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Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2003 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 99.29 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 91.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
male: 106.58 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 35.25 years
male: 35.25 years
female: 35.25 years (2003 est.)

Total fertility rate:
5.25 children born/woman (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
21.5% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
1.2 million (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
120,000 (2001 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Zambian(s)
adjective: Zambian

Ethnic groups:
African 98.7%, European 1.1%, other 0.2%

Religions:
Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1%

Languages:
English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda,
Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write English
total population: 80.6%
male: 86.8%
female: 74.8% (2003 est.)

Government Zambia

Country name:
conventional long form: Republic of Zambia
conventional short form: Zambia
former: Northern Rhodesia

Government type:
republic

Capital:
Lusaka

Administrative divisions:
9 provinces; Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka,
Northern, North-Western, Southern, Western

Independence:
24 October 1964 (from UK)

National holiday:
Independence Day, 24 October (1964)

Constitution:
2 August 1991

Legal system:
based on English common law and customary law; judicial review of
legislative acts in an ad hoc constitutional council; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Suffrage:
18 years of age; universal

Executive branch:
chief of state: President Levy MWANAWASA (since 2 January 2002);
Vice President Nevers MUMBA (since May 2003); note - the president
is both the chief of state and head of government
head of government: President Levy MWANAWASA (since 2 January 2002);
Vice President Nevers MUMBA (since May 2003); note - the president
is both the chief of state and head of government
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president from among the members
of the National Assembly
elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term;
election last held 27 December 2001 (next to be held NA December
2006); vice president appointed by the president
election results: Levy MWANAWASA elected president; percent of vote
- Levy MWANAWASA 29%, Anderson MAZOKA 27%, Christon TEMBO 13%,
Tilyenji KAUNDA 10%, Godfrey MIYANDA 8%, Benjamin MWILA 5%, Michael
SATA 3%, other 5%

Legislative branch:
unicameral National Assembly (150 seats; members are elected by
popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 27 December 2001 (next to be held NA December
2006)
election results: percent of vote by party - MMD 45.9%, UPND 32.4%,
UNIP 8.8%, FDD 8.1%, HP 2.7%, PF 0.7%, ZRP 0.7%, independents 0.7%;
seats by party - MMD 68, UPND 48, UNIP 13, FDD 12, HP 4, PF 1, ZRP
1, independents 1; seats not determined 2

Judicial branch:
Supreme Court (the final court of appeal; justices are appointed by
the president); High Court (has unlimited jurisdiction to hear civil
and criminal cases)

Political parties and leaders:
Agenda for Zambia or AZ [Inonge MBIKUSITA-LEWANIKA]; Forum for
Democracy and Development or FDD [Christon TEMBO]; Heritage Party or
HP [Godfrey MIYANDA]; Liberal Progressive Front or LPF [Roger
CHONGWE, president]; Movement for Multiparty Democracy or MMD [Levy
MWANAWASA, acting president]; National Leadership for Development or
NLD [Yobert SHAMAPANDE]; National Party or NP [Dr. Sam CHIPUNGU];
Patriotic Front or PF [Michael SATA]; Zambian Republican Party or
ZRP [Benjamin MWILA]; Social Democratic Party or SDP [Gwendoline
KONIE]; United National Independence Party or UNIP [Francis NKHOMA,
president]; United Party for National Development or UPND [Anderson
MAZOKA]

Political pressure groups and leaders:
NA

International organization participation:
ACP, AfDB, C, ECA, FAO, G-19, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICFTU,
ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU,
MONUC, NAM, OAU, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNAMSIL, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
UNIDO, UNMEE, UNMIK, UPU, WCL, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

Diplomatic representation in the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Inonge MBIKUSITA-LEWANIKA
FAX: [1] (202) 332-0826
telephone: [1] (202) 265-9717 through 9719
chancery: 2419 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

Diplomatic representation from the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Martin George BRENNAN
embassy: corner of Independence and United Nations Avenues
mailing address: P. O. Box 31617, Lusaka
telephone: [260] (1) 250-955
FAX: [260] (1) 252-225

Flag description:
green with a panel of three vertical bands of red (hoist side),
black, and orange below a soaring orange eagle, on the outer edge of
the flag

Economy Zambia

Economy - overview:
Despite progress in privatization and budgetary reform, Zambia's
economic growth remains below the 5% to 7% necessary to reduce
poverty significantly. Privatization of government-owned copper
mines relieved the government from covering mammoth losses generated
by the industry and greatly improved the chances for copper mining
to return to profitability and spur economic growth. However, low
mineral prices have slowed the benefits of privatizing the mines and
have reduced incentives for further private investment in the
sector. Cooperation continues with international bodies on programs
to reduce poverty.

GDP:
purchasing power parity - $8.24 billion (2002 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
2.3% (2002 est.)

GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $800 (2002 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 22%
industry: 26%
services: 52% (2001)

Population below poverty line:
86% (1993)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 1.1%
highest 10%: 41% (1998)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
52.6 (1998)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
21% (2002 est.)

Labor force:
4.29 million (2000)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 85%, industry 6%, services 9%

Unemployment rate:
50% (2000 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $1.2 billion
expenditures: $1.25 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA
(2001 est.)

Industries:
copper mining and processing, construction, foodstuffs, beverages,
chemicals, textiles, fertilizer, horticulture

Industrial production growth rate:
5.1% (2001 est.)

Electricity - production:
7.751 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 0.5%
hydro: 99.5%
other: 0% (2001)
nuclear: 0%

Electricity - consumption:
5.458 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - exports:
1.75 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2001)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
11,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA (2001)

Agriculture - products:
corn, sorghum, rice, peanuts, sunflower seed, vegetables, flowers,
tobacco, cotton, sugarcane, cassava (tapioca); cattle, goats, pigs,
poultry, milk, eggs, hides; coffee

Exports:
$709 million f.o.b. (2001)

Exports - commodities:
copper 55%, cobalt, electricity, tobacco, flowers, cotton

Exports - partners:
Malawi 10.3%, Thailand 9.2%, Japan 9.1%, Saint Pierre and Miquelon
9.1%, Taiwan 8.5%, South Africa 7.8%, Egypt 6.4%, China 6.3%,
Netherlands 5.5%, Tanzania 4.5% (2002)

Imports:
$1.123 billion f.o.b. (2001)

Imports - commodities:
machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products,
electricity, fertilizer; foodstuffs, clothing

Imports - partners:
South Africa 64.4%, US 3.7%, China 3.6% (2002)

Debt - external:
$5.8 billion (2001)

Economic aid - recipient:
$651 million (2000 est.)

Currency:
Zambian kwacha (ZMK)

Currency code:
ZMK

Exchange rates:
Zambian kwacha per US dollar - NA (2002), 3,610.93 (2001), 3,110.84
(2000), 2,388.02 (1999), 1,862.07 (1998)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Zambia

Telephones - main lines in use:
130,000 (including approximately 40,000 fixed telephones in
wireless local loop connections) (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
90,000 (2002)

Telephone system:
general assessment: facilities are aging but still among the best
in Sub-Saharan Africa
domestic: high-capacity microwave radio relay connects most larger
towns and cities; several cellular telephone services in operation;
Internet service is widely available; very small aperture terminal
(VSAT) networks are operated by private firms
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean
and 1 Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 19, FM 5, shortwave 4 (2001)

Radios:
1.2 million (2001)

Television broadcast stations:
9 (2002)

Televisions:
277,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.zm

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
5 (2001)

Internet users:
25,000 (2002)

Transportation Zambia

Railways:
total: 2,173 km
narrow gauge: 2,173 km 1.067-m gauge
note: includes 891 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority
(TAZARA) (2002)

Highways:
total: 66,781 km
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km (1999 est.)

