Chapter M: Major infectious diseases (149)

Malta
total: 0.02 cu km/yr (74%/1%/25%)
per capita: 50 cu m/yr (2000)

Mauritania
total: 1.7 cu km/yr (9%/3%/88%)
per capita: 554 cu m/yr (2000)

Mauritius
total: 0.61 cu km/yr (25%/14%/60%)
per capita: 488 cu m/yr (2000)

Mexico
total: 78.22 cu km/yr (17%/5%/77%)
per capita: 731 cu m/yr (2000)

Moldova
total: 2.31 cu km/yr (10%/58%/33%)
per capita: 549 cu m/yr (2000)

Mongolia
total: 0.44 cu km/yr (20%/27%/52%)
per capita: 166 cu m/yr (2000)

Morocco
total: 12.6 cu km/yr (10%/3%/87%)
per capita: 400 cu m/yr (2000)

Mozambique
total: 0.63 cu km/yr (11%/2%/87%)
per capita: 32 cu m/yr (2000)

Namibia
total: 0.3 cu km/yr (24%/5%/71%)
per capita: 148 cu m/yr (2000)

Nepal
total: 10.18 cu km/yr (3%/1%/96%)
per capita: 375 cu m/yr (2000)

Netherlands
total: 8.86 cu km/yr (6%/60%/34%)
per capita: 544 cu m/yr (2001)

New Zealand
total: 2.11 cu km/yr (48%/9%/42%)
per capita: 524 cu m/yr (2000)

Nicaragua
total: 1.3 cu km/yr (15%/2%/83%)
per capita: 237 cu m/yr (2000)

Niger
total: 2.18 cu km/yr (4%/0%/95%)
per capita: 156 cu m/yr (2000)

Nigeria
total: 8.01 cu km/yr (21%/10%/69%)
per capita: 61 cu m/yr (2000)

Norway
total: 2.4 cu km/yr (23%/67%/10%)
per capita: 519 cu m/yr (1996)

Oman
total: 1.36 cu km/yr (7%/2%/90%)
per capita: 529 cu m/yr (2000)

Pakistan
total: 169.39 cu km/yr (2%/2%/96%)
per capita: 1,072 cu m/yr (2000)

Panama
total: 0.82 cu km/yr (67%/5%/28%)
per capita: 254 cu m/yr (2000)

Papua New Guinea
total: 0.1 cu km/yr (56%/43%/1%)
per capita: 17 cu m/yr (1987)

Paraguay
total: 0.49 cu km/yr (20%/8%/71%)
per capita: 80 cu m/yr (2000)

Peru
total: 20.13 cu km/yr (8%/10%/82%)
per capita: 720 cu m/yr (2000)

Philippines
total: 28.52 cu km/yr (17%/9%/74%)
per capita: 343 cu m/yr (2000)

Poland
total: 11.73 cu km/yr (13%/79%/8%)
per capita: 304 cu m/yr (2002)

Portugal
total: 11.09 cu km/yr (10%/12%/78%)
per capita: 1,056 cu m/yr (1998)

Qatar
total: 0.29 cu km/yr (24%/3%/72%)
per capita: 358 cu m/yr (2000)

Romania
total: 6.5 cu km/yr (9%/34%/57%)
per capita: 299 cu m/yr (2003)

Russia
total: 76.68 cu km/yr (19%/63%/18%)
per capita: 535 cu m/yr (2000)

Rwanda
total: 0.15 cu km/yr (24%/8%/68%)
per capita: 17 cu m/yr (2000)

Saint Lucia
total: 0.01
per capita: 81 cu m/yr (1997)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
total: 0.01
per capita: 83 cu m/yr (1995)

Saudi Arabia
total: 17.32 cu km/yr (10%/1%/89%)
per capita: 705 cu m/yr (2000)

Senegal
total: 2.22 cu km/yr (4%/3%/93%)
per capita: 190 cu m/yr (2002)

Sierra Leone
total: 0.38 cu km/yr (5%/3%/92%)
per capita: 69 cu m/yr (2000)

Singapore
total: 0.19 cu km/yr (45%/51%/4%)
per capita: 44 cu m/yr (1975)

