power parity - $11.2 billion (2000 est.)
Tunisia: purchasing power parity - $62.8 billion (2000 est.)
Turkey: purchasing power parity - $444 billion (2000 est.)
Turkmenistan: purchasing power parity - $19.6 billion (2000 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands: purchasing power parity - $128 million (1999 est.)
Tuvalu: purchasing power parity - $11.6 million (1999 est.)
Uganda: purchasing power parity - $26.2 billion (2000 est.)
Ukraine: purchasing power parity - $189.4 billion (2000 est.)
United Arab Emirates: purchasing power parity - $54 billion (2000 est.)
United Kingdom: purchasing power parity - $1.36 trillion (2000 est.)
United States: purchasing power parity - $9.963 trillion (2000 est.)
Uruguay: purchasing power parity - $31 billion (2000 est.)
Uzbekistan: purchasing power parity - $60 billion (2000 est.)
Vanuatu: purchasing power parity - $245 million (1999 est.)
Venezuela: purchasing power parity - $146.2 billion (2000 est.)
Vietnam: purchasing power parity - $154.4 billion (2000 est.)
Virgin Islands: purchasing power parity - $1.8 billion (2000 est.)
Wallis and Futuna: purchasing power parity - $30 million (1997 est.)
West Bank: purchasing power parity - $3.1 billion (2000 est.)
Western Sahara: purchasing power parity - $NA
World: GWP (gross world product) - purchasing power parity - $43.6 trillion (2000 est.)
Yemen: purchasing power parity - $14.4 billion (2000 est.)
Yugoslavia: purchasing power parity - $24.2 billion (2000 est.)
Zambia: purchasing power parity - $8.5 billion (2000 est.)
Zimbabwe: purchasing power parity - $28.2 billion (2000 est.)
Taiwan: purchasing power parity - $386 billion (2000 est.)
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@GDP - composition by sector
Afghanistan: agriculture: 53%
industry: 28.5%
services: 18.5% (1990)
Albania: agriculture: 55%
industry: 24%
services: 21% (2000)
Algeria: agriculture: 11%
industry: 37%
services: 52% (1999 est.)
American Samoa: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Andorra: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Angola: agriculture: 7%
industry: 60%
services: 33% (1999 est.)
Anguilla: agriculture: 4%
industry: 18%
services: 78% (1997 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda: agriculture: 4%
industry: 12.5%
services: 83.5% (1996 est.)
Argentina: agriculture: 6%
industry: 32%
services: 62% (2000 est.)
Armenia: agriculture: 40%
industry: 25%
services: 35% (1999 est.)
Aruba: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Australia: agriculture: 3%
industry: 26%
services: 71% (1999 est.)
Austria: agriculture: 2.2%
industry: 30.4%
services: 67.4% (1999 est.)
Azerbaijan: agriculture: 22%
industry: 33%
services: 45% (1999 est.)
Bahamas, The: agriculture: 3%
industry: 7%
services: 90% (1999 est.)
Bahrain: agriculture: 1%
industry: 46%
services: 53% (1996 est.)
Bangladesh: agriculture: 30%
industry: 18%
services: 52% (2000 est.)
Barbados: agriculture: 4%
industry: 16%
services: 80% (1998)
Belarus: agriculture: 13%
industry: 46%
services: 41% (1999 est.)
Belgium: agriculture: 1.4%
industry: 26%
services: 72.6% (2000 est.)
Belize: agriculture: 18%
industry: 24%
services: 58% (2000 est.)
Benin: agriculture: 37.9%
industry: 13.5%
services: 48.6% (1999)
Bermuda: agriculture: 1%
industry: 10%
services: 89% (1995 est.)
Bhutan: agriculture: 38%
industry: 37%
services: 25% (2000 est.)
Bolivia: agriculture: 16%
industry: 31%
services: 53% (1999 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: agriculture: 19%
industry: 23%
services: 58% (1996 est.)
Botswana: agriculture: 4%
industry: 46% (including 36% mining)
services: 50% (1998 est.)
Brazil: agriculture: 9%
industry: 29%
services: 62% (1999 est.)
British Virgin Islands: agriculture: 1.8%
industry: 6.2%
services: 92% (1996 est.)
Brunei: agriculture: 5%
industry: 46%
services: 49% (1996 est.)
Bulgaria: agriculture: 15%
industry: 29%
services: 56% (2000 est.)
Burkina Faso: agriculture: 26%
industry: 27%
services: 47% (1998)
Burma: agriculture: 42%
industry: 17%
services: 41% (2000 est.)
Burundi: agriculture: 50%
industry: 18%
services: 32% (1999 est.)
Cambodia: agriculture: 43%
industry: 20%
services: 37% (1998 est.)
Cameroon: agriculture: 43.4%
industry: 20.1%
services: 36.5% (1999 est.)
Canada: agriculture: 3%
industry: 31%
services: 66% (2000 est.)
Cape Verde: agriculture: 13%
industry: 19%
services: 68% (1998)
Cayman Islands: agriculture: 1.4%
industry: 3.2%
services: 95.4% (1994 est.)
Central African Republic: agriculture: 53%
industry: 20%
services: 27% (1999 est.)
Chad: agriculture: 40%
industry: 14%
services: 46% (1998)
Chile: agriculture: 8%
industry: 38%
services: 54% (2000)
China: agriculture: 15%
industry: 50%
services: 35% (2000 est.)
Christmas Island: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Colombia: agriculture: 19%
industry: 26%
services: 55% (1999 est.)
Comoros: agriculture: 40%
industry: 4%
services: 56% (2000 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: agriculture: 58%
industry: 17%
services: 25% (1997 est.)
Congo, Republic of the: agriculture: 10%
industry: 48%
services: 42% (1999 est.)
Cook Islands: agriculture: 18%
industry: 9%
services: 73% (1995)
Costa Rica: agriculture: 12.5%
industry: 30.7%
services: 56.8% (1999)
Cote d'Ivoire: agriculture: 32%
industry: 18%
services: 50% (1998)
Croatia: agriculture: 10%
industry: 19%
services: 71% (1999 est.)
Cuba: agriculture: 7%
industry: 37%
services: 56% (1998 est.)
Cyprus: Greek Cypriot area: agriculture 6.3%, industry 22.4%, services 71.3% (1998); Turkish Cypriot area: agriculture 11.8%, industry 20.5%, services 67.7% (1998)
Czech Republic: agriculture: 3.7%
industry: 41.8%
services: 54.5% (1999)
Denmark: agriculture: 3%
industry: 25%
services: 72% (2000 est.)
Djibouti: agriculture: 3%
industry: 22%
services: 75% (1998 est.)
Dominica: agriculture: 21%
industry: 16%
services: 63% (1999 est.)
Dominican Republic: agriculture: 11.3%
industry: 32.2%
services: 56.5% (1999 est.)
Ecuador: agriculture: 14%
industry: 36%
services: 50% (1999 est.)
Egypt: agriculture: 17%
industry: 32%
services: 51% (1999)
El Salvador: agriculture: 12%
industry: 28%
services: 60% (1999 est.)
Equatorial Guinea: agriculture: 20%
industry: 60%
services: 20% (1999 est.)
Eritrea: agriculture: 16%
industry: 27%
services: 57% (2000 est.)
Estonia: agriculture: 3.6%
industry: 30.7%
services: 65.7% (1999)
Ethiopia: agriculture: 45%
industry: 12%
services: 43% (1999 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Faroe Islands: agriculture: 27%
industry: 11%
services: 62% (1999)
Fiji: agriculture: 16%
industry: 30%
services: 54% (1999 est.)
Finland: agriculture: 3.5%
industry: 29%
services: 67.5% (1999)
France: agriculture: 3.3%
industry: 26.1%
services: 70.6% (1999)
French Guiana: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
French Polynesia: agriculture: 4%
industry: 18%
services: 78% (1997)
Gabon: agriculture: 10%
industry: 60%
services: 30% (1999 est.)
Gambia, The: agriculture: 21%
industry: 12%
services: 67% (1998 est.)
Gaza Strip: agriculture: 9%
industry: 28%
services: 63% (1999 est., includes West Bank)
Georgia: agriculture: 32%
industry: 23%
services: 45% (1999 est.)
Germany: agriculture: 1.2%
industry: 30.4%
services: 68.4% (1999)
Ghana: agriculture: 36%
industry: 25%
services: 39% (2000 est.)
Gibraltar: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Greece: agriculture: 8.3%
industry: 27.3%
services: 64.4% (1998)
Greenland: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Grenada: agriculture: 9.7%
industry: 15%
services: 75.3% (1996 est.)
Guadeloupe: agriculture: 15%
industry: 17%
services: 68% (1997 est.)
Guam: agriculture: NA%
industry: 15% (1993)
services: NA%
Guatemala: agriculture: 23%
industry: 20%
services: 57% (2000 est.)
Guernsey: agriculture: 3%
industry: 10%
services: 87% (2000)
Guinea: agriculture: 22.3%
industry: 35.3%
services: 42.4% (1998 est.)
Guinea-Bissau: agriculture: 54%
industry: 15%
services: 31% (1997 est.)
Guyana: agriculture: 34.7%
industry: 32.5%
services: 32.8% (1998 est.)
Haiti: agriculture: 32%
industry: 20%
services: 48% (1999 est.)
Honduras: agriculture: 16.2%
industry: 31.9%
services: 51.9% (1999 est.)
Hong Kong: agriculture: 0.1%
industry: 14.3%
services: 85.6% (1999 est.)
Hungary: agriculture: 5%
industry: 35%
services: 60% (2000 est.)
Iceland: agriculture: 15% (includes fishing 13%)
industry: 21%
services: 64% (1999 est.)
