New Zealand 26 September 1907 (from UK)

Nicaragua 15 September 1821 (from Spain)

Niger 3 August 1960 (from France)

Nigeria 1 October 1960 (from UK)

Niue on 19 October 1974, Niue became a self-governing parliamentary government in free association with New Zealand

Norfolk Island none (territory of Australia)

Northern Mariana Islands none (commonwealth in political union with the US)

Norway 7 June 1905 Norway declared the union with Sweden dissolved; 26 October 1905 Sweden agreed to the repeal of the union

Oman 1650 (expulsion of the Portuguese)

Pakistan 14 August 1947 (from UK)

Palau 1 October 1994 (from the US-administered UN Trusteeship)

Panama 3 November 1903 (from Colombia; became independent from Spain 28 November 1821)

Papua New Guinea 16 September 1975 (from the Australian-administered UN trusteeship)

Paraguay 14 May 1811 (from Spain)

Peru 28 July 1821 (from Spain)

Philippines 12 June 1898 (from Spain)

Pitcairn Islands none (overseas territory of the UK)

Poland 11 November 1918 (independent republic proclaimed)

Portugal 1143 (independent republic proclaimed 5 October 1910)

Puerto Rico none (commonwealth associated with the US)

Qatar 3 September 1971 (from UK)

Reunion none (overseas department of France)

Romania 9 May 1877 (independence proclaimed from Turkey; independence recognized 13 July 1878 by the Treaty of Berlin; kingdom proclaimed 26 March 1881; republic proclaimed 30 December 1947)

Russia 24 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)

Rwanda 1 July 1962 (from Belgium-administered UN trusteeship)

Saint Helena none (overseas territory of the UK)

Saint Kitts and Nevis 19 September 1983 (from UK)

Saint Lucia 22 February 1979 (from UK)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon none (territorial collectivity of France; has been under French control since 1763)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27 October 1979 (from UK)

Samoa 1 January 1962 (from New Zealand-administered UN trusteeship)

San Marino 3 September 301

Sao Tome and Principe 12 July 1975 (from Portugal)

Saudi Arabia 23 September 1932 (Unification of the Kingdom)

Senegal 4 April 1960 (from France); complete independence was achieved upon dissolution of federation with Mali on 20 August 1960

Serbia and Montenegro 27 April 1992 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia or FRY formed as self-proclaimed successor to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia or SFRY)

Seychelles 29 June 1976 (from UK)

Sierra Leone 27 April 1961 (from UK)

Singapore 9 August 1965 (from Malaysian Federation)

Slovakia 1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)

Slovenia 25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)

Solomon Islands 7 July 1978 (from UK)

Somalia 1 July 1960 (from a merger of British Somaliland, which became independent from the UK on 26 June 1960, and Italian Somaliland, which became independent from the Italian-administered UN trusteeship on 1 July 1960, to form the Somali Republic)

South Africa 31 May 1910 (from UK); note - South Africa became a republic in 1961 following an October 1960 referendum

Spain the Iberian peninsula was characterized by a variety of independent kingdoms prior to the Moslem occupation that began in the early 8th Century A. D. and lasted nearly seven centuries; the small Christian redoubts of the north began the reconquest almost immediately, culminating in the seizure of Granada in 1492; this event completed the unification of several kingdoms and is traditionally considered the forging of present-day Spain

Sri Lanka 4 February 1948 (from UK)

Sudan 1 January 1956 (from Egypt and UK)

Suriname 25 November 1975 (from Netherlands)

Svalbard none (territory of Norway)

Swaziland 6 September 1968 (from UK)

Sweden 6 June 1523 (Gustav VASA elected king)

Switzerland 1 August 1291 (Founding of the Swiss Confederation)

Syria 17 April 1946 (from League of Nations mandate under French administration)

Tajikistan 9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)

Tanzania 26 April 1964; Tanganyika became independent 9 December 1961 (from UK-administered UN trusteeship); Zanzibar became independent 19 December 1963 (from UK); Tanganyika united with Zanzibar 26 April 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar; renamed United Republic of Tanzania 29 October 1964

Thailand 1238 (traditional founding date; never colonized)

Togo 27 April 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship)

Tokelau none (territory of New Zealand)

Tonga 4 June 1970 (from UK protectorate)

Trinidad and Tobago 31 August 1962 (from UK)

Tunisia 20 March 1956 (from France)

Turkey 29 October 1923 (successor state to the Ottoman Empire)

Turkmenistan 27 October 1991 (from the Soviet Union)

Turks and Caicos Islands none (overseas territory of the UK)

Tuvalu 1 October 1978 (from UK)

Uganda 9 October 1962 (from UK)

Ukraine 24 August 1991 (from the Soviet Union)

United Arab Emirates 2 December 1971 (from UK)

United Kingdom England has existed as a unified entity since the 10th century; the union between England and Wales, begun in 1284 with the Statute of Rhuddlan, was not formalized until 1536 with an Act of Union; in another Act of Union in 1707, England and Scotland agreed to permanently join as Great Britain; the legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland was implemented in 1801, with the adoption of the name the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921 formalized a partition of Ireland; six northern Irish counties remained part of the United Kingdom as Northern Ireland and the current name of the country, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, was adopted in 1927

United States 4 July 1776 (from Great Britain)

Uruguay 25 August 1825 (from Brazil)

Uzbekistan 1 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)

Vanuatu 30 July 1980 (from France and UK)

Venezuela 5 July 1811 (from Spain)

Vietnam 2 September 1945 (from France)

Wallis and Futuna none (overseas territory of France)

Yemen 22 May 1990, Republic of Yemen was established with the merger of the Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen] and the Marxist-dominated People's Democratic Republic of Yemen [Yemen (Aden) or South Yemen]; previously North Yemen had become independent on NA November 1918 (from the Ottoman Empire) and South Yemen had become independent on 30 November 1967 (from the UK)

Zambia 24 October 1964 (from UK)

Zimbabwe 18 April 1980 (from UK)

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@2089 Industrial production growth rate (%)

Afghanistan NA%

Albania 9% (2000 est.)

Algeria 6% (2001 est.)

American Samoa NA%

Andorra NA%

Angola 1%

Anguilla 3.1% (1997 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda 6% (1997 est.)

Argentina 1% (2000 est.)

Armenia 15% (2002 est.)

Aruba NA

Australia 4.3% (2002 est.)

Austria 3.8% (2001 est.)

Azerbaijan 6% (2002 est.)

Bahamas, The NA%

Bahrain 2% (2000 est.)

Bangladesh 1.8% (2002 est.)

Barbados -3.2% (2000 est.)

Belarus 2.5% (2002 est.)

Belgium 4.5% (2000 est.)

Belize 4.6% (1999)

Benin 8.3% (2001 est.)

Bermuda NA%

Bhutan 9.3% (1996 est.)

Bolivia 3.9% (1998)

Bosnia and Herzegovina 7% (2002 est.)

Botswana 2.4% (2001 est.)

Brazil 2.3% (2002 est.)

British Virgin Islands NA

Brunei 5% (2002 est.)

Bulgaria 2% (2002 est.)

Burkina Faso 14% (2001 est.)

Burma NA%

Burundi 18% (2001)

Cambodia 16% (2001 est.)

Cameroon 4.2% (1999 est.)

Canada 2.2% (2002 est.)

Cape Verde NA%

Cayman Islands NA%

Central African Republic 3% (2002)

Chad 5% (1995)

Chile -1.5% (2002 est.)

China 12.6% (2002 est.)

Christmas Island NA%

Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA%

Colombia 4% (2001 est.)

Comoros -2% (1999 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the NA%

Congo, Republic of the 0% (2002 est.)

Cook Islands 1% (2002)

Costa Rica 2.9% (2002 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire 15% (1998 est.)

Croatia 2.8% (2002 est.)

Cuba 0.2% (2001 est.)

Cyprus Greek Cypriot area: -1.4% (2002); Turkish Cypriot area: -0.3% (2002)

Czech Republic 3.5% (2002)

Denmark 1.4% (2002 est.)

Djibouti 3% (1996 est.)

Dominica -10% (1997 est.)

Dominican Republic 2% (2001 est.)

East Timor 8.5%

Ecuador 5.1% (2001 est.)

