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Tuvalu no regular military forces; Police Force (includes Maritime Surveillance Unit for search and rescue missions and surveillance operations)
Uganda Ugandan Peoples' Defense Force (including Army, Marine unit, Air Wing)
Ukraine Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Air Force, Air Defense Forces, Interior Troops, Border Troops
United Arab Emirates Army, Navy (including Marines and Coast Guard), Air Force, Air Defense, paramilitary forces (includes Federal Police Force)
United Kingdom Army, Royal Navy (including Royal Marines), Royal Air Force
United States Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard (Coast Guard administered in peacetime by the Department of Homeland Security but in wartime reports to the Department of the Navy)
Uruguay Army, Navy (including Naval Air Arm, Coast Guard, Marines), Air Force, Police (Coracero Guard, Grenadier Guard)
Uzbekistan Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, National Guard, Security Forces (internal security and border troops)
Vanuatu no regular military forces; Vanuatu Police Force (VPF; including the paramilitary Mobile Force or VMF)
Venezuela National Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Nacionales or FAN) includes Ground Forces or Army (Fuerzas Terrestres or Ejercito), Naval Forces (Fuerzas Navales or Armada - including marines and Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerzas Aereas or Aviacion), Armed Forces of Cooperation or National Guard (Fuerzas Armadas de Cooperacion or Guardia Nacional)
Vietnam People's Army of Vietnam (includes Ground Forces, People's Navy Command [including Naval Infantry], Air and Air Defense Force, Coast Guard)
Yemen Army (includes Special Forces, established in 1999), Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Forces, Republican Guard
Zambia Army, Air Force, Police, paramilitary forces
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe National Army, Air Force of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Republic Police (includes Police Support Unit, Paramilitary Police)
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@2056 Budget
Afghanistan revenues: $200 million expenditures: $550 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003 plan est.)
Albania revenues: $697 million expenditures: $1.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $368 million (2002 est.)
Algeria revenues: $20.3 billion expenditures: $18.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.8 billion (2001 est.)
American Samoa revenues: $121 million (37% in local revenue and 63% in US grants) expenditures: $127 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY96/97)
Andorra revenues: $385 million expenditures: $342 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997)
Angola revenues: $928 million expenditures: $2.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $963 million (1992 est.)
Anguilla revenues: $22.8 million expenditures: $22.5 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2000 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda revenues: $123.7 million expenditures: $145.9 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Argentina revenues: $44 billion expenditures: $48 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Armenia revenues: $402 million expenditures: $482 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Aruba revenues: $135.81 million expenditures: $147 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000)
Australia revenues: $86.8 billion expenditures: $84.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 00/01 est.)
Austria revenues: $53 billion expenditures: $54 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Azerbaijan revenues: $786 million expenditures: $807 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Bahamas, The revenues: $918.5 million expenditures: $956.5 million, including capital expenditures of $106.7 million (FY 99/00)
Bahrain revenues: $1.8 billion expenditures: $2.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $700 million (2002 est.)
Bangladesh revenues: $4.9 billion expenditures: $6.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY99/00 est.)
Barbados revenues: $847 million (including grants) expenditures: $886 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Belarus revenues: $4 billion expenditures: $4.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $180 million (1997 est.)
Belgium revenues: $113.4 billion expenditures: $106 billion, including capital expenditures of $7.17 billion (2000)
Belize revenues: $224 million expenditures: $209 million, including capital expenditures of $70 million (2002 est.)
Benin revenues: $377.4 million expenditures: $561.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001)
Bermuda revenues: $609.5 million expenditures: $574.6 million, including capital expenditures of $54.8 million (FY 00/01)
Bhutan revenues: $146 million expenditures: $152 million, including capital expenditures of NA note: the government of India finances nearly three-fifths of Bhutan's budget expenditures (FY95/96 est.)
Bolivia revenues: $4 billion expenditures: $4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina revenues: $1.9 billion expenditures: $2.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.)
Botswana revenues: $2.3 billion expenditures: $2.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 01/02)
Brazil revenues: $100.6 billion expenditures: $91.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000)
British Virgin Islands revenues: $121.5 million expenditures: $115.5 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997)
Brunei revenues: $2.5 billion expenditures: $2.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.35 billion (1997 est.)
Bulgaria revenues: $5.57 billion expenditures: $5.68 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Burkina Faso revenues: $316 million expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001)
Burma revenues: $7.9 billion expenditures: $12.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.7 billion (FY96/97)
Burundi revenues: $125 million expenditures: $176 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Cambodia revenues: $396 million expenditures: $607 million, including capital expenditures of $254 million (2001 est.)
Cameroon revenues: $2.2 billion expenditures: $2.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 00/01 est.)
Canada revenues: $178.6 billion expenditures: $161.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 00/01 est.)
Cape Verde revenues: $112 million expenditures: $198 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000)
Cayman Islands revenues: $265.2 million expenditures: $248.9 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997)
Central African Republic revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA
Chad revenues: $198 million expenditures: $218 million, including capital expenditures of $146 million (1998 est.)
Chile revenues: $17 billion expenditures: $17 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
China revenues: $224.8 billion expenditures: $267.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000)
Christmas Island revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA
Colombia revenues: $24 billion expenditures: $25.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Comoros revenues: $27.6 million expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the revenues: $269 million expenditures: $244 million, including capital expenditures of $24 million (1996 est.)
Congo, Republic of the revenues: $870 million expenditures: $970 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997 est.)
Cook Islands revenues: $28 million expenditures: $27 million, including capital expenditures of $3.3 million (FY 00/01 est.)
Costa Rica revenues: $1.91 billion expenditures: $2.35 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire revenues: $1.72 billion expenditures: $2.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $420 million (2001 est.)
Croatia revenues: $8.6 billion expenditures: $9 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Cuba revenues: $14.9 billion expenditures: $15.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Cyprus revenues: Greek Cypriot area - $4.4 billion, Turkish Cypriot area - $231.3 million (2002 est.) expenditures: $3.7 billion, Greek Cypriot area - $539 million, including capital expenditures of $539 million, Turkish Cypriot area - $432.8 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)
Czech Republic revenues: $16.7 billion expenditures: $18 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Denmark revenues: $52.9 billion expenditures: $51.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $500 million (2001 est.)
Djibouti revenues: $135 million expenditures: $182 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.)
Dominica revenues: $73.9 million expenditures: $84.4 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001)
Dominican Republic revenues: $2.9 billion expenditures: $3.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.1 billion (2001 est.)
East Timor revenues: $36 million expenditures: $97 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003 est.)
Ecuador revenues: $5.6 billion expenditures: planned $5.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Egypt revenues: $21.5 billion expenditures: $26.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.9 billion (2001)
El Salvador revenues: $2.1 billion expenditures: $2.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Equatorial Guinea revenues: $200 million expenditures: $158 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Eritrea revenues: $206.4 million expenditures: $615.7 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Estonia revenues: $1.89 billion expenditures: $1.89 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.)
Ethiopia revenues: $1.8 billion expenditures: $1.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $600 million (2002 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) revenues: $66.2 million expenditures: $67.9 million, including capital expenditures of $23.2 million (FY98/99 est.)
Faroe Islands revenues: $488 million expenditures: $484 million, including capital expenditures of $21 million (1999)
Fiji revenues: $427.9 million expenditures: $531.4 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Finland revenues: $36.1 billion expenditures: $31 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
France revenues: $286 billion expenditures: $330 billion, including capital expenditures of $23 billion (2002 est.)
French Guiana revenues: $225 million expenditures: $390 million, including capital expenditures of $105 million (1996)
French Polynesia revenues: $1 billion expenditures: $900 million, including capital expenditures of $185 million (1996)
Gabon revenues: $1.8 billion expenditures: $1.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $310 million (2002 est.)
Gambia, The revenues: $90.5 million expenditures: $80.9 million, including capital expenditures of $4.1 million (2001 est.)
Gaza Strip revenues: $930 million expenditures: $1.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $15 million (includes West Bank) (2000 est.)
Georgia revenues: $499 million expenditures: $554 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Germany revenues: $802 billion expenditures: $825 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Ghana revenues: $1.603 billion expenditures: $1.975 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Gibraltar revenues: $307 million expenditures: $284 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 00/01 est.)
Greece revenues: $45 billion expenditures: $47.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)
Greenland revenues: $646 million expenditures: $629 million, including capital expenditures of $85 million (1999)
Grenada revenues: $85.8 million expenditures: $102.1 million, including capital expenditures of $28 million (1997)
Guadeloupe revenues: $225 million expenditures: $390 million, including capital expenditures of $105 million (1996)
Guam revenues: $340 million expenditures: $445 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Guatemala revenues: $2.3 billion expenditures: $2.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $750 million (2002 est.)
Guernsey revenues: $381.3 million expenditures: $368.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Guinea revenues: $395.7 million expenditures: $472.4 million, including capital expenditures of $NA million (2000 est.)
Guinea-Bissau revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA
Guyana revenues: $227 million expenditures: $235.2 million, including capital expenditures of $93.4 million (2000)
Haiti revenues: $273 million expenditures: $361 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 00/01 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City) revenues: $173.5 million expenditures: $176.6 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001)
Honduras revenues: $607 million expenditures: $411.9 million, including capital expenditures of $106 million (1999 est.)
Hong Kong revenues: $22.8 billion expenditures: $30.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY02/03)
Hungary revenues: $13 billion expenditures: $14.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Iceland revenues: $3.5 billion expenditures: $3.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $467 million (1999)
India revenues: $48.3 billion expenditures: $78.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $14 (FY01/02 est.)
Indonesia revenues: $26 billion expenditures: $30 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Iran revenues: $29.5 billion expenditures: $31.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.)
Iraq revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA
Ireland revenues: $30.7 billion expenditures: $30.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.5 billion (2002)
Israel revenues: $38.5 billion expenditures: $45.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.)