Slovakia
total: 1.04
per capita: 193 cu m/yr (2003)

Slovenia
total: 0.9
per capita: 457 cu m/yr (2002)

Somalia
total: 3.29 cu km/yr (0%/0%/100%)
per capita: 400 cu m/yr (2000)

South Africa
total: 12.5 cu km/yr (31%/6%/63%)
per capita: 264 cu m/yr (2000)

Spain
total: 37.22 cu km/yr (13%/19%/68%)
per capita: 864 cu m/yr (2002)

Sri Lanka
total: 12.61 cu km/yr (2%/2%/95%)
per capita: 608 cu m/yr (2000)

Sudan
total: 37.32 cu km/yr (3%/1%/97%)
per capita: 1,030 cu m/yr (2000)

Suriname
total: 0.67 cu km/yr (4%/3%/93%)
per capita: 1,489 cu m/yr (2000)

Swaziland
total: 1.04 cu km/yr (2%/1%/97%)
per capita: 1,010 cu m/yr (2000)

Sweden
total: 2.68 cu km/yr (37%/54%/9%)
per capita: 296 cu m/yr (2002)

Switzerland
total: 2.52 cu km/yr (24%/74%/2%)
per capita: 348 cu m/yr (2002)

Syria
total: 19.95 cu km/yr (3%/2%/95%)
per capita: 1,048 cu m/yr (2000)

Tajikistan
total: 11.96 cu km/yr (4%/5%/92%)
per capita: 1,837 cu m/yr (2000)

Tanzania
total: 5.18 cu km/yr (10%/0%/89%)
per capita: 135 cu m/yr (2000)

Thailand
total: 82.75 cu km/yr (2%/2%/95%)
per capita: 1,288 cu m/yr (2000)

Togo
total: 0.17 cu km/yr (53%/2%/45%)
per capita: 28 cu m/yr (2000)

Trinidad and Tobago
total: 0.31 cu km/yr (68%/26%/6%)
per capita: 237 cu m/yr (2000)

Tunisia
total: 2.64 cu km/yr (14%/4%/82%)
per capita: 261 cu m/yr (2000)

Turkey
total: 39.78 cu km/yr (15%/11%/74%)
per capita: 544 cu m/yr (2001)

Turkmenistan
total: 24.65 cu km/yr (2%/1%/98%)
per capita: 5,104 cu m/yr (2000)

Uganda
total: 0.3 cu km/yr (43%/17%/40%)
per capita: 10 cu m/yr (2002)

Ukraine
total: 37.53 cu km/yr (12%/35%/52%)
per capita: 807 cu m/yr (2000)

United Arab Emirates
total: 2.3 cu km/yr (23%/9%/68%)
per capita: 511 cu m/yr (2000)

United Kingdom
total: 11.75 cu km/yr (22%/75%/3%)
per capita: 197 cu m/yr (1994)

United States
total: 477 cu km/yr (13%/46%/41%)
per capita: 1,600 cu m/yr (2000)

Uruguay
total: 3.15 cu km/yr (2%/1%/96%)
per capita: 910 cu m/yr (2000)

Uzbekistan
total: 58.34 cu km/yr (5%/2%/93%)
per capita: 2,194 cu m/yr (2000)

Venezuela
total: 8.37 cu km/yr (6%/7%/47%)
per capita: 313 cu m/yr (2000)

Vietnam
total: 71.39 cu km/yr (8%/24%/68%)
per capita: 847 cu m/yr (2000)

Yemen
total: 6.63 cu km/yr (4%/1%/95%)
per capita: 316 cu m/yr (2000)

Zambia
total: 1.74 cu km/yr (17%/7%/76%)
per capita: 149 cu m/yr (2000)

Zimbabwe
total: 4.21 cu km/yr (14%/7%/79%)
per capita: 324 cu m/yr (2002)

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Field Listing :: Geographic overview

