2 United States 10,100,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007
3 Japan 4,783,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007
4 China 3,437,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007
5 Canada 1,381,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007
6 Brazil 792,800,000,000.00 31 December 2007
7 Australia 667,200,000,000.00 31 December 2007
8 India 647,300,000,000.00 31 December 2007
9 Hong Kong 578,100,000,000.00 31 December 2007
10 Korea, South 541,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007
11 Switzerland 450,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007
12 Russia 292,500,000,000.00 31 December 2007
13 Turkey 254,300,000,000.00 31 December 2007
14 Burma 216,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007
15 Thailand 216,600,000,000.00 31 December 2007
16 Malaysia 187,600,000,000.00 31 December 2007
17 Mexico 168,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007
18 Singapore 162,200,000,000.00 31 December 2007
19 Israel 154,300,000,000.00 31 December 2007
20 South Africa 141,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007
21 Indonesia 127,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007
22 New Zealand 117,800,000,000.00 31 December 2007
23 Saudi Arabia 109,500,000,000.00 31 December 2007
24 United Arab Emirates 104,600,000,000.00 31 December 2007
25 Egypt 102,600,000,000.00 31 December 2007
26 Poland 93,990,000,000.00 31 December 2007
27 Denmark 81,640,000,000.00 31 December 2007
28 Chile 80,420,000,000.00 31 December 2007
29 Iran 68,710,000,000.00 31 December 2007
30 Philippines 65,850,000,000.00 31 December 2007
31 Czech Republic 58,770,000,000.00 31 December 2007
32 Lebanon 57,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007
33 Kuwait 55,200,000,000.00 31 December 2007
34 Vietnam 51,080,000,000.00 31 December 2007
35 Sweden 48,490,000,000.00 31 December 2007
36 Syria 45,930,000,000.00 31 December 2006
37 Argentina 45,920,000,000.00 31 December 2007
38 Cyprus 43,930,000,000.00 31 December 2007
39 Hungary 43,070,000,000.00 31 December 2007
40 Ukraine 41,510,000,000.00 31 December 2007
41 Romania 34,960,000,000.00 31 December 2007
42 Bangladesh 32,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007
43 Croatia 31,860,000,000.00 31 December 2007
44 Algeria 28,590,000,000.00 31 December 2007
45 Colombia 27,250,000,000.00 31 December 2007
46 Kazakhstan 25,750,000,000.00 31 December 2007
47 Qatar 22,600,000,000.00 31 December 2007
48 Macau 21,910,000,000.00 31 December 2007
49 Slovakia 21,110,000,000.00 31 December 2007
50 Peru 19,950,000,000.00 31 December 2007
51 Nigeria 19,070,000,000.00 31 December 2007
52 Pakistan 18,420,000,000.00 31 December 2007
53 Bulgaria 17,030,000,000.00 31 December 2007
54 Morocco 16,230,000,000.00 31 December 2007
55 Jordan 15,380,000,000.00 31 December 2007
56 Iceland 15,050,000,000.00 31 December 2006
57 Panama 14,260,000,000.00 31 December 2007
58 Tunisia 13,560,000,000.00 31 December 2007
59 Slovenia 12,690,000,000.00 31 December 2006
60 Serbia 12,190,000,000.00 31 December 2007
61 Oman 11,040,000,000.00 31 December 2007
62 Bahrain 10,630,000,000.00 31 December 2007
63 Sri Lanka 10,460,000,000.00 31 December 2007
64 Guatemala 8,928,000,000.00 31 December 2007
65 Venezuela 8,889,000,000.00 31 December 2007
66 Ecuador 7,974,000,000.00 31 December 2007
67 Uruguay 7,919,000,000.00 31 December 2007
68 Malta 7,645,000,000.00 31 December 2007
69 Angola 7,216,000,000.00 31 December 2007
70 Lithuania 6,917,000,000.00 31 December 2007
71 Belarus 6,823,000,000.00 31 December 2007
72 Mauritius 6,759,000,000.00 31 December 2007
73 Albania 6,433,000,000.00 31 December 2007
74 Kenya 6,273,000,000.00 31 December 2007
75 Trinidad and Tobago 5,707,000,000.00 31 December 2007
76 Dominican Republic 5,631,000,000.00 31 December 2007
77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,597,000,000.00 31 December 2007
78 Zimbabwe 5,349,000,000.00 31 December 2007
79 Honduras 5,266,000,000.00 31 December 2007
80 Latvia 5,113,000,000.00 31 December 2007
81 Nepal 4,745,000,000.00 31 December 2007
82 Bolivia 4,729,000,000.00 31 December 2007
83 San Marino 4,584,000,000.00 31 December 2007
84 Jamaica 4,540,000,000.00 31 December 2007
85 Yemen 4,526,000,000.00 31 December 2007
86 Botswana 4,336,000,000.00 31 December 2007
87 Bahamas, The 4,324,000,000.00 31 December 2007
88 Brunei 4,258,000,000.00 31 December 2007
89 Estonia 4,253,000,000.00 31 December 2007
