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European Union
among the world's largest and most technologically
advanced industries, including iron and steel, aluminum, petroleum,
coal, cement, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, automobiles, aircraft,
railroad equipment, shipbuilding, electrical power equipment,
machine tools, electronics, telecommunications equipment, fishing,
food processing, furniture, paper, textiles and clothing, tourism

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
fish and wool processing; tourism

Faroe Islands
fishing, fish processing, shipbuilding, construction,
handicrafts

Fiji
tourism, sugar, clothing, copra, gold, silver, lumber, small
cottage industries

Finland
metal products, electronics, shipbuilding, pulp and paper,
copper refining, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, clothing

France
machinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft,
electronics; textiles, food processing; tourism

French Guiana
construction, shrimp processing, forestry products,
rum, gold mining

French Polynesia
tourism, pearls, agricultural processing,
handicrafts, phosphates

Gabon
petroleum extraction and refining; manganese, and gold mining;
chemicals; ship repair; food and beverage; textile; lumbering and
plywood; cement

Gambia, The
processing peanuts, fish, and hides; tourism; beverages;
agricultural machinery assembly, woodworking, metalworking; clothing

Gaza Strip
generally small family businesses that produce textiles,
soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs; the
Israelis have established some small-scale modern industries in an
industrial center

Georgia
steel, aircraft, machine tools, electrical appliances,
mining (manganese and copper), chemicals, wood products, wine

Germany
among the world's largest and most technologically advanced
producers of iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery,
vehicles, machine tools, electronics, food and beverages;
shipbuilding; textiles

Ghana
mining, lumbering, light manufacturing, aluminum smelting,
food processing

Gibraltar
tourism, banking and finance, ship repairing, tobacco

Greece
tourism; food and tobacco processing, textiles; chemicals,
metal products; mining, petroleum

Greenland
fish processing (mainly shrimp and Greenland halibut),
handicrafts, hides and skins, small shipyards, mining

Grenada
food and beverages, textiles, light assembly operations,
tourism, construction

Guadeloupe
construction, cement, rum, sugar, tourism

Guam
US military, tourism, construction, transshipment services,
concrete products, printing and publishing, food processing, textiles

Guatemala
sugar, textiles and clothing, furniture, chemicals,
petroleum, metals, rubber, tourism

Guernsey
tourism, banking

Guinea
bauxite, gold, diamonds; alumina refining; light
manufacturing and agricultural processing industries

Guinea-Bissau
agricultural products processing, beer, soft drinks

Guyana
bauxite, sugar, rice milling, timber, textiles, gold mining

Haiti
sugar refining, flour milling, textiles, cement, light
assembly industries based on imported parts

Holy See (Vatican City)
printing; production of coins, medals,
postage stamps, a small amount of mosaics and staff uniforms;
worldwide banking and financial activities

Honduras
sugar, coffee, textiles, clothing, wood products

Hong Kong
textiles, clothing, tourism, banking, shipping,
electronics, plastics, toys, watches, clocks

Hungary
mining, metallurgy, construction materials, processed foods,
textiles, chemicals (especially pharmaceuticals), motor vehicles

Iceland
fish processing; aluminum smelting, ferrosilicon production,
geothermal power; tourism

India
textiles, chemicals, food processing, steel, transportation
equipment, cement, mining, petroleum, machinery, software

Indonesia
petroleum and natural gas, textiles, apparel, footwear,
mining, cement, chemical fertilizers, plywood, rubber, food, tourism

Iran
petroleum, petrochemicals, textiles, cement and other
construction materials, food processing (particularly sugar refining
and vegetable oil production), metal fabricating, armaments

Iraq
petroleum, chemicals, textiles, construction materials, food
processing

Ireland
food products, brewing, textiles, clothing; chemicals,
pharmaceuticals, machinery, transportation equipment, glass and
crystal; software

Israel
high-technology projects (including aviation, communications,
computer-aided design and manufactures, medical electronics), wood
and paper products, potash and phosphates, food, beverages, and
tobacco, caustic soda, cement, diamond cutting

Italy
tourism, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, food
processing, textiles, motor vehicles, clothing, footwear, ceramics

Jamaica
tourism, bauxite/alumina, textiles, agro processing, wearing
apparel, light manufactures, rum, cement, metal, paper, chemical
products, telecommunications

Japan
among world's largest and technologically advanced producers
of motor vehicles, electronic equipment, machine tools, steel and
nonferrous metals, ships, chemicals, textiles, processed foods

Jersey
tourism, banking and finance, dairy

Jordan
phosphate mining, pharmaceuticals, petroleum refining,
cement, potash, light manufacturing, tourism

Kazakhstan
oil, coal, iron ore, manganese, chromite, lead, zinc,
copper, titanium, bauxite, gold, silver, phosphates, sulfur, iron
and steel; tractors and other agricultural machinery, electric
motors, construction materials

Kenya
small-scale consumer goods (plastic, furniture, batteries,
textiles, soap, cigarettes, flour), agricultural products
processing; oil refining, cement; tourism

Kiribati
fishing, handicrafts

Korea, North
military products; machine building, electric power,
chemicals; mining (coal, iron ore, magnesite, graphite, copper,
zinc, lead, and precious metals), metallurgy; textiles, food
processing; tourism

Korea, South
electronics, telecommunications, automobile production,
chemicals, shipbuilding, steel

Kuwait
petroleum, petrochemicals, desalination, food processing,
construction materials

Kyrgyzstan
small machinery, textiles, food processing, cement,
shoes, sawn logs, refrigerators, furniture, electric motors, gold,
rare earth metals

Laos
tin and gypsum mining, timber, electric power, agricultural
processing, construction, garments, tourism

Latvia
buses, vans, street and railroad cars, synthetic fibers,
agricultural machinery, fertilizers, washing machines, radios,
electronics, pharmaceuticals, processed foods, textiles; note -
dependent on imports for energy and raw materials

Lebanon
banking; food processing; jewelry; cement; textiles; mineral
and chemical products; wood and furniture products; oil refining;
metal fabricating

Lesotho
food, beverages, textiles, apparel assembly, handicrafts;
construction; tourism