Country

Geographic overview

World
The surface of the earth is approximately 70.9% water and
29.1% land. The former portion is divided into large water bodies
termed oceans. The World Factbook recognizes and describes five
oceans, which are in decreasing order of size: the Pacific Ocean,
Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Arctic Ocean.
The land portion is generally divided into several, large, discrete
landmasses termed continents. Depending on the convention used, the
number of continents can vary from five to seven. The most common
classification recognizes seven, which are (from largest to
smallest): Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica,
Europe, and Australia. Asia and Europe are sometimes lumped together
into a Eurasian continent resulting in six continents.
Alternatively, North and South America are sometimes grouped as
simply the Americas, resulting in a continent total of six (or five,
if the Eurasia designation is used).
North America is commonly understood to include the island of
Greenland, the isles of the Caribbean, and to extend south all the
way to the Isthmus of Panama. The easternmost extent of Europe is
generally defined as being the Ural Mountains and the Ural River; on
the southeast the Caspian Sea; and on the south the Caucasus
Mountains, the Black Sea, and the Mediterranean. Africa's northeast
extremity is frequently delimited at the Isthmus of Suez, but for
geopolitical purposes, the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula is often
included as part of Africa. Asia usually incorporates all the
islands of the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia. The islands of
the Pacific are often lumped with Australia into a "land mass"
termed Oceania or Australasia.
Although the above groupings are the most common, different
continental dispositions are recognized or taught in certain parts
of the world, with some arrangements more heavily based on cultural
spheres rather than physical geographic considerations.

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Field Listing :: Economy of the area administered by Turkish Cypriots

Country

Economy of the area administered by Turkish Cypriots

Cyprus
Economy - overview: The Turkish Cypriot economy has roughly
40% of the per capita GDP of the south, and economic growth tends to
be volatile, given the north's relative isolation, bloated public
sector, reliance on the Turkish lira, and small market size.
Agriculture and services, together, employ more than half of the
work force. The Turkish Cypriot economy grew around 10.6% in 2006,
fueled by growth in the construction and education sectors, as well
as increased employment of Turkish Cypriots in the area under
government control. GDP declined about 2.0% in 2007. The Turkish
Cypriots are heavily dependent on transfers from the Turkish
Government. Ankara directly finances about one-third of the "TRNC's"
budget. Aid from Turkey has exceeded $400 million annually in recent
years. The Turkish Cypriot economy probably will experience a sharp
slowdown in 2008-2009 due to the global financial crisis, because
the Turkish Cypriot financial sector is dominated by mainland
Turkish banks, and because of its reliance on British and Turkish
tourism, which has declined due to the recession.
GDP (purchasing power parity): $1.829 billion (2007 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: -2% (2007 est.)
GDP - per capita: $11,700 (2007 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 8.6%, industry: 22.5%,
services: 69.1% (2006 est.)
Labor force: 95,030 (2007 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 14.5%, industry: 29%,
services: 56.5% (2004)
Unemployment rate: 9.4% (2005 est.)
Population below poverty line: %NA
Inflation rate: 11.4% (2006)
Budget: revenues: $2.5 billion, expenditures: $2.5 billion (2006)
Agriculture - products: citrus fruit, dairy, potatoes, grapes,
olives, poultry, lamb
Industries: foodstuffs, textiles, clothing, ship repair, clay,
gypsum, copper, furniture
Industrial production growth rate: -0.3% (2007 est.)
Electricity production: 998.9 million kWh (2005)
Electricity consumption: 797.9 million kWh (2005)
Exports: $68.1 million, f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Export - commodities: citrus, dairy, potatoes, textiles
Export - partners: Turkey 40%; direct trade between the area
administered by Turkish Cypriots and the area under government
control remains limited
Imports: $1.2 billion, f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Import - commodities: vehicles, fuel, cigarettes, food, minerals,
chemicals, machinery
Import - partners: Turkey 60%; direct trade between the area
administered by Turkish Cypriots and the area under government
control remains limited
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: $NA
Debt - external: $NA
Currency (code): Turkish new lira (YTL)
Exchange rates: Turkish new lira per US dollar: 1.319 (2007) 1.4286
(2006) 1.3436 (2005) 1.4255 (2004) 1.5009 (2003)

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Field Listing :: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary

education)