90 Sudan 4,068,000,000.00 31 December 2007
91 Iraq 3,670,000,000.00 31 December 2007
92 Ethiopia 3,258,000,000.00 31 December 2007
93 Libya 3,192,000,000.00 31 December 2007
94 Macedonia 3,127,000,000.00 31 December 2007
95 Gaza Strip 3,048,000,000.00 31 December 2007
96 West Bank 3,048,000,000.00 31 December 2007
97 Tanzania 2,885,000,000.00 31 December 2007
98 Costa Rica 2,870,000,000.00 31 December 2007
99 Barbados 2,717,000,000.00 31 December 2007
100 Azerbaijan 2,593,000,000.00 31 December 2007
101 Cambodia 2,309,000,000.00 31 December 2007
102 Netherlands Antilles 2,309,000,000.00 31 December 2007
103 Ghana 2,174,000,000.00 31 December 2006
104 Cote d'Ivoire 1,915,000,000.00 31 December 2007
105 Nicaragua 1,802,000,000.00 31 December 2007
106 Zambia 1,709,000,000.00 31 December 2007
107 Cameroon 1,698,000,000.00 31 December 2007
108 Senegal 1,579,000,000.00 31 December 2007
109 Haiti 1,561,000,000.00 31 December 2007
110 Mongolia 1,539,000,000.00 31 December 2007
111 Namibia 1,493,000,000.00 31 December 2007
112 Papua New Guinea 1,482,000,000.00 31 December 2007
113 Mozambique 1,467,000,000.00 31 December 2007
114 Moldova 1,449,000,000.00 31 December 2007
115 Montenegro 1,446,000,000.00 31 December 2007
116 Georgia 1,379,000,000.00 31 December 2007
117 Paraguay 1,368,000,000.00 31 December 2007
118 Uganda 1,302,000,000.00 31 December 2007
119 Fiji 1,088,000,000.00 31 December 2007
120 Afghanistan 958,600,000.00 31 December 2007
121 Eritrea 932,900,000.00 31 December 2007
122 Antigua and Barbuda 902,000,000.00 31 December 2007
123 Suriname 824,400,000.00 31 December 2007
124 Gabon 799,300,000.00 31 December 2007
125 Aruba 792,900,000.00 31 December 2007
126 Armenia 765,200,000.00 31 December 2007
127 El Salvador 764,100,000.00 31 December 2007
128 Guyana 728,800,000.00 31 December 2007
129 Saint Lucia 720,900,000.00 31 December 2007
130 Laos 717,900,000.00 31 December 2007
131 Mali 697,100,000.00 31 December 2007
132 Cape Verde 689,000,000.00 31 December 2007
133 Saint Kitts and Nevis 688,600,000.00 31 December 2007
134 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 677,900,000.00 31 December 2007
135 Burkina Faso 663,000,000.00 31 December 2007
136 Benin 627,200,000.00 31 December 2007
137 Madagascar 577,400,000.00 31 December 2007
138 Belize 549,000,000.00 31 December 2007
139 Grenada 533,400,000.00 31 December 2007
140 Swaziland 529,400,000.00 31 December 2007
141 Anguilla 470,100,000.00 31 December 2007
142 Maldives 434,900,000.00 31 December 2007
143 Vanuatu 421,800,000.00 31 December 2007
144 Togo 383,900,000.00 31 December 2007
145 Kyrgyzstan 303,700,000.00 31 December 2007
146 Djibouti 284,100,000.00 31 December 2007
147 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 280,200,000.00 31 December 2007
148 Dominica 269,100,000.00 31 December 2007
149 Malawi 250,400,000.00 31 December 2007
150 Seychelles 249,000,000.00 31 December 2007
151 Rwanda 227,400,000.00 31 December 2005
152 Bhutan 220,300,000.00 31 December 2007
153 Congo, Republic of the 204,300,000.00 31 December 2007
154 Niger 193,700,000.00 31 December 2007
155 Gambia, The 180,400,000.00 31 December 2007
156 Sierra Leone 177,700,000.00 31 December 2007
157 Equatorial Guinea 174,500,000.00 31 December 2007
158 Samoa 168,700,000.00 31 December 2007
159 Tajikistan 161,000,000.00 31 December 2006
160 Lesotho 160,200,000.00 31 December 2007
161 Burundi 141,000,000.00 31 December 2007
162 Tonga 106,800,000.00 31 December 2007
163 Micronesia, Federated States of 72,490,000.00 31 December 2007
164 Timor-Leste 68,780,000.00 31 December 2007
165 Solomon Islands 57,890,000.00 31 December 2007
166 Chad 55,230,000.00 31 December 2007
167 Liberia 49,890,000.00 31 December 2007
168 Central African Republic 47,580,000.00 31 December 2007
169 Montserrat 43,900,000.00 31 December 2007
170 Sao Tome and Principe 33,500,000.00 31 December 2007
171 Comoros 23,390,000.00 31 December 2007
172 Guinea-Bissau 12,040,000.00 31 December 2007
This file was last updated on 18 December, 2008
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Rank code: @2211
Rank Country Stock of domestic credit Date of Information
1 European Union 20,940,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007
2 United States 14,150,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007
3 Japan 9,653,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007
