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Congo, Democratic Republic of the current situation: Democratic Republic of the Congo is a source and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation; much of this trafficking occurs within the country's unstable eastern provinces and is perpetrated by armed groups outside government control tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Democratic Republic of the Congo is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat trafficking in persons in 2007; while some significant initial advances were noted, the government's capacity to apprehend, convict, or imprison traffickers remained weak; the government lacks sufficient financial, technical, and human resources to effectively address not only trafficking crimes, but also to provide basic levels of security in some parts of the country (2008)
Congo, Republic of the current situation: Republic of the Congo is a source and destination country for children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation; girls are trafficked from rural areas within the country for commercial sexual exploitation, forced street vending, and domestic servitude; children are trafficked from other African countries for domestic servitude, forced market vending, and forced labor in the fishing industry tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Republic of the Congo is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to show evidence of increasing efforts to combat trafficking in persons in 2007; struggling to recover from six years of civil conflict that ended in 2003, the Republic of the Congo's capacity to address trafficking is handicapped; the government neither monitors its borders for trafficking activity nor provides specialized anti-trafficking training for law enforcement officials; the government does not encourage victims to assist in trafficking investigations or prosecutions, and has not taken measures to reduce demand for commercial sex acts in the Republic of the Congo (2008)
Costa Rica current situation: Costa Rica is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor; women and girls from neighboring states, Russia, Uzbekistan, and the Philippines are trafficked into the country for sexual exploitation; Costa Rica also serves as a transit point for victims trafficked to North America and Europe; the government identifies child sex tourism as a serious problem; men, women, and children are also trafficked within the country for forced labor in fishing and construction, and as domestic servants tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Costa Rica is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat human trafficking, particularly in terms of its failure to improve its inadequate assistance to victims; while Costa Rican officials recognize human trafficking as a serious problem, the lack of a stronger response by the government is of concern (2008)
Cote d'Ivoire Cote d'Ivoire is a source, transit, and destination country for women and children trafficked for forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation; trafficking within the country is more prevalent than international trafficking and the majority of victims are children; women and girls are trafficked from northern areas to southern cities for domestic servitude, restaurant labor, and sexual exploitation; boys are trafficked internally for agricultural and service labor and transnationally for forced labor in agriculture, mining, construction, and in the fishing industry; women and girls are trafficked to and from other West and Central African countries for domestic servitude and forced street vending tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Cote d'Ivoire is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking in 2007, particularly with regard to its law enforcement efforts and protection of sex trafficking victims; in addition, Ivoirian law does not prohibit all forms of trafficking, and Cote d'Ivoire has not ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol (2008)
Cuba current situation: Cuba is principally a source country for women and children trafficked within the country for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation and possibly for forced labor; the country is a destination for sex tourism, including child sex tourism, which is a problem in many areas of the country; some Cuban nationals willingly migrate to the United States, but are subsequently exploited for forced labor by their smugglers; Cuba is also a transit point for the smuggling of migrants from China, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Lebanon, and other nations to the United States and Canada tier rating: Tier 3 - Cuba does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; exact information about trafficking in Cuba is difficult to obtain because the government does not acknowledge or condemn human trafficking as a problem in Cuba; tangible efforts to prosecute offenders, protect victims, or prevent human trafficking activity do not appear to have been made during 2007; Cuba has not ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol (2008)
Cyprus current situation: Cyprus is primarily a destination country for a large number of women trafficked from Eastern and Central Europe, the Philippines, and the Dominican Republic for the purpose of sexual exploitation; traffickers continued to fraudulently recruit victims for work as dancers in cabarets and nightclubs on short-term "artiste" visas, for work in pubs and bars on employment visas, or for illegal work on tourist or student visas tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Cyprus is on the Tier 2 Watch List for a third consecutive year for failure to show evidence of increasing efforts to combat human trafficking during 2007; although Cyprus passed a new trafficking law and opened a government trafficking shelter, these efforts are outweighed by its failure to show tangible and critically needed progress in the areas of law enforcement, victim protection, and the prevention of trafficking (2008)
Dominican Republic current situation: the Dominican Republic is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor; a large number of Dominican women are trafficked into prostitution and sexual exploitation in Western Europe, Australia, Central and South America, and Caribbean destinations; a significant number of women, boys, and girls are trafficked within the country for sexual exploitation and domestic servitude tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - for a second consecutive year, the Dominican Republic is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to show evidence of increasing efforts to combat human trafficking, particularly in terms of not adequately investigating and prosecuting public officials who may be complicit with trafficking activity, and inadequate government efforts to protect trafficking victims; the government has taken measures to reduce demand for commercial sex acts with children through criminal prosecutions (2008)
Egypt current situation: Egypt is a transit country for women trafficked from Eastern European countries to Israel for sexual exploitation, and is a source for children trafficked within the country for commercial sexual exploitation and domestic servitude, although the extent to which children are trafficked internally is unknown; children were also recruited for domestic and agricultural work; some of these children face conditions of involuntary servitude, such as restrictions on movement, non-payment of wages, threats, and physical or sexual abuse tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Egypt is on the Tier 2 Watch List for the third year in a row because it did not provide evidence of increasing efforts to investigate and prosecute traffickers; however, in July 2007, the government established the "National Coordinating Committee to Combat and Prevent Trafficking in Persons," which improved inter-governmental coordination on anti-trafficking initiatives; Egypt made no discernible efforts to punish trafficking crimes in 2007 and the Egyptian penal code does not prohibit all forms of trafficking; Egypt did not increase its services to trafficking victims during the reporting period (2008)
Equatorial Guinea current situation: Equatorial Guinea is primarily a destination country for children trafficked for the purpose of forced labor and possibly for the purpose of sexual exploitation; children have been trafficked from nearby countries for domestic servitude, market labor, ambulant vending, and possibly sexual exploitation; women may also be trafficked to Equatorial Guinea from Cameroon, Benin, other neighboring countries, and China for sexual exploitation tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Equatorial Guinea is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking, particularly in the areas of prosecuting and convicting trafficking offenders and failing to formalize mechanisms to provide assistance to victims; although the government made some effort to enforce laws against child labor exploitation, it failed to report any trafficking prosecutions or convictions in 2007; the government continued to lack shelters or formal procedures for providing care to victims (2008)
Fiji current situation: Fiji is a source country for children trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation and a destination country for a small number of women from China and India trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation tier rating: Tier 3 - Fiji does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; the government has demonstrated no action to investigate or prosecute traffickers, assist victims, take steps to reduce the demand for commercial sex acts, or support any anti-trafficking information or education campaigns; Fiji has not ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol (2008)
Gabon current situation: Gabon is predominantly a destination country for children trafficked from other African countries for the purpose of forced labor; girls are primarily trafficked for domestic servitude, forced market vending, forced restaurant labor, and sexual exploitation, while boys are trafficked for forced street hawking and forced labor in small workshops tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Gabon is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat human trafficking in 2007, particularly in terms of efforts to convict and punish trafficking offenders; the government has not reported the convictions or sentences of any trafficking offenders; the government did not take steps to reduce demand for commercial sex acts (2008)
Gambia, The current situation: The Gambia is a source, transit, and destination country for children and women trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation; women and girls, and to a lesser extent boys, are trafficked for sexual exploitation - in particular to meet the demand for European sex tourism - and for domestic servitude; boys are trafficked within the country for forced begging and street vending; Gambian women and children may be trafficked to Europe through trafficking schemes disguised as migrant smuggling tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - for a second consecutive year, The Gambia is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking; The Gambia failed to report any trafficking arrests, prosecutions, or convictions in 2007, and the government demonstrated weak victim protection efforts during the reporting period (2008)
Guatemala current situation: Guatemala is a source, transit, and destination country for Guatemalans and Central Americans trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor; human trafficking is a significant and growing problem in the country; Guatemalan women and children are trafficked within the country for commercial sexual exploitation, primarily to Mexico and the United States; Guatemalan men, women, and children are also trafficked within the country, and to Mexico and the United States, for forced labor tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - for a second consecutive year, Guatemala is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat trafficking in persons, particularly with respect to ensuring that trafficking offenders are appropriately prosecuted for their crimes; while prosecutors initiated trafficking prosecutions, they continued to face problems in court with application of Guatemala's comprehensive anti-trafficking law; the government made modest improvements to its protection efforts, but assistance remained inadequate overall in 2007 (2008)
Guinea current situation: Guinea is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation; the majority of victims are children, and internal trafficking is more prevalent than transnational trafficking; within the country, girls are trafficked primarily for domestic servitude and sexual exploitation, while boys are trafficked for forced agricultural labor, and as forced beggars, street vendors, shoe shiners, and laborers in gold and diamond mines; some Guinean men are also trafficked for agricultural labor within Guinea; transnationally, girls are trafficked into Guinea for domestic servitude and likely also for sexual exploitation tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Guinea is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking over 2006; Guinea demonstrated minimal law enforcement efforts for a second year in a row, while protection efforts diminished over efforts in 2006; the government did not report any trafficking convictions in 2007; due to a lack of resources, the government does not provide shelter services for trafficking victims; the government took no measures to reduce the demand for commercial sexual exploitation (2008)
Guinea-Bissau current situation: Guinea-Bissau is a source country for children trafficked primarily for forced begging and forced agricultural labor to other West African countries tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - for the second year in a row, Guinea-Bissau is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to combat severe forms of trafficking in persons, as evidenced by the continued failure to pass an anti-trafficking law and inadequate efforts to investigate or prosecute trafficking crimes or convict and punish trafficking offenders (2008)
Guyana current situation: Guyana is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor; most trafficking appears to take place in remote mining camps in the country's interior; some women and girls are trafficked from northern Brazil; reporting from other nations suggests Guyanese women and girls are trafficked for sexual exploitation to neighboring countries and Guyanese men and boys are subject to labor exploitation in construction and agriculture; trafficking victims from Suriname, Brazil, and Venezuela transit Guyana en route to Caribbean destinations tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - for a second consecutive year, Guyana is on the Tier 2 Watch List for failing to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat trafficking, particularly in the area of law enforcement actions against trafficking offenders; the government has yet to produce an anti-trafficking conviction under the comprehensive Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act, which became law in 2005; the government operates no shelters for trafficking victims, but did include limited funding for anti-trafficking NGOs in its 2008 budget; the government did not make any effort to reduce demand for commercial sex acts during 2007 (2008)