Italy revenues: $504 billion expenditures: $517 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Jamaica revenues: $2.23 billion expenditures: $2.56 billion, including capital expenditures of $232.5 million (FY 99/00 est.)
Japan revenues: $441 billion expenditures: $718 billion, including capital expenditures (public works only) of about $0 NA (FY 01/02 est.)
Jersey revenues: $601 million expenditures: $588 million, including capital expenditures of $98 million (2000 est.)
Jordan revenues: $2.7 billion expenditures: $3 billion, including capital expenditures of $614 million (2002 est.)
Kazakhstan revenues: $4.2 billion expenditures: $5.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Kenya revenues: $2.91 billion expenditures: $2.97 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Kiribati revenues: $28.4 million expenditures: $37.2 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Korea, North revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA
Korea, South revenues: $118.1 billion expenditures: $95.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $22.6 billion (2000)
Kuwait revenues: $11 billion expenditures: $17.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 02/03)
Kyrgyzstan revenues: $207.4 million expenditures: $238.7 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.)
Laos revenues: $211 million expenditures: $462 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY98/99 est. est.)
Latvia revenues: $2.4 billion expenditures: $2.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.)
Lebanon revenues: $3.1 billion expenditures: $5.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Lesotho revenues: $76 million expenditures: $80 million, including capital expenditures of $15 million (FY 99/00 est.)
Liberia revenues: $85.4 million expenditures: $90.5 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Libya revenues: $13.7 billion expenditures: $8.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Liechtenstein revenues: $424.2 million expenditures: $414.1 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)
Lithuania revenues: $1.59 billion expenditures: $1.77 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Luxembourg revenues: $5.5 billion expenditures: $5.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $760 million (2002 est.)
Macau revenues: $1.41 billion expenditures: $1.19 billion, including capital expenditures of $194 million (2002)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of revenues: $1.13 billion expenditures: $1.02 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Madagascar revenues: $553 million expenditures: $735 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)
Malawi revenues: $490 million expenditures: $523 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 99/00 est.)
Malaysia revenues: $20.3 billion expenditures: $27.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $9.4 billion (2001 est.)
Maldives revenues: $224 million (excluding foreign grants) expenditures: $282 million, including capital expenditures of $80 million (2002 est.)
Mali revenues: $764 million expenditures: $828 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.)
Malta revenues: $1.5 billion expenditures: $1.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000)
Man, Isle of revenues: $485 million expenditures: $463 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY00/01 est.)
Marshall Islands revenues: $42 million expenditures: $40 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999)
Martinique revenues: $900 million expenditures: $2.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $140 million (1996)
Mauritania revenues: $421 million expenditures: $378 million, including capital expenditures of $154 million (2002 est.)
Mauritius revenues: $1.1 billion expenditures: $1.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.)
Mayotte revenues: $NA expenditures: $73 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1991 est.)
Mexico revenues: $136 billion expenditures: $140 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of revenues: $161 million ($69 million less grants) expenditures: $160 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)
Moldova revenues: $536 million expenditures: $594 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)
Monaco revenues: $518 million expenditures: $531 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1995)
Mongolia revenues: $386 million expenditures: $427 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.)
Montserrat revenues: $31.4 million expenditures: $31.6 million, including capital expenditures of $8.4 million (1997 est.)
Morocco revenues: $13.8 billion expenditures: $14.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $2.1 billion (2001 est.)
Mozambique revenues: $393.1 million expenditures: $1.025 billion, including capital expenditures of $479.4 million (2001 est.)
Namibia revenues: $883 million expenditures: $950 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998)
Nauru revenues: $23.4 million expenditures: $64.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 95/96)
Nepal revenues: $665 million expenditures: $1.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 99/00 est.)
Netherlands revenues: $134 billion expenditures: $134 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Netherlands Antilles revenues: $710.8 million expenditures: $741.6 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997 est.)
New Caledonia revenues: $861.3 million expenditures: $735.3 million, including capital expenditures of $52 million (1996 est.)
New Zealand revenues: $29.2 billion expenditures: $31.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002)
Nicaragua revenues: $726 million expenditures: $908 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Niger revenues: $320 million - including $134 million from foreign sources expenditures: $320 million, including capital expenditures of $178 million (2002 est.)
Nigeria revenues: $3.4 billion expenditures: $3.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Niue revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA
Norfolk Island revenues: $4.6 million expenditures: $4.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 92/93)
Northern Mariana Islands revenues: $193 million expenditures: $223 million, including capital expenditures of NA (FY 01/02 est.)
Norway revenues: $71.7 billion expenditures: $57.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Oman revenues: $9.2 billion expenditures: $6.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Pakistan revenues: $12.6 billion expenditures: $14.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY02/03 est.)
Palau revenues: $57.7 million expenditures: $80.8 million, including capital expenditures of $17.1 million (FY 98/99 est.)
Panama revenues: $1.9 billion expenditures: $2 billion, including capital expenditures of $471 million (2000 est.)
Papua New Guinea revenues: $894 million expenditures: $1.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $344 million (2000 est.)
Paraguay revenues: $1.3 billion expenditures: $2 billion, including capital expenditures of $700 million (1999 est.)
Peru revenues: $10.4 billion expenditures: $10.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.)
Philippines revenues: $10.9 billion expenditures: $15 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.)
Pitcairn Islands revenues: $729,884 expenditures: $878,119, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 94/95 est.)
Poland revenues: $49.6 billion expenditures: $52.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999)
Portugal revenues: $45 billion expenditures: $48 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Puerto Rico revenues: $6.7 billion expenditures: $9.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 99/00)
Qatar revenues: $5 billion expenditures: $5.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $2.2 billion (FY 02/03 est.)
Reunion revenues: $1.26 billion expenditures: $2.62 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998)
Romania revenues: $11.7 billion expenditures: $12.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.)
Russia revenues: $70 billion expenditures: $62 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.)
Rwanda revenues: $199.3 million expenditures: $445 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Saint Helena revenues: $11.2 million expenditures: $11 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY92)
Saint Kitts and Nevis revenues: $89.7 million expenditures: $128.2 million, including capital expenditures of $19.5 million (2003 est.)
Saint Lucia revenues: $141.2 million expenditures: $146.7 million, including capital expenditures of $25.1 million (2000 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon revenues: $70 million expenditures: $60 million, including capital expenditures of $24 million (1996 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines revenues: $94.6 million expenditures: $85.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Samoa revenues: $105 million expenditures: $119 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001/2002)
San Marino revenues: $400 million expenditures: $400 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe revenues: $58 million expenditures: $114 million, including capital expenditures of $54 million (1993 est.)
Saudi Arabia revenues: $46 billion expenditures: $56.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003 est.)
Senegal revenues: $1.373 billion expenditures: $1.373 billion, including capital expenditures of $357 million (2002 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro revenues: $3.9 billion expenditures: $4.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Seychelles revenues: $249 million expenditures: $262 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)
Sierra Leone revenues: $96 million expenditures: $351 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Singapore revenues: $27.9 billion expenditures: $19.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.4 billion (FY 00/01 est.)
Slovakia revenues: $5.2 billion expenditures: $5.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999)
Slovenia revenues: $8.11 billion expenditures: $8.32 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997 est.)
Solomon Islands revenues: $38 million expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001)
Somalia revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA
South Africa revenues: $22.6 billion expenditures: $24.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA billion (FY 02/03)
Spain revenues: $105 billion expenditures: $109 billion, including capital expenditures of $12.8 billion (2000 est.)
Sri Lanka revenues: $2.8 billion expenditures: $4.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Sudan revenues: $1.6 billion expenditures: $1.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Suriname revenues: $393 million expenditures: $403 million, including capital expenditures of $34 million (1997 est.)
Svalbard revenues: $11.5 million expenditures: $11.5 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)
Swaziland revenues: $448 million expenditures: $506.9 million, including capital expenditures of $147 million (FY 01/02)
Sweden revenues: $119 billion expenditures: $110 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Switzerland revenues: $30 billion expenditures: $30 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Syria revenues: $6 billion expenditures: $7 billion, including capital expenditures of $3.6 billion (2002 est.)
Taiwan revenues: $36 billion expenditures: $36.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.)
Tajikistan revenues: $502 million expenditures: $520 million, including capital expenditures of $86 million (2002 est.)
Tanzania revenues: $1.01 billion expenditures: $1.38 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 00/01 est.)
Thailand revenues: $19 billion expenditures: $21 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Togo revenues: $232 million expenditures: $252 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997 est.)
Tokelau revenues: $430,830 expenditures: $2.8 million, including capital expenditures of $37,300 (1987 est.)
Tonga revenues: $39.9 million expenditures: $52.4 million, including capital expenditures of $1.9 million (FY 99/00 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago revenues: $1.54 billion expenditures: $1.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $117.3 million (1998)
Tunisia revenues: $5.2 billion expenditures: $5.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.6 billion (2002 est.)
Turkey revenues: $42.4 billion expenditures: $69.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001)
Turkmenistan revenues: $588.6 million expenditures: $658.2 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands revenues: $47 million expenditures: $33.6 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997-98 est.)
Tuvalu revenues: $22.5 million expenditures: $11.2 million, including capital expenditures of $4.2 million (2000 est.)
Uganda revenues: $959 million expenditures: $1.04 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY98/99 est.)
Ukraine revenues: $10.2 billion expenditures: $11.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.)
United Arab Emirates revenues: $20 billion expenditures: $22 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
United Kingdom revenues: $565 billion expenditures: $540 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 01)
United States revenues: $1.946 trillion expenditures: $2.052 trillion, including capital expenditures of NA (2002 est.)
Uruguay revenues: $3.7 billion expenditures: $4.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $500 million (2000)
Uzbekistan revenues: $4 billion expenditures: $4.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.)
Vanuatu revenues: $94.4 million expenditures: $99.8 million, including capital expenditures of $30.4 million (1996 est.)
