NA
Saint Lucia
-8.9% (1997 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
NA
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
-0.9% (1997 est.)
Samoa
2.8% (2000)
San Marino
6% (1997 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe
NA
Saudi Arabia
7.7% (2003 est.)
Senegal
2.9% (2003 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro
1.7% (2002 est.)
Seychelles
NA
Sierra Leone
NA
Singapore
2.8% (2003 est.)
Slovakia
7.2% (2003 est.)
Slovenia
1.4% (2003)
Solomon Islands
NA
Somalia
NA
South Africa
5% (2003 est.)
Spain
1.6% (2003 est.)
Sri Lanka
5.8% (2003)
Sudan
8.5% (1999 est.)
Suriname
6.5% (1994 est.)
Svalbard
NA
Swaziland
3.7% (FY95/96)
Sweden
1.9% (2003 est.)
Switzerland
0.4% (2003)
Syria
NA
Taiwan
8.4% (2003)
Tajikistan
10.3% (2000 est.)
Tanzania
8.4% (1999 est.)
Thailand
12.3% (2003 est.)
Togo
NA
Tokelau
NA
Tonga
8.6% (FY98/99)
Trinidad and Tobago
5.7% (2003 est.)
Tunisia
-0.1% (2003 est.)
Turkey
8.5% (2003 est.)
Turkmenistan
14% (2003 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
NA
Tuvalu
NA
Uganda
5% (2003 est.)
Ukraine
15.8% (2003 est.)
United Arab Emirates
4% (2000)
United Kingdom
-0.7% (2003 est.)
United States
0.3% (2003 est.)
Uruguay
0.7% (2003 est.)
Uzbekistan
6.2% (2003 est.)
Vanuatu
1% (1997 est.)
Venezuela
-15.4% (2003 est.)
Vietnam
16% (2003 est.)
Virgin Islands
NA
Wallis and Futuna
NA
West Bank
NA
Western Sahara
NA
World
3% (2002 est.)
Yemen
3% (2003 est.)
Zambia
4% (2003 est.)
Zimbabwe
-14.7% (2003 est.)
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@2090 Industries
Afghanistan
small-scale production of textiles, soap, furniture,
shoes, fertilizer, cement; handwoven carpets; natural gas, coal,
copper
Albania
food processing, textiles and clothing; lumber, oil, cement,
chemicals, mining, basic metals, hydropower
Algeria
petroleum, natural gas, light industries, mining,
electrical, petrochemical, food processing
American Samoa
tuna canneries (largely supplied by foreign fishing
vessels), handicrafts
Andorra
tourism (particularly skiing), cattle raising, timber,
banking
Angola
petroleum; diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, feldspar, bauxite,
uranium, and gold; cement; basic metal products; fish processing;
food processing; brewing; tobacco products; sugar; textiles
Anguilla
tourism, boat building, offshore financial services
Antigua and Barbuda
tourism, construction, light manufacturing
(clothing, alcohol, household appliances)
Argentina
food processing, motor vehicles, consumer durables,
textiles, chemicals and petrochemicals, printing, metallurgy, steel
Armenia
diamond-processing, metal-cutting machine tools,
forging-pressing machines, electric motors, tires, knitted wear,
hosiery, shoes, silk fabric, chemicals, trucks, instruments,
microelectronics, jewelry manufacturing, software development, food
processing, brandy
Aruba
tourism, transshipment facilities, oil refining
Australia
mining, industrial and transportation equipment, food
processing, chemicals, steel
Austria
construction, machinery, vehicles and parts, food,
chemicals, lumber and wood processing, paper and paperboard,
communications equipment, tourism
Azerbaijan
petroleum and natural gas, petroleum products, oilfield
equipment; steel, iron ore, cement; chemicals and petrochemicals;
textiles
Bahamas, The
tourism, banking, e-commerce, cement, oil refining and
transshipment, salt, rum, aragonite, pharmaceuticals, spiral-welded
steel pipe
Bahrain
petroleum processing and refining, aluminum smelting,
offshore banking, ship repairing; tourism
Bangladesh
cotton textiles, jute, garments, tea processing, paper
newsprint, cement, chemical fertilizer, light engineering, sugar
Barbados
tourism, sugar, light manufacturing, component assembly for
export
Belarus
metal-cutting machine tools, tractors, trucks, earthmovers,
motorcycles, television sets, chemical fibers, fertilizer, textiles,
radios, refrigerators
Belgium
engineering and metal products, motor vehicle assembly,
processed food and beverages, chemicals, basic metals, textiles,
glass, petroleum
Belize
garment production, food processing, tourism, construction
Benin
textiles, food processing, chemical production, construction
materials (2001)
Bermuda
tourism, international business, light manufacturing
Bhutan
cement, wood products, processed fruits, alcoholic beverages,
calcium carbide
Bolivia
mining, smelting, petroleum, food and beverages, tobacco,
handicrafts, clothing
Bosnia and Herzegovina
steel, coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, manganese,
bauxite, vehicle assembly, textiles, tobacco products, wooden
furniture, tank and aircraft assembly, domestic appliances, oil
refining (2001)
Botswana
diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash; livestock
processing; textiles
Brazil
textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin,
steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and
equipment
British Virgin Islands
tourism, light industry, construction, rum,
concrete block, offshore financial center
Brunei
petroleum, petroleum refining, liquefied natural gas,
construction
Bulgaria
electricity, gas and water; food, beverages and tobacco;
machinery and equipment, base metals, chemical products, coke,
refined petroleum, nuclear fuel
Burkina Faso
cotton lint, beverages, agricultural processing, soap,
cigarettes, textiles, gold
Burma
agricultural processing; knit and woven apparel; wood and wood
products; copper, tin, tungsten, iron; construction materials;
pharmaceuticals; fertilizer; cement
Burundi
light consumer goods such as blankets, shoes, soap; assembly
of imported components; public works construction; food processing
Cambodia
tourism, garments, rice milling, fishing, wood and wood
products, rubber, cement, gem mining, textiles
Cameroon
petroleum production and refining, food processing, light
consumer goods, textiles, lumber
Canada
transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and
unprocessed minerals, food products; wood and paper products; fish
products, petroleum and natural gas
Cape Verde
food and beverages, fish processing, shoes and garments,
salt mining, ship repair
Cayman Islands
tourism, banking, insurance and finance,
construction, construction materials, furniture
Central African Republic
diamond mining, logging, brewing, textiles,
footwear, assembly of bicycles and motorcycles
Chad
oil, cotton textiles, meatpacking, beer brewing, natron (sodium
carbonate), soap, cigarettes, construction materials
Chile
copper, other minerals, foodstuffs, fish processing, iron and
steel, wood and wood products, transport equipment, cement, textiles
China
iron and steel, coal, machine building, armaments, textiles
and apparel, petroleum, cement, chemical fertilizers, footwear,
toys, food processing, automobiles, consumer electronics,
telecommunications
Christmas Island
tourism, phosphate extraction (near depletion)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
copra products and tourism
Colombia
textiles, food processing, oil, clothing and footwear,
beverages, chemicals, cement; gold, coal, emeralds
Comoros
tourism, perfume distillation
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
mining (diamonds, copper, zinc),
mineral processing, consumer products (including textiles, footwear,
cigarettes, processed foods and beverages), cement
Congo, Republic of the
petroleum extraction, cement, lumber,
brewing, sugar, palm oil, soap, flour, cigarettes
Cook Islands
fruit processing, tourism, fishing, clothing,
handicrafts
Costa Rica
microprocessors, food processing, textiles and clothing,
construction materials, fertilizer, plastic products
Cote d'Ivoire
foodstuffs, beverages; wood products, oil refining,
truck and bus assembly, textiles, fertilizer, building materials,
electricity
Croatia
chemicals and plastics, machine tools, fabricated metal,
electronics, pig iron and rolled steel products, aluminum, paper,
wood products, construction materials, textiles, shipbuilding,
petroleum and petroleum refining, food and beverages; tourism
Cuba
sugar, petroleum, tobacco, construction, nickel, steel, cement,
agricultural machinery, pharmaceuticals
Cyprus
food, beverages, textiles, chemicals, metal products,
tourism, wood products
Czech Republic
metallurgy, machinery and equipment, motor vehicles,
glass, armaments
Denmark
food processing, machinery and equipment, textiles and
clothing, chemical products, electronics, construction, furniture
and other wood products, shipbuilding, windmills
Djibouti
construction, agricultural processing
Dominica
soap, coconut oil, tourism, copra, furniture, cement
blocks, shoes
Dominican Republic
tourism, sugar processing, ferronickel and gold
mining, textiles, cement, tobacco
East Timor
printing, soap manufacturing, handicrafts, woven cloth
Ecuador
petroleum, food processing, textiles, wood products,
chemicals
Egypt
textiles, food processing, tourism, chemicals, hydrocarbons,
construction, cement, metals
El Salvador
food processing, beverages, petroleum, chemicals,
fertilizer, textiles, furniture, light metals
Equatorial Guinea
petroleum, fishing, sawmilling, natural gas
Eritrea
food processing, beverages, clothing and textiles
Estonia
engineering, electronics, wood and wood products, textile;
information technology, telecommunications
Ethiopia
food processing, beverages, textiles, chemicals, metals
processing, cement
European Union
among the world's largest and most technologically
advanced industries, including iron and steel, aluminum, petroleum,
coal, cement, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, automobiles, aircraft,
railroad equipment, shipbuilding, electrical power equipment,
machine tools, electronics, telecommunications equipment, fishing,
food processing, furniture, paper, textiles and clothing, tourism
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
fish and wool processing; tourism
Faroe Islands
fishing, fish processing, shipbuilding, construction,
handicrafts
Fiji
tourism, sugar, clothing, copra, gold, silver, lumber, small
cottage industries
Finland
metal products, electronics, shipbuilding, pulp and paper,
copper refining, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, clothing
France
machinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft,
electronics; textiles, food processing; tourism
French Guiana
construction, shrimp processing, forestry products,
rum, gold mining
French Polynesia
tourism, pearls, agricultural processing,
handicrafts, phosphates
Gabon
petroleum extraction and refining; manganese, and gold mining;
chemicals; ship repair; food and beverage; textile; lumbering and
plywood; cement
Gambia, The
processing peanuts, fish, and hides; tourism; beverages;
agricultural machinery assembly, woodworking, metalworking; clothing
Gaza Strip
generally small family businesses that produce textiles,
soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs; the
Israelis have established some small-scale modern industries in an
industrial center
Georgia
steel, aircraft, machine tools, electrical appliances,
mining (manganese and copper), chemicals, wood products, wine
Germany
among the world's largest and most technologically advanced
producers of iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery,
vehicles, machine tools, electronics, food and beverages;
shipbuilding; textiles
Ghana
mining, lumbering, light manufacturing, aluminum smelting,
food processing
Gibraltar
tourism, banking and finance, ship repairing, tobacco
Greece
tourism; food and tobacco processing, textiles; chemicals,
metal products; mining, petroleum
Greenland
fish processing (mainly shrimp and Greenland halibut),
handicrafts, hides and skins, small shipyards, mining
Grenada
food and beverages, textiles, light assembly operations,
tourism, construction
Guadeloupe
construction, cement, rum, sugar, tourism
Guam
US military, tourism, construction, transshipment services,
concrete products, printing and publishing, food processing, textiles
Guatemala
sugar, textiles and clothing, furniture, chemicals,
petroleum, metals, rubber, tourism
Guernsey
tourism, banking
Guinea
bauxite, gold, diamonds; alumina refining; light
manufacturing and agricultural processing industries
Guinea-Bissau
agricultural products processing, beer, soft drinks
Guyana
bauxite, sugar, rice milling, timber, textiles, gold mining
Haiti
sugar refining, flour milling, textiles, cement, light
assembly industries based on imported parts
Holy See (Vatican City)
printing; production of coins, medals,
postage stamps, a small amount of mosaics and staff uniforms;
worldwide banking and financial activities
Honduras
sugar, coffee, textiles, clothing, wood products
Hong Kong
textiles, clothing, tourism, banking, shipping,
electronics, plastics, toys, watches, clocks
Hungary
mining, metallurgy, construction materials, processed foods,
textiles, chemicals (especially pharmaceuticals), motor vehicles
Iceland
fish processing; aluminum smelting, ferrosilicon production,
geothermal power; tourism
India
textiles, chemicals, food processing, steel, transportation
equipment, cement, mining, petroleum, machinery, software
Indonesia
petroleum and natural gas, textiles, apparel, footwear,