Liberia
rubber processing, palm oil processing, timber, diamonds

Libya
petroleum, food processing, textiles, handicrafts, cement

Liechtenstein
electronics, metal manufacturing, dental products,
ceramics, pharmaceuticals, food products, precision instruments,
tourism, optical instruments

Lithuania
metal-cutting machine tools, electric motors, television
sets, refrigerators and freezers, petroleum refining, shipbuilding
(small ships), furniture making, textiles, food processing,
fertilizers, agricultural machinery, optical equipment, electronic
components, computers, amber

Luxembourg
banking, iron and steel, food processing, chemicals,
metal products, engineering, tires, glass, aluminum

Macau
tourism, gambling, clothing, textiles, electronics, footwear,
toys

Macedonia
coal, metallic chromium, lead, zinc, ferronickel,
textiles, wood products, tobacco, food processing, buses, steel

Madagascar
meat processing, soap, breweries, tanneries, sugar,
textiles, glassware, cement, automobile assembly plant, paper,
petroleum, tourism

Malawi
tobacco, tea, sugar, sawmill products, cement, consumer goods

Malaysia
Peninsular Malaysia - rubber and oil palm processing and
manufacturing, light manufacturing industry, electronics, tin mining
and smelting, logging and processing timber; Sabah - logging,
petroleum production; Sarawak - agriculture processing, petroleum
production and refining, logging

Maldives
fish processing, tourism, shipping, boat building, coconut
processing, garments, woven mats, rope, handicrafts, coral and sand
mining

Mali
food processing; construction; phosphate and gold mining

Malta
tourism; electronics, ship building and repair, construction;
food and beverages, textiles, footwear, clothing, tobacco

Man, Isle of
financial services, light manufacturing, tourism

Marshall Islands
copra, fish, tourism, craft items from shell, wood,
and pearls

Martinique
construction, rum, cement, oil refining, sugar, tourism

Mauritania
fish processing, mining of iron ore and gypsum

Mauritius
food processing (largely sugar milling), textiles,
clothing; chemicals, metal products, transport equipment,
nonelectrical machinery; tourism

Mayotte
newly created lobster and shrimp industry, construction

Mexico
food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel,
petroleum, mining, textiles, clothing, motor vehicles, consumer
durables, tourism

Micronesia, Federated States of
tourism, construction, fish
processing, specialized aquaculture, craft items from shell, wood,
and pearls

Moldova
food processing, agricultural machinery, foundry equipment,
refrigerators and freezers, washing machines, hosiery, sugar,
vegetable oil, shoes, textiles

Monaco
tourism, construction, small-scale industrial and consumer
products

Mongolia
construction materials; mining (coal, copper, molybdenum,
fluorspar, and gold); oil; food and beverages; processing of animal
products

Montserrat
tourism, rum, textiles, electronic appliances

Morocco
phosphate rock mining and processing, food processing,
leather goods, textiles, construction, tourism

Mozambique
food, beverages, chemicals (fertilizer, soap, paints),
aluminum, petroleum products, textiles, cement, glass, asbestos,
tobacco

Namibia
meatpacking, fish processing, dairy products; mining
(diamond, lead, zinc, tin, silver, tungsten, uranium, copper)

Nauru
phosphate mining, offshore banking, coconut products

Nepal
tourism, carpet, textile; small rice, jute, sugar, and oilseed
mills; cigarette; cement and brick production

Netherlands
agroindustries, metal and engineering products,
electrical machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum,
construction, microelectronics, fishing

Netherlands Antilles
tourism (Curacao, Sint Maarten, and Bonaire),
petroleum refining (Curacao), petroleum transshipment facilities
(Curacao and Bonaire), light manufacturing (Curacao)

New Caledonia
nickel mining and smelting

New Zealand
food processing, wood and paper products, textiles,
machinery, transportation equipment, banking and insurance, tourism,
mining

Nicaragua
food processing, chemicals, machinery and metal products,
textiles, clothing, petroleum refining and distribution, beverages,
footwear, wood

Niger
uranium mining, cement, brick, textiles, food processing,
chemicals, slaughterhouses

Nigeria
crude oil, coal, tin, columbite, palm oil, peanuts, cotton,
rubber, wood, hides and skins, textiles, cement and other
construction materials, food products, footwear, chemicals,
fertilizer, printing, ceramics, steel

Niue
tourism, handicrafts, food processing

Norfolk Island
tourism

Northern Mariana Islands
tourism, construction, garments, handicrafts

Norway
petroleum and gas, food processing, shipbuilding, pulp and
paper products, metals, chemicals, timber, mining, textiles, fishing

Oman
crude oil production and refining, natural gas production,
construction, cement, copper

Pakistan
textiles and apparel, food processing, pharmaceuticals,
construction materials, paper products, fertilizer, shrimp

Palau
tourism, craft items (from shell, wood, pearls), construction,
garment making

Panama
construction, petroleum refining, brewing, cement and other
construction materials, sugar milling

Papua New Guinea
copra crushing, palm oil processing, plywood
production, wood chip production; mining of gold, silver, and
copper; crude oil production; construction, tourism

Paraguay
sugar, cement, textiles, beverages, wood products, steel,
metallurgic, electric power

Peru
mining of metals, petroleum, fishing, textiles, clothing, food
processing, cement, auto assembly, steel, shipbuilding, metal
fabrication

Philippines
electronics assembly, textiles, pharmaceuticals,
chemicals, wood products, food processing, petroleum refining,
fishing

Pitcairn Islands
postage stamps, handicrafts

Poland
machine building, iron and steel, coal mining, chemicals,
shipbuilding, food processing, glass, beverages, textiles

Portugal
textiles and footwear; wood pulp, paper, and cork;
metalworking; oil refining; chemicals; fish canning; wine; tourism

Puerto Rico
pharmaceuticals, electronics, apparel, food products,
tourism

Qatar
crude oil production and refining, fertilizers,
petrochemicals, steel reinforcing bars, cement

Reunion
sugar, rum, cigarettes, handicraft items, flower oil
extraction

Romania
textiles and footwear, light machinery and auto assembly,
mining, timber, construction materials, metallurgy, chemicals, food
processing, petroleum refining