India: agriculture: 25%
industry: 24%
services: 51% (2000)
Indonesia: agriculture: 21%
industry: 35%
services: 44% (1999 est.)
Iran: agriculture: 24%
industry: 28%
services: 48% (2000 est.)
Iraq: agriculture: 6%
industry: 13%
services: 81% (1993 est.)
Ireland: agriculture: 4%
industry: 38%
services: 58% (1999)
Israel: agriculture: 4%
industry: 37%
services: 59% (1999 est.)
Italy: agriculture: 2.5%
industry: 30.4%
services: 67.1% (2000 est.)
Jamaica: agriculture: 7.4%
industry: 35.2%
services: 57.4% (1999 est.)
Japan: agriculture: 2%
industry: 35%
services: 63% (1999 est.)
Jersey: agriculture: 5%
industry: 2%
services: 93% (1996)
Jordan: agriculture: 3%
industry: 25%
services: 72% (1998 est.)
Kazakhstan: agriculture: 10%
industry: 30%
services: 60% (1999 est.)
Kenya: agriculture: 25%
industry: 13%
services: 62% (1999 est.)
Kiribati: agriculture: 14%
industry: 7%
services: 79% (1996 est.)
Korea, North: agriculture: 30%
industry: 42%
services: 28% (1999 est.)
Korea, South: agriculture: 5.6%
industry: 41.4%
services: 53% (1999 est.)
Kuwait: agriculture: 0%
industry: 55%
services: 45% (1996)
Kyrgyzstan: agriculture: 39%
industry: 22%
services: 39% (1999 est.)
Laos: agriculture: 51%
industry: 22%
services: 27% (1999 est.)
Latvia: agriculture: 5%
industry: 33%
services: 62% (1999)
Lebanon: agriculture: 12%
industry: 27%
services: 61% (1999 est.)
Lesotho: agriculture: 18%
industry: 38%
services: 44% (1999)
Liberia: agriculture: 60%
industry: 10%
services: 30% (2000 est.)
Libya: agriculture: 7%
industry: 47%
services: 46% (1997 est.)
Liechtenstein: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Lithuania: agriculture: 10%
industry: 33%
services: 57% (1999 est.)
Luxembourg: agriculture: 1%
industry: 30%
services: 69% (2000 est.)
Macau: agriculture: 1%
industry: 25%
services: 74% (2000 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: agriculture: 12%
industry: 25%
services: 63% (2000)
Madagascar: agriculture: 30%
industry: 14%
services: 56% (1999 est.)
Malawi: agriculture: 37%
industry: 29%
services: 34% (1998 est.)
Malaysia: agriculture: 14%
industry: 44%
services: 42% (2000)
Maldives: agriculture: 20%
industry: 18%
services: 62% (2000 est.)
Mali: agriculture: 46%
industry: 21%
services: 33% (1998)
Malta: agriculture: 2.8%
industry: 25.5%
services: 71.7% (1999)
Man, Isle of: agriculture: 1%
industry: 9%
services: 90% (1999 est.)
Marshall Islands: agriculture: 15%
industry: 13%
services: 72% (1995)
Martinique: agriculture: 6%
industry: 11%
services: 83% (1997 est.)
Mauritania: agriculture: 25%
industry: 31%
services: 44% (1997)
Mauritius: agriculture: 10%
industry: 29%
services: 61% (1996)
Mayotte: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Mexico: agriculture: 5%
industry: 27%
services: 68% (2000)
Micronesia, Federated States of: agriculture: 19%
industry: 4%
services: 77% (1996 est.)
Moldova: agriculture: 31%
industry: 35%
services: 34% (1998)
Monaco: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Mongolia: agriculture: 36%
industry: 22%
services: 42% (2000 est.)
Montserrat: agriculture: 5.4%
industry: 13.6%
services: 81% (1996 est.)
Morocco: agriculture: 15%
industry: 33%
services: 52% (1999 est.)
Mozambique: agriculture: 44%
industry: 19%
services: 37% (1999 est.)
Namibia: agriculture: 12%
industry: 25%
services: 63% (1999 est.)
Nauru: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Nepal: agriculture: 41%
industry: 22%
services: 37% (2000 est.)
Netherlands: agriculture: 3.3%
industry: 26.3%
services: 70.4% (2000 est.)
Netherlands Antilles: agriculture: 1%
industry: 15%
services: 84% (1996 est.)
New Caledonia: agriculture: 4%
industry: 30%
services: 66% (1997 est.)
New Zealand: agriculture: 8%
industry: 23%
services: 69% (1999)
Nicaragua: agriculture: 31.6%
industry: 22.8%
services: 45.6% (1999)
Niger: agriculture: 40%
industry: 18%
services: 42% (1998)
Nigeria: agriculture: 40%
industry: 40%
services: 20% (1999 est.)
Niue: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Norfolk Island: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Northern Mariana Islands: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Norway: agriculture: 2%
industry: 25%
services: 73% (1999)
Oman: agriculture: 3%
industry: 40%
services: 57% (1999 est.)
Pakistan: agriculture: 25.4%
industry: 24.9%
services: 49.7% (1999 est.)
Palau: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Panama: agriculture: 7%
industry: 16.5%
services: 76.5% (1999 est.)
Papua New Guinea: agriculture: 30%
industry: 35%
services: 35% (1999 est.)
Paraguay: agriculture: 28%
industry: 21%
services: 51% (1999 est.)
Peru: agriculture: 15%
industry: 42%
services: 43% (1999)
Philippines: agriculture: 20%
industry: 32%
services: 48% (1997 est.)
Pitcairn Islands: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Poland: agriculture: 3.8%
industry: 36.6%
services: 59.6% (1999)
Portugal: agriculture: 4%
industry: 36%
services: 60% (1999 est.)
Puerto Rico: agriculture: 1%
industry: 45%
services: 54% (1999 est.)
Qatar: agriculture: 1%
industry: 49%
services: 50% (1996 est.)
Reunion: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Romania: agriculture: 13.9%
industry: 32.6%
services: 53.5% (2000)
Russia: agriculture: 7%
industry: 34%
services: 59% (1999 est.)
Rwanda: agriculture: 40%
industry: 20%
services: 40% (2000 est.)
Saint Helena: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Saint Kitts and Nevis: agriculture: 5.5%
industry: 22.5%
services: 72% (1996)
Saint Lucia: agriculture: 10.7%
industry: 32.3%
services: 57% (1996 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: agriculture: 10.6%
industry: 17.5%
services: 71.9% (1996 est.)
Samoa: agriculture: 15%
industry: 24%
services: 61% (2000 est.)
San Marino: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Sao Tome and Principe: agriculture: 23%
industry: 19%
services: 58% (1997 est.)
Saudi Arabia: agriculture: 6%
industry: 47%
services: 47% (1998 est.)
Senegal: agriculture: 19%
industry: 20%
services: 61% (1997 est.)
Seychelles: agriculture: 3.1%
industry: 26.3%
services: 70.6% (1999)
Sierra Leone: agriculture: 43%
industry: 26%
services: 31% (1999)
Singapore: agriculture: NEGL%
industry: 30%
services: 70%
Slovakia: agriculture: 4.5%
industry: 29.3%
services: 66.2% (1999 est.)
Slovenia: agriculture: 4%
industry: 35%
services: 61% (1999 est.)
Solomon Islands: agriculture: 50%
industry: 3.5%
services: 46.5% (1995)
Somalia: agriculture: 60%
industry: 10% (largely shut down in 2000)
services: 30% (2000 est.)
South Africa: agriculture: 5%
industry: 30%
services: 65% (1999 est.)
Spain: agriculture: 4%
industry: 31%
services: 65% (1999)
Sri Lanka: agriculture: 21%
industry: 19%
services: 60% (1998)
Sudan: agriculture: 39%
industry: 17%
services: 44% (1998 est.)
Suriname: agriculture: 13%
industry: 22%
services: 65% (1998 est.)
Swaziland: agriculture: 10%
industry: 46%
services: 44% (1998 est.)
Sweden: agriculture: 2.2%
industry: 27.9%
services: 69.9% (1999)
Switzerland: agriculture: 2.8%
industry: 31.1%
services: 66.1% (1995)
Syria: agriculture: 29%
industry: 22%
services: 49% (1997)
Tajikistan: agriculture: 19.8%
industry: 18.1%
services: 62.1% (1998)
Tanzania: agriculture: 49%
industry: 17%
services: 34% (1998 est.)
Thailand: agriculture: 13%
industry: 40%
services: 47% (1999)
Togo: agriculture: 42%
industry: 21%
services: 37% (1997)
Tokelau: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Tonga: agriculture: 30%
industry: 10%
services: 60% (1997)
Trinidad and Tobago: agriculture: 2%
industry: 44%
services: 54% (1998 est.)
Tunisia: agriculture: 14%
industry: 32%
services: 54% (1999 est.)
Turkey: agriculture: 15%
industry: 29%
services: 56% (1999)
Turkmenistan: agriculture: 25%
industry: 43%
services: 32% (1999 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Tuvalu: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Uganda: agriculture: 43%
industry: 17%
services: 40% (1998 est.)
Ukraine: agriculture: 12%
industry: 26%
services: 62% (1998 est.)
United Arab Emirates: agriculture: 3%
industry: 52%
services: 45% (1996 est.)
United Kingdom: agriculture: 1.7%
industry: 24.9%
services: 73.4% (1999)
United States: agriculture: 2%
industry: 18%
services: 80% (1999)
Uruguay: agriculture: 10%
industry: 28%
services: 62% (1999)
Uzbekistan: agriculture: 28%
industry: 21%
services: 51% (1999 est.)
Vanuatu: agriculture: 20%
industry: 9%
services: 71% (1999 est.)
Venezuela: agriculture: 5%
industry: 24%
services: 71% (1999 est.)