Venezuela revenues: $21.5 billion expenditures: $27 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Vietnam revenues: $5.3 billion expenditures: $5.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.8 billion (1999 est.)
Virgin Islands revenues: $364.4 million expenditures: $364.4 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1990 est.)
Wallis and Futuna revenues: $20 million expenditures: $17 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)
West Bank revenues: $930 million expenditures: $1.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $15 million note: includes Gaza Strip (2000 est.)
Western Sahara revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA
Yemen revenues: $3 billion expenditures: $3.1 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2001 est.)
Zambia revenues: $1.2 billion expenditures: $1.25 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Zimbabwe revenues: $2.5 billion expenditures: $2.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000)
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@2057 Capital
Afghanistan Kabul
Albania Tirana
Algeria Algiers
American Samoa Pago Pago
Andorra Andorra la Vella
Angola Luanda
Anguilla The Valley
Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's
Argentina Buenos Aires
Armenia Yerevan
Aruba Oranjestad
Australia Canberra
Austria Vienna
Azerbaijan Baku (Baki)
Bahamas, The Nassau
Bahrain Manama
Bangladesh Dhaka
Barbados Bridgetown
Belarus Minsk
Belgium Brussels
Belize Belmopan
Benin Porto-Novo is the official capital; Cotonou is the seat of government
Bermuda Hamilton
Bhutan Thimphu
Bolivia La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
Botswana Gaborone
Brazil Brasilia
British Virgin Islands Road Town
Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan
Bulgaria Sofia
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou
Burma Rangoon (regime refers to the capital as Yangon)
Burundi Bujumbura
Cambodia Phnom Penh
Cameroon Yaounde
Canada Ottawa
Cape Verde Praia
Cayman Islands George Town
Central African Republic Bangui
Chad N'Djamena
Chile Santiago
China Beijing
Christmas Island The Settlement
Cocos (Keeling) Islands West Island
Colombia Bogota
Comoros Moroni
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Kinshasa
Congo, Republic of the Brazzaville
Cook Islands Avarua
Costa Rica San Jose
Cote d'Ivoire Yamoussoukro; note - although Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since 1983, Abidjan remains the commercial and administrative center; the US, like other countries, maintains its Embassy in Abidjan
Croatia Zagreb
Cuba Havana
Cyprus Nicosia
Czech Republic Prague
Denmark Copenhagen
Djibouti Djibouti
Dominica Roseau
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo
East Timor Dili
Ecuador Quito
Egypt Cairo
El Salvador San Salvador
Equatorial Guinea Malabo
Eritrea Asmara (formerly Asmera)
Estonia Tallinn
Ethiopia Addis Ababa
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Stanley
Faroe Islands Torshavn
Fiji Suva
Finland Helsinki
France Paris
French Guiana Cayenne
French Polynesia Papeete
Gabon Libreville
Gambia, The Banjul
Georgia T'bilisi
Germany Berlin
Ghana Accra
Gibraltar Gibraltar
Greece Athens
Greenland Nuuk (Godthab)
Grenada Saint George's
Guadeloupe Basse-Terre
Guam Hagatna (Agana)
Guatemala Guatemala
Guernsey Saint Peter Port
Guinea Conakry
Guinea-Bissau Bissau
Guyana Georgetown
Haiti Port-au-Prince
Holy See (Vatican City) Vatican City
Honduras Tegucigalpa
Hungary Budapest
Iceland Reykjavik
India New Delhi
Indonesia Jakarta
Iran Tehran
Iraq Baghdad
Ireland Dublin
Israel Jerusalem; note - Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the US, like nearly all other countries, maintains its Embassy in Tel Aviv
Italy Rome
Jamaica Kingston
Japan Tokyo
Jersey Saint Helier
Jordan 'Amman
Kazakhstan Astana; note - the government moved from Almaty to Astana in December 1998
Kenya Nairobi
Kiribati Tarawa
Korea, North Pyongyang
Korea, South Seoul
Kuwait Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek
Laos Vientiane
Latvia Riga
Lebanon Beirut
Lesotho Maseru
Liberia Monrovia
Libya Tripoli
Liechtenstein Vaduz
Lithuania Vilnius
Luxembourg Luxembourg
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Skopje
Madagascar Antananarivo
Malawi Lilongwe
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
Maldives Male
Mali Bamako
Malta Valletta
Man, Isle of Douglas
Marshall Islands Majuro
Martinique Fort-de-France
Mauritania Nouakchott
Mauritius Port Louis
Mayotte Mamoutzou
Mexico Mexico (Distrito Federal)
Micronesia, Federated States of Palikir
Moldova Chisinau
Monaco Monaco
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar
Montserrat Plymouth (abandoned in 1997 due to volcanic activity; interim government buildings have been built at Brades Estate, in the Carr's Bay/Little Bay vicinity at the northwest end of Montserrat)
Morocco Rabat
Mozambique Maputo
Namibia Windhoek
Nauru no official capital; government offices in Yaren District
Nepal Kathmandu
Netherlands Amsterdam; The Hague is the seat of government
Netherlands Antilles Willemstad
New Caledonia Noumea
New Zealand Wellington
Nicaragua Managua
Niger Niamey
Nigeria Abuja; note - on 12 December 1991 the capital was officially transferred from Lagos to Abuja; most federal government offices have now made the move to Abuja
Niue Alofi
Norfolk Island Kingston
Northern Mariana Islands Saipan
Norway Oslo
Oman Muscat
Pakistan Islamabad
Palau Koror; note - a new capital is being built about 20 km northeast of Koror
Panama Panama
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
Paraguay Asuncion
Peru Lima
Philippines Manila
Pitcairn Islands Adamstown
Poland Warsaw
Portugal Lisbon
Puerto Rico San Juan
Qatar Doha
Reunion Saint-Denis
Romania Bucharest
Russia Moscow
Rwanda Kigali
Saint Helena Jamestown
Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre
Saint Lucia Castries
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint-Pierre
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown
Samoa Apia
San Marino San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome
Saudi Arabia Riyadh
Senegal Dakar
Serbia and Montenegro Belgrade; note - Podgorica is the judicial capital
Seychelles Victoria
Sierra Leone Freetown
Singapore Singapore
Slovakia Bratislava
Slovenia Ljubljana
Solomon Islands Honiara
Somalia Mogadishu
South Africa Pretoria; note - Cape Town is the legislative center and Bloemfontein the judicial center
Spain Madrid
Sri Lanka Colombo; note - Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital
Sudan Khartoum
Suriname Paramaribo
Svalbard Longyearbyen
Swaziland Mbabane; note - Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital
Sweden Stockholm
Switzerland Bern
Syria Damascus
Taiwan Taipei
Tajikistan Dushanbe
Tanzania Dar es Salaam; note - legislative offices have been transferred to Dodoma, which is planned as the new national capital; the National Assembly now meets there on regular basis
Thailand Bangkok
Togo Lome
Tokelau none; each atoll has its own administrative center
Tonga Nuku'alofa
Trinidad and Tobago Port-of-Spain
Tunisia Tunis
Turkey Ankara
Turkmenistan Ashgabat
Turks and Caicos Islands Grand Turk (Cockburn Town)
Tuvalu Funafuti
Uganda Kampala
Ukraine Kiev (Kyyiv)
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom London
United States Washington, DC
Uruguay Montevideo
Uzbekistan Tashkent (Toshkent)
Vanuatu Port-Vila
Venezuela Caracas
Vietnam Hanoi
Virgin Islands Charlotte Amalie
Wallis and Futuna Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea)
Western Sahara none
Yemen Sanaa
Zambia Lusaka
Zimbabwe Harare
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@2058 Imports - commodities
Afghanistan capital goods, food, textiles, petroleum products
Albania machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, textiles, chemicals
Algeria capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods
American Samoa materials for canneries 56%, food 8%, petroleum products 7%, machinery and parts 6%
Andorra consumer goods, food, electricity
Angola machinery and electrical equipment, vehicles and spare parts; medicines, food, textiles, military goods
Anguilla fuels, foodstuffs, manufactures, chemicals, trucks, textiles
Antigua and Barbuda food and live animals, machinery and transport equipment, manufactures, chemicals, oil
Argentina machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal manufactures, plastics
Armenia natural gas, petroleum, tobacco products, foodstuffs, diamonds
Aruba machinery and electrical equipment, crude oil for refining and reexport, chemicals; foodstuffs
Australia machinery and transport equipment, computers and office machines, telecommunication equipment and parts; crude oil and petroleum products
Austria machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal goods, oil and oil products; foodstuffs
Azerbaijan machinery and equipment, oil products, foodstuffs, metals, chemicals
Bahamas, The machinery and transport equipment, manufactures, chemicals, mineral fuels; food and live animals
Bahrain crude oil, machinery, chemicals
Bangladesh machinery and equipment, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles, foodstuffs, petroleum products, cement (2000)
Barbados consumer goods, machinery, foodstuffs, construction materials, chemicals, fuel, electrical components
Belarus mineral products, machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs, metals
Belgium machinery and equipment, chemicals, metals and metal products, foodstuffs
Belize machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods; fuels, chemicals, pharmaceuticals; food, beverages, tobacco
Benin foodstuffs, capital goods, petroleum products
Bermuda machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, chemicals, food and live animals
Bhutan fuel and lubricants, grain, machinery and parts, vehicles, fabrics, rice
Bolivia capital goods, raw materials and semi-manufactures, chemicals, petroleum, food
Bosnia and Herzegovina machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs
Botswana foodstuffs, machinery, electrical goods, transport equipment, textiles, fuel and petroleum products, wood and paper products, metal and metal products
Brazil machinery, electrical, and transport equipment, chemical products, oil
British Virgin Islands building materials, automobiles, foodstuffs, machinery
Brunei machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, chemicals
Bulgaria fuels, minerals, and raw materials; machinery and equipment; metals and ores; chemicals and plastics; food, textiles
Burkina Faso capital goods, foodstuffs, petroleum
Burma machinery, transport equipment, construction materials, crude oil; food products
Burundi capital goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs
Cambodia petroleum products, cigarettes, gold, construction materials, machinery, motor vehicles
Cameroon machinery, electrical equipment, transport equipment, fuel, food
Canada machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, crude oil, chemicals, electricity, durable consumer goods
Cape Verde foodstuffs, industrial products, transport equipment, fuels
Cayman Islands foodstuffs, manufactured goods
Central African Republic food, textiles, petroleum products, machinery, electrical equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals
Chad machinery and transportation equipment, industrial goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs, textiles
Chile consumer goods, chemicals, motor vehicles, fuels, electrical machinery, heavy industrial machinery, food
China machinery and equipment, mineral fuels, plastics, iron and steel, chemicals
Christmas Island consumer goods
Cocos (Keeling) Islands foodstuffs
Colombia industrial equipment, transportation equipment, consumer goods, chemicals, paper products, fuels, electricity
Comoros rice and other foodstuffs, consumer goods; petroleum products, cement, transport equipment
Congo, Democratic Republic of the foodstuffs, mining and other machinery, transport equipment, fuels
Congo, Republic of the capital equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs
Cook Islands foodstuffs, textiles, fuels, timber, capital goods
Costa Rica raw materials, consumer goods, capital equipment, petroleum
Cote d'Ivoire fuel, capital equipment, foodstuffs
Croatia machinery, transport and electrical equipment, chemicals, fuels and lubricants, foodstuffs
Cuba petroleum, food, machinery and equipment, chemicals
Cyprus Greek Cypriot area: consumer goods, petroleum and lubricants, intermediate goods, machinery, transport equipment; Turkish Cypriot area: food, minerals, chemicals, machinery
Czech Republic machinery and transport equipment 40%, intermediate manufactures 21%, raw materials and fuels 13%, chemicals 11% (2000)
Denmark machinery and equipment, raw materials and semimanufactures for industry, chemicals, grain and foodstuffs, consumer goods