Russia
complete range of mining and extractive industries producing
coal, oil, gas, chemicals, and metals; all forms of machine building
from rolling mills to high-performance aircraft and space vehicles;
shipbuilding; road and rail transportation equipment; communications
equipment; agricultural machinery, tractors, and construction
equipment; electric power generating and transmitting equipment;
medical and scientific instruments; consumer durables, textiles,
foodstuffs, handicrafts

Rwanda
cement, agricultural products, small-scale beverages, soap,
furniture, shoes, plastic goods, textiles, cigarettes

Saint Helena
construction, crafts (furniture, lacework, fancy
woodwork), fishing

Saint Kitts and Nevis
sugar processing, tourism, cotton, salt,
copra, clothing, footwear, beverages

Saint Lucia
clothing, assembly of electronic components, beverages,
corrugated cardboard boxes, tourism, lime processing, coconut
processing

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
fish processing and supply base for
fishing fleets; tourism

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
food processing, cement, furniture,
clothing, starch

Samoa
food processing, building materials, auto parts

San Marino
tourism, banking, textiles, electronics, ceramics,
cement, wine

Sao Tome and Principe
light construction, textiles, soap, beer; fish
processing; timber

Saudi Arabia
crude oil production, petroleum refining, basic
petrochemicals, cement, construction, fertilizer, plastics

Senegal
agricultural and fish processing, phosphate mining,
fertilizer production, petroleum refining, construction materials

Serbia and Montenegro
machine building (aircraft, trucks, and
automobiles; tanks and weapons; electrical equipment; agricultural
machinery); metallurgy (steel, aluminum, copper, lead, zinc,
chromium, antimony, bismuth, cadmium); mining (coal, bauxite,
nonferrous ore, iron ore, limestone); consumer goods (textiles,
footwear, foodstuffs, appliances); electronics, petroleum products,
chemicals, and pharmaceuticals

Seychelles
fishing; tourism; processing of coconuts and vanilla,
coir (coconut fiber) rope, boat building, printing, furniture;
beverages

Sierra Leone
mining (diamonds); small-scale manufacturing
(beverages, textiles, cigarettes, footwear); petroleum refining

Singapore
electronics, chemicals, financial services, oil drilling
equipment, petroleum refining, rubber processing and rubber
products, processed food and beverages, ship repair, offshore
platform construction, life sciences, entrepot trade

Slovakia
metal and metal products; food and beverages; electricity,
gas, coke, oil, nuclear fuel; chemicals and manmade fibers;
machinery; paper and printing; earthenware and ceramics; transport
vehicles; textiles; electrical and optical apparatus; rubber products

Slovenia
ferrous metallurgy and aluminum products, lead and zinc
smelting, electronics (including military electronics), trucks,
electric power equipment, wood products, textiles, chemicals,
machine tools

Solomon Islands
fish (tuna), mining, timber

Somalia
a few light industries, including sugar refining, textiles,
petroleum refining (mostly shut down), wireless communication

South Africa
mining (world's largest producer of platinum, gold,
chromium), automobile assembly, metalworking, machinery, textile,
iron and steel, chemicals, fertilizer, foodstuffs

Spain
textiles and apparel (including footwear), food and beverages,
metals and metal manufactures, chemicals, shipbuilding, automobiles,
machine tools, tourism

Sri Lanka
rubber processing, tea, coconuts, and other agricultural
commodities; clothing, cement, petroleum refining, textiles, tobacco

Sudan
oil, cotton ginning, textiles, cement, edible oils, sugar,
soap distilling, shoes, petroleum refining, pharmaceuticals,
armaments, automobile/light truck assembly

Suriname
bauxite and gold mining, alumina production, oil,
lumbering, food processing, fishing

Swaziland
mining (coal), wood pulp, sugar, soft drink concentrates,
textile and apparel

Sweden
iron and steel, precision equipment (bearings, radio and
telephone parts, armaments), wood pulp and paper products, processed
foods, motor vehicles

Switzerland
machinery, chemicals, watches, textiles, precision
instruments

Syria
petroleum, textiles, food processing, beverages, tobacco,
phosphate rock mining

Taiwan
electronics, petroleum refining, chemicals, textiles, iron
and steel, machinery, cement, food processing

Tajikistan
aluminum, zinc, lead, chemicals and fertilizers, cement,
vegetable oil, metal-cutting machine tools, refrigerators and
freezers

Tanzania
agricultural processing (sugar, beer, cigarettes, sisal
twine), diamond and gold mining, oil refining, shoes, cement,
textiles, wood products, fertilizer, salt

Thailand
tourism, textiles and garments, agricultural processing,
beverages, tobacco, cement, light manufacturing such as jewelry,
electric appliances and components, computers and parts, integrated
circuits, furniture, plastics, world's second-largest tungsten
producer, and third-largest tin producer

Togo
phosphate mining, agricultural processing, cement; handicrafts,
textiles, beverages

Tokelau
small-scale enterprises for copra production, woodworking,
plaited craft goods; stamps, coins; fishing

Tonga
tourism, fishing

Trinidad and Tobago
petroleum, chemicals, tourism, food processing,
cement, beverage, cotton textiles

Tunisia
petroleum, mining (particularly phosphate and iron ore),
tourism, textiles, footwear, agribusiness, beverages

Turkey
textiles, food processing, autos, mining (coal, chromite,
copper, boron), steel, petroleum, construction, lumber, paper

Turkmenistan
natural gas, oil, petroleum products, textiles, food
processing

Turks and Caicos Islands
tourism, offshore financial services

Tuvalu
fishing, tourism, copra

Uganda
sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles, cement

Ukraine
coal, electric power, ferrous and nonferrous metals,
machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food processing
(especially sugar)

United Arab Emirates
petroleum, fishing, petrochemicals,
construction materials, some boat building, handicrafts, pearling

United Kingdom
machine tools, electric power equipment, automation
equipment, railroad equipment, shipbuilding, aircraft, motor
vehicles and parts, electronics and communications equipment,
metals, chemicals, coal, petroleum, paper and paper products, food
processing, textiles, clothing, and other consumer goods

United States
leading industrial power in the world, highly
diversified and technologically advanced; petroleum, steel, motor
vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics,
food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining

Uruguay
food processing, electrical machinery, transportation
equipment, petroleum products, textiles, chemicals, beverages

Uzbekistan
textiles, food processing, machine building, metallurgy,
natural gas, chemicals