India current situation: India is a source, destination, and transit country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation; internal forced labor may constitute India's largest trafficking problem; men, women, and children are held in debt bondage and face forced labor working in brick kilns, rice mills, agriculture, and embroidery factories; women and girls are trafficked within the country for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced marriage; children are subjected to forced labor as factory workers, domestic servants, beggars, and agriculture workers, and have been used as armed combatants by some terrorist and insurgent groups; India is also a destination for women and girls from Nepal and Bangladesh trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation; Indian women are trafficked to the Middle East for commercial sexual exploitation; men and women from Bangladesh and Nepal are trafficked through India for forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation in the Middle East tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - India is on the Tier 2 Watch List for a fifth consecutive year for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat human trafficking in 2007; despite the reported extent of the trafficking crisis in India, government authorities made uneven efforts to prosecute traffickers and protect trafficking victims; government authorities continued to rescue victims of commercial sexual exploitation and forced child labor and child armed combatants, and began to show progress in law enforcement against these forms of trafficking; a critical challenge overall is the lack of punishment for traffickers, effectively resulting in impunity for acts of human trafficking; India has not ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol (2008)
Iran current situation: Iran is a source, transit, and destination country for women trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and involuntary servitude; Iranian women are trafficked internally for the purpose of forced prostitution and for forced marriages to settle debts; Iranian children are trafficked internally and Afghan children are trafficked into Iran for the purpose of forced marriages, commercial sexual exploitation, and involuntary servitude as beggars or laborers tier rating: Tier 3 - Iran did not provide evidence of law enforcement activities against trafficking, and credible reports indicate that Iranian authorities punish victims of trafficking with beatings, imprisonment, and execution; Iran has not ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol (2008)
Jordan current situation: Jordan is a destination and transit country for women and men from South and Southeast Asia trafficked for the purpose of forced labor; Jordan is also a destination for women from Eastern Europe and Morocco for prostitution; women from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and the Philippines migrate willingly to work as domestic servants, but some are subjected to conditions of forced labor, including unlawful withholding of passports, restrictions on movement, non-payment of wages, threats, and physical or sexual abuse tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Jordan is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat trafficking in persons in 2007, particularly in the area of law enforcement against trafficking for forced labor; the government made minimal efforts to investigate or prosecute numerous allegations related to exploitation of foreign domestic workers; Jordan failed for a second year to criminally prosecute and punish those who committed acts of forced labor; Jordan also continues to lack victim protection services; Jordan has not ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol (2008)
Korea, North current situation: North Korea is a source country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation; the most common form of trafficking involves North Korean women and girls who cross the border into China voluntarily; additionally, North Korean women and girls are lured out of North Korea to escape poor social and economic conditions by the promise of food, jobs, and freedom, only to be forced into prostitution, marriage, or exploitative labor arrangements once in China tier rating: Tier 3 - North Korea does not fully comply with minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; the government does not acknowledge the existence of human rights abuses in the country or recognize trafficking, either within the country or transnationally; North Korea has not ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol (2008)
Kuwait current situation: Kuwait is a destination country for men and women who migrate legally from South and Southeast Asia for domestic or low-skilled labor, but are subjected to conditions of involuntary servitude by employers in Kuwait including conditions of physical and sexual abuse, non-payment of wages, confinement to the home, and withholding of passports to restrict their freedom of movement; Kuwait is reportedly a transit point for South and East Asian workers recruited for low-skilled work in Iraq; some of these workers are deceived as to the true location and nature of this work, and others are subjected to conditions of involuntary servitude in Iraq tier rating: Tier 3 - insufficient efforts in 2007 to prosecute and punish abusive employers and those who traffic women for sexual exploitation; the government failed for the fourth year in a row to live up to promises to provide shelter and protective services for victims of involuntary domestic servitude and other forms of trafficking (2008)
Libya current situation: Libya is a transit and destination country for men and women from sub-Saharan Africa and Asia trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Libya is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to address trafficking in persons in 2007 when compared to 2006, particularly in the area of investigating and prosecuting trafficking offenses; Libya did not publicly release any data on investigations or punishment of any trafficking offenses (2008)
Malaysia current situation: Malaysia is a destination and, to a lesser extent, a source and transit country for women and children trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation, and men, women, and children for forced labor; Malaysia is mainly a destination country for men, women, and children who migrate willingly from South and Southeast Asia to work, some of whom are subjected to conditions of involuntary servitude by Malaysian employers in the domestic, agricultural, construction, plantation, and industrial sectors; to a lesser extent, some Malaysian women, primarily of Chinese ethnicity, are trafficked abroad for commercial sexual exploitation tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Malaysia improved from Tier 3 to the Tier 2 Watch List for 2008 when it enacted comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation in July 2007; however, it did not take action against exploitative employers or labor traffickers in 2007; the government has not ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol (2008)
Moldova current situation: Moldova is a major source and, to a lesser extent, a transit country for women and girls trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation; Moldovan women are trafficked to the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Western Europe; girls and young women are trafficked within the country from rural areas to Chisinau; children are also trafficked to neighboring countries for forced labor and begging; labor trafficking of men to work in the construction, agriculture, and service sectors of Russia is increasingly a problem tier rating: Tier 3 - Moldova does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; the government failed to follow-up on allegations of officials complicit in trafficking cited in the 2007 Report, and it did not demonstrate proactive efforts to identify trafficking victims (2008)
Montenegro current situation: Montenegro is primarily a transit country for the trafficking of women and girls to Western Europe for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation; women and girls from the Balkans and Eastern Europe are trafficked across Montenegro to Western European countries tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Montenegro is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat trafficking in persons in 2007; public attention to the issue of trafficking has diminished considerably in Montenegro in recent years (2008)
Mozambique current situation: Mozambique is a source and, to a much lesser extent, a destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation; the use of forced and bonded child laborers is a common practice in Mozambique's rural areas; women and girls are trafficked from rural to urban areas of Mozambique, as well as to South Africa, for domestic servitude and commercial sexual exploitation; young men and boys are trafficked to South Africa for farm work and mining tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - for the second consecutive year, Mozambique is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat human trafficking in 2007; while the government conducted investigations into cases of human trafficking, there were no prosecutions or convictions of traffickers; government efforts to protect victims of trafficking continued to suffer from limited resources and a lack of political commitment (2008)
Niger current situation: Niger is a source, transit, and destination country for children and women trafficked for forced labor and sexual exploitation; caste-based slavery practices, rooted in ancestral master-slave relationships, continue in isolated areas of the country - an estimated 8,800 to 43,000 Nigeriens live under conditions of traditional slavery; children are trafficked within Niger for forced begging, forced labor in gold mines, domestic servitude, sexual exploitation, and possibly for forced labor in agriculture and stone quarries; women and children from neighboring states are trafficked to and through Niger for domestic servitude, sexual exploitation, forced labor in mines and on farms, and as mechanics and welders tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Niger is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking in 2007; in particular, measures to combat and eliminate traditional slavery practices were weak; the government's overall law enforcement efforts have stalled from 2006; while efforts to protect child trafficking victims were steady, the government failed to provide services to or rescue adult victims subjected to traditional slavery practices, and made poor efforts to educate the public about traditional slavery practices in general (2008)
Oman current situation: Oman is a destination country for men and women primarily from Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan who migrate willingly, but some of whom become victims of trafficking when subjected to conditions of involuntary servitude as domestic workers and laborers; mistreatment includes non-payment of wages, restrictions on movement and withholding of passports, threats, and physical or sexual abuse; Oman may also be a destination country for women from Asia, Eastern Europe, and North Africa for commercial sexual exploitation tier rating: Tier 3 - Oman was rated as Tier 3 for the second consecutive year because it did not report any law enforcement efforts to prosecute and punish trafficking offenses in 2007 and continues to lack victim protection services or a systematic procedure to identify victims of trafficking (2008)
Panama current situation: Panama is a source, transit, and destination country for women and children trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation; the majority of victims are Panamanian women and children trafficked within the country into the sex trade; rural children in Panama may be trafficked internally to urban areas for labor exploitation tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Panama is on the Tier 2 Watch List for failing to show evidence of increasing efforts to combat human trafficking, particularly with respect to prosecuting, convicting, and sentencing human traffickers for their crimes, and for failing to provide adequate victim assistance (2008)
Papua New Guinea current situation: Papua New Guinea is a country of destination for women and children from Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and China trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation; internal trafficking of women and children for the purposes of sexual exploitation and involuntary domestic servitude occurs as well tier rating: Tier 3 - Papua New Guinea does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; the current legal framework does not contain elements of crimes that characterize trafficking; the government lacks victim protection services or a systematic procedure to identify victims of trafficking; the government did not prosecute anyone in 2007 for trafficking; Papua New Guinea has not ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol (2008)
Qatar current situation: Qatar is a destination country for men and women from South and Southeast Asia who migrate willingly, but are subsequently trafficked into involuntary servitude as domestic workers and laborers, and, to a lesser extent, commercial sexual exploitation; the most common offense was forcing workers to accept worse contract terms than those under which they were recruited; other conditions include bonded labor, withholding of pay, restrictions on movement, arbitrary detention, and physical, mental, and sexual abuse tier rating: Tier 3 - Qatar failed, for the second consecutive year, to enforce criminal laws against traffickers, or to provide an effective mechanism to identify and protect victims; it continues to detain and deport victims rather than providing them protection; the government made little progress to increase prosecutions for trafficking in a meaningful way in 2007; workers complaining of working conditions or non-payment of wages were sometimes penalized (2008)
