Ghana 13% (2004 est.)

Gibraltar 1.5% (1998)

Greece 2.9% (2004 est.)

Greenland 1.6% (1999 est.)

Grenada 2.8% (2001 est.)

Guadeloupe NA%

Guam 0% (1999 est.)

Guatemala 7.2% (2004 est.)

Guernsey 4.9% (2004 est.)

Guinea 18% (2004 est.)

Guinea-Bissau 4% (2002 est.)

Guyana 4.5% (2004 est.)

Haiti 22% (2004 est.)

Honduras 7% (2004 est.)

Hong Kong -0.3% (2004 est.)

Hungary 7% (2004 est.)

Iceland 4% (2004 est.)

India 4.2% (2004 est.)

Indonesia 6.1% (2004 est.)

Iran 15.5% (2004 est.)

Iraq 25.4% (2004 est.)

Ireland 2.2% (2004 est.)

Israel 0% (2004 est.)

Italy 2.3% (2004 est.)

Jamaica 12.4% (2004 est.)

Japan -0.1% (2004 est.)

Jersey 5.3% (2004)

Jordan 3.2% (2004 est.)

Kazakhstan 6.9% (2004 est.)

Kenya 9% (2004 est.)

Kiribati 2.5% (2001 est.)

Korea, North NA (2003 est.)

Korea, South 3.6% (2004 est.)

Kuwait 2.3% (2004 est.)

Kyrgyzstan 3.2% (2004 est.)

Laos 12.3% (2004 est.)

Latvia 6% (2004 est.)

Lebanon 2% (2004 est.)

Lesotho 5.3% (2004 est.)

Liberia 15% (2003 est.)

Libya 2.9% (2004 est.)

Liechtenstein 1% (2001)

Lithuania 1.1% (2004 est.)

Luxembourg 2.4% (2004 est.)

Macau 2% (3rd quarter, 2004)

Macedonia 0.4% (2004 est.)

Madagascar 7.5% (2004 est.)

Malawi 12% (2004 est.)

Malaysia 1.3% (2004 est.)

Maldives 1% (2002 est.)

Mali 4.5% (2002 est.)

Malta 2.9% (2004 est.)

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

Marshall Islands 2% (2001 est.)

Martinique 3.9% (1990)

Mauritania 7% (2003 est.)

Mauritius 4.5% (2004 est.)

Mayotte NA%

Mexico 5.4% (2004 est.)

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

Moldova 11.5% (2004 est.)

Monaco 1.9% (2000)

Mongolia 11% (2004 est.)

Montserrat 2.6% (2002 est.)

Morocco 2.1% (2004 est.)

Mozambique 12.8% (2004 est.)

Namibia 4.2% (2004 est.)

Nauru -3.6% (1993)

Nepal 2.9% (2002 est.)

Netherlands 1.4% (2004 est.)

Netherlands Antilles 2.1% (2003 est.)

New Caledonia -0.6% (2000 est.)

New Zealand 2.4% (2004 est.)

Nicaragua 9.3% (2004 est.)

Niger 3% (2002 est.)

Nigeria 16.5% (2004 est.)

Niue 1% (1995)

Norfolk Island NA

Northern Mariana Islands 1.2% (1997 est.)

Norway 1% (2004 est.)

Oman 0.2% (2004 est.)

Pakistan 4.8% (FY03/04 est.)

Palau 3.4% (2000 est.)

Panama 2% (2004 est.)

Papua New Guinea 4.2% (2004 est.)

Paraguay 5.1% (2004 est.)

Peru 3.8% (2004 est.)

Philippines 5.5% (2004 est.)

Pitcairn Islands NA

Poland 3.4% (2004 est.)

Portugal 2.1% (2004 est.)

Puerto Rico 6.5% (2003 est.)

Qatar 3% (2004 est.)

Reunion NA%

Romania 9.6% (2004 est.)

Russia 11.5% (2004 est.)

Rwanda 7% (2004 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 14% (2004 est.)

Saudi Arabia 0.8% (2004 est.)

Senegal 0.8% (2004 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro 8.8% (2004 est.)

Seychelles 5% (2004 est.)

Sierra Leone 1% (2002 est.)

Singapore 1.7% (2004 est.)

Slovakia 7.5% (2004 est.)

Slovenia 3.3% (2004 est.)

Solomon Islands 10% (2003 est.)

Somalia note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be sensibly determined (2004 est.)

South Africa 4.5% (2004 est.)

Spain 3.2% (2004 est.)

Sri Lanka 5.8% (2004 est.)

Sudan 9% (2004 est.)

Suriname 23% (2003 est.)

Swaziland 5.4% (2004 est.)

Sweden 0.7% (2004 est.)

Switzerland 0.9% (2004 est.)

Syria 2.1% (2004 est.)

Taiwan 1.7% (2004 est.)

Tajikistan 8% (2004 est.)

Tanzania 5.4% (2004 est.)

Thailand 2.8% (2004 est.)

Togo 1% (2004 est.)

Tokelau NA%

Tonga 10.3% (2002 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago 3.3% (2004 est.)

Tunisia 4.1% (2004 est.)

Turkey 9.3% (2004 est.)

Turkmenistan 9% (2004 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands 4% (1995)

Tuvalu 5% (2000 est.)

Uganda 3.5% (2004 est.)

Ukraine 12% (2004 est.)

United Arab Emirates 3.2% (2004 est.)

United Kingdom 1.4% (2004 est.)

United States 2.5% (2004 est.)

Uruguay 7.6% (2004 est.)

Uzbekistan 3% (2004 est.)

Vanuatu 3.1% (2003 est.)

Venezuela 22.4% (2004 est.)

Vietnam 9.5% (2004 est.)

Virgin Islands 2.2% (2003)

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 (2004 est.)

Yemen 12.2% (2004 est.)

Zambia 18.3% (2004 est.)

Zimbabwe 133% (2004 est.)

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@2093 Waterways (km)

Afghanistan 1,200 km note: chiefly Amu Darya, which handles vessels up to 500 DWT (2004)

Albania 43 km (2004)

Angola 1,300 km (2004)

Argentina 11,000 km (2004)

Australia 2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling river systems) (2004)

Austria 358 km (2003)

Bangladesh 8,372 km note: includes 2,575 km main cargo routes (2004)

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

Belgium 2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use) (2003)

Belize 825 km (navigable only by small craft) (2004)

Benin 150 km (on River Niger along northern border) (2004)

Bolivia 10,000 km (commercially navigable) (2004)

Bosnia and Herzegovina Sava River (northern border) open to shipping but use limited because of no agreement with neighboring countries (2004)

Brazil 50,000 km (most in areas remote from industry and population) (2004)

Brunei 209 km (navigable by craft drawing less than 1.2 m) (2004)

Bulgaria 470 km (2004)

Burma 12,800 km (2004)

Burundi mainly on Lake Tanganyika (2004)

Cambodia 2,400 km (mainly on Mekong River) (2004)

Cameroon navigation mainly on Benue River; limited during rainy season (2004)

Canada 631 km note: Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with United States (2003)

Central African Republic 2,800 km (primarily on the Oubangui and Sangha rivers) (2004)

Chad Chari and Legone rivers are navigable only in wet season (2002)

China 121,557 km (2002)

Colombia 9,187 km (2004)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the 15,000 km (navigation on the Congo curtailed by fighting) (2004)

Congo, Republic of the 4,385 km (on Congo and Oubanqui rivers) (2004)

Costa Rica 730 km (seasonally navigable by small craft) (2004)

Cote d'Ivoire 980 km (navigable rivers, canals, and numerous coastal lagoons) (2003)

Croatia 785 km (2004)

Cuba 240 km (2004)

Czech Republic 664 km (on Elbe, Vltava, and Oder rivers) (2004)

Denmark 417 km (2001)

Ecuador 1,500 km (most inaccessible) (2003)

Egypt 3,500 km note: includes Nile River, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway, and numerous smaller canals in delta; Suez Canal (193.5 km including approaches) navigable by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 17.68 m (2004)

El Salvador Rio Lempa partially navigable (2004)

Estonia 500 km (2003)

European Union 53,512 km

Fiji 203 km note: 122 km navigable by motorized craft and 200-metric-ton barges (2004)

Finland 7,842 km note: includes Saimaa Canal system of 3,577 km; southern part leased from Russia (2004)

France 8,500 km (1,686 km accessible to craft of 3,000 metric tons) (2000)

French Guiana 3,760 km note: 460 km navigable by small oceangoing vessels and coastal and river steamers, 3,300 km by native craft (2004)

Gabon 1,600 km (310 km on Ogooue River) (2003)

Gambia, The 390 km (on River Gambia; small ocean-going vessels can reach 190 km) (2004)

Germany 7,300 km note: Rhine River carries most goods; Main-Danube Canal links North Sea and Black Sea (2004)

Ghana 1,293 km note: 168 km for launches and lighters on Volta, Ankobra, and Tano rivers; 1,125 km of arterial and feeder waterways on Lake Volta (2003)

Greece 6 km note: Corinth Canal (6 km) crosses the Isthmus of Corinth; shortens sea voyage by 325 km (2004)

Guatemala 990 km note: 260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km navigable during high-water season (2004)

Guinea 1,295 km (navigable by shallow-draft native craft) (2003)

Guinea-Bissau 4 largest rivers are navigable for some distance; many inlets and creeks give shallow-water access to much of interior (2004)

Guyana 1,077 km note: Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo rivers are navigable by oceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km respectively (2004)

Honduras 465 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2004)

Hungary 1,622 km (most on Danube River) (2004)

India 14,500 km note: 5,200 km on major rivers and 485 km on canals suitable for mechanized vessels (2004)

Indonesia 21,579 km note: Sumatra 5,471 km, Java and Madura 820 km, Kalimantan 10,460 km, Sulawesi (Celebes) 241 km, Irian Jaya 4,587 km (2004)

Iran 850 km (on Karun River and Lake Urmia) (2004)

Iraq 5,275 km (not all navigable) note: Euphrates River (2,815 km), Tigris River (1,895 km), and Third River (565 km) are principal waterways (2004)

Ireland 753 km (pleasure craft only) (2004)

Italy 2,400 km note: used for commercial traffic; of limited overall value compared to road and rail (2004)

Japan 1,770 km (seagoing vessels use inland seas) (2004)

Kazakhstan 4,000 km note: on the Syr Darya (Syrdariya) and Ertis (Irtysh) rivers (2004)

Kenya part of Lake Victoria system is within boundaries of Kenya (2004)

Kiribati 5 km (small network of canals in Line Islands) (2003)

Korea, North 2,250 km note: most navigable only by small craft (2004)

Korea, South 1,608 km note: most navigable only by small craft (2004)

Kyrgyzstan 600 km (2004)

Laos 4,600 km note: primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,897 additional km are intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m (2003)

