Sao Tome and Principe Army, Coast Guard, Presidential Guard, National Guard

Saudi Arabia Land Force (Army), Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Force, National Guard, Ministry of Interior Forces (paramilitary)

Senegal Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police (Surete Nationale)

Serbia and Montenegro Army (VJ) (including ground forces with border troops, naval forces, air and air defense forces)

Seychelles Army, Coast Guard (including Navy Wing, Air Wing), National Guard, Presidential Protection Unit (includes Presidential Guard), Seychelles National Police (includes Police Mobile Unit)

Sierra Leone Army (RSLAF)

Singapore Army, Navy, Air Force, People's Defense Force

Slovakia Ground Forces (including Home Guard [Domobrana]), Air and Air Defense Forces (January 2003)

Slovenia Slovenian Army (includes Air and Naval Forces)

Solomon Islands no regular military forces; Solomon Islands National Reconnaissance and Surveillance Force; Royal Solomon Islands Police (RSIP)

Somalia A Somali National Army was attempted under the interim government; numerous factions and clans maintain independent militias, and the Somaliland and Puntland regional governments maintain their own security and police forces

South Africa South African National Defense Force: Army, Navy, Air Force, and Medical Services

Spain Army, Navy, Air Force (Ejercito del Aire, EdA), Marines

Sri Lanka Army, Navy, Air Force, Police Force

Sudan Sudanese People's Armed Forces (SPAF), Navy, Air Force, Popular Defense Forces

Suriname National Army (includes small Navy and Air Force elements)

Swaziland Umbutfo Swaziland Defense Force (Army, including Air Wing)

Sweden Army, Royal Navy, Air Force (Flygvapnet)

Switzerland Land Forces, Air Force

Syria Syrian Arab Army, Syrian Arab Navy, Syrian Arab Air Force (including Air Defense Command), Police and Security Force

Taiwan Army, Navy (including Marine Corps), Air Force, Coast Guard Administration, Armed Forces Reserve Command, Combined Service Forces Command, Armed Forces Police Command

Tajikistan Army, Air Force, Air Defense Force, Presidential National Guard

Tanzania Tanzanian People's Defense Force: Army, Naval Wing, and Air Defense Command; National Service

Thailand Royal Thai Army, Royal Thai Navy (including Royal Thai Marine Corps), Royal Thai Air Force

Togo Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie

Tonga Tonga Defense Services: Ground Forces (Royal Marines, Royal Guard), Maritime Force (including Air Wing)

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force: Ground Force, Coast Guard, and Air Wing

Tunisia Army, Navy, Air Force

Turkey Turkish Armed Forces (TSK): Land Forces, Naval Forces Command (includes Naval Air and Naval Infantry), Air Force, Coast Guard Command, Gendarmerie (Jandarma)

Turkmenistan Ministry of Defense (Army, Air and Air Defense, Navy, Border Troops, and Internal Troops), National Guard

Tuvalu no regular military forces; Police Force (includes Maritime Surveillance Unit for search and rescue missions and surveillance operations)

Uganda Ugandan Peoples' Defense Force (UPDF): Army, Marine Unit, Air Wing

Ukraine Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces, Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVS) Troops, Border Troops

United Arab Emirates Army, Navy (including Marines and Coast Guard), Air and Air Defense Force, 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 (includes Naval Air Arm, Marines, Maritime Prefecture in wartime), Air Force

Uzbekistan Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, National Guard

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: Ground Forces, People's Navy Command (including Naval Infantry), Air and Air Defense Force, Coast Guard

Yemen Army (including Special Forces), Naval Forces and Coastal Defenses (including Marines), Air Force (including Air Defense Forces), Republican Guard

Zambia Zambian National Defense Force (ZNDF): Army, Air Force, Police, National Service

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe National Army, Air Force of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Republic Police (includes Police Support Unit, Paramilitary Police)

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Afghanistan revenues: $200 million expenditures: $550 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 plan)

Albania revenues: $1.36 billion expenditures: $1.627 billion, including capital expenditures of $406 million (2003 est.)

Algeria revenues: $25.49 billion expenditures: $22.87 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.8 billion (2003 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: $4.874 billion expenditures: $6.012 billion, including capital expenditures of $963 million (2003 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: $26.62 billion expenditures: $26 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Armenia revenues: $425.9 million expenditures: $460.3 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003)

Aruba revenues: $135.8 million expenditures: $147 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2000)

Australia revenues: $185 billion expenditures: $181 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003)

Austria revenues: $67 billion expenditures: $70 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2004 est.)