Vietnam: agriculture: 25%
industry: 35%
services: 40% (1999 est.)
Virgin Islands: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Wallis and Futuna: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
West Bank: agriculture: 9%
industry: 28%
services: 63%
note: includes Gaza Strip (1999 est.)
Western Sahara: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: 40%-45% (1996 est.)
World: agriculture: 4%
industry: 32%
services: 64% (1999 est.)
Yemen: agriculture: 20%
industry: 42%
services: 38% (1998)
Yugoslavia: agriculture: 20%
industry: 50%
services: 30% (1998 est.)
Zambia: agriculture: 18%
industry: 27%
services: 55% (1999 est.)
Zimbabwe: agriculture: 28%
industry: 32%
services: 40% (1997 est.)
Taiwan: agriculture: 3%
industry: 33%
services: 64% (1999 est.)
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@GDP - per capita
Afghanistan: purchasing power parity - $800 (2000 est.)
Albania: purchasing power parity - $3,000 (2000 est.)
Algeria: purchasing power parity - $5,500 (2000 est.)
American Samoa: purchasing power parity - $8,000 (2000 est.)
Andorra: purchasing power parity - $18,000 (1996 est.)
Angola: purchasing power parity - $1,000 (2000 est.)
Anguilla: purchasing power parity - $8,200 (1999 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda: purchasing power parity - $8,200 (1999 est.)
Argentina: purchasing power parity - $12,900 (2000 est.)
Armenia: purchasing power parity - $3,000 (2000 est.)
Aruba: purchasing power parity - $28,000 (2000 est.)
Australia: purchasing power parity - $23,200 (2000 est.)
Austria: purchasing power parity - $25,000 (2000 est.)
Azerbaijan: purchasing power parity - $3,000 (2000 est.)
Bahamas, The: purchasing power parity - $15,000 (2000 est.)
Bahrain: purchasing power parity - $15,900 (2000 est.)
Bangladesh: purchasing power parity - $1,570 (2000 est.)
Barbados: purchasing power parity - $14,500 (2000 est.)
Belarus: purchasing power parity - $7,500 (2000 est.)
Belgium: purchasing power parity - $25,300 (2000 est.)
Belize: purchasing power parity - $3,200 (2000 est.)
Benin: purchasing power parity - $1,030 (2000 est.)
Bermuda: purchasing power parity - $33,000 (2000 est.)
Bhutan: purchasing power parity - $1,100 (2000 est.)
Bolivia: purchasing power parity - $2,600 (2000 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: purchasing power parity - $1,700 (2000 est.)
Botswana: purchasing power parity - $6,600 (2000 est.)
Brazil: purchasing power parity - $6,500 (2000 est.)
British Virgin Islands: purchasing power parity - $16,000 (2000 est.)
Brunei: purchasing power parity - $17,600 (2000 est.)
Bulgaria: purchasing power parity - $6,200 (2000 est.)
Burkina Faso: purchasing power parity - $1,000 (2000 est.)
Burma: purchasing power parity - $1,500 (2000 est.)
Burundi: purchasing power parity - $720 (2000 est.)
Cambodia: purchasing power parity - $1,300 (2000 est.)
Cameroon: purchasing power parity - $1,700 (2000 est.)
Canada: purchasing power parity - $24,800 (2000 est.)
Cape Verde: purchasing power parity - $1,700 (2000 est.)
Cayman Islands: purchasing power parity - $24,500 (1997 est.)
Central African Republic: purchasing power parity - $1,700 (2000 est.)
Chad: purchasing power parity - $1,000 (2000 est.)
Chile: purchasing power parity - $10,100 (2000 est.)
China: purchasing power parity - $3,600 (2000 est.)
Christmas Island: purchasing power parity - $NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: purchasing power parity - $NA
Colombia: purchasing power parity - $6,200 (2000 est.)
Comoros: purchasing power parity - $720 (2000 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: purchasing power parity - $600 (2000 est.)
Congo, Republic of the: purchasing power parity - $1,100 (2000 est.)
Cook Islands: purchasing power parity - $5,000 (1999 est.)
Costa Rica: purchasing power parity - $6,700 (2000 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire: purchasing power parity - $1,600 (2000 est.)
Croatia: purchasing power parity - $5,800 (2000 est.)
Cuba: purchasing power parity - $1,700 (2000 est.)
Cyprus: Greek Cypriot area: purchasing power parity - $16,000 (2000 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: purchasing power parity - $5,300 (1999 est.)
Czech Republic: purchasing power parity - $12,900 (2000 est.)
Denmark: purchasing power parity - $25,500 (2000 est.)
Djibouti: purchasing power parity - $1,300 (2000 est.)
Dominica: purchasing power parity - $4,000 (2000 est.)
Dominican Republic: purchasing power parity - $5,700 (2000 est.)
Ecuador: purchasing power parity - $2,900 (2000 est.)
Egypt: purchasing power parity - $3,600 (2000 est.)
El Salvador: purchasing power parity - $4,000 (2000 est.)
Equatorial Guinea: purchasing power parity - $2,000 (2000 est.)
Eritrea: purchasing power parity - $710 (2000 est.)
Estonia: purchasing power parity - $10,000 (2000 est.)
Ethiopia: purchasing power parity - $600 (2000 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): purchasing power parity - $19,000 (FY95/96 est.)
Faroe Islands: purchasing power parity - $20,000 (2000 est.)
Fiji: purchasing power parity - $7,300 (1999 est.)
Finland: purchasing power parity - $22,900 (2000 est.)
France: purchasing power parity - $24,400 (2000 est.)
French Guiana: purchasing power parity - $6,000 (1998 est.)
French Polynesia: purchasing power parity - $10,800 (1997 est.)
Gabon: purchasing power parity - $6,300 (2000 est.)
Gambia, The: purchasing power parity - $1,100 (2000 est.)
Gaza Strip: purchasing power parity - $1,000 (2000 est.)
Georgia: purchasing power parity - $4,600 (2000 est.)
Germany: purchasing power parity - $23,400 (2000 est.)
Ghana: purchasing power parity - $1,900 (2000 est.)
Gibraltar: purchasing power parity - $17,500 (1997 est.)
Greece: purchasing power parity - $17,200 (2000 est.)
Greenland: purchasing power parity - $20,000 (2000 est.)
Grenada: purchasing power parity - $4,400 (2000 est.)
Guadeloupe: purchasing power parity - $9,000 (1997 est.)
Guam: purchasing power parity - $21,000 (2000 est.)
Guatemala: purchasing power parity - $3,700 (2000 est.)
Guernsey: purchasing power parity - $20,000 (1999 est.)
Guinea: purchasing power parity - $1,300 (2000 est.)
Guinea-Bissau: purchasing power parity - $850 (2000 est.)
Guyana: purchasing power parity - $4,800 (2000 est.)
Haiti: purchasing power parity - $1,800 (2000 est.)
Honduras: purchasing power parity - $2,700 (2000 est.)
Hong Kong: purchasing power parity - $25,400 (2000 est.)
Hungary: purchasing power parity - $11,200 (2000 est.)
Iceland: purchasing power parity - $24,800 (2000 est.)
India: purchasing power parity - $2,200 (2000 est.)
Indonesia: purchasing power parity - $2,900 (2000 est.)
Iran: purchasing power parity - $6,300 (2000 est.)
Iraq: purchasing power parity - $2,500 (2000 est.)
Ireland: purchasing power parity - $21,600 (2000 est.)
Israel: purchasing power parity - $18,900 (2000 est.)
Italy: purchasing power parity - $22,100 (2000 est.)
Jamaica: purchasing power parity - $3,700 (2000 est.)
Japan: purchasing power parity - $24,900 (2000 est.)
Jersey: purchasing power parity - $24,800 (1999 est.)
Jordan: purchasing power parity - $3,500 (2000 est.)
Kazakhstan: purchasing power parity - $5,000 (2000 est.)
Kenya: purchasing power parity - $1,500 (2000 est.)
Kiribati: purchasing power parity - $850 (2000 est.)
Korea, North: purchasing power parity - $1,000 (2000 est.)
Korea, South: purchasing power parity - $16,100 (2000 est.)
Kuwait: purchasing power parity - $15,000 (2000 est.)
Kyrgyzstan: purchasing power parity - $2,700 (2000 est.)
Laos: purchasing power parity - $1,700 (2000 est.)
Latvia: purchasing power parity - $7,200 (2000 est.)
Lebanon: purchasing power parity - $5,000 (2000 est.)
Lesotho: purchasing power parity - $2,400 (2000 est.)
Liberia: purchasing power parity - $1,100 (2000 est.)
Libya: purchasing power parity - $8,900 (2000 est.)
Liechtenstein: purchasing power parity - $23,000 (1998 est.)
Lithuania: purchasing power parity - $7,300 (2000 est.)
Luxembourg: purchasing power parity - $36,400 (2000 est.)
Macau: purchasing power parity - $17,500 (2000 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: purchasing power parity - $4,400 (2000 est.)
Madagascar: purchasing power parity - $800 (2000 est.)
Malawi: purchasing power parity - $900 (2000 est.)
Malaysia: purchasing power parity - $10,300 (2000 est.)
Maldives: purchasing power parity - $2,000 (2000 est.)
Mali: purchasing power parity - $850 (2000 est.)
Malta: purchasing power parity - $14,300 (2000 est.)
Man, Isle of: purchasing power parity - $18,800 (1999 est.)
Marshall Islands: purchasing power parity - $1,670 (1998 est.)
Martinique: purchasing power parity - $11,000 (1997 est.)
Mauritania: purchasing power parity - $2,000 (2000 est.)
Mauritius: purchasing power parity - $10,400 (2000 est.)
Mayotte: purchasing power parity - $600 (1998 est.)