mining, cement, chemical fertilizers, plywood, rubber, food, tourism
Iran
petroleum, petrochemicals, textiles, cement and other
construction materials, food processing (particularly sugar refining
and vegetable oil production), metal fabricating, armaments
Iraq
petroleum, chemicals, textiles, construction materials, food
processing
Ireland
food products, brewing, textiles, clothing; chemicals,
pharmaceuticals, machinery, transportation equipment, glass and
crystal; software
Israel
high-technology projects (including aviation, communications,
computer-aided design and manufactures, medical electronics), wood
and paper products, potash and phosphates, food, beverages, and
tobacco, caustic soda, cement, diamond cutting
Italy
tourism, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, food
processing, textiles, motor vehicles, clothing, footwear, ceramics
Jamaica
tourism, bauxite/alumina, textiles, agro processing, wearing
apparel, light manufactures, rum, cement, metal, paper, chemical
products, telecommunications
Japan
among world's largest and technologically advanced producers
of motor vehicles, electronic equipment, machine tools, steel and
nonferrous metals, ships, chemicals, textiles, processed foods
Jersey
tourism, banking and finance, dairy
Jordan
phosphate mining, pharmaceuticals, petroleum refining,
cement, potash, light manufacturing, tourism
Kazakhstan
oil, coal, iron ore, manganese, chromite, lead, zinc,
copper, titanium, bauxite, gold, silver, phosphates, sulfur, iron
and steel; tractors and other agricultural machinery, electric
motors, construction materials
Kenya
small-scale consumer goods (plastic, furniture, batteries,
textiles, soap, cigarettes, flour), agricultural products
processing; oil refining, cement; tourism
Kiribati
fishing, handicrafts
Korea, North
military products; machine building, electric power,
chemicals; mining (coal, iron ore, magnesite, graphite, copper,
zinc, lead, and precious metals), metallurgy; textiles, food
processing; tourism
Korea, South
electronics, telecommunications, automobile production,
chemicals, shipbuilding, steel
Kuwait
petroleum, petrochemicals, desalination, food processing,
construction materials
Kyrgyzstan
small machinery, textiles, food processing, cement,
shoes, sawn logs, refrigerators, furniture, electric motors, gold,
rare earth metals
Laos
tin and gypsum mining, timber, electric power, agricultural
processing, construction, garments, tourism
Latvia
buses, vans, street and railroad cars, synthetic fibers,
agricultural machinery, fertilizers, washing machines, radios,
electronics, pharmaceuticals, processed foods, textiles; note -
dependent on imports for energy and raw materials
Lebanon
banking; food processing; jewelry; cement; textiles; mineral
and chemical products; wood and furniture products; oil refining;
metal fabricating
Lesotho
food, beverages, textiles, apparel assembly, handicrafts;
construction; tourism
Liberia
rubber processing, palm oil processing, timber, diamonds
Libya
petroleum, food processing, textiles, handicrafts, cement
Liechtenstein
electronics, metal manufacturing, dental products,
ceramics, pharmaceuticals, food products, precision instruments,
tourism, optical instruments
Lithuania
metal-cutting machine tools, electric motors, television
sets, refrigerators and freezers, petroleum refining, shipbuilding
(small ships), furniture making, textiles, food processing,
fertilizers, agricultural machinery, optical equipment, electronic
components, computers, amber
Luxembourg
banking, iron and steel, food processing, chemicals,
metal products, engineering, tires, glass, aluminum
Macau
tourism, gambling, clothing, textiles, electronics, footwear,
toys
Macedonia
coal, metallic chromium, lead, zinc, ferronickel,
textiles, wood products, tobacco, food processing, buses, steel
Madagascar
meat processing, soap, breweries, tanneries, sugar,
textiles, glassware, cement, automobile assembly plant, paper,
petroleum, tourism
Malawi
tobacco, tea, sugar, sawmill products, cement, consumer goods
Malaysia
Peninsular Malaysia - rubber and oil palm processing and
manufacturing, light manufacturing industry, electronics, tin mining
and smelting, logging and processing timber; Sabah - logging,
petroleum production; Sarawak - agriculture processing, petroleum
production and refining, logging
Maldives
fish processing, tourism, shipping, boat building, coconut
processing, garments, woven mats, rope, handicrafts, coral and sand
mining
Mali
food processing; construction; phosphate and gold mining
Malta
tourism; electronics, ship building and repair, construction;
food and beverages, textiles, footwear, clothing, tobacco
Man, Isle of
financial services, light manufacturing, tourism
Marshall Islands
copra, fish, tourism, craft items from shell, wood,
and pearls
Martinique
construction, rum, cement, oil refining, sugar, tourism
Mauritania
fish processing, mining of iron ore and gypsum
Mauritius
food processing (largely sugar milling), textiles,
clothing; chemicals, metal products, transport equipment,
nonelectrical machinery; tourism
Mayotte
newly created lobster and shrimp industry, construction
Mexico
food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel,
petroleum, mining, textiles, clothing, motor vehicles, consumer
durables, tourism
Micronesia, Federated States of
tourism, construction, fish
processing, specialized aquaculture, craft items from shell, wood,
and pearls
Moldova
food processing, agricultural machinery, foundry equipment,
refrigerators and freezers, washing machines, hosiery, sugar,
vegetable oil, shoes, textiles
Monaco
tourism, construction, small-scale industrial and consumer
products
Mongolia
construction materials; mining (coal, copper, molybdenum,
fluorspar, and gold); oil; food and beverages; processing of animal
products
Montserrat
tourism, rum, textiles, electronic appliances
Morocco
phosphate rock mining and processing, food processing,
leather goods, textiles, construction, tourism
Mozambique
food, beverages, chemicals (fertilizer, soap, paints),
aluminum, petroleum products, textiles, cement, glass, asbestos,
tobacco
Namibia
meatpacking, fish processing, dairy products; mining
(diamond, lead, zinc, tin, silver, tungsten, uranium, copper)
Nauru
phosphate mining, offshore banking, coconut products
Nepal
tourism, carpet, textile; small rice, jute, sugar, and oilseed
mills; cigarette; cement and brick production
Netherlands
agroindustries, metal and engineering products,
electrical machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum,
construction, microelectronics, fishing
Netherlands Antilles
tourism (Curacao, Sint Maarten, and Bonaire),
petroleum refining (Curacao), petroleum transshipment facilities
(Curacao and Bonaire), light manufacturing (Curacao)
New Caledonia
nickel mining and smelting
New Zealand
food processing, wood and paper products, textiles,
machinery, transportation equipment, banking and insurance, tourism,
mining
Nicaragua
food processing, chemicals, machinery and metal products,
textiles, clothing, petroleum refining and distribution, beverages,
footwear, wood
Niger
uranium mining, cement, brick, textiles, food processing,
chemicals, slaughterhouses
Nigeria
crude oil, coal, tin, columbite, palm oil, peanuts, cotton,
rubber, wood, hides and skins, textiles, cement and other
construction materials, food products, footwear, chemicals,
fertilizer, printing, ceramics, steel
Niue
tourism, handicrafts, food processing
Norfolk Island
tourism
Northern Mariana Islands
tourism, construction, garments, handicrafts
Norway
petroleum and gas, food processing, shipbuilding, pulp and
paper products, metals, chemicals, timber, mining, textiles, fishing
Oman
crude oil production and refining, natural gas production,
construction, cement, copper
Pakistan
textiles and apparel, food processing, pharmaceuticals,
construction materials, paper products, fertilizer, shrimp
Palau
tourism, craft items (from shell, wood, pearls), construction,
garment making
Panama
construction, petroleum refining, brewing, cement and other
construction materials, sugar milling
Papua New Guinea
copra crushing, palm oil processing, plywood
production, wood chip production; mining of gold, silver, and
copper; crude oil production; construction, tourism
Paraguay
sugar, cement, textiles, beverages, wood products, steel,
metallurgic, electric power
Peru
mining of metals, petroleum, fishing, textiles, clothing, food
processing, cement, auto assembly, steel, shipbuilding, metal
fabrication
Philippines
electronics assembly, textiles, pharmaceuticals,
chemicals, wood products, food processing, petroleum refining,
fishing
Pitcairn Islands
postage stamps, handicrafts
Poland
machine building, iron and steel, coal mining, chemicals,
shipbuilding, food processing, glass, beverages, textiles
Portugal
textiles and footwear; wood pulp, paper, and cork;
metalworking; oil refining; chemicals; fish canning; wine; tourism
Puerto Rico
pharmaceuticals, electronics, apparel, food products,
tourism
Qatar
crude oil production and refining, fertilizers,
petrochemicals, steel reinforcing bars, cement
Reunion
sugar, rum, cigarettes, handicraft items, flower oil
extraction
Romania
textiles and footwear, light machinery and auto assembly,
mining, timber, construction materials, metallurgy, chemicals, food
processing, petroleum refining
Russia
complete range of mining and extractive industries producing
coal, oil, gas, chemicals, and metals; all forms of machine building
from rolling mills to high-performance aircraft and space vehicles;
shipbuilding; road and rail transportation equipment; communications
equipment; agricultural machinery, tractors, and construction
equipment; electric power generating and transmitting equipment;
medical and scientific instruments; consumer durables, textiles,
foodstuffs, handicrafts
Rwanda
cement, agricultural products, small-scale beverages, soap,
furniture, shoes, plastic goods, textiles, cigarettes
Saint Helena
construction, crafts (furniture, lacework, fancy
woodwork), fishing
Saint Kitts and Nevis
sugar processing, tourism, cotton, salt,
copra, clothing, footwear, beverages
Saint Lucia
clothing, assembly of electronic components, beverages,
corrugated cardboard boxes, tourism, lime processing, coconut
processing
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
fish processing and supply base for
fishing fleets; tourism
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
food processing, cement, furniture,
clothing, starch
Samoa
food processing, building materials, auto parts
San Marino
tourism, banking, textiles, electronics, ceramics,
cement, wine
Sao Tome and Principe
light construction, textiles, soap, beer; fish
processing; timber
Saudi Arabia
crude oil production, petroleum refining, basic
petrochemicals, cement, construction, fertilizer, plastics
Senegal
agricultural and fish processing, phosphate mining,
fertilizer production, petroleum refining, construction materials
Serbia and Montenegro
machine building (aircraft, trucks, and
automobiles; tanks and weapons; electrical equipment; agricultural
machinery); metallurgy (steel, aluminum, copper, lead, zinc,
chromium, antimony, bismuth, cadmium); mining (coal, bauxite,
nonferrous ore, iron ore, limestone); consumer goods (textiles,
footwear, foodstuffs, appliances); electronics, petroleum products,
chemicals, and pharmaceuticals
Seychelles
fishing; tourism; processing of coconuts and vanilla,
coir (coconut fiber) rope, boat building, printing, furniture;
beverages
Sierra Leone
mining (diamonds); small-scale manufacturing
(beverages, textiles, cigarettes, footwear); petroleum refining
Singapore
electronics, chemicals, financial services, oil drilling
equipment, petroleum refining, rubber processing and rubber
products, processed food and beverages, ship repair, offshore
platform construction, life sciences, entrepot trade
Slovakia
metal and metal products; food and beverages; electricity,
gas, coke, oil, nuclear fuel; chemicals and manmade fibers;
machinery; paper and printing; earthenware and ceramics; transport
vehicles; textiles; electrical and optical apparatus; rubber products
Slovenia
ferrous metallurgy and aluminum products, lead and zinc
smelting, electronics (including military electronics), trucks,
electric power equipment, wood products, textiles, chemicals,
machine tools
Solomon Islands
fish (tuna), mining, timber
Somalia
a few light industries, including sugar refining, textiles,
petroleum refining (mostly shut down), wireless communication
South Africa
mining (world's largest producer of platinum, gold,
chromium), automobile assembly, metalworking, machinery, textile,
iron and steel, chemicals, fertilizer, foodstuffs
Spain
textiles and apparel (including footwear), food and beverages,
metals and metal manufactures, chemicals, shipbuilding, automobiles,
machine tools, tourism
Sri Lanka
rubber processing, tea, coconuts, and other agricultural
commodities; clothing, cement, petroleum refining, textiles, tobacco
Sudan
oil, cotton ginning, textiles, cement, edible oils, sugar,
soap distilling, shoes, petroleum refining, pharmaceuticals,