Djibouti foods, beverages, transport equipment, chemicals, petroleum products
Dominica manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, food, chemicals
Dominican Republic foodstuffs, petroleum, cotton and fabrics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals
East Timor mainly food (2001)
Ecuador machinery and equipment, chemicals, raw materials, fuels; consumer goods
Egypt machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, wood products, fuels
El Salvador raw materials, consumer goods, capital goods, fuels, foodstuffs, petroleum, electricity
Equatorial Guinea petroleum sector equipment, other equipment
Eritrea machinery, petroleum products, food, manufactured goods (2000)
Estonia machinery and equipment 33.5%, chemical products 11.6%, textiles 10.3%, foodstuffs 9.4%, transportation equipment 8.9% (2001)
Ethiopia food and live animals, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, machinery, motor vehicles, cereals, textiles
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) fuel, food and drink, building materials, clothing
Faroe Islands machinery and transport equipment 29%, consumer goods 36%, raw materials and semi-manufactures 32%, fuels, fish and salt (1999)
Fiji manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products, food, chemicals
Finland foodstuffs, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, transport equipment, iron and steel, machinery, textile yarn and fabrics, grains (1999)
France machinery and equipment, vehicles, crude oil, aircraft, plastics, chemicals
French Guiana food (grains, processed meat), machinery and transport equipment, fuels and chemicals
French Polynesia fuels, foodstuffs, machinery and equipment
Gabon machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, construction materials
Gambia, The foodstuffs, manufactures, fuel, machinery and transport equipment
Gaza Strip food, consumer goods, construction materials
Georgia fuels, machinery and parts, transport equipment, grain and other foods, pharmaceuticals
Germany machinery, vehicles, chemicals, foodstuffs, textiles, metals
Ghana capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs
Gibraltar fuels, manufactured goods, and foodstuffs
Greece machinery, transport equipment, fuels, chemicals
Greenland machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, petroleum products
Grenada food, manufactured goods, machinery, chemicals, fuel
Guadeloupe foodstuffs, fuels, vehicles, clothing and other consumer goods, construction materials
Guam petroleum and petroleum products, food, manufactured goods
Guatemala fuels, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, grain, fertilizers, electricity
Guernsey coal, gasoline, oil, machinery and equipment
Guinea petroleum products, metals, machinery, transport equipment, textiles, grain and other foodstuffs
Guinea-Bissau foodstuffs, machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products
Guyana manufactures, machinery, petroleum, food
Haiti food, manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, fuels, raw materials
Honduras machinery and transport equipment, industrial raw materials, chemical products, fuels, foodstuffs (2000)
Hong Kong foodstuffs, transport equipment, raw materials, semimanufactures, petroleum, plastics, machinery, electrical equipment; a large share is reexported
Hungary machinery and equipment 51.6%, other manufactures 35.3%, fuels and electricity 8.2%, food products 2.9%, raw materials 2.0% (2001)
Iceland machinery and equipment, petroleum products; foodstuffs, textiles
India crude oil, machinery, gems, fertilizer, chemicals
Indonesia machinery and equipment; chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs
Iran industrial raw materials and intermediate goods, capital goods, foodstuffs and other consumer goods, technical services, military supplies
Iraq food, medicine, manufactures
Ireland data processing equipment, other machinery and equipment, chemicals; petroleum and petroleum products, textiles, clothing
Israel raw materials, military equipment, investment goods, rough diamonds, fuels, grain, consumer goods
Italy engineering products, chemicals, transport equipment, energy products, minerals and nonferrous metals, textiles and clothing; food, beverages and tobacco
Jamaica machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, fuel, food, chemicals, fertilizers
Japan machinery and equipment, fuels, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, raw materials (2001)
Jersey machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, foodstuffs, mineral fuels, chemicals
Jordan crude oil, machinery, transport equipment, food, live animals, manufactured goods
Kazakhstan machinery and equipment 41%, metal products 28%, foodstuffs 8% (2001)
Kenya machinery and transportation equipment, petroleum products, motor vehicles, iron and steel, resins and plastics
Kiribati foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, miscellaneous manufactured goods, fuel
Korea, North petroleum, coking coal, machinery and equipment; textiles, grain
Korea, South machinery, electronics and electronic equipment, oil, steel, transport equipment, textiles, organic chemicals, grains
Kuwait food, construction materials, vehicles and parts, clothing
Kyrgyzstan oil and gas, machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs
Laos machinery and equipment, vehicles, fuel, consumer goods
Latvia machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels, vehicles
Lebanon foodstuffs, electrical products, vehicles, minerals, chemicals, textiles, fuels
Lesotho food; building materials, vehicles, machinery, medicines, petroleum products (2000)
Liberia fuels, chemicals, machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured goods; foodstuffs
Libya machinery, transport equipment, food, manufactured goods (1999)
Liechtenstein agricultural products, raw materials, machinery, metal goods, textiles, foodstuffs, motor vehicles
Lithuania mineral products 21%, machinery and equipment 17%, transport equipment 11%, chemicals 9%, textiles and clothing 9%, metals 5% (2001)
Luxembourg minerals, metals, foodstuffs, quality consumer goods
Macau clothing, textiles, yarn, foodstuffs, fuel, automobiles, capital goods
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels; food products
Madagascar capital goods, petroleum, consumer goods, food
Malawi food, petroleum products, semimanufactures, consumer goods, transportation equipment
Malaysia electronics, machinery, petroleum products, plastics, vehicles, iron and steel products, chemicals (2000)
Maldives consumer goods, intermediate and capital goods, petroleum products
Mali petroleum, machinery and equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs, textiles
Malta machinery and transport equipment, manufactured and semi-manufactured goods; food, drink, and tobacco
Man, Isle of timber, fertilizers, fish
Marshall Islands foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, fuels, beverages and tobacco
Martinique petroleum products, crude oil, foodstuffs, construction materials, vehicles, clothing and other consumer goods
Mauritania machinery and equipment, petroleum products, capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods
Mauritius manufactured goods, capital equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals
Mayotte food, machinery and equipment, transportation equipment, metals, chemicals
Mexico metalworking machines, steel mill products, agricultural machinery, electrical equipment, car parts for assembly, repair parts for motor vehicles, aircraft, and aircraft parts
Micronesia, Federated States of food, manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, beverages
Moldova mineral products and fuel 32%, machinery and equipment, chemicals, textiles (2000)
Mongolia machinery and equipment, fuels, food products, industrial consumer goods, chemicals, building materials, sugar, tea
Montserrat machinery and transportation equipment, foodstuffs, manufactured goods, fuels, lubricants, and related materials
Morocco crude petroleum, textile fabric, telecommunications equipment, wheat, gas and electricity, transistors, plastics
Mozambique machinery and equipment, vehicles, fuel, chemicals, metal products, foodstuffs, textiles
Namibia foodstuffs; petroleum products and fuel, machinery and equipment, chemicals
Nauru food, fuel, manufactures, building materials, machinery
Nepal gold, machinery and equipment, petroleum products, fertilizer
Netherlands machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, fuels; foodstuffs, clothing
Netherlands Antilles crude petroleum, food, manufactures
New Caledonia machinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals, foodstuffs
New Zealand machinery and equipment, vehicles and aircraft, petroleum, electronics, textiles, plastics
Nicaragua machinery and equipment, raw materials, petroleum products, consumer goods
Niger foodstuffs, machinery, vehicles and parts, petroleum, cereals
Nigeria machinery, chemicals, transport equipment, manufactured goods, food and live animals
Niue food, live animals, manufactured goods, machinery, fuels, lubricants, chemicals, drugs
Norfolk Island NA
Northern Mariana Islands food, construction equipment and materials, petroleum products
Norway machinery and equipment, chemicals, metals, foodstuffs
Oman machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, livestock, lubricants
Pakistan petroleum, petroleum products, machinery, chemicals, transportation equipment, edible oils, pulses, iron an steel, tea
Palau machinery and equipment, fuels, metals; foodstuffs
Panama capital goods, crude oil, foodstuffs, consumer goods, chemicals (1999)
Papua New Guinea machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, fuels, chemicals
Paraguay road vehicles, consumer goods, tobacco, petroleum products, electrical machinery
Peru machinery, transport equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum, iron and steel, chemicals, pharmaceuticals
Philippines raw materials, machinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals
Pitcairn Islands fuel oil, machinery, building materials, flour, sugar, other foodstuffs
Poland machinery and transport equipment 38.2%, intermediate manufactured goods 20.8%, chemicals 14.3%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 9.5% (1999)
Portugal machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, petroleum, textiles, agricultural products
Puerto Rico chemicals, machinery and equipment, clothing, food, fish, petroleum products
Qatar machinery and transport equipment, food, chemicals
Reunion manufactured goods, food, beverages, tobacco, machinery and transportation equipment, raw materials, and petroleum products
Romania machinery and equipment 23%, fuels and minerals 12%, chemicals 9%, textile and products 19% (1999)
Russia machinery and equipment, consumer goods, medicines, meat, sugar, semifinished metal products
Rwanda foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, steel, petroleum products, cement and construction material
Saint Helena food, beverages, tobacco, fuel oils, animal feed, building materials, motor vehicles and parts, machinery and parts
Saint Kitts and Nevis machinery, manufactures, food, fuels
Saint Lucia food 23%, manufactured goods 21%, machinery and transportation equipment 19%, chemicals, fuels
Saint Pierre and Miquelon meat, clothing, fuel, electrical equipment, machinery, building materials
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, chemicals and fertilizers, minerals and fuels
Samoa machinery and equipment, industrial supplies, foodstuffs
San Marino wide variety of consumer manufactures, food
Sao Tome and Principe machinery and electrical equipment, food products, petroleum products
Saudi Arabia machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, motor vehicles, textiles
Senegal foods and beverages, capital goods, fuels
Serbia and Montenegro machinery and transport equipment, fuels and lubricants, manufactured goods, chemicals, food and live animals, raw materials
Seychelles machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals
Sierra Leone foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, fuels and lubricants, chemicals (1995)
Singapore machinery and equipment, mineral fuels, chemicals, foodstuffs
Slovakia machinery and transport equipment 37.7%, intermediate manufactured goods 18%, fuels 13%, chemicals 11%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 9.5% (1999)
Slovenia machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, chemicals, fuels and lubricants, food
Solomon Islands food, plant and equipment, manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals
Somalia manufactures, petroleum products, foodstuffs, construction materials, qat
South Africa machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, scientific instruments, foodstuffs (2000 est.)