Mexico: purchasing power parity - $9,100 (2000 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of: purchasing power parity - $2,000 (1999 est.)
Moldova: purchasing power parity - $2,500 (2000 est.)
Monaco: purchasing power parity - $27,000 (1999 est.)
Mongolia: purchasing power parity - $1,780 (2000 est.)
Montserrat: purchasing power parity - $5,000 (1999 est.)
Morocco: purchasing power parity - $3,500 (2000 est.)
Mozambique: purchasing power parity - $1,000 (2000 est.)
Namibia: purchasing power parity - $4,300 (2000 est.)
Nauru: purchasing power parity - $5,000 (2000 est.)
Nepal: purchasing power parity - $1,360 (2000 est.)
Netherlands: purchasing power parity - $24,400 (2000 est.)
Netherlands Antilles: purchasing power parity - $11,400 (2000 est.)
New Caledonia: purchasing power parity - $15,000 (1998 est.)
New Zealand: purchasing power parity - $17,700 (2000 est.)
Nicaragua: purchasing power parity - $2,700 (2000 est.)
Niger: purchasing power parity - $1,000 (2000 est.)
Nigeria: purchasing power parity - $950 (2000 est.)
Niue: purchasing power parity - $2,800 (1997 est.)
Norfolk Island: purchasing power parity - $NA
Northern Mariana Islands: purchasing power parity - $12,500 (2000 est.)
Norway: purchasing power parity - $27,700 (2000 est.)
Oman: purchasing power parity - $7,700 (2000 est.)
Pakistan: purchasing power parity - $2,000 (2000 est.)
Palau: purchasing power parity - $7,100 (1998 est.)
Panama: purchasing power parity - $6,000 (2000 est.)
Papua New Guinea: purchasing power parity - $2,500 (2000 est.)
Paraguay: purchasing power parity - $4,750 (2000 est.)
Peru: purchasing power parity - $4,550 (2000 est.)
Philippines: purchasing power parity - $3,800 (2000 est.)
Pitcairn Islands: purchasing power parity - $NA
Poland: purchasing power parity - $8,500 (2000 est.)
Portugal: purchasing power parity - $15,800 (2000 est.)
Puerto Rico: purchasing power parity - $10,000 (2000 est.)
Qatar: purchasing power parity - $20,300 (2000 est.)
Reunion: purchasing power parity - $4,800 (1998 est.)
Romania: purchasing power parity - $5,900 (2000 est.)
Russia: purchasing power parity - $7,700 (2000 est.)
Rwanda: purchasing power parity - $900 (2000 est.)
Saint Helena: purchasing power parity - $2,500 (1998 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis: purchasing power parity - $7,000 (2000 est.)
Saint Lucia: purchasing power parity - $4,500 (2000 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: purchasing power parity - $11,000 (1996 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: purchasing power parity - $2,800 (2000 est.)
Samoa: purchasing power parity - $3,200 (2000 est.)
San Marino: purchasing power parity - $32,000 (2000 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe: purchasing power parity - $1,100 (2000 est.)
Saudi Arabia: purchasing power parity - $10,500 (2000 est.)
Senegal: purchasing power parity - $1,600 (2000 est.)
Seychelles: purchasing power parity - $7,700 (2000 est.)
Sierra Leone: purchasing power parity - $510 (2000 est.)
Singapore: purchasing power parity - $26,500 (2000 est.)
Slovakia: purchasing power parity - $10,200 (2000 est.)
Slovenia: purchasing power parity - $12,000 (2000 est.)
Solomon Islands: purchasing power parity - $2,000 (2000 est.)
Somalia: purchasing power parity - $600 (2000 est.)
South Africa: purchasing power parity - $8,500 (2000 est.)
Spain: purchasing power parity - $18,000 (2000 est.)
Sri Lanka: purchasing power parity - $3,250 (2000 est.)
Sudan: purchasing power parity - $1,000 (2000 est.)
Suriname: purchasing power parity - $3,400 (1999 est.)
Svalbard: purchasing power parity - $NA
Swaziland: purchasing power parity - $4,000 (2000 est.)
Sweden: purchasing power parity - $22,200 (2000 est.)
Switzerland: purchasing power parity - $28,600 (2000 est.)
Syria: purchasing power parity - $3,100 (2000 est.)
Tajikistan: purchasing power parity - $1,140 (2000 est.)
Tanzania: purchasing power parity - $710 (2000 est.)
Thailand: purchasing power parity - $6,700 (2000 est.)
Togo: purchasing power parity - $1,500 (2000 est.)
Tokelau: purchasing power parity - $1,000 (1993 est.)
Tonga: purchasing power parity - $2,200 (2000 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago: purchasing power parity - $9,500 (2000 est.)
Tunisia: purchasing power parity - $6,500 (2000 est.)
Turkey: purchasing power parity - $6,800 (2000 est.)
Turkmenistan: purchasing power parity - $4,300 (2000 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands: purchasing power parity - $7,300 (1999 est.)
Tuvalu: purchasing power parity - $1,100 (1999 est.)
Uganda: purchasing power parity - $1,100 (2000 est.)
Ukraine: purchasing power parity - $3,850 (2000 est.)
United Arab Emirates: purchasing power parity - $22,800 (2000 est.)
United Kingdom: purchasing power parity - $22,800 (2000 est.)
United States: purchasing power parity - $36,200 (2000 est.)
Uruguay: purchasing power parity - $9,300 (2000 est.)
Uzbekistan: purchasing power parity - $2,400 (2000 est.)
Vanuatu: purchasing power parity - $1,300 (1999 est.)
Venezuela: purchasing power parity - $6,200 (2000 est.)
Vietnam: purchasing power parity - $1,950 (2000 est.)
Virgin Islands: purchasing power parity - $15,000 (2000 est.)
Wallis and Futuna: purchasing power parity - $2,000 (1997 est.)
West Bank: purchasing power parity - $1,500 (2000 est.)
Western Sahara: purchasing power parity - $NA
World: purchasing power parity - $7,200 (2000 est.)
Yemen: purchasing power parity - $820 (2000 est.)
Yugoslavia: purchasing power parity - $2,300 (2000 est.)
Zambia: purchasing power parity - $880 (2000 est.)
Zimbabwe: purchasing power parity - $2,500 (2000 est.)
Taiwan: purchasing power parity - $17,400 (2000 est.)
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@GDP - real growth rate
Afghanistan: NA%
Albania: 7.5% (2000 est.)
Algeria: 5% (2000 est.)
American Samoa: NA%
Andorra: NA%
Angola: 4.9% (2000 est.)
Anguilla: 7% (1999 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda: 4.6% (1999 est.)
Argentina: 0.8% (2000 est.)
Armenia: 5% (2000 est.)
Aruba: 3.5% (2000 est.)
Australia: 4.7% (2000 est.)
Austria: 3.1% (2000 est.)
Azerbaijan: 11.4% (2000 est.)
Bahamas, The: 4.5% (2000 est.)
Bahrain: 5% (2000 est.)
Bangladesh: 5.3% (2000 est.)
Barbados: 2.8% (2000 est.)
Belarus: 4% (2000 est.)
Belgium: 4.1% (2000 est.)
Belize: 4% (2000 est.)
Benin: 5% (2000 est.)
Bermuda: 1.5% (2000 est.)
Bhutan: 6% (2000 est.)
Bolivia: 2.5% (2000 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 8% (2000 est.)
Botswana: 6% (2000 est.)
Brazil: 4.2% (2000 est.)
British Virgin Islands: 6% (2000 est.)
Brunei: 3% (2000 est.)
Bulgaria: 5% (2000 est.)
Burkina Faso: 5% (2000 est.)
Burma: 4.9% (2000 est.)
Burundi: 1.8% (2000 est.)
Cambodia: 4% (2000 est.)
Cameroon: 4.4% (2000 est.)
Canada: 4.3% (2000 est.)
Cape Verde: 6% (2000 est.)
Cayman Islands: 4.9% (1999 est.)
Central African Republic: 3.5% (2000 est.)
Chad: 4% (2000 est.)
Chile: 5.5% (2000 est.)
China: 8% (2000 est.)
Christmas Island: NA%
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: NA%
Colombia: 3% (2000 est.)
Comoros: 0.5% (2000 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: -15% (2000 est.)
Congo, Republic of the: 3.8% (2000 est.)
Cook Islands: NA%
Costa Rica: 3% (2000 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire: -0.3% (2000 est.)
Croatia: 3.2% (2000 est.)
Cuba: 5.6% (2000 est.)
Cyprus: Greek Cypriot area: 4.2% (2000 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 4.9% (1999 est.)
Czech Republic: 2.5% (2000 est.)
Denmark: 2.8% (2000 est.)
Djibouti: 2% (2000 est.)
Dominica: 0.5% (2000 est.)
Dominican Republic: 8% (2000 est.)
Ecuador: 0.8% (2000 est.)
Egypt: 5% (2000 est.)
El Salvador: 2.5% (2000 est.)
Equatorial Guinea: 12% (2000 est.)
Eritrea: -1% (2000 est.)
Estonia: 6.4% (2000 est.)
Ethiopia: 2% (2000 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 1% (FY95/96 est.)
Faroe Islands: 5% (2000 est.)
Fiji: -8% (1999 est.)
Finland: 5.6% (2000 est.)
France: 3.1% (2000 est.)
French Guiana: NA%
French Polynesia: 2.5% (1997 est.)
Gabon: 1.2% (2000 est.)
Gambia, The: 4.9% (2000 est.)
Gaza Strip: -7.5% (2000 est.)
Georgia: 1.9% (2000 est.)
Germany: 3% (2000 est.)
Ghana: 3% (2000 est.)
Gibraltar: NA%
Greece: 3.8% (2000 est.)
