2 India 310,000 2001 est.
3 Nigeria 310,000 2003 est.
4 Zimbabwe 170,000 2003 est.
5 Tanzania 160,000 2003 est.
6 Kenya 150,000 2003 est.
7 Ethiopia 120,000 2003 est.
8 Mozambique 110,000 2003 est.
9 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 100,000 2003 est.
10 Zambia 89,000 2003 est.
11 Malawi 84,000 2003 est.
12 Uganda 78,000 2003 est.
13 Thailand 58,000 2003 est.
14 Cameroon 49,000 2003 est.
15 Cote d'Ivoire 47,000 2003 est.
16 China 44,000 2003 est.
17 Botswana 33,000 2003 est.
18 Ghana 30,000 2003 est.
19 Lesotho 29,000 2003 est.
20 Burkina Faso 29,000 2003 est.
21 Burundi 25,000 2003 est.
22 Haiti 24,000 2003 est.
23 Central African Republic 23,000 2003 est.
24 Sudan 23,000 2003 est.
25 Rwanda 22,000 2003 est.
26 Angola 21,000 2003 est.
27 Burma 20,000 2003 est.
28 Ukraine 20,000 2003 est.
29 Chad 18,000 2003 est.
30 Swaziland 17,000 2003 est.
31 Namibia 16,000 2003 est.
32 Brazil 15,000 2003 est.
33 Cambodia 15,000 2003 est.
34 United States 14,000 2003 est.
35 Mali 12,000 2003 est.
36 Sierra Leone 11,000 2001 est.
37 Togo 10,000 2003 est.
38 Congo, Republic of the 9,700 2003 est.
39 Guinea 9,000 2003 est.
40 Russia 9,000 2001 est.
41 Vietnam 9,000 2003 est.
42 Dominican Republic 7,900 2003 est.
43 Madagascar 7,500 2003 est.
44 Liberia 7,200 2003 est.
45 Eritrea 6,300 2003 est.
46 Benin 5,800 2003 est.
47 Guatemala 5,800 2003 est.
48 Mexico 5,000 2003 est.
49 Pakistan 4,900 2003 est.
50 Niger 4,800 2003 est.
51 Peru 4,200 2003 est.
52 Honduras 4,100 2003 est.
53 Venezuela 4,100 2003 est.
54 Colombia 3,600 2003 est.
55 Senegal 3,500 2003 est.
56 Nepal 3,100 2003 est.
57 Gabon 3,000 2003 est.
58 Indonesia 2,400 2003 est.
59 El Salvador 2,200 2003 est.
60 Malaysia 2,000 2003 est.
61 Trinidad and Tobago 1,900 2003 est.
62 Ecuador 1,700 2003 est.
63 Argentina 1,500 2003 est.
64 Canada 1,500 2003 est.
65 Chile 1,400 2003 est.
66 Guinea-Bissau 1,200 2001 est.
67 Guyana 1,100 2003 est.
68 Belarus 1,000 2001 est.
69 Spain 1,000 2003 est.
70 Portugal 1,000 2003 est.
71 Italy 1,000 2003 est.
72 Germany 1,000 2003 est.
73 France 1,000 2003 est.
74 Costa Rica 900 2003 est.
75 Jamaica 900 2003 est.
76 Iran 800 2003 est.
77 Egypt 700 2003 est.
78 Djibouti 690 2003 est.
79 Bangladesh 650 2001 est.
80 Gambia, The 600 2003 est.
81 Paraguay 600 2003 est.
82 Papua New Guinea 600 2003 est.
83 Algeria 500 2003 est.
84 Japan 500 2003 est.
85 Latvia 500 2003 est.
86 Philippines 500 2003 est.
87 Uzbekistan 500 2003 est.
88 Uruguay 500 2003 est.
89 United Kingdom 500 2003 est.
90 Suriname 500 2003 est.
91 Jordan 500 2003 est.
92 Bermuda 392 2005
93 Equatorial Guinea 370 2001 est.
94 Romania 350 2001 est.
95 Moldova 300 2001 est.
96 Cape Verde 225
97 Armenia 200 2003 est.
98 Lithuania 200 2003 est.
99 Lebanon 200 2003 est.
100 Laos 200 2003 est.
101 Kazakhstan 200 2003 est.
102 Korea, South 200 2003 est.
103 Kyrgyzstan 200 2003 est.
104 Hong Kong 200 2003 est.
105 Georgia 200 2003 est.
106 Fiji 200 2003 est.
107 Tunisia 200 2003 est.
108 Syria 200 2003 est.
109 Singapore 200 2003 est.
110 New Zealand 200 2003 est.
111 Oman 200 2003 est.
112 Mongolia 200 2003 est.
113 Estonia 200 2003 est.
114 Cuba 200 2003 est.
115 Sri Lanka 200 2003 est.
116 Brunei 200 2003 est.
117 Bahamas, The 200 2003 est.
118 Barbados 200 2003 est.
119 Bahrain 200 2003 est.
120 Azerbaijan 100 2001 est.
121 Turkmenistan 100 2004 est.
122 Tajikistan 100 2001 est.
123 Switzerland 100 2003 est.
124 Sweden 100 2003 est.
125 Slovenia 100 2003 est.
126 Poland 100 2001 est.
127 Norway 100 2003 est.
128 Netherlands 100 2003 est.
129 Malta 100 2003 est.
130 Mauritius 100 2001 est.
131 Macedonia 100 2003 est.
132 Luxembourg 100 2003 est.
133 Slovakia 100 2001 est.
134 Israel 100 2001 est.
135 Iceland 100 2003 est.
136 Hungary 100 2001 est.
137 Greece 100 2003 est.
138 Finland 100 2003 est.
139 Bulgaria 100 2001 est.
140 Bosnia and Herzegovina 100 2001 est.
141 Denmark 100 2003 est.
142 Ireland 100 2003 est.
143 Belgium 100 2003 est.
144 Austria 100 2003 est.
145 Czech Republic 10 2001 est.
146 Croatia 10 2001 est.
147 Samoa 3
148 Svalbard 0 2001
This file was last updated on 8 February, 2007
======================================================================
Rank code: @2173
Rank Country Oil - production(bbl/day) Date of Information
1 World 83,000,000 2004 est.
2 Saudi Arabia 9,475,000 2005 est.
3 Russia 9,400,000 2005 est.
4 United States 7,610,000 2005 est.
5 Iran 3,979,000 2005 est.
6 China 3,631,000 2005
7 Mexico 3,420,000 2005 est.
8 Norway 3,220,000 2005 est.
9 European Union 3,172,000 2004
10 Canada 3,135,000 2004
11 Venezuela 3,081,000 2005 est.
12 Nigeria 2,451,000 2005 est.
13 Kuwait 2,418,000 2005 est.
14 United Arab Emirates 2,396,000 2005 est.
15 Iraq 2,093,000 2005 est.
16 Brazil 2,090,000 2006 est.
17 United Kingdom 2,075,000 2004 est.
18 Libya 1,720,000 2006 est.
19 Angola 1,600,000 2005 est.
20 Algeria 1,373,000 2005 est.
21 Kazakhstan 1,300,000 2005 est.
22 Indonesia 1,061,000 2005 est.
23 Qatar 790,500 2005 est.
24 India 785,000 2005 est.
25 Malaysia 770,000 2005 est.
26 Oman 769,000 2005 est.
27 Argentina 745,000 2005 est.
28 Egypt 700,000 2005 est.
29 Australia 530,000 2005 est.
30 Colombia 512,400 2005 est.
31 Ecuador 493,200 2005 est.
32 Azerbaijan 477,000 2005 est.
33 Equatorial Guinea 420,000 2005 est.
34 Syria 420,000 2005 est.
35 Vietnam 400,000 2005 est.
36 Denmark 391,400 2004
37 Yemen 387,500 2005 est.
38 Sudan 344,700 2004 est.
39 Gabon 268,900 2005 est.
40 Congo, Republic of the 267,100 2005 est.
41 Thailand 230,000 2005 est.
42 South Africa 229,900 2004 est.
43 Chad 225,000 2005 est.
44 Turkmenistan 213,700 2004 est.
45 Brunei 200,800 2005
46 Bahrain 188,300 2005 est.
47 Germany 167,400 2004
48 Trinidad and Tobago 150,000 2005 est.
49 Italy 145,100 2004 est.
50 Uzbekistan 142,000 2004
51 Japan 120,600 2004 est.
52 Peru 120,000 2005 est.
53 Romania 119,000 2005 est.
54 Netherlands 95,800 2004
55 Ukraine 85,090 2004
56 Cameroon 82,300 2005 est.
57 Tunisia 81,530 2004 est.
58 France 77,690 2004 est.
59 Mauritania 75,000 2006 est.
60 Cuba 72,000 2005 est.
61 Pakistan 63,000 2005 est.
62 Papua New Guinea 50,000 January 2006 est.
63 Turkey 50,000 2005 est.
64 Hungary 47,530 2004 est.
65 Bolivia 42,000 2005 est.
66 Poland 35,880 2004 est.
67 Belarus 34,260 2004 est.
68 Cote d'Ivoire 32,900 2005 est.
69 Spain 31,250 2004 est.
70 New Zealand 27,860 2004 est.
71 Austria 25,360 2004
72 Philippines 25,320 2004 est.
73 Guatemala 22,300 2005 est.
74 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 21,090 2004
75 Croatia 20,500 2005 est.
76 Burma 18,500 2005 est.
77 Virgin Islands 17,110 2004 est.
78 Czech Republic 15,240 2005
79 Chile 15,100 2006 est.
80 Serbia 14,660 2003
81 Nicaragua 14,300 2005 est.
82 Lithuania 14,000 2004 est.
83 Slovakia 11,480 2005 est.
84 Belgium 10,690 2004
85 Singapore 9,701 2004 est.
86 Suriname 9,462 2004 est.
87 Finland 9,105 2004 est.
88 Taiwan 7,755 2004 est.
89 Ghana 7,477 2004 est.
90 Korea, South 7,378 2004
91 Estonia 6,819 2004 est.
92 Bangladesh 6,813 2004
93 Greece 5,401 2004 est.
94 Portugal 3,849 2004 est.
95 Albania 3,600 2005 est.
96 Israel 3,209 2004 est.
97 Sweden 3,208 2004 est.
98 Bulgaria 3,000 2005 est.
99 Aruba 2,363 2004
100 Switzerland 2,241 2004 est.
101 Georgia 1,981 2004
102 Kyrgyzstan 1,378 2004
103 Barbados 1,000 2004
104 Puerto Rico 722 2004 est.
105 Mongolia 549 2005 est.
106 Uruguay 514 2004 est.
107 Cyprus 300 2005 est.
108 Morocco 300 2005 est.
109 Tajikistan 253 2004 est.
110 Zambia 140 2004 est.
111 Korea, North 139 2004 est.
112 Madagascar 91 2004 est.
113 Dominican Republic 12 2004
114 Slovenia 8 2004 est.
115 Sierra Leone 4 2004 est.
116 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2004
117 Botswana 0 2004
118 Bahamas, The 0 2004
119 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2004
120 Solomon Islands 0 2004 est.
121 Panama 0 2004 est.
122 Paraguay 0 2004 est.
123 Netherlands Antilles 0 2004 est.
124 Nauru 0 2004 est.
125 Nepal 0 2004 est.
126 Vanuatu 0 2004 est.
127 Niger 0 2004 est.
128 Niue 0 2004 est.
129 New Caledonia 0 2004 est.
130 Mozambique 0 2004 est.
131 Maldives 0 2004 est.
132 Malta 0 2004 est.
133 Mauritius 0 2004 est.
134 Moldova 0 2004 est.
135 Macau 0 2005 est.
136 Luxembourg 0 2004 est.
137 Lesotho 0 2004 est.
138 Liberia 0 2004 est.
139 Latvia 0 2004 est.
140 Lebanon 0 2004 est.
141 Laos 0 2004 est.
142 Kiribati 0 2004 est.
143 Mali 0 2004 est.
144 Macedonia 0 2005 est.
145 Montenegro 0
146 Malawi 0 2004 est.
147 Montserrat 0 2003 est.
148 Kenya 0 2004 est.
149 Jordan 0 2004 est.
150 Jamaica 0 2004 est.
151 Iceland 0 2004 est.
152 Ireland 0 2004 est.
153 Dominica 0 2004
154 Djibouti 0 2004
155 Cook Islands 0 2004
156 Saint Lucia 0 2004 est.
157 Somalia 0 2004 est.
158 Saint Helena 0 2004 est.
159 Senegal 0 2004 est.
160 Seychelles 0 2004 est.
161 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 2004 est.
162 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 2004 est.
163 Rwanda 0 2004 est.
164 Guinea-Bissau 0 2004 est.
165 Zimbabwe 0 2004 est.
166 Swaziland 0 2004 est.
167 Samoa 0 2004 est.
168 Western Sahara 0 2004 est.
169 Namibia 0 2004 est.
170 British Virgin Islands 0 2004
171 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2004 est.
172 Burkina Faso 0 2004
173 Uganda 0 2004 est.
174 Tanzania 0 2004 est.
175 Sao Tome and Principe 0 2004 est.
176 Togo 0 2004 est.
177 Tonga 0 2004 est.
178 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 2004 est.
179 Cape Verde 0 2004
180 Central African Republic 0 2004
181 Costa Rica 0 2004
182 Comoros 0 2004
183 Cayman Islands 0 2004
184 Sri Lanka 0 2004 est.
185 Cambodia 0 2004
186 Burundi 0 2004
187 Honduras 0 2004 est.
188 Hong Kong 0 2005 est.
189 Haiti 0 2004 est.
190 Guyana 0 2004 est.
191 Guinea 0 2004 est.
192 Guam 0 2004 est.
193 Greenland 0 2004 est.
194 Grenada 0 2004 est.
195 Gibraltar 0 2004 est.
196 Gambia, The 0 2004 est.
197 French Polynesia 0 2004 est.
198 Faroe Islands 0 2004 est.
199 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0 2004 est.