Egypt 2.2% (2002 est.)

El Salvador 3% (2002 est.)

Equatorial Guinea 30% (2002 est.)

Eritrea NA%

Estonia 5% (2000 est.)

Ethiopia 6.7% (2001 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) NA%

Faroe Islands 8% (1999 est.)

Fiji NA%

Finland 5% (2002 est.)

France -0.3% (2002)

French Guiana NA%

French Polynesia NA%

Gabon 1.6% (2002 est.)

Gambia, The NA%

Gaza Strip NA%

Georgia 3% (2000)

Germany -2.1% (2002 est.)

Ghana 3.8% (2000 est.)

Gibraltar NA%

Greece 7% (2000 est.)

Greenland NA%

Grenada 0.7% (1997 est.)

Guadeloupe NA%

Guam NA%

Guatemala 4.1% (1999)

Guernsey NA%

Guinea 3.2% (1994)

Guinea-Bissau 2.6% (1997 est.)

Guyana 7.1% (1997 est.)

Haiti NA

Honduras 4% (1999 est.)

Hong Kong -9.7% (2002 est.)

Hungary 3.1% (2002 est.)

Iceland 0.2% (2002 est.)

India 6% (2002 est.)

Indonesia 4.9% (2002 est.)

Iran 5.5% excluding oil (2001 est.)

Iraq NA%

Ireland 6% (2002 est.)

Israel -1.5% (2002 est.)

Italy -2.8% (2002)

Jamaica -2% (2000 est.)

Japan -1.4% (2002 est.)

Jersey NA%

Jordan 1% (2002 est.)

Kazakhstan 10% (2002 est.)

Kenya 0.9% (2002 est.)

Kiribati 0.7% (1991 est.)

Korea, North NA%

Korea, South 6.5% (2002 est.)

Kuwait -5% (2002 est.)

Kyrgyzstan 6% (2000 est.)

Laos 7.5% (1999 est.)

Latvia 5.7% (2002 est.)

Lebanon NA%

Lesotho 15.5% (1999)

Liberia NA%

Libya NA%

Liechtenstein NA%

Lithuania 6% (2002 est.)

Luxembourg 0% (2002 est.)

Macau NA%

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of -5% (2002 est.)

Madagascar 3% (2000 est.)

Malawi -0.8% (2002 est.)

Malaysia 5% (2002 est.)

Maldives 4.4% (1996 est.)

Mali NA%

Malta NA%

Man, Isle of 3.2% (FY 96/97)

Marshall Islands NA%

Martinique NA%

Mauritania 2% (2000 est.)

Mauritius 8% (2000 est.)

Mayotte NA%

Mexico 4.9% (2002 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of NA%

Moldova 9% (2002 est.)

Monaco NA%

Mongolia 4.1% (2002 est.)

Montserrat NA%

Morocco 0.5% (1999 est.)

Mozambique 3.4% (2000)

Namibia NA%

Nauru NA%

Nepal 8.7% (FY 99/00)

Netherlands 0% (2002 est.)

Netherlands Antilles NA%

New Caledonia -0.6% (1996)

New Zealand 3% (2001 est.)

Nicaragua 4.4% (2000 est.)

Niger NA%

Nigeria 0.4% (2002 est.)

Niue NA%

Norfolk Island NA%

Northern Mariana Islands NA%

Norway 1.2% (2002 est.)

Oman 4% (2000 est.)

Pakistan 2.4% (FY01/02 est.)

Palau NA%

Panama 0.5% (2002 est.)

Papua New Guinea NA

Paraguay 0% (2000 est.)

Peru 6.5% (2002 est.)

Philippines 4% (2000 est.)

Pitcairn Islands NA%

Poland 0.3% (2001)

Portugal 1.5% (2002 est.)

Puerto Rico NA%

Qatar NA%

Reunion NA%

Romania 6% (2002)

Russia 3.7% (2002 est.)

Rwanda 7% (2001 est.)

Saint Helena NA%

Saint Kitts and Nevis NA%

Saint Lucia -8.9% (1997 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon NA%

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.9% (1997 est.)

Samoa 2.8% (2000)

San Marino 6% (1997 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe NA%

Saudi Arabia 1% (1997 est.)

Senegal 8.1% (2002 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro 1.7% (2002 est.)

Seychelles NA%

Sierra Leone NA%

Singapore -9.8% (2002 est.)

Slovakia 4.4% (2002 est.)

Slovenia 2.4% (2002)

Solomon Islands NA%

Somalia NA%

South Africa 3% (2002 est.)

Spain 1.2% (2002 est.)

Sri Lanka 1.1% (2002)

Sudan 8.5% (1999 est.)

Suriname 6.5% (1994 est.)

Svalbard NA%

Swaziland 3.7% (FY 95/96)

Sweden 0.9% (2002 est.)

Switzerland 3.2% (2001)

Syria NA%

Taiwan 6% (2002)

Tajikistan 10.3% (2000 est.)

Tanzania 8.4% (1999 est.)

Thailand 3% (2000 est.)

Togo NA%

Tokelau NA%

Tonga 8.6% (FY 98/99)

Trinidad and Tobago 2.6% (2002 est.)

Tunisia 3.5% (2002 est.)

Turkey 8.5% (2002 est.)

Turkmenistan 1% (2002 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands NA%

Tuvalu NA%

Uganda 6.3% (2002 est.)

Ukraine 6% (2002 est.)

United Arab Emirates 4% (2000)

United Kingdom -3.4% (2002 est.)

United States -0.4% (2002 est.)

Uruguay -12% (2002 est.)

Uzbekistan 3.5% (2000 est.)

Vanuatu 1% (1997 est.)

Venezuela -5.4% (2002 est.)

Vietnam 10.2% (2002 est.)

Virgin Islands NA%

Wallis and Futuna NA%

West Bank NA%

Western Sahara NA%

World 3% (2002 est.)

Yemen 4% (2002 est.)

Zambia 5.1% (2001 est.)

Zimbabwe -3.1% (2002 est.)

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@2090 Industries

Afghanistan small-scale production of textiles, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, cement; handwoven carpets; natural gas, coal, copper

Albania food processing, textiles and clothing; lumber, oil, cement, chemicals, mining, basic metals, hydropower

Algeria petroleum, natural gas, light industries, mining, electrical, petrochemical, food processing

American Samoa tuna canneries (largely supplied by foreign fishing vessels), handicrafts

Andorra tourism (particularly skiing), cattle raising, timber, banking

Angola petroleum; diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, feldspar, bauxite, uranium, and gold; cement; basic metal products; fish processing; food processing; brewing; tobacco products; sugar; textiles

Anguilla tourism, boat building, offshore financial services

Antigua and Barbuda tourism, construction, light manufacturing (clothing, alcohol, household appliances)

Argentina food processing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, textiles, chemicals and petrochemicals, printing, metallurgy, steel

Armenia metal-cutting machine tools, forging-pressing machines, electric motors, tires, knitted wear, hosiery, shoes, silk fabric, chemicals, trucks, instruments, microelectronics, gem cutting, jewelry manufacturing, software development, food processing, brandy

Aruba tourism, transshipment facilities, oil refining

Australia mining, industrial and transportation equipment, food processing, chemicals, steel

Austria construction, machinery, vehicles and parts, food, chemicals, lumber and wood processing, paper and paperboard, communications equipment, tourism

Azerbaijan petroleum and natural gas, petroleum products, oilfield equipment; steel, iron ore, cement; chemicals and petrochemicals; textiles

Bahamas, The tourism, banking, e-commerce, cement, oil refining and transshipment, salt, rum, aragonite, pharmaceuticals, spiral-welded steel pipe

Bahrain petroleum processing and refining, aluminum smelting, offshore banking, ship repairing; tourism

Bangladesh cotton textiles, jute, garments, tea processing, paper newsprint, cement, chemical fertilizer, light engineering, sugar

Barbados tourism, sugar, light manufacturing, component assembly for export

Belarus metal-cutting machine tools, tractors, trucks, earthmovers, motorcycles, television sets, chemical fibers, fertilizer, textiles, radios, refrigerators

Belgium engineering and metal products, motor vehicle assembly, processed food and beverages, chemicals, basic metals, textiles, glass, petroleum, coal