Greenland: NA%
Grenada: 7% (2000 est.)
Guadeloupe: NA%
Guam: NA%
Guatemala: 3% (2000 est.)
Guernsey: 5.7% (1999 est.)
Guinea: 5% (2000 est.)
Guinea-Bissau: 7.6% (2000 est.)
Guyana: 3% (2000 est.)
Haiti: 1.2% (2000 est.)
Honduras: 5% (2000 est.)
Hong Kong: 10% (2000 est.)
Hungary: 5.5% (2000 est.)
Iceland: 4.3% (2000 est.)
India: 6% (2000 est.)
Indonesia: 4.8% (2000 est.)
Iran: 3% (2000 est.)
Iraq: 15% (2000 est.)
Ireland: 9.9% (2000 est.)
Israel: 5.9% (2000 est.)
Italy: 2.7% (2000 est.)
Jamaica: 0.2% (2000 est.)
Japan: 1.3% (2000 est.)
Jersey: NA%
Jordan: 2% (2000 est.)
Kazakhstan: 10.5% (2000 est.)
Kenya: 0.4% (2000 est.)
Kiribati: 1% (2000 est.)
Korea, North: -3% (2000 est.)
Korea, South: 9% (2000 est.)
Kuwait: 6% (2000 est.)
Kyrgyzstan: 5.7% (2000 est.)
Laos: 4% (2000 est.)
Latvia: 5.5% (2000 est.)
Lebanon: 1% (2000 est.)
Lesotho: 2.5% (2000 est.)
Liberia: 15% (2000 est.)
Libya: 6.5% (2000 est.)
Liechtenstein: NA%
Lithuania: 2.9% (2000 est.)
Luxembourg: 5.7% (2000 est.)
Macau: 2% (2000 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 5% (2000 est.)
Madagascar: 4.8% (2000 est.)
Malawi: 3% (2000 est.)
Malaysia: 8.6% (2000 est.)
Maldives: 7.6% (2000 est.)
Mali: 4.8% (2000 est.)
Malta: 3.4% (2000 est.)
Man, Isle of: 13.5% (1999 est.)
Marshall Islands: -5% (1998 est.)
Martinique: NA%
Mauritania: 5% (2000 est.)
Mauritius: 7.5% (2000 est.)
Mayotte: NA%
Mexico: 7.1% (2000 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of: 0.3% (1999 est.)
Moldova: -1.5% (2000 est.)
Monaco: NA%
Mongolia: -1% (2000 est.)
Montserrat: -1.5% (1999 est.)
Morocco: 0.8% (2000 est.)
Mozambique: 3.8% (2000 est.)
Namibia: 4% (2000 est.)
Nauru: NA%
Nepal: 3.7% (2000 est.)
Netherlands: 4% (2000 est.)
Netherlands Antilles: -3.5% (2000 est.)
New Caledonia: 3.5% (1998 est.)
New Zealand: 3.6% (2000 est.)
Nicaragua: 5% (2000 est.)
Niger: 3.5% (2000 est.)
Nigeria: 3.5% (2000 est.)
Niue: NA%
Norfolk Island: NA%
Northern Mariana Islands: NA%
Norway: 2.7% (2000 est.)
Oman: 4.6% (2000 est.)
Pakistan: 4.8% (2000 est.)
Palau: -1.4% (1998 est.)
Panama: 2.5% (2000 est.)
Papua New Guinea: 2.9% (2000 est.)
Paraguay: 1% (2000 est.)
Peru: 3.6% (2000 est.)
Philippines: 3.6% (2000 est.)
Pitcairn Islands: NA%
Poland: 4.8% (2000 est.)
Portugal: 2.7% (2000 est.)
Puerto Rico: 2.8% (2000 est.)
Qatar: 4% (2000 est.)
Reunion: 3.8% (1998 est.)
Romania: 2.2% (2000 est.)
Russia: 6.3% (2000 est.)
Rwanda: 5.8% (2000 est.)
Saint Helena: NA%
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 5% (2000 est.)
Saint Lucia: 0.5% (2000 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: NA%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 2% (2000 est.)
Samoa: 6.8% (2000 est.)
San Marino: 8% (2000 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe: 3% (2000 est.)
Saudi Arabia: 4% (2000 est.)
Senegal: 5.7% (2000 est.)
Seychelles: 1.5% (2000 est.)
Sierra Leone: 4.2% (2000 est.)
Singapore: 10.1% (2000 est.)
Slovakia: 2.2% (2000 est.)
Slovenia: 4.5% (2000 est.)
Solomon Islands: 1% (2000 est.)
Somalia: NA%
South Africa: 3% (2000 est.)
Spain: 4% (2000 est.)
Sri Lanka: 5.6% (2000 est.)
Sudan: 7% (2000 est.)
Suriname: -1% (1999 est.)
Svalbard: NA%
Swaziland: 2.4% (2000 est.)
Sweden: 4.3% (2000 est.)
Switzerland: 3% (2000 est.)
Syria: 3.5% (2000 est.)
Tajikistan: 5.1% (2000 est.)
Tanzania: 5.2% (2000 est.)
Thailand: 4.2% (2000 est.)
Togo: 3.4% (2000 est.)
Tokelau: NA%
Tonga: 5% (2000 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago: 5% (2000 est.)
Tunisia: 5% (2000 est.)
Turkey: 6% (2000 est.)
Turkmenistan: 16% (2000 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands: 8.7% (1999 est.)
Tuvalu: 3% (1999 est.)
Uganda: 6% (2000 est.)
Ukraine: 6% (2000 est.)
United Arab Emirates: 4% (2000 est.)
United Kingdom: 3% (2000 est.)
United States: 5% (2000 est.)
Uruguay: -1.1% (2000 est.)
Uzbekistan: 2.1% (2000 est.)
Vanuatu: -2.5% (1999 est.)
Venezuela: 3.2% (2000 est.)
Vietnam: 5.5% (2000 est.)
Virgin Islands: NA%
Wallis and Futuna: NA%
West Bank: -7.5% (2000 est.)
Western Sahara: NA%
World: 4.8% (2000 est.)
Yemen: 6% (2000 est.)
Yugoslavia: 15% (2000 est.)
Zambia: 4% (2000 est.)
Zimbabwe: -6.1% (2000 est.)
Taiwan: 6.3% (2000 est.)
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@Geographic coordinates
Afghanistan: 33 00 N, 65 00 E
Albania: 41 00 N, 20 00 E
Algeria: 28 00 N, 3 00 E
American Samoa: 14 20 S, 170 00 W
Andorra: 42 30 N, 1 30 E
Angola: 12 30 S, 18 30 E
Anguilla: 18 15 N, 63 10 W
Antarctica: 90 00 S, 0 00 E
Antigua and Barbuda: 17 03 N, 61 48 W
Arctic Ocean: 90 00 N, 0 00 E
Argentina: 34 00 S, 64 00 W
Armenia: 40 00 N, 45 00 E
Aruba: 12 30 N, 69 58 W
Ashmore and Cartier Islands: 12 14 S, 123 05 E
Atlantic Ocean: 0 00 N, 25 00 W
Australia: 27 00 S, 133 00 E
Austria: 47 20 N, 13 20 E
Azerbaijan: 40 30 N, 47 30 E
Bahamas, The: 24 15 N, 76 00 W
Bahrain: 26 00 N, 50 33 E
Baker Island: 0 13 N, 176 31 W
Bangladesh: 24 00 N, 90 00 E
Barbados: 13 10 N, 59 32 W
Bassas da India: 21 30 S, 39 50 E
Belarus: 53 00 N, 28 00 E
Belgium: 50 50 N, 4 00 E
Belize: 17 15 N, 88 45 W
Benin: 9 30 N, 2 15 E
Bermuda: 32 20 N, 64 45 W
Bhutan: 27 30 N, 90 30 E
Bolivia: 17 00 S, 65 00 W
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 44 00 N, 18 00 E
Botswana: 22 00 S, 24 00 E
Bouvet Island: 54 26 S, 3 24 E
Brazil: 10 00 S, 55 00 W
British Indian Ocean Territory: 6 00 S, 71 30 E
British Virgin Islands: 18 30 N, 64 30 W
Brunei: 4 30 N, 114 40 E
Bulgaria: 43 00 N, 25 00 E
Burkina Faso: 13 00 N, 2 00 W
Burma: 22 00 N, 98 00 E
Burundi: 3 30 S, 30 00 E
Cambodia: 13 00 N, 105 00 E
Cameroon: 6 00 N, 12 00 E
Canada: 60 00 N, 95 00 W
Cape Verde: 16 00 N, 24 00 W
Cayman Islands: 19 30 N, 80 30 W
Central African Republic: 7 00 N, 21 00 E
Chad: 15 00 N, 19 00 E
Chile: 30 00 S, 71 00 W
China: 35 00 N, 105 00 E
Christmas Island: 10 30 S, 105 40 E
Clipperton Island: 10 17 N, 109 13 W
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 12 30 S, 96 50 E
Colombia: 4 00 N, 72 00 W
Comoros: 12 10 S, 44 15 E
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 0 00 N, 25 00 E
Congo, Republic of the: 1 00 S, 15 00 E
Cook Islands: 21 14 S, 159 46 W
Coral Sea Islands: 18 00 S, 152 00 E
Costa Rica: 10 00 N, 84 00 W
Cote d'Ivoire: 8 00 N, 5 00 W
Croatia: 45 10 N, 15 30 E
Cuba: 21 30 N, 80 00 W
Cyprus: 35 00 N, 33 00 E
Czech Republic: 49 45 N, 15 30 E
Denmark: 56 00 N, 10 00 E
Djibouti: 11 30 N, 43 00 E
Dominica: 15 25 N, 61 20 W
Dominican Republic: 19 00 N, 70 40 W
Ecuador: 2 00 S, 77 30 W
Egypt: 27 00 N, 30 00 E
El Salvador: 13 50 N, 88 55 W
Equatorial Guinea: 2 00 N, 10 00 E
Eritrea: 15 00 N, 39 00 E
Estonia: 59 00 N, 26 00 E
Ethiopia: 8 00 N, 38 00 E
Europa Island: 22 20 S, 40 22 E
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 51 45 S, 59 00 W
Faroe Islands: 62 00 N, 7 00 W
Fiji: 18 00 S, 175 00 E
Finland: 64 00 N, 26 00 E
France: 46 00 N, 2 00 E
French Guiana: 4 00 N, 53 00 W
French Polynesia: 15 00 S, 140 00 W
French Southern and Antarctic Lands: 43 00 S, 67 00 E
Gabon: 1 00 S, 11 45 E
Gambia, The: 13 28 N, 16 34 W
Gaza Strip: 31 25 N, 34 20 E
Georgia: 42 00 N, 43 30 E
Germany: 51 00 N, 9 00 E
Ghana: 8 00 N, 2 00 W
Gibraltar: 36 11 N, 5 22 W
Glorioso Islands: 11 30 S, 47 20 E
Greece: 39 00 N, 22 00 E
Greenland: 72 00 N, 40 00 W
Grenada: 12 07 N, 61 40 W
Guadeloupe: 16 15 N, 61 35 W
Guam: 13 28 N, 144 47 E
Guatemala: 15 30 N, 90 15 W
Guernsey: 49 28 N, 2 35 W
Guinea: 11 00 N, 10 00 W
Guinea-Bissau: 12 00 N, 15 00 W
Guyana: 5 00 N, 59 00 W
Haiti: 19 00 N, 72 25 W
Heard Island and McDonald Islands: 53 06 S, 72 31 E
Holy See (Vatican City): 41 54 N, 12 27 E
Honduras: 15 00 N, 86 30 W
Hong Kong: 22 15 N, 114 10 E
Howland Island: 0 48 N, 176 38 W
Hungary: 47 00 N, 20 00 E
Iceland: 65 00 N, 18 00 W
India: 20 00 N, 77 00 E
Indian Ocean: 20 00 S, 80 00 E
Indonesia: 5 00 S, 120 00 E
Iran: 32 00 N, 53 00 E
Iraq: 33 00 N, 44 00 E
Ireland: 53 00 N, 8 00 W
Israel: 31 30 N, 34 45 E
Italy: 42 50 N, 12 50 E
Jamaica: 18 15 N, 77 30 W
Jan Mayen: 71 00 N, 8 00 W
Japan: 36 00 N, 138 00 E
Jarvis Island: 0 22 S, 160 03 W
Jersey: 49 15 N, 2 10 W
Johnston Atoll: 16 45 N, 169 31 W
Jordan: 31 00 N, 36 00 E
Juan de Nova Island: 17 03 S, 42 45 E
Kazakhstan: 48 00 N, 68 00 E
Kenya: 1 00 N, 38 00 E
Kingman Reef: 6 24 N, 162 24 W
Kiribati: 1 25 N, 173 00 E
Korea, North: 40 00 N, 127 00 E
Korea, South: 37 00 N, 127 30 E
Kuwait: 29 30 N, 45 45 E
Kyrgyzstan: 41 00 N, 75 00 E
Laos: 18 00 N, 105 00 E
Latvia: 57 00 N, 25 00 E
Lebanon: 33 50 N, 35 50 E
Lesotho: 29 30 S, 28 30 E
Liberia: 6 30 N, 9 30 W
Libya: 25 00 N, 17 00 E