200 Fiji 0 2004 est.
201 Ethiopia 0 2004 est.
202 El Salvador 0 2004 est.
203 Eritrea 0 2004 est.
204 Bhutan 0 2004
205 Benin 0 2004
206 Belize 0 2004
207 Bermuda 0 2004
208 Armenia 0 2005
209 American Samoa 0 2004
210 Afghanistan 0 2004
This file was last updated on 8 February, 2007
======================================================================
Rank code: @2174
Rank Country Oil - consumption(bbl/day) Date of Information
1 World 82,590,000 2004 est.
2 United States 20,730,000 2004 est.
3 European Union 14,700,000 2004
4 China 6,534,000 2005
5 Japan 5,353,000 2004 est.
6 Germany 2,650,000 2004
7 Russia 2,500,000 2005 est.
8 India 2,450,000 2004 est.
9 Canada 2,294,000 2004
10 Brazil 2,194,000 2005 est.
11 Korea, South 2,149,000 2004
12 France 1,977,000 2004 est.
13 Mexico 1,970,000 2004 est.
14 Italy 1,881,000 2004 est.
15 Saudi Arabia 1,845,000 2004
16 United Kingdom 1,827,000 2004 est.
17 Spain 1,573,000 2004 est.
18 Iran 1,510,000 2004 est.
19 Indonesia 1,084,000 2005 est.
20 Taiwan 965,000 2004 est.
21 Netherlands 946,700 2004 est.
22 Thailand 900,000 2004 est.
23 Australia 877,300 2004 est.
24 Singapore 800,000 2005 est.
25 Turkey 715,100 2005 est.
26 Belgium 641,000 2004 est.
27 Egypt 590,000 2004 est.
28 Venezuela 560,000 2004 est.
29 Malaysia 515,000 2004 est.
30 South Africa 502,000 2004 est.
31 Argentina 470,000 2004 est.
32 Poland 445,700 2004 est.
33 Greece 435,700 2005 est.
34 United Arab Emirates 400,000 2004 est.
35 Ukraine 370,000 2004
36 Sweden 362,400 2004 est.
37 Iraq 351,500 2005 est.
38 Philippines 342,000 2004 est.
39 Kuwait 335,000 2004 est.
40 Portugal 332,000 2004 est.
41 Pakistan 324,000 2004 est.
42 Nigeria 290,000 2004 est.
43 Hong Kong 285,000 2005 est.
44 Austria 282,000 2004 est.
45 Colombia 269,000 2004 est.
46 Switzerland 268,100 2004 est.
47 Syria 265,000 2004 est.
48 Israel 248,000 2004 est.
49 Norway 244,300 2004 est.
50 Chile 238,000 2006 est.
51 Libya 237,000 2004 est.
52 Puerto Rico 234,000 2004 est.
53 Algeria 233,000 2004 est.
54 Vietnam 230,000 2004 est.
55 Finland 220,400 2004 est.
56 Kazakhstan 220,000 2004 est.
57 Romania 212,000 2004 est.
58 Cuba 204,000 2004 est.
59 Czech Republic 203,100 2004 est.
60 Denmark 185,300 2004 est.
61 Ireland 182,400 2004 est.
62 Morocco 170,000 2004 est.
63 Belarus 165,000 2004 est.
64 Peru 156,000 2004 est.
65 New Zealand 150,600 2004 est.
66 Ecuador 148,000 2004 est.
67 Uzbekistan 148,000 2004
68 Hungary 132,000 2004 est.
69 Dominican Republic 127,000 2004 est.
70 Azerbaijan 120,000 2004 est.
71 Virgin Islands 115,000 2004 est.
72 Bulgaria 109,000 2005 est.
73 Jordan 107,000 2005 est.
74 Lebanon 107,000 2004 est.
75 Turkmenistan 95,000 2004 est.
76 Croatia 93,000 2004 est.
77 Tunisia 89,000 2004 est.
78 Bangladesh 85,000 2004 est.
79 Yemen 85,000 2004 est.
80 Serbia 85,000 2003 est.
81 Sri Lanka 80,000 2004 est.
82 Qatar 80,000 2004 est.
83 Panama 79,000 2004 est.
84 Slovakia 74,000 2004 est.
85 Jamaica 71,000 2004 est.
86 Netherlands Antilles 70,000 2004 est.
87 Guatemala 67,000 2004 est.
88 Sudan 66,000 2004 est.
89 Luxembourg 62,420 2004 est.
90 Estonia 60,000 2004 est.
91 Oman 60,000 2004 est.
92 Lithuania 56,000 2004 est.
93 Kenya 55,000 2004 est.
94 Cyprus 53,000 2004 est.
95 Slovenia 53,000 2004 est.
96 Angola 48,000 2004 est.
97 Bolivia 47,000 2004 est.
98 Latvia 47,000 2004 est.
99 Costa Rica 44,000 2004 est.
100 Ghana 44,000 2004 est.
101 El Salvador 43,000 2004 est.
102 Armenia 41,000 2004 est.
103 Uruguay 38,100 2004 est.
104 Burma 37,000 2004 est.
105 Honduras 37,000 2004 est.
106 Trinidad and Tobago 34,000 2004 est.
107 Senegal 31,000 2004 est.
108 Ethiopia 29,000 2004 est.
109 Tajikistan 28,000 2004 est.
110 Bahrain 27,000 2004 est.
111 Paraguay 27,000 2004 est.
112 Bahamas, The 27,000 2004 est.
113 Albania 25,200 2005 est.
114 Nicaragua 25,200 2005 est.
115 Korea, North 25,000 2004
116 Mauritania 24,200 2004 est.
117 Cameroon 24,000 2004 est.
118 Gibraltar 24,000 2004 est.
119 Bosnia and Herzegovina 23,000 2004 est.
120 Macedonia 23,000 2005 est.
121 Tanzania 23,000 2004 est.
122 Cote d'Ivoire 23,000 2004 est.
123 Zimbabwe 22,500 2004 est.
124 Mauritius 21,500 2004 est.
125 Iceland 20,560 2004 est.
126 Malta 19,000 2004 est.
127 Papua New Guinea 18,000 January 2006 est.
128 Namibia 18,000 2004 est.
129 Guam 16,000 2004 est.
130 Madagascar 14,500 2004 est.
131 Benin 14,000 2004 est.
132 Togo 14,000 2004 est.
133 Moldova 14,000 2004 est.
134 Gabon 13,000 2004 est.
135 Zambia 13,000 2004 est.
136 Georgia 13,000 2004 est.
137 Macau 12,360 2005 est.
138 Nepal 11,980 2005 est.
139 Djibouti 11,900 2004 est.
140 Haiti 11,600 2004 est.
141 Botswana 11,500 2004 est.
142 Mozambique 11,500 2004 est.
143 Mongolia 11,220 2005 est.
144 Guyana 11,200 2004 est.
145 Suriname 11,200 2004 est.
146 Barbados 11,000 2004 est.
147 Uganda 10,890 2004 est.
148 Brunei 10,770 2005 est.
149 Fiji 10,000 2004 est.
150 Kyrgyzstan 10,000 2004 est.
151 New Caledonia 10,000 2004 est.
152 Guinea 8,440 2004 est.
153 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 8,200 2004 est.
154 Burkina Faso 8,200 2004 est.
155 Maldives 7,200 2004 est.
156 Aruba 7,000 2004 est.
157 Sierra Leone 6,600 2004 est.
158 Belize 6,400 2004 est.
159 Congo, Republic of the 6,000 2004 est.
160 French Polynesia 6,000 2004 est.
161 Seychelles 5,600 2004 est.
162 Malawi 5,500 2004 est.
163 Niger 5,500 2004 est.
164 Rwanda 5,400 2004 est.
165 Eritrea 5,300 2004 est.
166 Somalia 5,000 2004 est.
167 Bermuda 4,658 2005 est.
168 Faroe Islands 4,550 2004 est.
169 Afghanistan 4,500 2004 est.
170 Mali 4,300 2004 est.
171 American Samoa 3,900 2004 est.
172 Greenland 3,860 2004 est.
173 Antigua and Barbuda 3,800 2004 est.
174 Cambodia 3,750 2004 est.
175 Liberia 3,500 2004 est.
176 Swaziland 3,500 2004 est.
177 Burundi 3,100 2004 est.
178 Laos 3,000 2004 est.
179 Saint Lucia 2,800 2004 est.
180 Cayman Islands 2,600 2004 est.
181 Guinea-Bissau 2,500 2004 est.
182 Central African Republic 2,420 2004 est.
183 Gambia, The 2,000 2004 est.
184 Grenada 1,800 2004 est.
185 Western Sahara 1,800 2004 est.
186 Chad 1,460 2004 est.
187 Lesotho 1,400 2004
188 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,400 2004 est.
189 Solomon Islands 1,280 2004 est.
190 Equatorial Guinea 1,220 2004 est.
191 Bhutan 1,160 2004 est.
192 Cape Verde 1,150 2004 est.
193 Nauru 1,000 2004 est.
194 Samoa 1,000 2004 est.
195 Dominica 900 2004 est.
196 Tonga 900 2004 est.
197 Saint Kitts and Nevis 800 2004 est.
198 Comoros 720 2004 est.
199 Sao Tome and Principe 660 2004 est.
200 Vanuatu 620 2004 est.
201 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 500 2004 est.
202 British Virgin Islands 480 2004 est.
203 Montenegro 450
204 Cook Islands 420 2004 est.
205 Montserrat 380 2003 est.
206 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 230 2004 est.
207 Kiribati 200 2004 est.
208 Saint Helena 100 2004 est.
209 Turks and Caicos Islands 80 2004 est.
210 Niue 20 2004 est.
This file was last updated on 8 February, 2007
======================================================================
Rank code: @2175
Rank Country Oil - imports(bbl/day) Date of Information
1 European Union 15,740,000
2 United States 13,150,000 2004
3 Japan 5,449,000 2001
4 China 3,181,000 2005
5 Netherlands 2,284,000 2001
6 France 2,281,000 2001
7 Korea, South 2,263,000 2004
8 Italy 2,158,000 2001
9 Germany 2,135,000 2003
10 India 2,090,000 2005 est.
11 Spain 1,582,000 2001
12 United Kingdom 1,084,000 2003
13 Belgium 1,042,000 2001
14 Canada 963,000 2004
15 Turkey 616,500 2001
16 Brazil 572,600 2001
17 Sweden 553,100 2001
18 Australia 530,800 2001
19 Greece 468,300 2001
20 Ukraine 444,600 2004
21 Poland 413,700 2001
22 South Africa 398,000 2006
23 Belarus 360,000 2004 est.
24 Portugal 357,300 2001
25 Indonesia 345,700 2005 est.
26 Finland 318,300 2001
27 Philippines 312,000 2003
28 Switzerland 289,500 2001
29 Chile 222,900 2006 est.
30 Mexico 205,000 2004
31 Denmark 195,000 2001
32 Czech Republic 182,000 2004
33 Ireland 178,600 2001
34 Romania 163,000 2004
35 Bulgaria 157,000 2005 est.
36 Austria 152,600 2004
37 Morocco 147,800 2000 est.
38 Dominican Republic 129,900 2003
39 New Zealand 119,700 2001
40 Jordan 100,000 2004 est.
41 Russia 100,000 2005
42 Hungary 94,000 2004
43 Lithuania 93,000 2004
44 Norway 88,870 2001
45 Slovakia 59,000 2004
46 Estonia 54,000 2004
47 Luxembourg 50,700 2001
48 Burma 49,230 2003
49 Kazakhstan 47,000 2003
50 Argentina 39,000 2003
51 Hong Kong 25,000
52 Zimbabwe 23,000 2004 est.
53 Korea, North 22,000 2004 est.
54 Albania 21,600 2005 est.
55 Botswana 16,000 2001
56 Nicaragua 15,560 2005 est.
57 Iceland 15,470 2001
58 Macau 12,840 2005
59 Namibia 12,770 2003
60 Nepal 11,760 2001 est.
61 Mongolia 11,210 2005 est.
62 Suriname 1,644 2003
63 United Arab Emirates 0 2004
64 Saudi Arabia 0 2003
65 Taiwan 0 2005
66 Sudan 0 2004
67 Latvia 0 2004
68 Libya 0 2004
69 Algeria 0 2004 est.
This file was last updated on 8 February, 2007
======================================================================
Rank code: @2176
Rank Country Oil - exports(bbl/day) Date of Information
1 Saudi Arabia 7,920,000 2003
2 Russia 7,000,000 2005
3 European Union 5,318,000
4 Norway 3,466,000 2001
5 United Arab Emirates 2,500,000 2004 est.
6 Iran 2,500,000 2004 est.
7 Venezuela 2,100,000 2004 est.
8 Kuwait 1,970,000 2003
9 Mexico 1,863,000 2004
10 Canada 1,600,000 2004
11 United Kingdom 1,498,000 2001
12 Iraq 1,420,000 2005 est.
13 Netherlands 1,418,000 2001
14 Libya 1,340,000 2004
15 Algeria 1,127,000 2004 est.
16 United States 1,048,000 2004
17 Kazakhstan 890,000 2003
18 Oman 721,000 2004
19 Korea, South 645,200 2004
20 Australia 523,400 2001
21 Argentina 470,000 2003
22 Italy 456,600 2001
23 Belgium 450,000 2001
24 China 443,300 2005
25 Indonesia 431,500 2004 est.
26 France 409,600 2001
27 Ecuador 387,000 2004 est.
28 Yemen 370,300 2003
29 India 350,000 2005 est.
30 Denmark 332,100 2001
31 Syria 285,000 2004
32 Sudan 275,000 2004
33 Brazil 241,700 2004
34 Malaysia 230,200 2003
35 Sweden 203,700 2001
36 Brunei 192,700 2005
37 Spain 135,100 2001
38 Egypt 134,000 2004 est.
39 Finland 101,000 2001
40 Japan 93,360 2001
41 Greece 84,720 2001
42 Poland 53,000 2001
43 Bulgaria 51,000 2005 est.
44 Peru 49,000 2004 est.
45 Hungary 47,180 2001
46 Turkey 46,110 2001
47 New Zealand 30,220 2001
48 Austria 30,140 2004
49 Bahamas, The 29,000 2003
50 Portugal 28,830 2001
51 Ireland 27,450 2001
52 Czech Republic 26,670 2001
53 Belarus 14,500 2003 est.
54 Germany 12,990 2003
55 Switzerland 10,420 2001
56 Ukraine 8,891 2004
57 Burma 3,356 2003
58 Guatemala 3,104 2003
59 Slovakia 2,160 2004
60 Suriname 1,370 2003
61 Nicaragua 759 2004
62 Luxembourg 634 2001
63 Mongolia 515 2005 est.
64 Macau 21 2005
65 Albania 0 2005 est.
66 Jordan 0 2004 est.
67 Zimbabwe 0 2004 est.
68 Taiwan 0 2005
69 Philippines 0 2001
70 Morocco 0 2000 est.
71 Lithuania 0 2004
72 Latvia 0 2004
73 Iceland 0 2001
74 Estonia 0 2001
75 Chile 0 2006
76 Hong Kong 0
77 Bermuda 0 2005
This file was last updated on 8 February, 2007
======================================================================
Rank code: @2178
Rank Country Oil - proved reserves(bbl) Date of Information
1 World 1,326,000,000,000 1 January 2002 est.
2 Saudi Arabia 262,700,000,000 2006 est.
3 Canada 178,900,000,000 2004 est.
4 Iran 132,500,000,000 2006 est.
5 Iraq 112,500,000,000 2006 est.
6 United Arab Emirates 97,800,000,000 2006 est.
7 Kuwait 96,500,000,000 2006 est.
8 Venezuela 75,270,000,000 2006 est.
9 Russia 74,400,000,000 2005 est.
10 Libya 42,000,000,000 2006 est.
11 Nigeria 36,250,000,000 2006 est.
12 Kazakhstan 26,000,000,000 1 January 2004
13 Angola 25,000,000,000 2006 est.
14 United States 22,450,000,000 1 January 2002
15 China 16,100,000,000 2006 est.
16 Qatar 15,200,000,000 2006 est.
17 Mexico 12,490,000,000 2006 est.
18 Brazil 12,220,000,000 2006 est.
19 Algeria 11,000,000,000 2006 est.
20 Norway 9,859,000,000 1 January 2002
21 European Union 7,335,000,000 1 January 2002
22 India 5,600,000,000 2006 est.
23 Ecuador 5,115,000,000 2006 est.
24 Indonesia 4,850,000,000 2006 est.
25 Oman 4,700,000,000 2006 est.
26 United Kingdom 4,500,000,000 31 December 2004
27 Yemen 3,720,000,000 2006 est.
28 Australia 3,664,000,000 1 January 2002
29 Malaysia 3,100,000,000 2006 est.
30 Egypt 2,600,000,000 2006 est.
31 Syria 2,500,000,000 2006 est.
32 Vietnam 2,500,000,000 2006 est.
33 Argentina 2,116,000,000 2006 est.
34 Chad 2,000,000,000 2005
35 Gabon 1,827,000,000 2006 est.
36 Tunisia 1,700,000,000 2006 est.
37 Sudan 1,600,000,000 2006 est.
38 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1,538,000,000 1 January 2002
39 Colombia 1,282,000,000 2006 est.
40 Brunei 1,255,000,000 1 January 2002
41 Denmark 1,230,000,000 1 January 2002
42 Burma 1,000,000,000 2005
43 Mauritania 1,000,000,000 2005
44 Trinidad and Tobago 990,000,000 1 January 2004
45 Uzbekistan 600,000,000 1 January 2005
46 Azerbaijan 589,000,000 1 January 2002
47 Italy 586,600,000 1 January 2002
48 Thailand 583,000,000 November 2003
49 Equatorial Guinea 563,500,000 1 January 2002
50 Romania 500,000,000 yearend 2004
51 Bolivia 458,800,000 1 January 2002
52 Germany 395,800,000 1 January 2004
53 Ukraine 395,000,000 9 November 2004
54 Peru 370,000,000 2006 est.
55 Pakistan 358,900,000 2006 est.
56 Turkey 288,400,000 1 January 2002
57 Turkmenistan 273,000,000 1 January 2002
58 Guatemala 263,000,000 1 January 2002
59 Cuba 259,000,000 2006 est.
60 Cote d'Ivoire 220,000,000 2006 est.
61 Albania 185,500,000 1 January 2002
62 Papua New Guinea 170,000,000 2006 est.
63 Philippines 152,000,000 1 January 2004
64 Chile 150,000,000 1 January 2006
65 Suriname 150,000,000 2005
66 France 144,300,000 1 January 2002
67 Poland 142,400,000 December 2004
68 Bahrain 121,000,000 2006 est.
69 Hungary 110,700,000 1 January 2002
70 Morocco 100,000,000 2006 est.
71 Croatia 93,600,000 1 January 2002
72 Congo, Republic of the 93,500,000 1 January 2002
73 Cameroon 90,000,000 2006 est.
74 New Zealand 89,620,000 1 January 2002
75 Netherlands 88,060,000 1 January 2002
76 Austria 84,300,000 2004
77 Serbia 38,750,000 1 January 2002
78 Japan 29,290,000 1 January 2002
79 Bangladesh 28,450,000 1 January 2002
80 Czech Republic 17,250,000 1 January 2002
81 Bulgaria 15,000,000 1 January 2006
82 Spain 10,500,000 1 January 2002
83 Slovakia 9,000,000 1 January 2006
84 Ghana 8,255,000 1 January 2002
85 South Africa 7,840,000 1 January 2002
86 Greece 4,500,000 1 January 2002
87 Benin 4,105,000 1 January 2002
88 Taiwan 3,000,000 2006 est.
89 Israel 1,920,000 1 January 2002
90 Barbados 1,254,000 1 January 2002
91 Jordan 445,000 1 January 2002
92 Ethiopia 214,000 1 January 2002
93 Afghanistan 0 1 January 2002
94 Rwanda 0 1 January 2002
95 Tanzania 0 1 January 2002
96 Namibia 0 1 January 2002
97 Somalia 0 1 January 2002
98 Mozambique 0 1 January 2002
99 Ireland 0 1 January 2002
100 Madagascar 0 1 January 2002
This file was last updated on 8 February, 2007
======================================================================
Rank code: @2179
Rank Country Natural gas - proved reserves(cu m) Date of Information
1 World 172,200,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
2 Russia 47,570,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
3 Iran 26,620,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
4 Qatar 25,770,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
5 Saudi Arabia 6,654,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
6 United Arab Emirates 6,006,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
7 United States 5,451,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
8 Nigeria 4,984,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
9 Algeria 4,545,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
10 Venezuela 4,276,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
11 European Union 3,219,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
12 Iraq 3,115,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
13 Indonesia 2,557,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
14 China 2,350,000,000,000 2005 est.
15 Malaysia 2,124,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
16 Norway 2,085,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
17 Turkmenistan 2,010,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
18 Uzbekistan 1,875,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
19 Kazakhstan 1,841,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
20 Netherlands 1,756,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
21 Egypt 1,657,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
22 Canada 1,603,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
23 Kuwait 1,572,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
24 Libya 1,472,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
25 Ukraine 1,121,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
26 India 853,500,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
27 Azerbaijan 849,500,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
28 Oman 829,100,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
29 Australia 821,200,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
30 Pakistan 759,700,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
31 Trinidad and Tobago 733,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
32 Bolivia 679,600,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
33 Argentina 612,500,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
34 United Kingdom 589,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
35 Yemen 478,600,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
36 Mexico 420,500,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
37 Brunei 390,800,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
38 Thailand 377,700,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
39 Papua New Guinea 345,500,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
40 Bangladesh 300,200,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
41 Romania 300,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
42 Burma 283,200,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
43 Germany 279,100,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
44 Brazil 250,000,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
45 Peru 246,800,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
46 Syria 240,700,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
47 Italy 226,500,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
48 Vietnam 192,600,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
49 Poland 164,800,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
50 Mozambique 127,400,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
51 Colombia 114,400,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
52 Cameroon 110,400,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
53 Philippines 106,800,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
54 Denmark 99,990,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
55 Afghanistan 99,960,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
56 Chile 97,980,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
57 Bahrain 92,030,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
58 Congo, Republic of the 90,610,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
59 Sudan 84,950,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
60 Tunisia 77,870,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
61 Taiwan 76,460,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
62 Cuba 70,790,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
63 Namibia 62,300,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
64 Rwanda 56,630,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
65 Serbia 48,140,000,000 1 January 2005
66 Angola 45,870,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
67 Japan 39,640,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
68 Israel 38,940,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
69 Equatorial Guinea 36,810,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
70 Hungary 34,260,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
71 Gabon 33,980,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
72 New Zealand 33,360,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
73 Cote d'Ivoire 28,320,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
74 Ethiopia 24,920,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
75 Croatia 24,640,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
76 Ghana 23,790,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
77 Tanzania 22,650,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
78 Ireland 19,820,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
79 Austria 15,010,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
80 Slovakia 15,010,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
81 France 12,770,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
82 Ecuador 9,769,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
83 Turkey 8,495,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
84 Jordan 6,230,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
85 Bulgaria 5,947,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
86 Somalia 5,663,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
87 Czech Republic 3,964,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
88 Guatemala 3,087,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
89 Albania 2,832,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
90 Spain 2,549,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
91 Morocco 1,218,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
92 Benin 1,133,000,000 1 January 2005 est.
93 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 991,100,000 1 January 2005 est.