Latvia 300 km (2004)

Liechtenstein 28 km (2004)

Lithuania 600 km (2004)

Luxembourg 37 km (on Moselle River) (2003)

Madagascar 600 km (2004)

Malawi 700 km note: on Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) and Shire River (2003)

Malaysia 7,200 km note: Peninsular Malaysia 3,200 km, Sabah 1,500 km, Sarawak 2,500 km (2004)

Mali 1,815 km (2004)

Mauritania some ferry traffic on Senegal River (2004)

Mexico 2,900 km note: navigable rivers and coastal canals (2004)

Moldova 424 km (2004)

Mongolia 580 km note: only waterway in operation is Lake Khovsgol (135 km); Selenge River (270 km) and Orkhon River (175 km) are navigable but carry little traffic; lakes and rivers freeze in winter, are open from May to September (2004)

Mozambique 460 km (Zambezi River navigable to Tete and along Cahora Bassa Lake) (2004)

Netherlands 5,046 km (navigable for ships of 50 tons) (2004)

Nicaragua 2,220 km (including lakes Managua and Nicaragua) (1997)

Niger 300 km note: Niger River is navigable to Gaya between September and March (2004)

Nigeria 8,600 km (Niger and Benue rivers and smaller rivers and creeks) (2004)

Panama 800 km (includes 82 km Panama Canal) (2004)

Papua New Guinea 10,940 km (2003)

Paraguay 3,100 km (2004)

Peru 8,808 km note: 8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon system and 208 km of Lago Titicaca (2004)

Philippines 3,219 km note: limited to vessels with draft less than 1.5 m (2004)

Poland 3,997 km (navigable rivers and canals) (2003)

Portugal 210 km (on Douro River from Porto) (2003)

Romania 1,731 km (2004)

Russia 96,000 km note: 72,000 km system in European Russia links Baltic Sea, White Sea, Caspian Sea, Sea of Azov, and Black Sea (2004)

Rwanda Lac Kivu navigable by shallow-draft barges and native craft (2004)

Senegal 1,000 km (primarily on Senegal, Saloum, and Casamance rivers) (2003)

Serbia and Montenegro 587 km note: Danube River traffic delayed by pontoon bridge at Novi Sad; plan to replace by summer of 2005 (2004)

Sierra Leone 800 km (2003)

Slovakia 172 km (on Danube River) (2004)

Spain 1,045 km (2003)

Sri Lanka 160 km (primarily on rivers in southwest) (2004)

Sudan 4,068 km (1,723 km open year round on White and Blue Nile rivers) (2004)

Suriname 1,200 km (most navigable by ships with drafts up to 7 m) (2003)

Switzerland 65 km note: Rhine River between Basel-Rheinfelden and Schaffhausen-Bodensee, some canals, and 12 navigable lakes (2003)

Syria 900 km (not economically significant) (2002)

Tajikistan 200 km (along Vakhsh River) (2003)

Tanzania Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, and Lake Nyasa principal avenues of commerce with neighboring countries; rivers not navigable (2004)

Thailand 4,000 km note: 3,701 km navigable by boats with drafts up to 0.9 m (2003)

Togo 50 km (seasonally on Mono River depending on rainfall) (2003)

Turkey 1,200 km (2003)

Turkmenistan 1,300 km (Amu Darya and Kara Kum canal important inland waterways) (2003)

Uganda 300 km (on Lake Victoria, 200 km on Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga, and parts of Albert Nile) (2004 est.)

Ukraine 1,672 km (most on Dnieper River) (2004)

United Kingdom 3,200 km (620 km used for commerce) (2004)

United States 41,009 km (19,312 km used for commerce) note: Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with Canada (2004)

Uruguay 1,600 km (2002)

Uzbekistan 1,100 km (2004)

Venezuela 7,100 km note: Orinoco River and Lake de Maracaibo navigable by oceangoing vessels, Orinoco for 400 km (2004)

Vietnam 17,702 km (5,000 km navigable by vessels up to 1.8 m draft) (2004)

World 671,886 km (2004)

Zambia 2,250 km note: includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi and Luapula rivers (2003)

Zimbabwe on Lake Kariba, length small (2003)

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@2094 Judicial branch

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

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

Algeria Supreme Court or Court Supreme

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

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

Angola Supreme Court or Tribunal da Relacao (judges are appointed by the president)

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

Antigua and Barbuda Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based in Saint Lucia; one judge of the Supreme Court is a resident of the islands and presides over the Court of Summary Jurisdiction)

Argentina Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (the nine Supreme Court judges are appointed by the president with approval by the Senate)

Armenia Constitutional Court; Court of Cassation (Appeals Court)

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

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

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

Azerbaijan Supreme Court

Bahamas, The Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; magistrates courts

Bahrain High Civil Appeals Court

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

Barbados Supreme Court of Judicature (judges are appointed by the Service Commissions for the Judicial and Legal Services)

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

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

Belize Supreme Court (the chief justice is appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister)

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

Bermuda Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; Magistrate Courts

Bhutan Supreme Court of Appeal (the monarch); High Court (judges appointed by the monarch)

Bolivia Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges appointed for 10-year terms by National Congress); District Courts (one in each department); provincial and local courts (to try minor cases)

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

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

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

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

Brunei Supreme Court (chief justice and judges are sworn in by the monarch for three-year terms)

Bulgaria Supreme Administrative Court; Supreme Court of Cassation; Constitutional Court (12 justices appointed or elected for nine-year terms); Supreme Judicial Council (consists of the chairmen of the two Supreme Courts, the Chief Prosecutor, and 22 other members; responsible for appointing the justices, prosecutors, and investigating magistrates in the justice system; members of the Supreme Judicial Council elected for five-year terms, 11 elected by the National Assembly and 11 by bodies of the judiciary)

Burkina Faso Supreme Court; Appeals Court

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

Burundi Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; Constitutional Court; Courts of Appeal (there are three in separate locations); Tribunals of First Instance (17 at the province level and 123 small local tribunals)

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

Cameroon Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president); High Court of Justice (consists of 9 judges and 6 substitute judges, elected by the National Assembly)

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

Cape Verde Supreme Tribunal of Justice or Supremo Tribunal de Justia

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

Central African Republic Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; Constitutional Court (3 judges appointed by the president, 3 by the president of the National Assembly, and 3 by fellow judges); Court of Appeal; Criminal Courts; Inferior Courts

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

Chile Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges are appointed by the president and ratified by the Senate from lists of candidates provided by the court itself; the president of the Supreme Court is elected by the 21-member court); Constitutional Tribunal

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

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

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

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

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

Congo, Democratic Republic of the Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

Congo, Republic of the Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

Cook Islands High Court

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Djibouti Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

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

Dominican Republic Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges are appointed by a the National Judicial Council comprised of the President, the leaders of both chambers of congress, the President of the Supreme Court, and an opposition or non-governing party member)

East Timor Supreme Court of Justice - constitution calls for one judge to be appointed by National Parliament and rest appointed by Superior Council for Judiciary; note - until Supreme Court is established, Court of Appeals is highest court

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

Egypt Supreme Constitutional Court

El Salvador Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges are selected by the Legislative Assembly)

Equatorial Guinea Supreme Tribunal

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

Estonia National Court (chairman appointed by Parliament for life)

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

European Union Court of Justice of the European Communities (ensures that the treaties are interpreted and applied correctly) - 25 justices (one from each member state) appointed for a six-year term; note - for the sake of efficiency, the court can sit with 11 justices known as the "Grand Chamber"; Court of First Instance - 25 justices appointed for a six-year term

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

Faroe Islands none

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

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

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

French Guiana Court of Appeals or Cour d'Appel (highest local court based in Martinique with jurisdiction over Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana)

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

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

Gambia, The Supreme Court

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

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

Ghana Supreme Court

Gibraltar Supreme Court; Court of Appeal

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

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

Grenada West Indies Associate States Supreme Court (an associate judge resides in Grenada)

Guadeloupe Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel with jurisdiction over Guadeloupe, French Guiana, and Martinique

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

Guatemala Constitutional Court or Corte de Constitutcionalidad is Guatemala's highest court (five judges are elected for concurrent five-year terms by Congress, each serving one year as president of the Constitutional Court; one is elected by Congress, one elected by the Supreme Court of Justice, one appointed by the President, one elected by Superior Counsel of Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala, and one by Colegio de Abogados); Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (13 members serve concurrent five-year terms and elect a president of the Court each year from among their number; the president of the Supreme Court of Justice also supervises trial judges around the country, who are named to five-year terms)

Guernsey Royal Court

Guinea Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel

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

Guyana Supreme Court of Judicature; Judicial Court of Appeal; High Court

Haiti Supreme Court or Cour de Cassation

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

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

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

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

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

India Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president and remain in office until they reach the age of 65)

Indonesia Supreme Court or Mahkamah Agung (justices appointed by the president from a list of candidates approved by the legislature); a separate Constitutional Court or Makhama Konstitusi was invested by the president on 16 August 2003; in March 2004 the Supreme Court assumed administrative and financial responsibility for the lower court system from the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights

Iran Supreme Court - above a special clerical court, a revolutionary court, and a special administrative court

Iraq Supreme Court appointed by the Prime Minister, confirmed by the Presidency Council

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

Israel Supreme Court (justices appointed for life by the president)

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

Jamaica Supreme Court (judges appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister); Court of Appeal

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

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

Jordan Court of Cassation; Supreme Court (court of final appeal)

Kazakhstan Supreme Court (44 members); Constitutional Council (7 members)

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

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

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

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

Kuwait High Court of Appeal

Kyrgyzstan Supreme Court (judges are appointed for 10-year terms by the Supreme Council on the recommendation of the president); Constitutional Court; Higher Court of Arbitration

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

Latvia Supreme Court (judges' appointments are confirmed by Parliament)

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

Lesotho High Court (chief justice appointed by the monarch acting on the advice of the Prime Minister); Court of Appeal; Magistrate's Court; customary or traditional court

Liberia Supreme Court

Libya Supreme Court

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

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

Luxembourg judicial courts and tribunals (3 Justices of the Peace, 2 district courts, and 1 Supreme Court of Appeals); administrative courts and tribunals (State Prosecutor's Office, administrative courts and tribunals, and the Constitutional Court); judges for all courts are appointed for life by the monarch

Macau Court of Final Appeal in Macau Special Administrative Region

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

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

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

Malaysia Federal Court (judges appointed by the paramount ruler on the advice of the prime minister)

Maldives High Court

Mali Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

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

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

Marshall Islands Supreme Court; High Court

Martinique Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel

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

Mauritius Supreme Court

Mayotte Supreme Court or Tribunal Superieur d'Appel

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

Micronesia, Federated States of Supreme Court

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

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

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

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

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

Mozambique Supreme Court (the court of final appeal; some of its professional judges are appointed by the president and some are elected by the Assembly); other courts include an Administrative Court, customs courts, maritime courts, courts marshal, labor courts note: although the constitution provides for a separate Constitutional Court, one has never been established; in its absence the Supreme Court reviews constitutional cases