Waterways:
2,250 km
note: includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi and Luapula rivers

Pipelines:
oil 771 km (2003)

Ports and harbors:
Mpulungu

Airports:
109 (2002)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 11
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (2002)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 98
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 63
under 914 m: 30 (2002)

Military Zambia

Military branches:
Army, Air Force, Police, paramilitary forces

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 2,418,776 (2003 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,279,846 (2003 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$33.46 million (FY02)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.9% (FY02)

Transnational Issues Zambia

Disputes - international:
dormant dispute remains where Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and
Zimbabwe boundaries converge

Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for moderate amounts of methaqualone, small
amounts of heroin, and cocaine bound for Southern Africa and
possibly Europe; a poorly developed financial infrastructure coupled
with a government commitment to combating money laundering make it
an unattractive venue for money launderers

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@Zimbabwe

Introduction Zimbabwe

Background:
The UK annexed Southern Rhodesia from the South Africa Company in
1923. A 1961 constitution was formulated that favored whites in
power. In 1965 the government unilaterally declared its
independence, but the UK did not recognize the act and demanded more
complete voting rights for the black African majority in the country
(then called Rhodesia). UN sanctions and a guerrilla uprising
finally led to free elections in 1979 and independence (as Zimbabwe)
in 1980. Robert MUGABE, the nation's first prime minister, has been
the country's only ruler (as president since 1987) and has dominated
the country's political system since independence. His chaotic land
redistribution campaign begun in 2000 caused an exodus of white
farmers, crippled the economy, and ushered in widespread shortages
of basic commodities. Ignoring international condemnation, MUGABE
rigged the 2002 presidential election to ensure his reelection.
Opposition and labor groups launched general strikes in 2003 to
pressure MUGABE to retire early; security forces continued their
brutal repression of regime opponents.

Geography Zimbabwe

Location:
Southern Africa, between South Africa and Zambia

Geographic coordinates:
20 00 S, 30 00 E

Map references:
Africa

Area:
total: 390,580 sq km
water: 3,910 sq km
land: 386,670 sq km

Area - comparative:
slightly larger than Montana

Land boundaries:
total: 3,066 km
border countries: Botswana 813 km, Mozambique 1,231 km, South Africa
225 km, Zambia 797 km

Coastline:
0 km (landlocked)

Maritime claims:
none (landlocked)

Climate:
tropical; moderated by altitude; rainy season (November to March)

Terrain:
mostly high plateau with higher central plateau (high veld);
mountains in east

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: junction of the Runde and Save rivers 162 m
highest point: Inyangani 2,592 m

Natural resources:
coal, chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron ore,
vanadium, lithium, tin, platinum group metals

Land use:
arable land: 8.4%
permanent crops: 0.34%
other: 91.26% (1998 est.)

Irrigated land:
1,170 sq km (1998 est.)

Natural hazards:
recurring droughts; floods and severe storms are rare

Environment - current issues:
deforestation; soil erosion; land degradation; air and water
pollution; the black rhinoceros herd - once the largest
concentration of the species in the world - has been significantly
reduced by poaching; poor mining practices have led to toxic waste
and heavy metal pollution

Environment - international agreements:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered
Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Geography - note:
landlocked; the Zambezi forms a natural riverine boundary with
Zambia; in full flood (February-April) the massive Victoria Falls on
the river forms the world's largest curtain of falling water

People Zimbabwe

Population:
12,576,742
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower
life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower
population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2003 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 39.7% (male 2,517,608; female 2,471,342)
15-64 years: 56.8% (male 3,600,832; female 3,542,497)
65 years and over: 3.5% (male 224,631; female 219,832) (2003 est.)

Median age:
total: 18.9 years
female: 18.9 years (2002)
male: 18.9 years

Population growth rate:
0.83% (2003 est.)

Birth rate:
30.34 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Death rate:
22.02 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Net migration rate:
NEGL migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa
and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2003 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.02 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2003 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 66.47 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 63.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
male: 69.17 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 39.01 years
male: 40.09 years
female: 37.89 years (2003 est.)

Total fertility rate:
3.66 children born/woman (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
33.7% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
2.3 million (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
200,000 (2001 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Zimbabwean(s)
adjective: Zimbabwean

Ethnic groups:
African 98% (Shona 82%, Ndebele 14%, other 2%), mixed and Asian 1%,
white less than 1%

Religions:
syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian
25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1%

Languages:
English (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele,
sometimes called Ndebele), numerous but minor tribal dialects

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write English
total population: 90.7%
male: 94.2%
female: 87.2% (2003 est.)

Government Zimbabwe

Country name:
conventional long form: Republic of Zimbabwe
conventional short form: Zimbabwe
former: Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia

Government type:
parliamentary democracy

Capital:
Harare

Administrative divisions:
8 provinces and 2 cities* with provincial status; Bulawayo*,
Harare*, Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East,
Mashonaland West, Masvingo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South,
Midlands

Independence:
18 April 1980 (from UK)

National holiday:
Independence Day, 18 April (1980)

Constitution:
21 December 1979

Legal system:
mixture of Roman-Dutch and English common law

Suffrage:
18 years of age; universal

Executive branch:
chief of state: Executive President Robert Gabriel MUGABE (since 31
December 1987); Joseph MSIKA (since 23 December 1999); note - the
president is both the chief of state and head of government
head of government: Executive President Robert Gabriel MUGABE (since
31 December 1987); Joseph MSIKA (since 23 December 1999); note - the
president is both the chief of state and head of government
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president; responsible to the
House of Assembly
elections: presidential candidates nominated with a nomination paper
signed by at least 10 registered voters (at least one from each
province) and elected by popular vote; election last held 9-11 March
2002 (next to be held NA March 2008); co-vice presidents appointed
by the president
election results: Robert Gabriel MUGABE reelected president; percent
of vote - Robert Gabriel MUGABE 56.2%, Morgan TSVANGIRAI 41.9%

Legislative branch:
unicameral House of Assembly (150 seats - 120 elected by popular
vote for five-year terms, 12 nominated by the president, 10 occupied
by traditional chiefs chosen by their peers, and 8 occupied by
provincial governors appointed by the president)
elections: last held 24-25 June 2000 (next to be held NA 2005)
election results: percent of vote by party - ZANU-PF 48.6%, MDC
47.0%, other 4.4%; seats by party - ZANU-PF 62, MDC 57, ZANU-Ndonga 1

Judicial branch:
Supreme Court; High Court

Political parties and leaders:
Movement for Democratic Change or MDC [Morgan TSVANGIRAI]; National
Alliance for Good Governance or NAGG [Shakespeare MAYA]; United
Parties [Abel MUZOREWA]; Zimbabwe African National Union-Ndonga or
ZANU-Ndonga [Wilson KUMBULA]; Zimbabwe African National
Union-Patriotic Front or ZANU-PF [Robert Gabriel MUGABE]; Zimbabwe
African Peoples Union or ZAPU [Agrippa MADLELA]

Political pressure groups and leaders:
National Constitutional Assembly or NCA [Lovemore MADHUKU]; Crisis
in Zimbabwe Coalition [Brian KAGORO]; Zimbabwe Congress of Trade
Unions or ZCTU [Lovemore MATOMBO]

International organization participation:
ACP, AfDB, C, ECA, FAO, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt
(signatory), ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol,
IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, NAM, OAU, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
UNIDO, UNMIK, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

Diplomatic representation in the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Simbi Veke MUBAKO
FAX: [1] (202) 483-9326
telephone: [1] (202) 332-7100
chancery: 1608 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009

Diplomatic representation from the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Joseph G. SULLIVAN
embassy: 172 Herbert Chitepo Avenue, Harare
mailing address: P. O. Box 3340, Harare
telephone: [263] (4) 250-593 and 250-594
FAX: [263] (4) 796488

Flag description:
seven equal horizontal bands of green, yellow, red, black, red,
yellow, and green with a white isosceles triangle edged in black
with its base on the hoist side; a yellow Zimbabwe bird representing
the long history of the country is superimposed on a red
five-pointed star in the center of the triangle, which symbolizes
peace; green symbolizes agriculture, yellow - mineral wealth, red -
blood shed to achieve independence, and black stands for the native
people

Economy Zimbabwe

Economy - overview:
The government of Zimbabwe faces a wide variety of difficult
economic problems as it struggles with an unsustainable fiscal
deficit, an overvalued exchange rate, soaring inflation, and bare
shelves. Its 1998-2002 involvement in the war in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo, for example, drained hundreds of millions of
dollars from the economy. Badly needed support from the IMF has been
suspended because of the country's failure to meet budgetary goals.
Inflation rose from an annual rate of 32% in 1998 to 59% in 1999, to
60% in 2000, to over 100% by yearend 2001, to 228% in early 2003.
The government's land reform program, characterized by chaos and
violence, has nearly destroyed the commercial farming sector, the
traditional source of exports and foreign exchange and the provider
of 400,000 jobs.