armaments, automobile/light truck assembly
Suriname
bauxite and gold mining, alumina production, oil,
lumbering, food processing, fishing
Swaziland
mining (coal), wood pulp, sugar, soft drink concentrates,
textile and apparel
Sweden
iron and steel, precision equipment (bearings, radio and
telephone parts, armaments), wood pulp and paper products, processed
foods, motor vehicles
Switzerland
machinery, chemicals, watches, textiles, precision
instruments
Syria
petroleum, textiles, food processing, beverages, tobacco,
phosphate rock mining
Taiwan
electronics, petroleum refining, chemicals, textiles, iron
and steel, machinery, cement, food processing
Tajikistan
aluminum, zinc, lead, chemicals and fertilizers, cement,
vegetable oil, metal-cutting machine tools, refrigerators and
freezers
Tanzania
agricultural processing (sugar, beer, cigarettes, sisal
twine), diamond and gold mining, oil refining, shoes, cement,
textiles, wood products, fertilizer, salt
Thailand
tourism, textiles and garments, agricultural processing,
beverages, tobacco, cement, light manufacturing such as jewelry,
electric appliances and components, computers and parts, integrated
circuits, furniture, plastics, world's second-largest tungsten
producer, and third-largest tin producer
Togo
phosphate mining, agricultural processing, cement; handicrafts,
textiles, beverages
Tokelau
small-scale enterprises for copra production, woodworking,
plaited craft goods; stamps, coins; fishing
Tonga
tourism, fishing
Trinidad and Tobago
petroleum, chemicals, tourism, food processing,
cement, beverage, cotton textiles
Tunisia
petroleum, mining (particularly phosphate and iron ore),
tourism, textiles, footwear, agribusiness, beverages
Turkey
textiles, food processing, autos, mining (coal, chromite,
copper, boron), steel, petroleum, construction, lumber, paper
Turkmenistan
natural gas, oil, petroleum products, textiles, food
processing
Turks and Caicos Islands
tourism, offshore financial services
Tuvalu
fishing, tourism, copra
Uganda
sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles, cement
Ukraine
coal, electric power, ferrous and nonferrous metals,
machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food processing
(especially sugar)
United Arab Emirates
petroleum, fishing, petrochemicals,
construction materials, some boat building, handicrafts, pearling
United Kingdom
machine tools, electric power equipment, automation
equipment, railroad equipment, shipbuilding, aircraft, motor
vehicles and parts, electronics and communications equipment,
metals, chemicals, coal, petroleum, paper and paper products, food
processing, textiles, clothing, and other consumer goods
United States
leading industrial power in the world, highly
diversified and technologically advanced; petroleum, steel, motor
vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics,
food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining
Uruguay
food processing, electrical machinery, transportation
equipment, petroleum products, textiles, chemicals, beverages
Uzbekistan
textiles, food processing, machine building, metallurgy,
natural gas, chemicals
Vanuatu
food and fish freezing, wood processing, meat canning
Venezuela
petroleum, iron ore mining, construction materials, food
processing, textiles, steel, aluminum, motor vehicle assembly
Vietnam
food processing, garments, shoes, machine-building, mining,
cement, chemical fertilizer, glass, tires, oil, coal, steel, paper
Virgin Islands
tourism, petroleum refining, watch assembly, rum
distilling, construction, pharmaceuticals, textiles, electronics
Wallis and Futuna
copra, handicrafts, fishing, lumber
West Bank
generally small family businesses that produce cement,
textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs;
the Israelis have established some small-scale, modern industries in
the settlements and industrial centers
Western Sahara
phosphate mining, handicrafts
World
dominated by the onrush of technology, especially in
computers, robotics, telecommunications, and medicines and medical
equipment; most of these advances take place in OECD nations; only a
small portion of non-OECD countries have succeeded in rapidly
adjusting to these technological forces; the accelerated development
of new industrial (and agricultural) technology is complicating
already grim environmental problems
Yemen
crude oil production and petroleum refining; small-scale
production of cotton textiles and leather goods; food processing;
handicrafts; small aluminum products factory; cement
Zambia
copper mining and processing, construction, foodstuffs,
beverages, chemicals, textiles, fertilizer, horticulture
Zimbabwe
mining (coal, gold, copper, nickel, tin, clay, numerous
metallic and nonmetallic ores), steel, wood products, cement,
chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages
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@2091 Infant mortality rate (deaths/1,000 live births)
Afghanistan
total: 165.96 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 170.85 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 160.82 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Albania
total: 22.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 23.01 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 21.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Algeria
total: 32.16 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 36.06 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 28.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
American Samoa
total: 9.48 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 10.06 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Andorra
total: 4.05 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.39 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Angola
total: 192.5 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 204.97 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 179.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Anguilla
total: 21.91 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 28.72 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda
total: 20.18 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 24.29 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 15.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Argentina
total: 15.66 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 17.6 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 13.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Armenia
total: 24.16 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 29.32 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 18.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Aruba
total: 6.02 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.85 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Australia
total: 4.76 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.16 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Austria
total: 4.68 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.76 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Azerbaijan
total: 82.07 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 83.99 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 80.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Bahamas, The
total: 25.7 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 31.73 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Bahrain
total: 17.91 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 20.93 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Bangladesh
total: 64.32 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 65.41 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 63.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Barbados
total: 12.61 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 14.26 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 10.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Belarus
total: 13.62 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 14.71 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Belgium
total: 4.76 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.36 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Belize
total: 26.37 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 29.75 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 22.82 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Benin
total: 85.88 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 90.89 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 80.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Bermuda
total: 8.79 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 10.45 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Bhutan
total: 102.56 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 100.35 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 104.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Bolivia
total: 54.58 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 58.23 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 50.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
total: 21.88 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 24.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Botswana
total: 69.98 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 70.96 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 68.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Brazil
total: 30.66 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 34.47 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 26.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
British Virgin Islands
total: 18.05 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.02 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Brunei
total: 13.05 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 16.51 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Bulgaria
total: 21.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 25.15 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 17.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Burkina Faso
total: 98.67 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 106.7 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 90.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Burma
total: 68.78 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 74.78 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 62.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Burundi
total: 70.4 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 77.15 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 63.45 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Cambodia
total: 73.67 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 82.51 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 64.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Cameroon
total: 69.18 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 73.16 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 65.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Canada
total: 4.82 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.28 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Cape Verde
total: 49.14 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 54.39 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 43.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Cayman Islands
total: 8.41 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 9.64 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Central African Republic
total: 92.15 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 99.09 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 84.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Chad
total: 94.78 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 104.01 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 85.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Chile
total: 9.05 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 9.81 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
China
total: 25.28 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.84 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 29.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Christmas Island
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA (2004 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA (2004 est.)
Colombia
total: 21.72 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 25.69 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 17.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Comoros
total: 77.22 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 85.9 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 68.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
total: 94.69 deaths/1,000 live
births
male: 103.18 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 85.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Congo, Republic of the
total: 93.86 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 99.95 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 87.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Cook Islands
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA (2004 est.)