Belize garment production, food processing, tourism, construction

Benin textiles, food processing, chemical production, construction materials (2001)

Bermuda tourism, international business, light manufacturing

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

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina steel, coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, manganese, bauxite, vehicle assembly, textiles, tobacco products, wooden furniture, tank and aircraft assembly, domestic appliances, oil refining (2001)

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

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

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

Brunei petroleum, petroleum refining, liquefied natural gas, construction

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

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

Burma agricultural processing; knit and woven apparel; wood and wood products; copper, tin, tungsten, iron; construction materials; pharmaceuticals; fertilizer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

China iron and steel, coal, machine building, armaments, textiles and apparel, petroleum, cement, chemical fertilizers, footwear, toys, food processing, automobiles, consumer electronics, telecommunications

Christmas Island tourism, phosphate extraction (near depletion)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands copra products and tourism

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

Comoros tourism, perfume distillation

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cuba sugar, petroleum, tobacco, chemicals, construction, services, nickel, steel, cement, agricultural machinery, biotechnology

Cyprus food, beverages, textiles, chemicals, metal products, tourism, wood products

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

Denmark food processing, machinery and equipment, textiles and clothing, chemical products, electronics, construction, furniture and other wood products, shipbuilding, windmills

Djibouti construction, agricultural processing

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

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

East Timor printing, soap manufacturing, handicrafts, woven cloth

Ecuador petroleum, food processing, textiles, metal work, paper products, wood products, chemicals, plastics, fishing, lumber

Egypt textiles, food processing, tourism, chemicals, hydrocarbons, construction, cement, metals

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

Equatorial Guinea petroleum, fishing, sawmilling, natural gas

Eritrea food processing, beverages, clothing and textiles

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

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

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

Faroe Islands fishing, fish processing, shipbuilding, construction, handicrafts

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

Finland metal products, electronics, shipbuilding, pulp and paper, copper refining, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, clothing

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

French Guiana construction, shrimp processing, forestry products, rum, gold mining

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

Gabon petroleum extraction and refining; manganese, and gold mining; chemicals; ship repair; food and beverage; textile; lumbering and plywood; cement.

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

Gaza Strip generally small family businesses that produce textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs; the Israelis have established some small-scale modern industries in an industrial center

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

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

Ghana mining, lumbering, light manufacturing, aluminum smelting, food processing

Gibraltar tourism, banking and finance, ship repairing, tobacco

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

Greenland fish processing (mainly shrimp and Greenland halibut), handicrafts, hides and skins, small shipyards, mining

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

Guadeloupe construction, cement, rum, sugar, tourism

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

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

Guernsey tourism, banking

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

Guinea-Bissau agricultural products processing, beer, soft drinks

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

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

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

Honduras sugar, coffee, textiles, clothing, wood products

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

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

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

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

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

Iran petroleum, petrochemicals, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food processing (particularly sugar refining and vegetable oil production), metal fabricating, armaments

Iraq petroleum, chemicals, textiles, construction materials, food processing

Ireland food products, brewing, textiles, clothing; chemicals, pharmaceuticals, machinery, transportation equipment, glass and crystal; software

Israel high-technology projects (including aviation, communications, computer-aided design and manufactures, medical electronics), wood and paper products, potash and phosphates, food, beverages, and tobacco, caustic soda, cement, diamond cutting

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

Jamaica tourism, bauxite, textiles, food processing, light manufactures, rum, cement, metal, paper, chemical products

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

Jersey tourism, banking and finance, dairy

Jordan phosphate mining, pharmaceuticals, petroleum refining, cement, potash, light manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, tourism

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

Kenya small-scale consumer goods (plastic, furniture, batteries, textiles, soap, cigarettes, flour), agricultural products processing; oil refining, cement; tourism

Kiribati fishing, handicrafts

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

Korea, South electronics, automobile production, chemicals, shipbuilding, steel, textiles, clothing, footwear, food processing

Kuwait petroleum, petrochemicals, desalination, food processing, construction materials

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

Laos tin and gypsum mining, timber, electric power, agricultural processing, construction, garments, tourism

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

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

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

Liberia rubber processing, palm oil processing, timber, diamonds

Libya petroleum, food processing, textiles, handicrafts, cement

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

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

Luxembourg banking, iron and steel, food processing, chemicals, metal products, engineering, tires, glass, aluminum

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

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of coal, metallic chromium, lead, zinc, ferronickel, textiles, wood products, tobacco, food processing, buses

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

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

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

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

Mali food processing; construction; phosphate and gold mining

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

Man, Isle of financial services, light manufacturing, tourism

Marshall Islands copra, fish, tourism, craft items from shell, wood, and pearls

Martinique construction, rum, cement, oil refining, sugar, tourism

Mauritania fish processing, mining of iron ore and gypsum

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

Mayotte newly created lobster and shrimp industry, construction

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

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

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

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

Mongolia construction materials, mining (coal, copper, molybdenum, fluorspar, and gold); oil; food and beverages, processing of animal products

Montserrat tourism, rum, textiles, electronic appliances

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

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

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

Nauru phosphate mining, offshore banking, coconut products

Nepal tourism, carpet, textile; small rice, jute, sugar, and oilseed mills; cigarette; cement and brick production

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

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

New Caledonia nickel mining and smelting

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

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

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

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

Niue tourism, handicrafts, food processing

Norfolk Island tourism

Northern Mariana Islands tourism, construction, garments, handicrafts

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

Oman crude oil production and refining, natural gas production, construction, cement, copper

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

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

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

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

Paraguay sugar, cement, textiles, beverages, wood products

Peru mining of metals, petroleum, fishing, textiles, clothing, food processing, cement, auto assembly, steel, shipbuilding, metal fabrication

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

Pitcairn Islands postage stamps, handicrafts

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

Portugal textiles and footwear; wood pulp, paper, and cork; metalworking; oil refining; chemicals; fish canning; wine; tourism

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

Qatar crude oil production and refining, fertilizers, petrochemicals, steel reinforcing bars, cement

Reunion sugar, rum, cigarettes, handicraft items, flower oil extraction

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Samoa food processing, building materials, auto parts

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

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

Saudi Arabia crude oil production, petroleum refining, basic petrochemicals, cement, construction, fertilizer, plastics

Senegal agricultural and fish processing, phosphate mining, fertilizer production, petroleum refining, construction materials

Serbia and Montenegro machine building (aircraft, trucks, and automobiles; tanks and weapons; electrical equipment; agricultural machinery); metallurgy (steel, aluminum, copper, lead, zinc, chromium, antimony, bismuth, cadmium); mining (coal, bauxite, nonferrous ore, iron ore, limestone); consumer goods (textiles, footwear, foodstuffs, appliances); electronics, petroleum products, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals

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

Sierra Leone mining (diamonds); small-scale manufacturing (beverages, textiles, cigarettes, footwear); petroleum refining

Singapore electronics, chemicals, financial services, oil drilling equipment, petroleum refining, rubber processing and rubber products, processed food and beverages, ship repair, entrepot trade, biotechnology

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

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

Solomon Islands fish (tuna), mining, timber

Somalia a few light industries, including sugar refining, textiles, petroleum refining (mostly shut down), wireless communication

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

Spain textiles and apparel (including footwear), food and beverages, metals and metal manufactures, chemicals, shipbuilding, automobiles, machine tools, tourism

Sri Lanka rubber processing, tea, coconuts, and other agricultural commodities; clothing, cement, petroleum refining, textiles, tobacco

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

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

Swaziland mining (coal), wood pulp, sugar, soft drink concentrates, textile and apparel

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

Switzerland machinery, chemicals, watches, textiles, precision instruments

Syria petroleum, textiles, food processing, beverages, tobacco, phosphate rock mining

Taiwan electronics, petroleum refining, chemicals, textiles, iron and steel, machinery, cement, food processing

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

Tanzania agricultural processing (sugar, beer, cigarettes, sisal twine), diamond and gold mining, oil refining, shoes, cement, textiles, wood products, fertilizer, salt

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

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

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

Tonga tourism, fishing

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

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

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

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

Turks and Caicos Islands tourism, offshore financial services

Tuvalu fishing, tourism, copra

Uganda sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles, cement

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

United Arab Emirates petroleum, fishing, petrochemicals, construction materials, some boat building, handicrafts, pearling