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

Nauru Supreme Court

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

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

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

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

New Zealand Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; High Court; note - Judges appointed by the Governor-General

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

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

Nigeria Supreme Court (judges appointed by the President); Federal Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the federal government on the advice of the Advisory Judicial Committee)

Niue Supreme Court of New Zealand; High Court of Niue

Norfolk Island Supreme Court; Court of Petty Sessions

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

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

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

Pakistan Supreme Court (justices appointed by the president); Federal Islamic or Shari'a Court

Palau Supreme Court; National Court; Court of Common Pleas

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

Papua New Guinea Supreme Court (the chief justice is appointed by the governor general on the proposal of the National Executive Council after consultation with the minister responsible for justice; other judges are appointed by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission)

Paraguay Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (judges appointed on the proposal of the Council of Magistrates or Consejo de la Magistratura)

Peru Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (judges are appointed by the National Council of the Judiciary)

Philippines Supreme Court (15 justices are appointed by the president on the recommendation of the Judicial and Bar Council and serve until 70 years of age); Court of Appeals; Sandigan-bayan (special court for hearing corruption cases of government officials)

Pitcairn Islands Magistrate's Court; Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; Judicial Officers are appointed by the Governor

Poland Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president on the recommendation of the National Council of the Judiciary for an indefinite period); Constitutional Tribunal (judges are chosen by the Sejm for nine-year terms)

Portugal Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal de Justica (judges appointed for life by the Conselho Superior da Magistratura)

Puerto Rico Supreme Court; Appellate Court; Court of First Instance composed of two sections: a Superior Court and a Municipal Court (justices for all these courts appointed by the governor with the consent of the Senate)

Qatar Court of Appeal note: under the new judiciary law issued in 2003, the former two court systems, civil and Islamic law, were merged under a higher court, the Court of Cassation, established for appeals

Reunion Court of Appeals or Cour d'Appel

Romania Supreme Court of Justice (judges are appointed by the president on the recommendation of the Superior Council of Magistrates, a board of eleven judges and six prosecutors elected by parliament)

Russia Constitutional Court; Supreme Court; Superior Court of Arbitration; judges for all courts are appointed for life by the Federation Council on the recommendation of the president

Rwanda Supreme Court; High Courts of the Republic; Provincial Courts; District Courts; mediation committees

Saint Helena Supreme Court; Magistrate's Court; Small Debts Court; Juvenile Court

Saint Kitts and Nevis Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based on Saint Lucia; one judge of the Supreme Court resides in Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Saint Lucia Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (jurisdiction extends to Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon Superior Tribunal of Appeals or Tribunal Superieur d'Appel

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based on Saint Lucia; one judge of the Supreme Court resides in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

Samoa Court of Appeal; Supreme Court; District Court; Land and Titles Court

San Marino Council of Twelve or Consiglio dei XII

Sao Tome and Principe Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the National Assembly)

Saudi Arabia Supreme Council of Justice

Senegal Constitutional Court; Council of State; Court of Final Appeals or Cour de Cassation; Court of Appeals; note - the judicial system was reformed in 1992

Serbia and Montenegro The Court of Serbia and Montenegro; judges are elected by the Serbia and Montenegro Parliament for six-year terms note: since the promulgation of the 2003 Constitution, the Federal Court has constitutional and administrative functions; it has an equal number of judges from each republic

Seychelles Court of Appeal; Supreme Court; judges for both courts are appointed by the president

Sierra Leone Supreme Court; Appeals Court; High Court

Singapore Supreme Court (chief justice is appointed by the president with the advice of the prime minister, other judges are appointed by the president with the advice of the chief justice); Court of Appeals

Slovakia Supreme Court (judges are elected by the National Council); Constitutional Court (judges appointed by president from group of nominees approved by the National Council)

Slovenia Supreme Court (judges are elected by the National Assembly on the recommendation of the Judicial Council); Constitutional Court (judges elected for nine-year terms by the National Assembly and nominated by the president)

Solomon Islands Court of Appeal

Somalia following the breakdown of the central government, most regions have reverted to local forms of conflict resolution, either secular, traditional clan-based arbitration, or Islamic (Shari'a) law with a provision for appeal of all sentences

South Africa Constitutional Court; Supreme Court of Appeals; High Courts; Magistrate Courts

Spain Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo

Sri Lanka Supreme Court; Court of Appeals; judges for both courts are appointed by the president

Sudan Supreme Court; Special Revolutionary Courts

Suriname Cantonal Courts and a Court of Justice as an appellate court (justices are nominated for life)

Swaziland High Court; Court of Appeal; judges for both courts are appointed by the monarch

Sweden Supreme Court or Hogsta Domstolen (judges are appointed by the prime minister and the cabinet)

Switzerland Federal Supreme Court (judges elected for six-year terms by the Federal Assembly)

Syria Supreme Constitutional Court (justices are appointed for four-year terms by the president); High Judicial Council; Court of Cassation; State Security Courts

Taiwan Judicial Yuan (justices appointed by the president with consent of the Legislative Yuan)

Tajikistan Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president)

Tanzania Permanent Commission of Enquiry (official ombudsman); Court of Appeal (consists of a chief justice and four judges); High Court (consists of a Jaji Kiongozi and 29 judges appointed by the president; holds regular sessions in all regions); District Courts; Primary Courts (limited jurisdiction and appeals can be made to the higher courts)

Thailand Supreme Court or Sandika (judges appointed by the monarch)

Togo Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

Tokelau Supreme Court in New Zealand exercises civil and criminal jurisdiction in Tokelau

Tonga Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the monarch); Court of Appeal (consists of the Privy Council with the addition of the chief justice of the Supreme Court)

Trinidad and Tobago Supreme Court of Judicature (comprised of the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeals; the chief justice is appointed by the president after consultation with the prime minister and the leader of the opposition; other justices are appointed by the president on the advice of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission); High Court of Justice; Court of Appeals; the highest court of appeal is the Privy Council in London

Tunisia Court of Cassation or Cour de Cassation

Turkey Constitutional Court; High Court of Appeals (Yargitay); Council of State (Danistay); Court of Accounts (Sayistay); Military High Court of Appeals; Military High Administrative Court

Turkmenistan Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president)

Turks and Caicos Islands Supreme Court

Tuvalu High Court (a chief justice visits twice a year to preside over its sessions; its rulings can be appealed to the Court of Appeal in Fiji); eight Island Courts (with limited jurisdiction)

Uganda Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the president and approved by the legislature); High Court (judges are appointed by the president)

Ukraine Supreme Court; Constitutional Court

United Arab Emirates Union Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president)

United Kingdom House of Lords (highest court of appeal; several Lords of Appeal in Ordinary are appointed by the monarch for life); Supreme Courts of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland (comprising the Courts of Appeal, the High Courts of Justice, and the Crown Courts); Scotland's Court of Session and Court of the Justiciary

United States Supreme Court (its nine justices are appointed for life on condition of good behavior by the president with confirmation by the Senate); United States Courts of Appeal; United States District Courts; State and County Courts

Uruguay Supreme Court (judges are nominated by the president and elected for 10-year terms by the General Assembly)

Uzbekistan Supreme Court (judges are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Supreme Assembly)

Vanuatu Supreme Court (chief justice is appointed by the president after consultation with the prime minister and the leader of the opposition, three other justices are appointed by the president on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission)

Venezuela Supreme Tribunal of Justice or Tribuna Suprema de Justicia (magistrates are elected by the National Assembly for a single 12-year term)

Vietnam Supreme People's Court (chief justice is elected for a five-year term by the National Assembly on the recommendation of the president)

Virgin Islands US District Court of the Virgin Islands (under Third Circuit jurisdiction); Territorial Court (judges appointed by the governor for 10-year terms)

Wallis and Futuna none; justice generally administered under French law by the high administrator, but the three traditional kings administer customary law and there is a magistrate in Mata-Utu

Yemen Supreme Court

Zambia Supreme Court (the final court of appeal; justices are appointed by the president); High Court (has unlimited jurisdiction to hear civil and criminal cases)

Zimbabwe Supreme Court; High Court

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@2095 Labor force

Afghanistan 11.8 million (2001 est.)

Albania 1.09 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (2004 est.)

Algeria 9.91 million (2004 est.)

American Samoa 14,000 (1996)

Andorra 33,000 (2001 est.)

Angola 5.41 million (2004 est.)

Anguilla 6,049 (2001)

Antigua and Barbuda 30,000

Argentina 15.04 million (2004 est.)

Armenia 1.4 million (2001)

Aruba 41,500 (1997 est.)

Australia 10.35 million (2004 est.)

Austria 3.45 million (2004 est.)

Azerbaijan 5.09 million (2004 est.)

Bahamas, The 156,000 (1999)

Bahrain 370,000 note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2004 est.)

Bangladesh 65.49 million note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $1.71 billion in 1998-99 (2004 est.)

Barbados 128,500 (2001 est.)

Belarus 4.305 million (31 December 2003)

Belgium 4.75 million (2004 est.)

Belize 90,000 note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2001 est.)

Benin NA (1996)

Bermuda 37,470 (2000)

Bhutan NA note: massive lack of skilled labor

Bolivia 3.8 million (2004 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.026 million (2001)

Botswana 264,000 formal sector employees (2000)

Brazil 89 million (2004 est.)

British Virgin Islands 12,770 (2004)

Brunei 158,000 note: includes foreign workers and military personnel; temporary residents make up about 40% of labor force (2002 est.)

Bulgaria 3.398 million (2004 est.)

Burkina Faso 5 million note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2003)

Burma 27.01 million (2004 est.)

Burundi 2.99 million (2002)

Cambodia 7 million (2003 est.)

Cameroon 6.68 million (2004 est.)

Canada 17.37 million (2004)

Cape Verde NA

Cayman Islands 19,820 (1995)

Central African Republic NA

Chad NA

Chile 6.2 million (2004 est.)

China 760.8 million (2003)

Christmas Island NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA

Colombia 20.7 million (2004 est.)

Comoros 144,500 (1996 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the 14.51 million (1993 est.)

Congo, Republic of the NA

Cook Islands 8,000 (1996)

Costa Rica 1.81 million (2004 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire 6.7 million (68% agricultural) (2004 est.)

Croatia 1.71 million (2004 est.)

Cuba 4.55 million note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2004 est.)

Cyprus Republic of Cyprus: 330,000, north Cyprus: 95,025 (2004 est.)

Czech Republic 5.25 million (2004 est.)

Denmark 2.87 million (2004 est.)

Djibouti 282,000 (2000)

Dominica 25,000 (1999 est.)

