shrimp, timber, gold, rum, rosewood essence, clothing
French Polynesia:
cultured pearls 50%, coconut products,
mother-of-pearl, vanilla, shark meat (1997)
Gabon:
crude oil 75%, timber, manganese, uranium (1998)
Gambia, The:
peanuts and peanut products, fish, cotton lint, palm
kernels
Gaza Strip:
citrus, flowers
Georgia:
citrus fruits, tea, wine, other agricultural products;
diverse types of machinery and metals; chemicals; fuel reexports;
textiles
Germany:
machinery, vehicles, chemicals, metals and manufactures,
foodstuffs, textiles
Ghana:
gold, cocoa, timber, tuna, bauxite, aluminum, manganese ore,
diamonds
Gibraltar:
(principally reexports) petroleum 51%, manufactured goods
41%, other 8%
Greece:
manufactured goods, food and beverages, petroleum products
Greenland:
fish and fish products 94%
Grenada:
bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, fruit and vegetables, clothing, mace
Guadeloupe:
bananas, sugar, rum
Guam:
mostly transshipments of refined petroleum products;
construction materials, fish, food and beverage products
Guatemala:
coffee, sugar, bananas, fruits and vegetables, cardamom,
meat, apparel, petroleum, electricity
Guernsey:
tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet peppers, eggplant,
other vegetables
Guinea:
bauxite, alumina, gold, diamonds, coffee, fish, agricultural
products
Guinea-Bissau:
cashew nuts 70%, shrimp, peanuts, palm kernels, sawn
lumber (1996)
Guyana:
sugar, gold, bauxite/alumina, rice, shrimp, molasses, rum,
timber
Haiti:
manufactures, coffee, oils, mangoes
Honduras:
coffee, bananas, shrimp, lobster, meat; zinc, lumber
Hong Kong:
clothing, textiles, footwear, electrical appliances,
watches and clocks, toys
Hungary:
machinery and equipment 59.5%, other manufactures 29.4%,
food products 6.9%, raw materials 2.4%, fuels and electricity 1.8%
(2000)
Iceland:
fish and fish products 70%, animal products, aluminum,
diatomite, ferrosilicon
India:
textile goods, gems and jewelry, engineering goods,
chemicals, leather manufactures
Indonesia:
oil and gas, plywood, textiles, rubber
Iran:
petroleum 85%, carpets, fruits and nuts, iron and steel,
chemicals
Iraq:
crude oil
Ireland:
machinery and equipment, computers, chemicals,
pharmaceuticals; live animals, animal products
Israel:
machinery and equipment, software, cut diamonds,
agricultural products, chemicals, textiles and apparel
Italy:
engineering products, textiles and clothing, production
machinery, motor vehicles, transport equipment, chemicals; food,
beverages and tobacco; minerals and nonferrous metals
Jamaica:
alumina, bauxite; sugar, bananas, rum
Japan:
motor vehicles, semiconductors, office machinery, chemicals
Jersey:
light industrial and electrical goods, foodstuffs, textiles
Jordan:
phosphates, fertilizers, potash, agricultural products,
manufactures
Kazakhstan:
oil 40%, ferrous and nonferrous metals, machinery,
chemicals, grain, wool, meat, coal
Kenya:
tea, coffee, horticultural products, petroleum products,
fish, cement
Kiribati:
copra 62%, coconuts, seaweed, fish
Korea, North:
minerals, metallurgical products, manufactures
(including armaments); agricultural and fishery products
Korea, South:
electronic products, machinery and equipment, motor
vehicles, steel, ships; textiles, clothing, footwear; fish
Kuwait:
oil and refined products, fertilizers
Kyrgyzstan:
cotton, wool, meat, tobacco; gold, mercury, uranium,
hydropower; machinery; shoes
Laos:
wood products, garments, electricity, coffee, tin
Latvia:
wood and wood products, machinery and equipment, metals,
textiles, foodstuffs
Lebanon:
foodstuffs and tobacco, textiles, chemicals, precious
stones, metal and metal products, electrical equipment and products,
jewelry, paper and paper products
Lesotho:
manufactures 75% (clothing, footwear, road vehicles), wool
and mohair, food and live animals (1998)
Liberia:
diamonds, iron ore, rubber, timber, coffee, cocoa
Libya:
crude oil, refined petroleum products
Liechtenstein:
small specialty machinery, dental products, stamps,
hardware, pottery
Lithuania:
machinery and equipment 22%, mineral products 15%,
chemicals 12%, textiles and clothing, foodstuffs (1999)
Luxembourg:
machinery and equipment, steel products, chemicals,
rubber products, glass
Macau:
textiles, clothing, toys, electronics, cement, footwear,
machinery
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
food, beverages,
tobacco; miscellaneous manufactures, iron and steel
Madagascar:
coffee, vanilla, shellfish, sugar; cotton cloth,
chromite, petroleum products
Malawi:
tobacco, tea, sugar, cotton, coffee, peanuts, wood products
Malaysia:
electronic equipment, petroleum and liquefied natural gas,
chemicals, palm oil, wood and wood products, rubber, textiles
Maldives:
fish, clothing
Mali:
cotton 50%, gold, livestock (1999 est.)
Malta:
machinery and transport equipment, manufactures
Man, Isle of:
tweeds, herring, processed shellfish, beef, lamb
Marshall Islands:
fish, coconut oil, trochus shells
Martinique:
refined petroleum products, bananas, rum, pineapples
Mauritania:
iron ore, fish and fish products, gold
Mauritius:
clothing and textiles, sugar, cut flowers, molasses
Mayotte:
ylang-ylang (perfume essence), vanilla, copra, coconuts,
coffee, cinnamon
Mexico:
manufactured goods, oil and oil products, silver, fruits,
vegetables, coffee, cotton
Micronesia, Federated States of:
fish, garments, bananas, black
pepper
Moldova:
foodstuffs 57%, wine, tobacco; textiles and footwear,
machinery (1999)
Mongolia:
copper, livestock, animal products, cashmere, wool, hides,
fluorspar, other nonferrous metals
Montserrat:
electronic components, plastic bags, apparel, hot
peppers, live plants, cattle
Morocco:
phosphates and fertilizers, food and beverages, minerals
Mozambique:
prawns 40%, cashews, cotton, sugar, citrus, timber; bulk
electricity (2000)
Namibia:
diamonds, copper, gold, zinc, lead, uranium; cattle,
processed fish, karakul skins
Nauru:
phosphates
Nepal:
carpets, clothing, leather goods, jute goods, grain
Netherlands:
machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels; foodstuffs
Netherlands Antilles:
petroleum products
New Caledonia:
ferronickels, nickel ore, fish
New Zealand:
dairy products, meat, fish, wool, forestry products,
manufactures
Nicaragua:
coffee, shrimp and lobster, cotton, tobacco, beef, sugar,
bananas; gold
Niger:
uranium ore 65%, livestock products, cowpeas, onions (1998
est.)
Nigeria:
petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber
Niue:
canned coconut cream, copra, honey, passion fruit products,
pawpaws, root crops, limes, footballs, stamps, handicrafts
Norfolk Island:
postage stamps, seeds of the Norfolk Island pine and
Kentia palm, small quantities of avocados
Northern Mariana Islands:
garments
Norway:
petroleum and petroleum products, machinery and equipment,
metals, chemicals, ships, fish
Oman:
petroleum, reexports, fish, metals, textiles
Pakistan:
textiles (garments, cotton cloth, and yarn), rice, other
agricultural products
Palau:
trochus (type of shellfish), tuna, copra, handicrafts
Panama:
bananas, shrimp, sugar, coffee, clothing
Papua New Guinea:
oil, gold, copper ore, logs, palm oil, coffee,
cocoa, crayfish, prawns
Paraguay:
electricity, soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils
Peru:
fish and fish products, copper, zinc, gold, crude petroleum
and byproducts, lead, coffee, sugar, cotton
Philippines:
electronic equipment, machinery and transport
equipment, garments, coconut products
Pitcairn Islands:
fruits, vegetables, curios, stamps
Poland:
machinery and transport equipment 30.2%, intermediate
manufactured goods 25.5%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 20.9%,
food and live animals 8.5% (1999)
Portugal:
clothing and footwear, machinery, chemicals, cork and
paper products, hides
Puerto Rico:
pharmaceuticals, electronics, apparel, canned tuna,
rum, beverage concentrates, medical equipment
Qatar:
petroleum products 80%, fertilizers, steel
Reunion:
sugar 63%, rum and molasses 4%, perfume essences 2%,
lobster 3%, (1993)
Romania:
textiles and footwear 26%, metals and metal products 15%,
machinery and equipment 11%, minerals and fuels 6% (1999)
Russia:
petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, wood and wood
products, metals, chemicals, and a wide variety of civilian and
military manufactures
Rwanda:
coffee, tea, hides, tin ore
Saint Helena:
fish (frozen, canned, and salt-dried skipjack, tuna),
coffee, handicrafts
Saint Kitts and Nevis:
machinery, food, electronics, beverages,
tobacco
Saint Lucia:
bananas 41%, clothing, cocoa, vegetables, fruits,
coconut oil
Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
fish and fish products, soybeans, animal
feed, mollusks and crustaceans, fox and mink pelts
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
bananas 39%, eddoes and dasheen
(taro), arrowroot starch, tennis racquets
Samoa:
coconut oil and cream, copra, fish, beer
San Marino:
building stone, lime, wood, chestnuts, wheat, wine,
baked goods, hides, ceramics
Sao Tome and Principe:
cocoa 90%, copra, coffee, palm oil
Saudi Arabia:
petroleum and petroleum products 90%
Senegal:
fish, ground nuts (peanuts), petroleum products,
phosphates, cotton
Seychelles:
fish, cinnamon bark, copra, petroleum products
(reexports)
Sierra Leone:
diamonds, rutile, cocoa, coffee, fish
Singapore:
machinery and equipment (including electronics),
chemicals, mineral fuels
Slovakia:
machinery and transport equipment 39.4%, intermediate
manufactured goods 27.5%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 13%,
chemicals 8% (1999)
Slovenia:
manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment,
chemicals, food
Solomon Islands:
timber, fish, palm oil, cocoa, copra
Somalia:
livestock, bananas, hides, fish (1999)
South Africa:
gold, diamonds, other metals and minerals, machinery
and equipment
Spain:
machinery, motor vehicles; foodstuffs, other consumer goods
Sri Lanka:
textiles and apparel, tea, diamonds, coconut products,
petroleum products
Sudan:
oil and petroleum products, cotton, sesame, livestock,
groundnuts, gum arabic, sugar
Suriname:
alumina, crude oil, lumber, shrimp and fish, rice, bananas
Swaziland:
soft drink concentrates, sugar, wood pulp, cotton yarn,
refrigerators, citrus and canned fruit
Sweden:
machinery 35%, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and
wood, iron and steel products, chemicals
Switzerland:
machinery, chemicals, metals, watches, agricultural
products
Syria:
petroleum 65%, textiles 10%, manufactured goods 10%, fruits
and vegetables 7%, raw cotton 5%, live sheep 2%, phosphates 1% (1998
est.)
Tajikistan:
aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil,
textiles
Tanzania:
coffee, manufactured goods, cotton, cashew nuts, minerals,
tobacco, sisal (1996)
Thailand:
computers and parts, textiles, integrated circuits, rice
Togo:
cotton, phosphates, coffee, cocoa
Tokelau:
stamps, copra, handicrafts
Tonga:
squash, fish, vanilla beans
Trinidad and Tobago:
petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals,
steel products, fertilizer, sugar, cocoa, coffee, citrus, flowers
Tunisia:
textiles, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals,
agricultural products, hydrocarbons
Turkey:
apparel 25.6%, foodstuffs 15.4%, textiles 12.3%, metal
manufactures 8.6%, transport equipment 8.1% (1998)
Turkmenistan:
gas 33%, oil 30%, cotton fiber 18%, textiles 8% (1999)
Turks and Caicos Islands:
lobster, dried and fresh conch, conch
shells
Tuvalu:
copra
Uganda:
coffee, fish and fish products, tea; electrical products,
iron and steel
Ukraine:
ferrous and nonferrous metals, fuel and petroleum products,
machinery and transport equipment, food products
United Arab Emirates:
crude oil 45%, natural gas, reexports, dried
fish, dates
United Kingdom:
manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals; food,
beverages, tobacco
United States:
capital goods, automobiles, industrial supplies and
raw materials, consumer goods, agricultural products
Uruguay:
meat, rice, leather products, vehicles, dairy products,
wool, electricity
Uzbekistan:
cotton, gold, natural gas, mineral fertilizers, ferrous
metals, textiles, food products, automobiles
Vanuatu:
copra, kava, beef, cocoa, timber, coffee
Venezuela:
petroleum, bauxite and aluminum, steel, chemicals,
agricultural products, basic manufactures
Vietnam:
crude oil, marine products, rice, coffee, rubber, tea,
garments, shoes
Virgin Islands:
refined petroleum products
Wallis and Futuna:
copra, chemicals, construction materials
West Bank:
olives, fruit, vegetables, limestone
Western Sahara:
phosphates 62%
World:
the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and
services
Yemen:
crude oil, coffee, dried and salted fish
Yugoslavia:
manufactured goods, food and live animals, raw materials
Zambia:
copper, cobalt, electricity, tobacco
Zimbabwe:
tobacco 29%, gold 7%, ferroalloys 7%, cotton 5% (1999 est.)
Taiwan:
machinery and electrical equipment 51%, metals, textiles,
plastics, chemicals
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@Exports - partners
Afghanistan:
FSU, Pakistan, Iran, Germany, India, UK, Belgium,
Luxembourg, Czech Republic
Albania:
Italy 67%, Greece 15%, Germany 5%, Austria 2%, The Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 2% (2000)
Algeria:
Italy 22%, US 15%, France 12%, Spain 11%, Brazil 8%,
Netherlands 5% (1999)
American Samoa:
US 99.6%
Andorra:
France 34%, Spain 58% (1998)
Angola:
US 54%, South Korea 14%, Benelux 11%, China 7%, Taiwan 6%
(1999)
Anguilla:
NA
Antigua and Barbuda:
OECS 26%, Barbados 15%, Guyana 4%, Trinidad and
Tobago 2%, US 0.3%
Argentina:
Brazil 24%, EU 21%, US 11% (1999 est.)