Liechtenstein: 47 10 N, 9 32 E
Lithuania: 56 00 N, 24 00 E
Luxembourg: 49 45 N, 6 10 E
Macau: 22 10 N, 113 33 E
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 41 50 N, 22 00 E
Madagascar: 20 00 S, 47 00 E
Malawi: 13 30 S, 34 00 E
Malaysia: 2 30 N, 112 30 E
Maldives: 3 15 N, 73 00 E
Mali: 17 00 N, 4 00 W
Malta: 35 50 N, 14 35 E
Man, Isle of: 54 15 N, 4 30 W
Marshall Islands: 9 00 N, 168 00 E
Martinique: 14 40 N, 61 00 W
Mauritania: 20 00 N, 12 00 W
Mauritius: 20 17 S, 57 33 E
Mayotte: 12 50 S, 45 10 E
Mexico: 23 00 N, 102 00 W
Micronesia, Federated States of: 6 55 N, 158 15 E
Midway Islands: 28 13 N, 177 22 W
Moldova: 47 00 N, 29 00 E
Monaco: 43 44 N, 7 24 E
Mongolia: 46 00 N, 105 00 E
Montserrat: 16 45 N, 62 12 W
Morocco: 32 00 N, 5 00 W
Mozambique: 18 15 S, 35 00 E
Namibia: 22 00 S, 17 00 E
Nauru: 0 32 S, 166 55 E
Navassa Island: 18 25 N, 75 02 W
Nepal: 28 00 N, 84 00 E
Netherlands: 52 30 N, 5 45 E
Netherlands Antilles: 12 15 N, 68 45 W
New Caledonia: 21 30 S, 165 30 E
New Zealand: 41 00 S, 174 00 E
Nicaragua: 13 00 N, 85 00 W
Niger: 16 00 N, 8 00 E
Nigeria: 10 00 N, 8 00 E
Niue: 19 02 S, 169 52 W
Norfolk Island: 29 02 S, 167 57 E
Northern Mariana Islands: 15 12 N, 145 45 E
Norway: 62 00 N, 10 00 E
Oman: 21 00 N, 57 00 E
Pacific Ocean: 0 00 N, 160 00 W
Pakistan: 30 00 N, 70 00 E
Palau: 7 30 N, 134 30 E
Palmyra Atoll: 5 52 N, 162 06 W
Panama: 9 00 N, 80 00 W
Papua New Guinea: 6 00 S, 147 00 E
Paracel Islands: 16 30 N, 112 00 E
Paraguay: 23 00 S, 58 00 W
Peru: 10 00 S, 76 00 W
Philippines: 13 00 N, 122 00 E
Pitcairn Islands: 25 04 S, 130 06 W
Poland: 52 00 N, 20 00 E
Portugal: 39 30 N, 8 00 W
Puerto Rico: 18 15 N, 66 30 W
Qatar: 25 30 N, 51 15 E
Reunion: 21 06 S, 55 36 E
Romania: 46 00 N, 25 00 E
Russia: 60 00 N, 100 00 E
Rwanda: 2 00 S, 30 00 E
Saint Helena: 15 56 S, 5 42 W
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 17 20 N, 62 45 W
Saint Lucia: 13 53 N, 60 68 W
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 46 50 N, 56 20 W
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 13 15 N, 61 12 W
Samoa: 13 35 S, 172 20 W
San Marino: 43 46 N, 12 25 E
Sao Tome and Principe: 1 00 N, 7 00 E
Saudi Arabia: 25 00 N, 45 00 E
Senegal: 14 00 N, 14 00 W
Seychelles: 4 35 S, 55 40 E
Sierra Leone: 8 30 N, 11 30 W
Singapore: 1 22 N, 103 48 E
Slovakia: 48 40 N, 19 30 E
Slovenia: 46 00 N, 15 00 E
Solomon Islands: 8 00 S, 159 00 E
Somalia: 10 00 N, 49 00 E
South Africa: 29 00 S, 24 00 E
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: 54 30 S, 37 00 W
Southern Ocean: 65 00 S, 0 00 E (nominally), but the Southern Ocean has the unique distinction of being a large circumpolar body of water totally encircling the continent of Antarctica; this ring of water lies between 60 degrees south latitude and the coast of Antarctica, and encompasses 360 degrees of longitude
Spain: 40 00 N, 4 00 W
Spratly Islands: 8 38 N, 111 55 E
Sri Lanka: 7 00 N, 81 00 E
Sudan: 15 00 N, 30 00 E
Suriname: 4 00 N, 56 00 W
Svalbard: 78 00 N, 20 00 E
Swaziland: 26 30 S, 31 30 E
Sweden: 62 00 N, 15 00 E
Switzerland: 47 00 N, 8 00 E
Syria: 35 00 N, 38 00 E
Tajikistan: 39 00 N, 71 00 E
Tanzania: 6 00 S, 35 00 E
Thailand: 15 00 N, 100 00 E
Togo: 8 00 N, 1 10 E
Tokelau: 9 00 S, 172 00 W
Tonga: 20 00 S, 175 00 W
Trinidad and Tobago: 11 00 N, 61 00 W
Tromelin Island: 15 52 S, 54 25 E
Tunisia: 34 00 N, 9 00 E
Turkey: 39 00 N, 35 00 E
Turkmenistan: 40 00 N, 60 00 E
Turks and Caicos Islands: 21 45 N, 71 35 W
Tuvalu: 8 00 S, 178 00 E
Uganda: 1 00 N, 32 00 E
Ukraine: 49 00 N, 32 00 E
United Arab Emirates: 24 00 N, 54 00 E
United Kingdom: 54 00 N, 2 00 W
United States: 38 00 N, 97 00 W
Uruguay: 33 00 S, 56 00 W
Uzbekistan: 41 00 N, 64 00 E
Vanuatu: 16 00 S, 167 00 E
Venezuela: 8 00 N, 66 00 W
Vietnam: 16 00 N, 106 00 E
Virgin Islands: 18 20 N, 64 50 W
Wake Island: 19 17 N, 166 36 E
Wallis and Futuna: 13 18 S, 176 12 W
West Bank: 32 00 N, 35 15 E
Western Sahara: 24 30 N, 13 00 W
Yemen: 15 00 N, 48 00 E
Yugoslavia: 44 00 N, 21 00 E
Zambia: 15 00 S, 30 00 E
Zimbabwe: 20 00 S, 30 00 E
Taiwan: 23 30 N, 121 00 E
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@Geography - note
Afghanistan: landlocked
Albania: strategic location along Strait of Otranto (links Adriatic Sea to Ionian Sea and Mediterranean Sea)
Algeria: second-largest country in Africa (after Sudan)
American Samoa: Pago Pago has one of the best natural deepwater harbors in the South Pacific Ocean, sheltered by shape from rough seas and protected by peripheral mountains from high winds; strategic location in the South Pacific Ocean
Andorra: landlocked
Angola: Cabinda is separated from rest of country by the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Antarctica: the coldest, windiest, highest (on average), and driest continent; during summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface at the South Pole than is received at the Equator in an equivalent period; mostly uninhabitable
Arctic Ocean: major chokepoint is the southern Chukchi Sea (northern access to the Pacific Ocean via the Bering Strait); strategic location between North America and Russia; shortest marine link between the extremes of eastern and western Russia; floating research stations operated by the US and Russia; maximum snow cover in March or April about 20 to 50 centimeters over the frozen ocean; snow cover lasts about 10 months
Argentina: second-largest country in South America (after Brazil); strategic location relative to sea lanes between South Atlantic and South Pacific Oceans (Strait of Magellan, Beagle Channel, Drake Passage)
Armenia: landlocked
Ashmore and Cartier Islands: Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve established in August 1983
Atlantic Ocean: major chokepoints include the Dardanelles, Strait of Gibraltar, access to the Panama and Suez Canals; strategic straits include the Strait of Dover, Straits of Florida, Mona Passage, The Sound (Oresund), and Windward Passage; the Equator divides the Atlantic Ocean into the North Atlantic Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean
Australia: world's smallest continent but sixth-largest country; population concentrated along the eastern and southeastern coasts; regular, tropical, invigorating, sea breeze known as "the Doctor" occurs along the west coast in the summer
Austria: landlocked; strategic location at the crossroads of central Europe with many easily traversable Alpine passes and valleys; major river is the Danube; population is concentrated on eastern lowlands because of steep slopes, poor soils, and low temperatures elsewhere
Azerbaijan: landlocked
Bahamas, The: strategic location adjacent to US and Cuba; extensive island chain
Bahrain: close to primary Middle Eastern petroleum sources; strategic location in Persian Gulf which much of Western world's petroleum must transit to reach open ocean
Baker Island: treeless, sparse, and scattered vegetation consisting of grasses, prostrate vines, and low growing shrubs; primarily a nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat for seabirds, shorebirds, and marine wildlife
Barbados: easternmost Caribbean island
Belarus: landlocked
Belgium: crossroads of Western Europe; majority of West European capitals within 1,000 km of Brussels which is the seat of both the EU and NATO
Belize: only country in Central America without a coastline on the North Pacific Ocean
Benin: no natural harbors
Bermuda: consists of about 360 small coral islands with ample rainfall, but no rivers or freshwater lakes; some land, reclaimed and otherwise, was leased by US Government from 1941 to 1995
Bhutan: landlocked; strategic location between China and India; controls several key Himalayan mountain passes
Bolivia: landlocked; shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake (elevation 3,805 m), with Peru
Bosnia and Herzegovina: within Bosnia and Herzegovina's recognized borders, the country is divided into a joint Bosniak/Croat Federation (about 51% of the territory) and the Bosnian Serb-led Republika Srpska or RS (about 49% of the territory); the region called Herzegovina is contiguous to Croatia and traditionally has been settled by an ethnic Croat majority
Botswana: landlocked; population concentrated in eastern part of the country
Bouvet Island: covered by glacial ice; declared a nature reserve
Brazil: largest country in South America; shares common boundaries with every South American country except Chile and Ecuador