Spain machinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals, semifinished goods; foodstuffs, consumer goods (1997)
Sri Lanka textiles, mineral products, petroleum, foodstuffs, machinery and equipment
Sudan foodstuffs, manufactured goods, refinery and transport equipment, medicines and chemicals, textiles, wheat
Suriname capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs, cotton, consumer goods
Swaziland motor vehicles, machinery, transport equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals
Sweden machinery, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, motor vehicles, iron and steel; foodstuffs, clothing
Switzerland machinery, chemicals, vehicles, metals; agricultural products, textiles
Syria machinery and transport equipment 21%, food and livestock 18%, metal and metal products 15%, chemicals and chemical products 10% (2000 est.)
Taiwan machinery and electrical equipment 44.5%, minerals, precision instruments (2002)
Tajikistan electricity, petroleum products, aluminum oxide, machinery and equipment, foodstuffs
Tanzania consumer goods, machinery and transportation equipment, industrial raw materials, crude oil
Thailand capital goods, intermediate goods and raw materials, consumer goods, fuels (2000)
Togo machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products
Tokelau foodstuffs, building materials, fuel
Tonga foodstuffs, machinery and transport equipment, fuels, chemicals
Trinidad and Tobago machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured goods, food, live animals
Tunisia textiles, machinery and equipment, hydrocarbons, chemicals, food
Turkey machinery, chemicals, semi-finished goods, fuels, transport equipment
Turkmenistan machinery and equipment 60%, foodstuffs 15% (1999)
Turks and Caicos Islands food and beverages, tobacco, clothing, manufactures, construction materials
Tuvalu food, animals, mineral fuels, machinery, manufactured goods
Uganda capital equipment, vehicles, petroleum, medical supplies; cereals
Ukraine energy, machinery and equipment, chemicals
United Arab Emirates machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food
United Kingdom manufactured goods, machinery, fuels; foodstuffs
United States crude oil and refined petroleum products, machinery, automobiles, consumer goods, industrial raw materials, food and beverages
Uruguay machinery, chemicals, road vehicles, crude petroleum
Uzbekistan machinery and equipment 49.8%, foodstuffs 16.4%, chemicals, metals (1998 est.)
Vanuatu machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, fuels
Venezuela raw materials, machinery and equipment, transport equipment, construction materials
Vietnam machinery and equipment, petroleum products, fertilizer, steel products, raw cotton, grain, cement, motorcycles
Virgin Islands crude oil, foodstuffs, consumer goods, building materials
Wallis and Futuna chemicals, machinery, passenger ships, consumer goods
West Bank food, consumer goods, construction materials
Western Sahara fuel for fishing fleet, foodstuffs
World the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and services
Yemen food and live animals, machinery and equipment, chemicals
Zambia machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products, electricity, fertilizer; foodstuffs, clothing
Zimbabwe machinery and transport equipment, other manufactures, chemicals, fuels
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@2059 Climate
Afghanistan arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers
Albania mild temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters; hot, clear, dry summers; interior is cooler and wetter
Algeria arid to semiarid; mild, wet winters with hot, dry summers along coast; drier with cold winters and hot summers on high plateau; sirocco is a hot, dust/sand-laden wind especially common in summer
American Samoa tropical marine, moderated by southeast trade winds; annual rainfall averages about 3 m; rainy season from November to April, dry season from May to October; little seasonal temperature variation
Andorra temperate; snowy, cold winters and warm, dry summers
Angola semiarid in south and along coast to Luanda; north has cool, dry season (May to October) and hot, rainy season (November to April)
Anguilla tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds
Antarctica severe low temperatures vary with latitude, elevation, and distance from the ocean; East Antarctica is colder than West Antarctica because of its higher elevation; Antarctic Peninsula has the most moderate climate; higher temperatures occur in January along the coast and average slightly below freezing
Antigua and Barbuda tropical marine; little seasonal temperature variation
Arctic Ocean polar climate characterized by persistent cold and relatively narrow annual temperature ranges; winters characterized by continuous darkness, cold and stable weather conditions, and clear skies; summers characterized by continuous daylight, damp and foggy weather, and weak cyclones with rain or snow
Argentina mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest
Armenia highland continental, hot summers, cold winters
Aruba tropical marine; little seasonal temperature variation
Ashmore and Cartier Islands tropical
Atlantic Ocean tropical cyclones (hurricanes) develop off the coast of Africa near Cape Verde and move westward into the Caribbean Sea; hurricanes can occur from May to December, but are most frequent from August to November
Australia generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north
Austria temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain in lowlands and snow in mountains; cool summers with occasional showers
Azerbaijan dry, semiarid steppe
Bahamas, The tropical marine; moderated by warm waters of Gulf Stream
Bahrain arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers
Baker Island equatorial; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun
Bangladesh tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October)
Barbados tropical; rainy season (June to October)
Bassas da India tropical
Belarus cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime
Belgium temperate; mild winters, cool summers; rainy, humid, cloudy
Belize tropical; very hot and humid; rainy season (May to November); dry season (February to May)
Benin tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north
Bermuda subtropical; mild, humid; gales, strong winds common in winter
Bhutan varies; tropical in southern plains; cool winters and hot summers in central valleys; severe winters and cool summers in Himalayas
Bolivia varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid
Bosnia and Herzegovina hot summers and cold winters; areas of high elevation have short, cool summers and long, severe winters; mild, rainy winters along coast
Botswana semiarid; warm winters and hot summers
Bouvet Island antarctic
Brazil mostly tropical, but temperate in south
British Indian Ocean Territory tropical marine; hot, humid, moderated by trade winds
British Virgin Islands subtropical; humid; temperatures moderated by trade winds
Brunei tropical; hot, humid, rainy
Bulgaria temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers
Burkina Faso tropical; warm, dry winters; hot, wet summers
Burma tropical monsoon; cloudy, rainy, hot, humid summers (southwest monsoon, June to September); less cloudy, scant rainfall, mild temperatures, lower humidity during winter (northeast monsoon, December to April)
Burundi equatorial; high plateau with considerable altitude variation (772 m to 2,670 m above sea level); average annual temperature varies with altitude from 23 to 17 degrees centigrade but is generally moderate as the average altitude is about 1,700 m; average annual rainfall is about 150 cm; wet seasons from February to May and September to November, and dry seasons from June to August and December to January
Cambodia tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to November); dry season (December to April); little seasonal temperature variation
Cameroon varies with terrain, from tropical along coast to semiarid and hot in north
Canada varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north
Cape Verde temperate; warm, dry summer; precipitation meager and very erratic
Cayman Islands tropical marine; warm, rainy summers (May to October) and cool, relatively dry winters (November to April)
Central African Republic tropical; hot, dry winters; mild to hot, wet summers
Chad tropical in south, desert in north
Chile temperate; desert in north; Mediterranean in central region; cool and damp in south
China extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north
Christmas Island tropical; heat and humidity moderated by trade winds
Clipperton Island tropical; humid, average temperature 20-32 degrees C, rains May-October
Cocos (Keeling) Islands tropical with high humidity, moderated by the southeast trade winds for about nine months of the year
Colombia tropical along coast and eastern plains; cooler in highlands
Comoros tropical marine; rainy season (November to May)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the tropical; hot and humid in equatorial river basin; cooler and drier in southern highlands; cooler and wetter in eastern highlands; north of Equator - wet season April to October, dry season December to February; south of Equator - wet season November to March, dry season April to October
Congo, Republic of the tropical; rainy season (March to June); dry season (June to October); constantly high temperatures and humidity; particularly enervating climate astride the Equator
Cook Islands tropical; moderated by trade winds
Coral Sea Islands tropical
Costa Rica tropical and subtropical; dry season (December to April); rainy season (May to November); cooler in highlands
Cote d'Ivoire tropical along coast, semiarid in far north; three seasons - warm and dry (November to March), hot and dry (March to May), hot and wet (June to October)
Croatia Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
Cuba tropical; moderated by trade winds; dry season (November to April); rainy season (May to October)