Armenia:
Belgium 36%, Iran 15%, Russia 14%, US 7%, Turkmenistan,
Georgia (1999)
Aruba:
US 42%, Colombia 20%, Netherlands 12% (1999)
Australia:
Japan 19%, EU 14%, ASEAN 12%, US 9%, South Korea, NZ,
Taiwan, Hong Kong, China (1999)
Austria:
EU 64.2% (Germany 35.7%, Italy 8.7%, France 4.5%),
Switzerland 5.9%, US 4.5%, Hungary 3.9% (1999)
Azerbaijan:
Italy, Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Iran
Bahamas, The:
US 22.3%, Switzerland 15.6%, UK 15%, Denmark 7.4%
(1998)
Bahrain:
India 14%, Saudi Arabia 5%, US 5%, UAE 5%, Japan 4%, South
Korea 4% (1999)
Bangladesh:
US 31.2%, Germany 9.95%, UK 8.06%, France 5.82%, Italy
4.42% (1999)
Barbados:
UK 14.8%, US 11.6%, Trinidad and Tobago 7.6%, Venezuela
6.1%, Jamaica 5.8% (1998)
Belarus:
Russia 66%, Ukraine, Poland, Germany, Lithuania (1998)
Belgium:
EU 76% (Germany 18%, France 18%, Netherlands 12%, UK 10%)
(1999)
Belize:
US 42%, UK 33%, EU 12%, Caricom 4.8%, Canada 2%, Mexico 1%
(1999)
Benin:
Brazil 14%, Libya 5%, Indonesia 4%, Italy 4% (1999)
Bermuda:
UK 29.5%, US 9.8% (1997)
Bhutan:
India 94%, Bangladesh
Bolivia:
UK 16%, US 12%, Peru 11%, Argentina 10%, Colombia 7% (1998)
Bosnia and Herzegovina:
Croatia, Switzerland, Italy, Germany
Botswana:
EU 77%, Southern African Customs Union (SACU) 18%,
Zimbabwe 3% (1998)
Brazil:
US 23%, Argentina 11%, Germany 5%, Netherlands 5%, Japan 5%
(1999)
British Virgin Islands:
Virgin Islands (US), Puerto Rico, US
Brunei:
Japan 42%, US 17%, South Korea 14%, Thailand 3% (1999)
Bulgaria:
Italy 14%, Turkey 10%, Germany 9%, Greece 8%, Yugoslavia
8%, Belgium 6%, France 5%, US 4% (2000)
Burkina Faso:
Italy 13%, France 10%, Indonesia 8%, Thailand 7% (1999)
Burma:
India 13%, Singapore 11%, China 11%, US 8% (1999 est.)
note: official trade statistics do not include trade in illicit
goods - such as narcotics, teak, and gems - or the largely
unrecorded border trade with China and Thailand
Burundi:
Germany 17%, Belgium 14%, US 8%, France 6%, Switzerland 4%
(1999)
Cambodia:
Vietnam 18%, Thailand 15%, US 10%, Singapore 8%, China 5%
(1997)
Cameroon:
Italy 24%, France 18%, Netherlands 10% (2000 est.)
Canada:
US 86%, Japan 3%, UK, Germany, South Korea, Netherlands,
China (1999)
Cape Verde:
Portugal, UK, Germany, Spain, France, Malaysia
Cayman Islands:
mostly US
Central African Republic:
Benelux 64%, Cote d'Ivoire, Spain, China,
Egypt, France (1999)
Chad:
Portugal 38%, Germany 12%, Thailand, Costa Rica, South Africa,
France (1999)
Chile:
EU 27%, US 16%, Japan 14%, Brazil 6%, Argentina 5% (1998)
China:
US 21%, Hong Kong 18%, Japan 17%, South Korea, Germany,
Netherlands, UK, Singapore, Taiwan (2000)
Christmas Island:
Australia, NZ
Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
Australia
Colombia:
US 50%, EU 14%, Andean Community of Nations 16%, Japan 2%
(2000 est.)
Comoros:
France 50%, Germany 25% (1998)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
Benelux 62%, US 18%, South
Africa, Finland, Italy (1999)
Congo, Republic of the:
US 23%, Benelux 14%, Germany, Italy, Taiwan,
China (1998)
Cook Islands:
Japan 42%, New Zealand 25%, US 9%, Australia 9% (1999)
Costa Rica:
US 54.1%, EU 21.3%, Central America 8.6% (1999)
Cote d'Ivoire:
France 15%, US 8%, Netherlands 7%, Germany 6%, Italy
6% (1999)
Croatia:
Italy 18%, Germany 15.7%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.8%,
Slovenia 10.6%, Austria 6.2% (1999)
Cuba:
Russia 23%, Netherlands 23%, Canada 13% (1999)
Cyprus:
Greek Cypriot area: UK 17.3%, Greece 9.7%, Russia 7.0%,
Lebanon 5.2% (1999); Turkish Cypriot area: Turkey 51%, UK 31%, other
EU 16.5% (1999)
Czech Republic:
Germany 43%, Slovakia 8.4%, Austria 6.6%, Poland
5.6%, France 4% (1999)
Denmark:
EU 66.5% (Germany 20.1%, Sweden 11.7%, UK 9.6%, France
5.3%, Netherlands 4.7%), Norway 5.8%, US 5.4% (1999)
Djibouti:
Somalia 53%, Yemen 23%, Ethiopia 5%, (1998)
Dominica:
Caricom countries 47%, UK 36%, US 7% (1996 est.)
Dominican Republic:
US 66.1%, Netherlands 7.8%, Canada 7.6%, Russia
7.4%, UK 4.5% (1999 est.)
Ecuador:
US 37%, Colombia 5%, Italy 5%, Chile 5%, Peru 4% (1999)
Egypt:
EU 35%, Middle East 17%, Afro-Asian countries 14%, US 12%
(1999)
El Salvador:
US 63%, Guatemala 11%, Honduras 7%, Costa Rica 4% (1999)
Equatorial Guinea:
US 62%, Spain 17%, China 9%, France 3%, Japan 3%,
(1997)
Eritrea:
Sudan 27.2%, Ethiopia 26.5%, Japan 13.2%, UAE 7.3%, Italy
5.3% (1998)
Estonia:
Finland 19.4%, Sweden 18.8%, Russia 9.2%, Latvia 8.7%,
Germany 7.5%, US 2.5% (1999)
Ethiopia:
Germany 16%, Japan 13%, Djibouti 10%, Saudi Arabia 7%
(1999 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
UK, Japan, Chile, NZ
Faroe Islands:
Denmark 32%, UK 21%, France 9%, Germany 7%, Iceland
5%, US 5% (1996)
Fiji:
Australia 33.1%, US 14.8%, UK 13.8%, other Pacific island
countries 8.8%, NZ 4.5%, Japan 4.5% (1999)
Finland:
EU 58% (Germany 13%, Sweden 10%, UK 9%, France 5%,
Netherlands 4%), US 8%, Russia, Japan (1999)
France:
EU 63% (Germany 16%, UK 10%, Spain 9%, Italy 9%,
Belgium-Luxembourg 8%), US 8% (1999)
French Guiana:
France 62%, Switzerland 7%, US 2% (1997)
French Polynesia:
Japan 62%, US 21% (1999)
Gabon:
US 47%, France 19%, China 8%, Japan 1.3% (1999)
Gambia, The:
Benelux 59%, Japan 20%, UK 7%, Spain 2% (1999)
Gaza Strip:
Israel, Egypt, West Bank
Georgia:
Russia 19%, Turkey 16%, Azerbaijan 8%, Armenia 6% (1999)
Germany:
EU 55.3% (France 11.3%, UK 8.3%, Italy 7.3%, Netherlands
6.3%, Belgium/Luxembourg 5.1%), US 10.1%, Japan 2.0% (1999)
Ghana:
Togo, UK, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, US, France (1998)
Gibraltar:
UK, Morocco, Portugal, Netherlands, Spain, US, Germany
Greece:
EU 49% (Germany 15%, Italy 13%, UK 6%), US 6% (1999)
Greenland:
EU (mainly Denmark) 85%, Japan 8%, US 2% (1999)
Grenada:
Caricom 32.3%, UK 20%, US 13%, Netherlands 8.8% (1991)
Guadeloupe:
France 60%, Martinique 18%, US 4% (1997)
Guam:
US 25%
Guatemala:
US 51.4%, El Salvador 8.7%, Honduras 5%, Costa Rica 3.4%,
Germany 2.7% (1998)
Guernsey:
UK (regarded as internal trade)
Guinea:
US, Benelux, Ukraine, Ireland (1999)
Guinea-Bissau:
India 59%, Singapore 12%, Italy 10% (1998)
Guyana:
US 22%, Canada 22%, UK 18%, Netherlands Antilles 11%,
Jamaica (1999)
Haiti:
US 89%, EU 8% (1999)
Honduras:
US 35.4%, Germany 7.5%, El Salvador 6.4%, Guatemala 5.8%,
Nicaragua 4.8% (1999)
Hong Kong:
China 33%, US 24%, Japan 5%, UK 4%, Germany, Singapore
(1999)
Hungary:
Germany 37%, Austria 9%, Italy 6%, Netherlands 5% (2000)
Iceland:
EU 64% (UK 20%, Germany 13%, France 5%, Denmark 5%), US
15%, Japan 5% (1999)
India:
US 22%, UK 6%, Germany 5%, Japan 5%, Hong Kong 5%, UAE 4%
(1999)
Indonesia:
Japan 21%, US 14%, Singapore 10%, South Korea 7%,
Netherlands 3%, Australia 3%, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan (1999 est.)
Iran:
Japan, Italy, UAE, South Korea, France, China
Iraq:
Russia, France, Switzerland, China (2000)
Ireland:
EU 59% (UK 19%, Germany 9%, France 7%), US 20% (2000)
Israel:
US 36%, UK 6%, Benelux 5%, Hong Kong 4%, Netherlands 4%
(1999)
Italy:
EU 56.8% (Germany 16.4%, France 12.9%, Netherlands 7.1%,
Spain 6.3%, Netherlands 2.9%), US 9.5% (1999)
Jamaica:
US 35.7%, EU (excluding UK) 15.8%, UK 13%, Canada 10.5%
(1999)
Japan:
US 30%, Taiwan 7%, South Korea 6.4%, China 6.2%, Hong Kong
5.6% (2000 est.)
Jersey:
UK
Jordan:
India, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, EU, Indonesia, UAE, Lebanon,
Kuwait, Syria, Ethiopia
Kazakhstan:
EU 23%, Russia 20%, China 8% (1999)
Kenya:
Uganda 18%, UK 15%, Tanzania 12%, Pakistan 8% (1999)
Kiribati:
Bangladesh, Australia, US, Hong Kong (1999)
Korea, North:
Japan 28%, South Korea 21%, China 5%, Germany 4%,
Russia 1% (1995)
Korea, South:
US 20.5%, Japan 11%, China 9.5%, Hong Kong 6.3%,
Taiwan 4.4% (1999)
Kuwait:
Japan 23%, US 12%, Singapore 8%, Netherlands 7% (1999)
Kyrgyzstan:
Germany 33%, Russia 16%, Kazakhstan 10%, Uzbekistan 10%,
China 6% (1999)
Laos:
Vietnam, Thailand, Germany, France, Belgium
Latvia:
Germany 16%, UK 11%, Sweden 11%, Russia 7% (1999)
Lebanon:
UAE 9%, Saudi Arabia 8%, Syria 6%, US 6%, Kuwait 6%, France
5%, Belgium 5%, Jordan 4% (1999)
Lesotho:
South African Customs Union 65%, North America 34% (1998)
Liberia:
Belgium 53%, Switzerland 9%, US 6%, France 4% (1999)
Libya:
Italy 33%, Germany 24%, Spain 10%, France 5%, Turkey 4%,
Tunisia 4% (1999)
Liechtenstein:
EU and EFTA countries 60.57% (Switzerland 15.7%)
(1995)
Lithuania:
Germany 15.8%, Latvia 12.6%, Russia 6.9%, Belarus 5.8%,
Denmark (1999)
Luxembourg:
EU 75% (Germany 25%, France 21%, Belgium 13%, UK 8%,
Italy 6%, Netherlands 5%), US 4% (1999)
Macau:
US 47%, EU 30%, China 9.2%, Hong Kong 6.7% (1999)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
Germany 22%, Yugoslavia
22%, US 12%, Greece 7%, Italy 6% (2000)
Madagascar:
France 41%, US 19%, Germany 13%, UK 8%, Japan 6% (1999)
Malawi:
South Africa 16%, Germany 16%, US 15%, Netherlands 7%, Japan
(1999)
Malaysia:
US 21%, Singapore 18%, Japan 13%, Hong Kong 5%,
Netherlands 4%, Taiwan 4%, Thailand 3% (2000 est.)
Maldives:
US, UK, Sri Lanka, Japan
Mali:
Italy 18%, Thailand 15%, Germany 7%, Portugal 4% (1999)
Malta:
US 21.4%, France 15.2%, Germany 12.6%, UK 9.3%, Italy 4.9%
(1999)
Man, Isle of:
UK
Marshall Islands:
US, Japan, Australia
Martinique:
France 45%, Guadeloupe 28% (1997)
Mauritania:
Japan 18%, France 17%, Italy 16%, Spain 11% (1998)
Mauritius:
UK 32%, France 19%, US 15%, Germany 6%, Italy 4% (1999
est.)
Mayotte:
France 80%, Comoros 15%, Reunion
Mexico:
US 88.6%, Canada 2%, Spain 0.9%, Germany 0.9%, Japan 0.6%,
UK 0.6%, Netherlands Antilles 0.5%, Switzerland 0.3% Venezuela 0.3%,
Chile 0.3% (2000 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of:
Japan, US, Guam
Moldova:
Russia 41%, Romania 9%, Germany 8%, Ukraine 7%, Italy,
Belarus (1999)
Mongolia:
China 60%, US 20%, Russia 9%, Japan 2% (2000 est.)