British Indian Ocean Territory: archipelago of 2,300 islands; Diego Garcia, largest and southernmost island, occupies strategic location in central Indian Ocean; island is site of joint US-UK military facility
British Virgin Islands: strong ties to nearby US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico
Brunei: close to vital sea lanes through South China Sea linking Indian and Pacific Oceans; two parts physically separated by Malaysia; almost an enclave of Malaysia
Bulgaria: strategic location near Turkish Straits; controls key land routes from Europe to Middle East and Asia
Burkina Faso: landlocked
Burma: strategic location near major Indian Ocean shipping lanes
Burundi: landlocked; straddles crest of the Nile-Congo watershed
Cambodia: a land of paddies and forests dominated by the Mekong River and Tonle Sap
Cameroon: sometimes referred to as the hinge of Africa
Canada: second-largest country in world (after Russia); strategic location between Russia and US via north polar route; approximately 85% of the population is concentrated within 300 km of the US/Canada border
Cape Verde: strategic location 500 km from west coast of Africa near major north-south sea routes; important communications station; important sea and air refueling site
Cayman Islands: important location between Cuba and Central America
Central African Republic: landlocked; almost the precise center of Africa
Chad: landlocked; Lake Chad is the most significant water body in the Sahel
Chile: strategic location relative to sea lanes between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (Strait of Magellan, Beagle Channel, Drake Passage); Atacama Desert is one of world's driest regions
China: world's fourth-largest country (after Russia, Canada, and US)
Christmas Island: located along major sea lanes of Indian Ocean
Clipperton Island: reef about 8 km in circumference
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: two coral atolls thickly covered with coconut palms and other vegetation
Colombia: only South American country with coastlines on both North Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea
Comoros: important location at northern end of Mozambique Channel
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: straddles Equator; very narrow strip of land that controls the lower Congo river and is only outlet to South Atlantic Ocean; dense tropical rain forest in central river basin and eastern highlands
Congo, Republic of the: about 70% of the population lives in Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, or along the railroad between them
Coral Sea Islands: important nesting area for birds and turtles
Croatia: controls most land routes from Western Europe to Aegean Sea and Turkish Straits
Cuba: largest country in Caribbean
Czech Republic: landlocked; strategically located astride some of oldest and most significant land routes in Europe; Moravian Gate is a traditional military corridor between the North European Plain and the Danube in central Europe
Denmark: controls Danish Straits (Skagerrak and Kattegat) linking Baltic and North Seas; about one-quarter of the population lives in greater Copenhagen
Djibouti: strategic location near world's busiest shipping lanes and close to Arabian oilfields; terminus of rail traffic into Ethiopia; mostly wasteland
Dominican Republic: shares island of Hispaniola with Haiti (eastern two-thirds is the Dominican Republic, western one-third is Haiti)
Ecuador: Cotopaxi in Andes is highest active volcano in world
Egypt: controls Sinai Peninsula, only land bridge between Africa and remainder of Eastern Hemisphere; controls Suez Canal, shortest sea link between Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea; size, and juxtaposition to Israel, establish its major role in Middle Eastern geopolitics; dependence on upstream neighbors; dominance of Nile basin issues; prone to influxes of refugees
El Salvador: smallest Central American country and only one without a coastline on Caribbean Sea
Equatorial Guinea: insular and continental regions rather widely separated
Eritrea: strategic geopolitical position along world's busiest shipping lanes; Eritrea retained the entire coastline of Ethiopia along the Red Sea upon de jure independence from Ethiopia on 24 May 1993
Ethiopia: landlocked - entire coastline along the Red Sea was lost with the de jure independence of Eritrea on 24 May 1993
Europa Island: wildlife sanctuary
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): deeply indented coast provides good natural harbors; short growing season
Faroe Islands: archipelago of 17 inhabited islands and one uninhabited island, and a few uninhabited islets; strategically located along important sea lanes in northeastern Atlantic; precipitous terrain limits habitation to small coastal lowlands
Fiji: includes 332 islands of which approximately 110 are inhabited
Finland: long boundary with Russia; Helsinki is northernmost national capital on European continent; population concentrated on small southwestern coastal plain
France: largest West European nation
French Guiana: mostly an unsettled wilderness
French Polynesia: includes five archipelagoes; Makatea in French Polynesia is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Nauru
French Southern and Antarctic Lands: islands component is widely scattered across remote locations in the southern Indian Ocean
Gambia, The: almost an enclave of Senegal; smallest country on the continent of Africa
Gaza Strip: there are 25 Israeli settlements and civilian land use sites in the Gaza Strip (August 2000 est.)
Germany: strategic location on North European Plain and along the entrance to the Baltic Sea
Ghana: Lake Volta is the world's largest artificial lake; northeasterly harmattan wind (January to March)
Gibraltar: strategic location on Strait of Gibraltar that links the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea
Greece: strategic location dominating the Aegean Sea and southern approach to Turkish Straits; a peninsular country, possessing an archipelago of about 2,000 islands
Greenland: dominates North Atlantic Ocean between North America and Europe; sparse population confined to small settlements along coast, but close to one-quarter of the population lives in the capital, Nuuk; world's second largest ice cap
Grenada: the administration of the islands of the Grenadines group is divided between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada
Guam: largest and southernmost island in the Mariana Islands archipelago; strategic location in western North Pacific Ocean
Guatemala: no natural harbors on west coast
Guernsey: large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port
Haiti: shares island of Hispaniola with Dominican Republic (western one-third is Haiti, eastern two-thirds is the Dominican Republic)
Heard Island and McDonald Islands: primarily used for research stations
Holy See (Vatican City): urban; landlocked; enclave of Rome, Italy; world's smallest state; outside the Vatican City, 13 buildings in Rome and Castel Gandolfo (the pope's summer residence) enjoy extraterritorial rights
Hong Kong: more than 200 islands
Howland Island: almost totally covered with grasses, prostrate vines, and low-growing shrubs; small area of trees in the center; primarily a nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat for seabirds, shorebirds, and marine wildlife
Hungary: landlocked; strategic location astride main land routes between Western Europe and Balkan Peninsula as well as between Ukraine and Mediterranean basin
Iceland: strategic location between Greenland and Europe; westernmost European country; Reykjavik is the northernmost national capital in the world; more land covered by glaciers than in all of continental Europe
India: dominates South Asian subcontinent; near important Indian Ocean trade routes
Indian Ocean: major chokepoints include Bab el Mandeb, Strait of Hormuz, Strait of Malacca, southern access to the Suez Canal, and the Lombok Strait
Indonesia: archipelago of 17,000 islands (6,000 inhabited); straddles Equator; strategic location astride or along major sea lanes from Indian Ocean to Pacific Ocean
Ireland: strategic location on major air and sea routes between North America and northern Europe; over 40% of the population resides within 97 km of Dublin
Israel: there are 231 Israeli settlements and civilian land use sites in the West Bank, 42 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, 25 in the Gaza Strip, and 29 in East Jerusalem (August 2000 est.)