4 United Kingdom 5,278,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007
5 Germany 5,081,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007
6 China 4,653,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007
7 France 4,105,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007
8 Spain 3,177,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007
9 Italy 3,084,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007
10 Canada 2,382,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007
11 Netherlands 1,876,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007
12 Brazil 1,377,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007
13 Australia 1,312,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007
14 Korea, South 1,061,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007
15 Burma 887,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007
16 Switzerland 855,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007
17 India 769,300,000,000.00 31 December 2007
18 Ireland 768,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007
19 Belgium 767,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007
20 Denmark 684,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007
21 Sweden 630,800,000,000.00 31 December 2007
22 Austria 599,500,000,000.00 31 December 2007
23 Portugal 451,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007
24 Greece 392,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007
25 Turkey 358,100,000,000.00 31 December 2007
26 Luxembourg 357,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007
27 Mexico 349,100,000,000.00 31 December 2007
28 Russia 339,100,000,000.00 31 December 2007
29 Hong Kong 259,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007
30 South Africa 254,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007
31 Thailand 241,800,000,000.00 31 December 2007
32 Finland 240,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007
33 Poland 223,200,000,000.00 31 December 2007
34 Malaysia 220,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007
35 New Zealand 200,100,000,000.00 31 December 2007
36 Indonesia 170,200,000,000.00 31 December 2007
37 United Arab Emirates 155,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007
38 Singapore 129,200,000,000.00 31 December 2007
39 Chile 127,100,000,000.00 31 December 2007
40 Egypt 113,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007
41 Israel 113,400,000,000.00 31 December 2006
42 Iran 109,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007
43 Hungary 109,500,000,000.00 31 December 2007
44 Czech Republic 103,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007
45 Ukraine 87,130,000,000.00 31 December 2007
46 Colombia 85,340,000,000.00 31 December 2007
47 Kuwait 78,250,000,000.00 31 December 2007
48 Argentina 72,550,000,000.00 31 December 2007
49 Morocco 71,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007
50 Vietnam 68,630,000,000.00 31 December 2007
51 Saudi Arabia 66,940,000,000.00 31 December 2007
52 Philippines 65,660,000,000.00 31 December 2007
53 Pakistan 65,050,000,000.00 31 December 2007
54 Romania 58,760,000,000.00 31 December 2007
55 Cyprus 52,090,000,000.00 31 December 2007
56 Syria 50,920,000,000.00 31 December 2006
57 Venezuela 50,240,000,000.00 31 December 2007
58 Iceland 49,670,000,000.00 31 December 2006
59 Croatia 45,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007
60 Lebanon 45,510,000,000.00 31 December 2007
61 Kazakhstan 43,750,000,000.00 31 December 2007
62 Slovakia 41,760,000,000.00 31 December 2007
63 Bangladesh 40,150,000,000.00 31 December 2007
64 Qatar 30,520,000,000.00 31 December 2007
65 Latvia 27,560,000,000.00 31 December 2007
66 Tunisia 25,230,000,000.00 31 December 2007
67 Bulgaria 25,180,000,000.00 31 December 2007
68 Lithuania 25,050,000,000.00 31 December 2007
69 Zimbabwe 24,910,000,000.00 31 December 2007
70 Estonia 21,350,000,000.00 31 December 2007
71 Jordan 19,530,000,000.00 31 December 2007
72 Peru 17,880,000,000.00 31 December 2007
73 Panama 17,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007
74 Nigeria 16,150,000,000.00 31 December 2007
75 Dominican Republic 15,920,000,000.00 31 December 2007
76 Sri Lanka 14,820,000,000.00 31 December 2007
77 Guatemala 13,960,000,000.00 31 December 2007
78 Oman 13,880,000,000.00 31 December 2007
79 Serbia 13,440,000,000.00 31 December 2007
80 Costa Rica 12,910,000,000.00 31 December 2007
81 Belarus 12,160,000,000.00 31 December 2007