Vanuatu
food and fish freezing, wood processing, meat canning

Venezuela
petroleum, iron ore mining, construction materials, food
processing, textiles, steel, aluminum, motor vehicle assembly

Vietnam
food processing, garments, shoes, machine-building, mining,
cement, chemical fertilizer, glass, tires, oil, coal, steel, paper

Virgin Islands
tourism, petroleum refining, watch assembly, rum
distilling, construction, pharmaceuticals, textiles, electronics

Wallis and Futuna
copra, handicrafts, fishing, lumber

West Bank
generally small family businesses that produce cement,
textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs;
the Israelis have established some small-scale, modern industries in
the settlements and industrial centers

Western Sahara
phosphate mining, handicrafts

World
dominated by the onrush of technology, especially in
computers, robotics, telecommunications, and medicines and medical
equipment; most of these advances take place in OECD nations; only a
small portion of non-OECD countries have succeeded in rapidly
adjusting to these technological forces; the accelerated development
of new industrial (and agricultural) technology is complicating
already grim environmental problems

Yemen
crude oil production and petroleum refining; small-scale
production of cotton textiles and leather goods; food processing;
handicrafts; small aluminum products factory; cement

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

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

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@2091 Infant mortality rate (deaths/1,000 live births)

Afghanistan
total: 165.96 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 170.85 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 160.82 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Albania
total: 22.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 23.01 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 21.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Algeria
total: 32.16 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 36.06 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 28.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

American Samoa
total: 9.48 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 10.06 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Andorra
total: 4.05 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.39 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Angola
total: 192.5 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 204.97 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 179.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Anguilla
total: 21.91 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 28.72 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda
total: 20.18 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 24.29 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 15.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Argentina
total: 15.66 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 17.6 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 13.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Armenia
total: 24.16 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 29.32 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 18.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Aruba
total: 6.02 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.85 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Australia
total: 4.76 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.16 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Austria
total: 4.68 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.76 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Azerbaijan
total: 82.07 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 83.99 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 80.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Bahamas, The
total: 25.7 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 31.73 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Bahrain
total: 17.91 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 20.93 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Bangladesh
total: 64.32 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 65.41 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 63.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Barbados
total: 12.61 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 14.26 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 10.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Belarus
total: 13.62 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 14.71 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Belgium
total: 4.76 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.36 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Belize
total: 26.37 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 29.75 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 22.82 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Benin
total: 85.88 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 90.89 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 80.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Bermuda
total: 8.79 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 10.45 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Bhutan
total: 102.56 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 100.35 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 104.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Bolivia
total: 54.58 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 58.23 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 50.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
total: 21.88 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 24.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Botswana
total: 69.98 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 70.96 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 68.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Brazil
total: 30.66 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 34.47 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 26.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

British Virgin Islands
total: 18.05 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.02 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Brunei
total: 13.05 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 16.51 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Bulgaria
total: 21.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 25.15 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 17.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Burkina Faso
total: 98.67 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 106.7 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 90.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Burma
total: 68.78 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 74.78 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 62.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Burundi
total: 70.4 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 77.15 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 63.45 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Cambodia
total: 73.67 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 82.51 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 64.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Cameroon
total: 69.18 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 73.16 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 65.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Canada
total: 4.82 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.28 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Cape Verde
total: 49.14 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 54.39 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 43.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Cayman Islands
total: 8.41 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 9.64 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Central African Republic
total: 92.15 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 99.09 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 84.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Chad
total: 94.78 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 104.01 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 85.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Chile
total: 9.05 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 9.81 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

China
total: 25.28 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.84 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 29.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Christmas Island
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA (2004 est.)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA (2004 est.)

Colombia
total: 21.72 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 25.69 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 17.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Comoros
total: 77.22 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 85.9 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 68.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
total: 94.69 deaths/1,000 live
births
male: 103.18 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 85.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Congo, Republic of the
total: 93.86 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 99.95 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 87.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Cook Islands
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA (2004 est.)

Costa Rica
total: 10.26 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 11.17 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire
total: 97.1 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 113.87 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 79.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Croatia
total: 6.96 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.03 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Cuba
total: 6.45 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.25 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Cyprus
total: 7.36 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 9.19 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Czech Republic
total: 3.97 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.32 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Denmark
total: 4.63 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.65 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Djibouti
total: 105.54 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 113.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 97.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Dominica
total: 14.75 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 19.49 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Dominican Republic
total: 33.28 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 35.75 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 30.68 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

East Timor
total: 48.86 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 55.34 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 42.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Ecuador
total: 24.49 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 29.34 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Egypt
total: 33.9 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 34.64 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 33.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

El Salvador
total: 25.93 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 28.79 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 22.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Equatorial Guinea
total: 87.08 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 93.27 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 80.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Eritrea
total: 75.59 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 83.03 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 67.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Estonia
total: 8.08 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 9.32 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Ethiopia
total: 102.12 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 112.22 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 91.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

European Union
total: 5.3 deaths/1,000 live births (July 2004 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA (2004 est.)

Faroe Islands
total: 6.38 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.72 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.03 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Fiji
total: 12.99 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 14.36 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Finland
total: 3.59 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.91 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

France
total: 4.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.83 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

French Guiana
total: 12.46 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 13.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

French Polynesia
total: 8.61 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 9.92 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Gabon
total: 54.34 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 64.15 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 44.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Gambia, The
total: 73.48 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 80.14 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 66.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Gaza Strip
total: 23.54 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 24.71 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 22.31 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Georgia
total: 19.34 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 16.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Germany
total: 4.2 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.64 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Ghana
total: 52.22 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 55.1 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 49.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Gibraltar
total: 5.22 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.81 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Greece
total: 5.63 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.19 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Greenland
total: 16.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 17.62 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Grenada
total: 14.62 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 14.18 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 15.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Guadeloupe
total: 8.83 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 10.07 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Guam
total: 7.15 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.8 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Guatemala
total: 36.91 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 37.71 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 36.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Guernsey
total: 4.78 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.35 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Guinea
total: 91.82 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 97.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 86.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Guinea-Bissau
total: 108.72 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 119.37 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 97.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Guyana
total: 37.22 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 41.28 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 32.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Haiti
total: 74.38 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 79.83 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 68.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Honduras
total: 29.64 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 33.22 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 25.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Hong Kong
total: 2.97 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.16 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Hungary
total: 8.68 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 9.34 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Iceland
total: 3.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.44 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