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

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

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

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

Vanuatu food and fish freezing, wood processing, meat canning

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

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

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

Wallis and Futuna copra, handicrafts, fishing, lumber

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

Western Sahara phosphate mining, handicrafts

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

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

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

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

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@2091 Infant mortality rate (deaths/1,000 live births)

Afghanistan total: 142.48 deaths/1,000 live births male: 145.99 deaths/1,000 live births female: 138.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Albania total: 37.28 deaths/1,000 live births male: 39.68 deaths/1,000 live births female: 34.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Algeria total: 37.74 deaths/1,000 live births male: 40.34 deaths/1,000 live births female: 35.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

American Samoa total: 9.82 deaths/1,000 live births male: 11.61 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Andorra total: 4.06 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.4 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Angola total: 193.82 deaths/1,000 live births male: 206.26 deaths/1,000 live births female: 180.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Anguilla total: 22.8 deaths/1,000 live births male: 29.84 deaths/1,000 live births female: 15.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda total: 20.9 deaths/1,000 live births male: 25.14 deaths/1,000 live births female: 16.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Argentina total: 16.16 deaths/1,000 live births male: 18.14 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Armenia total: 40.86 deaths/1,000 live births male: 45.27 deaths/1,000 live births female: 36.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Aruba total: 6.14 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.99 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Australia total: 4.83 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.23 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Austria total: 4.33 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.38 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Azerbaijan total: 82.41 deaths/1,000 live births male: 84.4 deaths/1,000 live births female: 80.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Bahamas, The total: 26.21 deaths/1,000 live births male: 32.45 deaths/1,000 live births female: 19.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Bahrain total: 18.59 deaths/1,000 live births male: 21.65 deaths/1,000 live births female: 15.45 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Bangladesh total: 66.08 deaths/1,000 live births male: 67.21 deaths/1,000 live births female: 64.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Barbados total: 12.72 deaths/1,000 live births male: 14.39 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Belarus total: 13.87 deaths/1,000 live births male: 15.13 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.56 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Belgium total: 4.57 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.16 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Belize total: 27.07 deaths/1,000 live births male: 30.56 deaths/1,000 live births female: 23.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Benin total: 86.76 deaths/1,000 live births male: 91.79 deaths/1,000 live births female: 81.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Bermuda total: 9.05 deaths/1,000 live births male: 10.77 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Bhutan total: 104.68 deaths/1,000 live births male: 102.49 deaths/1,000 live births female: 106.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Bolivia total: 56.05 deaths/1,000 live births male: 59.75 deaths/1,000 live births female: 52.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina total: 22.7 deaths/1,000 live births male: 25.37 deaths/1,000 live births female: 19.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Botswana total: 67.34 deaths/1,000 live births male: 68.36 deaths/1,000 live births female: 66.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Brazil total: 31.74 deaths/1,000 live births male: 35.61 deaths/1,000 live births female: 27.68 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

British Virgin Islands total: 18.8 deaths/1,000 live births male: 21.86 deaths/1,000 live births female: 15.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Brunei total: 13.5 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.09 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Bulgaria total: 13.7 deaths/1,000 live births male: 15.43 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Burkina Faso total: 99.78 deaths/1,000 live births male: 107.87 deaths/1,000 live births female: 91.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Burma total: 70.35 deaths/1,000 live births male: 76.48 deaths/1,000 live births female: 63.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Burundi total: 71.54 deaths/1,000 live births male: 78.45 deaths/1,000 live births female: 64.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Cambodia total: 75.94 deaths/1,000 live births male: 84.96 deaths/1,000 live births female: 66.51 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Cameroon total: 70.12 deaths/1,000 live births male: 74.2 deaths/1,000 live births female: 65.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Canada total: 4.88 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.36 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Cape Verde total: 50.5 deaths/1,000 live births male: 55.83 deaths/1,000 live births female: 45.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Cayman Islands total: 8.64 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.9 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Central African Republic total: 93.3 deaths/1,000 live births male: 100.35 deaths/1,000 live births female: 86.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Chad total: 95.74 deaths/1,000 live births male: 105 deaths/1,000 live births female: 86.11 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Chile total: 8.88 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.68 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

China total: 25.26 deaths/1,000 live births male: 24.91 deaths/1,000 live births female: 25.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Christmas Island total: NA% male: NA% female: NA%

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

Colombia total: 22.47 deaths/1,000 live births male: 26.46 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Comoros total: 79.51 deaths/1,000 live births male: 88.32 deaths/1,000 live births female: 70.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the total: 96.56 deaths/1,000 live births male: 105.15 deaths/1,000 live births female: 87.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Congo, Republic of the total: 95.34 deaths/1,000 live births male: 101.45 deaths/1,000 live births female: 89.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Cook Islands total: NA% male: NA% female: NA%

Costa Rica total: 10.56 deaths/1,000 live births male: 11.49 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire total: 98.33 deaths/1,000 live births male: 115.29 deaths/1,000 live births female: 80.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Croatia total: 6.92 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.78 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Cuba total: 7.15 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.06 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Cyprus total: 7.54 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.43 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Czech Republic total: 5.37 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.85 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Denmark total: 4.9 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.16 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Djibouti total: 106.96 deaths/1,000 live births male: 114.8 deaths/1,000 live births female: 98.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Dominica total: 15.34 deaths/1,000 live births male: 20.29 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Dominican Republic total: 34.19 deaths/1,000 live births male: 36.7 deaths/1,000 live births female: 31.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

East Timor total: 50.47 deaths/1,000 live births male: 57.05 deaths/1,000 live births female: 43.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Ecuador total: 31.97 deaths/1,000 live births male: 37.28 deaths/1,000 live births female: 26.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Egypt total: 35.26 deaths/1,000 live births male: 36.02 deaths/1,000 live births female: 34.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

El Salvador total: 26.75 deaths/1,000 live births male: 29.59 deaths/1,000 live births female: 23.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Equatorial Guinea total: 89.02 deaths/1,000 live births male: 95.25 deaths/1,000 live births female: 82.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Eritrea total: 76.32 deaths/1,000 live births male: 83.78 deaths/1,000 live births female: 68.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Estonia total: 12.03 deaths/1,000 live births male: 13.88 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Ethiopia total: 103.22 deaths/1,000 live births male: 113.48 deaths/1,000 live births female: 92.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) total: NA% male: NA% female: NA%

Faroe Islands total: 6.52 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.9 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.13 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Fiji total: 13.35 deaths/1,000 live births male: 14.75 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Finland total: 3.73 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.21 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

France total: 4.37 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.89 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

French Guiana total: 12.84 deaths/1,000 live births male: 13.68 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

French Polynesia total: 8.78 deaths/1,000 live births male: 10.12 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Gabon total: 55.05 deaths/1,000 live births male: 65.12 deaths/1,000 live births female: 44.68 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Gambia, The total: 74.93 deaths/1,000 live births male: 81.67 deaths/1,000 live births female: 68 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Gaza Strip total: 24.15 deaths/1,000 live births male: 25.37 deaths/1,000 live births female: 22.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Georgia total: 51.24 deaths/1,000 live births male: 56.83 deaths/1,000 live births female: 45.37 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Germany total: 4.23 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.68 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Ghana total: 53.02 deaths/1,000 live births male: 55.97 deaths/1,000 live births female: 49.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Gibraltar total: 5.31 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.92 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.67 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Greece total: 6.12 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.64 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Greenland total: 16.8 deaths/1,000 live births male: 18.09 deaths/1,000 live births female: 15.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Grenada total: 14.63 deaths/1,000 live births male: 14.18 deaths/1,000 live births female: 15.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Guadeloupe total: 9.07 deaths/1,000 live births male: 10.33 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Guam total: 6.46 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.62 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Guatemala total: 37.92 deaths/1,000 live births male: 38.72 deaths/1,000 live births female: 37.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Guernsey total: 4.85 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.43 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Guinea total: 93.3 deaths/1,000 live births male: 98.8 deaths/1,000 live births female: 87.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Guinea-Bissau total: 110.29 deaths/1,000 live births male: 120.99 deaths/1,000 live births female: 99.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Guyana total: 37.55 deaths/1,000 live births male: 41.64 deaths/1,000 live births female: 33.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Haiti total: 76.01 deaths/1,000 live births male: 81.59 deaths/1,000 live births female: 70.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Honduras total: 29.96 deaths/1,000 live births male: 33.6 deaths/1,000 live births female: 26.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Hong Kong total: 5.63 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.44 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Hungary total: 8.58 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.73 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Iceland total: 3.5 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.79 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