GDP:
purchasing power parity - $26.07 billion (2002 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
-13% (2002 est.)

GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $2,100 (2002 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 18%
industry: 24%
services: 58% (2001)

Population below poverty line:
70% (2002 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 1.97%
highest 10%: 40.42% (1995)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
50.1 (1995)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
134.5% (2002 est.)

Labor force:
5.8 million (2000 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 66%, services 24%, industry 10% (1996)

Unemployment rate:
70% (2002 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $2.5 billion
expenditures: $2.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA
(2000)

Industries:
mining (coal, gold, copper, nickel, tin, clay, numerous metallic
and nonmetallic ores), steel, wood products, cement, chemicals,
fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages

Industrial production growth rate:
-3.1% (2002 est.)

Electricity - production:
6.735 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 47%
hydro: 53%
other: 0% (2001)
nuclear: 0%

Electricity - consumption:
9.813 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2001)

Electricity - imports:
3.55 billion kWh (2001)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
23,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA (2001)

Agriculture - products:
corn, cotton, tobacco, wheat, coffee, sugarcane, peanuts; cattle,
sheep, goats, pigs

Exports:
$1.57 billion f.o.b. (2001 est.)

Exports - commodities:
tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, textiles/clothing

Exports - partners:
China 6%, South Africa 5.7%, Germany 5.4%, UK 4.8%, Japan 4.7%,
Netherlands 4.4%, US 4.1% (2002)

Imports:
$1.739 billion f.o.b. (2001 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, other manufactures, chemicals,
fuels

Imports - partners:
South Africa 47.7%, Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5.7%,
Mozambique 5.3% (2002)

Debt - external:
$3.9 billion (2002 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$178 million (2000 est.)

Currency:
Zimbabwean dollar (ZWD)

Currency code:
ZWD

Exchange rates:
Zimbabwean dollars per US dollar - 55 (2002), 55.05 (2001), 44.42
(2000), 38.3 (1999), 23.68 (1998)

Fiscal year:
1 January - 31 December

Communications Zimbabwe

Telephones - main lines in use:
212,000 (in addition, there are about 20,000 fixed telephones in
wireless local loop connections) (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
111,000 (2001)

Telephone system:
general assessment: system was once one of the best in Africa, but
now suffers from poor maintenance; more than 100,000 outstanding
requests for connection despite an equally large number of installed
but unused main lines
domestic: consists of microwave radio relay links, open-wire lines,
radiotelephone communication stations, fixed wireless local loop
installations, and a substantial mobile cellular network; Internet
connection is available in Harare and planned for all major towns
and for some of the smaller ones
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat; two
international digital gateway exchanges (in Harare and Gweru)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 7, FM 20 (plus 17 repeater stations), shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:
1.14 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
16 (1997)

Televisions:
370,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.zw

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
6 (2000)

Internet users:
100,000 (2002)

Transportation Zimbabwe

Railways:
total: 3,077 km
narrow gauge: 3,077 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified)
note: includes the 318 km Bulawayo-Beitbridge Railway Company line
(2002)

Highways:
total: 18,338 km
paved: 8,692 km
unpaved: 9,646 km (1999 est.)

Waterways:
chrome ore is transported from Harare - by way of the Mazoe River -
to the Zambezi River in Mozambique

Pipelines:
refined products 261 km (2003)

Ports and harbors:
Binga, Kariba

Airports:
430 (2002)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 17
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 8 (2002)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 413
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 197
under 914 m: 212 (2002)

Military Zimbabwe

Military branches:
Zimbabwe National Army, Air Force of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Republic
Police (includes Police Support Unit, Paramilitary Police)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 3,236,042 (2003 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 2,003,572 (2003 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$625.1 million (FY02)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
3.2% (FY02)

Transnational Issues Zimbabwe

Disputes - international:
dormant dispute remains where Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and
Zimbabwe boundaries converge

Illicit drugs:
transit point for African cannabis and South Asian heroin, mandrax,
and methamphetamines destined for the South African and European
markets

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Afghanistan
purchasing power parity - $19 billion (2002 est.)

Albania
purchasing power parity - $15.69 billion (2002 est.)

Algeria
purchasing power parity - $173.8 billion (2002 est.)

American Samoa
purchasing power parity - $500 million (2000 est.)

Andorra
purchasing power parity - $1.3 billion (2000 est.)

Angola
purchasing power parity - $18.36 billion (2002 est.)

Anguilla
purchasing power parity - $104 million (2001 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda
purchasing power parity - $750 million (2002
est.)

Argentina
purchasing power parity - $403.8 billion (2002 est.)

Armenia
purchasing power parity - $12.13 billion (2002 est.)

Aruba
purchasing power parity - $1.94 billion (2002 est.)

Australia
purchasing power parity - $525.5 billion (2002 est.)

Austria
purchasing power parity - $227.7 billion (2002 est.)

Azerbaijan
purchasing power parity - $28.61 billion (2002 est.)

Bahamas, The
purchasing power parity - $4.59 billion (2002 est.)

Bahrain
purchasing power parity - $9.91 billion (2002 est.)

Bangladesh
purchasing power parity - $238.2 billion (2002 est.)

Barbados
purchasing power parity - $4.153 billion (2002 est.)

Belarus
purchasing power parity - $90.19 billion (2002 est.)

Belgium
purchasing power parity - $299.7 billion (2002 est.)

Belize
purchasing power parity - $1.28 billion (2002 est.)

Benin
purchasing power parity - $7.38 billion (2002 est.)

Bermuda
purchasing power parity - $2.25 billion (2002 est.)

Bhutan
purchasing power parity - $2.7 billion (2002 est.)

Bolivia
purchasing power parity - $21.15 billion (2002 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
purchasing power parity - $7.3 billion (2002
est.)

Botswana
purchasing power parity - $13.48 billion (2002 est.)

Brazil
purchasing power parity - $1.376 trillion (2002 est.)

British Virgin Islands
purchasing power parity - $320 million (2002
est.)

Brunei
purchasing power parity - $6.5 billion (2002 est.)

Bulgaria
purchasing power parity - $49.23 billion (2002 est.)

Burkina Faso
purchasing power parity - $14.51 billion (2002 est.)

Burma
purchasing power parity - $73.69 billion (2002 est.)

Burundi
purchasing power parity - $3.146 billion (2002 est.)

Cambodia
purchasing power parity - $20.42 billion (2002 est.)

Cameroon
purchasing power parity - $26.84 billion (2002 est.)

Canada
purchasing power parity - $934.1 billion (2002 est.)

Cape Verde
purchasing power parity - $600 million (2002 est.)

Cayman Islands
purchasing power parity - $1.27 billion (2002 est.)

Central African Republic
purchasing power parity - $4.296 billion
(2002 est.)

Chad
purchasing power parity - $9.297 billion (2002 est.)

Chile
purchasing power parity - $156.1 billion (2002 est.)

China
purchasing power parity - $5.989 trillion (2002 est.)

Christmas Island
purchasing power parity - $NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
purchasing power parity - $NA

Colombia
purchasing power parity - $251.6 billion (2002 est.)

Comoros
purchasing power parity - $441 million (2002 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
purchasing power parity - $34
billion (2002 est.)

Congo, Republic of the
purchasing power parity - $2.5 billion (2002
est.)

Cook Islands
purchasing power parity - $105 million (2001 est.)