School life expectancy (SLE) is the total number of years of
schooling (primary to tertiary) that a child can expect to receive,
assuming that the probability of his or her being enrolled in school
at any particular future age is equal to the current enrollment
ratio at that age. Caution must be maintained when utilizing this
indicator in international comparisons. For example, a year or grade
completed in one country is not necessarily the same in terms of
educational content or quality as a year or grade completed in
another country. SLE represents the expected number of years of
schooling that will be completed, including years spent repeating
one or more grades.
Country

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)(years)

Afghanistan
total: 8 years
male: 11 years
female: 4 years (2004)

Albania
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2004)

Algeria
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2005)

Andorra
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2006)

Anguilla
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2006)

Argentina
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 16 years (2005)

Armenia
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2006)

Aruba
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)

Australia
total: 20 years
male: 20 years
female: 21 years (2006)

Austria
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2006)

Azerbaijan
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2006)

Bahrain
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 16 years (2006)

Bangladesh
total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 8 years (2004)

Barbados
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2001)

Belarus
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2006)

Belgium
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2006)

Belize
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2004)

Benin
total: 7 years
male: 9 years
female: 6 years (2001)

Bermuda
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2005)

Bhutan
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2006)

Botswana
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2005)

Brazil
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2005)

British Virgin Islands
total: 17 years
male: 15 years
female: 19 years (2005)

Brunei
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2006)

Bulgaria
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)

Burkina Faso
total: 5 years
male: 5 years
female: 4 years (2006)

Burma
total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 8 years (2001)

Burundi
total: 7 years
male: 8 years
female: 7 years (2006)

Cambodia
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2006)

Cameroon
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 8 years (2006)

Canada
total: 17 years
male: 17 years
female: 17 years (2004)

Cape Verde
total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2006)

Cayman Islands
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2001)

Chad
total: 6 years
male: 7 years
female: 4 years (2005)

Chile
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2006)

China
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2006)

Colombia
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2006)

Comoros
total: 8 years
male: 9 years
female: 7 years (2004)

Congo, Republic of the
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 8 years (2003)

Cook Islands
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 10 years (2005)

Costa Rica
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2005)

Croatia
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)

Cuba
total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 17 years (2006)

Cyprus
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)

Czech Republic
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2006)

Denmark
total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2006)

Djibouti
total: 4 years
male: 5 years
female: 4 years (2006)

Dominica
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2005)

Dominican Republic
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2004)

El Salvador
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2006)

Equatorial Guinea
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2000)

Eritrea
total: 5 years
male: 6 years
female: 4 years (2004)

Estonia
total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 17 years (2006)

Ethiopia
total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 7 years (2007)

Fiji
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2005)

Finland
total: 17 years
male: 17 years
female: 18 years (2006)

France
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2006)

Gambia, The
total: 7 years
male: 7 years
female: 7 years (2004)

Gaza Strip
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)

Georgia
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2006)

Germany
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2006)

Ghana
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2007)

Greece
total: 17 years
male: 17 years
female: 17 years (2006)

Grenada
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2005)

Guatemala
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2006)

Guinea
total: 8 years
male: 10 years
female: 7 years (2006)

Guinea-Bissau
total: 5 years
male: 7 years
female: 4 years (2001)

Guyana
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2005)

Honduras
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2004)

Hong Kong
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 13 years (2006)

Hungary
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2006)

Iceland
total: 18 years
male: 17 years
female: 19 years (2006)

India
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 9 years (2005)

Indonesia
total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2005)

Iran
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2005)

Iraq
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 8 years (2005)

Ireland
total: 18 years
male: 17 years
female: 18 years (2006)

Israel
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2006)

Italy
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2006)

Jamaica
total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2003)

Japan
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2006)

Jordan
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2006)

Kazakhstan
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2007)

Kenya
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2004)

Kiribati
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2005)

Korea, South
total: 17 years
male: 18 years
female: 15 years (2007)

Kuwait
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2006)

Kyrgyzstan
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2006)

Laos
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 8 years (2006)

Latvia
total: 16 years
male: 14 years
female: 17 years (2006)

Lebanon
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2006)

Lesotho
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 10 years (2006)

Liberia
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 8 years (2000)

Libya
total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2003)