Dominican Republic 2.3 million - 2.6 million (2000 est.)

East Timor NA

Ecuador 4.53 million (urban) (2004 est.)

Egypt 20.71 million (2004 est.)

El Salvador 2.75 million (2004 est.)

Equatorial Guinea NA

Eritrea NA

Estonia 660,000 (2004 est.)

Ethiopia NA (2001 est.)

European Union 215 million (various)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,100 (est.)

Faroe Islands 24,250 (October 2000)

Fiji 137,000 (1999)

Finland 2.66 million (2004 est.)

France 27.7 million (2004 est.)

French Guiana 58,800 (1997)

French Polynesia 70,000 (1996)

Gabon 650,000 (2004 est.)

Gambia, The 400,000 (1996)

Gaza Strip 725,000 (2004)

Georgia 2.1 million (2001 est.)

Germany 42.63 million (2004 est.)

Ghana 10.24 million (2004 est.)

Gibraltar 14,800 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (1999)

Greece 4.4 million (2004 est.)

Greenland 24,500 (1999 est.)

Grenada 42,300 (1996)

Guadeloupe 125,900 (1997)

Guam 60,000 (2000 est.)

Guatemala 3.68 million (2004 est.)

Guernsey 32,290 (2001)

Guinea 3 million (1999)

Guinea-Bissau 480,000 (1999)

Guyana 418,000 (2001 est.)

Haiti 3.6 million note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (1995)

Holy See (Vatican City) NA

Honduras 2.47 million (2004 est.)

Hong Kong 3.54 million (October 2004 est.)

Hungary 4.17 million (2004 est.)

Iceland 158,100 (2004 est.)

India 482.2 million (2004 est.)

Indonesia 111.5 million (2004 est.)

Iran 23 million note: shortage of skilled labor (2004 est.)

Iraq 6.7 million (2004 est.)

Ireland 1.92 million (2004 est.)

Israel 2.68 million (2004 est.)

Italy 24.27 million (2004 est.)

Jamaica 1.14 million (2004 est.)

Japan 66.97 million (2004 est.)

Jersey 52,790 (2004)

Jordan 1.41 million (2004 est.)

Kazakhstan 7.95 million (2004 est.)

Kenya 11.4 million (2004 est.)

Kiribati 7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001 est.)

Korea, North 9.6 million

Korea, South 22.9 million (2004 est.)

Kuwait 1.42 million note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 80% of the labor force (2004 est.)

Kyrgyzstan 2.7 million (2000)

Laos 2.6 million (2001 est.)

Latvia 1.17 million (2004 est.)

Lebanon 2.6 million note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2001 est.)

Lesotho 838,000 (2000)

Libya 1.59 million (2004 est.)

Liechtenstein 29,000 of whom 19,000 are foreigners; 13,000 commute from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (31 December 2001)

Lithuania 1.63 million (2004 est.)

Luxembourg 293,700 (of whom 105,000 are foreign cross-border workers commuting primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany) (2004 est.)

Macau 231,500 (3rd Quarter, 2004)

Macedonia 855,000 (2004 est.)

Madagascar 7.3 million (2000)

Malawi 4.5 million (2001 est.)

Malaysia 10.49 million (2004 est.)

Maldives 88,000 (2000)

Mali 3.93 million (2001 est.)

Malta 160,000 (2002 est.)

Man, Isle of 39,690 (2001)

Marshall Islands 28,700 (1996 est.)

Martinique 165,900 (1998)

Mauritania 786,000 (2001)

Mauritius 560,000 (2004 est.)

Mayotte 48,800 (2000)

Mexico 34.73 million (2004 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of NA

Moldova 1.36 million (2004 est.)

Monaco 30,540 (January 1994)

Mongolia 1.488 million (2003)

Montserrat 4,521 (lowered by flight of people from volcanic activity) (2000 est.)

Morocco 11.02 million (2004 est.)

Mozambique 9.2 million (2000 est.)

Namibia 840,000 (2004 est.)

Nepal 10 million note: severe lack of skilled labor (1996 est.)

Netherlands 7.53 million (2004 est.)

Netherlands Antilles 89,000 (2000)

New Caledonia 79,400 (including 15,018 unemployed) (1996)

New Zealand 2.05 million (2004 est.)

Nicaragua 1.93 million (2004 est.)

Niger 70,000 receive regular wages or salaries (2002 est.)

Nigeria 55.67 million (2004 est.)

Niue NA

Norfolk Island 1,345

Northern Mariana Islands 6,006 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers (June 1995)

Norway 2.38 million (2004 est.)

Oman 920,000 (2002 est.)

Pakistan 45.43 million note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2004 est.)

Palau 9,845 (2000)

Panama 1.32 million note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2004 est.)

Papua New Guinea 3.32 million (2004 est.)

Paraguay 2.66 million (2004 est.)

Peru 11 million (2004 est.)

Philippines 35.86 million (2004 est.)

Pitcairn Islands 15 able-bodied men (2004)

Poland 17.02 million (2004 est.)

Portugal 5.48 million (2004 est.)

Puerto Rico 1.3 million (2000)

Qatar 140,000 (2004 est.)

Reunion 309,900 (2000)

Romania 9.66 million (2004 est.)

Russia 71.83 million (2004 est.)

Rwanda 4.6 million (2000)

Saint Helena 3,500 note: 1,200 work offshore (1998 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis 18,170 (June 1995)

Saint Lucia 43,800 (2001 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3,261 (1999)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 67,000 (1984 est.)

Samoa 90,000 (2000 est.)

San Marino 18,500 (1999)

Sao Tome and Principe NA

Saudi Arabia 6.62 million note: more than 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2004 est.)

Senegal 4.65 million (2004 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro 3.2 million (2004 est.)

Seychelles 30,900 (1996)

Sierra Leone 1.369 million (1981 est.)

Singapore 2.18 million (2004 est.)

Slovakia 2.2 million (3rd quarter, 2004 est.)

Slovenia 870,000 (2004 est.)

Solomon Islands 26,840 (1999)

Somalia 3.7 million (very few are skilled laborers)

South Africa 16.63 million economically active (2004 est.)

Spain 19.33 million (2004 est.)

Sri Lanka 7.26 million (2004 est.)

Sudan 11 million (1996 est.)

Suriname 104,000 (2003)

Svalbard NA

Swaziland 383,200 (2000)

Sweden 4.46 million (2004 est.)

Switzerland 3.77 million (2004 est.)

Syria 5.12 million (2004 est.)

Taiwan 10.22 million (2004 est.)

Tajikistan 3.187 million (2000)

Tanzania 19 million (2004 est.)

Thailand 36.43 million (November 2004 est.)

Togo 1.74 million (1996)

Tokelau NA

Tonga 33,910 (1996)

Trinidad and Tobago 590,000 (2004 est.)

Tunisia 3.55 million note: shortage of skilled labor (2004 est.)

Turkey 25.3 million note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2003 est.)

Turkmenistan 2.32 million (2003 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands 4,848 (1990 est.)

Tuvalu 7,000 (2001 est.)

Uganda 12.41 million (2004 est.)

Ukraine 21.11 million (2004 est.)

United Arab Emirates 2.36 million note: 73.9% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2004 est.)

United Kingdom 29.78 million (2004 est.)

United States 147.4 million (includes unemployed) (2004 est.)

Uruguay 1.56 million (2004 est.)

Uzbekistan 14.64 million (2004 est.)

Vanuatu NA

Venezuela 12.25 million (2004 est.)

Vietnam 42.98 million (2004 est.)

Virgin Islands 48,900 (2003 est.)

Wallis and Futuna NA

West Bank 364,000 (2004)

Western Sahara 12,000

World NA

Yemen 5.98 million (2004 est.)

Zambia 4.63 million (2004 est.)

Zimbabwe 4.23 million (2004 est.)

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@2096 Land boundaries (km)

Afghanistan total: 5,529 km border countries: China 76 km, Iran 936 km, Pakistan 2,430 km, Tajikistan 1,206 km, Turkmenistan 744 km, Uzbekistan 137 km

Akrotiri total: 47.4 km border countries: Cyprus 47.4 km

Albania total: 720 km border countries: Greece 282 km, Macedonia 151 km, Serbia and Montenegro 287 km

Algeria total: 6,343 km border countries: Libya 982 km, Mali 1,376 km, Mauritania 463 km, Morocco 1,559 km, Niger 956 km, Tunisia 965 km, Western Sahara 42 km

American Samoa 0 km

Andorra total: 120.3 km border countries: France 56.6 km, Spain 63.7 km

Angola total: 5,198 km border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,511 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of discontiguous Cabinda Province), Republic of the Congo 201 km, Namibia 1,376 km, Zambia 1,110 km

Anguilla 0 km

Antarctica 0 km note: see entry on Disputes - international

Antigua and Barbuda 0 km

Argentina total: 9,665 km border countries: Bolivia 832 km, Brazil 1,224 km, Chile 5,150 km, Paraguay 1,880 km, Uruguay 579 km

Armenia total: 1,254 km border countries: Azerbaijan-proper 566 km, Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave 221 km, Georgia 164 km, Iran 35 km, Turkey 268 km

Aruba 0 km

Ashmore and Cartier Islands 0 km

Australia 0 km

Austria total: 2,562 km border countries: Czech Republic 362 km, Germany 784 km, Hungary 366 km, Italy 430 km, Liechtenstein 35 km, Slovakia 91 km, Slovenia 330 km, Switzerland 164 km

Azerbaijan total: 2,013 km border countries: Armenia (with Azerbaijan-proper) 566 km, Armenia (with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave) 221 km, Georgia 322 km, Iran (with Azerbaijan-proper) 432 km, Iran (with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave) 179 km, Russia 284 km, Turkey 9 km

Bahamas, The 0 km

Bahrain 0 km

Baker Island 0 km

Bangladesh total: 4,246 km border countries: Burma 193 km, India 4,053 km

Barbados 0 km

Bassas da India 0 km

Belarus total: 2,900 km border countries: Latvia 141 km, Lithuania 502 km, Poland 407 km, Russia 959 km, Ukraine 891 km

Belgium total: 1,385 km border countries: France 620 km, Germany 167 km, Luxembourg 148 km, Netherlands 450 km

Belize total: 516 km border countries: Guatemala 266 km, Mexico 250 km

Benin total: 1,989 km border countries: Burkina Faso 306 km, Niger 266 km, Nigeria 773 km, Togo 644 km

Bermuda 0 km

Bhutan total: 1,075 km border countries: China 470 km, India 605 km

Bolivia total: 6,743 km border countries: Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,400 km, Chile 861 km, Paraguay 750 km, Peru 900 km

Bosnia and Herzegovina total: 1,459 km border countries: Croatia 932 km, Serbia and Montenegro 527 km