Costa Rica
purchasing power parity - $32 billion (2002 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire
purchasing power parity - $24.03 billion (2002 est.)

Croatia
purchasing power parity - $43.12 billion (2002 est.)

Cuba
purchasing power parity - $30.69 billion (2002 est.)

Cyprus
Greek Cypriot area: purchasing power parity - $9.4 billion
(2001 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: purchasing power parity - $787
million (2002 est.)

Czech Republic
purchasing power parity - $157.1 billion (2002 est.)

Denmark
purchasing power parity - $155.3 billion (2002 est.)

Djibouti
purchasing power parity - $619 million (2002 est.)

Dominica
purchasing power parity - $380 million (2002 est.)

Dominican Republic
purchasing power parity - $53.78 billion (2002
est.)

East Timor
purchasing power parity - $440 million (2001 est.)

Ecuador
purchasing power parity - $42.65 billion (2002 est.)

Egypt
purchasing power parity - $289.8 billion (2002 est.)

El Salvador
purchasing power parity - $29.41 billion (2002 est.)

Equatorial Guinea
purchasing power parity - $1.27 billion (2002 est.)

Eritrea
purchasing power parity - $3.3 billion (2002 est.)

Estonia
purchasing power parity - $15.52 billion (2002 est.)

Ethiopia
purchasing power parity - $48.53 billion (2002 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
purchasing power parity - $75
million (2002 est.)

Faroe Islands
purchasing power parity - $1 billion (2001 est.)

Fiji
purchasing power parity - $4.822 billion (2002 est.)

Finland
purchasing power parity - $133.8 billion (2002 est.)

France
purchasing power parity - $1.558 trillion (2002 est.)

French Guiana
purchasing power parity - $2.26 billion (2002 est.)

French Polynesia
purchasing power parity - $1.3 billion (2001 est.)

Gabon
purchasing power parity - $8.354 billion (2002 est.)

Gambia, The
purchasing power parity - $2.582 billion (2002 est.)

Gaza Strip
purchasing power parity - $735 million (2002 est.)

Georgia
purchasing power parity - $16.05 billion (2002 est.)

Germany
purchasing power parity - $2.16 trillion (2002 est.)

Ghana
purchasing power parity - $41.25 billion (2002 est.)

Gibraltar
purchasing power parity - $500 million (1997 est.)

Greece
purchasing power parity - $203.3 billion (2002 est.)

Greenland
purchasing power parity - $1.1 billion (2001 est.)

Grenada
purchasing power parity - $440 million (2002 est.)

Guadeloupe
purchasing power parity - $3.7 billion (1997 est.)

Guam
purchasing power parity - $3.2 billion (2000 est.)

Guatemala
purchasing power parity - $53.2 billion (2002 est.)

Guernsey
purchasing power parity - $1.3 billion (1999 est.)

Guinea
purchasing power parity - $18.69 billion (2002 est.)

Guinea-Bissau
purchasing power parity - $901.4 million (2002 est.)

Guyana
purchasing power parity - $2.628 billion (2002 est.)

Haiti
purchasing power parity - $10.6 billion (2002 est.)

Honduras
purchasing power parity - $16.29 billion (2002 est.)

Hong Kong
purchasing power parity - $198.5 billion (2002 est.)

Hungary
purchasing power parity - $134 billion (2002 est.)

Iceland
purchasing power parity - $8.444 billion (2002 est.)

India
purchasing power parity - $2.664 trillion (2002 est.)

Indonesia
purchasing power parity - $714.2 billion (2002 est.)

Iran
purchasing power parity - $458.3 billion (2002 est.)

Iraq
purchasing power parity - $58 billion (2002 est.)

Ireland
purchasing power parity - $113.7 billion (2002 est.)

Israel
purchasing power parity - $117.4 billion (2002 est.)

Italy
purchasing power parity - $1.455 trillion (2002 est.)

Jamaica
purchasing power parity - $10.08 billion (2002 est.)

Japan
purchasing power parity - $3.651 trillion (2002 est.)

Jersey
purchasing power parity - $2.2 billion (1999 est.)

Jordan
purchasing power parity - $22.63 billion (2002 est.)

Kazakhstan
purchasing power parity - $120 billion (2002 est.)

Kenya
purchasing power parity - $32.89 billion (2002 est.)

Kiribati
purchasing power parity - $79 million - supplemented by a
nearly equal amount from external sources (2001 est.)

Korea, North
purchasing power parity - $22.26 billion (2002 est.)

Korea, South
purchasing power parity - $941.5 billion (2002 est.)

Kuwait
purchasing power parity - $36.85 billion (2002 est.)

Kyrgyzstan
purchasing power parity - $13.88 billion (2002 est.)

Laos
purchasing power parity - $10.4 billion (2002 est.)

Latvia
purchasing power parity - $20.99 billion (2002 est.)

Lebanon
purchasing power parity - $17.61 billion (2002 est.)

Lesotho
purchasing power parity - $5.106 billion (2002 est.)

Liberia
purchasing power parity - $3.116 billion (2002 est.)

Libya
purchasing power parity - $33.36 billion (2002 est.)

Liechtenstein
purchasing power parity - $825 million (1999 est.)

Lithuania
purchasing power parity - $30.08 billion (2002 est.)

Luxembourg
purchasing power parity - $21.94 billion (2002 est.)

Macau
purchasing power parity - $8.6 billion (2002 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
purchasing power parity -
$10.57 billion (2002 est.)

Madagascar
purchasing power parity - $12.59 billion (2002)

Malawi
purchasing power parity - $6.811 billion (2002 est.)

Malaysia
purchasing power parity - $198.4 billion (2002 est.)

Maldives
purchasing power parity - $1.25 billion (2002 est.)

Mali
purchasing power parity - $9.775 billion (2002 est.)

Malta
purchasing power parity - $6.818 billion (2002 est.)

Man, Isle of
purchasing power parity - $1.6 billion (2001 est.)

Marshall Islands
purchasing power parity - $115 million (2001 est.)

Martinique
purchasing power parity - $4.5 billion (2001 est.)

Mauritania
purchasing power parity - $4.891 billion (2002 est.)

Mauritius
purchasing power parity - $12.15 billion (2002 est.)

Mayotte
purchasing power parity - $85 million (1998 est.)

Mexico
purchasing power parity - $924.4 billion (2002 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of
purchasing power parity - $277
million
note: $277 million $277 million GDP is supplemented by grant aid,
averaging perhaps $100 million annually (2002 est.)

Moldova
purchasing power parity - $11.51 billion (2002 est.)

Monaco
purchasing power parity - $870 million (1999 est.)

Mongolia
purchasing power parity - $5.06 billion (2002 est.)

Montserrat
purchasing power parity - $29 million (2002 est.)

Morocco
purchasing power parity - $121.8 billion (2002 est.)

Mozambique
purchasing power parity - $19.52 billion (2002 est.)

Namibia
purchasing power parity - $13.15 billion (2002 est.)

Nauru
purchasing power parity - $60 million (2001 est.)

Nepal
purchasing power parity - $37.32 billion (2002 est.)

Netherlands
purchasing power parity - $437.8 billion (2002 est.)

Netherlands Antilles
purchasing power parity - $2.4 billion (2002
est.)

New Caledonia
purchasing power parity - $3 billion (2002 est.)

New Zealand
purchasing power parity - $78.4 billion (2002 est.)

Nicaragua
purchasing power parity - $11.16 billion (2002 est.)

Niger
purchasing power parity - $8.713 billion (2002 est.)

Nigeria
purchasing power parity - $112.5 billion (2002 est.)

Niue
purchasing power parity - $7.6 million (2000 est.)

Norfolk Island
purchasing power parity - $NA

Northern Mariana Islands
purchasing power parity - $900 million
note: $900 million $900 million GDP estimate includes US subsidy
(2000 est.)

Norway
purchasing power parity - $149.1 billion (2002 est.)

Oman
purchasing power parity - $22.4 billion (2002 est.)

Pakistan
purchasing power parity - $295.3 billion (2002 est.)