India
total: 57.92 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 58.52 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 57.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Indonesia
total: 36.82 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 42.09 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 31.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Iran
total: 42.86 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 43.01 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 42.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Iraq
total: 52.71 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 58.58 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 46.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Ireland
total: 5.5 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.04 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Israel
total: 7.21 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.96 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Italy
total: 6.07 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.68 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Jamaica
total: 12.81 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 13.82 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Japan
total: 3.28 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.54 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Jersey
total: 5.33 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.7 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Jordan
total: 18.11 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.63 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.37 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Kazakhstan
total: 30.54 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 35.24 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 25.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Kenya
total: 62.62 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 65.55 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 59.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Kiribati
total: 49.9 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 55.04 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 44.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Korea, North
total: 24.84 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 26.59 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 23 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Korea, South
total: 7.18 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.64 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.68 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Kuwait
total: 10.26 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 11.27 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Kyrgyzstan
total: 36.81 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 42.23 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 31.11 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Laos
total: 87.06 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 97.05 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 76.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Latvia
total: 9.67 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 11.45 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Lebanon
total: 25.48 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 28.21 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 22.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Lesotho
total: 85.22 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 90.19 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 80.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Liberia
total: 130.51 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 137.32 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 123.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Libya
total: 25.7 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 28.04 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 23.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Liechtenstein
total: 4.77 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.47 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Lithuania
total: 7.13 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 8.61 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Luxembourg
total: 4.88 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.84 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Macau
total: 4.39 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.59 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Macedonia
total: 11.74 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 12.67 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 10.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Madagascar
total: 78.52 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 86.84 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 69.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Malawi
total: 104.23 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 108.4 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 99.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Malaysia
total: 18.35 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.23 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 15.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Maldives
total: 58.32 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 57.43 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 59.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Mali
total: 117.99 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 124.51 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 111.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Malta
total: 3.94 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.45 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Man, Isle of
total: 6.05 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.08 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Marshall Islands
total: 30.5 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 34.19 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 26.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Martinique
total: 7.27 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.79 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Mauritania
total: 72.35 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 75.22 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 69.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Mauritius
total: 15.57 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 18.36 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Mayotte
total: 64.19 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 70.42 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 57.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Mexico
total: 21.69 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 23.63 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of
total: 31.28 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 34.45 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 27.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Moldova
total: 41 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 43.96 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 37.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Monaco
total: 5.53 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.4 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Mongolia
total: 55.45 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 58.97 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 51.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Montserrat
total: 7.56 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 8.8 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Morocco
total: 43.25 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 47.09 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 39.21 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Mozambique
total: 137.08 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 142.67 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 131.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Namibia
total: 69.58 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 72.65 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 66.43 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Nauru
total: 10.14 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 12.76 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Nepal
total: 68.77 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 67.1 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 70.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Netherlands
total: 5.11 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.68 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.51 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Netherlands Antilles
total: 10.37 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 11.18 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

New Caledonia
total: 7.89 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 8.59 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

New Zealand
total: 5.96 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.83 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Nicaragua
total: 30.15 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 33.73 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 26.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Niger
total: 122.66 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 126.96 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 118.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Nigeria
total: 70.49 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 73.55 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 67.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Niue
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA (2004 est.)

Norfolk Island
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA

Northern Mariana Islands
total: 7.25 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.18 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Norway
total: 3.73 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.11 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Oman
total: 20.26 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 23.18 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 17.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Pakistan
total: 74.43 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 74.84 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 74 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Palau
total: 15.3 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 17.07 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 13.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Panama
total: 20.95 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 23.08 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 18.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Papua New Guinea
total: 53.15 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 57.39 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 48.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Paraguay
total: 26.67 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 31.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 21.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Peru
total: 32.95 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 35.57 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 30.21 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Philippines
total: 24.24 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 27.11 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 21.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Pitcairn Islands
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA

Poland
total: 8.73 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 9.82 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Portugal
total: 5.13 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.6 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Puerto Rico
total: 8.37 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 9.7 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Qatar
total: 19.32 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 22.77 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 15.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Reunion
total: 7.95 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 8.71 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Romania
total: 27.24 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 30.41 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 23.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Russia
total: 16.96 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 19.58 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Rwanda
total: 101.68 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 106.68 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 96.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Saint Helena
total: 19.85 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 23.7 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 15.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
total: 14.94 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 16.72 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 13.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Saint Lucia
total: 13.95 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 15.09 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
total: 7.76 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 8.91 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
total: 15.24 deaths/1,000 live
births
male: 16.58 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 13.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Samoa
total: 28.72 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 33.83 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 23.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

San Marino
total: 5.85 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.28 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe
total: 44.58 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 46.57 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 42.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Saudi Arabia
total: 13.7 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 15.72 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Senegal
total: 56.53 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 60.25 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 52.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro
total: 13.43 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 15.04 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.68 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Seychelles
total: 15.97 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 20.2 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Sierra Leone
total: 145.24 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 162.64 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 127.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Singapore
total: 2.28 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 2.49 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Slovakia
total: 7.62 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 8.88 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Slovenia
total: 4.5 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.11 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Solomon Islands
total: 22.09 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 25.15 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 18.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Somalia
total: 118.52 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 127.95 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 108.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

South Africa
total: 62.18 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 65.87 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 58.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Spain
total: 4.48 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.88 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Sri Lanka
total: 14.78 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 16.01 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 13.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Sudan
total: 64.05 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 64.8 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 63.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Suriname
total: 24.15 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 28.24 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Svalbard
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA

Swaziland
total: 68.35 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 71.64 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 64.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Sweden
total: 2.77 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 2.93 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Switzerland
total: 4.43 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.94 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Syria
total: 30.6 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 30.82 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 30.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Taiwan
total: 6.52 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.21 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Tajikistan
total: 112.1 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 124.47 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 99.11 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Tanzania
total: 102.13 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 111.62 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 92.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Thailand
total: 21.14 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 22.49 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Togo
total: 67.66 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 75.4 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 59.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Tokelau
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA

Tonga
total: 12.99 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 14.36 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago
total: 24.64 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 26.58 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 22.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Tunisia
total: 25.76 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 28.7 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 22.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Turkey
total: 42.62 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 46.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 38.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Turkmenistan
total: 73.13 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 76.9 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 69.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands
total: 16.27 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 18.79 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 13.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Tuvalu
total: 20.69 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 23.63 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 17.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Uganda
total: 86.15 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 93.58 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 78.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Ukraine
total: 20.61 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.87 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

United Arab Emirates
total: 15.06 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 17.71 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

United Kingdom
total: 5.22 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.83 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

United States
total: 6.63 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.31 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Uruguay
total: 12.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 13.67 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 10.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Uzbekistan
total: 71.3 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 75.03 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 67.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Vanuatu
total: 56.63 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 59.25 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 53.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Venezuela
total: 22.99 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 26.18 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Vietnam
total: 29.88 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 33.71 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 25.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Virgin Islands
total: 8.21 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 9.31 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Wallis and Futuna
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA

West Bank
total: 20.16 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 22.28 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 17.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Western Sahara
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA

World
total: 50.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 52.17 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 48.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Yemen
total: 63.26 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 68.12 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 58.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Zambia
total: 98.4 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 105.6 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 90.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Zimbabwe
total: 67.08 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 69.74 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 64.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

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@2092 Inflation rate (consumer prices) (%)

Afghanistan
5.2% (2003)

Albania
2.4% (2003)

Algeria
3.5% (2003 est.)

American Samoa
NA (2003 est.)

Andorra
4.3% (2000)

Angola
76.6% (2003 est.)

Anguilla
2.3%

Antigua and Barbuda
0.4% (2000 est.)

Argentina
13.4% (2003)

Armenia
4.8% (2003 est.)

Aruba
3.2% (2002 est.)

Australia
2.8% (2003 est.)

Austria
1.4% (2003 est.)

Azerbaijan
2.1% (2003 est.)

Bahamas, The
1.7% (2002 est.)

Bahrain
-0.2% (2003 est.)

Bangladesh
5.6% (2003 est.)

Barbados
-0.5% (2003 est.)

Belarus
28.2% (2003 est.)

Belgium
1.6% (2003 est.)

Belize
2.6% (2003 est.)

Benin
1.5% (2003 est.)

Bermuda
3.3% (mid-2003 est.)

Bhutan
3% (2002 est.)

Bolivia
3.3% (2003 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.9% (2003 est.)

Botswana
9.2% (2003 est.)

Brazil
14.7% (2003)

British Virgin Islands
2.5% (2002)

Brunei
-2% (2002 est.)

Bulgaria
2.3% (2003 est.)

Burkina Faso
1.9% (2003 est.)

Burma
49.7% (2003 est.)

Burundi
10.7% (2003 est.)

Cambodia
1.7% (2003 est.)

Cameroon
2.3% (2003 est.)

Canada
2.8% (2003 est.)

Cape Verde
3% (2003)

Cayman Islands
2.8% (2002)

Central African Republic
3.6% (2001 est.)

Chad
6% (2003 est.)

Chile
2.8% (2003 est.)

China
1.2% (2003 est.)

Christmas Island
NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
NA

Colombia
7.1% (2003 est.)

Comoros
3.5% (2001 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
14% (2003 est.)

Congo, Republic of the
2.4% (2003 est.)

Cook Islands
3.2% (2000 est.)

Costa Rica
9.4% (2003 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire
3.4% (2003 est.)

Croatia
1.8% (2003 est.)

Cuba
4.1% (2003 est.)

Cyprus
Republic of Cyprus: 4.1% (2003 est.); north Cyprus: 12.6%
(2003 est.)

Czech Republic
0.1% (2003 est.)

Denmark
2.1% (2003 est.)

Djibouti
2% (2002 est.)

Dominica
1% (2001 est.)

Dominican Republic
27.5% (2003 est.)

East Timor
8% NA (2003 est.)

Ecuador
7.9% (2003 est.)

Egypt
4.3% (2003 est.)

El Salvador
2.1% (2003 est.)

Equatorial Guinea
6% (2003 est.)

Eritrea
12.3% (2003)

Estonia
1.3% (2003 est.)

Ethiopia
17.8% (2003 est.)

European Union
2% (2004 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
3.6% (1998)

Faroe Islands
5.1% (1999)

Fiji
1.6% (2002 est.)

Finland
0.9% (2003 est.)

France
2.1% (2003 est.)

French Guiana
1.5% (2002 est.)

French Polynesia
1.5% (2002 est.)

Gabon
0.5% (2003 est.)

Gambia, The
14% (2003 est.)

Gaza Strip
2.2% (includes West Bank) (2001 est.)

Georgia
4.8% (2003 est.)

Germany
1.1% (2003 est.)

Ghana
26.7% (2003 est.)

Gibraltar
1.5% (1998)

Greece
3.6% (2003 est.)

Greenland
1.6% (1999 est.)

Grenada
2.8% (2001 est.)

Guadeloupe
NA (2003 est.)

Guam
0% (1999 est.)

Guatemala
5.5% (2003 est.)

Guernsey
4% (2000 est.)

Guinea
14.8% (2003 est.)

Guinea-Bissau
4% (2002 est.)

Guyana
5.7% (2003 est.)

Haiti
37.8% (2003 est.)

Honduras
7.7% (2003 est.)

Hong Kong
-2.6% (2003 est.)

Hungary
4.7% (2003 est.)

Iceland
2.1% (2003 est.)

India
3.8% (2003 est.)

Indonesia
6.6% (2003 est.)

Iran
16.4% (2003 est.)

Iraq
29.3% (2003 est.)

Ireland
3.5% (2003 est.)

Israel
0.7% (2003 est.)

Italy
2.7% (2003 est.)

Jamaica
10.3% (2003 est.)

Japan
-0.3% (2003 est.)

Jersey
4.7% (1998)

Jordan
2.4% (2003 est.)

Kazakhstan
6.6% (2003 est.)

Kenya
9.8% (2003 est.)

Kiribati
2.5% (2001 est.)

Korea, North
NA (2003 est.)

Korea, South
3.6% (2003 est.)

Kuwait
1.2% (2003 est.)

Kyrgyzstan
3.5% (2003 est.)

Laos
15.3% (2003 est.)