Liechtenstein
total: 15 years
male: 16 years
female: 13 years (2004)

Lithuania
total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 17 years (2006)

Luxembourg
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)

Macau
total: 15 years
male: 16 years
female: 14 years (2006)

Macedonia
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2005)

Madagascar
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2006)

Malawi
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2004)

Malaysia
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2005)

Maldives
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2006)

Mali
total: 7 years
male: 8 years
female: 5 years (2005)

Malta
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2005)

Marshall Islands
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2003)

Mauritania
total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 8 years (2006)

Mauritius
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 13 years (2005)

Mexico
total: 13 years
male: 14 years
female: 13 years (2006)

Moldova
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2006)

Mongolia
total: 13 years
male: 12 years
female: 14 years (2006)

Montserrat
total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2006)

Morocco
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 9 years (2005)

Mozambique
total: 8 years
male: 9 years
female: 7 years (2005)

Namibia
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2006)

Nauru
total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 9 years (2006)

Nepal
total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 8 years (2003)

Netherlands
total: 16 years
male: 17 years
female: 16 years (2006)

Netherlands Antilles
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2002)

New Zealand
total: 19 years
male: 19 years
female: 20 years (2006)

Nicaragua
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2003)

Niger
total: 4 years
male: 5 years
female: 3 years (2006)

Nigeria
total: 8 years
male: 9 years
female: 7 years (2004)

Niue
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2005)

Norway
total: 17 years
male: 17 years
female: 18 years (2006)

Oman
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2006)

Pakistan
total: 7 years
male: 7 years
female: 6 years (2006)

Palau
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2000)

Panama
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)

Paraguay
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2005)

Peru
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2006)

Philippines
total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2006)

Poland
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2006)

Portugal
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2006)

Qatar
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)

Romania
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2006)

Russia
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)

Rwanda
total: 9 years
male: 8 years
female: 9 years (2005)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2005)

Saint Lucia
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2005)

Samoa
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2001)

Sao Tome and Principe
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 10 years (2006)

Seychelles
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2007)

Sierra Leone
total: 7 years
male: 8 years
female: 6 years (2001)

Slovakia
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2006)

Slovenia
total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2006)

Solomon Islands
total: 8 years
male: 9 years
female: 8 years (2005)

South Africa
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2004)

Spain
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2006)

Suriname
total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 13 years (2002)

Swaziland
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 10 years (2005)

Sweden
total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 17 years (2006)

Switzerland
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2006)

Tajikistan
total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 10 years (2006)

Thailand
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)

Togo
total: 9 years
male: 11 years
female: 7 years (2000)

Tokelau
total: 11 years
male: 10 years
female: 11 years (2004)

Tonga
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2004)

Trinidad and Tobago
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2005)

Tunisia
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)

Turkey
total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2006)

Turks and Caicos Islands
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2005)

Tuvalu
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2001)

Uganda
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2004)

Ukraine
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2006)

United Arab Emirates
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2003)

United Kingdom
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2006)

United States
total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2006)

Uruguay
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 16 years (2006)

Uzbekistan
total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2007)

Vanuatu
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2004)

Venezuela
total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2003)

Vietnam
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2000)

West Bank
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)

Yemen
total: 9 years
male: 11 years
female: 7 years (2005)

Zambia
total: 7 years
male: 7 years
female: 7 years (2000)

Zimbabwe
total: 9 years
male: 9 years
female: 9 years (2003)

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@2206

Field Listing :: Education expenditures

This entry provides the public expenditure on education as a percent
of GDP.
Country Comparison to the World
Country

Education expenditures(% of GDP)

Afghanistan
NA

Albania
2.9% of GDP (2002)

Algeria
5.1% of GDP (1999)

American Samoa
NA

Andorra
2.3% of GDP (2006)

Angola
2.4% of GDP (2005)

Anguilla
4% of GDP (2005)

Antigua and Barbuda
3.9% of GDP (2002)

Argentina
3.8% of GDP (2004)

Armenia
3.2% of GDP (2001)

Aruba
4.8% of GDP (2005)

Australia
4.5% of GDP (2005)

Austria
5.4% of GDP (2005)