Palau
purchasing power parity - $174 million
note: $174 million $174 million GDP estimate includes US subsidy
(2001 est.)

Panama
purchasing power parity - $18.06 billion (2002 est.)

Papua New Guinea
purchasing power parity - $10.86 billion (2002 est.)

Paraguay
purchasing power parity - $25.19 billion (2002 est.)

Peru
purchasing power parity - $138.8 billion (2002 est.)

Philippines
purchasing power parity - $379.7 billion (2002 est.)

Pitcairn Islands
purchasing power parity - $NA

Poland
purchasing power parity - $373.2 billion (2002 est.)

Portugal
purchasing power parity - $195.2 billion (2002 est.)

Puerto Rico
purchasing power parity - $43.01 billion (2002 est.)

Qatar
purchasing power parity - $15.91 billion (2002 est.)

Reunion
purchasing power parity - $4.174 billion (1999 est.)

Romania
purchasing power parity - $169.3 billion (2002 est.)

Russia
purchasing power parity - $1.409 trillion (2002 est.)

Rwanda
purchasing power parity - $8.92 billion (2002 est.)

Saint Helena
purchasing power parity - $18 million (1998 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
purchasing power parity - $339 million (2002
est.)

Saint Lucia
purchasing power parity - $866 million (2002 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
purchasing power parity - $74 million -
supplemented by annual payments from France of about $60 million
(1996 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
purchasing power parity - $339
million (2002 est.)

Samoa
purchasing power parity - $1 billion (2002 est.)

San Marino
purchasing power parity - $940 million (2001 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe
purchasing power parity - $200 million (2002
est.)

Saudi Arabia
purchasing power parity - $268.9 billion (2002 est.)

Senegal
purchasing power parity - $15.64 billion (2002 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro
purchasing power parity - $23.15 billion (2002
est.)

Seychelles
purchasing power parity - $626 million (2002 est.)

Sierra Leone
purchasing power parity - $2.826 billion (2002 est.)

Singapore
purchasing power parity - $112.4 billion (2002 est.)

Slovakia
purchasing power parity - $67.34 billion (2002 est.)

Slovenia
purchasing power parity - $37.06 billion (2002 est.)

Solomon Islands
purchasing power parity - $800 million (2001 est.)

Somalia
purchasing power parity - $4.27 billion (2001 est.)

South Africa
purchasing power parity - $427.7 billion (2002 est.)

Spain
purchasing power parity - $850.7 billion (2002 est.)

Sri Lanka
purchasing power parity - $73.7 billion (2002 est.)

Sudan
purchasing power parity - $52.9 billion (2002 est.)

Suriname
purchasing power parity - $1.469 billion (2002 est.)

Svalbard
purchasing power parity - $NA

Swaziland
purchasing power parity - $5.542 billion (2002 est.)

Sweden
purchasing power parity - $230.7 billion (2002 est.)

Switzerland
purchasing power parity - $233.4 billion (2002 est.)

Syria
purchasing power parity - $63.48 billion (2002 est.)

Taiwan
purchasing power parity - $406 billion (2002 est.)

Tajikistan
purchasing power parity - $8.476 billion (2002 est.)

Tanzania
purchasing power parity - $20.42 billion (2002 est.)

Thailand
purchasing power parity - $445.8 billion (2002 est.)

Togo
purchasing power parity - $7.594 billion (2002 est.)

Tokelau
purchasing power parity - $1.5 million (1993 est.)

Tonga
purchasing power parity - $236 million (2001 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago
purchasing power parity - $11.07 billion (2002
est.)

Tunisia
purchasing power parity - $67.13 billion (2002 est.)

Turkey
purchasing power parity - $489.7 billion (2002 est.)

Turkmenistan
purchasing power parity - $31.34 billion (2002 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands
purchasing power parity - $231 million
(2000 est.)

Tuvalu
purchasing power parity - $12.2 million (2000 est.)

Uganda
purchasing power parity - $30.49 billion (2002 est.)

Ukraine
purchasing power parity - $218 billion (2002 est.)

United Arab Emirates
purchasing power parity - $53.97 billion (2002
est.)

United Kingdom
purchasing power parity - $1.528 trillion (2002 est.)

United States
purchasing power parity - $10.45 trillion (2002 est.)

Uruguay
purchasing power parity - $26.82 billion (2002 est.)

Uzbekistan
purchasing power parity - $66.06 billion (2002 est.)

Vanuatu
purchasing power parity - $563 million (2002 est.)

Venezuela
purchasing power parity - $131.7 billion (2002 est.)

Vietnam
purchasing power parity - $183.8 billion (2002 est.)

Virgin Islands
purchasing power parity - $2.4 billion (2001 est.)

Wallis and Futuna
purchasing power parity - $30 million (2000 est.)

West Bank
purchasing power parity - $1.7 billion (2002 est.)

Western Sahara
purchasing power parity - $NA

World
GWP (gross world product) - purchasing power parity - $49
trillion (2002 est.)

Yemen
purchasing power parity - $15.07 billion (2002 est.)

Zambia
purchasing power parity - $8.24 billion (2002 est.)

Zimbabwe
purchasing power parity - $26.07 billion (2002 est.)

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@2002 Population growth rate (%)

Afghanistan
3.38%
note: this rate does not take into consideration the recent war and
its continuing impact (2003 est.)

Albania
1.03% (2003 est.)

Algeria
1.65% (2003 est.)

American Samoa
2.22% (2003 est.)

Andorra
1.06% (2003 est.)

Angola
1.97% (2003 est.)

Anguilla
2.21% (2003 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda
0.64% (2003 est.)

Argentina
1.05% (2003 est.)

Armenia
-0.07% (2003 est.)

Aruba
0.55% (2003 est.)

Australia
0.93% (2003 est.)

Austria
0.22% (2003 est.)

Azerbaijan
0.44% (2003 est.)

Bahamas, The
0.77% (2003 est.)

Bahrain
1.61% (2003 est.)

Bangladesh
2.06% (2003 est.)

Barbados
0.38% (2003 est.)

Belarus
-0.12% (2003 est.)

Belgium
0.14% (2003 est.)

Belize
2.44% (2003 est.)

Benin
2.95% (2003 est.)

Bermuda
0.72% (2003 est.)

Bhutan
2.14% (2003 est.)

Bolivia
1.63% (2003 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.48% (2003 est.)

Botswana
-0.55% (2003 est.)

Brazil
1.15% (2003 est.)

British Virgin Islands
2.1% (2003 est.)

Brunei
2% (2003 est.)

Bulgaria
-1.09% (2003 est.)

Burkina Faso
2.6% (2003 est.)

Burma
0.52% (2003 est.)

Burundi
2.18% (2003 est.)

Cambodia
1.8% (2003 est.)

Cameroon
2.02% (2003 est.)

Canada
0.94% (2003 est.)

Cape Verde
0.79% (2003 est.)

Cayman Islands
2.79% (2003 est.)

Central African Republic
1.62% (2003 est.)

Chad
3.07% (2003 est.)

Chile
1.05% (2003 est.)

China
0.6% (2003 est.)

Christmas Island
-9% (2003 est.)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
0% (2003 est.)

Colombia
1.56% (2003 est.)

Comoros
2.96% (2003 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
2.9% (2003 est.)

Congo, Republic of the
1.53% (2003 est.)

Cook Islands
NA% (2003 est.)

Costa Rica
1.56% (2003 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire
2.15% (2003 est.)

Croatia
0.31% (2003 est.)

Cuba
0.34% (2003 est.)

Cyprus
0.56% (2003 est.)

Czech Republic
-0.08% (2003 est.)

Denmark
0.28% (2003 est.)

Djibouti
2.13% (2003 est.)

Dominica
-0.63% (2003 est.)

Dominican Republic
1.36% (2003 est.)

East Timor
2.13% (2003 est.)

Ecuador
1.91% (2003 est.)

Egypt
1.88% (2003 est.)

El Salvador
1.81% (2003 est.)

Equatorial Guinea
2.44% (2003 est.)

Eritrea
1.28% (2003 est.)