82 Malta 10,990,000,000.00 31 December 2007
83 Kenya 10,430,000,000.00 31 December 2007
84 Bahrain 10,320,000,000.00 31 December 2007
85 El Salvador 9,729,000,000.00 31 December 2007
86 Ecuador 8,926,000,000.00 31 December 2007
87 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8,895,000,000.00 31 December 2007
88 Sudan 8,659,000,000.00 31 December 2007
89 Mauritius 8,582,000,000.00 31 December 2007
90 San Marino 7,513,000,000.00 31 December 2007
91 Bahamas, The 7,395,000,000.00 31 December 2007
92 Albania 7,341,000,000.00 31 December 2007
93 Ethiopia 6,694,000,000.00 31 December 2006
94 Jamaica 6,609,000,000.00 31 December 2007
95 Uruguay 6,396,000,000.00 31 December 2007
96 Honduras 6,298,000,000.00 31 December 2007
97 Azerbaijan 5,726,000,000.00 31 December 2007
98 Nepal 5,636,000,000.00 31 December 2007
99 Bolivia 4,759,000,000.00 31 December 2007
100 Namibia 4,446,000,000.00 31 December 2007
101 Cote d'Ivoire 4,404,000,000.00 31 December 2007
102 Ghana 4,173,000,000.00 31 December 2006
103 Nicaragua 4,133,000,000.00 31 December 2007
104 Trinidad and Tobago 3,721,000,000.00 31 December 2007
105 Barbados 3,533,000,000.00 31 December 2007
106 Georgia 3,374,000,000.00 31 December 2007
107 Montenegro 3,083,000,000.00 31 December 2007
108 Senegal 2,970,000,000.00 31 December 2007
109 Netherlands Antilles 2,927,000,000.00 31 December 2007
110 Macedonia 2,924,000,000.00 31 December 2007
111 Paraguay 2,457,000,000.00 31 December 2007
112 Brunei 2,380,000,000.00 31 December 2007
113 Tanzania 2,250,000,000.00 31 December 2007
114 Yemen 2,224,000,000.00 31 December 2007
115 Zambia 1,968,000,000.00 31 December 2007
116 Fiji 1,948,000,000.00 31 December 2007
117 Moldova 1,896,000,000.00 31 December 2007
118 Eritrea 1,711,000,000.00 31 December 2007
119 Haiti 1,537,000,000.00 31 December 2007
120 Papua New Guinea 1,486,000,000.00 31 December 2007
121 Gaza Strip 1,455,000,000.00 31 December 2007
122 West Bank 1,455,000,000.00 31 December 2007
123 Angola 1,385,000,000.00 31 December 2007
124 Aruba 1,348,000,000.00 31 December 2007
125 Cameroon 1,300,000,000.00 31 December 2007
126 Armenia 1,256,000,000.00 31 December 2007
127 Saint Lucia 1,217,000,000.00 31 December 2007
128 Mongolia 1,191,000,000.00 31 December 2007
129 Liberia 1,157,000,000.00 31 December 2007
130 Cambodia 1,131,000,000.00 31 December 2007
131 Mali 1,099,000,000.00 31 December 2007
132 Maldives 1,080,000,000.00 31 December 2007
133 Cape Verde 1,049,000,000.00 31 December 2007
134 Antigua and Barbuda 1,002,000,000.00 31 December 2007
135 Uganda 907,300,000.00 31 December 2007
136 Burkina Faso 905,100,000.00 31 December 2007
137 Belize 877,600,000.00 31 December 2007
138 Mozambique 877,200,000.00 31 December 2007
139 Saint Kitts and Nevis 782,400,000.00 31 December 2007
140 Madagascar 767,500,000.00 31 December 2007
141 Guyana 739,300,000.00 31 December 2007
142 Seychelles 660,200,000.00 31 December 2007
143 Suriname 651,000,000.00 31 December 2007
144 Togo 590,700,000.00 31 December 2007
145 Grenada 575,800,000.00 31 December 2007
146 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 559,500,000.00 31 December 2007
147 Kyrgyzstan 558,300,000.00 31 December 2007
148 Benin 520,600,000.00 31 December 2007
149 Anguilla 447,700,000.00 31 December 2007
150 Guinea 422,100,000.00 31 December 2005
151 Tajikistan 417,400,000.00 31 December 2006
152 Malawi 406,200,000.00 31 December 2007
153 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 387,800,000.00 31 December 2007
154 Gabon 359,800,000.00 31 December 2007
155 Burundi 342,000,000.00 31 December 2007
156 Central African Republic 320,200,000.00 31 December 2007
157 Niger 318,900,000.00 31 December 2007
158 Laos 285,800,000.00 31 December 2007
159 Vanuatu 229,500,000.00 31 December 2007
160 Djibouti 224,700,000.00 31 December 2007
161 Samoa 215,100,000.00 31 December 2007
162 Rwanda 209,200,000.00 31 December 2005
163 Swaziland 204,100,000.00 31 December 2007
164 Dominica 193,100,000.00 31 December 2007
165 Bhutan 169,900,000.00 31 December 2007
166 Gambia, The 169,900,000.00 31 December 2007
167 Tonga 163,100,000.00 31 December 2007
168 Sierra Leone 162,900,000.00 31 December 2007
169 Solomon Islands 126,900,000.00 31 December 2007
170 Chad 82,810,000.00 31 December 2007
171 Guinea-Bissau 46,440,000.00 31 December 2007
172 Comoros 45,090,000.00 31 December 2007
173 Sao Tome and Principe 31,840,000.00 31 December 2007
174 Afghanistan 20,060,000.00 31 December 2007