94 Greece 991,100,000 1 January 2005 est.
95 Barbados 141,600,000 1 January 2005 est.
96 South Africa 28,320,000 1 January 2005 est.
97 Madagascar 0 1 January 2005 est.
98 Mauritania 0 1 January 2005 est.
99 Suriname 0 1 January 2005 est.
This file was last updated on 8 February, 2007
======================================================================
Rank code: @2180
Rank Country Natural gas - production(cu m) Date of Information
1 World 2,824,000,000,000 2004 est.
2 Russia 641,000,000,000 2005 est.
3 United States 531,100,000,000 2004 est.
4 European Union 238,100,000,000 2004
5 Canada 183,600,000,000 2004 est.
6 United Kingdom 95,970,000,000 2004 est.
7 Netherlands 85,980,000,000 2004 est.
8 Iran 83,900,000,000 2004 est.
9 Norway 83,490,000,000 2004 est.
10 Indonesia 83,400,000,000 2005 est.
11 Algeria 80,150,000,000 2004 est.
12 Saudi Arabia 65,680,000,000 2004 est.
13 Malaysia 62,430,000,000 2004 est.
14 Uzbekistan 59,860,000,000 2004
15 Turkmenistan 58,570,000,000 2004 est.
16 China 52,880,000,000 2005
17 United Arab Emirates 46,290,000,000 2004 est.
18 Argentina 44,880,000,000 2004 est.
19 Mexico 41,470,000,000 2004 est.
20 Qatar 39,170,000,000 2004 est.
21 Australia 37,030,000,000 2004 est.
22 Egypt 32,560,000,000 2004 est.
23 India 28,200,000,000 2004 est.
24 Trinidad and Tobago 28,090,000,000 2004 est.
25 Pakistan 27,400,000,000 2004 est.
26 Venezuela 27,200,000,000 2004 est.
27 Thailand 22,360,000,000 2004 est.
28 Nigeria 21,800,000,000 2004 est.
29 Kazakhstan 20,490,000,000 2004 est.
30 Germany 19,900,000,000 2005 est.
31 Ukraine 19,200,000,000 2004
32 Oman 17,200,000,000 2004 est.
33 Bangladesh 13,100,000,000 2004 est.
34 Italy 12,960,000,000 2004 est.
35 Romania 11,800,000,000 2004 est.
36 Brunei 11,500,000,000 2004 est.
37 Burma 10,200,000,000 2004 est.
38 Bolivia 10,050,000,000 2004 est.
39 Bahrain 9,750,000,000 2004 est.
40 Kuwait 9,700,000,000 2004 est.
41 Brazil 9,660,000,000 2004 est.
42 Denmark 9,430,000,000 2004 est.
43 Libya 8,060,000,000 2004 est.
44 Syria 7,100,000,000 2004 est.
45 Vietnam 6,342,000,000 2005 est.
46 Colombia 6,180,000,000 2004 est.
47 Poland 5,957,000,000 2004
48 Azerbaijan 5,010,000,000 2004 est.
49 New Zealand 4,350,000,000 2004 est.
50 Hungary 2,963,000,000 2004 est.
51 Japan 2,957,000,000 2004 est.
52 Philippines 2,900,000,000 2004 est.
53 Tunisia 2,400,000,000 2004 est.
54 South Africa 2,230,000,000 2004 est.
55 Austria 1,963,000,000 2004
56 Iraq 1,750,000,000 2004 est.
57 Croatia 1,640,000,000 2004 est.
58 France 1,400,000,000 2004 est.
59 Cote d'Ivoire 1,300,000,000 2004 est.
60 Taiwan 1,100,000,000 2005 est.
61 Chile 1,090,000,000 2004 est.
62 Peru 860,000,000 2004 est.
63 Ireland 855,000,000 2004 est.
64 Israel 780,000,000 2004 est.
65 Angola 750,000,000 2004 est.
66 Cuba 704,000,000 2004
67 Turkey 688,000,000 2004 est.
68 Serbia 650,000,000 2003 est.
69 Spain 339,000,000 2004 est.
70 Jordan 310,000,000 2004 est.
71 Czech Republic 216,000,000 2004 est.
72 Belarus 180,000,000 2004 est.
73 Ecuador 170,000,000 2004 est.
74 Slovakia 165,000,000 2004 est.
75 Papua New Guinea 140,000,000 2004 est.
76 Equatorial Guinea 100,000,000 2004 est.
77 Gabon 100,000,000 2004 est.
78 Mozambique 80,000,000 2004 est.
79 Morocco 50,000,000 2004 est.
80 Senegal 50,000,000 2004 est.
81 Tajikistan 39,000,000 2004 est.
82 Albania 30,000,000 2004 est.
83 Barbados 29,170,000 2004 est.
84 Kyrgyzstan 29,000,000 2004 est.
85 Greece 23,000,000 2004 est.
86 Afghanistan 20,000,000 2004 est.
87 Georgia 20,000,000 2004 est.
88 Bulgaria 1,000,000 2004 est.
89 Aruba 0 2004 est.
90 Botswana 0 2004 est.
91 Belgium 0 2004 est.
92 Belize 0 2004 est.
93 Benin 0 2004 est.
94 Bhutan 0 2004 est.
95 Guinea 0 2004 est.
96 Guatemala 0 2004 est.
97 Guam 0 2004 est.
98 Greenland 0 2004 est.
99 Grenada 0 2004 est.
100 Gibraltar 0 2004 est.
101 Ghana 0 2004 est.
102 Gambia, The 0 2004 est.
103 Faroe Islands 0 2004 est.
104 Luxembourg 0 2004 est.
105 Lesotho 0 2004 est.
106 Liberia 0 2004 est.
107 Lithuania 0 2004
108 Latvia 0 2004 est.
109 Lebanon 0 2004 est.
110 Laos 0 2004 est.
111 Korea, South 0 2004 est.
112 Kiribati 0 2004 est.
113 Zimbabwe 0 2004 est.
114 Zambia 0 2004 est.
115 Yemen 0 2004 est.
116 Swaziland 0 2004 est.
117 Samoa 0 2004 est.
118 Western Sahara 0 2004 est.
119 Namibia 0 2004 est.
120 Virgin Islands 0 2004 est.
121 British Virgin Islands 0 2004 est.
122 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2004 est.
123 Uruguay 0 2004 est.
124 Burkina Faso 0 2004 est.
125 Uganda 0 2004 est.
126 Tanzania 0 2004 est.
127 Sao Tome and Principe 0 2004 est.
128 Togo 0 2004 est.
129 Tonga 0 2004 est.
130 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 2004 est.
131 Switzerland 0 2004 est.
132 Sweden 0 2004 est.
133 Sudan 0 2004 est.
134 Saint Lucia 0 2004 est.
135 Somalia 0 2004 est.
136 Singapore 0 2004 est.
137 Sierra Leone 0 2004 est.
138 Slovenia 0 2004 est.
139 Saint Helena 0 2004 est.
140 Seychelles 0 2004 est.
141 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 2004 est.
142 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 2004 est.
143 Rwanda 0 2004 est.
144 Puerto Rico 0 2004 est.
145 Guinea-Bissau 0 2004 est.
146 Portugal 0 2004 est.
147 Panama 0 2004 est.
148 Paraguay 0 2004 est.
149 Nicaragua 0 2004 est.
150 Netherlands Antilles 0 2004 est.
151 Suriname 0 2004 est.
152 Nauru 0 2004 est.
153 Nepal 0 2004 est.
154 Vanuatu 0 2004 est.
155 Niger 0 2004 est.
156 Niue 0 2004 est.
157 New Caledonia 0 2004 est.
158 Maldives 0 2004 est.
159 Malta 0 2004 est.
160 Mauritania 0 2004 est.
161 Mauritius 0 2004 est.
162 Mali 0 2004 est.
163 Macedonia 0 2004 est.
164 Malawi 0 2004 est.
165 Montserrat 0 2004 est.
166 Mongolia 0 2004 est.
167 Moldova 0 2004 est.
168 Macau 0 2005 est.
169 Madagascar 0 2004 est.
170 Korea, North 0 2004 est.
171 Kenya 0 2004 est.
172 Jamaica 0 2004 est.
173 Iceland 0 2004 est.
174 Honduras 0 2004 est.
175 Hong Kong 0 2005 est.
176 Haiti 0 2004 est.
177 Guyana 0 2004 est.
178 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0 2004 est.
179 Fiji 0 2004 est.
180 Finland 0 2004 est.
181 Ethiopia 0 2004 est.
182 El Salvador 0 2004 est.
183 Eritrea 0 2004 est.
184 Estonia 0 2004 est.
185 Dominican Republic 0 2004 est.
186 French Polynesia 0 2004 est.
187 Dominica 0 2004 est.
188 Djibouti 0 2004 est.
189 Cyprus 0 2004 est.
190 Cook Islands 0 2004 est.
191 Cape Verde 0 2004 est.
192 Central African Republic 0 2004 est.
193 Costa Rica 0 2004 est.
194 Comoros 0 2004 est.
195 Cameroon 0 2004 est.
196 Cayman Islands 0 2004 est.
197 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0 2004 est.
198 Congo, Republic of the 0 2004 est.
199 Sri Lanka 0 2004 est.
200 Chad 0 2004 est.
201 Cambodia 0 2004 est.
202 Burundi 0 2004 est.
203 Solomon Islands 0 2004 est.
204 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2004 est.
205 Bahamas, The 0 2004 est.
206 Bermuda 0 2004 est.
207 Armenia 0 2004 est.
208 American Samoa 0 2004 est.
209 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2004 est.
This file was last updated on 8 February, 2007
======================================================================
Rank code: @2181
Rank Country Natural gas - consumption(cu m) Date of Information
1 World 2,820,000,000,000 2004 est.
2 United States 635,100,000,000 2004 est.
3 European Union 507,400,000,000 2004
4 Russia 445,100,000,000 2005 est.
5 Germany 102,000,000,000 2005 est.
6 United Kingdom 98,470,000,000 2004 est.
7 Canada 95,850,000,000 2004 est.
8 Ukraine 86,400,000,000 2004
9 Iran 85,540,000,000 2004 est.
10 Japan 83,550,000,000 2004 est.
11 Italy 80,610,000,000 2004 est.
12 Saudi Arabia 65,680,000,000 2004 est.
13 Netherlands 51,300,000,000 2004 est.
14 Mexico 50,450,000,000 2004 est.
15 Uzbekistan 50,200,000,000 2004
16 China 47,910,000,000 2005
17 France 45,410,000,000 2004 est.
18 United Arab Emirates 40,310,000,000 2004 est.
19 Argentina 37,850,000,000 2004 est.
20 Malaysia 32,970,000,000 2004 est.
21 Egypt 31,460,000,000 2004 est.
22 India 30,830,000,000 2004 est.
23 Thailand 29,860,000,000 2004 est.
24 Korea, South 27,840,000,000 2004 est.
25 Pakistan 27,400,000,000 2004 est.
26 Venezuela 27,200,000,000 2004 est.
27 Spain 27,010,000,000 2004 est.
28 Australia 26,370,000,000 2004 est.
29 Turkey 22,600,000,000 2005 est.
30 Indonesia 22,500,000,000 2005 est.
31 Belarus 20,500,000,000 2005 est.
32 Algeria 19,280,000,000 2004 est.
33 Romania 18,000,000,000 2004 est.
34 Brazil 17,280,000,000 2004 est.
35 Belgium 17,060,000,000 2004 est.
36 Turkmenistan 16,570,000,000 2004 est.
37 Kazakhstan 15,750,000,000 2004 est.
38 Poland 15,670,000,000 2004 est.
39 Qatar 15,110,000,000 2004 est.
40 Hungary 14,460,000,000 2004 est.
41 Trinidad and Tobago 14,150,000,000 2004 est.
42 Bangladesh 13,100,000,000 2004 est.
43 Taiwan 10,700,000,000 2005 est.
44 Azerbaijan 9,940,000,000 2004 est.
45 Bahrain 9,750,000,000 2004 est.
46 Kuwait 9,700,000,000 2004 est.
47 Czech Republic 9,600,000,000 2004 est.
48 Nigeria 9,210,000,000 2004 est.
49 Austria 8,981,000,000 2004
50 Chile 8,290,000,000 2004 est.
51 Norway 8,090,000,000 2004 est.
52 Syria 7,100,000,000 2004 est.
53 Oman 6,770,000,000 2004 est.
54 Slovakia 6,719,000,000 2004 est.
55 Singapore 6,610,000,000 2004 est.
56 Vietnam 6,342,000,000 2005 est.
57 Colombia 6,180,000,000 2004 est.
58 Libya 5,930,000,000 2004 est.
59 Bulgaria 5,301,000,000 2004 est.
60 Denmark 5,171,000,000 2004 est.
61 Finland 4,860,000,000 2004 est.
62 New Zealand 4,349,000,000 2004 est.
63 Ireland 4,295,000,000 2004 est.
64 Portugal 3,737,000,000 2004 est.
65 Tunisia 3,700,000,000 2004 est.
66 Switzerland 3,311,000,000 2004 est.
67 Lithuania 2,920,000,000 2004 est.
68 Philippines 2,900,000,000 2004 est.
69 Croatia 2,750,000,000 2004 est.
70 Burma 2,700,000,000 2004 est.
71 Serbia 2,550,000,000 2003 est.
72 Greece 2,340,000,000 2005 est.
73 South Africa 2,230,000,000 2004 est.
74 Hong Kong 2,200,000,000 2005 est.
75 Moldova 2,170,000,000 2004 est.
76 Bolivia 2,140,000,000 2004 est.
77 Brunei 2,000,000,000 2004 est.
78 Latvia 1,910,000,000 2004 est.
79 Iraq 1,750,000,000 2004 est.
80 Georgia 1,500,000,000 2005 est.
81 Estonia 1,440,000,000 2004 est.
82 Jordan 1,410,000,000 2004 est.
83 Tajikistan 1,389,000,000 2004 est.
84 Luxembourg 1,361,000,000 2004 est.
85 Armenia 1,330,000,000 2004 est.
86 Cote d'Ivoire 1,300,000,000 2004 est.
87 Slovenia 1,100,000,000 2004 est.
88 Sweden 979,000,000 2004 est.
89 Kyrgyzstan 919,000,000 2004 est.
90 Peru 860,000,000 2004 est.
91 Israel 780,000,000 2004 est.
92 Angola 750,000,000 2004 est.
93 Cuba 704,000,000 2004
94 Puerto Rico 680,000,000 2004 est.
95 Bosnia and Herzegovina 300,000,000 2004 est.
96 Ecuador 170,000,000 2004 est.
97 Papua New Guinea 140,000,000 2004 est.
98 Dominican Republic 130,000,000 2004 est.
99 Uruguay 120,000,000 2004 est.
100 Equatorial Guinea 100,000,000 2004 est.
101 Macedonia 100,000,000 2004 est.
102 Gabon 100,000,000 2004 est.
103 Mozambique 80,000,000 2004 est.
104 Morocco 50,000,000 2004 est.
105 Senegal 50,000,000 2004 est.
106 Macau 43,960,000 2005 est.
107 Albania 30,000,000 2004 est.
108 Barbados 29,170,000 2004 est.
109 Afghanistan 20,000,000 2004 est.
110 Aruba 0 2004 est.
111 Bahamas, The 0 2004 est.
112 Solomon Islands 0 2004 est.
113 Burundi 0 2004 est.
114 Zimbabwe 0 2004 est.
115 Zambia 0 2004 est.
116 Yemen 0 2004 est.
117 Swaziland 0 2004 est.
118 Samoa 0 2004 est.
119 Western Sahara 0 2004 est.
120 Namibia 0 2004 est.
121 Virgin Islands 0 2004 est.
122 British Virgin Islands 0 2004 est.
123 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2004 est.
124 Burkina Faso 0 2004 est.
125 Uganda 0 2004 est.
126 Tanzania 0 2004 est.
127 Sao Tome and Principe 0 2004 est.
128 Togo 0 2004 est.
129 Tonga 0 2004 est.
130 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 2004 est.
131 Sudan 0 2004 est.
132 Saint Lucia 0 2004 est.
133 Somalia 0 2004 est.
134 Sierra Leone 0 2004 est.
135 Saint Helena 0 2004 est.
136 Seychelles 0 2004 est.
137 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 2004 est.
138 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 2004 est.