Estonia
-0.49% (2003 est.)

Ethiopia
1.96% (2003 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
2.44% (2003 est.)

Faroe Islands
0.7% (2003 est.)

Fiji
1.41% (2003 est.)

Finland
0.14% (2003 est.)

France
0.42% (2003 est.)

French Guiana
2.4% (2003 est.)

French Polynesia
1.62% (2003 est.)

Gabon
2.54% (2003 est.)

Gambia, The
3.03% (2003 est.)

Gaza Strip
3.89% (2003 est.)

Georgia
-0.52% (2003 est.)

Germany
0.04% (2003 est.)

Ghana
1.45% (2003 est.)

Gibraltar
0.22% (2003 est.)

Greece
0.19% (2003 est.)

Greenland
0.01% (2003 est.)

Grenada
0.08% (2003 est.)

Guadeloupe
1% (2003 est.)

Guam
1.89% (2003 est.)

Guatemala
2.66% (2003 est.)

Guernsey
0.34% (2003 est.)

Guinea
2.37% (2003 est.)

Guinea-Bissau
2.02% (2003 est.)

Guyana
0.44% (2003 est.)

Haiti
1.67% (2003 est.)

Holy See (Vatican City)
0.01% (2003 est.)

Honduras
2.32% (2003 est.)

Hong Kong
1.22% (2003 est.)

Hungary
-0.29% (2003 est.)

Iceland
0.49% (2003 est.)

India
1.47% (2003 est.)

Indonesia
1.52% (2003 est.)

Iran
1.08% (2003 est.)

Iraq
2.78% (2003 est.)

Ireland
1.03% (2003 est.)

Israel
1.39% (2003 est.)

Italy
0.11% (2003 est.)

Jamaica
0.61% (2003 est.)

Japan
0.11% (2003 est.)

Jersey
0.4% (2003 est.)

Jordan
2.78% (2003 est.)

Kazakhstan
0.17% (2003 est.)

Kenya
1.27% (2003 est.)

Kiribati
2.26% (2003 est.)

Korea, North
1.07% (2003 est.)

Korea, South
0.66% (2003 est.)

Kuwait
3.34%
note: this rate reflects a return to pre-Gulf crisis immigration of
expatriates (2003 est.)

Kyrgyzstan
1.46% (2003 est.)

Laos
2.45% (2003 est.)

Latvia
-0.73% (2003 est.)

Lebanon
1.34% (2003 est.)

Lesotho
0.19% (2003 est.)

Liberia
1.67% (2003 est.)

Libya
2.39% (2003 est.)

Liechtenstein
0.9% (2003 est.)

Lithuania
-0.23% (2003 est.)

Luxembourg
1.23% (2003 est.)

Macau
1.72% (2003 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
0.4% (2003 est.)

Madagascar
3.03% (2003 est.)

Malawi
2.21% (2003 est.)

Malaysia
1.86% (2003 est.)

Maldives
2.91% (2003 est.)

Mali
2.82% (2003 est.)

Malta
0.73% (2003 est.)

Man, Isle of
0.53% (2003 est.)

Marshall Islands
2.3% (2003 est.)

Martinique
0.85% (2003 est.)

Mauritania
2.91% (2003 est.)

Mauritius
0.84% (2003 est.)

Mayotte
4.25% (2003 est.)

Mexico
1.43% (2003 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of
0.04% (2003 est.)

Moldova
0.13% (2003 est.)

Monaco
0.44% (2003 est.)

Mongolia
1.42% (2003 est.)

Montserrat
4.5% (2003 est.)

Morocco
1.64% (2003 est.)

Mozambique
0.82% (2003 est.)

Namibia
1.49% (2003 est.)

Nauru
1.9% (2003 est.)

Nepal
2.26% (2003 est.)

Netherlands
0.5% (2003 est.)

Netherlands Antilles
0.9% (2003 est.)

New Caledonia
1.38% (2003 est.)

New Zealand
1.09% (2003 est.)

Nicaragua
2.03% (2003 est.)

Niger
2.71% (2003 est.)

Nigeria
2.53% (2003 est.)

Niue
0.01% (2003 est.)

Norfolk Island
0.01% (2003 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands
3.37% (2003 est.)

Norway
0.46% (2003 est.)

Oman
3.38% (2003 est.)

Pakistan
2.01% (2003 est.)

Palau
1.54% (2003 est.)

Panama
1.36% (2003 est.)

Papua New Guinea
2.34% (2003 est.)

Paraguay
2.54% (2003 est.)

Peru
1.61% (2003 est.)

Philippines
1.92% (2003 est.)

Pitcairn Islands
NA%

Poland
0% (2003 est.)

Portugal
0.17% (2003 est.)

Puerto Rico
0.58% (2003 est.)

Qatar
2.87% (2003 est.)

Reunion
1.47% (2003 est.)

Romania
-0.21% (2003 est.)

Russia
-0.3% (2003 est.)

Rwanda
1.84% (2003 est.)

Saint Helena
0.67% (2003 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
0.13% (2003 est.)

Saint Lucia
1.25% (2003 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
0.3% (2003 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
0.34% (2003 est.)

Samoa
-0.27% (2003 est.)

San Marino
1.38% (2003 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe
3.18% (2003 est.)

Saudi Arabia
3.27% (2003 est.)

Senegal
2.56% (2003 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro
0.07% (2003 est.)

Seychelles
0.46% (2003 est.)

Sierra Leone
2.94% (2003 est.)

Singapore
3.42% (2003 est.)

Slovakia
0.14% (2003 est.)

Slovenia
0.14% (2003 est.)

Solomon Islands
2.83% (2003 est.)

Somalia
3.43% (2003 est.)

South Africa
0.01% (2003 est.)

Spain
0.16% (2003 est.)

Sri Lanka
0.83% (2003 est.)

Sudan
2.71% (2003 est.)

Suriname
0.37% (2003 est.)

Svalbard
-0.02% (2003 est.)

Swaziland
0.83% (2003 est.)

Sweden
0.01% (2003 est.)

Switzerland
0.21% (2003 est.)

Syria
2.45% (2003 est.)

Taiwan
0.65% (2003 est.)

Tajikistan
2.13% (2003 est.)

Tanzania
1.72% (2003 est.)

Thailand
0.95% (2003 est.)

Togo
2.37% (2003 est.)

Tokelau
0.01% (2003 est.)

Tonga
1.9% (2003 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago
-0.68% (2003 est.)

Tunisia
1.09% (2003 est.)

Turkey
1.16% (2003 est.)

Turkmenistan
1.82% (2003 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands
3.14% (2003 est.)

Tuvalu
1.42% (2003 est.)

Uganda
2.96% (2003 est.)

Ukraine
-0.69% (2003 est.)

United Arab Emirates
1.57% (2003 est.)

United Kingdom
0.3% (2003 est.)

United States
0.92% (2003 est.)

Uruguay
0.79% (2003 est.)

Uzbekistan
1.63% (2003 est.)

Vanuatu
1.61% (2003 est.)

Venezuela
1.48% (2003 est.)

Vietnam
1.29% (2003 est.)

Virgin Islands
1.02% (2003 est.)

Wallis and Futuna
NA (2003 est.)

West Bank
3.3% (2003 est.)

Western Sahara
NA% (2003 est.)

World
1.17% (2003 est.)

Yemen
3.42% (2003 est.)

Zambia
1.52% (2003 est.)

Zimbabwe
0.83% (2003 est.)

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@2003 GDP - real growth rate (%)

Afghanistan
NA%

Albania
7.3% (2002 est.)

Algeria
3.3% (2002 est.)

American Samoa
NA%

Andorra
3.8% (2000 est.)

Angola
9.4% (2002 est.)

Anguilla
2.8% (2001 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda
3% (2002 est.)

Argentina
-10.9% (2002 est.)

Armenia
12.9% (2002 est.)

Aruba
-1.5% (2002 est.)

Australia
3.6% (2002 est.)

Austria
1.1% (2002 est.)