Italy: strategic location dominating central Mediterranean as well as southern sea and air approaches to Western Europe
Jamaica: strategic location between Cayman Trench and Jamaica Channel, the main sea lanes for Panama Canal
Jan Mayen: barren volcanic island with some moss and grass
Japan: strategic location in northeast Asia
Jarvis Island: sparse bunch grass, prostrate vines, and low-growing shrubs; primarily a nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat for seabirds, shorebirds, and marine wildlife
Jersey: largest and southernmost of Channel Islands; about 30% of population concentrated in Saint Helier
Johnston Atoll: strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean; Johnston Island and Sand Island are natural islands, which have been expanded by coral dredging; North Island (Akau) and East Island (Hikina) are manmade islands formed from coral dredging; egg-shaped reef is 34 km in circumference; closed to the public; former US nuclear weapons test site; site of Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System (JACADS); some low-growing vegetation
Juan de Nova Island: wildlife sanctuary
Kazakhstan: landlocked; Russia leases approximately 6,000 sq km of territory enclosing the Baykonur Cosmodrome
Kenya: the Kenyan Highlands comprise one of the most successful agricultural production regions in Africa; glaciers on Mt. Kenya; unique physiography supports abundant and varied wildlife of scientific and economic value
Kingman Reef: barren coral atoll with deep interior lagoon; closed to the public
Kiribati: 20 of the 33 islands are inhabited; Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Makatea in French Polynesia, and Nauru
Korea, North: strategic location bordering China, South Korea, and Russia; mountainous interior is isolated and sparsely populated
Kuwait: strategic location at head of Persian Gulf
Kyrgyzstan: landlocked
Laos: landlocked
Lebanon: Nahr al Litani only major river in Near East not crossing an international boundary; rugged terrain historically helped isolate, protect, and develop numerous factional groups based on religion, clan, and ethnicity
Lesotho: landlocked; surrounded by South Africa
Liechtenstein: along with Uzbekistan, one of only two doubly landlocked countries in the world; variety of microclimatic variations based on elevation
Luxembourg: landlocked
Macau: essentially urban; one causeway and two bridges connect the two islands of Coloane and Taipa to the peninsula on mainland
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: landlocked; major transportation corridor from Western and Central Europe to Aegean Sea and Southern Europe to Western Europe
Madagascar: world's fourth-largest island; strategic location along Mozambique Channel
Malawi: landlocked
Malaysia: strategic location along Strait of Malacca and southern South China Sea
Maldives: 1,190 coral islands grouped into 26 atolls (200 inhabited islands, plus 80 islands with tourist resorts); archipelago of strategic location astride and along major sea lanes in Indian Ocean
Mali: landlocked
Malta: the country comprises an archipelago, with only the three largest islands (Malta, Ghawdex or Gozo, and Kemmuna or Comino) being inhabited; numerous bays provide good harbors; Malta and Tunisia are discussing the commercial exploitation of the continental shelf between their countries, particularly for oil exploration
Man, Isle of: one small islet, the Calf of Man, lies to the southwest, and is a bird sanctuary
Marshall Islands: two archipelagic island chains of 30 atolls and 1,152 islands; Bikini and Enewetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein, the famous World War II battleground, is now used as a US missile test range
Mauritania: most of the population concentrated in the cities of Nouakchott and Nouadhibou and along the Senegal River in the southern part of the country
Mayotte: part of Comoro Archipelago; 18 islands
Mexico: strategic location on southern border of US
Micronesia, Federated States of: four major island groups totaling 607 islands
Midway Islands: a coral atoll managed as a national wildlife refuge and open to the public for wildlife-related recreation in the form of wildlife observation and photography, sport fishing, snorkeling, and scuba diving
Moldova: landlocked
Monaco: second smallest independent state in the world (after Holy See); almost entirely urban
Mongolia: landlocked; strategic location between China and Russia
Morocco: strategic location along Strait of Gibraltar
Nauru: Nauru is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Makatea in French Polynesia; only 53 km south of Equator
Navassa Island: strategic location 160 km south of the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; mostly exposed rock, but enough grassland to support goat herds; dense stands of fig-like trees, scattered cactus
Nepal: landlocked; strategic location between China and India; contains eight of world's 10 highest peaks
Netherlands: located at mouths of three major European rivers (Rhine, Maas or Meuse, and Schelde)
New Zealand: about 80% of the population lives in cities; Wellington is the southernmost national capital in the world
Niger: landlocked
Niue: one of world's largest coral islands
Northern Mariana Islands: strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean
Norway: about two-thirds mountains; some 50,000 islands off its much indented coastline; strategic location adjacent to sea lanes and air routes in North Atlantic; one of most rugged and longest coastlines in world; Norway is the only NATO member having a land boundary with Russia
Oman: strategic location on Musandam Peninsula adjacent to Strait of Hormuz, a vital transit point for world crude oil
Pacific Ocean: the major chokepoints are the Bering Strait, Panama Canal, Luzon Strait, and the Singapore Strait; the Equator divides the Pacific Ocean into the North Pacific Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean; dotted with low coral islands and rugged volcanic islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean
Pakistan: controls Khyber Pass and Bolan Pass, traditional invasion routes between Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent
Palau: includes World War II battleground of Beliliou (Peleliu) and world-famous rock islands; archipelago of six island groups totaling over 200 islands in the Caroline chain
Palmyra Atoll: about 50 islets covered with dense vegetation, coconut trees, and balsa-like trees up to 30 meters tall
Panama: strategic location on eastern end of isthmus forming land bridge connecting North and South America; controls Panama Canal that links North Atlantic Ocean via Caribbean Sea with North Pacific Ocean
Papua New Guinea: shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; one of world's largest swamps along southwest coast
Paraguay: landlocked; lies between Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil
Peru: shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake, with Bolivia
Poland: historically, an area of conflict because of flat terrain and the lack of natural barriers on the North European Plain
Portugal: Azores and Madeira Islands occupy strategic locations along western sea approaches to Strait of Gibraltar
Puerto Rico: important location along the Mona Passage - a key shipping lane to the Panama Canal; San Juan is one of the biggest and best natural harbors in the Caribbean; many small rivers and high central mountains ensure land is well watered; south coast relatively dry; fertile coastal plain belt in north
Qatar: strategic location in central Persian Gulf near major petroleum deposits
Romania: controls most easily traversable land route between the Balkans, Moldova, and Ukraine
Russia: largest country in the world in terms of area but unfavorably located in relation to major sea lanes of the world; despite its size, much of the country lacks proper soils and climates (either too cold or too dry) for agriculture
Rwanda: landlocked; predominantly rural population
Saint Helena: harbors at least 40 species of plants unknown anywhere else in the world; Ascension is a breeding ground for sea turtles and sooty terns
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: vegetation scanty
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: the administration of the islands of the Grenadines group is divided between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada
San Marino: landlocked; smallest independent state in Europe after the Holy See and Monaco; dominated by the Apennines
Saudi Arabia: extensive coastlines on Persian Gulf and Red Sea provide great leverage on shipping (especially crude oil) through Persian Gulf and Suez Canal
Senegal: The Gambia is almost an enclave of Senegal
Seychelles: 40 granitic and about 50 coralline islands
Singapore: focal point for Southeast Asian sea routes
Slovakia: landlocked
Somalia: strategic location on Horn of Africa along southern approaches to Bab el Mandeb and route through Red Sea and Suez Canal
South Africa: South Africa completely surrounds Lesotho and almost completely surrounds Swaziland
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: the north coast of South Georgia has several large bays, which provide good anchorage; reindeer, introduced early in this century, live on South Georgia
Southern Ocean: the major chokepoint is the Drake Passage between South America and Antarctica; the Polar Front (Antarctic Convergence) is the best natural definition of the northern extent of the Southern Ocean; it is a distinct region at the middle of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current that separates the very cold polar surface waters to the south from the warmer waters to the north; the Front and the Current extend entirely around Antarctica, reaching south of 60 degrees south near New Zealand and near 48 degrees south in the far South Atlantic coinciding with the path of the maximum westerly winds
Spain: strategic location along approaches to Strait of Gibraltar
Spratly Islands: strategically located near several primary shipping lanes in the central South China Sea; includes numerous small islands, atolls, shoals, and coral reefs
Sri Lanka: strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea lanes
Sudan: largest country in Africa; dominated by the Nile and its tributaries
Suriname: mostly tropical rain forest; great diversity of flora and fauna that, for the most part, is increasingly threatened by new development; relatively small population, most of which lives along the coast
Svalbard: northernmost part of the Kingdom of Norway; consists of nine main islands; glaciers and snowfields cover 60% of the total area |
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