Azerbaijan revenues: $2.063 billion expenditures: $2.202 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003)

Bahamas, The revenues: $918.5 million expenditures: $956.5 million, including capital expenditures of $106.7 million (FY99/00)

Bahrain revenues: $2.981 billion expenditures: $3.019 billion, including capital expenditures of $700 million (2003 est.)

Bangladesh revenues: $5.352 billion expenditures: $7.55 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003)

Barbados revenues: $847 million (including grants) expenditures: $886 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2000 est.)

Belarus revenues: $2.976 billion expenditures: $3.211 billion, including capital expenditures of $180 million (2003 est.)

Belgium revenues: $151.6 billion expenditures: $151.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.56 billion (2003)

Belize revenues: $222 million expenditures: $300 million, including capital expenditures of $70 million (2003 est.)

Benin revenues: $698.9 million expenditures: $613.2 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2003)

Bermuda revenues: $671.1 million expenditures: $594.6 million, including capital expenditures of $55 million (FY03/04)

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: $2.346 billion expenditures: $2.957 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003)

Bosnia and Herzegovina revenues: $3.271 billion expenditures: $3.242 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Botswana revenues: $3.263 billion expenditures: $3.283 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003)

Brazil revenues: $147.2 billion expenditures: $172.4 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003)

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: $8.121 billion expenditures: $8.121 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Burkina Faso revenues: $599.8 million expenditures: $748.8 million NA, including capital expenditures of NA (2003)

Burma revenues: $7.9 billion expenditures: $12.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.7 billion (FY96/97)

Burundi revenues: $179.4 million expenditures: $209 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003)

Cambodia revenues: $476.5 million expenditures: $734.8 million, including capital expenditures of $291 million of which 75% was financed by external assistance (2003 est.)

Cameroon revenues: $2.442 billion expenditures: $1.941 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Canada revenues: $348.2 billion expenditures: $342.7 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Cape Verde revenues: $252.9 million expenditures: $269.9 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2003)

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: $591.2 million expenditures: $680.9 million, including capital expenditures of $146 million (2003 est.)

Chile revenues: $15.44 billion expenditures: $16.02 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003 est.)

China revenues: $265.8 billion expenditures: $300.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003)

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 (2004 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: $1.025 billion expenditures: $946.8 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Cook Islands revenues: $28 million expenditures: $27 million, including capital expenditures of $3.3 million (FY00/01 est.)

Costa Rica revenues: $2.313 billion expenditures: $2.851 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire revenues: $2.339 billion expenditures: $2.749 billion, including capital expenditures of $420 million (2003 est.)

Croatia revenues: $12.76 billion expenditures: $14.31 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Cuba revenues: $17.21 billion expenditures: $18.28 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Cyprus revenues: Republic of Cyprus - $3.971 billion, north Cyprus - $231.3 million (2002 est.) expenditures: $4.746 billion, Republic of Cyprus - $539 million, including capital expenditures of $539 million, north Cyprus - $432.8 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2003)

Czech Republic revenues: $33.25 billion expenditures: $38.88 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Denmark revenues: $118.5 billion expenditures: $116 billion, including capital expenditures of $500 million (2003 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: $2.601 billion expenditures: $3.353 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.1 billion (2003 est.)

East Timor revenues: $36 million expenditures: $97 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Ecuador revenues: $6.908 billion expenditures: planned $6.594 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.6 billion (2003)

Egypt revenues: $14.69 billion expenditures: $19.03 billion, including capital expenditures of $2.7 billion (2003)

El Salvador revenues: $2.434 billion expenditures: $2.625 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Equatorial Guinea revenues: $708.5 million expenditures: $317.6 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Eritrea revenues: $235.7 million expenditures: $375 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003 est.)

Estonia revenues: $3.806 billion expenditures: $3.648 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Ethiopia revenues: $1.813 billion expenditures: $2.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $788 million (2003 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: $87.03 billion expenditures: $81.62 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

France revenues: $882.8 billion expenditures: $955.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $23 billion (2003 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: $1.771 billion expenditures: $1.413 billion, including capital expenditures of $310 million (2003 est.)

Gambia, The revenues: $58.63 million expenditures: $62.64 million, including capital expenditures of $4.1 million (2003 est.)

Gaza Strip revenues: $676.6 million expenditures: $1.155 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (includes West Bank) (2003)

Georgia revenues: $603.5 million expenditures: $700.5 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Germany revenues: $1.079 trillion expenditures: $1.173 trillion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Ghana revenues: $1.943 billion expenditures: $2.192 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Gibraltar revenues: $307 million expenditures: $284 million, including capital expenditures of NA (FY00/01 est.)