Cyprus temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters
Czech Republic temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters
Denmark temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers
Djibouti desert; torrid, dry
Dominica tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds; heavy rainfall
Dominican Republic tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall
East Timor tropical; hot, humid; distinct rainy and dry seasons
Ecuador tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higher elevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands
Egypt desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters
El Salvador tropical; rainy season (May to October); dry season (November to April); tropical on coast; temperate in uplands
Equatorial Guinea tropical; always hot, humid
Eritrea hot, dry desert strip along Red Sea coast; cooler and wetter in the central highlands (up to 61 cm of rainfall annually); semiarid in western hills and lowlands; rainfall heaviest during June-September except in coastal desert
Estonia maritime, wet, moderate winters, cool summers
Ethiopia tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation
Europa Island tropical
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) cold marine; strong westerly winds, cloudy, humid; rain occurs on more than half of days in year; average annual rainfall is 24 inches in Stanley; occasional snow all year, except in January and February, but does not accumulate
Faroe Islands mild winters, cool summers; usually overcast; foggy, windy
Fiji tropical marine; only slight seasonal temperature variation
Finland cold temperate; potentially subarctic, but comparatively mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current, Baltic Sea, and more than 60,000 lakes
France generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral
French Guiana tropical; hot, humid; little seasonal temperature variation
French Polynesia tropical, but moderate
French Southern and Antarctic Lands antarctic
Gabon tropical; always hot, humid
Gambia, The tropical; hot, rainy season (June to November); cooler, dry season (November to May)
Gaza Strip temperate, mild winters, dry and warm to hot summers
Georgia warm and pleasant; Mediterranean-like on Black Sea coast
Germany temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm foehn wind
Ghana tropical; warm and comparatively dry along southeast coast; hot and humid in southwest; hot and dry in north
Gibraltar Mediterranean with mild winters and warm summers
Glorioso Islands tropical
Greece temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
Greenland arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters
Grenada tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds
Guadeloupe subtropical tempered by trade winds; moderately high humidity
Guam tropical marine; generally warm and humid, moderated by northeast trade winds; dry season from January to June, rainy season from July to December; little seasonal temperature variation
Guatemala tropical; hot, humid in lowlands; cooler in highlands
Guernsey temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are overcast
Guinea generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds
Guinea-Bissau tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds
Guyana tropical; hot, humid, moderated by northeast trade winds; two rainy seasons (May to mid-August, mid-November to mid-January)
Haiti tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds
Heard Island and McDonald Islands antarctic
Holy See (Vatican City) temperate; mild, rainy winters (September to mid-May) with hot, dry summers (May to September)
Honduras subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains
Hong Kong tropical monsoon; cool and humid in winter, hot and rainy from spring through summer, warm and sunny in fall
Howland Island equatorial; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun
Hungary temperate; cold, cloudy, humid winters; warm summers
Iceland temperate; moderated by North Atlantic Current; mild, windy winters; damp, cool summers
India varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north
Indian Ocean northeast monsoon (December to April), southwest monsoon (June to October); tropical cyclones occur during May/June and October/November in the northern Indian Ocean and January/February in the southern Indian Ocean
Indonesia tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands
Iran mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast
Iraq mostly desert; mild to cool winters with dry, hot, cloudless summers; northern mountainous regions along Iranian and Turkish borders experience cold winters with occasionally heavy snows that melt in early spring, sometimes causing extensive flooding in central and southern Iraq
Ireland temperate maritime; modified by North Atlantic Current; mild winters, cool summers; consistently humid; overcast about half the time
Israel temperate; hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas
Italy predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south
Jamaica tropical; hot, humid; temperate interior
Jan Mayen arctic maritime with frequent storms and persistent fog
Japan varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north
Jarvis Island tropical; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun
Jersey temperate; mild winters and cool summers
Johnston Atoll tropical, but generally dry; consistent northeast trade winds with little seasonal temperature variation
Jordan mostly arid desert; rainy season in west (November to April)
Juan de Nova Island tropical
Kazakhstan continental, cold winters and hot summers, arid and semiarid
Kenya varies from tropical along coast to arid in interior
Kingman Reef tropical, but moderated by prevailing winds
Kiribati tropical; marine, hot and humid, moderated by trade winds
Korea, North temperate with rainfall concentrated in summer
Korea, South temperate, with rainfall heavier in summer than winter
Kuwait dry desert; intensely hot summers; short, cool winters
Kyrgyzstan dry continental to polar in high Tien Shan; subtropical in southwest (Fergana Valley); temperate in northern foothill zone
Laos tropical monsoon; rainy season (May to November); dry season (December to April)
Latvia maritime; wet, moderate winters
Lebanon Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers; Lebanon mountains experience heavy winter snows
Lesotho temperate; cool to cold, dry winters; hot, wet summers
Liberia tropical; hot, humid; dry winters with hot days and cool to cold nights; wet, cloudy summers with frequent heavy showers
Libya Mediterranean along coast; dry, extreme desert interior
Liechtenstein continental; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow or rain; cool to moderately warm, cloudy, humid summers
Lithuania transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers
Luxembourg modified continental with mild winters, cool summers
Macau subtropical; marine with cool winters, warm summers
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of warm, dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall
Madagascar tropical along coast, temperate inland, arid in south
Malawi sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November)
Malaysia tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons
Maldives tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August)
Mali subtropical to arid; hot and dry February to June; rainy, humid, and mild June to November; cool and dry November to February
Malta Mediterranean with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers
Man, Isle of temperate; cool summers and mild winters; overcast about one-third of the time
Marshall Islands wet season from May to November; hot and humid; islands border typhoon belt
Martinique tropical; moderated by trade winds; rainy season (June to October); vulnerable to devastating cyclones (hurricanes) every eight years on average; average temperature 17.3 degrees C; humid
Mauritania desert; constantly hot, dry, dusty
Mauritius tropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May)
Mayotte tropical; marine; hot, humid, rainy season during northeastern monsoon (November to May); dry season is cooler (May to November)
Mexico varies from tropical to desert
Micronesia, Federated States of tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally severe damage
Midway Islands subtropical, but moderated by prevailing easterly winds
Moldova moderate winters, warm summers
Monaco Mediterranean with mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers
Mongolia desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges)
Montserrat tropical; little daily or seasonal temperature variation
Morocco Mediterranean, becoming more extreme in the interior
Mozambique tropical to subtropical
Namibia desert; hot, dry; rainfall sparse and erratic
Nauru tropical; monsoonal; rainy season (November to February)
Navassa Island marine, tropical
Nepal varies from cool summers and severe winters in north to subtropical summers and mild winters in south
Netherlands temperate; marine; cool summers and mild winters
Netherlands Antilles tropical; ameliorated by northeast trade winds
New Caledonia tropical; modified by southeast trade winds; hot, humid
New Zealand temperate with sharp regional contrasts
Nicaragua tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands
Niger desert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south
Nigeria varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north
Niue tropical; modified by southeast trade winds
Norfolk Island subtropical, mild, little seasonal temperature variation
Northern Mariana Islands tropical marine; moderated by northeast trade winds, little seasonal temperature variation; dry season December to June, rainy season July to October
Norway temperate along coast, modified by North Atlantic Current; colder interior with increased precipitation and colder summers; rainy year-round on west coast
Oman dry desert; hot, humid along coast; hot, dry interior; strong southwest summer monsoon (May to September) in far south