Montserrat:
US, Antigua and Barbuda (1993)
Morocco:
France 35%, Spain 9%, UK 8%, Germany 7%, US 5% (1999)
Mozambique:
EU 27%, South Africa 26%, Zimbabwe 15%, India 12%, US
5%, Japan 4% (1999 est.)
Namibia:
UK 43%, South Africa 26%, Spain 14%, France 8%, Japan (1998
est.)
Nauru:
Australia, NZ
Nepal:
India 33%, US 26%, Germany 25% (FY97/98)
Netherlands:
EU 78% (Germany 26%, Belgium-Luxembourg 12%, France
12%, UK 11%, Italy 6%), Central and Eastern Europe, US (2000)
Netherlands Antilles:
US 17.5%, Guatemala 8%, Costa Rica 6.5%, The
Bahamas 4.6%, Jamaica 4.1%, Chile 3.4% (1998)
New Caledonia:
Japan 27%, France 17%, Taiwan 12%, South Korea 9%
(1999)
New Zealand:
Australia 22%, US 14%, Japan 13%, UK 7% (1999)
Nicaragua:
US 37.7%, El Salvador 12.5%, Germany 9.8%, Costa Rica
5.1%, Spain 2.5%, France 2.1% (1999)
Niger:
France 45%, Nigeria 27%, UK 11% (1999)
Nigeria:
US 36%, India 9%, Spain 8%, Brazil 6%, France 6%, (1999)
Niue:
NZ 89%, Fiji, Cook Islands, Australia
Norfolk Island:
Australia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia,
Europe
Northern Mariana Islands:
US
Norway:
EU 73% (UK 17%, Germany 11%, Netherlands 10%, Sweden 9%), US
5% (1999)
Oman:
Japan 27%, China 12%, Thailand 18%, UAE 12%, South Korea 12%,
US (1999)
Pakistan:
US 24%, Hong Kong 7%, UK 7%, Germany 6%, UAE 6% (FY99/00)
Palau:
US, Japan
Panama:
US 42%, Germany 11%, Costa Rica 5%, Benelux 4%, Italy 4%
(1999)
Papua New Guinea:
Australia 30%, Japan 12%, Germany 7%, South Korea
4%, Philippines 3%, UK 3% (1999)
Paraguay:
Brazil, Argentina, EU
Peru:
US 29%, EU 25%, Andean Community 6%, Japan 4%, Mercosur 3%
(1999)
Philippines:
US 34%, Japan 14%, Netherlands 8%, Singapore 6%, UK 6%,
Hong Kong 4% (1998)
Pitcairn Islands:
NA
Poland:
Germany 36.1%, Italy 6.5%, Netherlands 5.3%, France 4.8%, UK
4.0%, Czech Republic 3.8% (1999)
Portugal:
EU 83% (Germany 20%, Spain 18%, France 14%, UK 12%,
Netherlands 5%, Benelux 5%, Italy), US 5% (1999)
Puerto Rico:
US 88% (2000)
Qatar:
Japan 52%, Singapore 9%, South Korea 8%, US, UAE (1998)
Reunion:
France 74%, Japan 6%, Comoros 4% (1994)
Romania:
Italy 23%, Germany 18%, France 6%, Turkey 5%, US (1999)
Russia:
US 8.8%, Germany 8.5%, Ukraine 6.5%, Belarus 5.1%, Italy 5%,
Netherlands 4.8% (1999)
Rwanda:
Germany, Belgium, Pakistan, Italy, Kenya
Saint Helena:
South Africa, UK
Saint Kitts and Nevis:
US 68.5%, UK 22.3%, Caricom countries 5.5%
(1995 est.)
Saint Lucia:
UK 50%, US 24%, Caricom countries 16% (1995)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
US 43%, Egypt 14%, Japan 11%, Colombia 8%
(1999)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
Caricom countries 49%, UK 16%, US
10% (1995)
Samoa:
American Samoa 59%, US 18%, Germany 9%, New Zealand 8% (2000
est.)
Sao Tome and Principe:
Netherlands 18%, Germany 9%, Portugal 9%
(1998)
Saudi Arabia:
Japan 18%, US 18%, France 4%, South Korea, Singapore,
India (1999)
Senegal:
France 17%, India 17%, Italy 12%, Spain 6%, Mali 6%, Cote
d'Ivoire 4% (1999)
Seychelles:
France, UK, Netherlands, Italy, China, Germany, Japan
Sierra Leone:
Belgium 38%, US 6%, Italy 4%, UK 4% (1999)
Singapore:
US 19%, Malaysia 17%, Hong Kong 8%, Japan 7%, Taiwan 5%,
Thailand 4%, UK 4%, Netherlands 3.8%, China 3%, South Korea 3%,
Germany 3% (1999)
Slovakia:
EU 59.7% (Germany 27.8%, Austria 8%, Italy 8.9%), Czech
Republic 18.1% (1999)
Slovenia:
Germany 31%, Italy 14%, Croatia 8%, Austria 7%, France 6%
(1999)
Solomon Islands:
Japan 35.5%, other Asian countries 47.3% (1999)
Somalia:
Saudi Arabia 53%, Yemen 19%, UAE 14%, Italy 5%, Pakistan 2%
(1999)
South Africa:
UK, Italy, Japan, US, Germany
Spain:
EU 71% (France 20%, Germany 12%, Italy 9%, Portugal 9%, UK
8%), Latin America 6%, US 5% (2000)
Sri Lanka:
US 39%, UK 13%, Middle East 8%, Germany 5%, Japan 4%
(1999)
Sudan:
Saudi Arabia 16%, Italy 10%, Germany 5%, France 3%, Thailand
3% (1999)
Suriname:
US 23%, Norway 19%, Netherlands 11%, France, Japan, UK
(1999)
Swaziland:
South Africa 65%, EU 12%, Mozambique 11%, US 5% (1998)
Sweden:
EU 55% (Germany 11%, UK 10%, Denmark 6%, Finland 5%, France
5%), US 9%, Norway 8% (1999)
Switzerland:
EU 65.8% (Germany 22.6%, France 9.2%, Italy 8.0%, UK
5.5%, Austria 3.2%), US 12.4%, Japan 4.0% (1999)
Syria:
Germany 21%, Italy 12%, France 10%, Saudi Arabia 9%, Turkey
8% (1999 est.)
Tajikistan:
Liechtenstein 26%, Uzbekistan 20%, Russia 8% (1998)
Tanzania:
India 20%, UK 10%, Germany 8%, Japan 8%, Netherlands 8%,
Belgium 4% (1998)
Thailand:
US 22%, Japan 14%, Singapore 9%, Hong Kong 5%, Netherlands
4%, Malaysia 4%, UK 4% (1999)
Togo:
Nigeria, Brazil, Canada, Philippines (1999)
Tokelau:
NZ
Tonga:
Japan 53%, US 18%, NZ 6%, Australia 6% (1997 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago:
US 39.3%, Caricom countries 26.1%, Latin
America 9.5%, EU 5.7% (1999)
Tunisia:
Germany 28%, France 22%, Italy 17%, Belgium 5%, Libya 4%
(1999)
Turkey:
Germany 18.7%, US 11.4%, UK 7.4%, Italy 6.3%, France 6.0%
(2000 est.)
Turkmenistan:
Ukraine, Iran, Turkey, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan,
Azerbaijan
Turks and Caicos Islands:
US, UK
Tuvalu:
Fiji, Australia, NZ
Uganda:
Spain, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Hungary, Kenya (1999)
Ukraine:
Russia 24%, Europe 30%, US 5% (2000 est.)
United Arab Emirates:
Japan 30%, India 7%, Singapore 6%, South Korea
4%, Oman, Iran (1999)
United Kingdom:
EU 58% (Germany 12%, France 10%, Netherlands 8%), US
15% (1999)
United States:
Canada 23%, Mexico 14%, Japan 8%, UK 5%, Germany 4%,
France, Netherlands (2000)
Uruguay:
MERCOSUR partners 45%, EU 20%, US 7% (1999 est.)
Uzbekistan:
Russia 13%, Switzerland 10%, UK 10%, Belgium 3%,
Kazakhstan 4%, Tajikistan 4% (1999)
Vanuatu:
Japan 32%, Germany 14%, Spain 8%, New Caledonia 7%,
Australia 2% (1997 est.)
Venezuela:
US and Puerto Rico 57%, Colombia, Brazil, Japan, Germany,
Netherlands, Italy (1999)
Vietnam:
China, Japan, Germany, Australia, US, France, Singapore,
UK, Taiwan
Virgin Islands:
US, Puerto Rico
Wallis and Futuna:
Italy 40%, Croatia 15%, US 14%, Denmark 13%
West Bank:
Israel, Jordan, Gaza Strip
Western Sahara:
Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, so
trade partners are included in overall Moroccan accounts
World:
in value, about 75% of exports from the developed countries
Yemen:
Thailand 34%, China 26%, South Korea 14%, Japan 3% (1999)
Yugoslavia:
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, The Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, Germany (1998)
Zambia:
Japan, Saudi Arabia, India, Thailand, South Africa, US,
Malaysia (1997)
Zimbabwe:
South Africa 10%, UK 9%, Malawi 8%, Botswana 8%, Japan 7%,
(1999 est.)
Taiwan:
US 23.5%, Hong Kong 21.1%, Europe 16%, ASEAN 12.2%, Japan
11.2% (2000)
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@Fiscal year
Afghanistan:
21 March - 20 March
Albania:
calendar year
Algeria:
calendar year
American Samoa:
1 October - 30 September
Andorra:
calendar year
Angola:
calendar year
Anguilla:
1 April - 31 March
Antigua and Barbuda:
1 April - 31 March
Argentina:
calendar year
Armenia:
calendar year
Aruba:
calendar year
Australia:
1 July - 30 June
Austria:
calendar year
Azerbaijan:
calendar year
Bahamas, The:
1 July - 30 June
Bahrain:
calendar year
Bangladesh:
1 July - 30 June
Barbados:
1 April - 31 March
Belarus:
calendar year
Belgium:
calendar year
Belize:
1 April - 31 March
Benin:
calendar year
Bermuda:
1 April - 31 March
Bhutan:
1 July - 30 June
Bolivia:
calendar year
Bosnia and Herzegovina:
calendar year
Botswana:
1 April - 31 March
Brazil:
calendar year
British Virgin Islands:
1 April - 31 March
Brunei:
calendar year
Bulgaria:
calendar year
Burkina Faso:
calendar year
Burma:
1 April - 31 March
Burundi:
calendar year
Cambodia:
calendar year
Cameroon:
1 July - 30 June
Canada:
1 April - 31 March
Cape Verde:
calendar year
Cayman Islands:
1 April - 31 March
Central African Republic:
calendar year
Chad:
calendar year
Chile:
calendar year
China:
calendar year
Christmas Island:
1 July - 30 June
Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
1 July - 30 June
Colombia:
calendar year
Comoros:
calendar year
Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
calendar year
Congo, Republic of the:
calendar year
Cook Islands:
1 April - 31 March
Costa Rica:
calendar year
Cote d'Ivoire:
calendar year
Croatia:
calendar year
Cuba:
calendar year
Cyprus:
calendar year
Czech Republic:
calendar year
Denmark:
calendar year
Djibouti:
calendar year
Dominica:
1 July - 30 June
Dominican Republic:
calendar year
Ecuador:
calendar year
Egypt:
1 July - 30 June
El Salvador:
calendar year
Equatorial Guinea:
1 April - 31 March
Eritrea:
calendar year
Estonia:
calendar year
Ethiopia:
8 July - 7 July
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
1 April - 31 March
Faroe Islands:
calendar year
Fiji:
calendar year
Finland:
calendar year
France:
calendar year
French Guiana:
calendar year
French Polynesia:
calendar year
Gabon:
calendar year
Gambia, The:
calendar year
Gaza Strip:
calendar year
Georgia:
calendar year
Germany:
calendar year
Ghana:
calendar year
Gibraltar:
1 July - 30 June
Greece:
calendar year
Greenland:
calendar year
Grenada:
calendar year
Guadeloupe:
calendar year
Guam:
1 October - 30 September
Guatemala:
calendar year
Guernsey:
calendar year
Guinea:
calendar year
Guinea-Bissau:
calendar year
Guyana:
calendar year
Haiti:
1 October - 30 September
Holy See (Vatican City):
calendar year
Honduras:
calendar year
Hong Kong:
1 April - 31 March
Hungary:
calendar year
Iceland:
calendar year
India:
1 April - 31 March
Indonesia:
calendar year; note - previously was 1 April - 31 March,
but starting with 2001, has been changed to calendar year
Iran:
21 March - 20 March
Iraq:
calendar year
Ireland:
calendar year
Israel:
calendar year
Italy:
calendar year
Jamaica:
1 April - 31 March
Japan:
1 April - 31 March
Jersey:
1 April - 31 March
Jordan:
calendar year
Kazakhstan:
calendar year
Kenya:
1 July - 30 June
Kiribati:
NA
Korea, North:
calendar year
Korea, South:
calendar year
Kuwait:
1 April - 31 March
Kyrgyzstan:
calendar year
Laos:
1 October - 30 September
Latvia:
calendar year
Lebanon:
calendar year
Lesotho:
1 April - 31 March
Liberia:
calendar year
Libya:
calendar year
Liechtenstein:
calendar year
Lithuania:
calendar year
Luxembourg:
calendar year
Macau:
calendar year
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
calendar year
Madagascar:
calendar year
Malawi:
1 July - 30 June
Malaysia:
calendar year
Maldives:
calendar year
Mali:
calendar year
Malta:
1 April - 31 March
Man, Isle of:
1 April - 31 March
Marshall Islands:
1 October - 30 September
Martinique:
calendar year
Mauritania:
calendar year
Mauritius:
1 July - 30 June
Mayotte:
calendar year
Mexico:
calendar year
Micronesia, Federated States of:
1 October - 30 September
Moldova:
calendar year
Monaco:
calendar year
Mongolia:
calendar year
Montserrat:
1 April - 31 March
Morocco:
calendar year
Mozambique:
calendar year
Namibia:
1 April - 31 March
Nauru:
1 July - 30 June
Nepal:
16 July - 15 July
Netherlands:
calendar year
Netherlands Antilles:
calendar year
New Caledonia:
calendar year
New Zealand:
1 July - 30 June
Nicaragua:
calendar year
Niger:
calendar year
Nigeria:
calendar year
Niue:
1 April - 31 March
Norfolk Island:
1 July - 30 June
Northern Mariana Islands:
1 October - 30 September
Norway:
calendar year
Oman:
calendar year
Pakistan:
1 July - 30 June
Palau:
1 October - 30 September
Panama:
calendar year
Papua New Guinea:
calendar year
Paraguay:
calendar year
Peru:
calendar year
Philippines:
calendar year
Pitcairn Islands:
1 April - 31 March
Poland:
calendar year
Portugal:
calendar year
Puerto Rico:
1 July - 30 June
Qatar:
1 April - 31 March
Reunion:
calendar year
Romania:
calendar year
Russia:
calendar year
Rwanda:
calendar year
Saint Helena:
1 April - 31 March
Saint Kitts and Nevis:
calendar year
Saint Lucia:
1 April - 31 March
Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
calendar year
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
calendar year
Samoa:
calendar year
San Marino:
calendar year
Sao Tome and Principe:
calendar year
Saudi Arabia:
calendar year
Senegal:
calendar year
Seychelles:
calendar year
Sierra Leone:
calendar year
Singapore:
1 April - 31 March
Slovakia:
calendar year
Slovenia:
calendar year
Solomon Islands:
calendar year
Somalia:
NA
South Africa:
1 April - 31 March
Spain:
calendar year
Sri Lanka:
calendar year
Sudan:
calendar year
Suriname:
calendar year
Swaziland:
1 April - 31 March
Sweden:
calendar year
Switzerland:
calendar year
Syria:
calendar year
Tajikistan:
calendar year
Tanzania:
1 July - 30 June
Thailand:
1 October - 30 September
Togo:
calendar year
Tokelau:
1 April - 31 March
Tonga:
1 July - 30 June
Trinidad and Tobago:
1 October - 30 September
Tunisia:
calendar year
Turkey:
calendar year
Turkmenistan:
calendar year
Turks and Caicos Islands:
calendar year
Tuvalu:
calendar year
Uganda:
1 July - 30 June
Ukraine:
calendar year
United Arab Emirates:
calendar year
United Kingdom:
1 April - 31 March
United States:
1 October - 30 September
Uruguay:
calendar year
Uzbekistan:
calendar year
Vanuatu:
calendar year
Venezuela:
calendar year
Vietnam:
calendar year
Virgin Islands:
1 October - 30 September
Wallis and Futuna:
calendar year
West Bank:
calendar year (since 1 January 1992)
Western Sahara:
calendar year
Yemen:
calendar year
Yugoslavia:
calendar year
Zambia:
calendar year
Zimbabwe:
1 July - 30 June
Taiwan:
1 July - 30 June (up to FY98/99); 1 July 1999 - 31 December
2000 for FY00; calendar year (after FY00)
======================================================================
@Flag description
Afghanistan:
three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and
black with a gold emblem centered on the three bands; the emblem
features a temple-like structure with Islamic inscriptions above and
below, encircled by a wreath on the left and right and by a bolder
Islamic inscription above, all of which are encircled by two crossed
scimitars
note: the Taliban uses a plain white flag
Albania:
red with a black two-headed eagle in the center
Algeria:
two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and white; a
red, five-pointed star within a red crescent centered over the
two-color boundary; the crescent, star, and color green are
traditional symbols of Islam (the state religion)
American Samoa:
blue, with a white triangle edged in red that is
based on the outer side and extends to the hoist side; a brown and
white American bald eagle flying toward the hoist side is carrying
two traditional Samoan symbols of authority, a staff and a war club
Andorra:
three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow,
and red with the national coat of arms centered in the yellow band;
the coat of arms features a quartered shield; similar to the flags
of Chad and Romania, which do not have a national coat of arms in
the center, and the flag of Moldova, which does bear a national
emblem
Angola:
two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and black with a
centered yellow emblem consisting of a five-pointed star within half
a cogwheel crossed by a machete (in the style of a hammer and sickle)
Anguilla:
blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side
quadrant and the Anguillan coat of arms centered in the outer half
of the flag; the coat of arms depicts three orange dolphins in an
interlocking circular design on a white background with blue wavy
water below
Antigua and Barbuda:
red, with an inverted isosceles triangle based
on the top edge of the flag; the triangle contains three horizontal
bands of black (top), light blue, and white, with a yellow rising
sun in the black band
Argentina:
three equal horizontal bands of light blue (top), white,
and light blue; centered in the white band is a radiant yellow sun
with a human face known as the Sun of May
Armenia:
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue, and orange
Aruba:
blue, with two narrow, horizontal, yellow stripes across the
lower portion and a red, four-pointed star outlined in white in the
upper hoist-side corner
Ashmore and Cartier Islands:
the flag of Australia is used
Australia:
blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side
quadrant and a large seven-pointed star in the lower hoist-side
quadrant; the remaining half is a representation of the Southern
Cross constellation in white with one small five-pointed star and
four, larger, seven-pointed stars
Austria:
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and red
Azerbaijan:
three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), red, and
green; a crescent and eight-pointed star in white are centered in
red band
Bahamas, The:
three equal horizontal bands of aquamarine (top),
gold, and aquamarine, with a black equilateral triangle based on the
hoist side
Bahrain:
red with a white serrated band (eight white points) on the
hoist side
Baker Island:
the flag of the US is used
Bangladesh:
green with a large red disk slightly to the hoist side
of center; the red sun of freedom represents the blood shed to
achieve independence; the green field symbolizes the lush
countryside, and secondarily, the traditional color of Islam
Barbados:
three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), gold, and
blue with the head of a black trident centered on the gold band; the