Russia current situation: Russia is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for various purposes; it remains a significant source of women trafficked to over 50 countries for commercial sexual exploitation; Russia is also a transit and destination country for men and women trafficked from Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and North Korea to Central and Western Europe and the Middle East for purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation; internal trafficking remains a problem in Russia with women trafficked from rural areas to urban centers for commercial sexual exploitation, and men trafficked internally and from Central Asia for forced labor in the construction and agricultural industries; debt bondage is common among trafficking victims, and child sex tourism remains a concern tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Russia is on the Tier 2 Watch List for a fifth consecutive year for its failure to show evidence of increasing efforts to combat trafficking over the previous year, particularly in providing assistance to victims of trafficking; comprehensive trafficking victim assistance legislation, which would address key deficiencies, has been pending before the Duma since 2003 and was neither passed nor enacted in 2007 (2008)
Saudi Arabia current situation: Saudi Arabia is a destination country for workers from South and Southeast Asia who are subjected to conditions that constitute involuntary servitude including being subjected to physical and sexual abuse, non-payment of wages, confinement, and withholding of passports as a restriction on their movement; domestic workers are particularly vulnerable because some are confined to the house in which they work unable to seek help; Saudi Arabia is also a destination country for Nigerian, Yemeni, Pakistani, Afghan, Somali, Malian, and Sudanese children trafficked for forced begging and involuntary servitude as street vendors; some Nigerian women were reportedly trafficked into Saudi Arabia for commercial sexual exploitation tier rating: Tier 3 - Saudi Arabia does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; the government continues to lack adequate anti-trafficking laws and, despite evidence of widespread trafficking abuses, did not report any criminal prosecutions, convictions, or prison sentences for trafficking crimes committed against foreign domestic workers (2008)
South Africa current situation: South Africa is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for forced labor and sexual exploitation; women and girls are trafficked internally - and occasionally to European and Asian countries - for sexual exploitation; women from other African countries are trafficked to South Africa and, less frequently, onward to Europe for sexual exploitation; men and boys are trafficked from neighboring countries for forced agricultural labor; Asian and Eastern European women are trafficked to South Africa for debt-bonded sexual exploitation tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - South Africa is on the Tier 2 Watch List for a fourth consecutive year for its failure to show increasing efforts to address trafficking; the government provided inadequate data in 2007 on trafficking crimes investigated or prosecuted, or on resulting convictions or sentences; it also did not provide information on its efforts to protect victims of trafficking; the country continues to deport and/or prosecute suspected foreign victims without providing appropriate protective services (2008)
Sri Lanka current situation: Sri Lanka is a source and destination country for men and women trafficked for the purposes of involuntary servitude and commercial sexual exploitation; Sri Lankan men and women migrate willingly to the Persian Gulf, Middle East, and East Asia to work as construction workers, domestic servants, or garment factory workers, where some find themselves in situations of involuntary servitude when faced with restrictions on movement, withholding of passports, threats, physical or sexual abuse, and debt bondage; children are trafficked internally for commercial sexual exploitation and, less frequently, for forced labor tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - for a second consecutive year, Sri Lanka is on the Tier 2 Watch List for failing to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat severe forms of human trafficking, particularly in the area of law enforcement; the government failed to arrest, prosecute, or convict any person for trafficking offenses and continued to punish some victims of trafficking for crimes committed as a result of being trafficked; Sri Lanka has not ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol (2008)
Sudan current situation: Sudan is a source country for men, women, and children trafficked internally for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation; Sudan is also a transit and destination country for Ethiopian women trafficked abroad for domestic servitude; Sudanese women and girls are trafficked within the country, as well as possibly to Middle Eastern countries for domestic servitude; the terrorist rebel organization, Lord's Resistance Army, continues to harbor small numbers of Sudanese and Ugandan children in the southern part of the country for use as cooks, porters, and combatants; some of these children are also trafficked across borders into Uganda or the Democratic Republic of the Congo; militia groups in Darfur, some of which are linked to the government, abduct women for short periods of forced labor and to perpetrate sexual violence; during the two decades-long north-south civil war, thousands of Dinka women and children were abducted and subsequently enslaved by members of the Missiriya and Rezeigat tribes; while there have been no known new abductions of Dinka by members of Baggara tribes in the last few years, inter-tribal abductions continue in southern Sudan tier rating: Tier 3 - Sudan does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; combating human trafficking through law enforcement or prevention measures was not a priority for the government in 2007 (2008)
Syria current situation: Syria is a destination and transit country for women and children trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor; a significant number of women and children in the large and expanding Iraqi refugee community in Syria are reportedly forced into commercial sexual exploitation by Iraqi gangs or, in some cases, their families; women from Indonesia, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Ethiopia, and Sierra Leone are recruited for work in Syria as domestic servants, but some face conditions of involuntary servitude, including long hours, non-payment of wages, withholding of passports, restrictions on movement, threats, and physical or sexual abuse tier rating: Tier 3 - Syria again failed to report any law enforcement efforts to punish trafficking offenses in 2007; in addition, the government did not offer protection services to victims of trafficking and may have arrested, prosecuted, or deported some victims for prostitution or immigration violations; Syria has not ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol (2008)
Tajikistan current situation: Tajikistan is a source country for women trafficked through Kyrgyzstan and Russia to the UAE, Turkey, and Russia for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation; men are trafficked to Russia and Kazakhstan for the purpose of forced labor, primarily in the construction and agricultural industries; boys and girls are trafficked internally for various purposes, including forced labor and forced begging tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Tajikistan is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat human trafficking, especially efforts to investigate, prosecute, convict, and sentence traffickers; despite evidence of low- and mid-level officials' complicity in trafficking, the government did not punish any public officials for trafficking complicity during 2007; lack of capacity and poor coordination between government institutions remained key obstacles to effective anti-trafficking efforts (2008)
Uzbekistan current situation: Uzbekistan is a source country for women and girls trafficked to Kazakhstan, Russia, Middle East, and Asia for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation; men are trafficked to Kazakhstan and Russia for purposes of forced labor in the construction, cotton, and tobacco industries; men and women are also trafficked internally for the purposes of domestic servitude, forced labor in the agricultural and construction industries, and for commercial sexual exploitation tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Uzbekistan is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat severe forms of trafficking in 2007; the government did not amend its criminal code to increase penalties for convicted traffickers; in March 2008, Uzbekistan adopted ILO Conventions on minimum age of employment and on the elimination of the worst forms of child labor and is working with the ILO on implementation; the government also demonstrated its increasing commitment to combat trafficking in March 2008 by adopting a comprehensive anti-trafficking law; Uzbekistan has not ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol (2008)
Venezuela current situation: Venezuela is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor; Venezuelan women and girls are trafficked within the country for sexual exploitation, lured from the nation's interior to urban and tourist areas; child prostitution in urban areas and child sex tourism in resort destinations appear to be growing; Venezuelan women and girls are trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation to Western Europe, Mexico, and Caribbean destinations tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Venezuela is placed on the Tier 2 Watch List, up from Tier 3, as it showed greater resolve to address trafficking through law enforcement measures and prevention efforts in 2007, although stringent punishment of offenders and victim assistance remain lacking (2008)
World current situation: approximately 800,000 people, mostly women and children, are trafficked annually across national borders, not including millions trafficked within their own countries; at least 80% of the victims are female and up to 50% are minors; 75% of all victims are trafficked into commercial sexual exploitation; almost two-thirds of the global victims are trafficked intra-regionally within East Asia and the Pacific (260,000 to 280,000 people) and Europe and Eurasia (170,000 to 210,000 people) Tier 2 Watch List: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, The Gambia, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, India, Jordan, Libya, Malaysia, Montenegro, Mozambique, Niger, Panama, Republic of the Congo, Russia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe Tier 3: Algeria, Burma, Cuba, Fiji, Iran, Kuwait, Moldova, North Korea, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria (2008)
Zambia current situation: Zambia is a source, transit, and destination country for women and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation; many Zambian child laborers, particularly those in the agriculture, domestic service, and fishing sectors, are also victims of human trafficking; Zambian women, lured by false employment or marriage offers abroad, are trafficked to South Africa via Zimbabwe and to Europe via Malawi for sexual exploitation; Zambia is a transit point for regional trafficking of women and children, particularly from Angola to Namibia and from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to South Africa for agricultural labor tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Zambia is on the Tier 2 Watch List for failing to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat severe forms of trafficking, particularly in regard to its inability to bring alleged traffickers to justice through prosecutions and convictions; unlike 2006, there were no new prosecutions or convictions of alleged traffickers in 2007; government efforts to protect victims of trafficking remained extremely limited throughout the year (2008)
Zimbabwe current situation: Zimbabwe is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation; large scale migration of Zimbabweans to surrounding countries - as they flee a progressively more desperate situation at home - has increased; rural Zimbabwean men, women, and children are trafficked internally to farms for agricultural labor and domestic servitude and to cities for domestic labor and commercial sexual exploitation; young men and boys are trafficked to South Africa for farm work, often laboring for months in South Africa without pay before "employers" have them arrested and deported as illegal immigrants; young women and girls are lured abroad with false employment offers that result in involuntary domestic servitude or commercial sexual exploitation; men, women, and children from neighboring states are trafficked through Zimbabwe en route to South Africa tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Zimbabwe is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat severe forms of human trafficking, and because the absolute number of victims of severe forms of trafficking is significantly increasing; the trafficking situation in the country is worsening as more of the population is made vulnerable by declining socio-economic conditions (2008)
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@2198 Stock of direct foreign investment - at home
Algeria $12.04 billion (2007 est.)
Angola $17.23 billion (2007 est.)
Argentina $65.31 billion (2007 est.)
Australia $315 billion (2007 est.)
Austria $222.9 billion (2007 est.)
Azerbaijan $7.829 billion (2007 est.)
Bahrain $13.31 billion (2007 est.)
Bangladesh $4.971 billion (2007 est.)
Belgium $678.2 billion (2007 est.)
Bermuda $NA
Bolivia $6.88 billion (31 December 2004)
Brazil $248.9 billion (2007 est.)
Bulgaria $33.91 billion (2007 est.)
Canada $527.4 billion (2007 est.)
Cayman Islands $NA
Chad $4.5 billion (2006 est.)
Chile $91.49 billion (2007 est.)
China $758.9 billion (2007 est.)
Colombia $56.19 billion (2007 est.)
Costa Rica $8.53 billion (2007 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire $NA
Croatia $23.13 billion (2007 est.)
Cuba $11.24 billion (2006 est.)
Cyprus $13.36 billion (2007 est.)
Czech Republic $86.75 billion (2007 est.)
Denmark $149.7 billion (2007 est.)
Dominican Republic $12.75 billion (2007 est.)
Ecuador $16.31 billion (2007 est.)
Egypt $48.46 billion (2007 est.)
El Salvador $5.918 billion (2007 est.)
Estonia $16.59 billion (2007 est.)
Fiji $NA
Finland $85.24 billion (2007 est.)
France $942.3 billion (2007 est.)
Germany $855.8 billion (2007 est.)
Ghana $NA
Greece $52.84 billion (2007 est.)
Hong Kong $1.185 trillion (2007 est.)
Hungary $108.6 billion (2007 est.)
Iceland $NA
India $95.96 billion (2007 est.)
Indonesia $57.6 billion (2007 est.)
Iran $6.026 billion (2007 est.)
Ireland $191.4 billion (2007 est.)
Israel $57.97 billion (2007 est.)
Italy $364.8 billion (2007 est.)
Japan $110.8 billion (2007 est.)
Jordan $18.18 billion (2007 est.)
Kazakhstan $40.16 billion (2007 est.)
Kenya $1.249 billion (2007 est.)