Latvia
2.9% (2003 est.)

Lebanon
2.5% (2003 est.)

Lesotho
6.1% (2003 est.)

Liberia
15% (2003 est.)

Libya
2.8% (2003 est.)

Liechtenstein
1% (2001)

Lithuania
-1.2% (2003 est.)

Luxembourg
2% (2003 est.)

Macau
-2.6% (2003 est.)

Macedonia
1.2% (2003 est.)

Madagascar
8% (2003 est.)

Malawi
9.5% (2003 est.)

Malaysia
1.1% (2003 est.)

Maldives
1% (2002 est.)

Mali
4.5% (2002 est.)

Malta
0.4% (2003 est.)

Man, Isle of
3.6% (March 2003 est.)

Marshall Islands
2% (2001 est.)

Martinique
3.9% (1990)

Mauritania
7% (2003 est.)

Mauritius
4.2% (2003 est.)

Mayotte
NA

Mexico
4.5% (2003 est.)

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

Moldova
11.6% (2003 est.)

Monaco
NA (2000)

Mongolia
1.5% (2002 est.)

Montserrat
2.6% (2002 est.)

Morocco
1.2% (2003 est.)

Mozambique
14% (2003 est.)

Namibia
7.3% (2003)

Nauru
-3.6% (1993)

Nepal
2.9% (2002 est.)

Netherlands
2.1% (2003 est.)

Netherlands Antilles
2.1% (2003 est.)

New Caledonia
-0.6% (2000 est.)

New Zealand
1.8% (2003 est.)

Nicaragua
5.3% (2003 est.)

Niger
3% (2002 est.)

Nigeria
13.8% (2003 est.)

Niue
1% (1995)

Norfolk Island
NA

Northern Mariana Islands
1.2% (1997 est.)

Norway
2.5% (2003 est.)

Oman
-0.3% (2003 est.)

Pakistan
2.9% (2003 est.)

Palau
3.4% (2000 est.)

Panama
1.4% (2003 est.)

Papua New Guinea
14.7% (2003 est.)

Paraguay
14.2% (2003 est.)

Peru
2.3% (2003 est.)

Philippines
3.1% (2003 est.)

Pitcairn Islands
NA

Poland
0.7% (2003 est.)

Portugal
3.3% (2003 est.)

Puerto Rico
6.5% (2003 est.)

Qatar
2.3% (2003)

Reunion
NA

Romania
15.3% (2003)

Russia
13.7% (2003 est.)

Rwanda
7.5% (2003 est.)

Saint Helena
3.2% (1997 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
1.7% (2001 est.)

Saint Lucia
3% (2001 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
2.1% (1991-96 average)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
-0.4% (2001 est.)

Samoa
4% (2001 est.)

San Marino
3.3% (2001)

Sao Tome and Principe
9% (2003 est.)

Saudi Arabia
0.5% (2003 est.)

Senegal
0% (2003 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro
11.2% (2003 est.)

Seychelles
3.3% (2003 est.)

Sierra Leone
1% (2002 est.)

Singapore
0.5% (2003 est.)

Slovakia
8.6% (2003 est.)

Slovenia
5.6% (2003 est.)

Solomon Islands
9% (2002 est.)

Somalia
note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates
cannot be sensibly determined (2003 est.)

South Africa
5.9% (2003 est.)

Spain
3% (2003 est.)

Sri Lanka
6.3% (2003 est.)

Sudan
8.8% (2003 est.)

Suriname
17% (2002 est.)

Svalbard
NA

Swaziland
7.3% (2003 est.)

Sweden
1.9% (2003 est.)

Switzerland
0.6% (2003 est.)

Syria
1.5% (2003 est.)

Taiwan
-0.3% (2003 est.)

Tajikistan
16.3% (2003 est.)

Tanzania
4.4% (2003 est.)

Thailand
1.8% (2003 est.)

Togo
-1% (2003 est.)

Tokelau
NA

Tonga
10.3% (2002 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago
3.8% (2003 est.)

Tunisia
2.7% (2003 est.)

Turkey
25.3% (2003 est.)

Turkmenistan
9.5% (2003 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands
4% (1995)

Tuvalu
5% (2000 est.)

Uganda
7.9% (2003 est.)

Ukraine
5.2% (2003 est.)

United Arab Emirates
3.2% (2003 est.)

United Kingdom
1.4% (2003 est.)

United States
2.3% (2003)

Uruguay
19.4% (2003 est.)

Uzbekistan
13.1% (2003 est.)

Vanuatu
2% (2002 est.)

Venezuela
31.1% (2003 est.)

Vietnam
3.1% (2003 est.)

Virgin Islands
2.2% (2003)

Wallis and Futuna
NA

West Bank
2.2% (includes Gaza Strip) (2001 est.)

Western Sahara
NA

World
developed countries 1% to 4% typically; developing countries
5% to 60% typically; national inflation rates vary widely in
individual cases, from declining prices in Japan to hyperinflation
in several Third World countries (2003 est.)

Yemen
10.8% (2003 est.)

Zambia
21.4% (2003 est.)

Zimbabwe
384.7% (2003 est.)

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@2093 Waterways (km)

Afghanistan
1,200 km
note: chiefly Amu Darya, which handles vessels up to 500 DWT (2004)

Albania
43 km (2004)

Angola
1,300 km (2004)

Argentina
11,000 km (2004)

Australia
2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and
Murray-Darling river systems) (2004)

Austria
358 km (2003)

Bangladesh
8,372 km
note: includes 2,575 km main cargo routes (2004)

Belarus
2,500 km (use limited by location on perimeter of country
and by shallowness) (2003)

Belgium
2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use) (2003)

Belize
825 km (navigable only by small craft) (2004)

Benin
150 km (on River Niger along northern border) (2004)

Bolivia
10,000 km (commercially navigable) (2004)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sava River (northern border) open to shipping
but use limited because of no agreement with neighboring countries
(2004)

Brazil
50,000 km (most in areas remote from industry and population)
(2004)

Brunei
209 km (navigable by craft drawing less than 1.2 m) (2004)

Bulgaria
470 km (2004)

Burma
12,800 km (2004)

Burundi
mainly on Lake Tanganyika (2004)

Cambodia
2,400 km (mainly on Mekong River) (2004)