Botswana total: 4,013 km border countries: Namibia 1,360 km, South Africa 1,840 km, Zimbabwe 813 km

Bouvet Island 0 km

Brazil total: 14,691 km border countries: Argentina 1,224 km, Bolivia 3,400 km, Colombia 1,643 km, French Guiana 673 km, Guyana 1,119 km, Paraguay 1,290 km, Peru 1,560 km, Suriname 597 km, Uruguay 985 km, Venezuela 2,200 km

British Indian Ocean Territory 0 km

British Virgin Islands 0 km

Brunei total: 381 km border countries: Malaysia 381 km

Bulgaria total: 1,808 km border countries: Greece 494 km, Macedonia 148 km, Romania 608 km, Serbia and Montenegro 318 km, Turkey 240 km

Burkina Faso total: 3,193 km border countries: Benin 306 km, Cote d'Ivoire 584 km, Ghana 549 km, Mali 1,000 km, Niger 628 km, Togo 126 km

Burma total: 5,876 km border countries: Bangladesh 193 km, China 2,185 km, India 1,463 km, Laos 235 km, Thailand 1,800 km

Burundi total: 974 km border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 233 km, Rwanda 290 km, Tanzania 451 km

Cambodia total: 2,572 km border countries: Laos 541 km, Thailand 803 km, Vietnam 1,228 km

Cameroon total: 4,591 km border countries: Central African Republic 797 km, Chad 1,094 km, Republic of the Congo 523 km, Equatorial Guinea 189 km, Gabon 298 km, Nigeria 1,690 km

Canada total: 8,893 km border countries: US 8,893 km (includes 2,477 km with Alaska)

Cape Verde 0 km

Cayman Islands 0 km

Central African Republic total: 5,203 km border countries: Cameroon 797 km, Chad 1,197 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,577 km, Republic of the Congo 467 km, Sudan 1,165 km

Chad total: 5,968 km border countries: Cameroon 1,094 km, Central African Republic 1,197 km, Libya 1,055 km, Niger 1,175 km, Nigeria 87 km, Sudan 1,360 km

Chile total: 6,171 km border countries: Argentina 5,150 km, Bolivia 861 km, Peru 160 km

China total: 22,117 km border countries: Afghanistan 76 km, Bhutan 470 km, Burma 2,185 km, India 3,380 km, Kazakhstan 1,533 km, North Korea 1,416 km, Kyrgyzstan 858 km, Laos 423 km, Mongolia 4,677 km, Nepal 1,236 km, Pakistan 523 km, Russia (northeast) 3,605 km, Russia (northwest) 40 km, Tajikistan 414 km, Vietnam 1,281 km regional borders: Hong Kong 30 km, Macau 0.34 km

Christmas Island 0 km

Clipperton Island 0 km

Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0 km

Colombia total: 6,004 km border countries: Brazil 1,643 km, Ecuador 590 km, Panama 225 km, Peru 1,496 km (est.), Venezuela 2,050 km

Comoros 0 km

Congo, Democratic Republic of the total: 10,730 km border countries: Angola 2,511 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of Angola's discontiguous Cabinda Province), Burundi 233 km, Central African Republic 1,577 km, Republic of the Congo 2,410 km, Rwanda 217 km, Sudan 628 km, Tanzania 459 km, Uganda 765 km, Zambia 1,930 km

Congo, Republic of the total: 5,504 km border countries: Angola 201 km, Cameroon 523 km, Central African Republic 467 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,410 km, Gabon 1,903 km

Cook Islands 0 km

Coral Sea Islands 0 km

Costa Rica total: 639 km border countries: Nicaragua 309 km, Panama 330 km

Cote d'Ivoire total: 3,110 km border countries: Burkina Faso 584 km, Ghana 668 km, Guinea 610 km, Liberia 716 km, Mali 532 km

Croatia total: 2,197 km border countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina 932 km, Hungary 329 km, Serbia and Montenegro (north) 241 km, Serbia and Montenegro (south) 25 km, Slovenia 670 km

Cuba total: 29 km border countries: US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay 29 km note: Guantanamo Naval Base is leased by the US and thus remains part of Cuba

Cyprus total: NA; note - boundary with Dhekelia is being resurveyed border countries: Akrotiri 47.4 km, Dhekelia NA

Czech Republic total: 1,881 km border countries: Austria 362 km, Germany 646 km, Poland 658 km, Slovakia 215 km

Denmark total: 68 km border countries: Germany 68 km

Dhekelia total: NA; note - boundary with Cyprus is being resurveyed

Djibouti total: 516 km border countries: Eritrea 109 km, Ethiopia 349 km, Somalia 58 km

Dominica 0 km

Dominican Republic total: 360 km border countries: Haiti 360 km

East Timor total: 228 km border countries: Indonesia 228 km

Ecuador total: 2,010 km border countries: Colombia 590 km, Peru 1,420 km

Egypt total: 2,665 km border countries: Gaza Strip 11 km, Israel 266 km, Libya 1,115 km, Sudan 1,273 km

El Salvador total: 545 km border countries: Guatemala 203 km, Honduras 342 km

Equatorial Guinea total: 539 km border countries: Cameroon 189 km, Gabon 350 km

Eritrea total: 1,626 km border countries: Djibouti 109 km, Ethiopia 912 km, Sudan 605 km

Estonia total: 633 km border countries: Latvia 339 km, Russia 294 km

Ethiopia total: 5,328 km border countries: Djibouti 349 km, Eritrea 912 km, Kenya 861 km, Somalia 1,600 km, Sudan 1,606 km

Europa Island 0 km

European Union total: 11,214.8 km border countries: Albania 282 km, Andorra 120.3 km, Belarus 1,050 km, Bulgaria 494 km, Croatia 999 km, Holy See 3.2 km, Liechtenstein 34.9 km, Macedonia 246 km, Monaco 4.4 km, Norway 2,348 km, Romania 443 km, Russia 2,257 km, San Marino 39 km, Serbia and Montenegro 151 km, Switzerland 1,811 km, Turkey 206 km, Ukraine 726 km note: data for European Continent only

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0 km

Faroe Islands 0 km

Fiji 0 km

Finland total: 2,681 km border countries: Norway 727 km, Sweden 614 km, Russia 1,340 km

France total: 2,889 km border countries: Andorra 56.6 km, Belgium 620 km, Germany 451 km, Italy 488 km, Luxembourg 73 km, Monaco 4.4 km, Spain 623 km, Switzerland 573 km

French Guiana total: 1,183 km border countries: Brazil 673 km, Suriname 510 km

French Polynesia 0 km

French Southern and Antarctic Lands 0 km

Gabon total: 2,551 km border countries: Cameroon 298 km, Republic of the Congo 1,903 km, Equatorial Guinea 350 km

Gambia, The total: 740 km border countries: Senegal 740 km

Gaza Strip total: 62 km border countries: Egypt 11 km, Israel 51 km

Georgia total: 1,461 km border countries: Armenia 164 km, Azerbaijan 322 km, Russia 723 km, Turkey 252 km

Germany total: 3,621 km border countries: Austria 784 km, Belgium 167 km, Czech Republic 646 km, Denmark 68 km, France 451 km, Luxembourg 138 km, Netherlands 577 km, Poland 456 km, Switzerland 334 km

Ghana total: 2,094 km border countries: Burkina Faso 549 km, Cote d'Ivoire 668 km, Togo 877 km

Gibraltar total: 1.2 km border countries: Spain 1.2 km

Glorioso Islands 0 km

Greece total: 1,228 km border countries: Albania 282 km, Bulgaria 494 km, Turkey 206 km, Macedonia 246 km

Greenland 0 km

Grenada 0 km

Guadeloupe total: 10.2 km border countries: Netherlands Antilles (Sint Maarten) 10.2 km

Guam 0 km

Guatemala total: 1,687 km border countries: Belize 266 km, El Salvador 203 km, Honduras 256 km, Mexico 962 km

Guernsey 0 km

Guinea total: 3,399 km border countries: Cote d'Ivoire 610 km, Guinea-Bissau 386 km, Liberia 563 km, Mali 858 km, Senegal 330 km, Sierra Leone 652 km

Guinea-Bissau total: 724 km border countries: Guinea 386 km, Senegal 338 km

Guyana total: 2,462 km border countries: Brazil 1,119 km, Suriname 600 km, Venezuela 743 km

Haiti total: 360 km border countries: Dominican Republic 360 km

Heard Island and McDonald Islands 0 km

Holy See (Vatican City) total: 3.2 km border countries: Italy 3.2 km

Honduras total: 1,520 km border countries: Guatemala 256 km, El Salvador 342 km, Nicaragua 922 km

Hong Kong total: 30 km regional border: China 30 km

Howland Island 0 km

Hungary total: 2,171 km border countries: Austria 366 km, Croatia 329 km, Romania 443 km, Serbia and Montenegro 151 km, Slovakia 677 km, Slovenia 102 km, Ukraine 103 km

Iceland 0 km

India total: 14,103 km border countries: Bangladesh 4,053 km, Bhutan 605 km, Burma 1,463 km, China 3,380 km, Nepal 1,690 km, Pakistan 2,912 km

Indonesia total: 2,830 km border countries: East Timor 228 km, Malaysia 1,782 km, Papua New Guinea 820 km

Iran total: 5,440 km border countries: Afghanistan 936 km, Armenia 35 km, Azerbaijan-proper 432 km, Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave 179 km, Iraq 1,458 km, Pakistan 909 km, Turkey 499 km, Turkmenistan 992 km

Iraq total: 3,650 km border countries: Iran 1,458 km, Jordan 181 km, Kuwait 240 km, Saudi Arabia 814 km, Syria 605 km, Turkey 352 km

Ireland total: 360 km border countries: UK 360 km

Israel total: 1,017 km border countries: Egypt 266 km, Gaza Strip 51 km, Jordan 238 km, Lebanon 79 km, Syria 76 km, West Bank 307 km

Italy total: 1,932.2 km border countries: Austria 430 km, France 488 km, Holy See (Vatican City) 3.2 km, San Marino 39 km, Slovenia 232 km, Switzerland 740 km

Jamaica 0 km

Jan Mayen 0 km

Japan 0 km

Jarvis Island 0 km

Jersey 0 km

Johnston Atoll 0 km

Jordan total: 1,635 km border countries: Iraq 181 km, Israel 238 km, Saudi Arabia 744 km, Syria 375 km, West Bank 97 km

Juan de Nova Island 0 km

Kazakhstan total: 12,012 km border countries: China 1,533 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,051 km, Russia 6,846 km, Turkmenistan 379 km, Uzbekistan 2,203 km

Kenya total: 3,477 km border countries: Ethiopia 861 km, Somalia 682 km, Sudan 232 km, Tanzania 769 km, Uganda 933 km