Korea, South $119.6 billion (2007 est.)
Kuwait $898 million (2007 est.)
Kyrgyzstan $NA
Latvia $8.62 billion (2007 est.)
Lebanon $NA
Liberia $NA
Libya $6.286 billion (2007 est.)
Lithuania $14.63 billion (2007 est.)
Luxembourg $NA
Macau $6.5 billion (2006)
Macedonia $2.405 billion (2007 est.)
Madagascar $NA
Malawi $NA
Malaysia $86.16 billion (2007 est.)
Malta $NA
Mauritius $NA
Mexico $260.9 billion (2007 est.)
Moldova $NA
Mongolia $NA
Morocco $32.9 billion (2007 est.)
Namibia $NA
Nepal $NA
Netherlands $673.4 billion (2007 est.)
Netherlands Antilles $NA
New Zealand $71.31 billion (2007 est.)
Nigeria $33.64 billion (2007 est.)
Norway $62.63 billion (2007 est.)
Oman $NA
Pakistan $20.01 billion (2007 est.)
Panama $NA
Papua New Guinea $NA
Paraguay $2.057 million (2007)
Peru $24.72 billion (2007 est.)
Philippines $19.88 billion (2007 est.)
Poland $143 billion (2007 est.)
Portugal $91.19 billion (2007 est.)
Qatar $11.18 billion (2007 est.)
Romania $60.82 billion (2007 est.)
Russia $271.6 billion (2006)
Saudi Arabia $NA
Serbia $11.95 billion (2006 est.)
Singapore $214.5 billion (2007 est.)
Slovakia $45.25 billion (2007 est.)
Slovenia $10.41 billion (2007 est.)
South Africa $93.51 billion (2007 est.)
Spain $568.8 billion (2007 est.)
Sri Lanka $NA
Swaziland $NA
Sweden $216.6 billion (2007 est.)
Switzerland $306.4 billion (2007 est.)
Taiwan $92.83 billion (2007)
Tanzania $NA
Thailand $80.83 billion (2007 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago $12.44 billion (2007)
Tunisia $26.22 billion (2007 est.)
Turkey $106.4 billion (2007 est.)
Uganda $NA
Ukraine $31.08 billion (2007 est.)
United Arab Emirates $44.37 billion (2007 est.)
United Kingdom $1.288 trillion (2007 est.)
United States $2.093 trillion (2007 est.)
Uruguay $4.19 billion (2007)
Uzbekistan $NA
Venezuela $43.96 billion (2007 est.)
Vietnam $32.74 billion (2007 est.)
World World total DFI $14 trillion top ten recipients of DFI: US $1.966 trillion; UK $1.324 trillion; France $872.4 billion; Germany $811.0 billion; HK $780.4 billion; China $758.9 billion; Belgium $703.9 billion; Netherlands $535.1 billion; Canada $527.4 billion; Spain $487.8 billion (year-end 2007 est.)
Zambia $NA
Zimbabwe $NA
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@2199 Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad
Algeria $851 million (2007 est.)
Angola $227 million (2006 est.)
Argentina $26.26 billion (2007 est.)
Australia $280.6 billion (2007 est.)
Austria $208.1 billion (2007 est.)
Azerbaijan $4.912 billion (2007 est.)
Bahrain $7.72 billion (2007 est.)
Bangladesh $104 million (2007 est.)
Belgium $540.1 billion (2007 est.)
Bermuda $NA
Bolivia $NA
Brazil $107.1 billion (2007 est.)
Bulgaria $559 million (2007 est.)
Canada $514.7 billion (2007 est.)
Cayman Islands $NA
Chad $NA
Chile $24.68 billion (2007 est.)
China $93.75 billion ( 2007 est.)
Colombia $10.38 billion (2007 est.)
Costa Rica $490 million (2007 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire $NA
Croatia $3.161 billion (2007 est.)
Cuba $4.138 billion (2006 est.)
Cyprus $5.419 billion (2007 est.)
Czech Republic $6.058 billion (2007 est.)
Denmark $166.6 billion (2007 est.)
Dominican Republic $59 million (2007 est.)
Ecuador $1.456 billion (2007 est.)
Egypt $1.295 billion (2007 est.)
El Salvador $384 million (2007 est.)
Estonia $5.873 billion (2007 est.)
Fiji $NA
Finland $113 billion (2007 est.)
France $1.307 trillion (2007 est.)
Germany $1.218 trillion (2007 est.)
Ghana $NA
Greece $30.8 billion (2007 est.)
Hong Kong $1.027 trillion (2007 est.)
Hungary $45.54 billion (2007 est.)
Iceland $NA
India $37.5 billion (2007 est.)
Indonesia $9.225 billion (2006 est.)
Iran $903 million (2007 est.)
Ireland $139.6 billion (2007 est.)
Israel $41.96 billion (2007 est.)
Italy $520.1 billion (2007 est.)
Japan $533.1 billion (2007 est.)
Kazakhstan $3.97 billion (September 2007)
Kenya $47 million (2007 est.)
Korea, South $82.1 billion (2006)
Kuwait $24.22 billion (2007 est.)
Kyrgyzstan $NA
Latvia $699 million (2007 est.)
Lebanon $NA
Liberia $NA
Libya $3.333 billion (2007 est.)
Lithuania $1.642 billion (2007 est.)
Luxembourg $NA
Macau $1.1 billion (2006)
Macedonia $NA
Madagascar $NA
Malawi $NA
Malaysia $42.55 billion (2007 est.)
Malta $NA
Mauritius $NA
Mexico $39.01 billion (2007 est.)
Moldova $NA
Mongolia $NA
Morocco $882 million (2006 est.)
Namibia $NA
Nepal $NA
Netherlands $851.3 billion (2007 est.)
Netherlands Antilles $NA
New Zealand $NA
Nigeria $12.63 billion (2007 est.)
Norway $126.1 billion (2007 est.)
Oman $NA
Pakistan $982 million (2007 est.)
Panama $NA
Papua New Guinea $NA
Paraguay $NA
Peru $1.476 billion (2007 est.)
Philippines $5.584 billion (2007 est.)
Poland $19.69 billion (2007 est.)
Portugal $54.85 billion (2007 est.)
Qatar $5.625 billion (2007 est.)
Romania $915 million (2007 est.)
Russia $209.6 billion (2006)
Saudi Arabia $NA
Serbia $NA
Singapore $111.2 billion (2005)
Slovakia $1.509 billion (2007 est.)
Slovenia $6.127 billion (2007 est.)
South Africa $53.98 billion (2007 est.)
Spain $681.7 billion (2007 est.)
Sri Lanka $NA
Swaziland $NA
Sweden $261.5 billion (2007 est.)
Switzerland $605.6 billion (2007 est.)
Taiwan $108.9 billion (2007)
Tanzania $NA
Thailand $7.013 billion (2007 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago $1.419 billion (2007)
Tunisia $118 million (2007 est.)
Turkey $11.35 billion (2007 est.)
Uganda $NA
Ukraine $895 million (2007 est.)
United Arab Emirates $14.14 billion (2007 est.)
United Kingdom $1.707 trillion (2007 est.)
United States $2.791 trillion (2007 est.)
Uruguay $156 million (2007)
Uzbekistan $NA
Venezuela $13.81 billion (2007 est.)
Vietnam $NA
World World total DFI $14 trillion top ten sources of DFI: US $2.627 trillion; UK $1.741 trillion; France $1.211 trillion; Germany $1.123 trillion; Netherlands $811.4 billion; HK $716.2 billion; Spain $613.9 billion; Switzerland $591.5 billion; Belgium $537.6 billion; Japan $527.8 billion (year-end 2007 est.)
Zambia $NA
Zimbabwe $NA
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@2200 Market value of publicly traded shares
Afghanistan $NA
Albania $NA
Algeria $NA
Argentina $79.73 billion (2006)
Armenia $42.8 million (2005)
Australia $804.1 billion (2005)
Austria $126.3 billion (2005)
Azerbaijan $NA
Bahamas, The $NA
Bahrain $21.12 billion (2006)
Bangladesh $3.61 billion (2006)
Barbados $5.513 billion (2005)
Belarus $NA
Belgium $422.7 billion (2006)
Belize $NA
Benin $NA
Bermuda $2.125 billion (2005)
Bhutan $NA
Bolivia $2.2 billion (2005)
Bosnia and Herzegovina $NA
Botswana $3.947 billion (2006)
Brazil $711.1 billion (2006)
Brunei $NA
Bulgaria $10.32 billion (2006)
Burkina Faso $NA
Burma $NA
Burundi $NA
Cambodia $NA
Cameroon $NA
Canada $1.481 trillion (2005)
Cayman Islands $130 million (2005)
Central African Republic $NA
Chad $NA
Chile $174.6 billion (2006)
China $4.477 trillion (31 December 2007 est.)
Colombia $56.2 billion (2006)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the $NA
Congo, Republic of the $NA
Costa Rica $1.478 billion (2005)
Cote d'Ivoire $4.155 billion (2006)
Croatia $29.01 billion (2006)
Cyprus $48.2 billion (2005)
Czech Republic $48.6 billion (2006)
Denmark $178 billion (2005)
Dominican Republic $NA
Ecuador $4.04 billion (2006)
Egypt $93.48 billion (2006)
El Salvador $3.623 billion (2005)
Estonia $5.963 billion (2006)
Ethiopia $NA
European Union $11.64 trillion (2006)
Fiji $586.7 million (2005)
Finland $1.095 trillion (January 2008)
France $1.71 trillion (2005)
French Polynesia $NA
Gabon $NA
Gambia, The $NA
Georgia $1.39 billion (2007)
Germany $1.221 trillion (2005)
Ghana $13.01 billion (2007)
Greece $145 billion (2005)
Grenada $NA
Guatemala $NA
Guinea $NA
Guinea-Bissau $NA
Guyana $187.3 million (2005)
Haiti $NA
Honduras $NA
Hong Kong $2.97 trillion (2007 est.)