India total: 59.59 deaths/1,000 live births male: 60.23 deaths/1,000 live births female: 58.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Indonesia total: 38.09 deaths/1,000 live births male: 43.5 deaths/1,000 live births female: 32.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Iran total: 44.17 deaths/1,000 live births male: 44.31 deaths/1,000 live births female: 44.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Iraq total: 55.16 deaths/1,000 live births male: 61.09 deaths/1,000 live births female: 48.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Ireland total: 5.34 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.95 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Israel total: 7.37 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.14 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Italy total: 6.19 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.82 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Jamaica total: 13.26 deaths/1,000 live births male: 14.3 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Japan total: 3.3 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.56 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Jersey total: 5.43 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.8 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.03 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Jordan total: 18.86 deaths/1,000 live births male: 22.51 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Kazakhstan total: 58.73 deaths/1,000 live births male: 63.41 deaths/1,000 live births female: 53.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Kenya total: 63.36 deaths/1,000 live births male: 66.37 deaths/1,000 live births female: 60.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Kiribati total: 51.26 deaths/1,000 live births male: 56.45 deaths/1,000 live births female: 45.82 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Korea, North total: 25.66 deaths/1,000 live births male: 27.45 deaths/1,000 live births female: 23.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Korea, South total: 7.31 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.77 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Kuwait total: 10.57 deaths/1,000 live births male: 11.58 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Kyrgyzstan total: 75.34 deaths/1,000 live births male: 84.72 deaths/1,000 live births female: 65.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Laos total: 88.94 deaths/1,000 live births male: 99.1 deaths/1,000 live births female: 78.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Latvia total: 14.59 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.74 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Lebanon total: 26.43 deaths/1,000 live births male: 29.22 deaths/1,000 live births female: 23.51 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Lesotho total: 86.21 deaths/1,000 live births male: 91.28 deaths/1,000 live births female: 80.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Liberia total: 132.18 deaths/1,000 live births male: 139.03 deaths/1,000 live births female: 125.11 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Libya total: 26.8 deaths/1,000 live births male: 29.16 deaths/1,000 live births female: 24.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Liechtenstein total: 4.85 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.59 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Lithuania total: 14.17 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.21 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Luxembourg total: 4.65 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.84 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.45 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Macau total: 4.42 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.01 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of total: 12.14 deaths/1,000 live births male: 13.08 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Madagascar total: 80.21 deaths/1,000 live births male: 88.63 deaths/1,000 live births female: 71.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Malawi total: 105.15 deaths/1,000 live births male: 109.36 deaths/1,000 live births female: 100.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Malaysia total: 19 deaths/1,000 live births male: 21.97 deaths/1,000 live births female: 15.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Maldives total: 60.13 deaths/1,000 live births male: 59.23 deaths/1,000 live births female: 61.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Mali total: 119.2 deaths/1,000 live births male: 125.72 deaths/1,000 live births female: 112.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Malta total: 5.62 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.87 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Man, Isle of total: 6.17 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.24 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Marshall Islands total: 31.58 deaths/1,000 live births male: 35.38 deaths/1,000 live births female: 27.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Martinique total: 7.44 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.85 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Mauritania total: 73.8 deaths/1,000 live births male: 76.62 deaths/1,000 live births female: 70.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Mauritius total: 16.11 deaths/1,000 live births male: 18.98 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Mayotte total: 65.98 deaths/1,000 live births male: 72.32 deaths/1,000 live births female: 59.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Mexico total: 23.68 deaths/1,000 live births male: 26.78 deaths/1,000 live births female: 20.43 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of total: 32.39 deaths/1,000 live births male: 35.65 deaths/1,000 live births female: 28.97 deaths/1,000 live births

Moldova total: 41.58 deaths/1,000 live births male: 44.81 deaths/1,000 live births female: 38.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Monaco total: 5.63 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.52 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Mongolia total: 57.16 deaths/1,000 live births male: 60.75 deaths/1,000 live births female: 53.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Montserrat total: 7.77 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.05 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.43 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Morocco total: 44.87 deaths/1,000 live births male: 48.76 deaths/1,000 live births female: 40.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Mozambique total: 199 deaths/1,000 live births male: 216.85 deaths/1,000 live births female: 180.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Namibia total: 68.44 deaths/1,000 live births male: 71.72 deaths/1,000 live births female: 65.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Nauru total: 10.33 deaths/1,000 live births male: 13 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Nepal total: 70.57 deaths/1,000 live births male: 68.95 deaths/1,000 live births female: 72.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Netherlands total: 4.26 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.68 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.82 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Netherlands Antilles total: 10.71 deaths/1,000 live births male: 11.54 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

New Caledonia total: 8.06 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.76 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.31 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

New Zealand total: 6.07 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.96 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Nicaragua total: 31.39 deaths/1,000 live births male: 35.08 deaths/1,000 live births female: 27.51 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Niger total: 123.64 deaths/1,000 live births male: 127.99 deaths/1,000 live births female: 119.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Nigeria total: 71.35 deaths/1,000 live births male: 74.44 deaths/1,000 live births female: 68.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Niue total: NA% male: NA% female: NA%

Norfolk Island total: NA% male: NA% female: NA%

Northern Mariana Islands total: 5.52 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.6 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.37 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Norway total: 3.87 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.32 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Oman total: 21.01 deaths/1,000 live births male: 24.03 deaths/1,000 live births female: 17.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Pakistan total: 76.53 deaths/1,000 live births male: 76.95 deaths/1,000 live births female: 76.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Palau total: 15.76 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.55 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Panama total: 21.44 deaths/1,000 live births male: 23.59 deaths/1,000 live births female: 19.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Papua New Guinea total: 54.84 deaths/1,000 live births male: 59.14 deaths/1,000 live births female: 50.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Paraguay total: 27.71 deaths/1,000 live births male: 32.63 deaths/1,000 live births female: 22.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Peru total: 36.97 deaths/1,000 live births male: 42.04 deaths/1,000 live births female: 31.66 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Philippines total: 24.98 deaths/1,000 live births male: 27.9 deaths/1,000 live births female: 21.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Pitcairn Islands total: NA% male: NA% female: NA%

Poland total: 8.95 deaths/1,000 live births male: 10.04 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Portugal total: 5.73 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.26 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Puerto Rico total: 9.38 deaths/1,000 live births male: 10.3 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Qatar total: 20.03 deaths/1,000 live births male: 23.59 deaths/1,000 live births female: 16.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Reunion total: 8.13 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.89 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Romania total: 18.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 20.31 deaths/1,000 live births female: 16.37 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Russia total: 19.51 deaths/1,000 live births male: 21.53 deaths/1,000 live births female: 17.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Rwanda total: 102.61 deaths/1,000 live births male: 107.66 deaths/1,000 live births female: 97.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Saint Helena total: 20.7 deaths/1,000 live births male: 24.66 deaths/1,000 live births female: 16.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis total: 15.39 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.19 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Saint Lucia total: 14.37 deaths/1,000 live births male: 15.51 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon total: 7.97 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.15 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines total: 15.7 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.08 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Samoa total: 29.73 deaths/1,000 live births male: 34.98 deaths/1,000 live births female: 24.21 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

San Marino total: 5.97 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.41 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe total: 46.04 deaths/1,000 live births male: 48.07 deaths/1,000 live births female: 43.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Saudi Arabia total: 47.94 deaths/1,000 live births male: 50.1 deaths/1,000 live births female: 45.67 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Senegal total: 57.57 deaths/1,000 live births male: 61.34 deaths/1,000 live births female: 53.68 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro total: 16.9 deaths/1,000 live births male: 18.57 deaths/1,000 live births female: 15.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Seychelles total: 16.41 deaths/1,000 live births male: 20.75 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Sierra Leone total: 146.86 deaths/1,000 live births male: 164.23 deaths/1,000 live births female: 128.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Singapore total: 3.57 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.87 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Slovakia total: 8.55 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.39 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.66 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Slovenia total: 4.42 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.53 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Solomon Islands total: 22.88 deaths/1,000 live births male: 26.03 deaths/1,000 live births female: 19.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Somalia total: 120.34 deaths/1,000 live births male: 129.84 deaths/1,000 live births female: 110.56 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