175 Montserrat 5,537,000.00 31 December 2007
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Appendix A - Abbreviations
ABEDA: Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
ACCT: Agency for the French-Speaking Community (see International
Organization of the French-speaking World)
ACP Group: African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States
AfDB: African Development Bank
AFESD: Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
Air Pollution: Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides: Protocol to the 1979 Convention on
Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of
Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or Their Transboundary Fluxes
Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants: Protocol to the 1979
Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent
Organic Pollutants
Air Pollution-Sulphur 85: Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-
Range Transboundary Air Pollution on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions
or Their Transboundary Fluxes by at Least 30%
Air Pollution-Sulphur 94: Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-
Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur
Emissions
Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds: Protocol to the 1979
Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the
Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or Their
Transboundary Fluxes
AMF: Arab Monetary Fund
Antarctic-Environmental Protocol: Protocol on Environmental Protection
to the Antarctic Treaty
Antarctic Marine Living Resources: Convention on the Conservation of
Antarctic Marine Living Resources
Antarctic Seals: Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals
ANZUS: Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty
APEC: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Arabsat: Arab Satellite Communications Organization
ARF: ASEAN Regional Forum
ADB: Asian Development Bank
ASEAN: Association of Southeast Asian Nations
AU: African Union
Autodin: Automatic Digital Network
BA: Baltic Assembly
bbl/day: barrels per day
BCIE: Central American Bank for Economic Integration
BDEAC: Central African States Development Bank
Benelux: Benelux Economic Union
BIMSTEC: Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and
Economic Cooperation
Biodiversity: Convention on Biological Diversity
BGN: United States Board on Geographic Names
BIS: Bank for International Settlements
BSEC: Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone
C: Commonwealth
c.i.f.: cost, insurance, and freight
CACM: Central American Common Market
CAEU: Council of Arab Economic Unity
CAN: Andean Community of Nations
Caricom: Caribbean Community and Common Market
CB: citizen's band mobile radio communications
CBSS: Council of the Baltic Sea States
CCC: Customs Cooperation Council
CDB: Caribbean Development Bank
CE: Council of Europe
CEI: Central European Initiative
CEMAC: Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
CEPGL: Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries
CERN: European Organization for Nuclear Research
CEPT: Conference Europeanne des Poste et Telecommunications
CIS: Commonwealth of Independent States
CITES: see Endangered Species
Climate Change: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol: Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change
COCOM: Coordinating Committee on Export Controls
Comsat: Communications Satellite Corporation
COMESA: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
CP: Colombo Plan
CPLP: Comunidade dos Paises de Lingua Portuguesa
CSTO: Collective Security Treaty Organization
CTBTO: Preparation commission for the Nuclear-Ban-Treaty Operation
CY: calendar year
DC: developed country
DDT: dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane
Desertification: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification,
Particularly in Africa
DIA: United States Defense Intelligence Agency
DSN: Defense Switched Network
DST: daylight savings time
DWT: deadweight ton
EAC: East African Community
EADB: East African Development Bank
EAEC: Eurasian Economic Community
EAPC: Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
EBRD: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EC: European Community
ECA: Economic Commission for Africa
ECE: Economic Commission for Europe
ECLAC: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
ECO: Economic Cooperation Organization