trident head represents independence and a break with the past (the
colonial coat of arms contained a complete trident)
Bassas da India:
the flag of France is used
Belarus:
red horizontal band (top) and green horizontal band
one-half the width of the red band; a white vertical stripe on the
hoist side bears the Belarusian national ornament in red
Belgium:
three equal vertical bands of black (hoist side), yellow,
and red; the design was based on the flag of France
Belize:
blue with a narrow red stripe along the top and the bottom
edges; centered is a large white disk bearing the coat of arms; the
coat of arms features a shield flanked by two workers in front of a
mahogany tree with the related motto SUB UMBRA FLOREO (I Flourish in
the Shade) on a scroll at the bottom, all encircled by a green
garland
Benin:
two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and red with a
vertical green band on the hoist side
Bermuda:
red, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side
quadrant and the Bermudian coat of arms (white and green shield with
a red lion holding a scrolled shield showing the sinking of the ship
Sea Venture off Bermuda in 1609) centered on the outer half of the
flag
Bhutan:
divided diagonally from the lower hoist side corner; the
upper triangle is yellow and the lower triangle is orange; centered
along the dividing line is a large black and white dragon facing
away from the hoist side
Bolivia:
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), yellow, and
green with the coat of arms centered on the yellow band; similar to
the flag of Ghana, which has a large black five-pointed star
centered in the yellow band
Bosnia and Herzegovina:
a wide medium blue vertical band on the fly
side with a yellow isosceles triangle abutting the band and the top
of the flag; the remainder of the flag is medium blue with seven
full five-pointed white stars and two half stars top and bottom
along the hypotenuse of the triangle
Botswana:
light blue with a horizontal white-edged black stripe in
the center
Bouvet Island:
the flag of Norway is used
Brazil:
green with a large yellow diamond in the center bearing a
blue celestial globe with 27 white five-pointed stars (one for each
state and the Federal District) arranged in the same pattern as the
night sky over Brazil; the globe has a white equatorial band with
the motto ORDEM E PROGRESSO (Order and Progress)
British Indian Ocean Territory:
white with six blue wavy horizontal
stripes; the flag of the UK is in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the
striped section bears a palm tree and yellow crown centered on the
outer half of the flag
British Virgin Islands:
blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper
hoist-side quadrant and the Virgin Islander coat of arms centered in
the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms depicts a woman flanked
on either side by a vertical column of six oil lamps above a scroll
bearing the Latin word VIGILATE (Be Watchful)
Brunei:
yellow with two diagonal bands of white (top, almost double
width) and black starting from the upper hoist side; the national
emblem in red is superimposed at the center; the emblem includes a
swallow-tailed flag on top of a winged column within an upturned
crescent above a scroll and flanked by two upraised hands
Bulgaria:
three equal horizontal bands of white (top), green, and
red; the national emblem formerly on the hoist side of the white
stripe has been removed - it contained a rampant lion within a
wreath of wheat ears below a red five-pointed star and above a
ribbon bearing the dates 681 (first Bulgarian state established) and
1944 (liberation from Nazi control)
Burkina Faso:
two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with
a yellow five-pointed star in the center; uses the popular
pan-African colors of Ethiopia
Burma:
red with a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner
bearing, all in white, 14 five-pointed stars encircling a cogwheel
containing a stalk of rice; the 14 stars represent the 14
administrative divisions
Burundi:
divided by a white diagonal cross into red panels (top and
bottom) and green panels (hoist side and outer side) with a white
disk superimposed at the center bearing three red six-pointed stars
outlined in green arranged in a triangular design (one star above,
two stars below)
Cambodia:
three horizontal bands of blue (top), red (double width),
and blue with a white three-towered temple representing Angkor Wat
outlined in black in the center of the red band
Cameroon:
three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), red, and
yellow with a yellow five-pointed star centered in the red band;
uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia
Canada:
three vertical bands of red (hoist side), white (double
width, square), and red with a red maple leaf centered in the white
band
Cape Verde:
three horizontal bands of light blue (top, double
width), white (with a horizontal red stripe in the middle third),
and light blue; a circle of 10 yellow five-pointed stars is centered
on the hoist end of the red stripe and extends into the upper and
lower blue bands
Cayman Islands:
blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper
hoist-side quadrant and the Caymanian coat of arms on a white disk
centered on the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms includes a
pineapple and turtle above a shield with three stars (representing
the three islands) and a scroll at the bottom bearing the motto HE
HATH FOUNDED IT UPON THE SEAS
Central African Republic:
four equal horizontal bands of blue (top),
white, green, and yellow with a vertical red band in center; there
is a yellow five-pointed star on the hoist side of the blue band
Chad:
three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, and
red; similar to the flag of Romania; also similar to the flags of
Andorra and Moldova, both of which have a national coat of arms
centered in the yellow band; design was based on the flag of France
Chile:
two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red; there is a
blue square the same height as the white band at the hoist-side end
of the white band; the square bears a white five-pointed star in the
center; design was based on the US flag
China:
red with a large yellow five-pointed star and four smaller
yellow five-pointed stars (arranged in a vertical arc toward the
middle of the flag) in the upper hoist-side corner
Christmas Island:
the flag of Australia is used
Clipperton Island:
the flag of France is used
Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
the flag of Australia is used
Colombia:
three horizontal bands of yellow (top, double-width),
blue, and red; similar to the flag of Ecuador, which is longer and
bears the Ecuadorian coat of arms superimposed in the center
Comoros:
green with a white crescent in the center of the field, its
points facing downward; there are four white five-pointed stars
placed in a line between the points of the crescent; the crescent,
stars, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam; the four
stars represent the four main islands of the archipelago - Mwali,
Njazidja, Nzwani, and Mayotte (a territorial collectivity of France,
but claimed by Comoros); the design, the most recent of several, is
described in the constitution approved by referendum on 7 June 1992
Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
light blue with a large yellow
five-pointed star in the center and a columnar arrangement of six
small yellow five-pointed stars along the hoist side
Congo, Republic of the:
divided diagonally from the lower hoist side
by a yellow band; the upper triangle (hoist side) is green and the
lower triangle is red; uses the popular pan-African colors of
Ethiopia
Cook Islands:
blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side
quadrant and a large circle of 15 white five-pointed stars (one for
every island) centered in the outer half of the flag
Coral Sea Islands:
the flag of Australia is used
Costa Rica:
five horizontal bands of blue (top), white, red (double
width), white, and blue, with the coat of arms in a white disk on
the hoist side of the red band
Cote d'Ivoire:
three equal vertical bands of orange (hoist side),
white, and green; similar to the flag of Ireland, which is longer
and has the colors reversed - green (hoist side), white, and orange;
also similar to the flag of Italy, which is green (hoist side),
white, and red; design was based on the flag of France
Croatia:
red, white, and blue horizontal bands with Croatian coat of
arms (red and white checkered)
Cuba:
five equal horizontal bands of blue (top and bottom)
alternating with white; a red equilateral triangle based on the
hoist side bears a white, five-pointed star in the center; design
influenced by the US flag
Cyprus:
white with a copper-colored silhouette of the island (the
name Cyprus is derived from the Greek word for copper) above two
green crossed olive branches in the center of the flag; the branches
symbolize the hope for peace and reconciliation between the Greek
and Turkish communities
note: the Turkish Cypriot flag has a horizontal red stripe at the
top and bottom between which is a red crescent and red star on a
white field
Czech Republic:
two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red
with a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side (identical to
the flag of the former Czechoslovakia)
Denmark:
red with a white cross that extends to the edges of the
flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side,
and that design element of the Dannebrog (Danish flag) was
subsequently adopted by the other Nordic countries of Finland,
Iceland, Norway, and Sweden
Djibouti:
two equal horizontal bands of light blue (top) and light
green with a white isosceles triangle based on the hoist side
bearing a red five-pointed star in the center
Dominica:
green, with a centered cross of three equal bands - the
vertical part is yellow (hoist side), black, and white and the
horizontal part is yellow (top), black, and white; superimposed in
the center of the cross is a red disk bearing a sisserou parrot
encircled by 10 green, five-pointed stars edged in yellow; the 10
stars represent the 10 administrative divisions (parishes)
Dominican Republic:
a centered white cross that extends to the edges
divides the flag into four rectangles - the top ones are blue (hoist
side) and red, and the bottom ones are red (hoist side) and blue; a
small coat of arms is at the center of the cross
Ecuador:
three horizontal bands of yellow (top, double width), blue,
and red with the coat of arms superimposed at the center of the
flag; similar to the flag of Colombia which is shorter and does not
bear a coat of arms
Egypt:
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black
with the national emblem (a shield superimposed on a golden eagle
facing the hoist side above a scroll bearing the name of the country
in Arabic) centered in the white band; similar to the flag of Yemen,
which has a plain white band; also similar to the flag of Syria,
which has two green stars, and to the flag of Iraq, which has three
green stars (plus an Arabic inscription) in a horizontal line
centered in the white band
El Salvador:
three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and
blue with the national coat of arms centered in the white band; the
coat of arms features a round emblem encircled by the words
REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL; similar to the flag
of Nicaragua, which has a different coat of arms centered in the
white band - it features a triangle encircled by the words REPUBLICA
DE NICARAGUA on top and AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom; also similar
to the flag of Honduras, which has five blue stars arranged in an X
pattern centered in the white band
Equatorial Guinea:
three equal horizontal bands of green (top),
white, and red with a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist
side and the coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of
arms has six yellow six-pointed stars (representing the mainland and
five offshore islands) above a gray shield bearing a silk-cotton
tree and below which is a scroll with the motto UNIDAD, PAZ,
JUSTICIA (Unity, Peace, Justice)
Eritrea:
red isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) dividing
the flag into two right triangles; the upper triangle is green, the
lower one is blue; a gold wreath encircling a gold olive branch is
centered on the hoist side of the red triangle
Estonia:
pre-1940 flag restored by Supreme Soviet in May 1990 -
three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), black, and white
Ethiopia:
three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and
red with a yellow pentagram and single yellow rays emanating from
the angles between the points on a light blue disk centered on the
three bands; Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa,
and the colors of her flag were so often adopted by other African
countries upon independence that they became known as the
pan-African colors
Europa Island:
the flag of France is used
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
blue with the flag of the UK in
the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Falkland Island coat of arms
in a white disk centered on the outer half of the flag; the coat of
arms contains a white ram (sheep raising is the major economic
activity) above the sailing ship Desire (whose crew discovered the
islands) with a scroll at the bottom bearing the motto DESIRE THE
RIGHT
Faroe Islands:
white with a red cross outlined in blue that extends
to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted
to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag)
Fiji:
light blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side
quadrant and the Fijian shield centered on the outer half of the
flag; the shield depicts a yellow lion above a white field quartered
by the cross of Saint George featuring stalks of sugarcane, a palm
tree, bananas, and a white dove
Finland:
white with a blue cross that extends to the edges of the
flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in
the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag)
France:
three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), white, and
red; known as the French Tricouleur (Tricolor); the design and/or
colors are similar to a number of other flags, including those of
Belgium, Chad, Ireland, Cote d'Ivoire, Luxembourg, and Netherlands;
the official flag for all French dependent areas
French Guiana:
the flag of France is used
French Polynesia:
two narrow red horizontal bands encase a wide
white band; centered on the white band is a disk with blue and white
wave pattern on the lower half and gold and white ray pattern on the
upper half; a stylized red, blue and white ship rides on the wave
pattern; the French flag is used for official occasions
French Southern and Antarctic Lands:
the flag of France is used
Gabon:
three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and blue
Gambia, The:
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue with
white edges, and green
Georgia:
maroon field with small rectangle in upper hoist side
corner; rectangle divided horizontally with black on top, white below
Germany:
three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and gold
Ghana:
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), yellow, and green
with a large black five-pointed star centered in the yellow band;
uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; similar to the flag
of Bolivia, which has a coat of arms centered in the yellow band
Gibraltar:
two horizontal bands of white (top, double width) and red
with a three-towered red castle in the center of the white band;
hanging from the castle gate is a gold key centered in the red band
Glorioso Islands:
the flag of France is used
Greece:
nine equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with
white; there is a blue square in the upper hoist-side corner bearing
a white cross; the cross symbolizes Greek Orthodoxy, the established
religion of the country
Greenland:
two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red with a
large disk slightly to the hoist side of center - the top half of
the disk is red, the bottom half is white
Grenada:
a rectangle divided diagonally into yellow triangles (top
and bottom) and green triangles (hoist side and outer side), with a
red border around the flag; there are seven yellow, five-pointed
stars with three centered in the top red border, three centered in
the bottom red border, and one on a red disk superimposed at the
center of the flag; there is also a symbolic nutmeg pod on the
hoist-side triangle (Grenada is the world's second-largest producer
of nutmeg, after Indonesia); the seven stars represent the seven
administrative divisions
Guadeloupe:
three horizontal bands, a narrow green band (top), a
wide red band, and a narrow green band; the green bands are
separated from the red band by two narrow white stripes; a gold
five-pointed star is centered in the red band toward the hoist side;