Pacific Ocean planetary air pressure systems and resultant wind patterns exhibit remarkable uniformity in the south and east; trade winds and westerly winds are well-developed patterns, modified by seasonal fluctuations; tropical cyclones (hurricanes) may form south of Mexico from June to October and affect Mexico and Central America; continental influences cause climatic uniformity to be much less pronounced in the eastern and western regions at the same latitude in the North Pacific Ocean; the western Pacific is monsoonal - a rainy season occurs during the summer months, when moisture-laden winds blow from the ocean over the land, and a dry season during the winter months, when dry winds blow from the Asian landmass back to the ocean; tropical cyclones (typhoons) may strike southeast and east Asia from May to December
Pakistan mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north
Palau wet season May to November; hot and humid
Palmyra Atoll equatorial, hot, and very rainy
Panama tropical maritime; hot, humid, cloudy; prolonged rainy season (May to January), short dry season (January to May)
Papua New Guinea tropical; northwest monsoon (December to March), southeast monsoon (May to October); slight seasonal temperature variation
Paracel Islands tropical
Paraguay subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west
Peru varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes
Philippines tropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); southwest monsoon (May to October)
Pitcairn Islands tropical, hot, humid; modified by southeast trade winds; rainy season (November to March)
Poland temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers
Portugal maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south
Puerto Rico tropical marine, mild; little seasonal temperature variation
Qatar arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers
Reunion tropical, but temperature moderates with elevation; cool and dry from May to November, hot and rainy from November to April
Romania temperate; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow and fog; sunny summers with frequent showers and thunderstorms
Russia ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of European Russia; subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north; winters vary from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberia; summers vary from warm in the steppes to cool along Arctic coast
Rwanda temperate; two rainy seasons (February to April, November to January); mild in mountains with frost and snow possible
Saint Helena Saint Helena - tropical; marine; mild, tempered by trade winds; Tristan da Cunha - temperate; marine, mild, tempered by trade winds (tends to be cooler than Saint Helena)
Saint Kitts and Nevis tropical tempered by constant sea breezes; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)
Saint Lucia tropical, moderated by northeast trade winds; dry season from January to April, rainy season from May to August
Saint Pierre and Miquelon cold and wet, with much mist and fog; spring and autumn are windy
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines tropical; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)
Samoa tropical; rainy season (October to March), dry season (May to October)
San Marino Mediterranean; mild to cool winters; warm, sunny summers
Sao Tome and Principe tropical; hot, humid; one rainy season (October to May)
Saudi Arabia harsh, dry desert with great temperature extremes
Senegal tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind
Serbia and Montenegro in the north, continental climate (cold winters and hot, humid summers with well distributed rainfall); central portion, continental and Mediterranean climate; to the south, Adriatic climate along the coast, hot, dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall inland
Seychelles tropical marine; humid; cooler season during southeast monsoon (late May to September); warmer season during northwest monsoon (March to May)
Sierra Leone tropical; hot, humid; summer rainy season (May to December); winter dry season (December to April)
Singapore tropical; hot, humid, rainy; two distinct monsoon seasons - Northeastern monsoon from December to March and Southwestern monsoon from June to September; inter-monsoon - frequent afternoon and early evening thunderstorms
Slovakia temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters
Slovenia Mediterranean climate on the coast, continental climate with mild to hot summers and cold winters in the plateaus and valleys to the east
Solomon Islands tropical monsoon; few extremes of temperature and weather
Somalia principally desert; December to February - northeast monsoon, moderate temperatures in north and very hot in south; May to October - southwest monsoon, torrid in the north and hot in the south, irregular rainfall, hot and humid periods (tangambili) between monsoons
South Africa mostly semiarid; subtropical along east coast; sunny days, cool nights
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands variable, with mostly westerly winds throughout the year interspersed with periods of calm; nearly all precipitation falls as snow
Southern Ocean sea temperatures vary from about 10 degrees Celsius to -2 degrees Celsius; cyclonic storms travel eastward around the continent and frequently are intense because of the temperature contrast between ice and open ocean; the ocean area from about latitude 40 south to the Antarctic Circle has the strongest average winds found anywhere on Earth; in winter the ocean freezes outward to 65 degrees south latitude in the Pacific sector and 55 degrees south latitude in the Atlantic sector, lowering surface temperatures well below 0 degrees Celsius; at some coastal points intense persistent drainage winds from the interior keep the shoreline ice-free throughout the winter
Spain temperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy along coast; cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast
Spratly Islands tropical
Sri Lanka tropical monsoon; northeast monsoon (December to March); southwest monsoon (June to October)
Sudan tropical in south; arid desert in north; rainy season varies by region (April to November)
Suriname tropical; moderated by trade winds
Svalbard arctic, tempered by warm North Atlantic Current; cool summers, cold winters; North Atlantic Current flows along west and north coasts of Spitsbergen, keeping water open and navigable most of the year
Swaziland varies from tropical to near temperate
Sweden temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north
Switzerland temperate, but varies with altitude; cold, cloudy, rainy/snowy winters; cool to warm, cloudy, humid summers with occasional showers
Syria mostly desert; hot, dry, sunny summers (June to August) and mild, rainy winters (December to February) along coast; cold weather with snow or sleet periodically in Damascus
Taiwan tropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (June to August); cloudiness is persistent and extensive all year
Tajikistan midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
Tanzania varies from tropical along coast to temperate in highlands
Thailand tropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March); southern isthmus always hot and humid
Togo tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north
Tokelau tropical; moderated by trade winds (April to November)
Tonga tropical; modified by trade winds; warm season (December to May), cool season (May to December)
Trinidad and Tobago tropical; rainy season (June to December)
Tromelin Island tropical
Tunisia temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south
Turkey temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior
Turkmenistan subtropical desert
Turks and Caicos Islands tropical; marine; moderated by trade winds; sunny and relatively dry
Tuvalu tropical; moderated by easterly trade winds (March to November); westerly gales and heavy rain (November to March)
Uganda tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast
Ukraine temperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; summers are warm across the greater part of the country, hot in the south
United Arab Emirates desert; cooler in eastern mountains
United Kingdom temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcast
United States mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
Uruguay warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown
Uzbekistan mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east
Vanuatu tropical; moderated by southeast trade winds
Venezuela tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands
Vietnam tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (mid-May to mid-September) and warm, dry season (mid-October to mid-March)
Virgin Islands subtropical, tempered by easterly trade winds, relatively low humidity, little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season May to November
Wake Island tropical
Wallis and Futuna tropical; hot, rainy season (November to April); cool, dry season (May to October); rains 2,500-3,000 mm per year (80% humidity); average temperature 26.6 degrees C
West Bank temperate; temperature and precipitation vary with altitude, warm to hot summers, cool to mild winters
Western Sahara hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air currents produce fog and heavy dew
World two large areas of polar climates separated by two rather narrow temperate zones form a wide equatorial band of tropical to subtropical climates
Yemen mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east
Zambia tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April)
Zimbabwe tropical; moderated by altitude; rainy season (November to March)
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@2060 Coastline (km)
Afghanistan 0 km (landlocked)
Albania 362 km
Algeria 998 km
American Samoa 116 km
Andorra 0 km (landlocked)
Angola 1,600 km
Anguilla 61 km
Antarctica 17,968 km
Antigua and Barbuda 153 km
Arctic Ocean 45,389 km
Argentina 4,989 km
Armenia 0 km (landlocked)
Aruba 68.5 km
Ashmore and Cartier Islands 74.1 km
Atlantic Ocean 111,866 km