ECOSOC: Economic and Social Council
ECOWAS: Economic Community of West African States
ECSC: European Coal and Steel Community
EEC: European Economic Community
EFTA: European Free Trade Association
EEZ: exclusive economic zone
EIB: European Investment Bank
EMU: European Monetary Union
Endangered Species: Convention on the International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES)
Entente: Council of the Entente
Environmental Modification: Convention on the Prohibition of Military
or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
ESA: European Space Agency
ESCAP: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
ESCWA: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
est.: estimate
EU: European Union
Euratom: European Atomic Energy Community
Eutelsat: European Telecommunications Satellite Organization
Ex-Im: Export-Import Bank of the United States
f.o.b.: free on board
FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization
FAX: facsimile
FLS: Front Line States
FOC: flags of convenience
FSU: former Soviet Union
FY: fiscal year
FZ: Franc Zone
G-2: Group of 2
G-3: Group of 3
G-5: Group of 5
G-6: Group of 6
G-7: Group of 7
G-8: Group of 8
G-9: Group of 9
G-10: Group of 10
G-15: Group of 15
G-11: Group of 11
G-24: Group of 24
G-77: Group of 77
GATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; now WTO
GCC: Gulf Cooperation Council
GCTU: General Confederation of Trade Unions
GDP: gross domestic product
GMT: Greenwich Mean Time
GNP: gross national product
GRT: gross register ton
GSM: global system for mobile cellular communications
GUAM: Organization for Democracy and Economic Development; acronym for
member states - Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova
GWP: gross world product
Hazardous Wastes: Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary
Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
HF: high-frequency
HIV/AIDS: human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency
syndrome
IADB: Inter-American Development Bank
IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency
IANA: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
IBRD: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World
Bank)
ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organization
ICC: International Chamber of Commerce
ICCt: International Criminal Court
ICJ: International Court of Justice (World Court)
ICRC: International Committee of the Red Cross
ICRM: International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
ICSID: International Center for Secretariat of Investment Disputes
ICTR: International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
ICTY: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
IDA: International Development Association
IDB: Islamic Development Bank
IDP: Internally Displaced Person
IEA: International Energy Agency
IFAD: International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFC: International Finance Corporation
IFRCS: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
Societies
IGAD: Inter-Governmental Authority on Development
IHO: International Hydrographic Organization
ILO: International Labor Organization
IMF: International Monetary Fund
IMO: International Maritime Organization
IMSO: International Mobile Satellite Organization
Inmarsat: International Maritime Satellite Organization
InOC: Indian Ocean Commission
INSTRAW: International Research and Training Institute for the
Advancement of Women
Intelsat: International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
Interpol: International Criminal Police Organization
Intersputnik: International Organization of Space Communications
IOC: International Olympic Committee
IOM: International Organization for Migration
IPU: Inter-parliamentary Union
ISO: International Organization for Standardization
ISP: Internet Service Provider
ITSO: International Telecommunications Satellites Organization
ITU: International Telecommunication Union
ITUC: International Trade Union Confederation, the successor to ICFTU
(International Confederation of Free Trade Unions) and the WCL (World
Confederation of Labor)
kHz: kilohertz
km: kilometer
kW: kilowatt
kWh: kilowatt-hour
LAES: Latin American Economic System
LAIA: Latin American Integration Association
LAS: League of Arab States
Law of the Sea: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS)
LDC: less developed country
LLDC: least developed country