Costa Rica
total: 10.26 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 11.17 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
total: 97.1 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 113.87 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 79.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Croatia
total: 6.96 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.03 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Cuba
total: 6.45 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.25 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Cyprus
total: 7.36 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 9.19 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Czech Republic
total: 3.97 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.32 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Denmark
total: 4.63 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.65 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Djibouti
total: 105.54 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 113.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 97.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Dominica
total: 14.75 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 19.49 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Dominican Republic
total: 33.28 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 35.75 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 30.68 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
East Timor
total: 48.86 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 55.34 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 42.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Ecuador
total: 24.49 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 29.34 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Egypt
total: 33.9 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 34.64 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 33.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
El Salvador
total: 25.93 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 28.79 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 22.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Equatorial Guinea
total: 87.08 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 93.27 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 80.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Eritrea
total: 75.59 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 83.03 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 67.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Estonia
total: 8.08 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 9.32 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Ethiopia
total: 102.12 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 112.22 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 91.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
European Union
total: 5.3 deaths/1,000 live births (July 2004 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA (2004 est.)
Faroe Islands
total: 6.38 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.72 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.03 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Fiji
total: 12.99 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 14.36 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Finland
total: 3.59 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.91 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
France
total: 4.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.83 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
French Guiana
total: 12.46 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 13.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
French Polynesia
total: 8.61 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 9.92 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Gabon
total: 54.34 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 64.15 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 44.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Gambia, The
total: 73.48 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 80.14 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 66.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Gaza Strip
total: 23.54 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 24.71 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 22.31 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Georgia
total: 19.34 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 16.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Germany
total: 4.2 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.64 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Ghana
total: 52.22 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 55.1 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 49.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Gibraltar
total: 5.22 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.81 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Greece
total: 5.63 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.19 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Greenland
total: 16.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 17.62 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Grenada
total: 14.62 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 14.18 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 15.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Guadeloupe
total: 8.83 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 10.07 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Guam
total: 7.15 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.8 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Guatemala
total: 36.91 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 37.71 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 36.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Guernsey
total: 4.78 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.35 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Guinea
total: 91.82 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 97.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 86.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Guinea-Bissau
total: 108.72 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 119.37 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 97.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Guyana
total: 37.22 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 41.28 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 32.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Haiti
total: 74.38 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 79.83 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 68.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Honduras
total: 29.64 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 33.22 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 25.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Hong Kong
total: 2.97 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.16 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Hungary
total: 8.68 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 9.34 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Iceland
total: 3.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.44 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
India
total: 57.92 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 58.52 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 57.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Indonesia
total: 36.82 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 42.09 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 31.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Iran
total: 42.86 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 43.01 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 42.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Iraq
total: 52.71 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 58.58 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 46.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Ireland
total: 5.5 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.04 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Israel
total: 7.21 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.96 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Italy
total: 6.07 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.68 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Jamaica
total: 12.81 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 13.82 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Japan
total: 3.28 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.54 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Jersey
total: 5.33 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.7 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Jordan
total: 18.11 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.63 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.37 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Kazakhstan
total: 30.54 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 35.24 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 25.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Kenya
total: 62.62 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 65.55 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 59.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Kiribati
total: 49.9 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 55.04 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 44.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Korea, North
total: 24.84 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 26.59 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 23 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Korea, South
total: 7.18 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.64 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.68 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Kuwait
total: 10.26 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 11.27 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Kyrgyzstan
total: 36.81 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 42.23 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 31.11 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Laos
total: 87.06 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 97.05 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 76.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Latvia
total: 9.67 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 11.45 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Lebanon
total: 25.48 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 28.21 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 22.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Lesotho
total: 85.22 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 90.19 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 80.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Liberia
total: 130.51 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 137.32 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 123.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Libya
total: 25.7 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 28.04 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 23.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Liechtenstein
total: 4.77 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.47 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Lithuania
total: 7.13 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 8.61 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Luxembourg
total: 4.88 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.84 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Macau
total: 4.39 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.59 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Macedonia
total: 11.74 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 12.67 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 10.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Madagascar
total: 78.52 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 86.84 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 69.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Malawi
total: 104.23 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 108.4 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 99.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Malaysia
total: 18.35 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.23 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 15.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Maldives
total: 58.32 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 57.43 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 59.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Mali
total: 117.99 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 124.51 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 111.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Malta
total: 3.94 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.45 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Man, Isle of
total: 6.05 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.08 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Marshall Islands
total: 30.5 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 34.19 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 26.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Martinique
total: 7.27 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.79 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Mauritania
total: 72.35 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 75.22 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 69.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Mauritius
total: 15.57 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 18.36 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Mayotte
total: 64.19 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 70.42 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 57.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Mexico
total: 21.69 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 23.63 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of
total: 31.28 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 34.45 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 27.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Moldova
total: 41 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 43.96 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 37.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Monaco
total: 5.53 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.4 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Mongolia
total: 55.45 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 58.97 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 51.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Montserrat
total: 7.56 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 8.8 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Morocco
total: 43.25 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 47.09 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 39.21 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Mozambique
total: 137.08 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 142.67 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 131.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Namibia
total: 69.58 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 72.65 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 66.43 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Nauru
total: 10.14 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 12.76 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Nepal
total: 68.77 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 67.1 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 70.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Netherlands
total: 5.11 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.68 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.51 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Netherlands Antilles
total: 10.37 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 11.18 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
New Caledonia
total: 7.89 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 8.59 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
New Zealand
total: 5.96 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.83 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Nicaragua
total: 30.15 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 33.73 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 26.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Niger
total: 122.66 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 126.96 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 118.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Nigeria
total: 70.49 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 73.55 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 67.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Niue
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA (2004 est.)
Norfolk Island
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Northern Mariana Islands
total: 7.25 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.18 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Norway
total: 3.73 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.11 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Oman
total: 20.26 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 23.18 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 17.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Pakistan
total: 74.43 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 74.84 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 74 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Palau
total: 15.3 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 17.07 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 13.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Panama
total: 20.95 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 23.08 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 18.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Papua New Guinea
total: 53.15 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 57.39 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 48.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Paraguay
total: 26.67 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 31.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 21.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Peru
total: 32.95 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 35.57 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 30.21 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Philippines
total: 24.24 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 27.11 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 21.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Pitcairn Islands
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Poland
total: 8.73 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 9.82 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Portugal
total: 5.13 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.6 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Puerto Rico
total: 8.37 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 9.7 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Qatar
total: 19.32 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 22.77 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 15.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Reunion
total: 7.95 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 8.71 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Romania
total: 27.24 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 30.41 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 23.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Russia
total: 16.96 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 19.58 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Rwanda
total: 101.68 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 106.68 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 96.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Saint Helena
total: 19.85 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 23.7 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 15.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
total: 14.94 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 16.72 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 13.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Saint Lucia
total: 13.95 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 15.09 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
total: 7.76 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 8.91 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
total: 15.24 deaths/1,000 live
births
male: 16.58 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 13.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Samoa
total: 28.72 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 33.83 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 23.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
San Marino
total: 5.85 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.28 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe
total: 44.58 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 46.57 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 42.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Saudi Arabia
total: 13.7 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 15.72 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Senegal
total: 56.53 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 60.25 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 52.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro
total: 13.43 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 15.04 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.68 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Seychelles
total: 15.97 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 20.2 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Sierra Leone
total: 145.24 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 162.64 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 127.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Singapore
total: 2.28 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 2.49 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Slovakia
total: 7.62 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 8.88 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Slovenia
total: 4.5 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.11 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Solomon Islands
total: 22.09 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 25.15 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 18.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Somalia
total: 118.52 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 127.95 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 108.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
South Africa
total: 62.18 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 65.87 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 58.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Spain
total: 4.48 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.88 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Sri Lanka
total: 14.78 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 16.01 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 13.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Sudan
total: 64.05 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 64.8 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 63.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Suriname
total: 24.15 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 28.24 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Svalbard
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Swaziland
total: 68.35 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 71.64 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 64.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Sweden
total: 2.77 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 2.93 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Switzerland
total: 4.43 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.94 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Syria
total: 30.6 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 30.82 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 30.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Taiwan
total: 6.52 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.21 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Tajikistan
total: 112.1 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 124.47 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 99.11 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Tanzania
total: 102.13 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 111.62 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 92.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Thailand
total: 21.14 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 22.49 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Togo
total: 67.66 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 75.4 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 59.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Tokelau
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Tonga
total: 12.99 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 14.36 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago
total: 24.64 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 26.58 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 22.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Tunisia
total: 25.76 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 28.7 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 22.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Turkey
total: 42.62 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 46.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 38.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Turkmenistan
total: 73.13 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 76.9 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 69.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
total: 16.27 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 18.79 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 13.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Tuvalu
total: 20.69 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 23.63 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 17.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Uganda
total: 86.15 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 93.58 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 78.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Ukraine
total: 20.61 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.87 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
United Arab Emirates
total: 15.06 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 17.71 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
United Kingdom
total: 5.22 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.83 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
United States
total: 6.63 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.31 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Uruguay
total: 12.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 13.67 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 10.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Uzbekistan
total: 71.3 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 75.03 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 67.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Vanuatu
total: 56.63 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 59.25 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 53.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Venezuela
total: 22.99 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 26.18 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Vietnam
total: 29.88 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 33.71 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 25.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Virgin Islands
total: 8.21 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 9.31 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Wallis and Futuna
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA
West Bank
total: 20.16 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 22.28 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 17.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Western Sahara
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA
World
total: 50.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 52.17 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 48.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Yemen
total: 63.26 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 68.12 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 58.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Zambia
total: 98.4 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 105.6 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 90.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Zimbabwe
total: 67.08 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 69.74 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 64.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
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@2092 Inflation rate (consumer prices) (%)
Afghanistan
5.2% (2003)
Albania
2.4% (2003)
Algeria
3.5% (2003 est.)
American Samoa
NA (2003 est.)
Andorra
4.3% (2000)
Angola
76.6% (2003 est.)
Anguilla
2.3%
Antigua and Barbuda
0.4% (2000 est.)
Argentina
13.4% (2003)
Armenia
4.8% (2003 est.)
Aruba
3.2% (2002 est.)
Australia
2.8% (2003 est.)
Austria
1.4% (2003 est.)
Azerbaijan
2.1% (2003 est.)
Bahamas, The
1.7% (2002 est.)
Bahrain
-0.2% (2003 est.)
Bangladesh
5.6% (2003 est.)
Barbados
-0.5% (2003 est.)