Hungary $41.93 billion (2006)
Iceland $27.8 billion (2005)
India $818.9 billion (2006)
Indonesia $138.9 billion (2006)
Iran $45.2 billion (December 2007)
Iraq $NA
Ireland $114.1 billion (2005)
Isle of Man $NA
Israel $173.3 billion (2006)
Italy $798.2 billion (2005)
Jamaica $12.28 billion (2006)
Japan $4.737 trillion (2005)
Jersey $NA
Jordan $29.73 billion (2006)
Kazakhstan $10.52 billion (2005)
Kenya $11.38 billion (2006)
Kiribati $NA
Korea, South $1.051 trillion (2007)
Kuwait $128.9 billion (2006)
Kyrgyzstan $41.99 million (2005)
Latvia $2.705 billion (2006)
Lebanon $8.279 billion (2006)
Liberia $NA
Libya $NA
Liechtenstein $NA
Lithuania $10.19 billion (2006)
Luxembourg $79.4 billion (2006)
Macau $413.1 million (2004)
Macedonia $646 million (2005)
Madagascar $NA
Malawi $NA
Malaysia $235.4 billion (2006)
Maldives $NA
Mali $NA
Malta $4.097 billion (2005)
Mauritania $NA
Mauritius $5.7 billion (2007)
Mayotte $NA
Mexico $348.3 billion (2006)
Micronesia, Federated States of $NA
Moldova $573.9 million (2004)
Monaco $NA
Mongolia $613.3 million (2007)
Montenegro $NA
Morocco $49.6 billion (2006)
Mozambique $NA
Namibia $541.8 million (2006)
Nepal $963.5 million (2005)
Netherlands $924.4 billion (November 2007)
Netherlands Antilles $488.6 billion (2003)
New Caledonia $NA
New Zealand $40.62 billion (2005)
Nicaragua $NA
Niger $NA
Nigeria $32.82 billion (2006)
Norway $191 billion (2005)
Oman $16.16 billion (2006)
Pakistan $45.52 billion (2006)
Palau $NA
Panama $5.074 billion (2005)
Papua New Guinea $4.863 billion (2005)
Paraguay $233.8 million (2005)
Peru $59.66 billion (2006)
Philippines $103.4 billion (2007)
Poland $149.1 billion (2006)
Portugal $66.98 billion (2005)
Puerto Rico $NA
Qatar $61.56 billion (2006)
Romania $45.42 billion (2007)
Russia $1.322 trillion (2006)
Rwanda $NA
Samoa $NA
San Marino $NA
Sao Tome and Principe $NA
Saudi Arabia $326.9 billion (2006)
Senegal $NA
Serbia $5.409 billion (2005)
Seychelles $NA
Sierra Leone $NA
Singapore $382.4 billion (2007)
Slovakia $5.574 billion (2006)
Slovenia $15.18 billion (2006)
South Africa $842 billion (January 2008)
Spain $960 billion (2005)
Sri Lanka $7.769 billion (2006)
Sudan $NA
Suriname $NA
Swaziland $196.8 million (2005)
Sweden $403.9 billion (2005)
Switzerland $938.6 billion (2005)
Syria $NA
Taiwan $654 billion (28 December 2007)
Tajikistan $NA
Tanzania $587.9 million (2005)
Thailand $139.6 billion (2006)
Timor-Leste $NA
Togo $NA
Tonga $NA
Trinidad and Tobago $15.57 billion (2006)
Tunisia $4.446 billion (2006)
Turkey $162.4 billion (2006)
Turkmenistan $NA
Uganda $103.4 million (2005)
Ukraine $42.87 billion (2006)
United Arab Emirates $138.5 billion (2006)
United Kingdom $3.058 trillion (2005)
United States $17 trillion (2005)
Uruguay $224 million (2007)
Uzbekistan $36.89 million (2005)
Vanuatu $NA
Venezuela $8.251 billion (2006)
Vietnam $NA
West Bank $4.461 billion (2005)
World $53.51 trillion (2006)
Yemen $NA
Zambia $4.5 billion (2007)
Zimbabwe $26.56 billion (2006)
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@2201 Total renewable water resources (cu km)
Afghanistan 65 cu km (1997)
Albania 41.7 cu km (2001)
Algeria 14.3 cu km (1997)
Angola 184 cu km (1987)
Antigua and Barbuda 0.1 cu km (2000)
Argentina 814 cu km (2000)
Armenia 10.5 cu km (1997)
Australia 398 cu km (1995)
Austria 84 cu km (2005)
Azerbaijan 30.3 cu km (1997)
Bahamas, The NA
Bahrain 0.1 cu km (1997)
Bangladesh 1,210.6 cu km (1999)
Barbados 0.1 cu km (2003)
Belarus 58 cu km (1997)
Belgium 20.8 cu km (2005)
Belize 18.6 cu km (2000)
Benin 25.8 cu km (2001)
Bhutan 95 cu km (1987)
Bolivia 622.5 cu km (2000)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 37.5 cu km (2003)
Botswana 14.7 cu km (2001)
Brazil 8,233 cu km (2000)
Brunei 8.5 cu km (1999)
Bulgaria 19.4 cu km (2005)
Burkina Faso 17.5 cu km (2001)
Burma 1,045.6 cu km (1999)
Burundi 3.6 cu km (1987)
Cambodia 476.1 cu km (1999)
Cameroon 285.5 cu km (2003)
Canada 3,300 cu km (1985)
Cape Verde 0.3 cu km (1990)
Central African Republic 144.4 cu km (2003)
Chad 43 cu km (1987)
Chile 922 cu km (2000)
China 2,829.6 cu km (1999)
Colombia 2,132 cu km (2000)
Comoros 1.2 cu km (2003)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1,283 cu km (2001)
Congo, Republic of the 832 cu km (1987)
Costa Rica 112.4 cu km (2000)
Cote d'Ivoire 81 cu km (2001)
Croatia 105.5 cu km (1998)
Cuba 38.1 cu km (2000)
Cyprus 0.4 cu km (2005)
Czech Republic 16 cu km (2005)
Denmark 6.1 cu km (2003)
Djibouti 0.3 cu km (1997)
Dominica NA
Dominican Republic 21 cu km (2000)
Ecuador 432 cu km (2000)
Egypt 86.8 cu km (1997)
El Salvador 25.2 cu km (2001)
Equatorial Guinea 26 cu km (2001)
Eritrea 6.3 cu km (2001)
Estonia 21.1 cu km (2005)
Ethiopia 110 cu km (1987)
Fiji 28.6 cu km (1987)
Finland 110 cu km (2005)
France 189 cu km (2005)
Gabon 164 cu km (1987)
Gambia, The 8 cu km (1982)
Georgia 63.3 cu km (1997)
Germany 188 cu km (2005)
Ghana 53.2 cu km (2001)
Greece 72 cu km (2005)
Grenada NA
Guatemala 111.3 cu km (2000)
Guinea 226 cu km (1987)
Guinea-Bissau 31 cu km (2003)
Guyana 241 cu km (2000)
Haiti 14 cu km (2000)
Honduras 95.9 cu km (2000)
Hungary 120 cu km (2005)
Iceland 170 cu km (2005)
India 1,907.8 cu km (1999)
Indonesia 2,838 cu km (1999)
Iran 137.5 cu km (1997)
Iraq 96.4 cu km (1997)
Ireland 46.8 cu km (2003)
Israel 1.7 cu km (2001)
Italy 175 cu km (2005)
Jamaica 9.4 cu km (2000)
Japan 430 cu km (1999)
Jordan 0.9 cu km (1997)
Kazakhstan 109.6 cu km (1997)
Kenya 30.2 cu km (1990)
Korea, North 77.1 cu km (1999)
Korea, South 69.7 cu km (1999)
Kuwait 0.02 cu km (1997)
Kyrgyzstan 46.5 cu km (1997)
Laos 333.6 cu km (2003)
Latvia 49.9 cu km (2005)
Lebanon 4.8 cu km (1997)
Lesotho 5.2 cu km (1987)
Liberia 232 cu km (1987)
Libya 0.6 cu km (1997)
Lithuania 24.5 cu km (2005)
Luxembourg 1.6 cu km (2005)
Macedonia 6.4 cu km (2001)
Madagascar 337 cu km (1984)
Malawi 17.3 cu km (2001)
Malaysia 580 cu km (1999)
Maldives 0.03 cu km (1999)
Mali 100 cu km (2001)
Malta 0.07 cu km (2005)
Mauritania 11.4 cu km (1997)
Mauritius 2.2 cu km (2001)
Mexico 457.2 cu km (2000)
Moldova 11.7 cu km (1997)
Mongolia 34.8 cu km (1999)
Morocco 29 cu km (2003)
Mozambique 216 cu km (1992)
Namibia 45.5 cu km (1991)
Nepal 210.2 cu km (1999)
Netherlands 89.7 cu km (2005)
New Zealand 397 cu km (1995)
Nicaragua 196.7 cu km (2000)
Niger 33.7 cu km (2003)
Nigeria 286.2 cu km (2003)
Norway 381.4 cu km (2005)
Oman 1 cu km (1997)
Pakistan 233.8 cu km (2003)
Panama 148 cu km (2000)
Papua New Guinea 801 cu km (1987)
Paraguay 336 cu km (2000)
Peru 1,913 cu km (2000)
Philippines 479 cu km (1999)
Poland 63.1 cu km (2005)
Portugal 73.6 cu km (2005)
Qatar 0.1 cu km (1997)
Romania 42.3 cu km (2003)
Russia 4,498 cu km (1997)
Rwanda 5.2 cu km (2003)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.02 cu km (2000)
Saudi Arabia 2.4 cu km (1997)
Senegal 39.4 cu km (1987)
Serbia 208.5 cu km (note - includes Kosovo) (2003)
Sierra Leone 160 cu km (1987)
Singapore 0.6 cu km (1975)
Slovakia 50.1 cu km (2003)
Slovenia 32.1 cu km (2005)
Solomon Islands 44.7 cu km (1987)
Somalia 15.7 cu km (1997)
South Africa 50 cu km (1990)
Spain 111.1 cu km (2005)
Sri Lanka 50 cu km (1999)
Sudan 154 cu km (1997)
Suriname 122 cu km (2003)
Swaziland 4.5 cu km (1987)
Sweden 179 cu km (2005)
Switzerland 53.3 cu km (2005)
Syria 46.1 cu km (1997)
Taiwan 67 cu km (2000)
Tajikistan 99.7 cu km (1997)
Tanzania 91 cu km (2001)
Thailand 409.9 cu km (1999)
Togo 14.7 cu km (2001)
Trinidad and Tobago 3.8 cu km (2000)
Tunisia 4.6 cu km (2003)
Turkey 234 cu km (2003)