Cameroon
navigation mainly on Benue River; limited during rainy
season (2004)

Canada
631 km
note: Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint
Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with United States (2003)

Central African Republic
2,800 km (primarily on the Oubangui and
Sangha rivers) (2004)

Chad
Chari and Legone rivers are navigable only in wet season (2002)

China
121,557 km (2002)

Colombia
9,187 km (2004)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
15,000 km (navigation on the Congo
curtailed by fighting) (2004)

Congo, Republic of the
4,385 km (on Congo and Oubanqui rivers) (2004)

Costa Rica
730 km (seasonally navigable by small craft) (2004)

Cote d'Ivoire
980 km (navigable rivers, canals, and numerous coastal
lagoons) (2003)

Croatia
785 km (2004)

Cuba
240 km (2004)

Czech Republic
664 km (on Elbe, Vlatava, and Oder rivers) (2004)

Denmark
417 km (2001)

Ecuador
1,500 km (most inaccessible) (2003)

Egypt
3,500 km
note: includes Nile River, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway,
and numerous smaller canals in delta; Suez Canal (193.5 km including
approaches) navigable by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 17.68 m
(2004)

El Salvador
Rio Lempa partially navigable (2004)

Estonia
500 km (2003)

European Union
53,512 km

Fiji
203 km
note: 122 km navigable by motorized craft and 200-metric-ton barges
(2004)

Finland
7,842 km
note: includes Saimaa Canal system of 3,577 km; southern part leased
from Russia (2004)

France
8,500 km (1,686 km accessible to craft of 3,000 metric tons)
(2000)

French Guiana
3,760 km
note: 460 km navigable by small oceangoing vessels and coastal and
river steamers, 3,300 km by native craft (2004)

Gabon
1,600 km (310 km on Ogooue River) (2003)

Gambia, The
390 km (on River Gambia; small ocean-going vessels can
reach 190 km) (2004)

Germany
7,300 km
note: Rhine River carries most goods; Main-Danube Canal links North
Sea and Black Sea (2004)

Ghana
1,293 km
note: 168 km for launches and lighters on Volta, Ankobra, and Tano
rivers; 1,125 km of arterial and feeder waterways on Lake Volta
(2003)

Greece
6 km
note: Corinth Canal (6 km) crosses the Isthmus of Corinth; shortens
sea voyage by 325 km (2004)

Guatemala
990 km
note: 260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km navigable
during high-water season (2004)

Guinea
1,295 km (navigable by shallow-draft native craft) (2003)

Guinea-Bissau
4 largest rivers are navigable for some distance; many
inlets and creeks give shallow-water access to much of interior
(2004)

Guyana
1,077 km
note: Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo rivers are navigable by
oceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km respectively (2004)

Honduras
465 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2004)

Hungary
1,622 km (most on Danube River) (2004)

India
14,500 km
note: 5,200 km on major rivers and 485 km on canals suitable for
mechanized vessels (2004)

Indonesia
21,579 km
note: Sumatra 5,471 km, Java and Madura 820 km, Kalimantan 10,460
km, Sulawesi (Celebes) 241 km, Irian Jaya 4,587 km (2004)

Iran
850 km (on Karun River and Lake Urmia) (2004)

Iraq
5,275 km (not all navigable)
note: Euphrates River (2,815 km), Tigris River (1,895 km), and Third
River (565 km) are principal waterways (2004)

Ireland
753 km (pleasure craft only) (2004)

Italy
2,400 km
note: used for commercial traffic; of limited overall value compared
to road and rail (2004)

Japan
1,770 km (seagoing vessels use inland seas) (2004)

Kazakhstan
4,000 km
note: on the Syr Darya (Syrdariya) and Ertis (Irtysh) rivers (2004)

Kenya
part of Lake Victoria system is within boundaries of Kenya
(2004)

Kiribati
5 km (small network of canals in Line Islands) (2003)

Korea, North
2,250 km
note: most navigable only by small craft (2004)

Korea, South
1,608 km
note: most navigable only by small craft (2004)

Kyrgyzstan
600 km (2004)

Laos
4,600 km
note: primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,897 additional km are
intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m (2003)

Latvia
300 km (2004)

Liechtenstein
28 km (2004)

Lithuania
600 km (2004)

Luxembourg
37 km (on Moselle River) (2003)

Madagascar
600 km (2004)

Malawi
700 km
note: on Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) and Shire River (2003)

Malaysia
7,200 km
note: Peninsular Malaysia 3,200 km, Sabah 1,500 km, Sarawak 2,500 km
(2004)

Mali
1,815 km (2004)

Mauritania
some ferry traffic on Senegal River (2004)

Mexico
2,900 km
note: navigable rivers and coastal canals (2004)

Moldova
424 km (2004)

Mongolia
580 km
note: only waterway in operation is Lake Khovsgol (135 km); Selenge
River (270 km) and Orkhon River (175 km) are navigable but carry
little traffic; lakes and rivers freeze in winter, are open from May
to September (2004)

Mozambique
460 km (Zambezi River navigable to Tete and along Cahora
Bassa Lake) (2004)

Netherlands
5,046 km (navigable for ships of 50 tons) (2004)

Nicaragua
2,220 km (including lakes Managua and Nicaragua) (1997)

Niger
300 km
note: Niger River is navigable to Gaya between September and March
(2004)

Nigeria
8,600 km (Niger and Benue rivers and smaller rivers and
creeks) (2004)

Panama
800 km (includes 82 km Panama Canal) (2004)

Papua New Guinea
10,940 km (2003)

Paraguay
3,100 km (2004)

Peru
8,808 km
note: 8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon system and 208 km
of Lago Titicaca (2004)

Philippines
3,219 km
note: limited to vessels with draft less than 1.5 m (2004)

Poland
3,997 km (navigable rivers and canals) (2003)

Portugal
210 km (on Douro River from Porto) (2003)

Romania
1,731 km (2004)

Russia
96,000 km
note: 72,000 km system in European Russia links Baltic Sea, White
Sea, Caspian Sea, Sea of Azov, and Black Sea (2004)

Rwanda
Lac Kivu navigable by shallow-draft barges and native craft
(2004)

Senegal
1,000 km (primarily on Senegal, Saloum, and Casamance
rivers) (2003)