Belarus
28.2% (2003 est.)
Belgium
1.6% (2003 est.)
Belize
2.6% (2003 est.)
Benin
1.5% (2003 est.)
Bermuda
3.3% (mid-2003 est.)
Bhutan
3% (2002 est.)
Bolivia
3.3% (2003 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.9% (2003 est.)
Botswana
9.2% (2003 est.)
Brazil
14.7% (2003)
British Virgin Islands
2.5% (2002)
Brunei
-2% (2002 est.)
Bulgaria
2.3% (2003 est.)
Burkina Faso
1.9% (2003 est.)
Burma
49.7% (2003 est.)
Burundi
10.7% (2003 est.)
Cambodia
1.7% (2003 est.)
Cameroon
2.3% (2003 est.)
Canada
2.8% (2003 est.)
Cape Verde
3% (2003)
Cayman Islands
2.8% (2002)
Central African Republic
3.6% (2001 est.)
Chad
6% (2003 est.)
Chile
2.8% (2003 est.)
China
1.2% (2003 est.)
Christmas Island
NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
NA
Colombia
7.1% (2003 est.)
Comoros
3.5% (2001 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
14% (2003 est.)
Congo, Republic of the
2.4% (2003 est.)
Cook Islands
3.2% (2000 est.)
Costa Rica
9.4% (2003 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
3.4% (2003 est.)
Croatia
1.8% (2003 est.)
Cuba
4.1% (2003 est.)
Cyprus
Republic of Cyprus: 4.1% (2003 est.); north Cyprus: 12.6%
(2003 est.)
Czech Republic
0.1% (2003 est.)
Denmark
2.1% (2003 est.)
Djibouti
2% (2002 est.)
Dominica
1% (2001 est.)
Dominican Republic
27.5% (2003 est.)
East Timor
8% NA (2003 est.)
Ecuador
7.9% (2003 est.)
Egypt
4.3% (2003 est.)
El Salvador
2.1% (2003 est.)
Equatorial Guinea
6% (2003 est.)
Eritrea
12.3% (2003)
Estonia
1.3% (2003 est.)
Ethiopia
17.8% (2003 est.)
European Union
2% (2004 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
3.6% (1998)
Faroe Islands
5.1% (1999)
Fiji
1.6% (2002 est.)
Finland
0.9% (2003 est.)
France
2.1% (2003 est.)
French Guiana
1.5% (2002 est.)
French Polynesia
1.5% (2002 est.)
Gabon
0.5% (2003 est.)
Gambia, The
14% (2003 est.)
Gaza Strip
2.2% (includes West Bank) (2001 est.)
Georgia
4.8% (2003 est.)
Germany
1.1% (2003 est.)
Ghana
26.7% (2003 est.)
Gibraltar
1.5% (1998)
Greece
3.6% (2003 est.)
Greenland
1.6% (1999 est.)
Grenada
2.8% (2001 est.)
Guadeloupe
NA (2003 est.)
Guam
0% (1999 est.)
Guatemala
5.5% (2003 est.)
Guernsey
4% (2000 est.)
Guinea
14.8% (2003 est.)
Guinea-Bissau
4% (2002 est.)
Guyana
5.7% (2003 est.)
Haiti
37.8% (2003 est.)
Honduras
7.7% (2003 est.)
Hong Kong
-2.6% (2003 est.)
Hungary
4.7% (2003 est.)
Iceland
2.1% (2003 est.)
India
3.8% (2003 est.)
Indonesia
6.6% (2003 est.)
Iran
16.4% (2003 est.)
Iraq
29.3% (2003 est.)
Ireland
3.5% (2003 est.)
Israel
0.7% (2003 est.)
Italy
2.7% (2003 est.)
Jamaica
10.3% (2003 est.)
Japan
-0.3% (2003 est.)
Jersey
4.7% (1998)
Jordan
2.4% (2003 est.)
Kazakhstan
6.6% (2003 est.)
Kenya
9.8% (2003 est.)
Kiribati
2.5% (2001 est.)
Korea, North
NA (2003 est.)
Korea, South
3.6% (2003 est.)
Kuwait
1.2% (2003 est.)
Kyrgyzstan
3.5% (2003 est.)
Laos
15.3% (2003 est.)
Latvia
2.9% (2003 est.)
Lebanon
2.5% (2003 est.)
Lesotho
6.1% (2003 est.)
Liberia
15% (2003 est.)
Libya
2.8% (2003 est.)
Liechtenstein
1% (2001)
Lithuania
-1.2% (2003 est.)
Luxembourg
2% (2003 est.)
Macau
-2.6% (2003 est.)
Macedonia
1.2% (2003 est.)
Madagascar
8% (2003 est.)
Malawi
9.5% (2003 est.)
Malaysia
1.1% (2003 est.)
Maldives
1% (2002 est.)
Mali
4.5% (2002 est.)
Malta
0.4% (2003 est.)
Man, Isle of
3.6% (March 2003 est.)
Marshall Islands
2% (2001 est.)
Martinique
3.9% (1990)
Mauritania
7% (2003 est.)
Mauritius
4.2% (2003 est.)
Mayotte
NA
Mexico
4.5% (2003 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of
1% (2002 est.)
Moldova
11.6% (2003 est.)
Monaco
NA (2000)
Mongolia
1.5% (2002 est.)
Montserrat
2.6% (2002 est.)
Morocco
1.2% (2003 est.)
Mozambique
14% (2003 est.)
Namibia
7.3% (2003)
Nauru
-3.6% (1993)
Nepal
2.9% (2002 est.)
Netherlands
2.1% (2003 est.)
Netherlands Antilles
2.1% (2003 est.)
New Caledonia
-0.6% (2000 est.)
New Zealand
1.8% (2003 est.)
Nicaragua
5.3% (2003 est.)
Niger
3% (2002 est.)
Nigeria
13.8% (2003 est.)
Niue
1% (1995)
Norfolk Island
NA
Northern Mariana Islands
1.2% (1997 est.)
Norway
2.5% (2003 est.)
Oman
-0.3% (2003 est.)
Pakistan
2.9% (2003 est.)
Palau
3.4% (2000 est.)
Panama
1.4% (2003 est.)
Papua New Guinea
14.7% (2003 est.)
Paraguay
14.2% (2003 est.)
Peru
2.3% (2003 est.)
Philippines
3.1% (2003 est.)
Pitcairn Islands
NA
Poland
0.7% (2003 est.)
Portugal
3.3% (2003 est.)
Puerto Rico
6.5% (2003 est.)
Qatar
2.3% (2003)
Reunion
NA
Romania
15.3% (2003)
Russia
13.7% (2003 est.)
Rwanda
7.5% (2003 est.)
Saint Helena
3.2% (1997 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
1.7% (2001 est.)
Saint Lucia
3% (2001 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
2.1% (1991-96 average)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
-0.4% (2001 est.)
Samoa
4% (2001 est.)
San Marino
3.3% (2001)
Sao Tome and Principe
9% (2003 est.)
Saudi Arabia
0.5% (2003 est.)
Senegal
0% (2003 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro
11.2% (2003 est.)
Seychelles
3.3% (2003 est.)
Sierra Leone
1% (2002 est.)
Singapore
0.5% (2003 est.)
Slovakia
8.6% (2003 est.)
Slovenia
5.6% (2003 est.)
Solomon Islands
9% (2002 est.)
Somalia
note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates
cannot be sensibly determined (2003 est.)
South Africa
5.9% (2003 est.)
Spain
3% (2003 est.)
Sri Lanka
6.3% (2003 est.)
Sudan
8.8% (2003 est.)
Suriname
17% (2002 est.)
Svalbard
NA
Swaziland
7.3% (2003 est.)
Sweden
1.9% (2003 est.)
Switzerland
0.6% (2003 est.)
Syria
1.5% (2003 est.)
Taiwan
-0.3% (2003 est.)
Tajikistan
16.3% (2003 est.)
Tanzania
4.4% (2003 est.)
Thailand
1.8% (2003 est.)
Togo
-1% (2003 est.)
Tokelau
NA
Tonga
10.3% (2002 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago
3.8% (2003 est.)
Tunisia
2.7% (2003 est.)
Turkey
25.3% (2003 est.)
Turkmenistan
9.5% (2003 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
4% (1995)
Tuvalu
5% (2000 est.)
Uganda
7.9% (2003 est.)
Ukraine
5.2% (2003 est.)
United Arab Emirates
3.2% (2003 est.)
United Kingdom
1.4% (2003 est.)
United States
2.3% (2003)
Uruguay
19.4% (2003 est.)
Uzbekistan
13.1% (2003 est.)
Vanuatu
2% (2002 est.)
Venezuela
31.1% (2003 est.)
Vietnam
3.1% (2003 est.)
Virgin Islands
2.2% (2003)
Wallis and Futuna
NA
West Bank
2.2% (includes Gaza Strip) (2001 est.)
Western Sahara
NA
World
developed countries 1% to 4% typically; developing countries
5% to 60% typically; national inflation rates vary widely in
individual cases, from declining prices in Japan to hyperinflation
in several Third World countries (2003 est.)
Yemen
10.8% (2003 est.)
Zambia
21.4% (2003 est.)
Zimbabwe
384.7% (2003 est.)