Turkmenistan 60.9 cu km (1997)
Uganda 66 cu km (1970)
Ukraine 139.5 cu km (1997)
United Arab Emirates 0.2 cu km (1997)
United Kingdom 160.6 cu km (2005)
United States 3,069 cu km (1985)
Uruguay 139 cu km (2000)
Uzbekistan 72.2 cu km (2003)
Venezuela 1,233.2 cu km (2000)
Vietnam 891.2 cu km (1999)
Yemen 4.1 cu km (1997)
Zambia 105.2 cu km (2001)
Zimbabwe 20 cu km (1987)
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@2202 Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) ()
Afghanistan total: 23.26 cu km/yr (2%/0%/98%) per capita: 779 cu m/yr (2000)
Albania total: 1.71 cu km/yr (27%/11%/62%) per capita: 546 cu m/yr (2000)
Algeria total: 6.07 cu km/yr (22%/13%/65%) per capita: 185 cu m/yr (2000)
Angola total: 0.35 cu km/yr (23%/17%/60%) per capita: 22 cu m/yr (2000)
Antigua and Barbuda total: 0.005 cu km/yr (60%/20%/20%) per capita: 63 cu m/yr (1990)
Argentina total: 29.19 cu km/yr (17%/9%/74%) per capita: 753 cu m/yr (2000)
Armenia total: 2.95 cu km/yr (30%/4%/66%) per capita: 977 cu m/yr (2000)
Australia total: 24.06 cu km/yr (15%/10%/75%) per capita: 1,193 cu m/yr (2000)
Austria total: 3.67 cu km/yr (35%/64%/1%) per capita: 448 cu m/yr (1999)
Azerbaijan total: 17.25 cu km/yr (5%/28%/68%) per capita: 2,051 cu m/yr (2000)
Bahrain total: 0.3 cu km/yr (40%/3%/57%) per capita: 411 cu m/yr (2000)
Bangladesh total: 79.4 cu km/yr (3%/1%/96%) per capita: 560 cu m/yr (2000)
Barbados total: 0.09 cu km/yr (33%/44%/22%) per capita: 333 cu m/yr (2000)
Belarus total: 2.79 cu km/yr (23%/47%/30%) per capita: 286 cu m/yr (2000)
Belgium total: 7.44 cu km/yr (13%/85%/1%) per capita: 714 cu m/yr (1998)
Belize total: 0.15 cu km/yr (7%/73%/20%) per capita: 556 cu m/yr (2000)
Benin total: 0.13 cu km/yr (32%/23%/45%) per capita: 15 cu m/yr (2001)
Bhutan total: 0.43 cu km/yr (5%/1%/94%) per capita: 199 cu m/yr (2000)
Bolivia total: 1.44 cu km/yr (13%/7%/81%) per capita: 157 cu m/yr (2000)
Botswana total: 0.19 cu km/yr (41%/18%/41%) per capita: 107 cu m/yr (2000)
Brazil total: 59.3 cu km/yr (20%/18%/62%) per capita: 318 cu m/yr (2000)
Brunei total: 0.09 per capita: 243 cu m/yr (1994)
Bulgaria total: 6.92 cu km/yr (3%/78%/19%) per capita: 895 cu m/yr (2003)
Burkina Faso total: 0.8 cu km/yr (13%/1%/86%) per capita: 60 cu m/yr (2000)
Burma total: 33.23 cu km/yr (1%/1%/98%) per capita: 658 cu m/yr (2000)
Burundi total: 0.29 cu km/yr (17%/6%/77%) per capita: 38 cu m/yr (2000)
Cambodia total: 4.08 cu km/yr (1%/0%/98%) per capita: 290 cu m/yr (2000)
Cameroon total: 0.99 cu km/yr (18%/8%/74%) per capita: 61 cu m/yr (2000)
Canada total: 44.72 cu km/yr (20%/69%/12%) per capita: 1,386 cu m/yr (1996)
Cape Verde total: 0.02 cu km/yr (7%/2%/91%) per capita: 39 cu m/yr (2000)
Central African Republic total: 0.03 cu km/yr (80%/16%/4%) per capita: 7 cu m/yr (2000)
Chad total: 0.23 cu km/yr (17%/0%/83%) per capita: 24 cu m/yr (2000)
Chile total: 12.55 cu km/yr (11%/25%/64%) per capita: 770 cu m/yr (2000)
China total: 549.76 cu km/yr (7%/26%/68%) per capita: 415 cu m/yr (2000)
Colombia total: 10.71 cu km/yr (50%/4%/46%) per capita: 235 cu m/yr (2000)
Comoros total: 0.01 cu km/yr (48%/5%/47%) per capita: 13 cu m/yr (1999)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the total: 0.36 cu km/yr (53%/17%/31%) per capita: 6 cu m/yr (2000)
Congo, Republic of the total: 0.03 cu km/yr (59%/29%/12%) per capita: 8 cu m/yr (2000)
Costa Rica total: 2.68 cu km/yr (29%/17%/53%) per capita: 619 cu m/yr (2000)
Cote d'Ivoire total: 0.93 cu km/yr (24%/12%/65%) per capita: 51 cu m/yr (2000)
Cuba total: 8.2 cu km/yr (19%/12%/69%) per capita: 728 cu m/yr (2000)
Cyprus total: 0.21 cu km/yr (27%/1%/71%) per capita: 250 cu m/yr (2000)
Czech Republic total: 1.91 cu km/yr (41%/57%/2%) per capita: 187 cu m/yr (2002)
Denmark total: 0.67 cu km/yr (32%/26%/42%) per capita: 123 cu m/yr (2002)
Djibouti total: 0.02 cu km/yr (84%/0%/16%) per capita: 25 cu m/yr (2000)
Dominica total: 0.02 cu km/yr per capita: 213 cu m/yr (1996)
Dominican Republic total: 3.39 cu km/yr (32%/2%/66%) per capita: 381 cu m/yr (2000)
Ecuador total: 16.98 cu km/yr (12%/5%/82%) per capita: 1,283 cu m/yr (2000)
Egypt total: 68.3 cu km/yr (8%/6%/86%) per capita: 923 cu m/yr (2000)
El Salvador total: 1.28 cu km/yr (25%/16%/59%) per capita: 186 cu m/yr (2000)
Equatorial Guinea total: 0.11 cu km/yr (83%/16%/1%) per capita: 220 cu m/yr (2000)
Eritrea total: 0.3 cu km/yr (3%/0%/97%) per capita: 68 cu m/yr (2000)
Estonia total: 1.41 cu km/yr (56%/39%/5%) per capita: 1,060 cu m/yr (2002)
Ethiopia total: 5.56 cu km/yr (6%/0%/94%) per capita: 72 cu m/yr (2002)
Fiji total: 0.07 cu km/yr (14%/14%/71%) per capita: 82 cu m/yr (2000)
Finland total: 2.33 cu km/yr (14%/84%/3%) per capita: 444 cu m/yr (1999)
France total: 33.16 cu km/yr (16%/74%/10%) per capita: 548 cu m/yr (2000)
Gabon total: 0.12 cu km/yr (50%/8%/42%) per capita: 87 cu m/yr (2000)
Gambia, The total: 0.03 cu km/yr (23%/12%/65%) per capita: 20 cu m/yr (2000)
Georgia total: 3.61 cu km/yr (20%/21%/59%) per capita: 808 cu m/yr (2000)
Germany total: 38.01 cu km/yr (12%/68%/20%) per capita: 460 cu m/yr (2001)
Ghana total: 0.98 cu km/yr (24%/10%/66%) per capita: 44 cu m/yr (2000)
Greece total: 8.7 cu km/yr (16%/3%/81%) per capita: 782 cu m/yr (1997)
Guatemala total: 2.01 cu km/yr (6%/13%/80%) per capita: 160 cu m/yr (2000)
Guinea total: 1.51 cu km/yr (8%/2%/90%) per capita: 161 cu m/yr (2000)
Guinea-Bissau total: 0.18 cu km/yr (13%/5%/82%) per capita: 113 cu m/yr (2000)
Guyana total: 1.64 cu km/yr (2%/1%/98%) per capita: 2,187 cu m/yr (2000)
Haiti total: 0.99 cu km/yr (5%/1%/94%) per capita: 116 cu m/yr (2000)
Honduras total: 0.86 cu km/yr (8%/12%/80%) per capita: 119 cu m/yr (2000)
Hungary total: 21.03 cu km/yr (9%/59%/32%) per capita: 2,082 cu m/yr (2001)
Iceland total: 0.17 cu km/yr (34%/66%/0%) per capita: 567 cu m/yr (2003)
India total: 645.84 cu km/yr (8%/5%/86%) per capita: 585 cu m/yr (2000)
Indonesia total: 82.78 cu km/yr (8%/1%/91%) per capita: 372 cu m/yr (2000)
Iran total: 72.88 cu km/yr (7%/2%/91%) per capita: 1,048 cu m/yr (2000)
Iraq total: 42.7 cu km/yr (3%/5%/92%) per capita: 1,482 cu m/yr (2000)
Ireland total: 1.18 cu km/yr (23%/77%/0%) per capita: 284 cu m/yr (1994)
Israel total: 2.05 cu km/yr (31%/7%/62%) per capita: 305 cu m/yr (2000)
Italy total: 41.98 cu km/yr (18%/37%/45%) per capita: 723 cu m/yr (1998)
Jamaica total: 0.41 cu km/yr (34%/17%/49%) per capita: 155 cu m/yr (2000)
Japan total: 88.43 cu km/yr (20%/18%/62%) per capita: 690 cu m/yr (2000)
Jordan total: 1.01 cu km/yr (21%/4%/75%) per capita: 177 cu m/yr (2000)
Kazakhstan total: 35 cu km/yr (2%/17%/82%) per capita: 2,360 cu m/yr (2000)
Kenya total: 1.58 cu km/yr (30%/6%/64%) per capita: 46 cu m/yr (2000)
Korea, North total: 9.02 cu km/yr (20%/25%/55%) per capita: 401 cu m/yr (2000)
Korea, South total: 18.59 cu km/yr (36%/16%/48%) per capita: 389 cu m/yr (2000)
Kuwait total: 0.44 cu km/yr (45%/2%/52%) per capita: 164 cu m/yr (2000)
Kyrgyzstan total: 10.08 cu km/yr (3%/3%/94%) per capita: 1,916 cu m/yr (2000)
Laos total: 3 cu km/yr (4%/6%/90%) per capita: 507 cu m/yr (2000)
Latvia total: 0.25 cu km/yr (55%/33%/12%) per capita: 108 cu m/yr (2003)
Lebanon total: 1.38 cu km/yr (33%/1%/67%) per capita: 385 cu m/yr (2000)
Lesotho total: 0.05 cu km/yr (40%/40%/20%) per capita: 28 cu m/yr (2000)
Liberia total: 0.11 cu km/yr (27%/18%/55%) per capita: 34 cu m/yr (2000)
Libya total: 4.27 cu km/yr (14%/3%/83%) per capita: 730 cu m/yr (2000)
Lithuania total: 3.33 cu km/yr (78%/15%/7%) per capita: 971 cu m/yr (2003)