Greece revenues: $76.84 billion expenditures: $79.48 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 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: $2.741 billion expenditures: $3.316 billion, including capital expenditures of $750 million (2003 est.)

Guernsey revenues: $381.3 million expenditures: $368.8 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2000 est.)

Guinea revenues: $410.7 million expenditures: $708.5 million, including capital expenditures of $NA million (2003 est.)

Guinea-Bissau revenues: NA expenditures: NA, including capital expenditures of NA

Guyana revenues: $263.4 million expenditures: $326.7 million, including capital expenditures of $93.4 million (2003)

Haiti revenues: $231.6 million expenditures: $366.7 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Holy See (Vatican City) revenues: $245.2 million expenditures: $260.4 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2002)

Honduras revenues: $1.342 billion expenditures: $1.744 billion, including capital expenditures of $106 million (2003)

Hong Kong revenues: $26.17 billion expenditures: $32.64 billion, including capital expenditures of $5 billion (2003)

Hungary revenues: $35 billion expenditures: $39.88 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Iceland revenues: $4.205 billion expenditures: $4.405 billion, including capital expenditures of $467 million (2003)

India revenues: $86.69 billion expenditures: $114.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $13.5 billion (2003)

Indonesia revenues: $40.91 billion expenditures: $44.95 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Iran revenues: $40.38 billion expenditures: $40.29 billion, including capital expenditures of $7.6 billion (2003 est.)

Iraq revenues: $12.8 billion NA expenditures: $13.4 billion NA, including capital expenditures of NA (2004 budget)

Ireland revenues: $53.22 billion expenditures: $53.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.5 billion (2003)

Israel revenues: $44.98 billion expenditures: $51.07 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003)

Italy revenues: $668 billion expenditures: $703.1 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003)

Jamaica revenues: $2.596 billion expenditures: $3.111 billion, including capital expenditures of $236 million (2003 est.)

Japan revenues: $1.327 trillion expenditures: $1.646 trillion, including capital expenditures (public works only) of about $71 billion (2003 est.)

Jersey revenues: $601 million expenditures: $588 million, including capital expenditures of $98 million (2000 est.)

Jordan revenues: $2.397 billion expenditures: $3.587 billion, including capital expenditures of $582 million (2003 est.)

Kazakhstan revenues: $6.729 billion expenditures: $6.999 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Kenya revenues: $2.761 billion expenditures: $3.406 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 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: $135.5 billion expenditures: $128.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $23.5 billion (2003)

Kuwait revenues: $29.41 billion expenditures: $17.57 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003)

Kyrgyzstan revenues: $371.5 million expenditures: $387.1 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Laos revenues: $298.5 million expenditures: $429.9 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Latvia revenues: $3.691 billion expenditures: $3.871 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Lebanon revenues: $4.414 billion expenditures: $7.026 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Lesotho revenues: $625.4 million expenditures: $675.2 million, including capital expenditures of $15 million (2003 est.)

Liberia revenues: $85.4 million expenditures: $90.5 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2000 est.)

Libya revenues: $10.28 billion expenditures: $7.86 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Liechtenstein revenues: $424.2 million expenditures: $414.1 million, including capital expenditures of NA (1998 est.)

Lithuania revenues: $5.427 billion expenditures: $5.742 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Luxembourg revenues: $11.82 billion expenditures: $12.06 billion, including capital expenditures of $760 million (2003 est.)

Macau revenues: $1.9 billion expenditures: $1.68 billion, including capital expenditures of $194 million (2002)

Macedonia revenues: $1.582 billion expenditures: $1.661 billion, including capital expenditures of $80 million NA (2003 est.)

Madagascar revenues: $739.6 million expenditures: $1.071 billion, including capital expenditures of $331 million (2003)

Malawi revenues: $528.1 million expenditures: $653.2 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2003)

Malaysia revenues: $22.95 billion expenditures: $27.75 billion, including capital expenditures of $9.4 billion (2003 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: $2.086 billion expenditures: $2.367 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003)

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: $1.122 billion expenditures: $1.461 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003)

Mayotte revenues: NA expenditures: $73 million, including capital expenditures of NA (1991 est.)

Mexico revenues: $148.3 billion expenditures: $152.4 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of revenues: $161 million ($69 million less grants) expenditures: $160 million, including capital expenditures of NA (1998 est.)

Moldova revenues: $474.8 million expenditures: $443.4 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Monaco revenues: $518 million expenditures: $531 million, including capital expenditures of NA (1995)

Mongolia revenues: $387 million expenditures: $428 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2001 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 billion, including capital expenditures of $2.1 billion (2004 est.)

Mozambique revenues: $1.089 billion expenditures: $1.269 billion, including capital expenditures of $479.4 million (2003 est.)