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@2093 Waterways (km)
Afghanistan
1,200 km
note: chiefly Amu Darya, which handles vessels up to 500 DWT (2004)
Albania
43 km (2004)
Angola
1,300 km (2004)
Argentina
11,000 km (2004)
Australia
2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and
Murray-Darling river systems) (2004)
Austria
358 km (2003)
Bangladesh
8,372 km
note: includes 2,575 km main cargo routes (2004)
Belarus
2,500 km (use limited by location on perimeter of country
and by shallowness) (2003)
Belgium
2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use) (2003)
Belize
825 km (navigable only by small craft) (2004)
Benin
150 km (on River Niger along northern border) (2004)
Bolivia
10,000 km (commercially navigable) (2004)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sava River (northern border) open to shipping
but use limited because of no agreement with neighboring countries
(2004)
Brazil
50,000 km (most in areas remote from industry and population)
(2004)
Brunei
209 km (navigable by craft drawing less than 1.2 m) (2004)
Bulgaria
470 km (2004)
Burma
12,800 km (2004)
Burundi
mainly on Lake Tanganyika (2004)
Cambodia
2,400 km (mainly on Mekong River) (2004)
Cameroon
navigation mainly on Benue River; limited during rainy
season (2004)
Canada
631 km
note: Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint
Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with United States (2003)
Central African Republic
2,800 km (primarily on the Oubangui and
Sangha rivers) (2004)
Chad
Chari and Legone rivers are navigable only in wet season (2002)
China
121,557 km (2002)
Colombia
9,187 km (2004)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
15,000 km (navigation on the Congo
curtailed by fighting) (2004)
Congo, Republic of the
4,385 km (on Congo and Oubanqui rivers) (2004)
Costa Rica
730 km (seasonally navigable by small craft) (2004)
Cote d'Ivoire
980 km (navigable rivers, canals, and numerous coastal
lagoons) (2003)
Croatia
785 km (2004)
Cuba
240 km (2004)
Czech Republic
664 km (on Elbe, Vlatava, and Oder rivers) (2004)
Denmark
417 km (2001)
Ecuador
1,500 km (most inaccessible) (2003)
Egypt
3,500 km
note: includes Nile River, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway,
and numerous smaller canals in delta; Suez Canal (193.5 km including
approaches) navigable by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 17.68 m
(2004)
El Salvador
Rio Lempa partially navigable (2004)
Estonia
500 km (2003)
European Union
53,512 km
Fiji
203 km
note: 122 km navigable by motorized craft and 200-metric-ton barges
(2004)
Finland
7,842 km
note: includes Saimaa Canal system of 3,577 km; southern part leased
from Russia (2004)
France
8,500 km (1,686 km accessible to craft of 3,000 metric tons)
(2000)
French Guiana
3,760 km
note: 460 km navigable by small oceangoing vessels and coastal and
river steamers, 3,300 km by native craft (2004)
Gabon
1,600 km (310 km on Ogooue River) (2003)
Gambia, The
390 km (on River Gambia; small ocean-going vessels can
reach 190 km) (2004)
Germany
7,300 km
note: Rhine River carries most goods; Main-Danube Canal links North
Sea and Black Sea (2004)
Ghana
1,293 km
note: 168 km for launches and lighters on Volta, Ankobra, and Tano
rivers; 1,125 km of arterial and feeder waterways on Lake Volta
(2003)
Greece
6 km
note: Corinth Canal (6 km) crosses the Isthmus of Corinth; shortens
sea voyage by 325 km (2004)
Guatemala
990 km
note: 260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km navigable
during high-water season (2004)
Guinea
1,295 km (navigable by shallow-draft native craft) (2003)
Guinea-Bissau
4 largest rivers are navigable for some distance; many
inlets and creeks give shallow-water access to much of interior
(2004)
Guyana
1,077 km
note: Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo rivers are navigable by
oceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km respectively (2004)
Honduras
465 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2004)
Hungary
1,622 km (most on Danube River) (2004)
India
14,500 km
note: 5,200 km on major rivers and 485 km on canals suitable for
mechanized vessels (2004)
Indonesia
21,579 km
note: Sumatra 5,471 km, Java and Madura 820 km, Kalimantan 10,460
km, Sulawesi (Celebes) 241 km, Irian Jaya 4,587 km (2004)
Iran
850 km (on Karun River and Lake Urmia) (2004)
Iraq
5,275 km (not all navigable)
note: Euphrates River (2,815 km), Tigris River (1,895 km), and Third
River (565 km) are principal waterways (2004)
Ireland
753 km (pleasure craft only) (2004)
Italy
2,400 km
note: used for commercial traffic; of limited overall value compared
to road and rail (2004)
Japan
1,770 km (seagoing vessels use inland seas) (2004)
Kazakhstan
4,000 km
note: on the Syr Darya (Syrdariya) and Ertis (Irtysh) rivers (2004)
Kenya
part of Lake Victoria system is within boundaries of Kenya
(2004)
Kiribati
5 km (small network of canals in Line Islands) (2003)
Korea, North
2,250 km
note: most navigable only by small craft (2004)
Korea, South
1,608 km
note: most navigable only by small craft (2004)
Kyrgyzstan
600 km (2004)
Laos
4,600 km
note: primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,897 additional km are
intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m (2003)
Latvia
300 km (2004)
Liechtenstein
28 km (2004)
Lithuania
600 km (2004)
Luxembourg
37 km (on Moselle River) (2003)
Madagascar
600 km (2004)
Malawi
700 km
note: on Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) and Shire River (2003)
Malaysia
7,200 km
note: Peninsular Malaysia 3,200 km, Sabah 1,500 km, Sarawak 2,500 km
(2004)
Mali
1,815 km (2004)
Mauritania
some ferry traffic on Senegal River (2004)
Mexico
2,900 km
note: navigable rivers and coastal canals (2004)
Moldova
424 km (2004)
Mongolia
580 km
note: only waterway in operation is Lake Khovsgol (135 km); Selenge
River (270 km) and Orkhon River (175 km) are navigable but carry
little traffic; lakes and rivers freeze in winter, are open from May
to September (2004)
Mozambique
460 km (Zambezi River navigable to Tete and along Cahora
Bassa Lake) (2004)
Netherlands
5,046 km (navigable for ships of 50 tons) (2004)
Nicaragua
2,220 km (including lakes Managua and Nicaragua) (1997)
Niger
300 km
note: Niger River is navigable to Gaya between September and March
(2004)
Nigeria
8,600 km (Niger and Benue rivers and smaller rivers and
creeks) (2004)
Panama
800 km (includes 82 km Panama Canal) (2004)
Papua New Guinea
10,940 km (2003)
Paraguay
3,100 km (2004)
Peru
8,808 km
note: 8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon system and 208 km
of Lago Titicaca (2004)
Philippines
3,219 km
note: limited to vessels with draft less than 1.5 m (2004)
Poland
3,997 km (navigable rivers and canals) (2003)
Portugal
210 km (on Douro River from Porto) (2003)
Romania
1,731 km (2004)
Russia
96,000 km
note: 72,000 km system in European Russia links Baltic Sea, White
Sea, Caspian Sea, Sea of Azov, and Black Sea (2004)
Rwanda
Lac Kivu navigable by shallow-draft barges and native craft
(2004)
Senegal
1,000 km (primarily on Senegal, Saloum, and Casamance
rivers) (2003)
Serbia and Montenegro
587 km
note: Danube River traffic delayed by pontoon bridge at Novi Sad;
plan to replace by summer of 2005 (2004)
Sierra Leone
800 km (2003)
Slovakia
172 km (on Danube River) (2004)
Spain
1,045 km (2003)
Sri Lanka
160 km (primarily on rivers in southwest) (2004)
Sudan
4,068 km (1,723 km open year round on White and Blue Nile
rivers) (2004)
Suriname
1,200 km (most navigable by ships with drafts up to 7 m)
(2003)
Switzerland
65 km
note: Rhine River between Basel-Rheinfelden and
Schaffhausen-Bodensee, some canals, and 12 navigable lakes (2003)
Syria
900 km (not economically significant) (2002)
Tajikistan
200 km (along Vakhsh River) (2003)
Tanzania
Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, and Lake Nyasa principal
avenues of commerce with neighboring countries; rivers not navigable
(2004)
Thailand
4,000 km
note: 3,701 km navigable by boats with drafts up to 0.9 m (2003)
Togo
50 km (seasonally on Mono River depending on rainfall) (2003)
Turkey
1,200 km (2003)
Turkmenistan
1,300 km (Amu Darya and Kara Kum canal important inland
waterways) (2003)
Uganda
300 km (on Lake Victoria, 200 km on Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga,
and parts of Albert Nile) (2004 est.)
Ukraine
1,672 km (most on Dnieper River) (2004)
United Kingdom
3,200 km (620 km used for commerce) (2004)
United States
41,009 km (19,312 km used for commerce)
note: Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint
Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with Canada (2004)
Uruguay
1,600 km (2002)
Uzbekistan
1,100 km (2004)
Venezuela
7,100 km
note: Orinoco River and Lake de Maracaibo navigable by oceangoing
vessels, Orinoco for 400 km (2004)
Vietnam
17,702 km (5,000 km navigable by vessels up to 1.8 m draft)
(2004)
Zambia
2,250 km
note: includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi and Luapula rivers
(2003)
Zimbabwe
on Lake Kariba, length small (2003)
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@2094 Judicial branch
Afghanistan
the new constitution establishes a nine-member Stera
Mahkama or Supreme Court (its nine justices are appointed for
10-year terms by the president with approval of the Wolesi Jirga)
and subordinate High Courts and Appeals Courts; there is also a
Minister of Justice; a separate Afghan Independent Human Rights
Commission established by the Bonn Agreement is charged with
investigating human rights abuses and war crimes
Albania
Constitutional Court, Supreme Court (chairman is elected by
the People's Assembly for a four-year term), and multiple appeals
and district courts
Algeria
Supreme Court or Court Supreme
American Samoa
High Court (chief justice and associate justices are
appointed by the US Secretary of the Interior)
Andorra
Tribunal of Judges or Tribunal de Batlles; Tribunal of the
Courts or Tribunal de Corts; Supreme Court of Justice of Andorra or
Tribunal Superior de Justicia d'Andorra; Supreme Council of Justice
or Consell Superior de la Justicia; Fiscal Ministry or Ministeri
Fiscal; Constitutional Tribunal or Tribunal Constitucional
Angola
Supreme Court or Tribunal da Relacao (judges are appointed by
the president)
Anguilla
High Court (judge provided by Eastern Caribbean Supreme
Court)
Antigua and Barbuda
Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based in Saint
Lucia; one judge of the Supreme Court is a resident of the islands
and presides over the Court of Summary Jurisdiction)
Argentina
Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (the nine Supreme Court
judges are appointed by the president with approval by the Senate)
Armenia
Constitutional Court; Court of Cassation (Appeals Court)
Aruba
Joint High Court of Justice (judges are appointed by the
monarch)
Australia
High Court (the chief justice and six other justices are
appointed by the governor general)
Austria
Supreme Judicial Court or Oberster Gerichtshof;
Administrative Court or Verwaltungsgerichtshof; Constitutional Court
or Verfassungsgerichtshof
Azerbaijan
Supreme Court
Bahamas, The
Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; magistrates courts
Bahrain
High Civil Appeals Court
Bangladesh
Supreme Court (the chief justices and other judges are
appointed by the president)
Barbados
Supreme Court of Judicature (judges are appointed by the
Service Commissions for the Judicial and Legal Services)
Belarus
Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president);
Constitutional Court (half of the judges appointed by the president
and half appointed by the Chamber of Representatives)
Belgium
Supreme Court of Justice or Hof van Cassatie (in Dutch) or
Cour de Cassation (in French) (judges are appointed for life by the
Government; candidacies have to be submitted by the High Justice
Council)
Belize
Supreme Court (the chief justice is appointed by the governor
general on the advice of the prime minister)
Benin
Constitutional Court or Cour Constitutionnelle; Supreme Court
or Cour Supreme; High Court of Justice
Bermuda
Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; Magistrate Courts
Bhutan
Supreme Court of Appeal (the monarch); High Court (judges
appointed by the monarch)
Bolivia
Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges appointed for 10-year
terms by National Congress); District Courts (one in each
department); provincial and local courts (to try minor cases)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
BiH Constitutional Court (consists of nine