Azerbaijan
2.1% of GDP (2006)

Bahamas, The
3.6% of GDP (2000)

Bahrain
3.9% of GDP (1991)

Bangladesh
2.7% of GDP (2005)

Barbados
6.9% of GDP (2005)

Belarus
6.1% of GDP (2006)

Belgium
6% of GDP (2004)

Belize
5.3% of GDP (2004)

Benin
4.4% of GDP (2004)

Bermuda
1.2% of GDP (2006)

Bhutan
7% of GDP (2005)

Bolivia
6.4% of GDP (2003)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
NA

Botswana
8.7% of GDP (2007)

Brazil
4% of GDP (2004)

British Virgin Islands
3.7% of GDP (2006)

Brunei
5.2% of GDP (2000)

Bulgaria
4.5% of GDP (2005)

Burkina Faso
4.2% of GDP (2006)

Burma
1.2% of GDP (2001)

Burundi
5.1% of GDP (2005)

Cambodia
1.7% of GDP (2004)

Cameroon
3.3% of GDP (2006)

Canada
5.2% of GDP (2002)

Cape Verde
6.3% of GDP (2006)

Cayman Islands
2.8% of GDP (2005)

Central African Republic
1.4% of GDP (2006)

Chad
1.9% of GDP (2005)

Chile
3.2% of GDP (2006)

China
1.9% of GDP (1999)

Colombia
4.7% of GDP (2006)

Comoros
3.8% of GDP (2002)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
NA

Congo, Republic of the
1.9% of GDP (2005)

Cook Islands
0.2% of GDP (2001)

Costa Rica
4.9% of GDP (2004)

Cote d'Ivoire
4.6% of GDP (2001)

Croatia
4.5% of GDP (2004)

Cuba
9.1% of GDP (2006)

Cyprus
6.3% of GDP (2004)

Czech Republic
4.4% of GDP (2004)

Denmark
8.3% of GDP (2005)

Djibouti
8.4% of GDP (2006)

Dominica
5% of GDP (1999)

Dominican Republic
3.6% of GDP (2006)

Ecuador
1% of GDP (2001)

Egypt
4.2% of GDP (2006)

El Salvador
3.1% of GDP (2006)

Equatorial Guinea
0.6% of GDP (2003)

Eritrea
2.4% of GDP (2006)

Estonia
5.1% of GDP (2004)

Ethiopia
6% of GDP (2006)

Fiji
6.5% of GDP (2004)

Finland
6.4% of GDP (2005)

France
5.7% of GDP (2005)

French Polynesia
NA

Gabon
3.8% of GDP (2000)

Gambia, The
2% of GDP (2004)

Gaza Strip
NA

Georgia
3.1% of GDP (2006)

Germany
4.6% of GDP (2004)

Ghana
5.4% of GDP (2005)

Gibraltar
NA

Greece
4.4% of GDP (2005)

Greenland
NA

Grenada
5.2% of GDP (2003)

Guam
NA

Guatemala
2.6% of GDP (2006)

Guernsey
NA

Guinea
1.6% of GDP (2005)

Guinea-Bissau
5.2% of GDP (1999)

Guyana
8.3% of GDP (2006)

Haiti
1.4% of GDP (1991)

Honduras
3.8% of GDP (1991)

Hong Kong
3.9% of GDP (2006)

Hungary
5.5% of GDP (2005)

Iceland
7.6% of GDP (2004)

India
3.2% of GDP (2005)

Indonesia
3.6% of GDP (2006)

Iran
5.1% of GDP (2006)

Iraq
NA

Ireland
4.7% of GDP (2005)

Isle of Man
NA

Israel
6.9% of GDP (2004)

Italy
4.5% of GDP (2005)

Jamaica
5.3% of GDP (2005)

Japan
3.5% of GDP (2005)

Jersey
NA

Jordan
4.9% of GDP (1999)

Kazakhstan
2.3% of GDP (2005)

Kenya
6.9% of GDP (2006)

Kiribati
17.8% of GDP (2002)

Korea, North
NA

Korea, South
4.6% of GDP (2004)

Kuwait
3.8% of GDP (2006)