the flag of France is used for official occasions
Guam:
territorial flag is dark blue with a narrow red border on all
four sides; centered is a red-bordered, pointed, vertical ellipse
containing a beach scene, outrigger canoe with sail, and a palm tree
with the word GUAM superimposed in bold red letters; US flag is the
national flag
Guatemala:
three equal vertical bands of light blue (hoist side),
white, and light blue with the coat of arms centered in the white
band; the coat of arms includes a green and red quetzal (the
national bird) and a scroll bearing the inscription LIBERTAD 15 DE
SEPTIEMBRE DE 1821 (the original date of independence from Spain)
all superimposed on a pair of crossed rifles and a pair of crossed
swords and framed by a wreath
Guernsey:
white with the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of
England) extending to the edges of the flag and a yellow equal-armed
cross of William the Conqueror superimposed on the Saint George cross
Guinea:
three equal vertical bands of red (hoist side), yellow, and
green; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; similar to
the flag of Rwanda, which has a large black letter R centered in the
yellow band
Guinea-Bissau:
two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and green
with a vertical red band on the hoist side; there is a black
five-pointed star centered in the red band; uses the popular
pan-African colors of Ethiopia
Guyana:
green, with a red isosceles triangle (based on the hoist
side) superimposed on a long, yellow arrowhead; there is a narrow,
black border between the red and yellow, and a narrow, white border
between the yellow and the green
Haiti:
two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red with a
centered white rectangle bearing the coat of arms, which contains a
palm tree flanked by flags and two cannons above a scroll bearing
the motto L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE (Union Makes Strength)
Heard Island and McDonald Islands:
the flag of Australia is used
Holy See (Vatican City):
two vertical bands of yellow (hoist side)
and white with the crossed keys of Saint Peter and the papal miter
centered in the white band
Honduras:
three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and
blue with five blue five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern
centered in the white band; the stars represent the members of the
former Federal Republic of Central America - Costa Rica, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua; similar to the flag of
El Salvador, which features a round emblem encircled by the words
REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL centered in the white
band; also similar to the flag of Nicaragua, which features a
triangle encircled by the word REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA on top and
AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom, centered in the white band
Hong Kong:
red with a stylized, white, five-petal bauhinia flower in
the center
Howland Island:
the flag of the US is used
Hungary:
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and green
Iceland:
blue with a red cross outlined in white that extends to the
edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the
hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag)
India:
three equal horizontal bands of orange (top), white, and
green with a blue chakra (24-spoked wheel) centered in the white
band; similar to the flag of Niger, which has a small orange disk
centered in the white band
Indonesia:
two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white;
similar to the flag of Monaco, which is shorter; also similar to the
flag of Poland, which is white (top) and red
Iran:
three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and red;
the national emblem (a stylized representation of the word Allah) in
red is centered in the white band; ALLAH AKBAR (God is Great) in
white Arabic script is repeated 11 times along the bottom edge of
the green band and 11 times along the top edge of the red band
Iraq:
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black
with three green five-pointed stars in a horizontal line centered in
the white band; the phrase ALLAHU AKBAR (God is Great) in green
Arabic script - Allahu to the right of the middle star and Akbar to
the left of the middle star - was added in January 1991 during the
Persian Gulf crisis; similar to the flag of Syria which has two
stars but no script and the flag of Yemen which has a plain white
band; also similar to the flag of Egypt which has a symbolic eagle
centered in the white band
Ireland:
three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white,
and orange; similar to the flag of Cote d'Ivoire, which is shorter
and has the colors reversed - orange (hoist side), white, and green;
also similar to the flag of Italy, which is shorter and has colors
of green (hoist side), white, and red
Israel:
white with a blue hexagram (six-pointed linear star) known
as the Magen David (Shield of David) centered between two equal
horizontal blue bands near the top and bottom edges of the flag
Italy:
three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and
red; similar to the flag of Ireland, which is longer and is green
(hoist side), white, and orange; also similar to the flag of the
Cote d'Ivoire, which has the colors reversed - orange (hoist side),
white, and green
note: inspired by the French flag brought to Italy by Napoleon in
1797
Jamaica:
diagonal yellow cross divides the flag into four triangles
- green (top and bottom) and black (hoist side and outer side)
Jan Mayen:
the flag of Norway is used
Japan:
white with a large red disk (representing the sun without
rays) in the center
Jarvis Island:
the flag of the US is used
Jersey:
white with a diagonal red cross extending to the corners of
the flag and in the upper quadrant, surmounted by a yellow crown, a
red shield holding the three lions of England in yellow
Johnston Atoll:
the flag of the US is used
Jordan:
three equal horizontal bands of black (top, the Abbassid
Caliphate of Islam), white (the Ummayyad Caliphate of Islam), and
green (the Fatimid Caliphate of Islam) with a red isosceles triangle
(representing the Great Arab Revolt of 1916) based on the hoist side
bearing a small white seven-pointed star symbolizing the seven
verses of the opening Sura (Al-Fatiha) of the Holy Koran; the seven
points on the star represent faith in One God, humanity, national
spirit, humility, social justice, virtue, and aspirations
Juan de Nova Island:
the flag of France is used
Kazakhstan:
sky blue background representing the endless sky and a
gold sun with 32 rays soaring above a golden steppe eagle in the
center; on the hoist side is a "national ornamentation" in gold
Kenya:
three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green;
the red band is edged in white; a large warrior's shield covering
crossed spears is superimposed at the center
Kingman Reef:
the flag of the US is used
Kiribati:
the upper half is red with a yellow frigate bird flying
over a yellow rising sun, and the lower half is blue with three
horizontal wavy white stripes to represent the ocean
Korea, North:
three horizontal bands of blue (top), red (triple
width), and blue; the red band is edged in white; on the hoist side
of the red band is a white disk with a red five-pointed star
Korea, South:
white with a red (top) and blue yin-yang symbol in the
center; there is a different black trigram from the ancient I Ching
(Book of Changes) in each corner of the white field
Kuwait:
three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and red
with a black trapezoid based on the hoist side
Kyrgyzstan:
red field with a yellow sun in the center having 40 rays
representing the 40 Kirghiz tribes; on the obverse side the rays run
counterclockwise, on the reverse, clockwise; in the center of the
sun is a red ring crossed by two sets of three lines, a stylized
representation of the roof of the traditional Kirghiz yurt
Laos:
three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width), and
red with a large white disk centered in the blue band
Latvia:
three horizontal bands of maroon (top), white (half-width),
and maroon
Lebanon:
three horizontal bands of red (top), white (double width),
and red with a green and brown cedar tree centered in the white band
Lesotho:
divided diagonally from the lower hoist side corner; the
upper half is white, bearing the brown silhouette of a large shield
with crossed spear and club; the lower half is a diagonal blue band
with a green triangle in the corner
Liberia:
11 equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom)
alternating with white; there is a white five-pointed star on a blue
square in the upper hoist-side corner; the design was based on the
US flag
Libya:
plain green; green is the traditional color of Islam (the
state religion)
Liechtenstein:
two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red with
a gold crown on the hoist side of the blue band
Lithuania:
three equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), green, and
red
Luxembourg:
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and
light blue; similar to the flag of the Netherlands, which uses a
darker blue and is shorter; design was based on the flag of France
Macau:
light green with a lotus flower above a stylized bridge and
water in white, beneath an arc of five gold, five-pointed stars: one
large in center of arc and four smaller
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
a rising yellow sun with
eight rays extending to the edges of the red field
Madagascar:
two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a
vertical white band of the same width on hoist side
Malawi:
three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green
with a radiant, rising, red sun centered in the black band
Malaysia:
14 equal horizontal stripes of red (top) alternating with
white (bottom); there is a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side
corner bearing a yellow crescent and a yellow fourteen-pointed star;
the crescent and the star are traditional symbols of Islam; the
design was based on the flag of the US
Maldives:
red with a large green rectangle in the center bearing a
vertical white crescent; the closed side of the crescent is on the
hoist side of the flag
Mali:
three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), yellow, and
red; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia
Malta:
two equal vertical bands of white (hoist side) and red; in
the upper hoist-side corner is a representation of the Saint George
Cross, edged in red
Man, Isle of:
red with the Three Legs of Man emblem (Trinacria), in
the center; the three legs are joined at the thigh and bent at the
knee; in order to have the toes pointing clockwise on both sides of
the flag, a two-sided emblem is used
Marshall Islands:
blue with two stripes radiating from the lower
hoist-side corner - orange (top) and white; there is a white star
with four large rays and 20 small rays on the hoist side above the
two stripes
Martinique:
a light blue background is divided into four quadrants
by a white cross; in the center of each rectangle is a white snake;
the flag of France is used for official occasions
Mauritania:
green with a yellow five-pointed star above a yellow,
horizontal crescent; the closed side of the crescent is down; the
crescent, star, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam
Mauritius:
four equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue, yellow,
and green
Mayotte:
the flag of France is used
Mexico:
three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and
red; the coat of arms (an eagle perched on a cactus with a snake in
its beak) is centered in the white band
Micronesia, Federated States of:
light blue with four white
five-pointed stars centered; the stars are arranged in a diamond
pattern
Midway Islands:
the flag of the US is used
Moldova:
same color scheme as Romania - three equal vertical bands
of blue (hoist side), yellow, and red; emblem in center of flag is
of a Roman eagle of gold outlined in black with a red beak and
talons carrying a yellow cross in its beak and a green olive branch
in its right talons and a yellow scepter in its left talons; on its
breast is a shield divided horizontally red over blue with a
stylized ox head, star, rose, and crescent all in black-outlined
yellow
Monaco:
two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; similar
to the flag of Indonesia which is longer and the flag of Poland
which is white (top) and red
Mongolia:
three equal, vertical bands of red (hoist side), blue, and
red; centered on the hoist-side red band in yellow is the national
emblem ("soyombo" - a columnar arrangement of abstract and geometric
representation for fire, sun, moon, earth, water, and the yin-yang
symbol)
Montserrat:
blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side
quadrant and the Montserratian coat of arms centered in the outer
half of the flag; the coat of arms features a woman standing beside
a yellow harp with her arm around a black cross
Morocco:
red with a green pentacle (five-pointed, linear star) known
as Solomon's seal in the center of the flag; green is the
traditional color of Islam
Mozambique:
three equal horizontal bands of green (top), black, and
yellow with a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; the
black band is edged in white; centered in the triangle is a yellow
five-pointed star bearing a crossed rifle and hoe in black
superimposed on an open white book
Namibia:
a large blue triangle with a yellow sunburst fills the
upper left section and an equal green triangle (solid) fills the
lower right section; the triangles are separated by a red stripe
that is contrasted by two narrow white-edge borders
Nauru:
blue with a narrow, horizontal, yellow stripe across the
center and a large white 12-pointed star below the stripe on the
hoist side; the star indicates the country's location in relation to
the Equator (the yellow stripe) and the 12 points symbolize the 12
original tribes of Nauru
Navassa Island:
the flag of the US is used
Nepal:
red with a blue border around the unique shape of two
overlapping right triangles; the smaller, upper triangle bears a
white stylized moon and the larger, lower triangle bears a white
12-pointed sun
Netherlands:
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and
blue; similar to the flag of Luxembourg, which uses a lighter blue
and is longer
Netherlands Antilles:
white, with a horizontal blue stripe in the
center superimposed on a vertical red band, also centered; five
white, five-pointed stars are arranged in an oval pattern in the
center of the blue band; the five stars represent the five main
islands of Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten
New Caledonia:
the flag of France is used
New Zealand:
blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side
quadrant with four red five-pointed stars edged in white centered in
the outer half of the flag; the stars represent the Southern Cross
constellation
Nicaragua:
three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and
blue with the national coat of arms centered in the white band; the
coat of arms features a triangle encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE
NICARAGUA on the top and AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom; similar to
the flag of El Salvador, which features a round emblem encircled by
the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL centered in
the white band; also similar to the flag of Honduras, which has five
blue stars arranged in an X pattern centered in the white band
Niger:
three equal horizontal bands of orange (top), white, and
green with a small orange disk (representing the sun) centered in
the white band; similar to the flag of India, which has a blue
spoked wheel centered in the white band
Nigeria:
three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white,
and green
Niue:
yellow with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side
quadrant; the flag of the UK bears five yellow five-pointed stars -
a large one on a blue disk in the center and a smaller one on each
arm of the bold red cross
Norfolk Island:
three vertical bands of green (hoist side), white,
and green with a large green Norfolk Island pine tree centered in
the slightly wider white band
Northern Mariana Islands:
blue, with a white, five-pointed star
superimposed on the gray silhouette of a latte stone (a traditional
foundation stone used in building) in the center, surrounded by a
wreath
Norway:
red with a blue cross outlined in white that extends to the
edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the
hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag)
Oman:
three horizontal bands of white, red, and green of equal width
with a broad, vertical, red band on the hoist side; the national
emblem (a khanjar dagger in its sheath superimposed on two crossed
swords in scabbards) in white is centered at the top of the vertical
band
Pakistan:
green with a vertical white band (symbolizing the role of