139 Rwanda 0 2004 est.
140 Guinea-Bissau 0 2004 est.
141 Panama 0 2004 est.
142 Nicaragua 0 2004 est.
143 Netherlands Antilles 0 2004 est.
144 Suriname 0 2004 est.
145 Nauru 0 2004 est.
146 Nepal 0 2004 est.
147 Vanuatu 0 2004 est.
148 Niger 0 2004 est.
149 Niue 0 2004 est.
150 New Caledonia 0 2004 est.
151 Paraguay 0 2004 est.
152 Maldives 0 2004 est.
153 Malta 0 2004 est.
154 Mauritania 0 2004 est.
155 Mauritius 0 2004 est.
156 Mali 0 2004 est.
157 Malawi 0 2004 est.
158 Montserrat 0 2004 est.
159 Mongolia 0 2004 est.
160 Madagascar 0 2004 est.
161 Lesotho 0 2004 est.
162 Liberia 0 2004 est.
163 Lebanon 0 2004 est.
164 Laos 0 2004 est.
165 Kiribati 0 2004 est.
166 Korea, North 0 2004 est.
167 Kenya 0 2004 est.
168 Jamaica 0 2004 est.
169 Iceland 0 2004 est.
170 Honduras 0 2004 est.
171 Haiti 0 2004 est.
172 Guyana 0 2004 est.
173 Guinea 0 2004 est.
174 Guatemala 0 2004 est.
175 Gibraltar 0 2004 est.
176 Ghana 0 2004 est.
177 Gambia, The 0 2004 est.
178 French Polynesia 0 2004 est.
179 Faroe Islands 0 2004 est.
180 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0 2004 est.
181 Fiji 0 2004 est.
182 Ethiopia 0 2004 est.
183 El Salvador 0 2004 est.
184 Guam 0 2004 est.
185 Greenland 0 2004 est.
186 Grenada 0 2004 est.
187 Eritrea 0 2004 est.
188 Dominica 0 2004 est.
189 Djibouti 0 2004 est.
190 Cyprus 0 2004 est.
191 Cook Islands 0 2004 est.
192 Cape Verde 0 2004 est.
193 Central African Republic 0 2004 est.
194 Costa Rica 0 2004 est.
195 Comoros 0 2004 est.
196 Cameroon 0 2004 est.
197 Cayman Islands 0 2004 est.
198 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0 2004 est.
199 Congo, Republic of the 0 2004 est.
200 Sri Lanka 0 2004 est.
201 Chad 0 2004 est.
202 Cambodia 0 2004 est.
203 Bhutan 0 2004 est.
204 Benin 0 2004 est.
205 Belize 0 2004 est.
206 Bermuda 0 2004 est.
207 American Samoa 0 2004 est.
208 Botswana 0 2004 est.
209 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2004 est.
This file was last updated on 8 February, 2007
======================================================================
Rank code: @2182
Rank Country Natural gas - imports(cu m) Date of Information
1 World 828,000,000,000 2004 est.
2 European Union 347,700,000,000
3 United States 120,600,000,000 2004 est.
4 Germany 90,110,000,000 2004 est.
5 Japan 81,230,000,000 2004 est.
6 Italy 67,910,000,000 2004 est.
7 Ukraine 67,200,000,000 2004 est.
8 France 44,780,000,000 2004 est.
9 Russia 36,600,000,000 2004 est.
10 Korea, South 28,930,000,000 2004 est.
11 Spain 26,950,000,000 2004 est.
12 Turkey 21,730,000,000 2004 est.
13 Netherlands 18,850,000,000 2004 est.
14 Belgium 16,880,000,000 2004 est.
15 Belarus 16,220,000,000 2004 est.
16 United Kingdom 12,300,000,000 2004 est.
17 Hungary 11,420,000,000 2004 est.
18 Canada 10,860,000,000 2004 est.
19 Poland 9,963,000,000 2004 est.
20 Mexico 9,831,000,000 2004 est.
21 Taiwan 9,600,000,000 2005 est.
22 Czech Republic 8,815,000,000 2004 est.
23 Austria 8,407,000,000 2004 est.
24 Brazil 7,620,000,000 2004 est.
25 Thailand 7,500,000,000 2004 est.
26 Chile 7,200,000,000 2004 est.
27 Slovakia 6,948,000,000 2004 est.
28 Singapore 6,610,000,000 2004 est.
29 Romania 6,200,000,000 2004 est.
30 Bulgaria 5,300,000,000 2004 est.
31 Iran 5,200,000,000 2004 est.
32 Azerbaijan 4,930,000,000 2004 est.
33 Finland 4,866,000,000 2004 est.
34 Portugal 3,760,000,000 2004 est.
35 Ireland 3,440,000,000 2004 est.
36 Switzerland 3,311,000,000 2004 est.
37 Lithuania 2,920,000,000 2004 est.
38 Greece 2,641,000,000 2004 est.
39 India 2,630,000,000 2004 est.
40 Hong Kong 2,524,000,000 2004 est.
41 Kazakhstan 2,270,000,000
42 Moldova 2,170,000,000 2004 est.
43 Serbia 2,100,000,000 2004
44 Latvia 1,910,000,000 2004 est.
45 Georgia 1,500,000,000 2005 est.
46 Estonia 1,440,000,000 2004 est.
47 Luxembourg 1,361,000,000 2004 est.
48 Tajikistan 1,350,000,000 2004 est.
49 Armenia 1,330,000,000 2004 est.
50 Tunisia 1,300,000,000 2004 est.
51 United Arab Emirates 1,200,000,000 2004 est.
52 Croatia 1,110,000,000 2004 est.
53 Jordan 1,100,000,000 2004 est.
54 Slovenia 1,100,000,000 2004 est.
55 Sweden 979,000,000 2004 est.
56 Kyrgyzstan 890,000,000 2004 est.
57 Argentina 800,000,000 2004 est.
58 Puerto Rico 680,000,000 2004 est.
59 Bosnia and Herzegovina 300,000,000 2004 est.
60 Dominican Republic 130,000,000
61 Uruguay 120,000,000 2004 est.
62 Macedonia 100,000,000 2004 est.
63 Afghanistan 0 2004 est.
64 Bolivia 0 2004 est.
65 Yemen 0 2004 est.
66 Vietnam 0
67 Venezuela 0 2004 est.
68 Uzbekistan 0 2004 est.
69 Turkmenistan 0 2004 est.
70 Syria 0 2004 est.
71 Senegal 0 2004 est.
72 South Africa 0 2004 est.
73 Saudi Arabia 0 2004 est.
74 Philippines 0 2004 est.
75 Qatar 0 2004 est.
76 Papua New Guinea 0 2004 est.
77 Pakistan 0 2004 est.
78 Peru 0 2004 est.
79 Trinidad and Tobago 0 2004 est.
80 New Zealand 0 2004 est.
81 Kuwait 0 2004 est.
82 Iraq 0 2004 est.
83 Cote d'Ivoire 0 2004 est.
84 Israel 0 2004 est.
85 Indonesia 0 2005 est.
86 Gabon 0 2004 est.
87 Ecuador 0 2004 est.
88 Denmark 0 2004 est.
89 Cuba 0 2004 est.
90 Colombia 0 2004 est.
91 Cameroon 0 2004 est.
92 China 0 2005
93 Congo, Republic of the 0 2004 est.
94 Brunei 0 2004 est.
95 Burma 0 2004 est.
96 Norway 0 2004 est.
97 Nigeria 0 2004 est.
98 Mozambique 0 2004 est.
99 Malaysia 0 2004 est.
100 Oman 0 2004 est.
101 Morocco 0
102 Libya 0 2004 est.
103 Equatorial Guinea 0 2004 est.
104 Egypt 0 2004 est.
105 Bangladesh 0 2004 est.
106 Barbados 0 2004 est.
107 Bahrain 0 2004 est.
108 Australia 0 2004 est.
109 Angola 0 2004 est.
110 Albania 0 2004 est.
111 Algeria 0 2004 est.
This file was last updated on 8 February, 2007
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Rank code: @2183
Rank Country Natural gas - exports(cu m) Date of Information
1 World 810,900,000,000 2004 est.
2 Russia 216,800,000,000 2004 est.
3 Canada 104,000,000,000 2004 est.
4 European Union 78,890,000,000
5 Norway 75,400,000,000 2004 est.
6 Algeria 60,870,000,000 2004 est.
7 Netherlands 53,560,000,000 2004 est.
8 Turkmenistan 42,000,000,000 2004 est.
9 Indonesia 37,500,000,000 2005 est.
10 Malaysia 29,460,000,000 2004 est.
11 United States 24,180,000,000 2004 est.
12 Qatar 24,060,000,000 2004 est.
13 Trinidad and Tobago 13,940,000,000 2004 est.
14 Nigeria 12,590,000,000 2004 est.
15 Australia 10,660,000,000 2004 est.
16 Oman 10,430,000,000 2004 est.
17 United Kingdom 9,800,000,000 2004 est.
18 Uzbekistan 9,700,000,000 2004 est.
19 Brunei 9,500,000,000 2004 est.
20 Germany 8,810,000,000 2004 est.
21 Bolivia 7,910,000,000 2004 est.
22 Argentina 7,830,000,000 2004 est.
23 Burma 7,500,000,000 2004 est.
24 United Arab Emirates 7,180,000,000 2004 est.
25 Kazakhstan 7,010,000,000 2004 est.
26 Denmark 4,099,000,000 2004 est.
27 Ukraine 3,900,000,000 2004
28 Iran 3,560,000,000 2004 est.
29 China 2,790,000,000 2005
30 Libya 2,130,000,000 2004 est.
31 Austria 1,324,000,000 2004 est.
32 Egypt 1,100,000,000 2004 est.
33 France 770,000,000 2004 est.
34 Italy 396,000,000 2004 est.
35 Czech Republic 88,000,000 2004 est.
36 Poland 46,000,000 2004 est.
37 Chile 7,200,000 2004 est.
38 Slovakia 1,000,000 2004 est.
39 Afghanistan 0 2004 est.
40 Barbados 0 2004 est.
41 Bangladesh 0 2004 est.
42 Israel 0 2004 est.
43 India 0 2004 est.
44 Hungary 0 2004 est.
45 Croatia 0 2004 est.
46 Hong Kong 0 2004 est.
47 Greece 0 2004 est.
48 Gabon 0 2004 est.
49 Finland 0 2004 est.
50 Ireland 0 2004 est.
51 Yemen 0 2004 est.
52 Vietnam 0 2005 est.
53 Venezuela 0 2004 est.
54 Uruguay 0 2004 est.
55 Syria 0 2004 est.
56 Sweden 0 2004 est.
57 Spain 0 2004 est.
58 Singapore 0 2004 est.
59 Slovenia 0 2004 est.
60 Senegal 0 2004 est.
61 South Africa 0 2004 est.
62 Saudi Arabia 0 2004 est.
63 Peru 0 2004 est.
64 Taiwan 0 2005
65 Turkey 0 2004 est.
66 Tunisia 0 2004 est.
67 Tajikistan 0 2004 est.
68 Thailand 0 2004 est.
69 Switzerland 0 2004 est.
70 New Zealand 0 2004 est.
71 Mozambique 0 2004 est.
72 Mexico 0 2004 est.
73 Morocco 0
74 Macedonia 0 2004 est.
75 Moldova 0 2004 est.
76 Luxembourg 0 2004 est.
77 Lithuania 0 2004 est.
78 Puerto Rico 0 2004 est.
79 Philippines 0 2004 est.
80 Romania 0 2004 est.
81 Serbia 0 2004 est.
82 Papua New Guinea 0 2004 est.
83 Portugal 0 2004 est.
84 Pakistan 0 2004 est.
85 Latvia 0 2004 est.
86 Kuwait 0 2004 est.
87 Korea, South 0 2004 est.
88 Kyrgyzstan 0 2004 est.
89 Jordan 0 2004 est.
90 Japan 0 2004 est.
91 Iraq 0 2004 est.
92 Cote d'Ivoire 0 2004 est.
93 Ecuador 0 2004 est.
94 Cuba 0 2004 est.
95 Colombia 0 2004 est.
96 Cameroon 0 2004 est.
97 Congo, Republic of the 0 2004 est.
98 Bulgaria 0 2004 est.
99 Brazil 0 2004 est.
100 Belarus 0 2004 est.
101 Estonia 0 2004 est.
102 Equatorial Guinea 0 2004 est.
103 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2004 est.