South Africa total: 60.84 deaths/1,000 live births male: 64.73 deaths/1,000 live births female: 56.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Spain total: 4.54 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.94 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Sri Lanka total: 15.22 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.45 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Sudan total: 65.59 deaths/1,000 live births male: 66.3 deaths/1,000 live births female: 64.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Suriname total: 24.74 deaths/1,000 live births male: 28.93 deaths/1,000 live births female: 20.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Svalbard total: NA% male: NA% female: NA%

Swaziland total: 67.44 deaths/1,000 live births male: 70.79 deaths/1,000 live births female: 63.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Sweden total: 3.42 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.86 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Switzerland total: 4.36 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.47 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Syria total: 31.67 deaths/1,000 live births male: 31.89 deaths/1,000 live births female: 31.43 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Taiwan total: 6.65 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.34 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Tajikistan total: 113.43 deaths/1,000 live births male: 126.58 deaths/1,000 live births female: 99.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Tanzania total: 103.68 deaths/1,000 live births male: 113.29 deaths/1,000 live births female: 93.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Thailand total: 21.83 deaths/1,000 live births male: 23.17 deaths/1,000 live births female: 20.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Togo total: 68.73 deaths/1,000 live births male: 76.58 deaths/1,000 live births female: 60.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Tokelau total: NA% male: NA% female: NA%

Tonga total: 13.35 deaths/1,000 live births male: 14.75 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago total: 24.97 deaths/1,000 live births male: 26.93 deaths/1,000 live births female: 22.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Tunisia total: 26.91 deaths/1,000 live births male: 29.89 deaths/1,000 live births female: 23.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Turkey total: 44.2 deaths/1,000 live births male: 47.91 deaths/1,000 live births female: 40.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Turkmenistan total: 73.17 deaths/1,000 live births male: 76.9 deaths/1,000 live births female: 69.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands total: 16.87 deaths/1,000 live births male: 19.48 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Tuvalu total: 21.34 deaths/1,000 live births male: 24.35 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Uganda total: 87.9 deaths/1,000 live births male: 95.41 deaths/1,000 live births female: 80.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Ukraine total: 20.87 deaths/1,000 live births male: 22.2 deaths/1,000 live births female: 19.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

United Arab Emirates total: 15.58 deaths/1,000 live births male: 18.32 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

United Kingdom total: 5.28 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.89 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

United States total: 6.75 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.46 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Uruguay total: 13.8 deaths/1,000 live births male: 15.61 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Uzbekistan total: 71.51 deaths/1,000 live births male: 75.27 deaths/1,000 live births female: 67.56 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Vanuatu total: 58.11 deaths/1,000 live births male: 60.76 deaths/1,000 live births female: 55.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Venezuela total: 23.79 deaths/1,000 live births male: 27.05 deaths/1,000 live births female: 20.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Vietnam total: 30.83 deaths/1,000 live births male: 34.71 deaths/1,000 live births female: 26.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Virgin Islands total: 9 deaths/1,000 live births male: 10.12 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Wallis and Futuna total: NA% male: NA% female: NA%

West Bank total: 20.68 deaths/1,000 live births male: 22.86 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.37 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Western Sahara total: NA% male: NA% female: NA%

World total: 51.38 deaths/1,000 live births male: 53.81 deaths/1,000 live births female: 48.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Yemen total: 65.02 deaths/1,000 live births male: 69.98 deaths/1,000 live births female: 59.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Zambia total: 99.29 deaths/1,000 live births male: 106.58 deaths/1,000 live births female: 91.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Zimbabwe total: 66.47 deaths/1,000 live births male: 69.17 deaths/1,000 live births female: 63.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

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@2092 Inflation rate (consumer prices) (%)

Afghanistan NA%

Albania 6% (2002 est.)

Algeria 3% (2002 est.)

American Samoa NA%

Andorra 4.3% (2000)

Angola 106% (2002 est.)

Anguilla 2.3%

Antigua and Barbuda 0.4% (2000 est.)

Argentina 41% (2002, yearend)

Armenia 1.1% (2002 est.)

Aruba 3.2% (2002 est.)

Australia 2.8% (2002 est.)

Austria 1.8% (2002 est.)

Azerbaijan 2.6% (2002 est.)

Bahamas, The 1.8% (2001 est.)

Bahrain 0.5% (2002 est.)

Bangladesh 3.1% (2002 est.)

Barbados -0.6% (2002 est.)

Belarus 42.8% (2002 est.)

Belgium 1.7% (2002 est.)

Belize 1.9% (2002 est.)

Benin 3.3% (2002 est.)

Bermuda 2.3% (July 2002)

Bhutan 3% (2002 est.)

Bolivia 2% (2001 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.5% (2002 est.)

Botswana 8.1% (2002 est.)

Brazil 8.3% (2002)

British Virgin Islands 2.5% (2002)

Brunei -2% (2002 est.)

Bulgaria 5.9% (2002 est.)

Burkina Faso 3.5% (2001 est.)

Burma 53.7% (2002 est.)

Burundi 12% (2002 est.)

Cambodia 3.3% (2002 est.)

Cameroon 4.5% (2002 est.)

Canada 2.2% (2002 est.)

Cape Verde 3% (2002)

Cayman Islands 2.8% (2002)

Central African Republic 3.6% (2001 est.)

Chad 6% (2002 est.)

Chile 2.5% (2002 est.)

China -0.8% (2002 est.)

Christmas Island NA%

Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA%

Colombia 6.2% (2002 est.)

Comoros 3.5% (2001 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the 16% (2002 est.)

Congo, Republic of the 4% (2002 est.)

Cook Islands 3.2% (2000 est.)

Costa Rica 9.1% (2002 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire 3.2% (2002 est.)

Croatia 2.2% (2002 est.)

Cuba 7.1% (2002 est.)

Cyprus Greek Cypriot area: 2.8% (2001 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 24.5% (2002 est.)

Czech Republic 0.6% (2002 est.)

Denmark 2.3% (2002 est.)

Djibouti 2% (2002 est.)

Dominica 1% (2001 est.)

Dominican Republic 5.3% (2002 est.)

East Timor NA%

Ecuador 12.5% (2002 est.)

Egypt 4.3% (2002 est.)

El Salvador 3.8% (2001 est.)

Equatorial Guinea 6% (2002 est.)

Eritrea 15% (2001)

Estonia 3.7% (2002 est.)

Ethiopia 4% (2003 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 3.6% (1998)

Faroe Islands 5.1% (1999)

Fiji 2% (2002 est.)

Finland 1.9% (2002 est.)

France 1.8% (2002 est.)

French Guiana 1.5% (2002 est.)

French Polynesia 1.5%

Gabon 2.3% (2002 est.)

Gambia, The 5.5% (2002 est.)

Gaza Strip 2.2% (includes West Bank) (2001 est.)

Georgia 5.2% (2002 est.)

Germany 1.3% (2002 est.)

Ghana 14.5% (2002 est.)

Gibraltar 1.5% (1998)

Greece 3.6% (2002 est.)

Greenland 1.6% (1999 est.)

Grenada 2.8% (2001 est.)

Guadeloupe NA%

Guam 0% (1999 est.)

Guatemala 8.1% (2002 est.)

Guernsey 3.99% (2000 est.)

Guinea 6% (2002 est.)

Guinea-Bissau 4% (2002 est.)

Guyana 4.7% (2002 est.)

Haiti 11.9% (2001 est.)

Honduras 7.7% (2002 est.)

Hong Kong 3% (2002 est.)

Hungary 5.3% (2002 est.)

Iceland 5.2% (2002 est.)

India 5.4% (2002 est.)

Indonesia 11.9% (2002 est.)

Iran 15.3% (2002 est.)

Iraq 70% (2002 est.)