Namibia revenues: $1.434 billion expenditures: $1.62 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003)

Nauru revenues: $23.4 million expenditures: $64.8 million, including capital expenditures of NA (FY95/96)

Nepal revenues: $665 million expenditures: $1.1 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (FY99/00 est.)

Netherlands revenues: $237.1 billion expenditures: $249.5 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003)

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: $32.14 billion expenditures: $30.13 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003)

Nicaragua revenues: $672.5 million expenditures: $954.9 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003 est.)

Niger revenues: $320 million - including $134 million from foreign sources expenditures: $320 million, including capital expenditures of $178 million (2002 est.)

Nigeria revenues: $8.026 billion expenditures: $11.09 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 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 (FY92/93)

Northern Mariana Islands revenues: $193 million expenditures: $223 million, including capital expenditures of NA (FY01/02 est.)

Norway revenues: $129.8 billion expenditures: $105.5 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Oman revenues: $8.218 billion expenditures: $7.766 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Pakistan revenues: $12.08 billion expenditures: $15.41 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Palau revenues: $57.7 million expenditures: $80.8 million, including capital expenditures of $17.1 million (FY98/99 est.)

Panama revenues: $2.995 billion expenditures: $3.421 billion, including capital expenditures of $471 million (2003 est.)

Papua New Guinea revenues: $954.1 million expenditures: $996.8 million, including capital expenditures of $344 million (2003 est.)

Paraguay revenues: $937.8 million expenditures: $988.4 million, including capital expenditures of $700 million (2003 est.)

Peru revenues: $15.86 billion expenditures: $17.05 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.6 billion (2003 est.)

Philippines revenues: $11.56 billion expenditures: $15.25 billion, including capital expenditures of $2.4 million NA (2003)

Pitcairn Islands revenues: $729,900 expenditures: $878,100, including capital expenditures of NA (FY94/95 est.)

Poland revenues: $39.13 billion expenditures: $48.64 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003)

Portugal revenues: $64.81 billion expenditures: $69.09 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Puerto Rico revenues: $6.7 billion expenditures: $9.6 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (FY99/00)

Qatar revenues: $8.202 billion expenditures: $6.981 billion, including capital expenditures of $2.2 billion (2003 est.)

Reunion revenues: $1.26 billion expenditures: $2.62 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (1998)

Romania revenues: $17.06 billion expenditures: $18.38 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Russia revenues: $83.99 billion expenditures: $73.75 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003)

Rwanda revenues: $365.9 million expenditures: $402.9 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003 est.)

Saint Helena revenues: $11.2 million expenditures: $11 million, including capital expenditures of NA (FY92/93)

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 (2001-02)

San Marino revenues: $400 million expenditures: $400 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2000 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe revenues: $38.59 million expenditures: $42.04 million, including capital expenditures of $54 million (2003 est.)

Saudi Arabia revenues: $78.77 billion expenditures: $66.76 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Senegal revenues: $1.304 billion expenditures: $1.367 billion, including capital expenditures of $357 million (2003 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro revenues: $8.668 billion expenditures: $9.633 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Seychelles revenues: $338.7 million expenditures: $323.3 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Sierra Leone revenues: $96 million expenditures: $351 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2000 est.)

Singapore revenues: $14.15 billion expenditures: $15.61 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.6 billion (2003 est.)

Slovakia revenues: $12.03 billion expenditures: $13.69 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003)

Slovenia revenues: $11.46 billion expenditures: $11.85 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 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: $37.48 billion expenditures: $41.46 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA billion (2003)

Spain revenues: $330.7 billion expenditures: $335.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $12.8 billion (2003 est.)

Sri Lanka revenues: $3.229 billion expenditures: $4.526 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Sudan revenues: $2.402 billion expenditures: $2.546 billion, including capital expenditures of $304 million (2003 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: $462.4 million expenditures: $563.4 million, including capital expenditures of $147 million (2003)

Sweden revenues: $177.7 billion expenditures: $176.9 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Switzerland revenues: $123.2 billion expenditures: $128 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Syria revenues: $6.106 billion expenditures: $7.397 billion, including capital expenditures of $3.6 billion (2003 est.)

Taiwan revenues: $56.58 billion expenditures: $69.21 billion, including capital expenditures of $14.4 billion (2003 est.)

Tajikistan revenues: $253.5 million expenditures: $238.5 million, including capital expenditures of $86 million (2003 est.)

Tanzania revenues: $1.879 billion expenditures: $1.873 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Thailand revenues: $24.41 billion expenditures: $24.01 billion, including capital expenditures of $5 billion (2003 est.)