104 Belgium 0 2004 est.
105 Bahrain 0 2004 est.
106 Azerbaijan 0 2004 est.
107 Albania 0 2004 est.
108 Armenia 0 2004 est.
109 Angola 0 2004 est.
This file was last updated on 8 February, 2007
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Rank code: @2184
Rank Country Internet hosts Date of Information
1 United States 195,138,696 2005
2 European Union 50,500,000
3 Japan 28,321,846 2006
4 Germany 11,859,131 2006
5 Netherlands 8,363,158 2006
6 Australia 7,772,888 2006
7 Brazil 6,508,431 2006
8 United Kingdom 6,064,860 2006
9 Korea, South 5,433,591 2005
10 Taiwan 4,320,310 2006
11 Canada 3,934,223 2006
12 Mexico 3,426,680 2006
13 France 3,149,008 2006
14 France 3,148,379 2006
15 Sweden 2,958,435 2006
16 Belgium 2,870,770 2006
17 Spain 2,520,711 2006
18 Switzerland 2,442,659 2006
19 Denmark 2,415,530 2006
20 Austria 2,062,035 2006
21 Russia 1,979,924 2006
22 Italy 1,731,165 2006
23 Finland 1,633,614 2006
24 Argentina 1,612,423 2006
25 India 1,543,289 2006
26 Norway 1,364,448 2006
27 Turkey 1,313,135 2006
28 Czech Republic 1,267,265 2006
29 Israel 1,251,881 2006
30 New Zealand 1,050,197 2006
31 Thailand 938,784 2006
32 Singapore 898,762 2006
33 Portugal 845,980 2005
34 Hong Kong 800,834 2006
35 South Africa 645,179 2006
36 Hungary 608,085 2006
37 Greece 587,717 2006
38 Colombia 581,877 2006
39 Chile 506,055 2006
40 Poland 358,476 2006
41 United Arab Emirates 337,092 2006
42 Peru 269,981 2006
43 Ireland 238,191 2006
44 China 232,780 2006
45 Ukraine 229,110 2006
46 Iceland 212,897 2006
47 Slovakia 210,758 2006
48 Bulgaria 184,975 2006
49 Indonesia 170,834 2006
50 Malaysia 158,650 2006
51 Lithuania 148,675 2006
52 Uruguay 145,774 2006
53 Philippines 111,262 2006
54 Dominican Republic 91,895 2006
55 Luxembourg 88,661 2006
56 Pakistan 72,765 2006
57 Cyprus 67,589 2006
58 Latvia 65,858 2006
59 Slovenia 61,735 2006
60 Moldova 58,886 2006
61 Romania 57,470 2006
62 Estonia 52,241 2006
63 Venezuela 51,968 2006
64 Guatemala 49,026 2006
65 Belarus 33,641 2006
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 31,490 2006
67 Trinidad and Tobago 30,732 2006
68 Nicaragua 24,452 2006
69 Kazakhstan 21,187 2006
70 Bolivia 20,085 2006
71 Netherlands Antilles 19,204 2006
72 Ecuador 19,027 2006
73 Kyrgyzstan 18,928 2006
74 Croatia 18,825 2006
75 Tonga 18,775 2006
76 Nepal 17,789 2006
77 Andorra 14,944 2006
78 French Polynesia 14,047 2006
79 Malta 14,025 2006
80 New Caledonia 13,962 2006
81 Kenya 13,274 2006
82 Paraguay 13,178 2006
83 Costa Rica 12,751 2006
84 Monaco 12,720 2006
85 Vietnam 12,114 2006
86 Aruba 11,548 2006
87 Saudi Arabia 10,931 2006
88 Georgia 10,752 2006
89 Samoa 10,680 2006
90 Uzbekistan 9,058 2006
91 Fiji 8,987 2006
92 Greenland 8,851 2006
93 Cayman Islands 8,611 2006
94 Tanzania 8,609 2006
95 Armenia 8,163 2006
96 Bermuda 8,114 2006
97 Zimbabwe 7,954 2006
98 Antarctica 7,757 2006
99 Bhutan 7,567 2006
100 Panama 7,149 2006
101 Mozambique 6,985 2006
102 Faroe Islands 6,915 2006
103 Sri Lanka 6,526 2006
104 Botswana 5,499 2006
105 Iran 5,242 2006
106 Mauritius 4,997 2006
107 Liechtenstein 4,697 2006
108 El Salvador 4,682 2006
109 Honduras 3,973 2006
110 Belize 3,905 2006
111 Virgin Islands 3,855 2006
112 Macedonia 3,716 2006
113 Oman 3,555 2006
114 Namibia 3,527 2006
115 Jordan 3,441 2006
116 Lebanon 3,307 2006
117 Zambia 3,227 2006
118 Morocco 3,218 2006
119 San Marino 3,140 2006
120 Turks and Caicos Islands 2,735 2006
121 Solomon Islands 2,658 2006
122 Cote d'Ivoire 2,534 2006
123 Angola 2,525 2006
124 Swaziland 2,472 2006
125 Christmas Island 2,368 2006
126 Kuwait 2,310 2006
127 Egypt 2,254 2006
128 Cuba 2,234 2006
129 Antigua and Barbuda 2,231 2006
130 Bahrain 2,165 2006
131 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1,778 2006
132 Rwanda 1,590 2006
133 Papua New Guinea 1,573 2006
134 Nigeria 1,549 2006
135 Djibouti 1,540 2006
136 Madagascar 1,504 2006
137 American Samoa 1,456 2006
138 Cook Islands 1,456 2006
139 Jamaica 1,402 2006
140 Cambodia 1,378 2006
141 Uganda 1,365 2006
142 Maldives 1,357 2006
143 Guernsey 1,245 2006
144 Jersey 1,240 2006
145 Algeria 1,202 2006
146 Laos 1,108 2006
147 Eritrea 1,088 2006
148 Guyana 1,046 2006
149 Azerbaijan 880 2006
150 Benin 867 2006
151 Sao Tome and Principe 735 2006
152 Gibraltar 641 2006
153 Bahamas, The 591 2006
154 Turkmenistan 585 2006
155 Micronesia, Federated States of 550 2006
156 British Virgin Islands 525 2006
157 Togo 520 2006
158 Bangladesh 469 2006
159 Albania 430 2006
160 Tunisia 428 2006
161 Vanuatu 413 2006
162 Senegal 412 2006
163 Puerto Rico 404 2006
164 Anguilla 403 2006
165 Burkina Faso 399 2006
166 Montserrat 386 2006
167 Ghana 380 2006
168 Malawi 377 2006
169 Guinea 367 2006
170 Saint Helena 329 2006
171 Gabon 322 2006
172 Qatar 301 2006
173 Tokelau 298 2006
174 Isle of Man 290 2006
175 Barbados 282 2006
176 Mali 278 2006
177 Mongolia 272 2006
178 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 271 2006
179 Dominica 263 2006
180 Cape Verde 234 2006
181 Niger 189 2006
182 Yemen 171 2006
183 Lesotho 168 2006
184 Burundi 160 2006
185 Suriname 126 2006
186 Macau 108 2006
187 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 103 2006
188 Norfolk Island 100 2006
189 Tajikistan 98 2006
190 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 94 2006
191 Ethiopia 88 2006
192 Guam 76 2006
193 Seychelles 72 2006
194 East Timor 68 2006
195 Syria 66 2006
196 British Indian Ocean Territory 65 2006
197 Nauru 52 2006
198 Saint Kitts and Nevis 50 2006
199 Congo, Republic of the 46 2004
200 Holy See (Vatican City) 45 2006
201 Burma 42 2006
202 Kiribati 42 2006
203 Cameroon 39 2006
204 French Southern and Antarctic Lands 38 2006
205 Mauritania 32 2006
206 Libya 31 2006
207 Brunei 27 2005
208 Afghanistan 22 2006
209 Saint Lucia 21 2006
210 Northern Mariana Islands 20 2005
211 Sierra Leone 20 2006
212 Equatorial Guinea 19 2006
213 Grenada 17 2006
214 Sudan 16 2006
215 Gambia, The 14 2006
216 Central African Republic 10 2006
217 Chad 9 2006
218 Liberia 8 2006
219 Pitcairn Islands 8 2006
220 Bouvet Island 6 2006
221 Marshall Islands 6 2006
222 Haiti 6 2006
223 Comoros 5 2006
224 Iraq 5 2006
225 Guinea-Bissau 5 2006
226 Palau 3 2006
227 Somalia 3 2006
228 Mayotte 1 2006
229 Wallis and Futuna 1 2006
230 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 2006
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Rank code: @2185
Rank Country Investment (gross fixed)(% of GDP) Date of Information
1 Azerbaijan 44.90 2006 est.
2 China 44.30 2006 est.
3 Seychelles 44.20 2006 est.
4 Senegal 41.00 2006 est.
5 Sao Tome and Principe 35.20 2006 est.
6 Equatorial Guinea 34.10 2006 est.
7 Qatar 33.20 2006 est.
8 Vietnam 32.60 2006 est.
9 Estonia 32.40 2006 est.
10 Lesotho 32.00 2006 est.
11 Guyana 31.50 2006 est.
12 Iceland 31.40 2006 est.
13 Latvia 31.40 2006 est.
14 Jamaica 30.80 2006 est.
15 Georgia 30.00 2006 est.
16 Iran 30.00 2006 est.
17 Nicaragua 29.80 2006 est.
18 Spain 29.40 2006 est.
19 India 29.20 2006 est.
20 Korea, South 29.10 2006 est.
21 Ghana 29.00 2006 est.
22 Turkmenistan 28.80 2006 est.
23 Thailand 28.70 2006 est.
24 Croatia 28.50 2006 est.
25 Sri Lanka 28.20 2006 est.
26 Ireland 28.00 2006 est.
27 Slovakia 27.60 2006 est.
28 Haiti 27.40 2004 est.
29 Congo, Republic of the 27.20 2006 est.
30 Kazakhstan 27.00 2006 est.
31 Australia 26.80 2006 est.
32 Zambia 26.50 2006 est.
33 Kuwait 26.40 2006 est.
34 Nigeria 26.40 2006 est.
35 Madagascar 26.30 2006 est.
36 Czech Republic 26.20 2006 est.
37 Belarus 25.90 2006 est.
38 Greece 25.90 2006 est.
39 Cape Verde 25.50 2006 est.
40 Sudan 25.30 2006 est.
41 Malta 25.10 2006 est.
42 Romania 25.00 2006 est.
43 Slovenia 25.00 2006 est.
44 Namibia 25.00 2006 est.
45 Bangladesh 24.90 2006 est.
46 Bulgaria 24.80 2006 est.
47 Moldova 24.80 2006 est.
48 Jordan 24.80 2006 est.
49 Albania 24.50 2006 est.
50 Eritrea 24.50 2006 est.
51 United Arab Emirates 24.30 2006 est.
52 Honduras 23.70 2006 est.
53 Japan 23.70 2006 est.
54 Mauritius 23.60 2006 est.
55 Uganda 23.50 2006 est.
56 Algeria 23.40 2006 est.
57 Hungary 23.40 2006 est.
58 Lithuania 23.00 2006 est.
59 Colombia 22.80 2006 est.
60 Ukraine 22.70 2006 est.
61 Argentina 22.60 2006 est.
62 Ecuador 22.60 2006 est.
63 Gabon 22.40 2006 est.
64 Togo 22.40 2006 est.
65 Tunisia 22.30 2006 est.
66 Denmark 22.20 2006 est.
67 Syria 22.10 2006 est.
68 New Zealand 22.00 2006 est.
69 Botswana 21.80 2006 est.
70 Switzerland 21.80 2006 est.
71 Singapore 21.80 2006 est.
72 Morocco 21.70 2006 est.
73 Mozambique 21.50 2006 est.
74 Canada 21.30 2006 est.
75 Ethiopia 21.30 2006 est.
76 Cyprus 21.20 2006 est.
77 Bahrain 21.10 2006 est.
78 Hong Kong 21.10 2006 est.
79 Austria 21.00 2006 est.
80 Chile 21.00 2006 est.
81 Armenia 20.90 2006 est.
82 Portugal 20.90 2006 est.
83 Italy 20.80 2006 est.
84 Burkina Faso 20.50 2006 est.
85 European Union 20.40 2006 est.
86 Gambia, The 20.30 2006 est.
87 Indonesia 20.30 2006 est.
88 Peru 20.30 2006 est.
89 Brazil 20.20 2006 est.
90 Turkey 20.10 2006 est.
91 France 20.00 2006 est.
92 Mexico 20.00 2006 est.
93 Malaysia 19.90 2006 est.
94 Tajikistan 19.90 2006 est.
95 Rwanda 19.80 2006 est.
96 Venezuela 19.80 2006 est.
97 Belgium 19.40 2006 est.
98 Costa Rica 19.40 2006 est.
99 Netherlands 19.30 2006 est.
100 Paraguay 19.30 2006 est.
101 Egypt 19.20 2006 est.
102 Poland 19.20 2006 est.
103 Kenya 19.20 2006 est.
104 Papua New Guinea 19.20 2006 est.
105 Benin 19.10 2006 est.
106 Norway 19.10 2006 est.
107 Trinidad and Tobago 19.10 2006 est.
108 Tanzania 19.00 2006 est.
109 Finland 18.90 2006 est.
110 Macedonia 18.80 2006 est.
111 Cambodia 18.70 2006 est.
112 Taiwan 18.40 2006 est.
113 Luxembourg 18.30 2006 est.
114 Belize 18.20 2006 est.
115 Russia 18.20 2006 est.
116 Lebanon 17.80 2006 est.
117 Guinea 17.60 2006 est.
118 Sweden 17.60 2006 est.
119 Panama 17.50 2006 est.
120 Germany 17.30 2006 est.
121 Israel 17.30 2006 est.
122 United Kingdom 17.20 2006 est.
123 South Africa 17.10 2006 est.
124 Cameroon 16.80 2006 est.
125 United States 16.60 2006 est.
126 El Salvador 16.20 2006 est.
127 Saudi Arabia 16.20 2006 est.
128 Zimbabwe 16.10 2006 est.
129 Yemen 15.70 2006 est.
130 Pakistan 15.60 2006 est.
131 Dominican Republic 15.50 2006 est.
132 Guatemala 15.50 2006 est.
133 Swaziland 15.50 2006 est.
134 Kyrgyzstan 15.50 2006 est.
135 Angola 14.60 2006 est.
136 Philippines 14.30 2006 est.
137 Oman 14.20 2006 est.
138 Serbia 14.20 2005 est.
139 Uruguay 13.60 2006 est.
140 Bolivia 12.40 2006 est.
141 Burundi 11.90 2006 est.
142 Cuba 11.90 2006 est.
143 Burma 11.80 2006 est.
144 Cote d'Ivoire 11.80 2006 est.
145 Chad 9.20 2006 est.
146 Malawi 9.20 2006 est.
147 Libya 7.40 2006 est.
This file was last updated on 8 February, 2007
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Rank code: @2186
Rank Country Public debt(% of GDP) Date of Information
1 Lebanon 209.00 2006 est.
2 Japan 175.50 2006 est.
3 Seychelles 166.10 2006 est.
4 Jamaica 129.70 2006 est.
5 Zimbabwe 108.40 2006 est.
6 Italy 107.80 2006 est.
7 Greece 104.60 2006 est.
8 Egypt 102.90 2006 est.
9 Singapore 100.60 2006 est.
10 Israel 91.00 2006 est.
11 Sri Lanka 90.60 2006 est.
12 Belgium 90.30 2006 est.
13 Moldova 84.50 2006 est.
14 Nicaragua 82.70 2006 est.
15 Bhutan 81.40 2004
16 Jordan 79.90 2006 est.
17 Ethiopia 78.10 2006 est.
18 Morocco 70.90 2006 est.
19 Uruguay 70.60 2006 est.
20 Philippines 69.60 2006 est.
21 Cote d'Ivoire 69.40 2006 est.
22 Hungary 68.60 2006 est.
23 Cyprus 68.40 2006 est.
24 Malawi 68.40 2006 est.
25 Honduras 67.10 2006 est.
26 Germany 66.80 2006 est.
27 Portugal 65.70 2006 est.
28 Zambia 65.70 2006 est.
29 Canada 65.40 2006 est.
30 France 64.70 2006 est.
31 Turkey 64.70 2006 est.
32 United States 64.70 2005 est.
33 Austria 63.00 2006 est.
34 Argentina 62.20 2006 est.
35 Panama 61.30 2006 est.
36 Sudan 59.60 2006 est.
37 Mauritius 57.90 2006 est.
38 Tunisia 57.30 2006 est.
39 Croatia 56.20 2006 est.
40 Pakistan 55.00 2006 est.
41 Papua New Guinea 53.70 2006 est.
42 Costa Rica 53.40 2006 est.
43 Serbia 53.10 2005 est.
44 India 52.80 2006 est.
45 Switzerland 51.00 2006 est.
46 Netherlands 50.80 2006 est.
47 Brazil 50.70 2006 est.
48 Kenya 50.50 2006 est.
49 Poland 49.00 2006 est.
50 Vietnam 47.50 2006 est.
51 Bangladesh 46.70 2006 est.