Ireland 4.6% (2002 est.)

Israel 5.7% (2002 est.)

Italy 2.4% (2002 est.)

Jamaica 7% (2002 est.)

Japan -0.9% (2002 est.)

Jersey 4.7% (1998)

Jordan 3.3% (2002 est.)

Kazakhstan 6% (2002 est.)

Kenya 1.9% (2002 est.)

Kiribati 2.5% (2001 est.)

Korea, North NA%

Korea, South 2.8% (2002 est.)

Kuwait 2% (2002 est.)

Kyrgyzstan 2.1% (2002 est.)

Laos 10% (2002 est.)

Latvia 2% (2002 est.)

Lebanon 3.5% (2002 est.)

Lesotho 10% (2002 est.)

Liberia 15% (2002 est.)

Libya 1% (2001 est.)

Liechtenstein 1% (2001)

Lithuania 0.8% (2002 est.)

Luxembourg 1.6% (2002 est.)

Macau -2.6% (2002 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 1.1% (2002 est.)

Madagascar 7.4% (2001 est.)

Malawi 27.4% (2001 est.)

Malaysia 1.9% (2002 est.)

Maldives 1% (2002 est.)

Mali 4.5% (2002 est.)

Malta 2.4% (2002 est.)

Man, Isle of 3.6% (March 2003 est.)

Marshall Islands 2% (2001 est.)

Martinique 3.9% (1990)

Mauritania 3% (2002 est.)

Mauritius 6.4% (2002 est.)

Mayotte NA%

Mexico 6.4% (2002 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of 1% (2002 est.)

Moldova 5.5% (2002 est.)

Monaco NA%

Mongolia 3% (2002 est.)

Montserrat 2.6% (2002 est.)

Morocco 3.6% (2002 est.)

Mozambique 15.2% (2002 est.)

Namibia 8% (2001)

Nauru -3.6% (1993)

Nepal 2.8% (2001 est.)

Netherlands 3.4% (2002 est.)

Netherlands Antilles 0.4% (2002 est.)

New Caledonia -0.6% (2000 est.)

New Zealand 2.7% (2002 est.)

Nicaragua 3.7% (2002 est.)

Niger 3% (2002 est.)

Nigeria 14.2% (2002 est.)

Niue 1% (1995)

Norfolk Island NA%

Northern Mariana Islands 1.2% (1997 est.)

Norway 1.3% (2001 est.)

Oman -0.5% (2002 est.)

Pakistan 3.9% (2002 est.)

Palau 3.4% (2000 est.)

Panama 1.1% (2001 est.)

Papua New Guinea 9.8% (2002 est.)

Paraguay 10.5% (2002 est.)

Peru 0.2% (2002 est.)

Philippines 3.1% (2002 est.)

Pitcairn Islands NA%

Poland 1.9% (2002 est.)

Portugal 3.7% (2002 est.)

Puerto Rico 5% (2002 est.)

Qatar 1.9% (2002)

Reunion NA%

Romania 22.5% (2002 est.)

Russia 15% (2002 est.)

Rwanda 5.5% (2002 est.)

Saint Helena 3.2% (1997 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.7% (2001 est.)

Saint Lucia 3% (2001 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2.1% (1991-96 average)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.4% (2001 est.)

Samoa 4% (2001 est.)

San Marino 3.3% (2001)

Sao Tome and Principe 9% (2002 est.)

Saudi Arabia 1% (2002 est.)

Senegal 3% (2002 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro 19% (2002 est.)

Seychelles 0.5% (2002 est.)

Sierra Leone 1% (2002 est.)

Singapore -0.4% (2002 est.)

Slovakia 3.3% (2002 est.)

Slovenia 7.4% (2002 est.)

Solomon Islands 1.8% (2001 est.)

Somalia over 100% (businesses print their own money)

South Africa 9.9% (2002 est.)

Spain 3% (2002 est.)

Sri Lanka 9.6% (2002 est.)

Sudan 9.2% (2002 est.)

Suriname 17% (2002 est.)

Svalbard NA%

Swaziland 11.8% (2002 est.)

Sweden 2.2% (2002 est.)

Switzerland 0.5% (2002 est.)

Syria 0.9% (2002 est.)

Taiwan -0.2% (2002 est.)

Tajikistan 12% (2001 est.)

Tanzania 4.8% (2002 est.)

Thailand 0.6% (2002 est.)

Togo 4% (2002 est.)

Tokelau NA%

Tonga 8.4% (2001 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago 4.3% (2002 est.)

Tunisia 2.5% (2002 est.)

Turkey 45.2% (2002 est.)

Turkmenistan 5% (2002 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands 4% (1995)

Tuvalu 5% (2000 est.)

Uganda 0.1% (2002 est.)

Ukraine -1.2% (2002 est.)

United Arab Emirates 2.8% (2002 est.)

United Kingdom 2.1% (2002 est.)

United States 1.6% (2002)

Uruguay 14.1% (2002 est.)

Uzbekistan 26% (2001 est.)

Vanuatu 3.2% (2001 est.)

Venezuela 31.2% (2002 est.)

Vietnam 3.9% (2002 est.)

Virgin Islands 2% (1992)

Wallis and Futuna NA%

West Bank 2.2% (includes Gaza Strip) (2001 est.)

Western Sahara NA%

World developed countries 1% to 4% typically; developing countries 5% to 60% typically; national inflation rates vary widely in individual cases, from declining prices in Japan to hyperinflation in several Third World countries

Yemen 12.2% (2002 est.)

Zambia 21% (2002 est.)

Zimbabwe 134.5% (2002 est.)

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@2093 Waterways (km)

Afghanistan 1,200 km note: chiefly Amu Darya, which handles vessels up to 500 DWT (2001)

Albania 43 km note: includes Albanian sections of Lake Scutari, Lake Ohrid, and Lake Prespa (1990)

Algeria none

American Samoa none

Andorra none

Angola 1,295 km

Anguilla none

Antigua and Barbuda none

Argentina 10,950 km

Armenia NA km

Aruba none

Ashmore and Cartier Islands none

Australia 8,368 km (mainly used by small, shallow-draft craft)

Austria 358 km (1999)

Azerbaijan none

Bahamas, The none

Bahrain none

Baker Island none

Bangladesh up to 8,046 km depending on season note: includes 3,058 km main cargo routes

Barbados none

Bassas da India none

Belarus NA km; note - Belarus has extensive and widely used canal and river systems

Belgium 1,570 km (route length in regular commercial use) (2001)

Belize 825 km (river network used by shallow-draft craft; seasonally navigable)

Benin streams navigable along small sections, important only locally

Bermuda none

Bhutan none

Bolivia 10,000 km (commercially navigable)

Bosnia and Herzegovina NA km; large sections of the Sava blocked by downed bridges, silt, and debris

Botswana none

Bouvet Island none

Brazil 50,000 km

British Indian Ocean Territory none

British Virgin Islands none

Brunei 209 km; navigable by craft drawing less than 1.2 m

Bulgaria 470 km (1987)

Burkina Faso none

Burma 12,800 km note: 3,200 km navigable by large commercial vessels

Burundi Lake Tanganyika

Cambodia 3,700 km note: navigable all year to craft drawing 0.6 m or less; 282 km navigable to craft drawing as much as 1.8 m

Cameroon 2,090 km (of decreasing importance) (2002)

Canada 3,000 km (including Saint Lawrence Seaway)

Cape Verde none

Cayman Islands none

Central African Republic 900 km note: traditional trade carried on by means of shallow-draft dugouts; Oubangui is the most important river, navigable all year to craft drawing 0.6 m or less; 282 km navigable to craft drawing as much as 1.8 m

Chad 2,000 km

Chile 725 km

China 110,000 km (1999)

Christmas Island none

Clipperton Island none

Cocos (Keeling) Islands none

Colombia 18,140 km (navigable by river boats) (April 1996)

Comoros none

Congo, Democratic Republic of the 15,000 km (including the Congo and its tributaries, and unconnected lakes)

Congo, Republic of the 1,120 km note: the Congo and Ubangi (Oubangui) rivers provide 1,120 km of commercially navigable water transport; other rivers are used for local traffic only