Kingman Reef 0 km

Kiribati 0 km

Korea, North total: 1,673 km border countries: China 1,416 km, South Korea 238 km, Russia 19 km

Korea, South total: 238 km border countries: North Korea 238 km

Kuwait total: 462 km border countries: Iraq 240 km, Saudi Arabia 222 km

Kyrgyzstan total: 3,878 km border countries: China 858 km, Kazakhstan 1,051 km, Tajikistan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,099 km

Laos total: 5,083 km border countries: Burma 235 km, Cambodia 541 km, China 423 km, Thailand 1,754 km, Vietnam 2,130 km

Latvia total: 1,150 km border countries: Belarus 141 km, Estonia 339 km, Lithuania 453 km, Russia 217 km

Lebanon total: 454 km border countries: Israel 79 km, Syria 375 km

Lesotho total: 909 km border countries: South Africa 909 km

Liberia total: 1,585 km border countries: Guinea 563 km, Cote d'Ivoire 716 km, Sierra Leone 306 km

Libya total: 4,348 km border countries: Algeria 982 km, Chad 1,055 km, Egypt 1,115 km, Niger 354 km, Sudan 383 km, Tunisia 459 km

Liechtenstein total: 76 km border countries: Austria 34.9 km, Switzerland 41.1 km

Lithuania total: 1,273 km border countries: Belarus 502 km, Latvia 453 km, Poland 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad) 227 km

Luxembourg total: 359 km border countries: Belgium 148 km, France 73 km, Germany 138 km

Macau total: 0.34 km regional border: China 0.34 km

Macedonia total: 766 km border countries: Albania 151 km, Bulgaria 148 km, Greece 246 km, Serbia and Montenegro 221 km

Madagascar 0 km

Malawi total: 2,881 km border countries: Mozambique 1,569 km, Tanzania 475 km, Zambia 837 km

Malaysia total: 2,669 km border countries: Brunei 381 km, Indonesia 1,782 km, Thailand 506 km

Maldives 0 km

Mali total: 7,243 km border countries: Algeria 1,376 km, Burkina Faso 1,000 km, Guinea 858 km, Cote d'Ivoire 532 km, Mauritania 2,237 km, Niger 821 km, Senegal 419 km

Malta 0 km

Man, Isle of 0 km

Marshall Islands 0 km

Martinique 0 km

Mauritania total: 5,074 km border countries: Algeria 463 km, Mali 2,237 km, Senegal 813 km, Western Sahara 1,561 km

Mauritius 0 km

Mayotte 0 km

Mexico total: 4,353 km border countries: Belize 250 km, Guatemala 962 km, US 3,141 km

Micronesia, Federated States of 0 km

Midway Islands 0 km

Moldova total: 1,389 km border countries: Romania 450 km, Ukraine 939 km

Monaco total: 4.4 km border countries: France 4.4 km

Mongolia total: 8,220 km border countries: China 4,677 km, Russia 3,543 km

Montserrat 0 km

Morocco total: 2,017.9 km border countries: Algeria 1,559 km, Western Sahara 443 km, Spain (Ceuta) 6.3 km, Spain (Melilla) 9.6 km

Mozambique total: 4,571 km border countries: Malawi 1,569 km, South Africa 491 km, Swaziland 105 km, Tanzania 756 km, Zambia 419 km, Zimbabwe 1,231 km

Namibia total: 3,936 km border countries: Angola 1,376 km, Botswana 1,360 km, South Africa 967 km, Zambia 233 km

Nauru 0 km

Navassa Island 0 km

Nepal total: 2,926 km border countries: China 1,236 km, India 1,690 km

Netherlands total: 1,027 km border countries: Belgium 450 km, Germany 577 km

Netherlands Antilles total: 10.2 km border countries: Guadeloupe (Saint-Martin) 10.2 km

New Caledonia 0 km

New Zealand 0 km

Nicaragua total: 1,231 km border countries: Costa Rica 309 km, Honduras 922 km

Niger total: 5,697 km border countries: Algeria 956 km, Benin 266 km, Burkina Faso 628 km, Chad 1,175 km, Libya 354 km, Mali 821 km, Nigeria 1,497 km

Nigeria total: 4,047 km border countries: Benin 773 km, Cameroon 1,690 km, Chad 87 km, Niger 1,497 km

Niue 0 km

Norfolk Island 0 km

Northern Mariana Islands 0 km

Norway total: 2,542 km border countries: Finland 727 km, Sweden 1,619 km, Russia 196 km

Oman total: 1,374 km border countries: Saudi Arabia 676 km, UAE 410 km, Yemen 288 km

Pakistan total: 6,774 km border countries: Afghanistan 2,430 km, China 523 km, India 2,912 km, Iran 909 km

Palau 0 km

Palmyra Atoll 0 km

Panama total: 555 km border countries: Colombia 225 km, Costa Rica 330 km

Papua New Guinea total: 820 km border countries: Indonesia 820 km

Paracel Islands 0 km

Paraguay total: 3,920 km border countries: Argentina 1,880 km, Bolivia 750 km, Brazil 1,290 km

Peru total: 5,536 km border countries: Bolivia 900 km, Brazil 1,560 km, Chile 160 km, Colombia 1,496 km (est.), Ecuador 1,420 km

Philippines 0 km

Pitcairn Islands 0 km

Poland total: 2,788 km border countries: Belarus 407 km, Czech Republic 658 km, Germany 456 km, Lithuania 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) 206 km, Slovakia 444 km, Ukraine 526 km

Portugal total: 1,214 km border countries: Spain 1,214 km

Puerto Rico 0 km

Qatar total: 60 km border countries: Saudi Arabia 60 km

Reunion 0 km

Romania total: 2,508 km border countries: Bulgaria 608 km, Hungary 443 km, Moldova 450 km, Serbia and Montenegro 476 km, Ukraine (north) 362 km, Ukraine (east) 169 km

Russia total: 20,017 km border countries: Azerbaijan 284 km, Belarus 959 km, China (southeast) 3,605 km, China (south) 40 km, Estonia 294 km, Finland 1,340 km, Georgia 723 km, Kazakhstan 6,846 km, North Korea 19 km, Latvia 217 km, Lithuania (Kaliningrad Oblast) 227 km, Mongolia 3,485 km, Norway 196 km, Poland (Kaliningrad Oblast) 206 km, Ukraine 1,576 km

Rwanda total: 893 km border countries: Burundi 290 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 217 km, Tanzania 217 km, Uganda 169 km

Saint Helena 0 km

Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 km

Saint Lucia 0 km

Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 km

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 km

Samoa 0 km

San Marino total: 39 km border countries: Italy 39 km

Sao Tome and Principe 0 km

Saudi Arabia total: 4,431 km border countries: Iraq 814 km, Jordan 744 km, Kuwait 222 km, Oman 676 km, Qatar 60 km, UAE 457 km, Yemen 1,458 km

Senegal total: 2,640 km border countries: The Gambia 740 km, Guinea 330 km, Guinea-Bissau 338 km, Mali 419 km, Mauritania 813 km

Serbia and Montenegro total: 2,246 km border countries: Albania 287 km, Bosnia and Herzegovina 527 km, Bulgaria 318 km, Croatia (north) 241 km, Croatia (south) 25 km, Hungary 151 km, Macedonia 221 km, Romania 476 km

Seychelles 0 km

Sierra Leone total: 958 km border countries: Guinea 652 km, Liberia 306 km

Singapore 0 km

Slovakia total: 1,524 km border countries: Austria 91 km, Czech Republic 215 km, Hungary 677 km, Poland 444 km, Ukraine 97 km

Slovenia total: 1,334 km border countries: Austria 330 km, Croatia 670 km, Italy 232 km, Hungary 102 km

Solomon Islands 0 km

Somalia total: 2,340 km border countries: Djibouti 58 km, Ethiopia 1,600 km, Kenya 682 km

South Africa total: 4,862 km border countries: Botswana 1,840 km, Lesotho 909 km, Mozambique 491 km, Namibia 967 km, Swaziland 430 km, Zimbabwe 225 km

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 0 km

Spain total: 1,917.8 km border countries: Andorra 63.7 km, France 623 km, Gibraltar 1.2 km, Portugal 1,214 km, Morocco (Ceuta) 6.3 km, Morocco (Melilla) 9.6 km

Spratly Islands 0 km

Sri Lanka 0 km

Sudan total: 7,687 km border countries: Central African Republic 1,165 km, Chad 1,360 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 628 km, Egypt 1,273 km, Eritrea 605 km, Ethiopia 1,606 km, Kenya 232 km, Libya 383 km, Uganda 435 km

Suriname total: 1,707 km border countries: Brazil 597 km, French Guiana 510 km, Guyana 600 km

Svalbard 0 km

Swaziland total: 535 km border countries: Mozambique 105 km, South Africa 430 km

Sweden total: 2,233 km border countries: Finland 614 km, Norway 1,619 km

Switzerland total: 1,852 km border countries: Austria 164 km, France 573 km, Italy 740 km, Liechtenstein 41 km, Germany 334 km

Syria total: 2,253 km border countries: Iraq 605 km, Israel 76 km, Jordan 375 km, Lebanon 375 km, Turkey 822 km

Taiwan 0 km

Tajikistan total: 3,651 km border countries: Afghanistan 1,206 km, China 414 km, Kyrgyzstan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,161 km

Tanzania total: 3,861 km border countries: Burundi 451 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 459 km, Kenya 769 km, Malawi 475 km, Mozambique 756 km, Rwanda 217 km, Uganda 396 km, Zambia 338 km

Thailand total: 4,863 km border countries: Burma 1,800 km, Cambodia 803 km, Laos 1,754 km, Malaysia 506 km

Togo total: 1,647 km border countries: Benin 644 km, Burkina Faso 126 km, Ghana 877 km

Tokelau 0 km

Tonga 0 km

Trinidad and Tobago 0 km

Tromelin Island 0 km

Tunisia total: 1,424 km border countries: Algeria 965 km, Libya 459 km

Turkey total: 2,648 km border countries: Armenia 268 km, Azerbaijan 9 km, Bulgaria 240 km, Georgia 252 km, Greece 206 km, Iran 499 km, Iraq 352 km, Syria 822 km

Turkmenistan total: 3,736 km border countries: Afghanistan 744 km, Iran 992 km, Kazakhstan 379 km, Uzbekistan 1,621 km

Turks and Caicos Islands 0 km

Tuvalu 0 km

Uganda total: 2,698 km border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 765 km, Kenya 933 km, Rwanda 169 km, Sudan 435 km, Tanzania 396 km

Ukraine total: 4,663 km border countries: Belarus 891 km, Hungary 103 km, Moldova 939 km, Poland 526 km, Romania (south) 169 km, Romania (west) 362 km, Russia 1,576 km, Slovakia 97 km