Australia 25,760 km
Austria 0 km (landlocked)
Azerbaijan 0 km (landlocked); note - Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea (800 km, est.)
Bahamas, The 3,542 km
Bahrain 161 km
Baker Island 4.8 km
Bangladesh 580 km
Barbados 97 km
Bassas da India 35.2 km
Belarus 0 km (landlocked)
Belgium 66 km
Belize 386 km
Benin 121 km
Bermuda 103 km
Bhutan 0 km (landlocked)
Bolivia 0 km (landlocked)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 20 km
Botswana 0 km (landlocked)
Bouvet Island 29.6 km
Brazil 7,491 km
British Indian Ocean Territory 698 km
British Virgin Islands 80 km
Brunei 161 km
Bulgaria 354 km
Burkina Faso 0 km (landlocked)
Burma 1,930 km
Burundi 0 km (landlocked)
Cambodia 443 km
Cameroon 402 km
Canada 202,080 km
Cape Verde 965 km
Cayman Islands 160 km
Central African Republic 0 km (landlocked)
Chad 0 km (landlocked)
Chile 6,435 km
China 14,500 km
Christmas Island 80 km
Clipperton Island 11.1 km
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 26 km
Colombia 3,208 km (Caribbean Sea 1,760 km, North Pacific Ocean 1,448 km)
Comoros 340 km
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 37 km
Congo, Republic of the 169 km
Cook Islands 120 km
Coral Sea Islands 3,095 km
Costa Rica 1,290 km
Cote d'Ivoire 515 km
Croatia 5,835 km (mainland 1,777 km, islands 4,058 km)
Cuba 3,735 km
Cyprus 648 km
Czech Republic 0 km (landlocked)
Denmark 7,314 km
Djibouti 314 km
Dominica 148 km
Dominican Republic 1,288 km
East Timor 706 km
Ecuador 2,237 km
Egypt 2,450 km
El Salvador 307 km
Equatorial Guinea 296 km
Eritrea 2,234 km total; mainland on Red Sea 1,151 km, islands in Red Sea 1,083 km
Estonia 3,794 km
Ethiopia 0 km (landlocked)
Europa Island 22.2 km
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,288 km
Faroe Islands 1,117 km
Fiji 1,129 km
Finland 1,126 km (excludes islands and coastal indentations)
France 3,427 km
French Guiana 378 km
French Polynesia 2,525 km
French Southern and Antarctic Lands 1,232 km
Gabon 885 km
Gambia, The 80 km
Gaza Strip 40 km
Georgia 310 km
Germany 2,389 km
Ghana 539 km
Gibraltar 12 km
Glorioso Islands 35.2 km
Greece 13,676 km
Greenland 44,087 km
Grenada 121 km
Guadeloupe 306 km
Guam 125.5 km
Guatemala 400 km
Guernsey 50 km
Guinea 320 km
Guinea-Bissau 350 km
Guyana 459 km
Haiti 1,771 km
Heard Island and McDonald Islands 101.9 km
Holy See (Vatican City) 0 km (landlocked)
Honduras 820 km
Hong Kong 733 km
Howland Island 6.4 km
Hungary 0 km (landlocked)
Iceland 4,988 km
India 7,000 km
Indian Ocean 66,526 km
Indonesia 54,716 km
Iran 2,440 km; note - Iran also borders the Caspian Sea (740 km)
Iraq 58 km
Ireland 1,448 km
Israel 273 km
Italy 7,600 km
Jamaica 1,022 km
Jan Mayen 124.1 km
Japan 29,751 km
Jarvis Island 8 km
Jersey 70 km
Johnston Atoll 34 km
Jordan 26 km
Juan de Nova Island 24.1 km
Kazakhstan 0 km (landlocked); note - Kazakhstan borders the Aral Sea, now split into two bodies of water (1,070 km), and the Caspian Sea (1,894 km)
Kenya 536 km
Kingman Reef 3 km
Kiribati 1,143 km
Korea, North 2,495 km
Korea, South 2,413 km
Kuwait 499 km
Kyrgyzstan 0 km (landlocked)
Laos 0 km (landlocked)
Latvia 531 km
Lebanon 225 km
Lesotho 0 km (landlocked)
Liberia 579 km
Libya 1,770 km
Liechtenstein 0 km (doubly landlocked)
Lithuania 99 km
Luxembourg 0 km (landlocked)
Macau 41 km
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 0 km (landlocked)
Madagascar 4,828 km
Malawi 0 km (landlocked)
Malaysia 4,675 km (Peninsular Malaysia 2,068 km, East Malaysia 2,607 km)
Maldives 644 km
Mali 0 km (landlocked)
Malta 196.8 km (does not include 56.01 km for the island of Gozo)
Man, Isle of 160 km
Marshall Islands 370.4 km
Martinique 350 km
Mauritania 754 km
Mauritius 177 km
Mayotte 185.2 km
Mexico 9,330 km
Micronesia, Federated States of 6,112 km
Midway Islands 15 km
Moldova 0 km (landlocked)
Monaco 4.1 km
Mongolia 0 km (landlocked)
Montserrat 40 km
Morocco 1,835 km
Mozambique 2,470 km
Namibia 1,572 km
Nauru 30 km
Navassa Island 8 km
Nepal 0 km (landlocked)
Netherlands 451 km
Netherlands Antilles 364 km
New Caledonia 2,254 km
New Zealand 15,134 km
Nicaragua 910 km
Niger 0 km (landlocked)
Nigeria 853 km
Niue 64 km
Norfolk Island 32 km
Northern Mariana Islands 1,482 km
Norway 21,925 km (includes mainland 3,419 km, large islands 2,413 km, long fjords, numerous small islands, and minor indentations 16,093 km)
Oman 2,092 km
Pacific Ocean 135,663 km
Pakistan 1,046 km
Palau 1,519 km
Palmyra Atoll 14.5 km
Panama 2,490 km
Papua New Guinea 5,152 km
Paracel Islands 518 km
Paraguay 0 km (landlocked)
Peru 2,414 km
Philippines 36,289 km
Pitcairn Islands 51 km
Poland 491 km
Portugal 1,793 km
Puerto Rico 501 km
Qatar 563 km
Reunion 207 km
Romania 225 km
Russia 37,653 km
Rwanda 0 km (landlocked)
Saint Helena 60 km
Saint Kitts and Nevis 135 km
Saint Lucia 158 km
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 120 km
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 84 km
Samoa 403 km
San Marino 0 km (landlocked)
Sao Tome and Principe 209 km
Saudi Arabia 2,640 km
Senegal 531 km
Serbia and Montenegro 199 km
Seychelles 491 km
Sierra Leone 402 km
Singapore 193 km
Slovakia 0 km (landlocked)
Slovenia 46.6 km
Solomon Islands 5,313 km
Somalia 3,025 km
South Africa 2,798 km
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands NA km
Southern Ocean 17,968 km
Spain 4,964 km
Spratly Islands 926 km
Sri Lanka 1,340 km
Sudan 853 km
Suriname 386 km
Svalbard 3,587 km
Swaziland 0 km (landlocked)
Sweden 3,218 km
Switzerland 0 km (landlocked)
Syria 193 km
Taiwan 1,566.3 km
Tajikistan 0 km (landlocked)
Tanzania 1,424 km
Thailand 3,219 km
Togo 56 km
Tokelau 101 km
Tonga 419 km
Trinidad and Tobago 362 km
Tromelin Island 3.7 km
Tunisia 1,148 km
Turkey 7,200 km
Turkmenistan 0 km; note - Turkmenistan borders the Caspian Sea (1,768 km)
Turks and Caicos Islands 389 km
Tuvalu 24 km
Uganda 0 km (landlocked)
Ukraine 2,782 km
United Arab Emirates 1,318 km
United Kingdom 12,429 km
United States 19,924 km
Uruguay 660 km
Uzbekistan 0 km (doubly landlocked); note - Uzbekistan includes the southern portion of the Aral Sea with a 420 km shoreline
Vanuatu 2,528 km
Venezuela 2,800 km
Vietnam 3,444 km (excludes islands)
Virgin Islands 188 km
Wake Island 19.3 km
Wallis and Futuna 129 km
West Bank 0 km (landlocked)
Western Sahara 1,110 km
World 356,000 km
Yemen 1,906 km
Zambia 0 km (landlocked)
Zimbabwe 0 km (landlocked)
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@2061 Imports - partners (%)
Afghanistan Pakistan 25.1%, South Korea 14.4%, Japan 9.4%, US 9%, Kenya 5.8%, Germany 5.4% (2002)
Albania Italy 39.4%, Greece 24.5%, Turkey 6%, Germany 5% (2002)
Algeria France 31%, Italy 10%, US 8.3%, Germany 6.6%, Spain 5.9%, Turkey 4.2% (2002)
American Samoa Australia 41%, New Zealand 23%, South Korea 18% (2002)
Andorra Spain 48%, France 35%, US 2.3% (2000)
Angola Portugal 20.2%, US 13.9%, South Africa 12.4%, France 6.7%, Brazil 5.8%, Belgium 5.3%, Netherlands 4% (2002)
Anguilla US, Puerto Rico, UK (2000)
Antigua and Barbuda France 23.4%, Germany 14.2%, US 13.2%, Poland 9.8%, South Korea 8.3%, Singapore 5%, UK 4.4% (2002)
Argentina Brazil 42%, US 12.8%, Germany 4.4% (2002)
Armenia US 15.3%, Russia 12.9%, Belgium 12.3%, Iran 10.3%, UAE 6.3%, Germany 5.5%, Italy 4.9% (2002)
Aruba US 54.7%, Netherlands 12.7%, UK 5.7% (2002)
Australia US 18.3%, Japan 12.3%, China 10.1%, Germany 5.7%, UK 4.6% (2002)
Austria Germany 42.6%, Italy 6.6%, Hungary 5.1%, Switzerland 4.8%, Netherlands 4.4% (2002)
Azerbaijan Russia 17.8%, Turkey 11.9%, Germany 10.7%, France 7%, Kazakhstan 6.3%, China 6%, UK 5.5%, US 4.5% (2002)
Bahamas, The US 20.3%, South Korea 20.1%, Germany 11.5%, Norway 11.5%, Japan 10%, Italy 7.2% (2002)
Bahrain Saudi Arabia 30.1%, US 11.7%, Japan 7.1%, Germany 6.5%, UK 5.6% (2002)
Bangladesh India 14.6%, China 11.6%, Singapore 11.5%, Japan 7.6%, Hong Kong 5.4%, South Korea 4.3% (2002)
Barbados US 41.1%, Trinidad and Tobago 17%, UK 7.3%, Japan 4.2% (2002)
Belarus Russia 68.2%, Germany 9.4%, Ukraine 3.2% (2002)
Belgium Germany 17.2%, Netherlands 15.6%, France 12.8%, UK 7.3%, Ireland 7%, US 6.4%, Italy 4% (2002)
Belize US 35.7%, Mexico 10.1%, Netherlands Antilles 6.1%, Japan 5.9%, Cuba 5.7%, UK 5.4% (2002)
Benin China 30.7%, France 15.7%, UK 4.8%, Italy 4.2% (2002)
Bermuda Kazakhstan 30.9%, France 24.7%, Italy 10.5%, US 9.7%, South Korea 8.4%, Mexico 4.3% (2002)
Bhutan Japan 44.5%, Germany 12.2%, UK 8.5%, Singapore 6%, South Korea 5%, US 4.2% (2002)
Bolivia Brazil 22%, Argentina 17.4%, US 15.6%, Chile 7%, Japan 5.5%, Peru 5.4%, China 4.8% (2002)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia 23.7%, Slovenia 14.8%, Germany 14%, Italy 13.1%, Hungary 8%, Austria 7.7% (2002)
Botswana Southern African Customs Union (SACU) 74%, EFTA 17%, Zimbabwe 4% (2000)
Brazil US 23.3%, Argentina 12.6%, Germany 8.7%, France 5.2% (2002)
British Virgin Islands Virgin Islands (US), Puerto Rico, US
Brunei Singapore 30.6%, Japan 21.5%, Malaysia 17.4%, UK 6.1%, Hong Kong 4% (2002)
Bulgaria Russia 14.6%, Germany 14.4%, Italy 11.4%, Greece 6.1%, France 5.7%, Turkey 5% (2002)
Burkina Faso France 27.7%, Cote d'Ivoire 23%, Togo 4.3% (2002)
Burma China 27%, Singapore 19.5%, Thailand 12%, Malaysia 9.1%, Taiwan 6.3%, South Korea 5.3%, Japan 4.3% (2002)
Burundi Belgium 12.4%, Saudi Arabia 12.3%, Tanzania 9.3%, Kenya 7.7%, France 7.4%, India 4.5% (2002)
Cambodia Thailand 24.8%, Singapore 16.9%, China 12.1%, Hong Kong 10.9%, South Korea 5.5%, Vietnam 5.2% (2002)
Cameroon France 28.2%, Nigeria 12.8%, US 8%, Belgium 5.7%, Germany 5.3%, Italy 4.3% (2002)
Canada US 62.6%, China 4.6%, Japan 4.4% (2002)
Cape Verde Portugal 49.1%, Netherlands 7.2%, Germany 5.7% (2002)
Cayman Islands US, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, Netherlands Antilles, Japan
Central African Republic France 30%, US 5.2%, Cameroon 4.5%, Germany 4.3% (2002)
Chad France 31.5%, US 31.4%, Germany 5.5%, Nigeria 4.6% (2002)
Chile Argentina 18%, US 14.9%, Brazil 9.5%, China 6.5%, Germany 4.3% (2002)
China Japan 18.1%, Taiwan 10.5%, South Korea 9.7%, US 9.2%, Germany 5.6% (2002)
Christmas Island principally Australia
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australia (1999) |
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