Kyrgyzstan
4.9% of GDP (2005)

Laos
3% of GDP (2006)

Latvia
5.1% of GDP (2004)

Lebanon
2.7% of GDP (2006)

Lesotho
13% of GDP (2006)

Liberia
NA

Libya
2.7% of GDP (1999)

Liechtenstein
NA

Lithuania
5% of GDP (2005)

Luxembourg
3.4% of GDP (1999)

Macau
2.4% of GDP (2005)

Macedonia
3.5% of GDP (2002)

Madagascar
3.1% of GDP (2006)

Malawi
5.8% of GDP (2003)

Malaysia
6.2% of GDP (2004)

Maldives
8% of GDP (2006)

Mali
4.5% of GDP (2006)

Malta
5.1% of GDP (2004)

Marshall Islands
11.8% of GDP (2004)

Mauritania
2.9% of GDP (2006)

Mauritius
3.9% of GDP (2006)

Mayotte
NA

Mexico
5.5% of GDP (2005)

Micronesia, Federated States of
7.3% of GDP (2000)

Moldova
7.6% of GDP (2006)

Monaco
4.4% of GDP (2004)

Mongolia
5% of GDP (2004)

Montenegro
NA

Montserrat
3.3% of GDP (2004)

Morocco
NA

Mozambique
5% of GDP (2005)

Namibia
6.9% of GDP (2003)

Nauru
NA

Nepal
3.4% of GDP (2003)

Netherlands
5.3% of GDP (2005)

Netherlands Antilles
NA

New Zealand
6.2% of GDP (2006)

Nicaragua
3.1% of GDP (2003)

Niger
3.4% of GDP (2006)

Nigeria
0.9% of GDP (1991)

Niue
NA

Norfolk Island
NA

Northern Mariana Islands
NA

Norway
7.2% of GDP (2005)

Oman
4% of GDP (2006)

Pakistan
2.6% of GDP (2006)

Palau
10.3% of GDP (2002)

Panama
3.8% of GDP (2004)

Papua New Guinea
NA

Paraguay
4% of GDP (2004)

Peru
2.5% of GDP (2006)

Philippines
2.5% of GDP (2005)

Poland
5.5% of GDP (2005)

Portugal
5.5% of GDP (2005)

Puerto Rico
NA

Qatar
3.3% of GDP (2005)

Romania
3.5% of GDP (2005)

Russia
3.8% of GDP (2005)

Rwanda
3.8% of GDP (2005)

Saint Helena
NA

Saint Kitts and Nevis
9.3% of GDP (2005)

Saint Lucia
6.6% of GDP (2006)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
NA

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
8.1% of GDP (2005)

Samoa
4.3% of GDP (2002)

San Marino
NA

Sao Tome and Principe
NA

Saudi Arabia
6.8% of GDP (2004)

Senegal
5% of GDP (2006)

Serbia
NA

Seychelles
6.5% of GDP (2006)

Sierra Leone
3.8% of GDP (2005)

Singapore
3.7% of GDP (2001)

Slovakia
3.9% of GDP (2005)

Slovenia
6% of GDP (2005)

Solomon Islands
3.3% of GDP (1999)

Somalia
NA

South Africa
5.4% of GDP (2006)

Spain
4.2% of GDP (2005)

Sri Lanka
NA

Sudan
6% of GDP (1991)

Suriname
NA

Swaziland
7% of GDP (2005)

Sweden
7.1% of GDP (2005)

Switzerland
5.8% of GDP (2005)

Syria
3.9% of GDP (1999)

Taiwan
NA

Tajikistan
3.4% of GDP (2006)

Tanzania
2.2% of GDP (1999)

Thailand
4.2% of GDP (2005)

Timor-Leste
NA

Togo
2.6% of GDP (2002)

Tokelau
NA

Tonga
5% of GDP (2004)

Trinidad and Tobago
4.2% of GDP (2002)

Tunisia
7.3% of GDP (2005)

Turkey
4% of GDP (2004)

Turkmenistan
3.9% of GDP (1991)

Turks and Caicos Islands
NA

Tuvalu
NA

Uganda
5.2% of GDP (2004)