Azerbaijan
10.6% (2002 est.)

Bahamas, The
0.1% (2002 est.)

Bahrain
2.9% (2002 est.)

Bangladesh
4.8% (2002 est.)

Barbados
-2.8% (2002 est.)

Belarus
4.7% (2002 est.)

Belgium
0.7% (2002 est.)

Belize
3.7% (2002 est.)

Benin
6% (2002 est.)

Bermuda
0.5% (2002 est.)

Bhutan
7.7% (2002 est.)

Bolivia
2.8% (2002 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
2.3% (2002 est.)

Botswana
4.2% (2002 est.)

Brazil
1.5% (2002 est.)

British Virgin Islands
1% (2002 est.)

Brunei
3% (2002 est.)

Bulgaria
4.8% (2002 est.)

Burkina Faso
4.6% (2002 est.)

Burma
5.3% (2002 est.)

Burundi
4.5% (2002 est.)

Cambodia
4.5% (2002 est.)

Cameroon
4% (2002 est.)

Canada
3.3% (2002 est.)

Cape Verde
4% (2002 est.)

Cayman Islands
1.7% (2002 est.)

Central African Republic
1.5% (2002 est.)

Chad
7.4% (2002 est.)

Chile
2.1% (2002 est.)

China
8% (official data) (2002 est.)

Christmas Island
NA%

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
NA%

Colombia
1.5% (2002 est.)

Comoros
2% (2002 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
3.5% (2002 est.)

Congo, Republic of the
0% (2002 est.)

Cook Islands
7.1% (2001 est.)

Costa Rica
2.8% (2002 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire
-1.6% (2002 est.)

Croatia
5.2% (2002 est.)

Cuba
1.1% (2002 est.)

Cyprus
Greek Cypriot area: 1.7% (2001 est.); Turkish Cypriot area:
2.6% (2002 est.)

Czech Republic
2% (2002 est.)

Denmark
1.6% (2002 est.)

Djibouti
3.5% (2002 est.)

Dominica
1.2% (2002 est.)

Dominican Republic
4.1% (2002 est.)

East Timor
18% (2001 est.)

Ecuador
3.4% (2002 est.)

Egypt
3.2% (2002 est.)

El Salvador
2.1% (2002 est.)

Equatorial Guinea
20% (2002 est.)

Eritrea
2% (2002 est.)

Estonia
6% (2002 est.)

Ethiopia
3% (2002 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
NA%

Faroe Islands
10% (2001 est.)

Fiji
4.6% (2002 est.)

Finland
1.6% (2002 est.)

France
1.2% (2002 est.)

French Guiana
NA%

French Polynesia
4% (2001 est.)

Gabon
0.2% (2002 est.)

Gambia, The
5.7% (2001 est.)

Gaza Strip
-15% (2002 est.)

Georgia
5.4% (2002 est.)

Germany
0.2% (2002 est.)

Ghana
4.5% (2002 est.)

Gibraltar
NA%

Greece
4% (2002 est.)

Greenland
1.8% (2001 est.)

Grenada
2.5% (2002 est.)

Guadeloupe
NA%

Guam
NA%

Guatemala
2.2% (2002 est.)

Guernsey
5.7% (1999 est.)

Guinea
3.7% (2002 est.)

Guinea-Bissau
-4.3% (2002 est.)

Guyana
1.1% (2002 est.)

Haiti
-0.9% (2002 est.)

Honduras
2.5% (2002 est.)

Hong Kong
2.3% (2002 est.)

Hungary
3.3% (2002 est.)

Iceland
-0.6% (2002 est.)

India
4.3% (2002 est.)

Indonesia
3.7% (2002 est.)

Iran
7.6% (2002 est.)

Iraq
-3% (2002 est.)

Ireland
6.9% (2002 est.)

Israel
-0.8% (2002 est.)

Italy
0.4% (2002 est.)

Jamaica
1% (2002 est.)

Japan
0.2% (2002 est.)

Jersey
NA%

Jordan
4.9% (2002 est.)

Kazakhstan
9.5% (2002 est.)

Kenya
1.1% (2002 est.)

Kiribati
1.5% (2001 est.)

Korea, North
1% (2002 est.)

Korea, South
6.3% (2002 est.)

Kuwait
-2% (2002 est.)

Kyrgyzstan
5.3% (2002 est.)

Laos
5.7% (2002 est.)

Latvia
6.1% (2002 est.)

Lebanon
2% (2002 est.)

Lesotho
4% (2002 est.)

Liberia
2% (2002 est.)

Libya
1.2% (2002 est.)

Liechtenstein
11% (1999 est.)

Lithuania
6.7% (2002 est.)

Luxembourg
0.4% (2002 est.)

Macau
9.5% (2002 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
0.7% (2002 est.)

Madagascar
-11.9% (2002 est.)

Malawi
1.7% (2002 est.)

Malaysia
4.1% (2002 est.)

Maldives
2.3% (2002 est.)

Mali
4.5% (2002 est.)

Malta
1.2% (2002 est.)

Man, Isle of
13.5%

Marshall Islands
1% (2001 est.)

Martinique
NA%

Mauritania
3.3% (2002 est.)

Mauritius
2.3% (2002 est.)

Mayotte
NA%

Mexico
0.7% (2002 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of
1% (2002 est.)

Moldova
6.5% (2002 est.)

Monaco
NA%

Mongolia
3.9% (2002 est.)

Montserrat
-1% (2002 est.)

Morocco
4.6% (2002 est.)

Mozambique
7.7% (2002 est.)

Namibia
2.3% (2002 est.)

Nauru
NA%

Nepal
-0.6% (2002 est.)

Netherlands
0.2% (2002 est.)

Netherlands Antilles
0% (2002 est.)

New Caledonia
NA

New Zealand
3.3% (2002 est.)

Nicaragua
1.1% (2002 est.)

Niger
2.9% (2002 est.)

Nigeria
3.2% (2002 est.)

Niue
-0.3% (2000 est.)

Norfolk Island
NA%

Northern Mariana Islands
NA%

Norway
1% (2002 est.)

Oman
2.2% (2002 est.)

Pakistan
4.4% (FY01/02 est.)

Palau
1% (2001 est.)

Panama
0.7% (2002 est.)

Papua New Guinea
-3.1% (2002 est.)

Paraguay
-2.7% (2002 est.)

Peru
5.3% (2002 est.)

Philippines
4.4% (2002 est.)

Pitcairn Islands
NA%

Poland
1.4% (2002 est.)

Portugal
0.4% (2002 est.)

Puerto Rico
-0.2% (2002 est.)

Qatar
4.6% (2002 est.)

Reunion
2.5% (2002 est.)

Romania
4.9% (2002 est.)

Russia
4.3% (2002 est.)

Rwanda
9.7% (2002 est.)

Saint Helena
NA%

Saint Kitts and Nevis
-1.9% (2002 est.)

Saint Lucia
3.3% (2002 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
NA%

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
-0.5% (2002 est.)

Samoa
5% (2002 est.)

San Marino
7.5% (2001 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe
4% (2002 est.)

Saudi Arabia
1% (2002 est.)

Senegal
2.4% (2002 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro
4% (2002 est.)

Seychelles
1.5% (2002 est.)

Sierra Leone
6.6% (2002 est.)

Singapore
2.2% (2002 est.)

Slovakia
4.4% (2002 est.)

Slovenia
3.2% (2002 est.)

Solomon Islands
-10% (2001 est.)

Somalia
3.5% (2002 est.)

South Africa
3% (2002 est.)

Spain
2% (2002 est.)

Sri Lanka
3.2% (2002 est.)

Sudan
5.1% (2002 est.)

Suriname
1.2% (2002 est.)

Svalbard
NA%

Swaziland
1.6% (2002 est.)

Sweden
1.9% (2002 est.)

Switzerland
0.1% (2002 est.)

Syria
3.6% (2002 est.)

Taiwan
3.5% (2002 est.)

Tajikistan
9.1% (2002 est.)

Tanzania
6.1% (2002 est.)

Thailand
5.3% (2002 est.)

