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)
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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)
China
1.9% of GDP (1999)
Colombia
4.7% of GDP (2006)
Comoros
3.8% of GDP (2002)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
NA
Congo, Republic of the
1.9% of GDP (2005)
Cook Islands
0.2% of GDP (2001)
Costa Rica
4.9% of GDP (2004)
Cote d'Ivoire
4.6% of GDP (2001)
Croatia
4.5% of GDP (2004)
Cuba
9.1% of GDP (2006)
Cyprus
6.3% of GDP (2004)
Czech Republic
4.4% of GDP (2004)
Denmark
8.3% of GDP (2005)
Djibouti
8.4% of GDP (2006)
Dominica
5% of GDP (1999)
Dominican Republic
3.6% of GDP (2006)
Ecuador
1% of GDP (2001)
Egypt
4.2% of GDP (2006)
El Salvador
3.1% of GDP (2006)
Equatorial Guinea
0.6% of GDP (2003)
Eritrea
2.4% of GDP (2006)
Estonia
5.1% of GDP (2004)
Ethiopia
6% of GDP (2006)
Fiji
6.5% of GDP (2004)
Finland
6.4% of GDP (2005)
France
5.7% of GDP (2005)
French Polynesia
( )
Gabon
3.8% of GDP (2000)
Gambia, The
2% of GDP (2004)
Gaza Strip
NA
Georgia
3.1% of GDP (2006)
Germany
4.6% of GDP (2004)
Ghana
5.4% of GDP (2005)
Gibraltar
NA
Greece
4.4% of GDP (2005)
Greenland
NA
Grenada
5.2% of GDP (2003)
Guam
NA
Guatemala
2.6% of GDP (2006)
Guernsey
NA
Guinea
1.6% of GDP (2005)
Guinea-Bissau
5.2% of GDP (1999)
Guyana
8.3% of GDP (2006)
Haiti
1.4% of GDP (1991)
Honduras
3.8% of GDP (1991)
Hong Kong
3.9% of GDP (2006)
Hungary
5.5% of GDP (2005)
Iceland
7.6% of GDP (2004)
India
3.2% of GDP (2005)
Indonesia
3.6% of GDP (2006)
Iran
5.1% of GDP (2006)
Iraq
NA
Ireland
4.7% of GDP (2005)
Isle of Man
NA
Israel
6.9% of GDP (2004)
Italy
4.5% of GDP (2005)
Jamaica
5.3% of GDP (2005)
Japan
3.5% of GDP (2005)
Jersey
NA
Jordan
4.9% of GDP (1999)
Kazakhstan
2.3% of GDP (2005)
Kenya
6.9% of GDP (2006)
Kiribati
17.8% of GDP (2002)
Korea, North
NA
Korea, South
4.6% of GDP (2004)
Kuwait
3.8% of GDP (2006)
Kyrgyzstan
4.9% of GDP (2005)
Laos
3% of GDP (2006)
Latvia
5.1% of GDP (2004)
Lebanon
2.7% of GDP (2006)
Lesotho
13% of GDP (2006)
Liberia
NA
Libya
2.7% of GDP (1999)
Liechtenstein
NA
Lithuania
5% of GDP (2005)
Luxembourg
3.4% of GDP (1999)
Macau
2.4% of GDP (2005)
Macedonia
3.5% of GDP (2002)
Madagascar
3.1% of GDP (2006)
Malawi
5.8% of GDP (2003)
Malaysia
6.2% of GDP (2004)
Maldives
8% of GDP (2006)
Mali
4.5% of GDP (2006)
Malta
5.1% of GDP (2004)
Marshall Islands
11.8% of GDP (2004)
Mauritania
2.9% of GDP (2006)
Mauritius
3.9% of GDP (2006)
Mayotte
NA
Mexico
5.5% of GDP (2005)
Micronesia, Federated States of
7.3% of GDP (2000)
Moldova
7.6% of GDP (2006)
Monaco
4.4% of GDP (2004)
Mongolia
5% of GDP (2004)
Montenegro
NA
Montserrat
3.3% of GDP (2004)
Morocco
NA
Mozambique
5% of GDP (2005)
Namibia
6.9% of GDP (2003)
Nauru
NA
Nepal
3.4% of GDP (2003)
Netherlands
5.3% of GDP (2005)
Netherlands Antilles
NA
New Zealand
6.2% of GDP (2006)
Nicaragua
3.1% of GDP (2003)
Niger
3.4% of GDP (2006)
Nigeria
0.9% of GDP (1991)
Niue
NA
Norfolk Island
NA
Northern Mariana Islands
NA
Norway
7.2% of GDP (2005)
Oman
4% of GDP (2006)
Pakistan
2.6% of GDP (2006)
Palau
10.3% of GDP (2002)
Panama
3.8% of GDP (2004)
Papua New Guinea
NA
Paraguay