52 Malaysia 46.70 2006 est.
53 Sweden 46.40 2006 est.
54 Aruba 46.30 2005
55 Dominican Republic 45.60 2006 est.
56 Colombia 45.30 2006 est.
57 Norway 44.80 2006 est.
58 El Salvador 44.20 2006 est.
59 Indonesia 43.80 2006 est.
60 Thailand 43.50 2006 est.
61 United Kingdom 42.20 2006 est.
62 Spain 39.90 2006 est.
63 Ghana 38.60 2006 est.
64 Syria 38.00 2006 est.
65 Finland 37.70 2006 est.
66 Trinidad and Tobago 36.60 2006 est.
67 Slovakia 36.10 2006 est.
68 Ecuador 36.00 2006 est.
69 Taiwan 34.60 2006 est.
70 Bahrain 34.20 2006 est.
71 Peru 33.80 2006 est.
72 South Africa 32.90 2006 est.
73 Angola 32.70 2006 est.
74 Saudi Arabia 32.50 2006 est.
75 Namibia 31.60 2006 est.
76 Paraguay 30.90 2006 est.
77 Tanzania 30.50 2006 est.
78 Yemen 30.00 2006 est.
79 Uzbekistan 29.70 2006 est.
80 Uganda 29.30 2006 est.
81 Czech Republic 29.10 2006 est.
82 Slovenia 29.00 2006 est.
83 Denmark 28.60 2006 est.
84 Gabon 28.60 2006 est.
85 Cameroon 28.40 2006 est.
86 Venezuela 28.40 2006 est.
87 Macedonia 27.50 2006 est.
88 Guatemala 25.90 2006 est.
89 Iran 25.30 2006 est.
90 Bosnia and Herzegovina 24.50 2006 est.
91 Bulgaria 23.80 2006 est.
92 Qatar 23.60 2006 est.
93 Iceland 23.50 2006 est.
94 Mozambique 23.20 2006 est.
95 Ireland 22.80 2006 est.
96 China 22.10 2006 est.
97 Korea, South 21.40 2006 est.
98 Romania 21.40 2006 est.
99 Mexico 20.70 2006 est.
100 New Zealand 19.90 2006 est.
101 Algeria 18.60 2006 est.
102 Lithuania 18.00 2006 est.
103 Senegal 17.80 2006 est.
104 United Arab Emirates 17.70 2006 est.
105 Ukraine 17.30 2006 est.
106 Australia 14.10 2006 est.
107 Kazakhstan 11.00 2006 est.
108 Latvia 11.00 2006 est.
109 Azerbaijan 10.40 2006 est.
110 Nigeria 10.40 2006 est.
111 Kuwait 8.10 2006 est.
112 Russia 8.00 2006 est.
113 Botswana 7.10 2006 est.
114 Libya 5.60 2006 est.
115 Wallis and Futuna 5.60 2004 est.
116 Equatorial Guinea 4.70 2006 est.
117 Oman 4.50 2006 est.
118 Chile 3.90 2006 est.
119 Estonia 3.60 2006 est.
120 Hong Kong 1.00 2006 est.
This file was last updated on 8 February, 2007
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Rank code: @2187
Rank Country Current account balance Date of Information
1 China $ 179,100,000,000 2006 est.
2 Japan $ 174,400,000,000 2006 est.
3 Germany $ 134,800,000,000 2006 est.
4 Russia $ 105,300,000,000 2006 est.
5 Saudi Arabia $ 103,800,000,000 2006 est.
6 Norway $ 63,330,000,000 2006 est.
7 Switzerland $ 50,440,000,000 2006 est.
8 Netherlands $ 50,170,000,000 2006 est.
9 Kuwait $ 40,750,000,000 2006 est.
10 Singapore $ 35,580,000,000 2006 est.
11 Venezuela $ 31,820,000,000 2006 est.
12 Sweden $ 28,610,000,000 2006 est.
13 United Arab Emirates $ 26,890,000,000 2006 est.
14 Algeria $ 25,800,000,000 2006 est.
15 Hong Kong $ 20,900,000,000 2006 est.
16 Canada $ 20,560,000,000 2006 est.
17 Malaysia $ 17,860,000,000 2006 est.
18 Libya $ 14,500,000,000 2006 est.
19 Iran $ 13,130,000,000 2006 est.
20 Nigeria $ 12,590,000,000 2006 est.
21 Qatar $ 12,510,000,000 2006 est.
22 Taiwan $ 9,700,000,000 2006 est.
23 Finland $ 8,749,000,000 2006 est.
24 Iraq $ 8,134,000,000 2006 est.
25 Angola $ 7,700,000,000 2006 est.
26 Oman $ 7,097,000,000 2006 est.
27 Belgium $ 6,925,000,000 2006 est.
28 Korea, South $ 6,741,000,000 2006 est.
29 Austria $ 5,913,000,000 2006 est.
30 Argentina $ 5,810,000,000 2006 est.
31 Brazil $ 5,810,000,000 2006 est.
32 Philippines $ 5,355,000,000 2006 est.
33 Chile $ 5,063,000,000 2006 est.
34 Denmark $ 4,941,000,000 2006 est.
35 Luxembourg $ 4,630,000,000 2006 est.
36 Trinidad and Tobago $ 3,259,000,000 2006 est.
37 Azerbaijan $ 2,737,000,000 2006 est.
38 Egypt $ 2,697,000,000 2006 est.
39 Bahrain $ 1,999,000,000 2006 est.
40 Gabon $ 1,807,000,000 2006 est.
41 Botswana $ 1,698,000,000 2006 est.
42 Yemen $ 1,690,000,000 2006 est.
43 Indonesia $ 1,636,000,000 2006 est.
44 Peru $ 1,515,000,000 2006 est.
45 Israel $ 1,463,000,000 2006 est.
46 Uzbekistan $ 1,410,000,000 2006 est.
47 Burma $ 1,247,000,000 2006 est.
48 Congo, Republic of the $ 1,215,000,000 2006 est.
49 Vietnam $ 1,029,000,000 2006 est.
50 Ecuador $ 727,000,000 2006 est.
51 Bolivia $ 688,000,000 2006 est.
52 Papua New Guinea $ 661,000,000 2006 est.
53 Namibia $ 572,000,000 2006 est.
54 Cote d'Ivoire $ 460,000,000 2006 est.
55 Cameroon $ 419,000,000 2006 est.
56 Morocco $ 389,000,000 2006 est.
57 Bangladesh $ 339,000,000 2006 est.
58 Turkmenistan $ 321,200,000 2006 est.
59 Equatorial Guinea $ 175,000,000 2006 est.
60 British Virgin Islands $ 134,300,000 1999
61 Kazakhstan $ 133,000,000 2006 est.
62 Cook Islands $ 26,670,000 2005
63 Palau $ 15,090,000 FY03/04
64 Tuvalu $ 2,323,000 1998
65 Samoa $ -2,428,000 FY03/04
66 Tonga $ -4,321,000 FY04/05
67 Comoros $ -17,000,000 2005 est.
68 Kiribati $ -19,870,000 2004
69 Swaziland $ -23,130,000 2006 est.
70 Sao Tome and Principe $ -24,400,000 2006 est.
71 Vanuatu $ -28,350,000 2003
72 Micronesia, Federated States of $ -34,300,000 FY05 est.
73 Anguilla $ -42,870,000 2003 est.
74 Cape Verde $ -44,430,000 2006 est.
75 Gambia, The $ -54,610,000 2006 est.
76 Burundi $ -57,840,000 2006 est.
77 Haiti $ -58,720,000 2006 est.
78 Tajikistan $ -73,950,000 2006 est.
79 Lesotho $ -75,440,000 2006 est.
80 Seychelles $ -78,590,000 2006 est.
81 Antigua and Barbuda $ -83,400,000 2004
82 Guyana $ -84,300,000 2006 est.
83 Rwanda $ -104,100,000 2006 est.
84 Honduras $ -160,000,000 2006 est.
85 Zambia $ -165,400,000 2006 est.
86 Macedonia $ -167,000,000 2006 est.
87 Belize $ -173,400,000 2006 est.
88 Malawi $ -186,000,000 2006 est.
89 Ghana $ -219,000,000 2006 est.
90 Armenia $ -229,500,000 2006 est.
91 Togo $ -261,900,000 2006 est.
92 Zimbabwe $ -264,600,000 2006 est.
93 Kyrgyzstan $ -287,300,000 2006 est.
94 Paraguay $ -300,000,000 2006 est.
95 Chad $ -324,100,000 2006 est.
96 Benin $ -342,700,000 2006 est.
97 Guinea $ -344,000,000 2006 est.
98 Laos $ -381,700,000 2006 est.
99 Mexico $ -400,100,000 2006 est.
100 Cambodia $ -412,000,000 2006 est.
101 Uganda $ -423,000,000 2006 est.
102 Eritrea $ -440,500,000 2006 est.
103 Mozambique $ -444,400,000 2006 est.
104 Fiji $ -465,800,000
105 Panama $ -467,000,000 2006 est.
106 Madagascar $ -504,000,000 2006 est.
107 Belarus $ -511,800,000 2006 est.
108 Moldova $ -561,000,000 2006 est.
109 Uruguay $ -600,000,000 2006 est.
110 Burkina Faso $ -604,600,000 2006 est.
111 Mauritius $ -651,000,000 2006 est.
112 Albania $ -679,900,000 2006 est.
113 Georgia $ -735,000,000 2006 est.
114 Tunisia $ -760,000,000 2006 est.
115 Slovenia $ -789,200,000 2006 est.
116 Nicaragua $ -883,000,000 2006 est.
117 Senegal $ -895,200,000 2006 est.
118 Thailand $ -899,400,000 2006 est.
119 Tanzania $ -906,000,000 2006 est.
120 Malta $ -966,200,000 2006 est.
121 Jamaica $ -970,000,000 2006 est.
122 Cyprus $ -1,051,000,000 2006 est.
123 El Salvador $ -1,059,000,000 2006 est.
124 Syria $ -1,065,000,000 2005 est.
125 Sri Lanka $ -1,118,000,000 2006 est.
126 Kenya $ -1,119,000,000 2006 est.
127 Dominican Republic $ -1,124,000,000 2006 est.
128 Costa Rica $ -1,176,000,000 2006 est.
129 Cuba $ -1,218,000,000 2006 est.
130 Ethiopia $ -1,340,000,000 2006 est.
131 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ -1,730,000,000 2006 est.
132 Estonia $ -1,919,000,000 2006 est.
133 Ukraine $ -1,933,000,000 2006 est.
134 Guatemala $ -2,028,000,000 2006 est.
135 Colombia $ -2,219,000,000 2006 est.
136 Serbia $ -2,451,000,000 2005 est.
137 Latvia $ -2,538,000,000 2006 est.
138 Lithuania $ -2,572,000,000 2006 est.
139 Jordan $ -2,834,000,000 2006 est.
140 Croatia $ -2,892,000,000 2006 est.
141 Iceland $ -2,932,000,000 2006 est.
142 Slovakia $ -3,781,000,000 2006 est.
143 Bulgaria $ -4,130,000,000 2006 est.
144 Czech Republic $ -4,352,000,000 2006 est.
145 Sudan $ -4,510,000,000 2006 est.
146 Poland $ -4,548,000,000 2006 est.
147 Lebanon $ -5,339,000,000 October 2006
148 Pakistan $ -5,486,000,000 2006 est.
149 New Zealand $ -7,944,000,000 2006 est.
150 Hungary $ -8,392,000,000 2006 est.
151 Ireland $ -9,450,000,000 2006 est.
152 Romania $ -12,450,000,000 2006 est.
153 South Africa $ -12,690,000,000 2006 est.
154 Portugal $ -16,750,000,000 2006 est.
155 Greece $ -21,370,000,000 2006 est.
156 Italy $ -23,730,000,000 2006 est.
157 Turkey $ -25,990,000,000 2006 est.
158 India $ -26,400,000,000 2006 est.
159 France $ -35,360,000,000 2006 est.
160 Australia $ -41,620,000,000 2006 est.
161 United Kingdom $ -57,680,000,000 2006 est.
162 Spain $ -98,600,000,000 2006 est.
163 United States $ -862,300,000,000 2006 est.
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Rank code: @2188
Rank Country Reserves of foreign exchange and gold Date of Information
1 China $ 1,034,000,000,000 2006 est.
2 Japan $ 864,700,000,000 August 2006 est.
3 Russia $ 314,500,000,000 2006 est.
4 Taiwan $ 280,600,000,000 2006 est.
5 Korea, South $ 235,000,000,000 2006 est.
6 India $ 165,000,000,000 2006 est.
7 Singapore $ 134,600,000,000 2006 est.
8 Hong Kong $ 132,000,000,000 November 2006 est.
9 Mexico $ 85,010,000,000 2006 est.
10 Malaysia $ 82,300,000,000 2006 est.
11 Brazil $ 77,270,000,000 2006 est.
12 Algeria $ 71,960,000,000 2006 est.
13 Italy $ 70,500,000,000 2006 est.
14 United States $ 69,190,000,000 August 2006 est.
15 Thailand $ 59,060,000,000 2006 est.
16 Iran $ 58,460,000,000 2006 est.
17 Libya $ 57,480,000,000 2006 est.
18 Turkey $ 53,420,000,000 2006 est.
19 Poland $ 49,690,000,000 2006 est.
20 Norway $ 49,620,000,000 August 2006 est.
21 Germany $ 48,760,000,000 August 2006 est.
22 Australia $ 48,250,000,000 2006 est.
23 Indonesia $ 43,040,000,000 2006 est.
24 Nigeria $ 42,970,000,000 2006 est.
25 France $ 39,980,000,000 August 2006 est.
26 United Kingdom $ 38,830,000,000 August 2006 est.
27 Switzerland $ 38,290,000,000 August 2006 est.
28 Venezuela $ 35,950,000,000 2006 est.
29 Canada $ 35,790,000,000 August 2006 est.
30 Saudi Arabia $ 31,630,000,000 2006 est.
31 Czech Republic $ 30,990,000,000 2006 est.
32 Denmark $ 30,380,000,000 August 2006 est.
33 Argentina $ 30,240,000,000 November 2006 est.
34 Israel $ 28,200,000,000 2006 est.
35 Romania $ 27,880,000,000 2006 est.
36 Egypt $ 26,300,000,000 2006 est.
37 United Arab Emirates $ 25,510,000,000 2006 est.
38 South Africa $ 23,740,000,000 2006 est.
39 Sweden $ 22,260,000,000 August 2006 est.
40 Hungary $ 21,050,000,000 2006 est.
41 Ukraine $ 20,690,000,000 2006 est.
42 Philippines $ 20,570,000,000 2006 est.
43 Morocco $ 18,210,000,000 2006 est.
44 Chile $ 17,160,000,000 November 2006 est.
45 Peru $ 17,040,000,000 2006 est.
46 Spain $ 17,000,000,000 2006 est.
47 Lebanon $ 16,780,000,000 2006 est.
48 Colombia $ 16,500,000,000 2006 est.
49 Slovakia $ 15,750,000,000 2006 est.
50 Iraq $ 15,650,000,000 2006 est.
51 Kazakhstan $ 15,260,000,000 2006 est.
52 Pakistan $ 13,290,000,000 2006 est.
53 Vietnam $ 11,920,000,000 2006 est.
54 Kuwait $ 11,080,000,000 2006 est.
55 Croatia $ 11,070,000,000 2006 est.
56 Portugal $ 10,700,000,000 2006 est.
57 Bulgaria $ 10,580,000,000 2006 est.
58 Netherlands $ 10,240,000,000 August 2006 est.
59 New Zealand $ 10,000,000,000 2006 est.
60 Belgium $ 9,626,000,000 August 2006 est.
61 Slovenia $ 8,761,000,000 2006 est.
62 Austria $ 8,413,000,000 August 2006 est.
63 Botswana $ 7,445,000,000 2006 est.
64 Trinidad and Tobago $ 6,888,000,000 2006 est.
65 Angola $ 6,750,000,000 2006 est.
66 Yemen $ 6,735,000,000 2006 est.
67 Tunisia $ 6,646,000,000 2006 est.
68 Finland $ 6,561,000,000 August 2006 est.
69 Qatar $ 5,755,000,000 2006 est.
70 Jordan $ 5,550,000,000 2006 est.
71 Syria $ 5,500,000,000 2006 est.
72 Serbia $ 5,350,000,000 2005 est.
73 Lithuania $ 5,220,000,000 2006 est.
74 Oman $ 4,908,000,000 2006 est.
75 Cyprus $ 4,613,000,000 2006 est.
76 Guatemala $ 3,959,000,000 2006 est.
77 Uruguay $ 3,594,000,000 2006 est.
78 Sudan $ 3,552,000,000 2006 est.
79 Turkmenistan $ 3,518,000,000 2006 est.
80 Bolivia $ 3,303,000,000 2006 est.
81 Bangladesh $ 3,278,000,000 2006 est.
82 Equatorial Guinea $ 3,235,000,000 2006 est.
83 Malta $ 3,065,000,000 2006 est.
84 Uzbekistan $ 2,986,000,000 2006 est.
85 Bahrain $ 2,918,000,000 2006 est.
86 Sri Lanka $ 2,810,000,000 2006 est.
87 Honduras $ 2,778,000,000 2006 est.
88 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 2,700,000,000 2006 est.