Luxembourg total: 0.06 cu km/yr (42%/45%/13%) per capita: 121 cu m/yr (1999)
Macedonia total: 2.27 per capita: 1,118 cu m/yr (2000)
Madagascar total: 14.96 cu km/yr (3%/2%/96%) per capita: 804 cu m/yr (2000)
Malawi total: 1.01 cu km/yr (15%/5%/80%) per capita: 78 cu m/yr (2000)
Malaysia total: 9.02 cu km/yr (17%/21%/62%) per capita: 356 cu m/yr (2000)
Maldives total: 0.003 cu km/yr (98%/2%/0%) per capita: 9 cu m/yr (1987)
Mali total: 6.55 cu km/yr (9%/1%/90%) per capita: 484 cu m/yr (2000)
Malta total: 0.02 cu km/yr (74%/1%/25%) per capita: 50 cu m/yr (2000)
Mauritania total: 1.7 cu km/yr (9%/3%/88%) per capita: 554 cu m/yr (2000)
Mauritius total: 0.61 cu km/yr (25%/14%/60%) per capita: 488 cu m/yr (2000)
Mexico total: 78.22 cu km/yr (17%/5%/77%) per capita: 731 cu m/yr (2000)
Moldova total: 2.31 cu km/yr (10%/58%/33%) per capita: 549 cu m/yr (2000)
Mongolia total: 0.44 cu km/yr (20%/27%/52%) per capita: 166 cu m/yr (2000)
Morocco total: 12.6 cu km/yr (10%/3%/87%) per capita: 400 cu m/yr (2000)
Mozambique total: 0.63 cu km/yr (11%/2%/87%) per capita: 32 cu m/yr (2000)
Namibia total: 0.3 cu km/yr (24%/5%/71%) per capita: 148 cu m/yr (2000)
Nepal total: 10.18 cu km/yr (3%/1%/96%) per capita: 375 cu m/yr (2000)
Netherlands total: 8.86 cu km/yr (6%/60%/34%) per capita: 544 cu m/yr (2001)
New Zealand total: 2.11 cu km/yr (48%/9%/42%) per capita: 524 cu m/yr (2000)
Nicaragua total: 1.3 cu km/yr (15%/2%/83%) per capita: 237 cu m/yr (2000)
Niger total: 2.18 cu km/yr (4%/0%/95%) per capita: 156 cu m/yr (2000)
Nigeria total: 8.01 cu km/yr (21%/10%/69%) per capita: 61 cu m/yr (2000)
Norway total: 2.4 cu km/yr (23%/67%/10%) per capita: 519 cu m/yr (1996)
Oman total: 1.36 cu km/yr (7%/2%/90%) per capita: 529 cu m/yr (2000)
Pakistan total: 169.39 cu km/yr (2%/2%/96%) per capita: 1,072 cu m/yr (2000)
Panama total: 0.82 cu km/yr (67%/5%/28%) per capita: 254 cu m/yr (2000)
Papua New Guinea total: 0.1 cu km/yr (56%/43%/1%) per capita: 17 cu m/yr (1987)
Paraguay total: 0.49 cu km/yr (20%/8%/71%) per capita: 80 cu m/yr (2000)
Peru total: 20.13 cu km/yr (8%/10%/82%) per capita: 720 cu m/yr (2000)
Philippines total: 28.52 cu km/yr (17%/9%/74%) per capita: 343 cu m/yr (2000)
Poland total: 11.73 cu km/yr (13%/79%/8%) per capita: 304 cu m/yr (2002)
Portugal total: 11.09 cu km/yr (10%/12%/78%) per capita: 1,056 cu m/yr (1998)
Qatar total: 0.29 cu km/yr (24%/3%/72%) per capita: 358 cu m/yr (2000)
Romania total: 6.5 cu km/yr (9%/34%/57%) per capita: 299 cu m/yr (2003)
Russia total: 76.68 cu km/yr (19%/63%/18%) per capita: 535 cu m/yr (2000)
Rwanda total: 0.15 cu km/yr (24%/8%/68%) per capita: 17 cu m/yr (2000)
Saint Lucia total: 0.01 per capita: 81 cu m/yr (1997)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines total: 0.01 per capita: 83 cu m/yr (1995)
Saudi Arabia total: 17.32 cu km/yr (10%/1%/89%) per capita: 705 cu m/yr (2000)
Senegal total: 2.22 cu km/yr (4%/3%/93%) per capita: 190 cu m/yr (2002)
Sierra Leone total: 0.38 cu km/yr (5%/3%/92%) per capita: 69 cu m/yr (2000)
Singapore total: 0.19 cu km/yr (45%/51%/4%) per capita: 44 cu m/yr (1975)
Slovakia total: 1.04 per capita: 193 cu m/yr (2003)
Slovenia total: 0.9 per capita: 457 cu m/yr (2002)
Somalia total: 3.29 cu km/yr (0%/0%/100%) per capita: 400 cu m/yr (2000)
South Africa total: 12.5 cu km/yr (31%/6%/63%) per capita: 264 cu m/yr (2000)
Spain total: 37.22 cu km/yr (13%/19%/68%) per capita: 864 cu m/yr (2002)
Sri Lanka total: 12.61 cu km/yr (2%/2%/95%) per capita: 608 cu m/yr (2000)
Sudan total: 37.32 cu km/yr (3%/1%/97%) per capita: 1,030 cu m/yr (2000)
Suriname total: 0.67 cu km/yr (4%/3%/93%) per capita: 1,489 cu m/yr (2000)
Swaziland total: 1.04 cu km/yr (2%/1%/97%) per capita: 1,010 cu m/yr (2000)
Sweden total: 2.68 cu km/yr (37%/54%/9%) per capita: 296 cu m/yr (2002)
Switzerland total: 2.52 cu km/yr (24%/74%/2%) per capita: 348 cu m/yr (2002)
Syria total: 19.95 cu km/yr (3%/2%/95%) per capita: 1,048 cu m/yr (2000)
Tajikistan total: 11.96 cu km/yr (4%/5%/92%) per capita: 1,837 cu m/yr (2000)
Tanzania total: 5.18 cu km/yr (10%/0%/89%) per capita: 135 cu m/yr (2000)
Thailand total: 82.75 cu km/yr (2%/2%/95%) per capita: 1,288 cu m/yr (2000)
Togo total: 0.17 cu km/yr (53%/2%/45%) per capita: 28 cu m/yr (2000)
Trinidad and Tobago total: 0.31 cu km/yr (68%/26%/6%) per capita: 237 cu m/yr (2000)
Tunisia total: 2.64 cu km/yr (14%/4%/82%) per capita: 261 cu m/yr (2000)
Turkey total: 39.78 cu km/yr (15%/11%/74%) per capita: 544 cu m/yr (2001)
Turkmenistan total: 24.65 cu km/yr (2%/1%/98%) per capita: 5,104 cu m/yr (2000)
Uganda total: 0.3 cu km/yr (43%/17%/40%) per capita: 10 cu m/yr (2002)
Ukraine total: 37.53 cu km/yr (12%/35%/52%) per capita: 807 cu m/yr (2000)
United Arab Emirates total: 2.3 cu km/yr (23%/9%/68%) per capita: 511 cu m/yr (2000)
United Kingdom total: 11.75 cu km/yr (22%/75%/3%) per capita: 197 cu m/yr (1994)
United States total: 477 cu km/yr (13%/46%/41%) per capita: 1,600 cu m/yr (2000)
Uruguay total: 3.15 cu km/yr (2%/1%/96%) per capita: 910 cu m/yr (2000)
Uzbekistan total: 58.34 cu km/yr (5%/2%/93%) per capita: 2,194 cu m/yr (2000)
Venezuela total: 8.37 cu km/yr (6%/7%/47%) per capita: 313 cu m/yr (2000)
Vietnam total: 71.39 cu km/yr (8%/24%/68%) per capita: 847 cu m/yr (2000)
Yemen total: 6.63 cu km/yr (4%/1%/95%) per capita: 316 cu m/yr (2000)
Zambia total: 1.74 cu km/yr (17%/7%/76%) per capita: 149 cu m/yr (2000)
Zimbabwe total: 4.21 cu km/yr (14%/7%/79%) per capita: 324 cu m/yr (2002)
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@2203 Geographic overview
World The surface of the earth is approximately 70.9% water and 29.1% land. The former portion is divided into large water bodies termed oceans. The World Factbook recognizes and describes five oceans, which are in decreasing order of size: the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Arctic Ocean. The land portion is generally divided into several, large, discrete landmasses termed continents. Depending on the convention used, the number of continents can vary from five to seven. The most common classification recognizes seven, which are (from largest to smallest): Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia. Asia and Europe are sometimes lumped together into a Eurasian continent resulting in six continents. Alternatively, North and South America are sometimes grouped as simply the Americas, resulting in a continent total of six (or five, if the Eurasia designation is used). North America is commonly understood to include the island of Greenland, the isles of the Caribbean, and to extend south all the way to the Isthmus of Panama. The easternmost extent of Europe is generally defined as being the Ural Mountains and the Ural River; on the southeast the Caspian Sea; and on the south the Caucasus Mountains, the Black Sea, and the Mediterranean. Africa's northeast extremity is frequently delimited at the Isthmus of Suez, but for geopolitical purposes, the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula is often included as part of Africa. Asia usually incorporates all the islands of the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia. The islands of the Pacific are often lumped with Australia into a "land mass" termed Oceania or Australasia. Although the above groupings are the most common, different continental dispositions are recognized or taught in certain parts of the world, with some arrangements more heavily based on cultural spheres rather than physical geographic considerations.