4% of GDP (2004)
Peru
2.5% of GDP (2006)
Philippines
2.5% of GDP (2005)
Poland
5.5% of GDP (2005)
Portugal
5.5% of GDP (2005)
Puerto Rico
NA
Qatar
3.3% of GDP (2005)
Romania
3.5% of GDP (2005)
Russia
3.8% of GDP (2005)
Rwanda
3.8% of GDP (2005)
Saint Helena
NA
Saint Kitts and Nevis
9.3% of GDP (2005)
Saint Lucia
6.6% of GDP (2006)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
NA
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
8.1% of GDP (2005)
Samoa
4.3% of GDP (2002)
San Marino
NA
Sao Tome and Principe
NA
Saudi Arabia
6.8% of GDP (2004)
Senegal
5% of GDP (2006)
Serbia
NA
Seychelles
6.5% of GDP (2006)
Sierra Leone
3.8% of GDP (2005)
Singapore
3.7% of GDP (2001)
Slovakia
3.9% of GDP (2005)
Slovenia
6% of GDP (2005)
Solomon Islands
3.3% of GDP (1999)
Somalia
NA
South Africa
5.4% of GDP (2006)
Spain
4.2% of GDP (2005)
Sri Lanka
NA
Sudan
6% of GDP (1991)
Suriname
NA
Swaziland
7% of GDP (2005)
Sweden
7.1% of GDP (2005)
Switzerland
5.8% of GDP (2005)
Syria
3.9% of GDP (1999)
Taiwan
NA
Tajikistan
3.4% of GDP (2006)
Tanzania
2.2% of GDP (1999)
Thailand
4.2% of GDP (2005)
Timor-Leste
NA
Togo
2.6% of GDP (2002)
Tokelau
NA
Tonga
5% of GDP (2004)
Trinidad and Tobago
4.2% of GDP (200)
Tunisia
7.3% of GDP (2005)
Turkey
4% of GDP (2004)
Turkmenistan
3.9% of GDP (1991)
Turks and Caicos Islands
NA
Tuvalu
NA
Uganda
5.2% of GDP (2004)
Ukraine
6.3% of GDP (2006)
United Arab Emirates
1.3% of GDP (2005)
United Kingdom
5.6% of GDP (2005)
United States
5.3% of GDP (2005)
Uruguay
2.9% of GDP (2006)
Uzbekistan
9.4% of GDP (1991)
Vanuatu
9.5% of GDP (2003)
Venezuela
3.7% of GDP (2006)
Vietnam
1.8% of GDP (1991)
Virgin Islands
NA
West Bank
NA
Yemen
9.6% of GDP (2001)
Zambia
2% of GDP (2005)
Zimbabwe
4.6% of GDP (2000)
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@2207 Central bank discount rate (%)
Afghanistan
NA
Albania
6.25% (31 December 2007)
Algeria
4% (31 December 2007)
Angola
19.57% (31 December 2007)
Anguilla
6.5% (31 December 2007)
Antigua and Barbuda
6.5% (31 December 2007)
Argentina
NA
Aruba
5% (31 December 2007)
Australia
NA
Azerbaijan
13% (31 December 2007)
Bahamas, The
5.25% (31 December 2007)
Bangladesh
5% (31 December 2007)
Barbados
12% (31 December 2007)
Belarus
10% (31 December 2007)
Belize
12% (31 December 2007)
Benin
4.25% (31 December 2007)
Bolivia
6.5% (31 December 2007)
Botswana
14.5% (31 December 2007)
Brazil
17.85% (31 December 2007)
Bulgaria
4.58% (31 December 2007)
Burkina Faso
4.25% (31 December 2007)
Burma
12% (31 December 2007)
Burundi
10.12% (31 December 2007)
Cambodia
5.25% (31 December 2007)
Canada
4.5% (31 December 2007)
Cape Verde
8.5% (31 December 2007)
Central African Republic
5.25% (31 December 2007)
Chad
5.25% (31 December 2007)
Chile
6% (31 December 2007)
China
3.33% (31 December 2007)
Colombia
11.5% (31 December 2007)
Comoros
5.36% (31 December 2007)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
5.25% (31 December 2007)
Costa Rica
17% (31 December 2007)
Cote d'Ivoire
4.25% (31 December 2007)
Croatia
9% (31 December 2007)
Cuba
NA
Cyprus
5% (31 December 2007)
Czech Republic
3.5% (31 December 2007)
Denmark
4% (31 December 2007)