89 Cuba $ 2,618,000,000 2006 est.
90 Latvia $ 2,610,000,000 2006 est.
91 Ecuador $ 2,514,000,000 2006 est.
92 Costa Rica $ 2,500,000,000 2006 est.
93 Greece $ 2,500,000,000 2006 est.
94 Tanzania $ 2,375,000,000 2006 est.
95 Kenya $ 2,350,000,000 2006 est.
96 Estonia $ 2,344,000,000 2006 est.
97 Jamaica $ 2,150,000,000 2006 est.
98 Dominican Republic $ 2,106,000,000 2006 est.
99 Ghana $ 2,098,000,000 2006 est.
100 El Salvador $ 1,951,000,000 2006 est.
101 Macedonia $ 1,845,000,000 2006 est.
102 Azerbaijan $ 1,800,000,000 2006 est.
103 Albania $ 1,621,000,000 2006 est.
104 Paraguay $ 1,543,000,000 2006 est.
105 Cote d'Ivoire $ 1,400,000,000 2006 est.
106 Uganda $ 1,400,000,000 2006 est.
107 Cambodia $ 1,385,000,000 2006 est.
108 Mauritius $ 1,358,000,000 2006 est.
109 Mozambique $ 1,353,000,000 2006 est.
110 Cameroon $ 1,336,000,000 2006 est.
111 Belarus $ 1,329,000,000 2006 est.
112 Burkina Faso $ 1,328,000,000 2006 est.
113 Panama $ 1,236,000,000 2006 est.
114 Ethiopia $ 1,186,000,000 2006 est.
115 Senegal $ 1,180,000,000 2006 est.
116 Papua New Guinea $ 1,099,000,000 2006 est.
117 Zambia $ 1,050,000,000 2006 est.
118 Iceland $ 1,018,000,000 August 2006 est.
119 Burma $ 932,000,000 2006 est.
120 Ireland $ 842,500,000 August 2006 est.
121 Gabon $ 835,000,000 2006 est.
122 Armenia $ 761,000,000 2006 est.
123 Nicaragua $ 723,000,000 2006 est.
124 Moldova $ 680,000,000 2006 est.
125 Kyrgyzstan $ 621,200,000 2006 est.
126 Benin $ 607,300,000 2006 est.
127 Madagascar $ 563,000,000 2006 est.
128 Congo, Republic of the $ 547,000,000 2006 est.
129 Lesotho $ 528,200,000 2006 est.
130 Georgia $ 492,000,000 2006 est.
131 Namibia $ 480,000,000 2006 est.
132 Rwanda $ 422,800,000 2006 est.
133 Chad $ 352,800,000 2006 est.
134 Togo $ 333,900,000 2006 est.
135 Laos $ 316,900,000 2006 est.
136 Guyana $ 294,900,000 2006 est.
137 Luxembourg $ 232,200,000 August 2006 est.
138 Swaziland $ 228,500,000 2006 est.
139 Tajikistan $ 209,200,000 2006 est.
140 Malawi $ 175,500,000 2006 est.
141 Cape Verde $ 166,400,000 2006 est.
142 Zimbabwe $ 140,000,000 2006 est.
143 Haiti $ 123,400,000 2006 est.
144 Gambia, The $ 88,110,000 2006 est.
145 Burundi $ 87,690,000 2006 est.
146 Belize $ 78,960,000 2006 est.
147 Samoa $ 70,150,000 FY03/04
148 Guinea $ 59,600,000 2006 est.
149 Seychelles $ 44,780,000 2006 est.
150 Tonga $ 40,830,000 yearend
151 Vanuatu $ 40,540,000 2003
152 Eritrea $ 30,600,000 2006 est.
153 Sao Tome and Principe $ 25,470,000 2006 est.
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Appendix A - Abbreviations
ABEDA: Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
ACCT: Agency for the French-Speaking Community (see International
Organization of the French-speaking World)
ACP Group: African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States
AfDB: African Development Bank
AFESD: Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
Air Pollution: Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides: Protocol to the 1979 Convention on
Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of
Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or Their Transboundary Fluxes
Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants: Protocol to the 1979
Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent
Organic Pollutants
Air Pollution-Sulphur 85: Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-
Range Transboundary Air Pollution on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions
or Their Transboundary Fluxes by at Least 30%
Air Pollution-Sulphur 94: Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-
Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur
Emissions
Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds: Protocol to the 1979
Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the
Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or Their
Transboundary Fluxes
AMF: Arab Monetary Fund
AMU: Arab Maghreb Union
Antarctic-Environmental Protocol: Protocol on Environmental Protection
to the Antarctic Treaty
Antarctic Marine Living Resources: Convention on the Conservation of
Antarctic Marine Living Resources
Antarctic Seals: Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals
ANZUS: Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty
APEC: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Arabsat: Arab Satellite Communications Organization
ARF: ASEAN Regional Forum
AsDB: Asian Development Bank
ASEAN: Association of Southeast Asian Nations
AU: African Union
Autodin: Automatic Digital Network
BA: Baltic Assembly
bbl/day: barrels per day
BCIE: Central American Bank for Economic Integration
BDEAC: Central African States Development Bank
Benelux: Benelux Economic Union
BIMSTEC: Bay of Bengal Iniative for Multisectoral Technical and
Economic Cooperation
Biodiversity: Convention on Biological Diversity
BGN: United States Board on Geographic Names
BIS: Bank for International Settlements
BSEC: Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone
C: Commonwealth
c.i.f.: cost, insurance, and freight
CACM: Central American Common Market
CAEU: Council of Arab Economic Unity
CAN: Andean Community of Nations
Caricom: Caribbean Community and Common Market
CB: citizen's band mobile radio communications
CBSS: Council of the Baltic Sea States
CCC: Customs Cooperation Council
CDB: Caribbean Development Bank
CE: Council of Europe
CEI: Central European Initiative
CEMAC: Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
CEPGL: Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries
CERN: European Organization for Nuclear Research
CEPT: Conference Europeanne des Poste et Telecommunications
CIS: Commonwealth of Independent States
CITES: see Endangered Species
Climate Change: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol: Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change
COCOM: Coordinating Committee on Export Controls
Comsat: Communications Satellite Corporation
COMESA: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
CTBTO: Preparation commission for the Nuclear-Ban-Treaty Operation
CY: calendar year
CP: Colombo Plan
DC: developed country
Desertification: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification,
Particularly in Africa
DDT: dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane
DIA: United States Defense Intelligence Agency
DSN: Defense Switched Network
DST: daylight savings time
DWT: deadweight ton
EADB: East African Development Bank
EAEC: Eurasian Economic Community
EAPC: Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
EBRD: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EC: European Community
ECA: Economic Commission for Africa
ECE: Economic Commission for Europe
ECLAC: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
ECO: Economic Cooperation Organization
ECOSOC: Economic and Social Council
ECOWAS: Economic Community of West African States
ECSC: European Coal and Steel Community
EEC: European Economic Community
EFTA: European Free Trade Association
EEZ: exclusive economic zone
EIB: European Investment Bank
EMU: European Monetary Union
Endangered Species: Convention on the International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES)
Entente: Council of the Entente
Environmental Modification: Convention on the Prohibition of Military
or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
ESA: European Space Agency
ESCAP: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
ESCWA: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
est.: estimate
EU: European Union
Euratom: European Atomic Energy Community
Eutelsat: European Telecommunications Satellite Organization
Ex-Im: Export-Import Bank of the United States
f.o.b.: free on board
FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization
FAX: facsimile
FLS: Front Line States
FOC: flags of convenience
FSU: former Soviet Union
FY: fiscal year
FZ: Franc Zone
G-2: Group of 2
G-3: Group of 3
G-5: Group of 5
G-6: Group of 6
G-7: Group of 7
G-8: Group of 8
G-9: Group of 9
G-10: Group of 10
G-15: Group of 15
G-11: Group of 11
G-24: Group of 24
G-77: Group of 77
GATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; now WTO
GCC: Gulf Cooperation Council
GCTU: General Confederation of Trade Unions
GDP: gross domestic product
GMT: Greenwich Mean Time
GNP: gross national product
GRT: gross register ton
GSM: global system for mobile cellular communications
GUAM: Organization for Democracy and Economic Development; acronym for
member states - Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova
GWP: gross world product
Hazardous Wastes: Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary
Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
HF: high-frequency
HIV/AIDS: human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency
syndrome
IADB: Inter-American Development Bank
IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency
IANA: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
IBRD: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World
Bank)
ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organization
ICC: International Chamber of Commerce
ICCt: International Criminal Court
ICJ: International Court of Justice (World Court)
ICRC: International Committee of the Red Cross
ICRM: International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
ICSID: International Center for Secretariat of Investment Disputes
ICTR: International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
ICTY: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
IDA: International Development Association
IDB: Islamic Development Bank
IDP: internally displaced person
IEA: International Energy Agency
IFAD: International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFC: International Finance Corporation
IFRCS: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
Societies
IGAD: Inter-Governmental Authority on Development
IHO: International Hydrographic Organization
ILO: International Labor Organization
IMF: International Monetary Fund
IMO: International Maritime Organization
Inmarsat: International Maritime Satellite Organization
InOC: Indian Ocean Commission
INSTRAW: International Research and Training Institute for the
Advancement of Women
Intelsat: International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
Interpol: International Criminal Police Organization
Intersputnik: International Organization of Space Communications
IOC: International Olympic Committee
IOM: International Organization for Migration
IPU: Inter-parliamentary Union
ISO: International Organization for Standardization
ISP: Internet Service Provider
ITU: International Telecommunication Union
ITUC: International Trade Union Confederation (the successor to ICFTU
(International Confederation of Free Trade Unions) and the WCL (World
Confederation of Labor)
kHz: kilohertz
km: kilometer
kW: kilowatt
kWh: kilowatt-hour
LAES: Latin American Economic System
LAIA: Latin American Integration Association
LAS: League of Arab States
Law of the Sea: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS)
LDC: less developed country
LLDC: least developed country
London Convention: see Marine Dumping
LOS: see Law of the Sea
m: meter
Marecs: Maritime European Communications Satellite
Marine Dumping: Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by
Dumping Wastes and Other Matter
Marine Life Conservation: Convention on Fishing and Conservation of
Living Resources of the High Seas
MARPOL: see Ship Pollution
Medarabtel: Middle East Telecommunications Project of the
International Telecommunications Union
Mercosur: Southern Cone Common Market
MHz: megahertz
MICAH: International Civilian Support Mission in Haiti
MINURSO: United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
MIGA: Multilateral Investment Geographic Agency
MINUSTAH: United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
MONUC: United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic
of the Congo
NA: not available
NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement
NAM: Nonaligned Movement
NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NC: Nordic Council
NEA: Nuclear Energy Agency
NEGL: negligible
NGA: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
NIB: Nordic Investment Bank
NIC: newly industrializing country
NIE: newly industrializing economy
NIS: new independent states
nm: nautical mile
NMT: Nordic Mobile Telephone
NSG: Nuclear Suppliers Group
Nuclear Test Ban: Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the
Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water
NZ: New Zealand
OAPEC: Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
OAS: Organization of American States
OAU: Organization of African Unity; see African Union
ODA: official development assistance
OECD: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OECS: Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
OHCHR: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
OIC: Organization of the Islamic Conference
OIF: International Organization of the French-speaking World
ONUB: United Nations Operation in Burundi
OOF: other official flows
OPANAL: Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America
and the Caribbean
OPCW: Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
OPEC: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OSCE: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Ozone Layer Protection: Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete
the Ozone Layer
PCA: Permanent Court of Arbitration
PFP: Partnership for Peace
PIF: Pacific Islands Forum
PPP: purchasing power parity
Ramsar: see Wetlands
RG: Rio Group
SAARC: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SACU: Southern African Customs Union
SACEP: South Asia Co-opeative Environment Programme
SADC: Southern African Development Community
SCO: Shanghai Cooperation Organization
SAFE: South African Far East Cable
SECI: Southeast European Cooperative Initiative
SHF: super-high-frequency
Ship Pollution: Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International
Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 (MARPOL)
Sparteca: South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation
Agreement
SPC: Secretariat of the Pacific Communities
SPF: South Pacific Forum
sq km: square kilometer
sq mi: square mile
TAT: Trans-Atlantic Telephone
Tropical Timber 83: International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983
Tropical Timber 94: International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994
UAE: United Arab Emirates
UDEAC: Central African Customs and Economic Union
UHF: ultra-high-frequency
UK: United Kingdom
UN: United Nations
UNAMSIL: United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
UNCLOS: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, also know as
LOS
UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDCP: United Nations Drug Control Program
UNDOF: United Nations Disengagement Observer Force
UNDP: United Nations Development Program
UNEP: United Nations Environment Program
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization
UNFICYP: United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus
UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund
UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF: United Nations Children's Fund
UNICRI: United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research
Institute
UNIDIR: United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
UNIDO: United Nations Industrial Development Organization
UNIFIL: United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
UNITAR: United Nations Institute for Training and Research
UNMEE: United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
UNMIK: United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
UNMIL: United Nations Mission in Liberia
UNMIT: United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste
UNMOGIP: United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan
UNMOVIC: United Nations Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection
Commission
UNOCI: United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire
UNOMIG: United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia
UNOPS: United Nations Office of Project Services
UNRISD: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
UNRWA: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees
in the Near East
UNSC: United Nations Security Council
UNSSC: Untied Nations System Staff College
UNTSO: United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
UNU: United Nations University
UNWTO: World Tourism Organization
UPU: Universal Postal Union
US: United States
USSR: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union); used for
information dated before 25 December 1991
UTC: Coordinated Universal Time
UV: ultra violet
VHF: very-high-frequency
VSAT: very small aperture terminal
WADB: West African Development Bank
WAEMU: West African Economic and Monetary Union
WCL: World Confederation of Labor
WCO: World Customs Organization
Wetlands: Convention on Wetlands of International Importance
Especially As Waterfowl Habitat
WEU: Western European Union
WFP: World Food Program
WFTU: World Federation of Trade Unions
Whaling: International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
WHO: World Health Organization
WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization
WMO: World Meteorological Organization
WP: Warsaw Pact
WTO: World Trade Organization
ZC: Zangger Committee
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Appendix B - International Organizations and Groups
advanced developing countries: another term for those less developed
countries (LDCs) with particularly rapid industrial development; see
newly industrializing economies (NIEs)
advanced economies: a term used by the International Monetary FUND
(IMF) for the top group in its hierarchy of advanced economies,
countries in transition, and developing countries; it includes the
following 28 advanced economies: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland,
Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Luxembourg, Netherlands, NZ, Norway,
Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, US; note -
this group would presumably also cover the following seven smaller
countries of Andorra, Bermuda, Faroe Islands, Holy See, Liechtenstein,
Monaco, and San Marino that are included in the more comprehensive
group of "developed countries"
African Development Bank (AfDB): note - its predecessor was
Organization of African Unity (OAU)
established - 9 September 1999
aim - to promote economic and social development
regional members - (53) Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso,
Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire,
Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The
Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya,
Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique,
Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal,
Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland,
Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
nonregional members - (24) Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada,
China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, South
Korea, Kuwait, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US
African Union (AU): note - replaces Organization of African Unity
(OAU)
established - 8 July 2001
aim - to achieve greater unity among African States; to defend states'
integrity and independence; to accelerate political, social, and
economic integration; to encourage international cooperation; to
promote democratic principles and institutions
members - (53) Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi,
Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire,
Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The
Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya,
Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia,
Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western
Sahara), Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone,
Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia,
Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP Group):
established - 6 June 1975
aim - to manage their preferential economic and aid relationship with
the EU
members - (79) Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados,
Belize, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde,
Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba,
Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho,
Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania,
Mauritius, Federated States of Micronesia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru,
Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and
Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome
and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands,
Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo,
Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the
Caribbean (OPANAL): note - acronym from Organismo para la Proscripcion
de las Armas Nucleares en la America Latina y el Caribe (OPANAL)
established - 14 February 1967 under the Treaty of Tlatelolco;
effective - 25 April 1969 on the 11th ratification
aim - to encourage the peaceful uses of atomic energy and prohibit
nuclear weapons
members - (33) Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, The Bahamas, Barbados,
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana,
Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
Andean Community of Nations (CAN): note - formerly known as the Andean
Group (AG), the Andean Parliament, and most recently as the Andean
Common Market (Ancom)
established - 26 May 1969; present name established 1 October 1992;
effective - 16 October 1969
aim - to promote harmonious development through economic integration
members - (5) Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
associate members - (5) Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
observers - (2) Mexico, Panama
Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (ABEDA): note - also
known as Banque Arabe de Developpement Economique en Afrique (BADEA)
established - 18 February 1974; effective - 16 September 1974
aim - to promote economic development
members - (17 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Algeria,
Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania,
Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE,
Palestine Liberation Organization; note - these are all the members of
the Arab League excluding Comoros, Djibouti, Somalia, Yemen
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD): established -
16 May 1968
aim - to promote economic and social development
members - (20 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Algeria,
Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq (suspended 1993), Jordan, Kuwait,
Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia
(suspended 1993), Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen, Palestine
Liberation Organization
Arab Maghreb Union (AMU): established - 17 February 1989
aim - to promote cooperation and integration among the Arab states of
northern Africa
members - (5) Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia
Arab Monetary Fund (AMF): established - 27 April 1976; effective - 2
February 1977
aim - to promote Arab cooperation, development, and integration in
monetary and economic affairs
members - (21 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Algeria,
Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon,
Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan,
Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen, Palestine Liberation Organization
Arctic Council: established - 18 September 1996
aim - to address the common concerns and challenges faced by Arctic
governments and the people of the Arctic; to protect the Arctic
environment
members - (8) Canada, Denmark (Greenland, Faroe Islands), Finland,
Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, US
permanent participants - (6) Aleut International Association, Arctic
Athabaskan Council, Gurch'in Council International, Inuit Circumpolar
Conference, Russian Association of Indigenous People of the North,
Saami Council
observers - (5) France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, UK
ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF): established - 25 July 1994
aim - to foster constructive dialogue and consultation on political and
security issues of common interest and concern
members - (26) Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Canada,
China, East Timor, EU, India, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, South
Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, NZ, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea,
Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, US, Vietnam
Asian Development Bank (AsDB): established - 19 December 1966
aim - to promote regional economic cooperation
members - (47) Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh,
Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, East Timor, Fiji,
Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, South Korea,
Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Federated
States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, NZ, Pakistan, Palau,
Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri
Lanka, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu,
Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam
nonregional members - (19) Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway,
Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC): established - 7 November
1989
aim - to promote trade and investment in the Pacific basin
members - (21) Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong,
Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, NZ, Papua New Guinea,
Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, US, Vietnam
observers - (3) Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Pacific
Economic Cooperation Council, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): established - 8 August
1967
aim - to encourage regional economic, social, and cultural cooperation
among the non-Communist countries of Southeast Asia
members - (10) Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia,
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
dialogue partners - (12) Australia, Canada, China, EU, India, Japan,
South Korea, NZ, Pakistan, Russia, US, UNDP
observers - (1) Papua New Guinea
Australia Group: established - June 1985
aim - to consult on and coordinate export controls related to chemical
and biological weapons
members - (40) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, European Commission,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Japan, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands,
NZ, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, UK, US
Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty (ANZUS):
established - 1 September 1951; effective - 29 April 1952
aim - to implement a trilateral mutual security agreement, although the
US suspended security obligations to NZ on 11 August 1986; Australia
and the US continue to hold annual meetings
members - (3) Australia, NZ, US
Baltic Assembly (BA): established - 12 May 1990
aim - to thoroughly discuss various cooperation issues between Baltic
states
members - (3) Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
Bay of Bengal Iniative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic
Coopertion (BIMSTEC): established - June 1997
aim - to foster socio-economic cooperation among members
members - (7) Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka,
Thailand
Bank for International Settlements (BIS): established - 20 January
1930; effective - 17 March 1930
aim - to promote cooperation among central banks in international
financial settlements
members - (55) Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, European Central Bank, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia,
Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania,
Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Philippines,
Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore,
Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand,
Turkey, UK, US; note - Serbia and Montenegro have separate central
banks; their links with BIS are currently under review
Benelux Economic Union (Benelux): note - acronym from Belgium,
Netherlands, and Luxembourg
established - 3 February 1958; effective - 1 November 1960
aim - to develop closer economic cooperation and integration
members - (3) Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands
Big Seven: note - membership is the same as the Group of 7
established - 1975
aim - to discuss and coordinate major economic policies
members - (7) Big Six (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK) plus
the US
Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone (BSEC): established - 25 June 1992
aim - to enhance regional stability through economic cooperation
members - (12) Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece,
Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine; note - Macedonia is
in the process of joining
observers - (16) Austria, Belarus, Black Sea Commission, Croatia, Czech
Republic, Egypt, Energy Charter Secretariat, France, Germany,
International Black Sea Club, Israel, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Tunisia,
US; note - Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia have applied for
observer status
Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom): established - 4 July
1973; effective - 1 August 1973
aim - to promote economic integration and development, especially among
the less developed countries
members - (15) Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize,
Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and
Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname,
Trinidad and Tobago
associate members - (5) Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands,
Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands
Caribbean Development Bank (CDB): established - 18 October 1969;
effective - 26 January 1970
aim - to promote economic development and cooperation
regional members - (20) Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas,
Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Colombia,
Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and
Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and
Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Venezuela
nonregional members - (5) Canada, China, Germany, Italy, UK
Central African Customs and Economic Union (UDEAC): see Monetary and
Economic Community of Central Africa (CEMAC)
Central African States Development Bank (BDEAC): note - acronym from
Banque de Developpement des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale
established - 3 December 1975
aim - to provide loans for economic development
members - (10) African Development Bank (AfDB), Cameroon, Central
African States Bank (BEAC), Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of
the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Kuwait
Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE): note - acronym
from Banco Centroamericano de Integracion Economico
established - 13 December 1960 signature of Articles of Agreement; 31
May 1961 began operations
aim - to promote economic integration and development
members - (5) Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
nonregional members - (5) Argentina, China, Colombia, Mexico, Spain
Central American Common Market (CACM): established - 13 December 1960,
collapsed in 1969, reinstated in 1991
aim - to promote establishment of a Central American Common Market
members - (5) Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua;
note - Panama, although not a member, pursues full regional cooperation
Central European Initiative (CEI): note - evolved from the
Quadrilateral Initiative and the Hexagonal Initiative
established - 11 November 1989 as the Quadrilateral Initiative, 27 July
1991 became the Hexagonal Initiative, July 1992 its present name was
adopted
aim - to form an economic and political cooperation group for the
region between the Adriatic and the Baltic Seas
members - (18) Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Moldova,
Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
centrally planned economies: a term applied mainly to the
traditionally Communist states that looked to the former USSR for
leadership; most are now evolving toward more democratic and market-
oriented systems; also known formerly as the Second World or as as the
Communist countries; through the 1980s, this group included Albania,
Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, German Democratic
Republic, Hungary, North Korea, Laos, Mongolia, Montenegro, Poland,
Romania, Serbia, USSR, Vietnam
Colombo Plan (CP): established - May 1950 proposal was adopted; 1 July
1951 commenced full operations
aim - to promote economic and social development in Asia and the
Pacific
members - (25) Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Fiji,
India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives,
Mongolia, Nepal, NZ, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines,
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, US, Vietnam
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA): note -
formerly known as Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern
Africa (PTA)
established - 5 November 1993
aim - recognizing, promoting and protecting fundamental human rights,
commitment to the principles of liberty and rule of law, maintaining
peace and stability through the promotion and strengthening of good
neighborliness, commitment to peaceful settlement of disputes among
member states
members - (20) Angola, Burundi, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar,
Malawi, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda,
Zambia, Zimbabwe
Commonwealth (C): note - also known as Commonwealth of Nations
established - 31 December 1931
aim - to foster multinational cooperation and assistance, as a