religious minorities) on the hoist side; a large white crescent and
star are centered in the green field; the crescent, star, and color
green are traditional symbols of Islam
Palau:
light blue with a large yellow disk (representing the moon)
shifted slightly to the hoist side
Palmyra Atoll:
the flag of the US is used
Panama:
divided into four, equal rectangles; the top quadrants are
white (hoist side) with a blue five-pointed star in the center and
plain red; the bottom quadrants are plain blue (hoist side) and
white with a red five-pointed star in the center
Papua New Guinea:
divided diagonally from upper hoist-side corner;
the upper triangle is red with a soaring yellow bird of paradise
centered; the lower triangle is black with five, white, five-pointed
stars of the Southern Cross constellation centered
Paraguay:
three equal, horizontal bands of red (top), white, and
blue with an emblem centered in the white band; unusual flag in that
the emblem is different on each side; the obverse (hoist side at the
left) bears the national coat of arms (a yellow five-pointed star
within a green wreath capped by the words REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY,
all within two circles); the reverse (hoist side at the right) bears
the seal of the treasury (a yellow lion below a red Cap of Liberty
and the words Paz y Justicia (Peace and Justice) capped by the words
REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY, all within two circles)
Peru:
three equal, vertical bands of red (hoist side), white, and
red with the coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of
arms features a shield bearing a llama, cinchona tree (the source of
quinine), and a yellow cornucopia spilling out gold coins, all
framed by a green wreath
Philippines:
two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red with a
white equilateral triangle based on the hoist side; in the center of
the triangle is a yellow sun with eight primary rays (each
containing three individual rays) and in each corner of the triangle
is a small yellow five-pointed star
Pitcairn Islands:
blue with the flag of the UK in the upper
hoist-side quadrant and the Pitcairn Islander coat of arms centered
on the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms is yellow, green,
and light blue with a shield featuring a yellow anchor
Poland:
two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red; similar
to the flags of Indonesia and Monaco which are red (top) and white
Portugal:
two vertical bands of green (hoist side, two-fifths) and
red (three-fifths) with the Portuguese coat of arms centered on the
dividing line
Puerto Rico:
five equal horizontal bands of red (top and bottom)
alternating with white; a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist
side bears a large, white, five-pointed star in the center; design
influenced by the US flag, but based on the Cuban flag
Qatar:
maroon with a broad white serrated band (nine white points)
on the hoist side
Reunion:
the flag of France is used
Romania:
three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow,
and red; the national coat of arms that used to be centered in the
yellow band has been removed; now similar to the flag of Chad, also
resembles the flags of Andorra and Moldova
Russia:
three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red
Rwanda:
three equal vertical bands of red (hoist side), yellow, and
green with a large black letter R centered in the yellow band; uses
the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; similar to the flag of
Guinea, which has a plain yellow band
Saint Helena:
blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side
quadrant and the Saint Helenian shield centered on the outer half of
the flag; the shield features a rocky coastline and three-masted
sailing ship
Saint Kitts and Nevis:
divided diagonally from the lower hoist side
by a broad black band bearing two white, five-pointed stars; the
black band is edged in yellow; the upper triangle is green, the
lower triangle is red
Saint Lucia:
blue, with a gold isosceles triangle below a black
arrowhead; the upper edges of the arrowhead have a white border
Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
a yellow sailing ship facing the hoist
side rides on a dark blue background with a black wave line under
the ship; on the hoist side, a vertical band is divided into three
parts: the top part is red with a green diagonal cross extending to
the corners overlaid by a white cross dividing the square into four
sections; the middle part has a white background with an ermine
pattern; the third part has a red background with two stylized
yellow lions outlined in black, one on top of the other; the flag of
France is used for official occasions
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
three vertical bands of blue
(hoist side), gold (double width), and green; the gold band bears
three green diamonds arranged in a V pattern
Samoa:
red with a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side quadrant
bearing five white five-pointed stars representing the Southern
Cross constellation
San Marino:
two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and light blue
with the national coat of arms superimposed in the center; the coat
of arms has a shield (featuring three towers on three peaks) flanked
by a wreath, below a crown and above a scroll bearing the word
LIBERTAS (Liberty)
Sao Tome and Principe:
three horizontal bands of green (top), yellow
(double width), and green with two black five-pointed stars placed
side by side in the center of the yellow band and a red isosceles
triangle based on the hoist side; uses the popular pan-African
colors of Ethiopia
Saudi Arabia:
green with large white Arabic script (that may be
translated as There is no God but God; Muhammad is the Messenger of
God) above a white horizontal saber (the tip points to the hoist
side); green is the traditional color of Islam
Senegal:
three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), yellow,
and red with a small green five-pointed star centered in the yellow
band; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia
Seychelles:
five oblique bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, red,
white, and green (bottom) radiating from the bottom of the hoist side
Sierra Leone:
three equal horizontal bands of light green (top),
white, and light blue
Singapore:
two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; near
the hoist side of the red band, there is a vertical, white crescent
(closed portion is toward the hoist side) partially enclosing five
white five-pointed stars arranged in a circle
Slovakia:
three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red
superimposed with the Slovak cross in a shield centered on the hoist
side; the cross is white centered on a background of red and blue
Slovenia:
three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and
red, with the Slovenian seal (a shield with the image of Triglav,
Slovenia's highest peak, in white against a blue background at the
center; beneath it are two wavy blue lines depicting seas and
rivers, and above it are three six-pointed stars arranged in an
inverted triangle which are taken from the coat of arms of the
Counts of Celje, the great Slovene dynastic house of the late 14th
and early 15th centuries); the seal is located in the upper hoist
side of the flag centered in the white and blue bands
Solomon Islands:
divided diagonally by a thin yellow stripe from the
lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle (hoist side) is blue
with five white five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern; the
lower triangle is green
Somalia:
light blue with a large white five-pointed star in the
center; design based on the flag of the UN (Italian Somaliland was a
UN trust territory)
South Africa:
two equal width horizontal bands of red (top) and blue
separated by a central green band which splits into a horizontal Y,
the arms of which end at the corners of the hoist side; the Y
embraces a black isosceles triangle from which the arms are
separated by narrow yellow bands; the red and blue bands are
separated from the green band and its arms by narrow white stripes
note: prior to 26 April 1994, the flag was actually four flags in
one - three miniature flags reproduced in the center of the white
band of the former flag of the Netherlands, which had three equal
horizontal bands of orange (top), white, and blue; the miniature
flags were a vertically hanging flag of the old Orange Free State
with a horizontal flag of the UK adjoining on the hoist side and a
horizontal flag of the old Transvaal Republic adjoining on the other
side
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands:
the flag of the UK is
used
Spain:
three horizontal bands of red (top), yellow (double width),
and red with the national coat of arms on the hoist side of the
yellow band; the coat of arms includes the royal seal framed by the
Pillars of Hercules, which are the two promontories (Gibraltar and
Ceuta) on either side of the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar
Sri Lanka:
yellow with two panels; the smaller hoist-side panel has
two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and orange; the other
panel is a large dark red rectangle with a yellow lion holding a
sword, and there is a yellow bo leaf in each corner; the yellow
field appears as a border that goes around the entire flag and
extends between the two panels
Sudan:
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black
with a green isosceles triangle based on the hoist side
Suriname:
five horizontal bands of green (top, double width), white,
red (quadruple width), white, and green (double width); there is a
large, yellow, five-pointed star centered in the red band
Svalbard:
the flag of Norway is used
Swaziland:
three horizontal bands of blue (top), red (triple width),
and blue; the red band is edged in yellow; centered in the red band
is a large black and white shield covering two spears and a staff
decorated with feather tassels, all placed horizontally
Sweden:
blue with a yellow cross that extends to the edges of the
flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in
the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag)
Switzerland:
red square with a bold, equilateral white cross in the
center that does not extend to the edges of the flag
Syria:
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black,
with two small green five-pointed stars in a horizontal line
centered in the white band; similar to the flag of Yemen, which has
a plain white band, and of Iraq, which has three green stars (plus
an Arabic inscription) in a horizontal line centered in the white
band; also similar to the flag of Egypt, which has a heraldic eagle
centered in the white band
Tajikistan:
three horizontal stripes of red (top), a wider stripe of
white, and green; a gold crown surmounted by seven gold,
five-pointed stars is located in the center of the white stripe
Tanzania:
divided diagonally by a yellow-edged black band from the
lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle (hoist side) is green
and the lower triangle is blue
Thailand:
five horizontal bands of red (top), white, blue (double
width), white, and red
Togo:
five equal horizontal bands of green (top and bottom)
alternating with yellow; there is a white five-pointed star on a red
square in the upper hoist-side corner; uses the popular pan-African
colors of Ethiopia
Tokelau:
the flag of New Zealand is used
Tonga:
red with a bold red cross on a white rectangle in the upper
hoist-side corner
Trinidad and Tobago:
red with a white-edged black diagonal band from
the upper hoist side
Tromelin Island:
the flag of France is used
Tunisia:
red with a white disk in the center bearing a red crescent
nearly encircling a red five-pointed star; the crescent and star are
traditional symbols of Islam
Turkey:
red with a vertical white crescent (the closed portion is
toward the hoist side) and white five-pointed star centered just
outside the crescent opening
Turkmenistan:
green field with a vertical red stripe near the hoist
side, containing five carpet guls (designs used in producing rugs)
stacked above two crossed olive branches similar to the olive
branches on the UN flag; a white crescent moon and five white stars
appear in the upper corner of the field just to the fly side of the
red stripe
Turks and Caicos Islands:
blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper
hoist-side quadrant and the colonial shield centered on the outer
half of the flag; the shield is yellow and contains a conch shell,
lobster, and cactus
Tuvalu:
light blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side
quadrant; the outer half of the flag represents a map of the country
with nine yellow five-pointed stars symbolizing the nine islands
Uganda:
six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red,
black, yellow, and red; a white disk is superimposed at the center
and depicts a red-crested crane (the national symbol) facing the
hoist side
Ukraine:
two equal horizontal bands of azure (top) and golden yellow
represent grainfields under a blue sky
United Arab Emirates:
three equal horizontal bands of green (top),
white, and black with a thicker vertical red band on the hoist side
United Kingdom:
blue with the red cross of Saint George (patron
saint of England) edged in white superimposed on the diagonal red
cross of Saint Patrick (patron saint of Ireland) and which is
superimposed on the diagonal white cross of Saint Andrew (patron
saint of Scotland); known as the Union Flag or Union Jack; the
design and colors (especially the Blue Ensign) have been the basis
for a number of other flags including other Commonwealth countries
and their constituent states or provinces, as well as British
overseas territories
United States:
thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and
bottom) alternating with white; there is a blue rectangle in the
upper hoist-side corner bearing 50 small, white, five-pointed stars
arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars (top and
bottom) alternating with rows of five stars; the 50 stars represent
the 50 states, the 13 stripes represent the 13 original colonies;
known as Old Glory; the design and colors have been the basis for a
number of other flags, including Chile, Liberia, Malaysia, and
Puerto Rico
Uruguay:
nine equal horizontal stripes of white (top and bottom)
alternating with blue; there is a white square in the upper
hoist-side corner with a yellow sun bearing a human face known as
the Sun of May and 16 rays alternately triangular and wavy
Uzbekistan:
three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and
green separated by red fimbriations with a white crescent moon and
12 white stars in the upper hoist-side quadrant
Vanuatu:
two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a
black isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) all separated by
a black-edged yellow stripe in the shape of a horizontal Y (the two
points of the Y face the hoist side and enclose the triangle);
centered in the triangle is a boar's tusk encircling two crossed
namele leaves, all in yellow
Venezuela:
three equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), blue, and
red with the coat of arms on the hoist side of the yellow band and
an arc of seven white five-pointed stars centered in the blue band
Vietnam:
red with a large yellow five-pointed star in the center
Virgin Islands:
white, with a modified US coat of arms in the center
between the large blue initials V and I; the coat of arms shows a
yellow eagle holding an olive branch in one talon and three arrows
in the other with a superimposed shield of vertical red and white
stripes below a blue panel
Wake Island:
the flag of the US is used
Wallis and Futuna:
a large white modified Maltese cross centered on
a red background; the flag of France outlined in white on two sides
is in the upper hoist quadrant; the flag of France is used for
official occasions
Yemen:
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black;
similar to the flag of Syria which has two green stars and of Iraq
which has three green stars (plus an Arabic inscription) in a
horizontal line centered in the white band; also similar to the flag
of Egypt which has a heraldic eagle centered in the white band
Yugoslavia:
three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and
red
Zambia:
green with a panel of three vertical bands of red (hoist
side), black, and orange below a soaring orange eagle, on the outer
edge of the flag
Zimbabwe:
seven equal horizontal bands of green, yellow, red, black,
red, yellow, and green with a white isosceles triangle edged in
black with its base on the hoist side; a yellow Zimbabwe bird is
superimposed on a red five-pointed star in the center of the triangle
Taiwan:
red with a dark blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side
corner bearing a white sun with 12 triangular rays
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@GDP
Afghanistan:
purchasing power parity - $21 billion (2000 est.)