members: four members are selected by the Bosniak/Croat Federation's
House of Representatives, two members by the Republika Srpska's
National Assembly, and three non-Bosnian members by the president of
the European Court of Human Rights); BiH State Court (consists of
nine judges and three divisions - Administrative, Appellate and
Criminal - having jurisdiction over cases related to state-level law
and appellate jurisdiction over cases initiated in the entities;
note - a War Crimes Chamber may be added at a future date)
note: the entities each have a Supreme Court; each entity also has a
number of lower courts; there are 10 cantonal courts in the
Federation, plus a number of municipal courts; the Republika Srpska
has five municipal courts
Botswana
High Court; Court of Appeal; Magistrates' Courts (one in
each district)
Brazil
Supreme Federal Tribunal (11 ministers are appointed for life
by the president and confirmed by the Senate); Higher Tribunal of
Justice; Regional Federal Tribunals (judges are appointed for life);
note - though appointed "for life," judges, like all federal
employees, have a mandatory retirement age of 70
British Virgin Islands
Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, consisting
of the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal (one judge of
the Supreme Court is a resident of the islands and presides over the
High Court); Magistrate's Court; Juvenile Court; Court of Summary
Jurisdiction
Brunei
Supreme Court (chief justice and judges are sworn in by the
monarch for three-year terms)
Bulgaria
Supreme Administrative Court; Supreme Court of Cassation;
Constitutional Court (12 justices appointed or elected for nine-year
terms); Supreme Judicial Council (consists of the chairmen of the
two Supreme Courts, the Chief Prosecutor, and 22 other members;
responsible for appointing the justices, prosecutors, and
investigating magistrates in the justice system; members of the
Supreme Judicial Council elected for five-year terms, 11 elected by
the National Assembly and 11 by bodies of the judiciary)
Burkina Faso
Supreme Court; Appeals Court
Burma
remnants of the British-era legal system are in place, but
there is no guarantee of a fair public trial; the judiciary is not
independent of the executive
Burundi
Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; Constitutional Court; Courts
of Appeal (there are three in separate locations); Tribunals of
First Instance (17 at the province level and 123 small local
tribunals)
Cambodia
Supreme Council of the Magistracy (provided for in the
constitution and formed in December 1997); Supreme Court (and lower
courts) exercises judicial authority
Cameroon
Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president); High
Court of Justice (consists of 9 judges and 6 substitute judges,
elected by the National Assembly)
Canada
Supreme Court of Canada (judges are appointed by the prime
minister through the governor general); Federal Court of Canada;
Federal Court of Appeal; Provincial Courts (these are named
variously Court of Appeal, Court of Queens Bench, Superior Court,
Supreme Court, and Court of Justice)
Cape Verde
Supreme Tribunal of Justice or Supremo Tribunal de Justia
Cayman Islands
Summary Court; Grand Court; Cayman Islands Court of
Appeal
Central African Republic
Supreme Court or Cour Supreme;
Constitutional Court (3 judges appointed by the president, 3 by the
president of the National Assembly, and 3 by fellow judges); Court
of Appeal; Criminal Courts; Inferior Courts
Chad
Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; Criminal Courts; Magistrate
Courts
Chile
Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges are appointed by the
president and ratified by the Senate from lists of candidates
provided by the court itself; the president of the Supreme Court is
elected by the 21-member court); Constitutional Tribunal
China
Supreme People's Court (judges appointed by the National
People's Congress); Local Peoples Courts (comprise higher,
intermediate and local courts); Special Peoples Courts (primarily
military, maritime, and railway transport courts)
Christmas Island
Supreme Court; District Court; Magistrate's Court
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Supreme Court; Magistrate's Court
Colombia
four roughly coequal, supreme judicial organs; Supreme
Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (highest court of
criminal law; judges are selected by their peers from the nominees
of the Superior Judicial Council for eight-year terms); Council of
State (highest court of administrative law; judges are selected from
the nominees of the Superior Judicial Council for eight-year terms);
Constitutional Court (guards integrity and supremacy of the
constitution; rules on constitutionality of laws, amendments to the
constitution, and international treaties); Superior Judicial Council
(administers and disciplines the civilian judiciary; resolves
jurisdictional conflicts arising between other courts; members are
elected by three sister courts and Congress for eight-year terms)
Comoros
Supreme Court or Cour Supremes (two members appointed by the
president, two members elected by the Federal Assembly, one elected
by the Council of each island, and others are former presidents of
the republic)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Supreme Court or Cour Supreme
Congo, Republic of the
Supreme Court or Cour Supreme
Cook Islands
High Court
Costa Rica
Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (22 justices are elected
for eight-year terms by the Legislative Assembly)
Cote d'Ivoire
Supreme Court or Cour Supreme consists of four
chambers: Judicial Chamber for criminal cases, Audit Chamber for
financial cases, Constitutional Chamber for judicial review cases,
and Administrative Chamber for civil cases; there is no legal limit
to the number of members
Croatia
Supreme Court; Constitutional Court; judges for both courts
appointed for eight-year terms by the Judicial Council of the
Republic, which is elected by the Assembly
Cuba
People's Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo Popular (president,
vice president, and other judges are elected by the National
Assembly)
Cyprus
Supreme Court (judges are appointed jointly by the president
and vice president)
note: there is also a Supreme Court in north Cyprus
Czech Republic
Supreme Court; Constitutional Court; chairman and
deputy chairmen are appointed by the president for a 10-year term
Denmark
Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the monarch for life)
Djibouti
Supreme Court or Cour Supreme
Dominica
Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, consisting of the Court of
Appeal and the High Court (located in Saint Lucia; one of the six
judges must reside in Dominica and preside over the Court of Summary
Jurisdiction)
Dominican Republic
Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges are
appointed by a the National Judicial Council comprised of the
President, the leaders of both chambers of congress, the President
of the Supreme Court, and an opposition or non-governing party
member)
East Timor
Supreme Court of Justice - constitution calls for one
judge to be appointed by National Parliament and rest appointed by
Superior Council for Judiciary; note - until Supreme Court is
established, Court of Appeals is highest court
Ecuador
Supreme Court or Corte Suprema; note - per the Constitution,
new justices are elected by the full Supreme Court; In December
2004, however, Congress successfully replaced the entire court via a
simple-majority resolution
Egypt
Supreme Constitutional Court
El Salvador
Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges are selected by
the Legislative Assembly)
Equatorial Guinea
Supreme Tribunal
Eritrea
High Court - regional, subregional, and village courts; also
have military and special courts
Estonia
National Court (chairman appointed by Parliament for life)
Ethiopia
Federal Supreme Court (the president and vice president of
the Federal Supreme Court are recommended by the prime minister and
appointed by the House of People's Representatives; for other
federal judges, the prime minister submits to the House of People's
Representatives for appointment candidates selected by the Federal
Judicial Administrative Council)
European Union
European Court of Justice (ensures that the treaties
are interpreted and applied correctly) - 25 Justices (one from each
member state) appointed for a six-year term; note - for the sake of
efficiency, the court can sit with 11 justices known as the "Grand
Chamber"; Court of First Instance - 25 justices appointed for a
six-year term
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Supreme Court (chief justice is a
nonresident); Magistrates Court (senior magistrate presides over
civil and criminal divisions); Court of Summary Jurisdiction
Faroe Islands
none
Fiji
Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president); Court of
Appeal; High Court; Magistrates' Courts
Finland
Supreme Court or Korkein Oikeus (judges appointed by the
president)
France
Supreme Court of Appeals or Cour de Cassation (judges are
appointed by the president from nominations of the High Council of
the Judiciary); Constitutional Council or Conseil Constitutionnel
(three members appointed by the president, three appointed by the
president of the National Assembly, and three appointed by the
president of the Senate); Council of State or Conseil d'Etat
French Guiana
Court of Appeals or Cour d'Appel (highest local court
based in Martinique with jurisdiction over Martinique, Guadeloupe,
and French Guiana)
French Polynesia
Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; Court of the First
Instance or Tribunal de Premiere Instance; Court of Administrative
Law or Tribunal Administratif
Gabon
Supreme Court or Cour Supreme consisting of three chambers -
Judicial, Administrative, and Accounts; Constitutional Court; Courts
of Appeal; Court of State Security; County Courts
Gambia, The
Supreme Court
Georgia
Supreme Court (judges elected by the Supreme Council on the
president's recommendation); Constitutional Court; first and second
instance courts
Germany
Federal Constitutional Court or Bundesverfassungsgericht
(half the judges are elected by the Bundestag and half by the
Bundesrat)
Ghana
Supreme Court
Gibraltar
Supreme Court; Court of Appeal
Greece
Supreme Judicial Court; Special Supreme Tribunal; all judges
appointed for life by the president after consultation with a
judicial council
Greenland
High Court or Landsret (appeals can be made to the Ostre
Landsret or Eastern Division of the High Court or Supreme Court in
Copenhagen)
Grenada
West Indies Associate States Supreme Court (an associate
judge resides in Grenada)
Guadeloupe
Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel with jurisdiction over
Guadeloupe, French Guiana, and Martinique
Guam
Federal District Court (judge is appointed by the president);
Territorial Superior Court (judges appointed for eight-year terms by
the governor)
Guatemala
Constitutional Court or Corte de Constitutcionalidad is
Guatemala's highest court (five judges are elected for concurrent
five-year terms by Congress, each serving one year as president of
the Constitutional Court; one is elected by Congress, one elected by
the Supreme Court of Justice, one appointed by the President, one
elected by Superior Counsel of Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala,
and one by Colegio de Abogados); Supreme Court of Justice or Corte
Suprema de Justicia (thirteen members serve concurrent five-year
terms and elect a president of the Court each year from among their
number; the president of the Supreme Court of Justice also
supervises trial judges around the country, who are named to
five-year terms)
Guernsey
Royal Court
Guinea
Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel
Guinea-Bissau
Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal da Justica (consists
of nine justices who are appointed by the president and serve at his
pleasure; final court of appeals in criminal and civil cases);
Regional Courts (one in each of nine regions; first court of appeals
for Sectoral Court decisions; hear all felony cases and civil cases
valued at over $1,000); 24 Sectoral Courts (judges are not
necessarily trained lawyers; they hear civil cases under $1,000 and
misdemeanor criminal cases)
Guyana
Supreme Court of Judicature; Judicial Court of Appeal; High
Court
Haiti
Supreme Court or Cour de Cassation
Holy See (Vatican City)
there are three tribunals responsible for