voluntary association that evolved from the British Empire
members - (53) Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Bangladesh,
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Cyprus, Dominica,
Fiji, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya,
Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius,
Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, NZ, Nigeria, Pakistan (suspended), Papua
New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon
Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad
and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, UK, Vanuatu, Zambia; note - on 7 December
2003 Zimbabwe withdrew its membership from the Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS): established - 8 December
1991; effective - 21 December 1991
aim - to coordinate intercommonwealth relations and to provide a
mechanism for the orderly dissolution of the USSR
members - (12) Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,
Uzbekistan
Communist countries: traditionally the Marxist-Leninist states with
authoritarian governments and command economies based on the Soviet
model; most of the original and the successor states are no longer
Communist; see centrally planned economies
Coordinating Committee on Export Controls (COCOM): established in 1949
to control the export of strategic products and technical data from
member countries to proscribed destinations; members were: Australia,
Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan,
Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, UK, US;
abolished 31 March 1994; COCOM members established a new organization,
the Wassenaar Arrangement, with expanded membership on 12 July 1996
that focuses on nonproliferation export controls as opposed to East-
West control of advanced technology
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CEMA): note - also known as
CMEA or Comecon
established 25 January 1949 to promote the development of socialist
economies and abolished 1 January 1991; members included Afghanistan
(observer), Albania (had not participated since 1961 break with USSR),
Angola (observer), Bulgaria, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia (observer),
GDR, Hungary, Laos (observer), Mongolia, Mozambique (observer),
Nicaragua (observer), Poland, Romania, USSR, Vietnam, Yemen (observer),
Yugoslavia (associate)
Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU): established - 3 June 1957;
effective - 30 May 1964
aim - to promote economic integration among Arab nations
members - (10 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Egypt, Iraq,
Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen,
Palestine Liberation Organization
Council of Europe (CE): established - 5 May 1949; effective - 3 August
1949
aim - to promote increased unity and quality of life in Europe
members - (46) Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, UK
observers - (5) Canada, Holy See, Japan, Mexico, US
Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS): established - 6 March 1992
aim - to promote cooperation among the Baltic Sea states in the areas
of aid to new democratic institutions, economic development,
humanitarian aid, energy and the environment, cultural programs and
education, and transportation and communication
members - (12) Denmark, Estonia, EC, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia,
Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden
observers - (7) France, Italy, Netherlands, Slovakia, Ukraine, UK, US
Council of the Entente (Entente): established - 29 May 1959
aim - to promote economic, social, and political coordination
members - (5) Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Niger, Togo
countries in transition: a term used by the International Monetary
Fund (IMF) for the middle group in its hierarchy of advanced economies,
countries in transition, and developing countries; IMF statistics
include the following 28 countries in transition: Albania, Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech
Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia,
Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania,
Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,
Uzbekistan; note - this group is identical to the group traditionally
referred to as the "former USSR/Eastern Europe" except for the addition
of Mongolia
Customs Cooperation Council (CCC): note - see World Customs
Organization (WCO)
developed countries (DCs): the top group in the hierarchy of developed
countries (DCs), former USSR/Eastern Europe (former USSR/EE), and less
developed countries (LDCs); includes the market-oriented economies of
the mainly democratic nations in the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD), Bermuda, Israel, South Africa, and
the European ministates; also known as the First World, high-income
countries, the North, industrial countries; generally have a per capita
GDP in excess of $10,000 although four OECD countries and South Africa
have figures well under $10,000 and two of the excluded OPEC countries
have figures of more than $10,000; the 34 DCs are: Andorra, Australia,
Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Holy See, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy,
Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, NZ,
Norway, Portugal, San Marino, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey, UK, US; note - similar to the new International Monetary Fund
(IMF) term "advanced economies" that adds Hong Kong, South Korea,
Singapore, and Taiwan but drops Malta, Mexico, South Africa, and Turkey
developing countries: a term used by the International Monetary Fund
(IMF) for the bottom group in its hierarchy of advanced economies,
countries in transition, and developing countries; IMF statistics
include the following 126 developing countries: Afghanistan, Algeria,
Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, The Bahamas, Bahrain,
Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil,
Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central
African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote
d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,
Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, The
Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana,
Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya,
Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar,
Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania,
Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Morocco, Mozambique,
Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman,
Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar,
Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal,
Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri
Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo,
Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu,
Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe; note - this category would
presumably also cover the following 46 other countries that are
traditionally included in the more comprehensive group of "less
developed countries": American Samoa, Anguilla, British Virgin Islands,
Brunei, Cayman Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Cook Islands,
Cuba, Eritrea, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gaza
Strip, Gibraltar, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guernsey, Isle
of Man, Jersey, North Korea, Macau, Martinique, Mayotte, Montserrat,
Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands,
Palau, Pitcairn Islands, Puerto Rico, Reunion, Saint Helena, Saint
Pierre and Miquelon, Tokelau, Tonga, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu,
Virgin Islands, Wallis and Futuna, West Bank, Western Sahara
East African Development Bank (EADB): established - 6 June 1967;
effective - 1 December 1967
aim - to promote economic development
members - (3) Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
East Asia Summit (EAS): established - 14 December 2005
aim - to promote cooperation in political and security issues; to
promote development, financial stability, energy security, economic
integration and growth; to eradicate poverty and narrow the development
gap in East Asia, and to promote deeper cultural understanding
members - (16) Australia, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, India,
Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, NZ, Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC): note - was
formerly the Central African Customs and Economic Union (UDEAC)
established - 8 December 1964; effective - 1 January 1966
aim - to promote the establishment of a Central African Common Market
members - (6) Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the
Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
Economic and Monetary Union (EMU): note - an integral part of the
European Union; also known as the European Economic and Monetary Union
established - 1-2 December 1969 (proposed at summit conference of heads
of government; 7 February 1992 (Maastricht Treaty signed)
aim - to promote a single market by creating a single currency, the
euro; timetable - 2 May 1998: European exchange rates fixed for 1
January 1999; 1 January 1999: all banks and stock exchanges begin using
euros; 1 January 2002: the euro goes into circulation; 1 July 2002
local currencies no longer accepted
members - (12) Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC): established - 26 June 1945;
effective - 24 October 1945
aim - to coordinate the economic and social work of the UN; includes
five regional commissions (Economic Commission for Africa, Economic
Commission for Europe, Economic Commission for Latin America and the
Caribbean, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific,
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia) and nine functional
commissions (Commission for Social Development, Commission on Human
Rights, Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Commission on the Status of
Women, Commission on Population and Development, Statistical
Commission, Commission on Science and Technology for Development,
Commission on Sustainable Development, and Commission on Crime
Prevention and Criminal Justice)
members - (54) selected on a rotating basis from all regions
Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL): note -
acronym from Communaute Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs
established - 20 September 1976
aim - to promote regional economic cooperation and integration
members - (3) Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda; note -
organization collapsed because of fighting in 1998; reactivated in 2006
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS): established - 28
May 1975
aim - to promote regional economic cooperation
members - (15) Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, The
Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria,
Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO): established - 27-29 January
1985
aim - to promote regional cooperation in trade, transportation,
communications, tourism, cultural affairs, and economic development
members - (10) Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC): note - began as the North
Atlantic Cooperation Council (NACC); an extension of NATO
established - 8 November 1991; effective - 20 December 1991
aim - to discuss cooperation on mutual political and security issues
members - (46) Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium,
Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,
France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia,
Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey,
Turkmenistan, Ukraine, UK, US, Uzbekistan
Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC): established - May 2001
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD): established -
8-9 January 1990 (proposals made); 15 April 1991 (bank inaugurated)
aim - to facilitate the transition of seven centrally planned economies
in Europe (Bulgaria, former Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania,
former USSR, and former Yugoslavia) to market economies by committing
60% of its loans to privatization
members - (63) Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan,
Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, EC, European Investment Bank
(EIB), Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea,
Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia,
Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, NZ,
Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,
UK, US, Uzbekistan
European Community (or European Communities, EC): established 8 April
1965 to integrate the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), the
European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), the European Economic
Community (EEC or Common Market), and to establish a completely
integrated common market and an eventual federation of Europe; merged
into the European Union (EU) on 7 February 1992; member states at the
time of merger were Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland,
Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, UK
European Free Trade Association (EFTA): established - 4 January 1960;
effective - 3 May 1960
aim - to promote expansion of free trade
members - (4) Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland
European Investment Bank (EIB): established - 25 March 1957; effective
- 1 January 1958
aim - to promote economic development of the EU and its predecessors,
the EEC and the EC
members - (25) Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN): note - acronym
retained from the predecessor organization Conseil Europeenne pour la
Recherche Nucleaire
established - 1 July 1953; effective - 29 September 1954
aim - to foster nuclear research for peaceful purposes only
members - (20) Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
observers - (8) European Commission, India, Israel, Japan, Russia,
Turkey, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO), US
European Space Agency (ESA): established - 31 May 1975
aim - to promote peaceful cooperation in space research and technology
members - (17) Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
cooperating states - (4) Canada, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania
European Union (EU): note - see European Union entry at the end of the
"country" listings
First World: another term for countries with advanced, industrialized
economies; this term is fading from use; see developed countries (DCs)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO): established - 16 October 1945
aim - to raise living standards and increase availability of
agricultural products; a UN specialized agency
members - (190) includes all UN member countries except Andorra,
Brunei, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, and Singapore (187 total); plus Cook
Islands, EC, and Niue
former Soviet Union (FSU): former term often used to identify as a
group the successor nations to the Soviet Union or USSR; this group of
15 countries consists of: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia,
Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
former USSR/Eastern Europe (former USSR/EE): the middle group in the
hierarchy of developed countries (DCs), former USSR/Eastern Europe
(former USSR/EE), and less developed countries (LDCs); these countries
are in political and economic transition and may well be grouped
differently in the near future; this group of 27 countries consists of:
Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland,
Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,
Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia; this group is identical to the IMF group
"countries in transition" except for the IMF's inclusion of Mongolia
Four Dragons: the four small Asian less developed countries (LDCs)
that have experienced unusually rapid economic growth; also known as
the Four Tigers; this group consists of Hong Kong, South Korea,
Singapore, Taiwan; these countries are included in the IMF's "advanced
economies" group
Franc Zone (FZ): note - also known as Conference des Ministres des
Finances des Pays de la Zone Franc
established - 1964
aim - to form a monetary union among countries whose currencies
were0000000 linked to the French franc
members - (16) Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic,
Chad, Comoros, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea,
France, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo
Front Line States (FLS): established to achieve black majority rule in
South Africa; has since gone out of existence; members included Angola,
Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT): see the World Trade
Organization (WTO)
General Confederation of Trade Unions (GFTU): established - 16 April
1992
aim - to consolidate trade union actions to protect citizens' social
and labor rights and interests, to help secure trade unions' rights and
guarantees, and to strengthen international trade union solidarity
members - (11) Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Group of 2 (G-2): informal term that came into use about 1986; to
facilitate bilateral economic cooperation between the two most powerful
economic giants; members were Japan, US
Group of 3 (G-3): established - September 1990
aim - mechanism for policy coordination
members - (3) Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela
Group of 5 (G-5): established - 22 September 1985
aim - to coordinate the economic policies of five major noncommunist
economic powers
members - (5) France, Germany, Japan, UK, US
Group of 6 (G-6): note - also known as Groupe des Six Sur le
Desarmement; not to be confused with the Big Six
established - 22 May 1984
aim - to achieve nuclear disarmament
members - (6) Argentina, Greece, India, Mexico, Sweden, Tanzania
Group of 7 (G-7): note - membership is the same as the Big Seven
established - 22 September 1985
aim - to facilitate economic cooperation among the seven major
noncommunist economic powers
members - (7) Group of 5 (France, Germany, Japan, UK, US) plus Canada
and Italy
Group of 8 (G-8): established - October 1975
aim - to facilitate economic cooperation among the developed countries
(DCs) that participated in the Conference on International Economic
Cooperation (CIEC), held in several sessions between December 1975 and
3 June 1977
members - (8) Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, UK, US
Group of 9 (G-9): established - NA
aim - to discuss matters of mutual interest on an informal basis
members - (9) Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Hungary,
Romania, Serbia, Sweden
Group of 10 (G-10): note - also known as the Paris Club; includes the
wealthiest members of the IMF who provide most of the money to be
loaned and act as the informal steering committee; name persists
despite increased membership
established - October 1962
aim - to coordinate credit policy
members - (11) Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US
observers - (4) BIS, EU, IMF, OECD
Group of 11 (G-11): note - also known as the Cartagena Group
established in 21-22 June 1984, in Cartagena, Colombia, aim was to
provide a forum for largest debtor nations in Latin America; members
were: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
Group of 15 (G-15): note - byproduct of the Nonaligned Movement; name
persists despite increased membership
established - September 1989
aim - to promote economic cooperation among developing nations; to act
as the main political organ for the Nonaligned Movement
members - (19) Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Egypt,
India, Indonesia, Iran, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria,
Peru, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
Group of 24 (G-24): established - 1 August 1989
aim - to promote the interests of developing countries in Africa, Asia,
and Latin America within the IMF
members - (24) Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana,
Guatemala, India, Iran, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru,
Philippines, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago,
Venezuela
observers - (1) China
Group of 77 (G-77): established - 15 June1964; October 1967 first
ministerial meeting
aim - to promote economic cooperation among developing countries; name
persists in spite of increased membership
members - (130 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Afghanistan,
Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, The Bahamas, Bahrain,
Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi,
Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile,
China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of
the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica,
Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial
Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada,
Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India,
Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, North Korea, Kuwait,
Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia,
Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Federated
States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal,
Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea,
Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and
Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome
and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone,
Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan,
Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad
and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, UAE, Uruguay, Vanuatu,
Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Palestine Liberation
Organization
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): note - also known as the Cooperation
Council for the Arab States of the Gulf
established - 25 May 1981
aim - to promote regional cooperation in economic, social, political,
and military affairs
members - (6) Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE
Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM): note-
acronym standing for the member countries, Georgia, Ukraine,
Azerbaijan, Moldova; formerly known as GUUAM before Uzbekistan withdrew
in 5 May 2005
established - 7 June 2001
aim - commits the countries to cooperation and assistance in social and
economic development, the strengthening and broadening of trade and
economic relations, and the development and effective use of transport
and communications, highways, and related infrastructure crossing the
boundaries of the member states
members - (4) Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine
high income countries: another term for the industrialized countries
with high per capita GDPs; see developed countries (DCs)
Indian Ocean Commission (InOC): established - 21 December 1982
aim - to organize and promote regional cooperation in all sectors,
especially economic
members - (5) Comoros, France (for Reunion), Madagascar, Mauritius,
Seychelles
industrial countries: another term for the developed countries; see
developed countries (DCs)
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB): note - also known as Banco
Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID)
established - 8 April 1959; effective - 30 December 1959
aim - to promote economic and social development in Latin America
members - (47) Argentina, Austria, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium,
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia,
Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, France,
Germany, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Israel, Italy, Jamaica,
Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama,
Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Suriname, Sweden,
Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela
Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD): note - formerly
known as Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development
(IGADD)
established - 15-16 January 1986 as the Inter-Governmental Authority on
Drought and Development; revitalized - 21 March 1996 as the Inter-
Governmental Authority on Development
aim - to promote a social, economic, and scientific community among its
members
members - (7) Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan,
Uganda
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU): established - 1889
aim - fosters contacts among parliamentarians, considers and expresses
views of international interest and concern with the purpose of
bringing about action by parliaments and parliamentarians, contributes
to the defense and promotion of human rights, contributes to better
knowledge of representative institutions
members - (148) Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia,
Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium,
Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria,
Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile,
China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the
Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador,
Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia,
Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Hungary, Iceland, India,
Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazahstan,
Kenya, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia,
Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritius,
Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique,
Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway,
Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines,
Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Somalia, Samoa, San
Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia,
Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan,
Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Tajikistan, Thailand,
Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, Uruguay, Uzbekistan,
Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
associate members - (7) Andean Parliament, Central American Parliament,
Community Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States,
East African Legislative Assembly, European Parliament, Latin American
Parliament, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): established - 26 October
1956; effective - 29 July 1957
aim - to promote peaceful uses of atomic energy
members - (145) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina,
Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium,
Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil,
Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Cameroon, Canada, Central African
Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador,
Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, Georgia, Germany,
Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland,
India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan,
Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia,
Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands,
Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro,
Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger,
Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines,
Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal,
Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South
Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria,
Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine,
UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia,
Zimbabwe
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD): note -
also known as the World Bank
established - 22 July 1944; effective - 27 December 1945
aim - to provide economic development loans; a UN specialized agency
members - (185) includes all UN member countries except Andorra, Cuba,
North Korea, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Nauru, and Tuvalu
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC): established - 1919
aim - to promote free trade and private enterprise and to represent
business interests at national and international levels
members - (91 national committees) Algeria, Argentina, Australia,
Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon,
Canada, Caribbean, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El
Salvador, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala,
Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel,
Italy, Japan, Jordan, South Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Nepal,
Netherlands, NZ, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines,
Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal,
Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka,
Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia,
Turkey, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO): established - 7
December 1944; effective - 4 April 1947
aim - to promote international cooperation in civil aviation; a UN
specialized agency
members - (189) includes all UN member countries except Dominica,
Liechtenstein, Montenegro, and Tuvalu (188 total); plus Cook Islands
International Civilian Support Mission in Haiti (MICAH): established
17 December 1999 to promote respect for human rights; members included
Argentina, Benin, Canada, France, India, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo,
Tunisia, US; closed 2001
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC): established - 17
February 1863
aim - to provide humanitarian aid in wartime
members - (15-25 individuals) all Swiss nationals
International Court of Justice (ICJ): note - also known as the World
Court
established - 3 February 1946 superseded Permanent Court of
International Justice
aim - primary judicial organ of the UN
members - (15 judges) elected by the UN General Assembly and Security
Council to represent all principal legal systems
International Criminal Court (ICCt): established - 11 April 2002
aim - to hold all individuals and countries accountable to
international laws of conduct; to specify international standards of
conduct; to provide an important mechanism for implementing these
standards; to ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice
members (countries that have ratified the treaty) - (104) Afghanistan,
Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria,
Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada,
Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic
of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus,
Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador,
Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany,
Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia,
Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Malta,
Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia,
Nauru, Netherlands, NZ, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,
Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint
Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone,
Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Tajikistan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, UK, Uruguay,
Venezuela, Zambia; note - Comoros and Saint Kitts and Nevis became full
members on 1 November 2006
signatory states (countries that have signed, but not ratified, the
treaty) - (39) Algeria, Angola, Armenia, The Bahamas, Bahrain,
Bangladesh, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chile, Cote d'Ivoire, Czech Republic,
Egypt, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Iran, Jamaica, Kuwait,
Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, Mozambique, Oman,
Philippines, Russia, Saint Lucia, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles,
Solomon Islands, Sudan, Syria, Thailand, Ukraine, UAE, Uzbekistan,
Yemen, Zimbabwe
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol): established -
September 1923 set up as the International Criminal Police Commission;
13 June 1956 constitution modified and present name adopted
aim - to promote international cooperation among police authorities in
fighting crime
members - (186) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua
and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan,
The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize,
Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil,
Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon,
Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China,
Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the
Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor,
Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia,
Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany,
Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana,
Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq,
Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya,
South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho,
Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia,
Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands,
Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro,
Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands
Antilles, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan,
Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland,
Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint
Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Sao Tome and
Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone,
Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka,
Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan,
Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey,
Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan,
Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
subbureaus - (11) American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin
Islands, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Macau, Montserrat,
Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands
International Development Association (IDA): established - 26 January
1960; effective - 24 September 1960
aim - to provide economic loans for low-income countries; UN
specialized agency and IBRD affiliate
members - (166)