Albania:
purchasing power parity - $10.5 billion (2000 est.)
Algeria:
purchasing power parity - $171 billion (2000 est.)
American Samoa:
purchasing power parity - $500 million (2000 est.)
Andorra:
purchasing power parity - $1.2 billion (1996 est.)
Angola:
purchasing power parity - $10.1 billion (2000 est.)
Anguilla:
purchasing power parity - $96 million (1999 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda:
purchasing power parity - $533 million (1999
est.)
Argentina:
purchasing power parity - $476 billion (2000 est.)
Armenia:
purchasing power parity - $10 billion (2000 est.)
Aruba:
purchasing power parity - $2 billion (2000 est.)
Australia:
purchasing power parity - $445.8 billion (2000 est.)
Austria:
purchasing power parity - $203 billion (2000 est.)
Azerbaijan:
purchasing power parity - $23.5 billion (2000 est.)
Bahamas, The:
purchasing power parity - $4.5 billion (2000 est.)
Bahrain:
purchasing power parity - $10.1 billion (2000 est.)
Bangladesh:
purchasing power parity - $203 billion (2000 est.)
Barbados:
purchasing power parity - $4 billion (2000 est.)
Belarus:
purchasing power parity - $78.8 billion (2000 est.)
Belgium:
purchasing power parity - $259.2 billion (2000 est.)
Belize:
purchasing power parity - $790 million (2000 est.)
Benin:
purchasing power parity - $6.6 billion (2000 est.)
Bermuda:
purchasing power parity - $2.1 billion (2000 est.)
Bhutan:
purchasing power parity - $2.3 billion (2000 est.)
Bolivia:
purchasing power parity - $20.9 billion (2000 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina:
purchasing power parity - $6.5 billion (2000
est.)
Botswana:
purchasing power parity - $10.4 billion (2000 est.)
Brazil:
purchasing power parity - $1.13 trillion (2000 est.)
British Virgin Islands:
purchasing power parity - $311 million (2000
est.)
Brunei:
purchasing power parity - $5.9 billion (2000 est.)
Bulgaria:
purchasing power parity - $48 billion (2000 est.)
Burkina Faso:
purchasing power parity - $12 billion (2000 est.)
Burma:
purchasing power parity - $63.7 billion (2000 est.)
Burundi:
purchasing power parity - $4.4 billion (2000 est.)
Cambodia:
purchasing power parity - $16.1 billion (2000 est.)
Cameroon:
purchasing power parity - $26 billion (2000 est.)
Canada:
purchasing power parity - $774.7 billion (2000 est.)
Cape Verde:
purchasing power parity - $670 million (2000 est.)
Cayman Islands:
purchasing power parity - $930 million (1997 est.)
Central African Republic:
purchasing power parity - $6.1 billion
(2000 est.)
Chad:
purchasing power parity - $8.1 billion (2000 est.)
Chile:
purchasing power parity - $153.1 billion (2000 est.)
China:
purchasing power parity - $4.5 trillion (2000 est.)
Christmas Island:
purchasing power parity - $NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
purchasing power parity - $NA
Colombia:
purchasing power parity - $250 billion (2000 est.)
Comoros:
purchasing power parity - $419 million (2000 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
purchasing power parity - $31
billion (2000 est.)
Congo, Republic of the:
purchasing power parity - $3.1 billion (2000
est.)
Cook Islands:
purchasing power parity - $100 million (1999 est.)
Costa Rica:
purchasing power parity - $25 billion (2000 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire:
purchasing power parity - $26.2 billion (2000 est.)
Croatia:
purchasing power parity - $24.9 billion (2000 est.)
Cuba:
purchasing power parity - $19.2 billion (2000 est.)
Cyprus:
Greek Cypriot area: purchasing power parity - $9.7 billion
(2000 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: purchasing power parity - $830
million (1999 est.)
Czech Republic:
purchasing power parity - $132.4 billion (2000 est.)
Denmark:
purchasing power parity - $136.2 billion (2000 est.)
Djibouti:
purchasing power parity - $574 million (2000 est.)
Dominica:
purchasing power parity - $290 million (2000 est.)
Dominican Republic:
purchasing power parity - $48.3 billion (2000
est.)
Ecuador:
purchasing power parity - $37.2 billion (2000 est.)
Egypt:
purchasing power parity - $247 billion (2000 est.)
El Salvador:
purchasing power parity - $24 billion (2000 est.)
Equatorial Guinea:
purchasing power parity - $960 million (2000 est.)
Eritrea:
purchasing power parity - $2.9 billion (2000 est.)
Estonia:
purchasing power parity - $14.7 billion (2000 est.)
Ethiopia:
purchasing power parity - $39.2 billion (2000 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
purchasing power parity - $52
million (FY95/96 est.)
Faroe Islands:
purchasing power parity - $910 million (2000 est.)
Fiji:
purchasing power parity - $5.9 billion (1999 est.)
Finland:
purchasing power parity - $118.3 billion (2000 est.)
France:
purchasing power parity - $1.448 trillion (2000 est.)
French Guiana:
purchasing power parity - $1 billion (1998 est.)
French Polynesia:
purchasing power parity - $2.6 billion (1997 est.)
Gabon:
purchasing power parity - $7.7 billion (2000 est.)
Gambia, The:
purchasing power parity - $1.5 billion (2000 est.)
Gaza Strip:
purchasing power parity - $1.11 billion (2000 est.)
Georgia:
purchasing power parity - $22.8 billion (2000 est.)
Germany:
purchasing power parity - $1.936 trillion (2000 est.)
Ghana:
purchasing power parity - $37.4 billion (2000 est.)
Gibraltar:
purchasing power parity - $500 million (1997 est.)
Greece:
purchasing power parity - $181.9 billion (2000 est.)
Greenland:
purchasing power parity - $1.1 billion (2000 est.)
Grenada:
purchasing power parity - $394 million (2000 est.)
Guadeloupe:
purchasing power parity - $3.7 billion (1997 est.)
Guam:
purchasing power parity - $3.2 billion (2000 est.)
Guatemala:
purchasing power parity - $46.2 billion (2000 est.)
Guernsey:
purchasing power parity - $1.3 billion (1999 est.)
Guinea:
purchasing power parity - $10 billion (2000 est.)
Guinea-Bissau:
purchasing power parity - $1.1 billion (2000 est.)
Guyana:
purchasing power parity - $3.4 billion (2000 est.)
Haiti:
purchasing power parity - $12.7 billion (2000 est.)
Honduras:
purchasing power parity - $17 billion (2000 est.)
Hong Kong:
purchasing power parity - $181 billion (2000 est.)
Hungary:
purchasing power parity - $113.9 billion (2000 est.)
Iceland:
purchasing power parity - $6.85 billion (2000 est.)
India:
purchasing power parity - $2.2 trillion (2000 est.)
Indonesia:
purchasing power parity - $654 billion (2000 est.)
Iran:
purchasing power parity - $413 billion (2000 est.)
Iraq:
purchasing power parity - $57 billion (2000 est.)
Ireland:
purchasing power parity - $81.9 billion (2000 est.)
Israel:
purchasing power parity - $110.2 billion (2000 est.)
Italy:
purchasing power parity - $1.273 trillion (2000 est.)
Jamaica:
purchasing power parity - $9.7 billion (2000 est.)
Japan:
purchasing power parity - $3.15 trillion (2000 est.)
Jersey:
purchasing power parity - $2.2 billion (1999 est.)
Jordan:
purchasing power parity - $17.3 billion (2000 est.)
Kazakhstan:
purchasing power parity - $85.6 billion (2000 est.)
Kenya:
purchasing power parity - $45.6 billion (2000 est.)
Kiribati:
purchasing power parity - $76 million (2000 est.),
supplemented by a nearly equal amount from external sources
Korea, North:
purchasing power parity - $22 billion (2000 est.)
Korea, South:
purchasing power parity - $764.6 billion (2000 est.)
Kuwait:
purchasing power parity - $29.3 billion (2000 est.)
Kyrgyzstan:
purchasing power parity - $12.6 billion (2000 est.)
Laos:
purchasing power parity - $9 billion (2000 est.)
Latvia:
purchasing power parity - $17.3 billion (2000 est.)
Lebanon:
purchasing power parity - $18.2 billion (2000 est.)
Lesotho:
purchasing power parity - $5.1 billion (2000 est.)
Liberia:
purchasing power parity - $3.35 billion (2000 est.)
Libya:
purchasing power parity - $45.4 billion (2000 est.)
Liechtenstein:
purchasing power parity - $730 million (1998 est.)
Lithuania:
purchasing power parity - $26.4 billion (2000 est.)
Luxembourg:
purchasing power parity - $15.9 billion (2000 est.)
Macau:
purchasing power parity - $7.82 billion (2000 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
purchasing power parity
- $9 billion (2000 est.)
Madagascar:
purchasing power parity - $12.3 billion (2000 est.)
Malawi:
purchasing power parity - $9.4 billion (2000 est.)
Malaysia:
purchasing power parity - $223.7 billion (2000 est.)
Maldives:
purchasing power parity - $594 million (2000 est.)
Mali:
purchasing power parity - $9.1 billion (2000 est.)
Malta:
purchasing power parity - $5.6 billion (2000 est.)
Man, Isle of:
purchasing power parity - $1.4 billion (1999 est.)
Marshall Islands:
purchasing power parity - $105 million (1998
est.), supplemented by approximately $65 million annual US aid
Martinique:
purchasing power parity - $4.39 billion (1997 est.)
Mauritania:
purchasing power parity - $5.4 billion (2000 est.)
Mauritius:
purchasing power parity - $12.3 billion (2000 est.)
Mayotte:
purchasing power parity - $85 million (1998 est.)
Mexico:
purchasing power parity - $915 billion (2000 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of:
purchasing power parity - $263
million (1999 est.)
note: GDP is supplemented by grant aid, averaging perhaps $100
million annually
Moldova:
purchasing power parity - $11.3 billion (2000 est.)
Monaco:
purchasing power parity - $870 million (1999 est.)
Mongolia:
purchasing power parity - $4.7 billion (2000 est.)
Montserrat:
purchasing power parity - $31 million (1999 est.)
Morocco:
purchasing power parity - $105 billion (2000 est.)
Mozambique:
purchasing power parity - $19.1 billion (2000 est.)
Namibia:
purchasing power parity - $7.6 billion (2000 est.)
Nauru:
purchasing power parity - $59 million (2000 est.)
Nepal:
purchasing power parity - $33.7 billion (2000 est.)
Netherlands:
purchasing power parity - $388.4 billion (2000 est.)
Netherlands Antilles:
purchasing power parity - $2.4 billion (2000
est.)
New Caledonia:
purchasing power parity - $3 billion (1998 est.)
New Zealand:
purchasing power parity - $67.6 billion (2000 est.)
Nicaragua:
purchasing power parity - $13.1 billion (2000 est.)
Niger:
purchasing power parity - $10 billion (2000 est.)
Nigeria:
purchasing power parity - $117 billion (2000 est.)
Niue:
purchasing power parity - $4.5 million (1997 est.)
Norfolk Island:
purchasing power parity - $NA
Northern Mariana Islands:
purchasing power parity - $900 million
(2000 est.)
note: GDP numbers reflect US spending
Norway:
purchasing power parity - $124.1 billion (1999 est.)
Oman:
purchasing power parity - $19.6 billion (2000 est.)
Pakistan:
purchasing power parity - $282 billion (2000 est.)
Palau:
purchasing power parity - $129 million (1998 est.)
note: GDP numbers reflect US spending
Panama:
purchasing power parity - $16.6 billion (2000 est.)
Papua New Guinea:
purchasing power parity - $12.2 billion (2000 est.)
Paraguay:
purchasing power parity - $26.2 billion (2000 est.)
Peru:
purchasing power parity - $123 billion (2000 est.)
Philippines:
purchasing power parity - $310 billion (2000 est.)
Pitcairn Islands:
purchasing power parity - $NA
Poland:
purchasing power parity - $327.5 billion (2000 est.)
Portugal:
purchasing power parity - $159 billion (2000 est.)