Togo
2.9% (2002 est.)

Tokelau
NA%

Tonga
3% (2001 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago
3.2% (2002 est.)

Tunisia
4.8% (2002 est.)

Turkey
7.8% (2002 est.)

Turkmenistan
21.1% (2002 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands
4.9% (2000 est.)

Tuvalu
3% (2000 est.)

Uganda
5.5% (2002 est.)

Ukraine
4.8% (2002 est.)

United Arab Emirates
1.8% (2002 est.)

United Kingdom
1.8% (2002 est.)

United States
2.4% (2002 est.)

Uruguay
-10.8% (2002 est.)

Uzbekistan
4.2% (2002 est.)

Vanuatu
-0.3% (2002 est.)

Venezuela
-8.9% (2002 est.)

Vietnam
7% (2002 est.)

Virgin Islands
2% (2001 est.)

Wallis and Futuna
NA%

West Bank
-22% (2002 est.)

Western Sahara
NA%

World
2.7% (2001 est.)

Yemen
4.1% (2002 est.)

Zambia
2.3% (2002 est.)

Zimbabwe
-13% (2002 est.)

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@2004 GDP - per capita

Afghanistan
purchasing power parity - $700 (2002 est.)

Albania
purchasing power parity - $4,400 (2002 est.)

Algeria
purchasing power parity - $5,400 (2002 est.)

American Samoa
purchasing power parity - $8,000 (2000 est.)

Andorra
purchasing power parity - $19,000 (2000 est.)

Angola
purchasing power parity - $1,700 (2002 est.)

Anguilla
purchasing power parity - $8,600 (2001 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda
purchasing power parity - $11,000 (2002 est.)

Argentina
purchasing power parity - $10,500 (2002 est.)

Armenia
purchasing power parity - $3,600 (2002 est.)

Aruba
purchasing power parity - $28,000 (2002 est.)

Australia
purchasing power parity - $26,900 (2002 est.)

Austria
purchasing power parity - $27,900 (2002 est.)

Azerbaijan
purchasing power parity - $3,700 (2002 est.)

Bahamas, The
purchasing power parity - $15,300 (2002 est.)

Bahrain
purchasing power parity - $15,100 (2002 est.)

Bangladesh
purchasing power parity - $1,800 (2002 est.)

Barbados
purchasing power parity - $15,000 (2002 est.)

Belarus
purchasing power parity - $8,700 (2002 est.)

Belgium
purchasing power parity - $29,200 (2002 est.)

Belize
purchasing power parity - $4,900 (2002 est.)

Benin
purchasing power parity - $1,100 (2002 est.)

Bermuda
purchasing power parity - $35,200 (2002 est.)

Bhutan
purchasing power parity - $1,300 (2002 est.)

Bolivia
purchasing power parity - $2,500 (2002 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
purchasing power parity - $1,900 (2002 est.)

Botswana
purchasing power parity - $8,500 (2002 est.)

Brazil
purchasing power parity - $7,600 (2002 est.)

British Virgin Islands
purchasing power parity - $16,000 (2002 est.)

Brunei
purchasing power parity - $18,600 (2002 est.)

Bulgaria
purchasing power parity - $6,500 (2002 est.)

Burkina Faso
purchasing power parity - $1,100 (2002 est.)

Burma
purchasing power parity - $1,700 (2002 est.)

Burundi
purchasing power parity - $500 (2002 est.)

Cambodia
purchasing power parity - $1,600 (2002 est.)

Cameroon
purchasing power parity - $1,700 (2002 est.)

Canada
purchasing power parity - $29,300 (2002 est.)

Cape Verde
purchasing power parity - $1,400 (2002 est.)

Cayman Islands
purchasing power parity - $35,000 (2002 est.)

Central African Republic
purchasing power parity - $1,200 (2002 est.)

Chad
purchasing power parity - $1,000 (2002 est.)

Chile
purchasing power parity - $10,100 (2002 est.)

China
purchasing power parity - $4,700 (2002 est.)

Christmas Island
purchasing power parity - $NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
purchasing power parity - $NA

Colombia
purchasing power parity - $6,100 (2002 est.)

Comoros
purchasing power parity - $700 (2002 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
purchasing power parity - $600
(2002 est.)

Congo, Republic of the
purchasing power parity - $900 (2002 est.)

Cook Islands
purchasing power parity - $5,000 (2001 est.)

Costa Rica
purchasing power parity - $8,300 (2002 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire
purchasing power parity - $1,400 (2002 est.)

Croatia
purchasing power parity - $9,800 (2002 est.)

Cuba
purchasing power parity - $2,700 (2002 est.)

Cyprus
Greek Cypriot area: purchasing power parity - $15,000 (2001
est.); Turkish Cypriot area: purchasing power parity - $6,000 (2002
est.)

Czech Republic
purchasing power parity - $15,300 (2002 est.)

Denmark
purchasing power parity - $28,900 (2002 est.)

Djibouti
purchasing power parity - $1,300 (2002 est.)

Dominica
purchasing power parity - $5,400 (2002 est.)

Dominican Republic
purchasing power parity - $6,300 (2002 est.)

East Timor
purchasing power parity - $500 (2001 est.)

Ecuador
purchasing power parity - $3,200 (2002 est.)

Egypt
purchasing power parity - $4,000 (2002 est.)

El Salvador
purchasing power parity - $4,600 (2002 est.)

Equatorial Guinea
purchasing power parity - $2,700 (2002 est.)

Eritrea
purchasing power parity - $700 (2002 est.)

Estonia
purchasing power parity - $11,000 (2002 est.)

Ethiopia
purchasing power parity - $700 (2002 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
purchasing power parity - $25,000
(2002 est.)

Faroe Islands
purchasing power parity - $22,000 (2001 est.)

Fiji
purchasing power parity - $5,600 (2002 est.)

Finland
purchasing power parity - $25,800 (2002 est.)

France
purchasing power parity - $26,000 (2002 est.)

French Guiana
purchasing power parity - $14,400 (2000 est.)

French Polynesia
purchasing power parity - $5,000 (2001 est.)

Gabon
purchasing power parity - $6,500 (2002 est.)

Gambia, The
purchasing power parity - $1,800 (2002 est.)

Gaza Strip
purchasing power parity - $600 (2002 est.)

Georgia
purchasing power parity - $3,200 (2001 est.)

Germany
purchasing power parity - $26,200 (2002 est.)

Ghana
purchasing power parity - $2,000 (2002 est.)

Gibraltar
purchasing power parity - $17,500 (1997 est.)

Greece
purchasing power parity - $19,100 (2002 est.)

Greenland
purchasing power parity - $20,000 (2001 est.)

Grenada
purchasing power parity - $5,000 (2002 est.)

Guadeloupe
purchasing power parity - $9,000 (1997 est.)

Guam
purchasing power parity - $21,000 (2000 est.)

Guatemala
purchasing power parity - $3,900 (2002 est.)

Guernsey
purchasing power parity - $20,000 (1999 est.)

Guinea
purchasing power parity - $2,100 (2002 est.)

Guinea-Bissau
purchasing power parity - $700 (2002 est.)

Guyana
purchasing power parity - $3,800 (2002 est.)

Haiti
purchasing power parity - $1,400 (2002 est.)

Honduras
purchasing power parity - $2,500 (2002 est.)

Hong Kong
purchasing power parity - $27,200 (2002 est.)

Hungary
purchasing power parity - $13,300 (2002 est.)

Iceland
purchasing power parity - $30,200 (2002 est.)

India
purchasing power parity - $2,600 (2002 est.)

Indonesia
purchasing power parity - $3,100 (2002 est.)

Iran
purchasing power parity - $6,800 (2002 est.)

Iraq
purchasing power parity - $2,400 (2002 est.)

Ireland
purchasing power parity - $29,300 (2002 est.)

Israel
purchasing power parity - $19,500 (2002 est.)

Italy
purchasing power parity - $25,100 (2002 est.)

Jamaica
purchasing power parity - $3,800 (2002 est.)