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@2204 Economy of the area administered by Turkish Cypriots
Cyprus Economy - overview: The Turkish Cypriot economy has roughly 30% of the per capita GDP of the south, and economic growth tends to be volatile, given the north's relative isolation, bloated public sector, reliance on the Turkish lira, and small market size. Agriculture and services, together, employ more than half of the work force. The Turkish Cypriot economy grew around 10.6% in 2006, fueled by growth in the construction and education sectors, as well as increased employment of Turkish Cypriots in the area under government control. GDP declined about 2.0% in 2007. The Turkish Cypriots are heavily dependent on transfers from the Turkish Government. Ankara directly finances around one-third of the "TRNC's" budget. Aid from Turkey has exceeded $400 million annually in recent years. GDP (purchasing power parity): $1.865 billion (2006 est.) GDP - real growth rate: -2% (2007 est.) GDP - per capita: $11,800 (2006 est.) GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 8.6%, industry: 22.5%, services: 69.1% (2006 est.) Labor force: 95,030 (2007 est.) Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 14.5%, industry: 29%, services: 56.5% (2004) Unemployment rate: 9.4% (2005 est.) Population below poverty line: %NA Inflation rate: 11.4% (2006) Budget: revenues: $2.5 billion, expenditures: $2.5 billion (2006) Agriculture - products: citrus fruit, dairy, potatoes, grapes, olives, poultry, lamb Industries: foodstuffs, textiles, clothing, ship repair, clay, gypsum, copper, furniture Industrial production growth rate: -0.3% (2007 est.) Electricity production: 998.9 million kWh (2005) Electricity consumption: 797.9 million kWh (2005) Exports: $68.1 million, f.o.b. (2007 est.) Export - commodities: citrus, dairy, potatoes, textiles Export - partners: Turkey 40%; direct trade between the area administered by Turkish Cypriots and the area under government control remains limited Imports: $1.2 billion, f.o.b. (2007 est.) Import - commodities: vehicles, fuel, cigarettes, food, minerals, chemicals, machinery Import - partners: Turkey 60%; direct trade between the area administered by Turkish Cypriots and the area under government control remains limited Economic aid - recipient: under a July 2006 agreement, Turkey plans to provide the area administered by Turkish Cypriots 1.875 billion YTL ($1.3 billion) over three years (600 million YTL in 2006, 625 million YTL in 2007 and 650 million YTL in 2008); Turkey has forgiven most past aid; additionally, the EU pledged financial assistance of Euro 259 million ($388 million) in 2004, which is yet to be disbursed. Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: $NA Debt - external: $NA Currency (code): Turkish new lira (YTL) Exchange rates: Turkish new lira per US dollar: 1.319 (2007) 1.4286 (2006) 1.3436 (2005) 1.4255 (2004) 1.5009 (2003)
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@2205 School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) (years)
Afghanistan total: 8 years male: 11 years female: 4 years (2004)
Albania total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2004)
Algeria total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2005)
Andorra total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2006)
Anguilla total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2006)
Argentina total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 16 years (2005)
Armenia total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2006)
Aruba total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)
Australia total: 20 years male: 20 years female: 21 years (2006)
Austria total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2006)
Azerbaijan total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2006)
Bahrain total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 16 years (2006)
Bangladesh total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 8 years (2004)
Barbados total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2001)
Belarus total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2006)
Belgium total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2006)
Belize total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2004)
Benin total: 7 years male: 9 years female: 6 years (2001)
Bermuda total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2005)
Bhutan total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2006)
Botswana total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2005)
Brazil total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2005)
British Virgin Islands total: 17 years male: 15 years female: 19 years (2005)
Brunei total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2006)
Bulgaria total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)
Burkina Faso total: 5 years male: 5 years female: 4 years (2006)
Burma total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 8 years (2001)
Burundi total: 7 years male: 8 years female: 7 years (2006)
Cambodia total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 9 years (2006)
Cameroon total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 8 years (2006)
Canada total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 17 years (2004)
Cape Verde total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2006)
Cayman Islands total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2001)
Chad total: 6 years male: 7 years female: 4 years (2005)
Chile total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2006)
China total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2006)
Colombia total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2006)
Comoros total: 8 years male: 9 years female: 7 years (2004)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 8 years (2003)
Congo, Republic of the total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 8 years (2003)
Cook Islands total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 10 years (2005)
Costa Rica total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2005)
Croatia total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)
Cuba total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 17 years (2006)
Cyprus total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)
Czech Republic total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2006)
Denmark total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2006)
Djibouti total: 4 years male: 5 years female: 4 years (2006)
Dominica total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2005)
Dominican Republic total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2004)
El Salvador total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2006)
Equatorial Guinea total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 9 years (2000)
Eritrea total: 5 years male: 6 years female: 4 years (2004)
Estonia total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 17 years (2006)
Ethiopia total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 7 years (2007)
Fiji total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2005)
Finland total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 18 years (2006)
France total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2006)
Gambia, The total: 7 years male: 7 years female: 7 years (2004)
Gaza Strip total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)
Georgia total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2006)
Germany total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2006)
Ghana total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 9 years (2007)
Greece total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 17 years (2006)
Grenada total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2005)
Guatemala total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2006)
Guinea total: 8 years male: 10 years female: 7 years (2006)
Guinea-Bissau total: 5 years male: 7 years female: 4 years (2001)
Guyana total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2005)
Honduras total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2004)
Hong Kong total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 13 years (2006)
Hungary total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2006)
Iceland total: 18 years male: 17 years female: 19 years (2006)
India total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 9 years (2005)
Indonesia total: 11 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2005)
Iran total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2005)
Iraq total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 8 years (2005)
Ireland total: 18 years male: 17 years female: 18 years (2006)
Israel total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2006)
Italy total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2006)
Jamaica total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2003)
Japan total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2006)
Jordan total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2006)
Kazakhstan total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2007)
Kenya total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 9 years (2004)
Kiribati total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2005)
Korea, South total: 17 years male: 18 years female: 15 years (2007)
Kuwait total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2006)
Kyrgyzstan total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2006)
Laos total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 8 years (2006)
Latvia total: 16 years male: 14 years female: 17 years (2006)
Lebanon total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2006)
Lesotho total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 10 years (2006)
Liberia total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 8 years (2000)
Libya total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2003)
Liechtenstein total: 15 years male: 16 years female: 13 years (2004)
Lithuania total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 17 years (2006)
Luxembourg total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)
Macau total: 15 years male: 16 years female: 14 years (2006)
Macedonia total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2005)
Madagascar total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 9 years (2006)
Malawi total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 9 years (2004)
Malaysia total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2005)
Maldives total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2006)
Mali total: 7 years male: 8 years female: 5 years (2005)
Malta total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2005)
Marshall Islands total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2003)
Mauritania total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 8 years (2006)
Mauritius total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 13 years (2005)
Mexico total: 13 years male: 14 years female: 13 years (2006)
Moldova total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2006)
Mongolia total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 14 years (2006)
Montserrat total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2006)
Morocco total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 9 years (2005)
Mozambique total: 8 years male: 9 years female: 7 years (2005)
Namibia total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2006)
Nauru total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 9 years (2006)
Nepal total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 8 years (2003)
Netherlands total: 16 years male: 17 years female: 16 years (2006)
Netherlands Antilles total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2002)
New Zealand total: 19 years male: 19 years female: 20 years (2006)
Nicaragua total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2003)
Niger total: 4 years male: 5 years female: 3 years (2006)
Nigeria total: 8 years male: 9 years female: 7 years (2004)
Niue total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2005)
Norway total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 18 years (2006)
Oman total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2006)
Pakistan total: 7 years male: 7 years female: 6 years (2006)
Palau total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2000)
Panama total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)
Paraguay total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2005)
Peru total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2006)
Philippines total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2006)
Poland total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2006)
Portugal total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2006)
Qatar total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)
Romania total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2006)
Russia total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)
Rwanda total: 9 years male: 8 years female: 9 years (2005)
Saint Kitts and Nevis total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2005)
Saint Lucia total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2005)
Samoa total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2001)
Sao Tome and Principe total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 10 years (2006)
Seychelles total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2007)
Sierra Leone total: 7 years male: 8 years female: 6 years (2001)
Slovakia total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2006)
Slovenia total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2006)
Solomon Islands total: 8 years male: 9 years female: 8 years (2005)
South Africa total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2004)
Spain total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2006)
Suriname total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 13 years (2002)
Swaziland total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 10 years (2005)
Sweden total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 17 years (2006)
Switzerland total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2006)
Tajikistan total: 11 years male: 12 years female: 10 years (2006)
Thailand total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)
Togo total: 9 years male: 11 years female: 7 years (2000)
Tokelau total: 11 years male: 10 years female: 11 years (2004)
Tonga total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2004)
Trinidad and Tobago total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2005)
Tunisia total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)
Turkey total: 11 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2006)
Turks and Caicos Islands total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2005)
Tuvalu total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2001)
Uganda total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2004)
Ukraine total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2006)
United Arab Emirates total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2003)
United Kingdom total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2006)
United States total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2006)
Uruguay total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 16 years (2006)
Uzbekistan total: 11 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2007)
Vanuatu total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2004)
Venezuela total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2003)
Vietnam total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2000)
West Bank total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)
Yemen total: 9 years male: 11 years female: 7 years (2005)
Zambia total: 7 years male: 7 years female: 7 years (2000)
Zimbabwe total: 9 years male: 9 years female: 9 years (2003)
This page was last updated on 18 December 2008
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@2206 Education expenditures (% of GDP)
Afghanistan NA
Albania 2.9% of GDP (2002)
Algeria 5.1% of GDP (1999)
American Samoa NA
Andorra 2.3% of GDP (2006)
Angola 2.4% of GDP (2005)
Anguilla 4% of GDP (2005)
Antigua and Barbuda 3.9% of GDP (2002)
Argentina 3.8% of GDP (2004)
Armenia 3.2% of GDP (2001)
Aruba 4.8% of GDP (2005)
Australia 4.5% of GDP (2005)
Austria 5.4% of GDP (2005)
Azerbaijan 2.1% of GDP (2006)
Bahamas, The 3.6% of GDP (2000)
Bahrain 3.9% of GDP (1991)
Bangladesh 2.7% of GDP (2005)
Barbados 6.9% of GDP (2005)
Belarus 6.1% of GDP (2006)
Belgium 6% of GDP (2004)
Belize 5.3% of GDP (2004)
Benin 4.4% of GDP (2004)
Bermuda 1.2% of GDP (2006)
Bhutan 7% of GDP (2005)
Bolivia 6.4% of GDP (2003)
Bosnia and Herzegovina NA
Botswana 8.7% of GDP (2007)
Brazil 4% of GDP (2004)
British Virgin Islands 3.7% of GDP (2006)
Brunei 5.2% of GDP (2000)
Bulgaria 4.5% of GDP (2005)
Burkina Faso 4.2% of GDP (2006)
Burma 1.2% of GDP (2001)
Burundi 5.1% of GDP (2005)
Cambodia 1.7% of GDP (2004)
Cameroon 3.3% of GDP (2006)
Canada 5.2% of GDP (2002)
Cape Verde 6.3% of GDP (2006)
Cayman Islands 2.8% of GDP (2005)
Central African Republic 1.4% of GDP (2006)
Chad 1.9% of GDP (2005)
Chile 3.2% of GDP (2006) |
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