Togo revenues: $214.5 million expenditures: $296.4 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Tokelau revenues: $430,800 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 (FY99/00 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago revenues: $2.663 billion expenditures: $2.51 billion, including capital expenditures of $117.3 million (2003)

Tunisia revenues: $6.101 billion expenditures: $6.855 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.6 billion (2003 est.)

Turkey revenues: $66.79 billion expenditures: $93.31 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003)

Turkmenistan revenues: $3.477 billion expenditures: $3.908 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 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: $1.123 billion expenditures: $1.433 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY98/99 est.) (2003)

Ukraine revenues: $14.1 billion expenditures: $14.19 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

United Arab Emirates revenues: $17.35 billion expenditures: $23.85 billion, including capital expenditures of $3.4 billion (2003 est.)

United Kingdom revenues: $688.9 billion expenditures: $746.1 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003)

United States revenues: $1.782 trillion expenditures: $2.156 trillion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003)

Uruguay revenues: $2.934 billion expenditures: $3.425 billion, including capital expenditures of $193 million (2003)

Uzbekistan revenues: $2.176 billion expenditures: $2.207 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Vanuatu revenues: $94.4 million expenditures: $99.8 million, including capital expenditures of $30.4 million (1996 est.)

Venezuela revenues: $19.33 billion expenditures: $24.34 billion, including capital expenditures of $2.6 billion (2003)

Vietnam revenues: $8.689 billion expenditures: $9.718 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.8 billion (2003 est.)

Virgin Islands revenues: $560 expenditures: NA (2003)

Wallis and Futuna revenues: $20 million expenditures: $17 million, including capital expenditures of NA (1998 est.)

West Bank revenues: $676.6 million expenditures: $1.155 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (includes Gaza Strip) (2003 est.)

Western Sahara revenues: NA expenditures: NA, including capital expenditures of NA

Yemen revenues: $3.729 billion expenditures: $4.107 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Zambia revenues: $896.7 million expenditures: $1.142 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)

Zimbabwe revenues: $1.568 billion expenditures: $2.004 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003)

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@2057 Capital

Afghanistan Kabul

Akrotiri Episkopi; also serves as capital of Dhekelia

Albania Tirana

Algeria Algiers

American Samoa Pago Pago

Andorra Andorra la Vella

Angola Luanda

Anguilla The Valley

Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's (Antigua)

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 (government 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

Dhekelia Episkopi; located in Akrotiri

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

European Union Brussels, Belgium

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Stanley

Faroe Islands Torshavn

Fiji Suva (Viti Levu)

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 Skopje

Madagascar Antananarivo

Malawi Lilongwe

Malaysia Kuala Lumpur note: Putrajaya is referred to as administrative center not capital; Parliament meets in 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

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; note - administrative offices are located in Vaiaku Village on Fongafale Islet

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 (Efate)

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, diamonds, pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, transportation equipment, oil products

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 Fabric, petroleum products, plastics, 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, pharmaceutical products

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 Republic of Cyprus: consumer goods, petroleum and lubricants, intermediate goods, machinery, transport equipment; north Cyprus: 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 consumer goods, industrial raw materials, capital 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

European Union machinery, vehicles, aircraft, plastics, crude oil, chemicals, textiles, metals, foodstuffs, clothing

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 electrical machinery and appliances, textiles, foodstuffs, transport equipment, raw materials, semimanufactures, petroleum, plastics; 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 food and other consumer goods, industrial supplies, fuel, parts and accessories of capital goods, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials

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, textile fabrics, machinery, transport equipment, 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, organic chemicals, plastics

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 petroleum products, cars, medicinal products, clothing, meat and live animals, consumer goods, paper, textile fabrics, tobacco

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 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

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, plastics, transportation equipment, edible oils, paper and paperboard, iron and 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, fuels and minerals, chemicals, textile and products, basic metals, agricultural products

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

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, electric power machinery, food and livestock, metal and metal products, chemicals and chemical products, plastics, yarn, paper

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

Akrotiri temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters

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; 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 and some snow in lowlands and snow in mountains; moderate 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 with a wet and dry season; heat and humidity moderated by trade winds; wet season December to April

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

Dhekelia temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters

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

European Union cold temperate; potentially subarctic in the north to temperate; mild wet winters; hot dry summers in the south

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 mountain (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; 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 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 tropical; hot and humid; wet season from May to November; 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; 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 with a monsoonal pattern; 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 Tropical; hot and humid; wet season May to November

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 and 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 (November to April), 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 from May to October; moderate rainfall from November to April; may be affected by cyclones from December to April

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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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 66.5 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)