civil and criminal matters within Vatican City; three other
tribunals rule on issues pertaining to the Holy See
note: judicial duties were established by the Motu Proprio of Pius
XII on 1 May 1946
Honduras
Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia
(judges are elected for seven-year terms by the National Congress)
Hong Kong
Court of Final Appeal in the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region
Hungary
Constitutional Court (judges are elected by the National
Assembly for nine-year terms)
Iceland
Supreme Court or Haestirettur (justices are appointed for
life by the Minister of Justice); eight district courts (justices
are appointed for life by the Minister of Justice)
India
Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president and
remain in office until they reach the age of 65)
Indonesia
Supreme Court or Mahkamah Agung (justices appointed by the
president from a list of candidates approved by the legislature); a
separate Constitutional Court or Makhama Konstitusi was invested by
the president on 16 August 2003; in March 2004 the Supreme Court
assumed administrative and financial responsibility for the lower
court system from the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights
Iran
Supreme Court - above a special clerical court, a revolutionary
court, and a special administrative court
Iraq
Supreme Court appointed by the Prime Minister, confirmed by the
Presidency Council
Ireland
Supreme Court (judges appointed by the president on the
advice of the prime minister and cabinet)
Israel
Supreme Court (justices appointed for life by the president)
Italy
Constitutional Court or Corte Costituzionale (composed of 15
judges: one-third appointed by the president, one-third elected by
Parliament, one-third elected by the ordinary and administrative
Supreme Courts)
Jamaica
Supreme Court (judges appointed by the governor general on
the advice of the prime minister); Court of Appeal
Japan
Supreme Court (chief justice is appointed by the monarch after
designation by the cabinet; all other justices are appointed by the
cabinet)
Jersey
Royal Court (judges elected by an electoral college and the
bailiff)
Jordan
Court of Cassation; Supreme Court (court of final appeal)
Kazakhstan
Supreme Court (44 members); Constitutional Council (7
members)
Kenya
Court of Appeal (chief justice is appointed by the president);
High Court
Kiribati
Court of Appeal; High Court; 26 Magistrates' courts; judges
at all levels are appointed by the president
Korea, North
Central Court (judges are elected by the Supreme
People's Assembly)
Korea, South
Supreme Court (justices appointed by president with
consent of National Assembly); Constitutional Court (justices
appointed by president based partly on nominations by National
Assembly and Chief Justice of the court)
Kuwait
High Court of Appeal
Kyrgyzstan
Supreme Court (judges are appointed for 10-year terms by
the Supreme Council on the recommendation of the president);
Constitutional Court; Higher Court of Arbitration
Laos
People's Supreme Court (the president of the People's Supreme
Court is elected by the National Assembly on the recommendation of
the National Assembly Standing Committee; the vice president of the
People's Supreme Court and the judges are appointed by the National
Assembly Standing Committee)
Latvia
Supreme Court (judges' appointments are confirmed by
Parliament)
Lebanon
four Courts of Cassation (three courts for civil and
commercial cases and one court for criminal cases); Constitutional
Council (called for in Ta'if Accord - rules on constitutionality of
laws); Supreme Council (hears charges against the president and
prime minister as needed)
Lesotho
High Court (chief justice appointed by the monarch); Court
of Appeal; Magistrate's Court; customary or traditional court
Liberia
Supreme Court
Libya
Supreme Court
Liechtenstein
Supreme Court or Oberster Gerichtshof; Court of Appeal
or Obergericht
Lithuania
Constitutional Court; Supreme Court; Court of Appeal;
judges for all courts appointed by the President
Luxembourg
judicial courts and tribunals (3 Justices of the Peace, 2
district courts, and 1 Supreme Court of Appeals); administrative
courts and tribunals (State Prosecutor's Office, administrative
courts and tribunals, and the Constitutional Court); judges for all
courts are appointed for life by the monarch
Macau
The Court of Final Appeal in the Macau Special Administrative
Region
Macedonia
Supreme Court - the Assembly appoints the judges;
Constitutional Court - the Assembly appoints the judges; Republican
Judicial Council - the Assembly appoints the judges
Madagascar
Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; High Constitutional Court
or Haute Cour Constitutionnelle
Malawi
Supreme Court of Appeal; High Court (chief justice appointed
by the president, puisne judges appointed on the advice of the
Judicial Service Commission); magistrate's courts
Malaysia
Federal Court (judges appointed by the paramount ruler on
the advice of the prime minister)
Maldives
High Court
Mali
Supreme Court or Cour Supreme
Malta
Constitutional Court; Court of Appeal; judges for both courts
are appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister
Man, Isle of
High Court of Justice (justices are appointed by the
Lord Chancellor of England on the nomination of the lieutenant
governor)
Marshall Islands
Supreme Court; High Court
Martinique
Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel
Mauritania
Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; Court of Appeals; lower
courts
Mauritius
Supreme Court
Mayotte
Supreme Court or Tribunal Superieur d'Appel
Mexico
Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia
Nacional (justices or ministros are appointed by the president with
consent of the Senate)
Micronesia, Federated States of
Supreme Court
Moldova
Supreme Court; Constitutional Court (the sole authority for
constitutional judicature)
Monaco
Supreme Court or Tribunal Supreme (judges appointed by the
monarch on the basis of nominations by the National Council)
Mongolia
Supreme Court (serves as appeals court for people's and
provincial courts but rarely overturns verdicts of lower courts;
judges are nominated by the General Council of Courts and approved
by the president)
Montserrat
Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based in Saint Lucia,
one judge of the Supreme Court is a resident of the islands and
presides over the High Court)
Morocco
Supreme Court (judges are appointed on the recommendation of
the Supreme Council of the Judiciary, presided over by the monarch)
Mozambique
Supreme Court (the court of final appeal; some of its
professional judges are appointed by the president and some are
elected by the Assembly); other courts include an Administrative
Court, customs courts, maritime courts, courts marshal, labor courts
note: although the constitution provides for the creation of a
separate Constitutional Court, one has never been established; in
its absence the Supreme Court reviews constitutional cases
Namibia
Supreme Court (judges appointed by the president on the
recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission)
Nauru
Supreme Court
Nepal
Supreme Court or Sarbochha Adalat (chief justice is appointed
by the monarch on recommendation of the Constitutional Council; the
other judges are appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of
the Judicial Council)
Netherlands
Supreme Court or Hoge Raad (justices are nominated for
life by the monarch)
Netherlands Antilles
Joint High Court of Justice (judges appointed
by the monarch)
New Caledonia
Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; County Courts; Joint
Commerce Tribunal Court; Children's Court
New Zealand
High Court; Court of Appeal
Nicaragua
Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (16 judges elected for
five-year terms by the National Assembly)
Niger
State Court or Cour d'Etat; Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel
Nigeria
Supreme Court (judges appointed by the President); Federal
Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the federal government on
the advice of the Advisory Judicial Committee)
Niue
Supreme Court of New Zealand; High Court of Niue
Norfolk Island
Supreme Court; Court of Petty Sessions
Northern Mariana Islands
Commonwealth Supreme Court; Superior Court;
Federal District Court
Norway
Supreme Court or Hoyesterett (justices appointed by the
monarch)
Oman
Supreme Court
note: the nascent civil court system, administered by region, has
judges who practice secular and Sharia (Islamic) law
Pakistan
Supreme Court (justices appointed by the president);
Federal Islamic or Shari'a Court
Palau
Supreme Court; National Court; Court of Common Pleas
Panama
Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (nine
judges appointed for 10-year terms); five superior courts; three
courts of appeal
Papua New Guinea
Supreme Court (the chief justice is appointed by
the governor general on the proposal of the National Executive
Council after consultation with the minister responsible for
justice; other judges are appointed by the Judicial and Legal
Services Commission)
Paraguay
Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia
(judges appointed on the proposal of the Council of Magistrates or
Consejo de la Magistratura)
Peru
Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (judges
are appointed by the National Council of the Judiciary)
Philippines
Supreme Court (15 justices are appointed by the
president on the recommendation of the Judicial and Bar Council and
serve until 70 years of age); Court of Appeals; Sandigan-bayan
(special court for hearing corruption cases of government officials)
Pitcairn Islands
Island Court (island magistrate, appointed by the
governor, presides over the court)
Poland
Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president on the
recommendation of the National Council of the Judiciary for an
indefinite period); Constitutional Tribunal (judges are chosen by
the Sejm for nine-year terms)
Portugal
Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal de Justica (judges
appointed for life by the Conselho Superior da Magistratura)
Puerto Rico
Supreme Court; Appellate Court; Court of First Instance
composed of two sections: a Superior Court and a Municipal Court
(justices for all these courts appointed by the governor with the
consent of the Senate)
Qatar
Court of Appeal
note: under the new judiciary law issued in 2003, the former two
court systems, civil and Islamic law, have been merged under a
higher court, the Court of Cassation, to be established for appeals
Reunion
Court of Appeals or Cour d'Appel
Romania
Supreme Court of Justice (judges are appointed by the
president on the recommendation of the Superior Council of
Magistrates)
Russia
Constitutional Court; Supreme Court; Superior Court of
Arbitration; judges for all courts are appointed for life by the
Federation Council on the recommendation of the president
Rwanda
Supreme Court; communal courts; appeals courts
Saint Helena
Supreme Court; Magistrate's Court; Small Debts Court;
Juvenile Court
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based on
Saint Lucia; one judge of the Supreme Court resides in Saint Kitts
and Nevis)
Saint Lucia
Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (jurisdiction extends to
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, Dominica,
Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Superior Tribunal of Appeals or Tribunal
Superieur d'Appel
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
(based on Saint Lucia; one judge of the Supreme Court resides in
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
Samoa
Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; Land and Titles Court
San Marino
Council of Twelve or Consiglio dei XII
Sao Tome and Principe
Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the
National Assembly)
Saudi Arabia
Supreme Council of Justice
Senegal
Constitutional Court; Council of State; Court of Final
Appeals or Cour de Cassation; Court of Appeals; note - the judicial
system was reformed in 1992
Serbia and Montenegro
The Court of Serbia and Montenegro; judges are
elected by the Serbia and Montenegro Parliament for six-year terms
note: since the promulgation of the 2003 Constitution, the Federal
Court has constitutional and administrative functions; it has an
equal number of judges from each republic
Seychelles
Court of Appeal; Supreme Court; judges for both courts
are appointed by the president
Sierra Leone
Supreme Court; Appeals Court; High Court