Puerto Rico:
purchasing power parity - $39 billion (2000 est.)
Qatar:
purchasing power parity - $15.1 billion (2000 est.)
Reunion:
purchasing power parity - $3.4 billion (1998 est.)
Romania:
purchasing power parity - $132.5 billion (2000 est.)
Russia:
purchasing power parity - $1.12 trillion (2000 est.)
Rwanda:
purchasing power parity - $6.4 billion (2000 est.)
Saint Helena:
purchasing power parity - $18 million (1998 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis:
purchasing power parity - $274 million (2000
est.)
Saint Lucia:
purchasing power parity - $700 million (2000 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
purchasing power parity - $74 million
(1996 est.); supplemented by annual payments from France of about
$60 million
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
purchasing power parity - $322
million (2000 est.)
Samoa:
purchasing power parity - $571 million (2000 est.)
San Marino:
purchasing power parity - $860 million (2000 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe:
purchasing power parity - $178 million (2000
est.)
Saudi Arabia:
purchasing power parity - $232 billion (2000 est.)
Senegal:
purchasing power parity - $16 billion (2000 est.)
Seychelles:
purchasing power parity - $610 million (2000 est.)
Sierra Leone:
purchasing power parity - $2.7 billion (2000 est.)
Singapore:
purchasing power parity - $109.8 billion (2000 est.)
Slovakia:
purchasing power parity - $55.3 billion (2000 est.)
Slovenia:
purchasing power parity - $22.9 billion (2000 est.)
Solomon Islands:
purchasing power parity - $900 million (2000 est.)
Somalia:
purchasing power parity - $4.3 billion (2000 est.)
South Africa:
purchasing power parity - $369 billion (2000 est.)
Spain:
purchasing power parity - $720.8 billion (2000 est.)
Sri Lanka:
purchasing power parity - $62.7 billion (2000 est.)
Sudan:
purchasing power parity - $35.7 billion (2000 est.)
Suriname:
purchasing power parity - $1.48 billion (1999 est.)
Svalbard:
purchasing power parity - $NA
Swaziland:
purchasing power parity - $4.4 billion (2000 est.)
Sweden:
purchasing power parity - $197 billion (2000 est.)
Switzerland:
purchasing power parity - $207 billion (2000 est.)
Syria:
purchasing power parity - $50.9 billion (2000 est.)
Tajikistan:
purchasing power parity - $7.3 billion (2000 est.)
Tanzania:
purchasing power parity - $25.1 billion (2000 est.)
Thailand:
purchasing power parity - $413 billion (2000 est.)
Togo:
purchasing power parity - $7.3 billion (2000 est.)
Tokelau:
purchasing power parity - $1.5 million (1993 est.)
Tonga:
purchasing power parity - $225 million (2000 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago:
purchasing power parity - $11.2 billion (2000
est.)
Tunisia:
purchasing power parity - $62.8 billion (2000 est.)
Turkey:
purchasing power parity - $444 billion (2000 est.)
Turkmenistan:
purchasing power parity - $19.6 billion (2000 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands:
purchasing power parity - $128 million
(1999 est.)
Tuvalu:
purchasing power parity - $11.6 million (1999 est.)
Uganda:
purchasing power parity - $26.2 billion (2000 est.)
Ukraine:
purchasing power parity - $189.4 billion (2000 est.)
United Arab Emirates:
purchasing power parity - $54 billion (2000
est.)
United Kingdom:
purchasing power parity - $1.36 trillion (2000 est.)
United States:
purchasing power parity - $9.963 trillion (2000 est.)
Uruguay:
purchasing power parity - $31 billion (2000 est.)
Uzbekistan:
purchasing power parity - $60 billion (2000 est.)
Vanuatu:
purchasing power parity - $245 million (1999 est.)
Venezuela:
purchasing power parity - $146.2 billion (2000 est.)
Vietnam:
purchasing power parity - $154.4 billion (2000 est.)
Virgin Islands:
purchasing power parity - $1.8 billion (2000 est.)
Wallis and Futuna:
purchasing power parity - $30 million (1997 est.)
West Bank:
purchasing power parity - $3.1 billion (2000 est.)
Western Sahara:
purchasing power parity - $NA
World:
GWP (gross world product) - purchasing power parity - $43.6
trillion (2000 est.)
Yemen:
purchasing power parity - $14.4 billion (2000 est.)
Yugoslavia:
purchasing power parity - $24.2 billion (2000 est.)
Zambia:
purchasing power parity - $8.5 billion (2000 est.)
Zimbabwe:
purchasing power parity - $28.2 billion (2000 est.)
Taiwan:
purchasing power parity - $386 billion (2000 est.)
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@GDP - composition by sector
Afghanistan:
agriculture: 53%
industry: 28.5%
services: 18.5% (1990)
Albania:
agriculture: 55%
industry: 24%
services: 21% (2000)
Algeria:
agriculture: 11%
industry: 37%
services: 52% (1999 est.)
American Samoa:
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Andorra:
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Angola:
agriculture: 7%
industry: 60%
services: 33% (1999 est.)
Anguilla:
agriculture: 4%
industry: 18%
services: 78% (1997 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda:
agriculture: 4%
industry: 12.5%
services: 83.5% (1996 est.)
Argentina:
agriculture: 6%
industry: 32%
services: 62% (2000 est.)
Armenia:
agriculture: 40%
industry: 25%
services: 35% (1999 est.)
Aruba:
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Australia:
agriculture: 3%
industry: 26%
services: 71% (1999 est.)
Austria:
agriculture: 2.2%
industry: 30.4%
services: 67.4% (1999 est.)
Azerbaijan:
agriculture: 22%
industry: 33%
services: 45% (1999 est.)
Bahamas, The:
agriculture: 3%
industry: 7%
services: 90% (1999 est.)
Bahrain:
agriculture: 1%
industry: 46%
services: 53% (1996 est.)
Bangladesh:
agriculture: 30%
industry: 18%
services: 52% (2000 est.)
Barbados:
agriculture: 4%
industry: 16%
services: 80% (1998)
Belarus:
agriculture: 13%
industry: 46%
services: 41% (1999 est.)
Belgium:
agriculture: 1.4%
industry: 26%
services: 72.6% (2000 est.)
Belize:
agriculture: 18%
industry: 24%
services: 58% (2000 est.)
Benin:
agriculture: 37.9%
industry: 13.5%
services: 48.6% (1999)
Bermuda:
agriculture: 1%
industry: 10%
services: 89% (1995 est.)
Bhutan:
agriculture: 38%
industry: 37%
services: 25% (2000 est.)
Bolivia:
agriculture: 16%
industry: 31%
services: 53% (1999 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina:
agriculture: 19%
industry: 23%
services: 58% (1996 est.)
Botswana:
agriculture: 4%
industry: 46% (including 36% mining)
services: 50% (1998 est.)
Brazil:
agriculture: 9%
industry: 29%
services: 62% (1999 est.)
British Virgin Islands:
agriculture: 1.8%
industry: 6.2%
services: 92% (1996 est.)
Brunei:
agriculture: 5%
industry: 46%
services: 49% (1996 est.)
Bulgaria:
agriculture: 15%
industry: 29%
services: 56% (2000 est.)
Burkina Faso:
agriculture: 26%
industry: 27%
services: 47% (1998)
Burma:
agriculture: 42%
industry: 17%
services: 41% (2000 est.)
Burundi:
agriculture: 50%
industry: 18%
services: 32% (1999 est.)
Cambodia:
agriculture: 43%
industry: 20%
services: 37% (1998 est.)
Cameroon:
agriculture: 43.4%
industry: 20.1%
services: 36.5% (1999 est.)
Canada:
agriculture: 3%
industry: 31%
services: 66% (2000 est.)
Cape Verde:
agriculture: 13%
industry: 19%
services: 68% (1998)
Cayman Islands:
agriculture: 1.4%
industry: 3.2%
services: 95.4% (1994 est.)
Central African Republic:
agriculture: 53%
industry: 20%
services: 27% (1999 est.)
Chad:
agriculture: 40%
industry: 14%
services: 46% (1998)
Chile:
agriculture: 8%
industry: 38%
services: 54% (2000)
China:
agriculture: 15%
industry: 50%
services: 35% (2000 est.)
Christmas Island:
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Colombia:
agriculture: 19%
industry: 26%
services: 55% (1999 est.)
Comoros:
agriculture: 40%
industry: 4%
services: 56% (2000 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
agriculture: 58%
industry: 17%
services: 25% (1997 est.)
Congo, Republic of the:
agriculture: 10%
industry: 48%
services: 42% (1999 est.)
Cook Islands:
agriculture: 18%
industry: 9%
services: 73% (1995)
Costa Rica:
agriculture: 12.5%
industry: 30.7%
services: 56.8% (1999)
Cote d'Ivoire:
agriculture: 32%
industry: 18%
services: 50% (1998)
Croatia:
agriculture: 10%
industry: 19%
services: 71% (1999 est.)
Cuba:
agriculture: 7%
industry: 37%
services: 56% (1998 est.)
Cyprus:
Greek Cypriot area: agriculture 6.3%, industry 22.4%,
services 71.3% (1998); Turkish Cypriot area: agriculture 11.8%,
industry 20.5%, services 67.7% (1998)
Czech Republic:
agriculture: 3.7%
industry: 41.8%
services: 54.5% (1999)
Denmark:
agriculture: 3%
industry: 25%
services: 72% (2000 est.)
Djibouti:
agriculture: 3%
industry: 22%
services: 75% (1998 est.)
Dominica:
agriculture: 21%
industry: 16%
services: 63% (1999 est.)
Dominican Republic:
agriculture: 11.3%
industry: 32.2%
services: 56.5% (1999 est.)
Ecuador:
agriculture: 14%
industry: 36%
services: 50% (1999 est.)
Egypt:
agriculture: 17%
industry: 32%
services: 51% (1999)
El Salvador:
agriculture: 12%
industry: 28%
services: 60% (1999 est.)
Equatorial Guinea:
agriculture: 20%
industry: 60%
services: 20% (1999 est.)
Eritrea:
agriculture: 16%
industry: 27%
services: 57% (2000 est.)
Estonia:
agriculture: 3.6%
industry: 30.7%
services: 65.7% (1999)
Ethiopia:
agriculture: 45%
industry: 12%
services: 43% (1999 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Faroe Islands:
agriculture: 27%
industry: 11%
services: 62% (1999)
Fiji:
agriculture: 16%
industry: 30%
services: 54% (1999 est.)
Finland:
agriculture: 3.5%
industry: 29%
services: 67.5% (1999)
France:
agriculture: 3.3%
industry: 26.1%
services: 70.6% (1999)
French Guiana:
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
French Polynesia:
agriculture: 4%
industry: 18%
services: 78% (1997)
Gabon:
agriculture: 10%
industry: 60%
services: 30% (1999 est.)
Gambia, The:
agriculture: 21%
industry: 12%
services: 67% (1998 est.)
Gaza Strip:
agriculture: 9%
industry: 28%
services: 63% (1999 est., includes West Bank)
Georgia:
agriculture: 32%
industry: 23%
services: 45% (1999 est.)
Germany:
agriculture: 1.2%
industry: 30.4%
services: 68.4% (1999)
Ghana:
agriculture: 36%
industry: 25%
services: 39% (2000 est.)
Gibraltar:
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Greece:
agriculture: 8.3%
industry: 27.3%
services: 64.4% (1998)
Greenland:
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Grenada:
agriculture: 9.7%
industry: 15%
services: 75.3% (1996 est.)
Guadeloupe:
agriculture: 15%
industry: 17%
services: 68% (1997 est.)
Guam:
agriculture: NA%
industry: 15% (1993)
services: NA%
Guatemala:
agriculture: 23%
industry: 20%
services: 57% (2000 est.)
Guernsey:
agriculture: 3%
industry: 10%
services: 87% (2000)
Guinea:
agriculture: 22.3%
industry: 35.3%
services: 42.4% (1998 est.)
Guinea-Bissau:
agriculture: 54%
industry: 15%
services: 31% (1997 est.)
Guyana:
agriculture: 34.7%
industry: 32.5%
services: 32.8% (1998 est.)
Haiti:
agriculture: 32%
industry: 20%
services: 48% (1999 est.)
Honduras:
agriculture: 16.2%
industry: 31.9%
services: 51.9% (1999 est.)
Hong Kong:
agriculture: 0.1%
industry: 14.3%
services: 85.6% (1999 est.)
Hungary:
agriculture: 5%
industry: 35%
services: 60% (2000 est.)
Iceland:
agriculture: 15% (includes fishing 13%)
industry: 21%
services: 64% (1999 est.)
India:
agriculture: 25%
industry: 24%
services: 51% (2000)
Indonesia:
agriculture: 21%
industry: 35%
services: 44% (1999 est.)
Iran:
agriculture: 24%
industry: 28%
services: 48% (2000 est.)
Iraq:
agriculture: 6%
industry: 13%
services: 81% (1993 est.)
Ireland:
agriculture: 4%
industry: 38%
services: 58% (1999)
Israel:
agriculture: 4%
industry: 37%
services: 59% (1999 est.)
Italy:
agriculture: 2.5%
industry: 30.4%
services: 67.1% (2000 est.)
Jamaica:
agriculture: 7.4%
industry: 35.2%
services: 57.4% (1999 est.)
Japan:
agriculture: 2%
industry: 35%
services: 63% (1999 est.)
Jersey:
agriculture: 5%
industry: 2%
services: 93% (1996)
Jordan:
agriculture: 3%
industry: 25%
services: 72% (1998 est.)
Kazakhstan:
agriculture: 10%
industry: 30%
services: 60% (1999 est.)
Kenya:
agriculture: 25%
industry: 13%
services: 62% (1999 est.)
Kiribati:
agriculture: 14%
industry: 7%
services: 79% (1996 est.)
Korea, North:
agriculture: 30%
industry: 42%
services: 28% (1999 est.)
Korea, South:
agriculture: 5.6%
industry: 41.4%
services: 53% (1999 est.)
Kuwait:
agriculture: 0%
industry: 55%
services: 45% (1996)
Kyrgyzstan:
agriculture: 39%
industry: 22%
services: 39% (1999 est.)