Cook Islands none

Coral Sea Islands none

Costa Rica 730 km (seasonally navigable)

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

Croatia 785 km note: (perennially navigable; large sections of Sava blocked by downed bridges, silt, and debris)

Cuba 240 km

Cyprus none

Czech Republic 303 km note: the Labe (Elbe) is the principal river (2000)

Denmark 417 km

Djibouti none

Dominica none

Dominican Republic none

East Timor NA

Ecuador 1,500 km

Egypt 3,500 km note: includes the Nile, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway, and numerous smaller canals in the delta; Suez Canal (193.5 km including approaches), used by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 16.1 m of water

El Salvador Rio Lempa partially navigable

Equatorial Guinea none

Eritrea none

Estonia 320 km (perennially navigable) (2002)

Ethiopia none

Europa Island none

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) none

Faroe Islands none

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

Finland 6,675 km note: includes Saimaa Canal; 3,700 km suitable for large ships

France 14,932 km (6,969 km heavily traveled)

French Guiana 3,300 km navigable by native craft note: 460 km navigable by small oceangoing vessels and coastal and river steamers

French Polynesia none

French Southern and Antarctic Lands none

Gabon 1,600 km (perennially navigable)

Gambia, The 400 km

Gaza Strip none

Georgia none

Germany 7,500 km note: major rivers include the Rhine and Elbe; Kiel Canal is an important connection between the Baltic Sea and North Sea (1999)

Ghana 1,293 km note: Volta, Ankobra, and Tano Rivers provide 168 km of perennial navigation for launches and lighters; Lake Volta provides 1,125 km of arterial and feeder waterways

Gibraltar none

Glorioso Islands none

Greece 80 km note: system consists of three coastal canals including the Corinth Canal (6 km) which crosses the Isthmus of Corinth connecting the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf and shortens the sea voyage from the Adriatic to Peiraiefs (Piraeus) by 325 km; there are also three unconnected rivers

Greenland none

Grenada none

Guadeloupe none

Guam none

Guatemala 990 km note: 260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km navigable during highwater season

Guernsey none

Guinea 1,295 km (navigable by shallow-draft native craft)

Guinea-Bissau several rivers are accessible to coastal shipping

Guyana 5,900 km (total length of navigable waterways) note: Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo rivers are navigable by oceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km, respectively

Haiti NEGL; less than 100 km navigable

Heard Island and McDonald Islands none

Holy See (Vatican City) none

Honduras 465 km (navigable by small craft)

Hong Kong none

Howland Island none

Hungary 1,373 km (permanently navigable) (1997)

Iceland none

India 16,180 km note: 3,631 km navigable by large vessels

Indonesia 21,579 km total note: Sumatra 5,471 km, Java and Madura 820 km, Kalimantan 10,460 km, Sulawesi (Celebes) 241 km, Irian Jaya 4,587 km

Iran 904 km note: the Shatt al Arab is usually navigable by maritime traffic for about 130 km; channel has been dredged to 3 m and is in use

Iraq 1,015 km note: Shatt al Arab is usually navigable by maritime traffic for about 130 km; channel has been dredged to 3 m and is in use; Tigris and Euphrates Rivers have navigable sections for shallow-draft boats; Shatt al Basrah canal was navigable by shallow-draft craft before closing in 1991 because of the Gulf war

Ireland 700 km (limited facilities for commercial traffic) (1998)

Israel none

Italy 2,400 km note: serves various types of commercial traffic, although of limited overall value (2002)

Jamaica none

Jan Mayen none

Japan 1,770 km approximately note: seagoing craft ply all coastal inland seas

Jarvis Island none

Jersey none

Johnston Atoll none

Jordan none

Juan de Nova Island none

Kazakhstan 3,900 km note: on the Syr Darya (Syrdariya) and Ertis (Irtysh) rivers

Kenya NA note: part of the Lake Victoria system is within the boundaries of Kenya

Kingman Reef none

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

Korea, North 2,253 km note: mostly navigable by small craft only

Korea, South 1,609 km note: restricted to small native craft

Kuwait none

Kyrgyzstan 600 km (1990)

Laos 4,587 km approximately note: primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,897 additional km are intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m

Latvia 300 km (perennially navigable)

Lebanon none

Lesotho none

Liberia none

Libya none

Liechtenstein none

Lithuania 600 km (perennially navigable)

Luxembourg 37 km (on the Moselle)

Macau none

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of note: lake transport only, on the Greek and Albanian borders

Madagascar of local importance only

Malawi 144 km note: on Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) and Shire Riverall

Malaysia 7,296 km note: Peninsular Malaysia 3,209 km, Sabah 1,569 km, Sarawak 2,518 km

Maldives none

Mali 1,815 km

Malta none

Man, Isle of none

Marshall Islands none

Martinique none

Mauritania note: ferry traffic on the Senegal River

Mauritius none

Mayotte none

Mexico 2,900 km note: navigable rivers and coastal canals

Micronesia, Federated States of none

Midway Islands none

Moldova 424 km (1994)

Monaco none

Mongolia 400 km (1999)

Montserrat none

Morocco none

Mozambique 3,750 km (navigable routes)

Namibia none

Nauru none

Navassa Island none

Nepal none

Netherlands 5,046 km (of which 3,745 km are canals) note: 47% of total route length is usable by craft of 1,000-metric-ton capacity or larger

Netherlands Antilles none

New Caledonia none

New Zealand 1,609 km note: of little importance in satisfying total transportation requirements

Nicaragua 2,220 km (including 2 large lakes)

Niger 300 km note: the Niger River is navigable from Niamey to Gaya on the Benin frontier from mid-December through March

Nigeria 8,575 km note: consisting of the Niger and Benue rivers and smaller rivers and creeks

Niue none

Norfolk Island none

Northern Mariana Islands none

Norway 1,577 km (along west coast) note: navigable by 2.4 m maximum draft vessels

Oman none

Pakistan none

Palau none

Palmyra Atoll none

Panama 882 km note: 800 km navigable by shallow draft vessels; 82 km Panama Canal

Papua New Guinea 10,940 km

Paracel Islands none

Paraguay 3,100 km

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

Philippines 3,219 km note: limited to vessels with a draft of less than 1.5 m

Pitcairn Islands none

Poland 3,812 km (navigable rivers and canals) (1996)

Portugal 820 km note: relatively unimportant to national economy, used by shallow-draft craft limited to 300 metric-ton or less cargo capacity

Puerto Rico none

Qatar none

Reunion none

Romania 1,724 km (1984)

Russia 95,900 km (total routes in general use) note: routes with navigation guides serving the Russian River Fleet - 95,900 km; routes with night navigational aids - 60,400 km; man-made navigable routes - 16,900 km (January 1994)

Rwanda note: Lac Kivu navigable by shallow-draft barges and native craft

Saint Helena none

Saint Kitts and Nevis none

Saint Lucia none

Saint Pierre and Miquelon none

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines none

Samoa none

San Marino none

Sao Tome and Principe none

Saudi Arabia none

Senegal 897 km note: 785 km on the Senegal river, and 112 km on the Saloum river

Serbia and Montenegro 587 km note: the Danube River, central Europe's connection to the Black Sea, runs through Serbia; since early 2000, a pontoon bridge, replacing a destroyed conventional bridge, has obstructed river traffic at Novi Sad; the obstruction is bypassed by a canal system, but the inadequate lock size limits the size of vessels which may pass; the pontoon bridge can be opened for large ships but has slowed river traffic (2001)

Seychelles none

Sierra Leone 800 km (of which 600 km is navigable year round)

Singapore none

Slovakia 172 km (all on the Danube)

Slovenia NA

Solomon Islands none

Somalia none

South Africa NA

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands none

Spain 1,045 km (of minor economic importance)

Spratly Islands none

Sri Lanka 430 km (navigable by shallow-draft craft)

Sudan 5,310 km

Suriname 1,200 km note: most important means of transport; oceangoing vessels with drafts ranging up to 7 m can navigate many of the principal waterways

Svalbard none

Swaziland none

Sweden 2,052 km note: navigable to small steamers and barges

Switzerland 65 km note: The Rhine carries heavy traffic on the Basel-Rheinfelden and Schaffhausen-Bodensee stretches; there are also 12 navigable lakes