United Arab Emirates total: 867 km border countries: Oman 410 km, Saudi Arabia 457 km

United Kingdom total: 360 km border countries: Ireland 360 km

United States total: 12,034 km border countries: Canada 8,893 km (including 2,477 km with Alaska), Mexico 3,141 km note: US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is leased by the US and is part of Cuba; the base boundary is 29 km

Uruguay total: 1,564 km border countries: Argentina 579 km, Brazil 985 km

Uzbekistan total: 6,221 km border countries: Afghanistan 137 km, Kazakhstan 2,203 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,099 km, Tajikistan 1,161 km, Turkmenistan 1,621 km

Vanuatu 0 km

Venezuela total: 4,993 km border countries: Brazil 2,200 km, Colombia 2,050 km, Guyana 743 km

Vietnam total: 4,639 km border countries: Cambodia 1,228 km, China 1,281 km, Laos 2,130 km

Virgin Islands 0 km

Wake Island 0 km

Wallis and Futuna 0 km

West Bank total: 404 km border countries: Israel 307 km, Jordan 97 km

Western Sahara total: 2,046 km border countries: Algeria 42 km, Mauritania 1,561 km, Morocco 443 km

World the land boundaries in the world total 250,472 km (not counting shared boundaries twice); two nations, China and Russia, each border 14 other countries note: 43 nations and other areas are landlocked, these include: Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Holy See (Vatican City), Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Niger, Paraguay, Rwanda, San Marino, Slovakia, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, West Bank, Zambia, Zimbabwe; two of these, Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan, are doubly landlocked

Yemen total: 1,746 km border countries: Oman 288 km, Saudi Arabia 1,458 km

Zambia total: 5,664 km border countries: Angola 1,110 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,930 km, Malawi 837 km, Mozambique 419 km, Namibia 233 km, Tanzania 338 km, Zimbabwe 797 km

Zimbabwe total: 3,066 km border countries: Botswana 813 km, Mozambique 1,231 km, South Africa 225 km, Zambia 797 km

This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005



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@2097 Land use (%)

Afghanistan arable land: 12.13% permanent crops: 0.22% other: 87.65% (2001)

Albania arable land: 21.09% permanent crops: 4.42% other: 74.49% (2001)

Algeria arable land: 3.22% permanent crops: 0.25% other: 96.53% (2001)

American Samoa arable land: 10% permanent crops: 15% other: 75% (2001)

Andorra arable land: 2.22% permanent crops: 0% other: 97.78% (2001)

Angola arable land: 2.41% permanent crops: 0.24% other: 97.35% (2001)

Anguilla arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (mostly rock with sparse scrub oak, few trees, some commercial salt ponds) (2001)

Antarctica arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (ice 98%, barren rock 2%) (2001)

Antigua and Barbuda arable land: 18.18% permanent crops: 4.55% other: 77.27% (2001)

Argentina arable land: 12.31% permanent crops: 0.48% other: 87.21% (2001)

Armenia arable land: 17.55% permanent crops: 2.3% other: 80.15% (2001)

Aruba arable land: 10.53% (including aloe 0.01%) permanent crops: 0% other: 89.47% (2001)

Ashmore and Cartier Islands arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (all grass and sand) (2001)

Australia arable land: 6.55% (includes about 27 million hectares of cultivated grassland) permanent crops: 0.04% other: 93.41% (2001)

Austria arable land: 16.91% permanent crops: 0.86% other: 82.23% (2001)

Azerbaijan arable land: 19.63% permanent crops: 2.71% other: 77.66% (2001)

Bahamas, The arable land: 0.8% permanent crops: 0.4% other: 98.8% (2001)

Bahrain arable land: 2.82% permanent crops: 5.63% other: 91.55% (2001)

Baker Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)

Bangladesh arable land: 62.11% permanent crops: 3.07% other: 34.82% (2001)

Barbados arable land: 37.21% permanent crops: 2.33% other: 60.46% (2001)

Bassas da India arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (all rock) (2001)

Belarus arable land: 29.55% permanent crops: 0.6% other: 69.85% (2001)

Belgium arable land: 23.28% permanent crops: 0.4% other: 76.32% note: includes Luxembourg (2001)

Belize arable land: 2.85% permanent crops: 1.71% other: 95.44% (2001)

Benin arable land: 18.08% permanent crops: 2.4% other: 79.52% (2001)

Bermuda arable land: 20% permanent crops: 0% other: 80% (55% developed, 45% rural/open space) (2001)

Bhutan arable land: 3.09% permanent crops: 0.43% other: 96.48% (2001)

Bolivia arable land: 2.67% permanent crops: 0.19% other: 97.14% (2001)

Bosnia and Herzegovina arable land: 13.6% permanent crops: 2.96% other: 83.44% (2001)

Botswana arable land: 0.65% permanent crops: 0.01% other: 99.34% (2001)

Bouvet Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (93% ice) (2001)

Brazil arable land: 6.96% permanent crops: 0.9% other: 92.15% (2001)

British Indian Ocean Territory arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)

British Virgin Islands arable land: 20% permanent crops: 6.67% other: 73.33% (2001)

Brunei arable land: 0.57% permanent crops: 0.76% other: 98.67% (2001)

Bulgaria arable land: 40.02% permanent crops: 1.92% other: 58.06% (2001)

Burkina Faso arable land: 14.43% permanent crops: 0.19% other: 85.38% (2001)

Burma arable land: 15.19% permanent crops: 0.97% other: 83.84% (2001)

Burundi arable land: 35.05% permanent crops: 14.02% other: 50.93% (2001)

Cambodia arable land: 20.96% permanent crops: 0.61% other: 78.43% (2001)

Cameroon arable land: 12.81% permanent crops: 2.58% other: 84.61% (2001)

Canada arable land: 4.96% permanent crops: 0.02% other: 95.02% (2001)

Cape Verde arable land: 9.68% permanent crops: 0.5% other: 89.82% (2001)

Cayman Islands arable land: 3.85% permanent crops: 0% other: 96.15% (2001)

Central African Republic arable land: 3.1% permanent crops: 0.14% other: 96.76% (2001)

Chad arable land: 2.86% permanent crops: 0.02% other: 97.12% (2001)

Chile arable land: 2.65% permanent crops: 0.42% other: 96.93% (2001)

China arable land: 15.4% permanent crops: 1.25% other: 83.35% (2001)

Christmas Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% note: mainly tropical rainforest; 63% of the island is a national park (2001)

Clipperton Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (all coral) (2001)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)

Colombia arable land: 2.42% permanent crops: 1.67% other: 95.91% (2001)

Comoros arable land: 35.87% permanent crops: 23.32% other: 40.81% (2001)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the arable land: 2.96% permanent crops: 0.52% other: 96.52% (2001)

Congo, Republic of the arable land: 0.51% permanent crops: 0.13% other: 99.36% (2001)

Cook Islands arable land: 17.39% permanent crops: 13.04% other: 69.57% (2001)

Coral Sea Islands arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (mostly grass or scrub cover) (2001)

Costa Rica arable land: 4.41% permanent crops: 5.88% other: 89.71% (2001)

Cote d'Ivoire arable land: 9.75% permanent crops: 13.84% other: 76.41% (2001)

Croatia arable land: 26.09% permanent crops: 2.27% other: 71.65% (2001)

Cuba arable land: 33.05% permanent crops: 7.6% other: 59.35% (2001)

Cyprus arable land: 7.79% permanent crops: 4.44% other: 87.77% (2001)

Czech Republic arable land: 39.8% permanent crops: 3.05% other: 57.15% (2001)

Denmark arable land: 54.02% permanent crops: 0.19% other: 45.79% (2001)

Djibouti arable land: 0.04% permanent crops: 0% other: 99.96% (2001)

Dominica arable land: 6.67% permanent crops: 20% other: 73.33% (2001)

Dominican Republic arable land: 22.65% permanent crops: 10.33% other: 67.02% (2001)

East Timor arable land: 4.71% permanent crops: 0.67% other: 94.62% (2001)

Ecuador arable land: 5.85% permanent crops: 4.93% other: 89.22% (2001)

Egypt arable land: 2.87% permanent crops: 0.48% other: 96.65% (2001)

El Salvador arable land: 31.85% permanent crops: 12.07% other: 56.08% (2001)

Equatorial Guinea arable land: 4.63% permanent crops: 3.57% other: 91.8% (2001)

Eritrea arable land: 4.95% permanent crops: 0.03% other: 95.02% (2001)

Estonia arable land: 16.04% permanent crops: 0.45% other: 83.51% (2001)

Ethiopia arable land: 10.71% permanent crops: 0.75% other: 88.54% (2001)

Europa Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (mangrove forests and woodlands) (2001)

European Union arable land: NA% permanent crops: NA% other: NA%

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (99% permanent pastures, 1% other) (2001)

Faroe Islands arable land: 2.14% permanent crops: 0% other: 97.86% (2001)

Fiji arable land: 10.95% permanent crops: 4.65% other: 84.4% (2001)

Finland arable land: 7.19% permanent crops: 0.03% other: 92.78% (2001)

France arable land: 33.53% permanent crops: 2.07% other: 64.4% (2001)

French Guiana arable land: 0.14% permanent crops: 0.05% other: 99.81% (90% forest, 10% other) (2001)

French Polynesia arable land: 0.82% permanent crops: 5.46% other: 93.72% (2001)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)

Gabon arable land: 1.26% permanent crops: 0.66% other: 98.08% (2001)

Gambia, The arable land: 25% permanent crops: 0.5% other: 74.5% (2001)

Gaza Strip arable land: 28.95% permanent crops: 21.05% other: 50% (2001)

Georgia arable land: 11.44% permanent crops: 3.86% other: 84.7% (2001)

Germany arable land: 33.85% permanent crops: 0.59% other: 65.56% (2001)

Ghana arable land: 16.26% permanent crops: 9.67% other: 74.07% (2001)

Gibraltar arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)

Glorioso Islands arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (all lush vegetation and coconut palms) (2001)

Greece arable land: 21.1% permanent crops: 8.78% other: 70.12% (2001)

Greenland arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)

Grenada arable land: 5.88% permanent crops: 29.41% other: 64.71% (2001)

Guadeloupe arable land: 11.24% permanent crops: 3.55% other: 85.21% (2001)

Guam arable land: 9.09% permanent crops: 16.36% other: 74.55% (2001)

Guatemala arable land: 12.54% permanent crops: 5.03% other: 82.43% (2001)

Guernsey arable land: NA% permanent crops: NA% other: NA%

Guinea arable land: 3.63% permanent crops: 2.58% other: 93.79% (2001)

Guinea-Bissau arable land: 10.67% permanent crops: 8.82% other: 80.51% (2001)

Guyana arable land: 2.44% permanent crops: 0.15% other: 97.41% (2001)

Haiti arable land: 28.3% permanent crops: 11.61% other: 60.09% (2001)

Heard Island and McDonald Islands arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)

Holy See (Vatican City) arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (urban area) (2001)

Honduras arable land: 9.55% permanent crops: 3.22% other: 87.23% (2001)

Hong Kong arable land: 5.05% permanent crops: 1.01% other: 93.94% (2001)

Howland Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)

Hungary arable land: 50.09% permanent crops: 2.06% other: 47.85% (2001)

Iceland arable land: 0.07% permanent crops: 0% other: 99.93% (2001)

India arable land: 54.4% permanent crops: 2.74% other: 42.86% (2001)

Indonesia arable land: 11.32% permanent crops: 7.23% other: 81.45% (2001)

Iran arable land: 8.72% permanent crops: 1.39% other: 89.89% (2001)

Iraq arable land: 13.15% permanent crops: 0.78% other: 86.07% (2001)

Ireland arable land: 15.2% permanent crops: 0.03% other: 84.77% (2001)

Israel arable land: 16.39% permanent crops: 4.17% other: 79.44% (2001)

Italy arable land: 27.79% permanent crops: 9.53% other: 62.68% (2001)

Jamaica arable land: 16.07% permanent crops: 10.16% other: 73.77% (2001)

Jan Mayen arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)

Japan arable land: 12.19% permanent crops: 0.96% other: 86.85% (2001)

Jarvis Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)

Jersey arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)

Johnston Atoll arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)

Jordan arable land: 2.67% permanent crops: 1.83% other: 95.5% (2001)

Juan de Nova Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (90% forest) (2001)

Kazakhstan arable land: 7.98% permanent crops: 0.05% other: 91.97% (2001)

Kenya arable land: 8.08% permanent crops: 0.98% other: 90.94% (2001)

Kingman Reef arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)

Kiribati arable land: 2.74% permanent crops: 50.68% other: 46.58% (2001)

Korea, North arable land: 20.76% permanent crops: 2.49% other: 76.75% (2001)

Korea, South arable land: 17.18% permanent crops: 1.95% other: 80.87% (2001)

Kuwait arable land: 0.73% permanent crops: 0.11% other: 99.16% (2001)

Kyrgyzstan arable land: 7.3% permanent crops: 0.35% other: 92.35% note: Kyrgyzstan has the world's largest natural growth walnut forest (2001)

Laos arable land: 3.8% permanent crops: 0.35% other: 95.85% (2001)

Latvia arable land: 29.67% permanent crops: 0.47% other: 69.86% (2001)

Lebanon arable land: 16.62% permanent crops: 13.98% other: 69.4% (2001)

Lesotho arable land: 10.87% permanent crops: 0.13% other: 89% (2001)

Liberia arable land: 3.95% permanent crops: 2.28% other: 93.77% (2001)

Libya arable land: 1.03% permanent crops: 0.19% other: 98.78% (2001)

Liechtenstein arable land: 25% permanent crops: 0% other: 75% (2001)

Lithuania arable land: 45.22% permanent crops: 0.91% other: 53.87% (2001)

Luxembourg arable land: 23.28% permanent crops: 0.4% other: 76.32% (includes Belgium) (2001)

Macau arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% note: "green areas" represent 22.4% (2001)

Macedonia arable land: 22.26% permanent crops: 1.81% other: 75.93% (2001)

Madagascar arable land: 5.07% permanent crops: 1.03% other: 93.91% (2001)

Malawi arable land: 23.38% permanent crops: 1.49% other: 75.13% (2001)

Malaysia arable land: 5.48% permanent crops: 17.61% other: 76.91% (2001)

Maldives arable land: 13.33% permanent crops: 16.67% other: 70% (2001)

Mali arable land: 3.82% permanent crops: 0.03% other: 96.15% (2001)

Malta arable land: 28.13% permanent crops: 3.13% other: 68.74% (2001)

Man, Isle of arable land: 9% permanent crops: 0% other: 91% (permanent pastures, forests, mountain, and heathland) (2002)

Marshall Islands arable land: 16.67% permanent crops: 38.89% other: 44.44% (2001)

Martinique arable land: 10.38% permanent crops: 9.43% other: 80.19% (2001)

Mauritania arable land: 0.48% permanent crops: 0.01% other: 99.51% (2001)

Mauritius arable land: 49.26% permanent crops: 2.96% other: 47.78% (2001)

Mayotte arable land: NA% permanent crops: NA% other: NA%

Mexico arable land: 12.99% permanent crops: 1.31% other: 85.7% (2001)

Micronesia, Federated States of arable land: 5.71% permanent crops: 45.71% other: 48.58% (2001)

Midway Islands arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)

Moldova arable land: 55.3% permanent crops: 10.79% other: 33.91% (2001)

Monaco arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (urban area) (2001)

Mongolia arable land: 0.77% permanent crops: 0% other: 99.23% (2001)

Montserrat arable land: 20% permanent crops: 0% other: 80% (2001)

Morocco arable land: 19.61% permanent crops: 2.17% other: 78.22% (2001)

Mozambique arable land: 5.1% permanent crops: 0.3% other: 94.6% (2001)

Namibia arable land: 0.99% permanent crops: 0% other: 99.01% (2001)

Nauru arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)

Navassa Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)

Nepal arable land: 21.68% permanent crops: 0.64% other: 77.68% (2001)

Netherlands arable land: 26.71% permanent crops: 0.97% other: 72.32% (2001)

Netherlands Antilles arable land: 10% permanent crops: 0% other: 90% (2001)

New Caledonia arable land: 0.38% permanent crops: 0.33% other: 99.29% (2001)

New Zealand arable land: 5.6% permanent crops: 6.99% other: 87.41% (2001)

Nicaragua arable land: 15.94% permanent crops: 1.94% other: 82.12% (2001)

Niger arable land: 3.54% permanent crops: 0.01% other: 96.45% (2001)

Nigeria arable land: 31.29% permanent crops: 2.96% other: 65.75% (2001)

Niue arable land: 15.38% permanent crops: 11.54% other: 73.08% (2001)

Norfolk Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)

Northern Mariana Islands arable land: 13.04% permanent crops: 4.35% other: 82.61% (2001)

Norway arable land: 2.87% permanent crops: 0% other: 97.13% (2001)

Oman arable land: 0.12% permanent crops: 0.14% other: 99.74% (2001)

Pakistan arable land: 27.87% permanent crops: 0.87% other: 71.26% (2001)

Palau arable land: 8.7% permanent crops: 4.35% other: 86.95% (2001)

Palmyra Atoll arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (forests and woodlands) (2005)

Panama arable land: 7.36% permanent crops: 1.98% other: 90.66% (2001)

Papua New Guinea arable land: 0.46% permanent crops: 1.44% other: 98.1% (2001)

Paracel Islands arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)

Paraguay arable land: 7.6% permanent crops: 0.23% other: 92.17% (2001)

Peru arable land: 2.89% permanent crops: 0.4% other: 96.71% (2001)

Philippines arable land: 18.95% permanent crops: 16.77% other: 64.28% (2001)

Pitcairn Islands arable land: NA% permanent crops: NA% other: NA%

Poland arable land: 45.91% permanent crops: 1.12% other: 52.97% (2001)

Portugal arable land: 21.75% permanent crops: 7.81% other: 70.44% (2001)

Puerto Rico arable land: 3.95% permanent crops: 5.52% other: 90.53% (2001)

Qatar arable land: 1.64% permanent crops: 0.27% other: 98.09% (2001)

Reunion arable land: 13.6% permanent crops: 1.2% other: 85.2% (2001)

Romania arable land: 40.82% permanent crops: 2.25% other: 56.93% (2001)

Russia arable land: 7.33% permanent crops: 0.11% other: 92.56% (2001)

Rwanda arable land: 40.54% permanent crops: 12.16% other: 47.3% (2001)

Saint Helena arable land: 12.9% permanent crops: 0% other: 87.1% (2001)

Saint Kitts and Nevis arable land: 19.44% permanent crops: 2.78% other: 77.78% (2001)

Saint Lucia arable land: 6.56% permanent crops: 22.95% other: 70.49% (2001)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon arable land: 13.04% permanent crops: 0% other: 86.96% (2001)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines arable land: 17.95% permanent crops: 17.95% other: 64.1% (2001)

Samoa arable land: 21.2% permanent crops: 24.38% other: 54.42% (2001)

San Marino arable land: 16.67% permanent crops: 0% other: 83.33% (2001)

Sao Tome and Principe arable land: 6.25% permanent crops: 48.96% other: 44.79% (2001)

Saudi Arabia arable land: 1.67% permanent crops: 0.09% other: 98.24% (2001)

Senegal arable land: 12.78% permanent crops: 0.21% other: 87.01% (2001)

Serbia and Montenegro arable land: 33.35% permanent crops: 3.2% other: 63.45% (2001)

Seychelles arable land: 2.22% permanent crops: 13.33% other: 84.45% (2001)

Sierra Leone arable land: 6.98% permanent crops: 0.89% other: 92.13% (2001)

Singapore arable land: 1.64% permanent crops: 0% other: 98.36% (2001)

Slovakia arable land: 30.16% permanent crops: 2.62% other: 67.22% (2001)

Slovenia arable land: 8.6% permanent crops: 1.49% other: 89.91% (2001)

Solomon Islands arable land: 0.64% permanent crops: 2% other: 97.36% (2001)

Somalia arable land: 1.67% permanent crops: 0.04% other: 98.29% (2001)

South Africa arable land: 12.08% permanent crops: 0.79% other: 87.13% (2001)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (largely covered by permanent ice and snow with some sparse vegetation consisting of grass, moss, and lichen) (2001)

Spain arable land: 26.07% permanent crops: 9.87% other: 64.06% (2001)

Spratly Islands arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)

Sri Lanka arable land: 13.86% permanent crops: 15.7% other: 70.44% (2001)

Sudan arable land: 6.83% permanent crops: 0.18% other: 92.99% (2001)

Suriname arable land: 0.37% permanent crops: 0.06% other: 99.57% (2001)

Svalbard arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (no trees, and the only bushes are crowberry and cloudberry) (2001)

Swaziland arable land: 10.35% permanent crops: 0.7% other: 88.95% (2001)

Sweden arable land: 6.54% permanent crops: 0.01% other: 93.45% (2001)

Switzerland arable land: 10.42% permanent crops: 0.61% other: 88.97% (2001)

Syria arable land: 25.22% permanent crops: 4.43% other: 70.35% (2001)

Taiwan arable land: 24% permanent crops: 1% other: 75% (2001)

Tajikistan arable land: 6.61% permanent crops: 0.92% other: 92.47% (2001)

Tanzania arable land: 4.52% permanent crops: 1.08% other: 94.4% (2001)