Ukraine
6.3% of GDP (2006)

United Arab Emirates
1.3% of GDP (2005)

United Kingdom
5.6% of GDP (2005)

United States
5.3% of GDP (2005)

Uruguay
2.9% of GDP (2006)

Uzbekistan
9.4% of GDP (1991)

Vanuatu
9.5% of GDP (2003)

Venezuela
3.7% of GDP (2006)

Vietnam
1.8% of GDP (1991)

Virgin Islands
NA

West Bank
NA

Yemen
9.6% of GDP (2001)

Zambia
2% of GDP (2005)

Zimbabwe
4.6% of GDP (2000)

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Field Listing :: Central bank discount rate

This entry provides the annualized interest rate a country's central
bank charges commercial, depository banks for loans to meet
temporary shortages of funds.
Country Comparison to the World
Country

Central bank discount rate(%)

Albania
6.25% (31 December 2008)
6.25% (31 December 2007)

Algeria
4% (31 December 2008)
4% (31 December 2007)

Angola
19.57% (31 December 2008)
19.57% (31 December 2007)

Anguilla
6.5% (31 December 2008)
6.5% (31 December 2007)

Antigua and Barbuda
6.5% (31 December 2008)
6.5% (31 December 2007)

Argentina
NA

Armenia
7.25% (2 December 2008)
NA% (31 December 2007)
note: this is the Refinancing Rate, the key monetary policy
instrument of the Armenian National Bank

Aruba
5% (31 December 2008)
5% (31 December 2007)

Azerbaijan
8% (31 December 2008)
13% (31 December 2007)
note: this is the Refinancing Rate, the key policy rate for the
National Bank of Azerbaijan

Bahamas, The
5.25% (31 December 2008)
5.25% (31 December 2007)

Bangladesh
5% (31 December 2008)
5% (31 December 2007)

Barbados
10% (31 December 2008)
12% (31 December 2007)

Belarus
12% (31 December 2008)
10% (31 December 2007)

Belgium
3% (31 December 2008)
5% (31 December 2007)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal
lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro
area

Belize
12% (31 December 2008)
12% (31 December 2007)

Benin
4.75% (31 December 2008)
4.25% (31 December 2007)

Bolivia
13% (31 December 2008)
6.5% (31 December 2007)

Botswana
15% (31 December 2008)
14.5% (31 December 2007)

Brazil
20.48% (31 December 2008)
17.85% (31 December 2007)

Bulgaria
5.77% (31 December 2008)
4.58% (31 December 2007)

Burkina Faso
4.75% (31 December 2008)
4.25% (31 December 2007)

Burma
12% (31 December 2008)
12% (31 December 2007)

Burundi
10.08% (31 December 2008)
10.12% (31 December 2007)

Cambodia
NA% (31 December 2008)
5.25% (31 December 2007)

Cameroon
4.75% (31 December 2008)
5.25% (31 December 2007)

Canada
1.75% (31 December 2008)
4.5% (31 December 2007)

Cape Verde
7.5% (31 December 2008)
8.5% (31 December 2007)

Central African Republic
4.75% (31 December 2008)
5.25% (31 December 2007)

Chad
4.75% (31 December 2008)
5.25% (31 December 2007)

Chile
8.25% (31 December 2008)
6% (31 December 2007)

China
2.79% (31 December 2008)
3.33% (31 December 2007)

Colombia
11.5% (31 December 2008)
11.5% (31 December 2007)

Comoros
5.36% (31 December 2008)
5.36% (31 December 2007)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
NA% (31 December 2008)
5.25% (31 December 2007)

Congo, Republic of the
4.75% (31 December 2008)
5.25% (31 December 2007)

Costa Rica
25% (31 December 2008)
17% (31 December 2007)

Cote d'Ivoire
4.75% (31 December 2008)
4.25% (31 December 2007)

Croatia
9% (31 December 2008)
9% (31 December 2007)

Cuba
NA%

Cyprus
3% (31 December 2008)
5% (31 December 2007)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal
lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro
area

Czech Republic
2.25% (31 December 2008)
3.5% (31 December 2007)

Denmark
3.5% (31 December 2008)
4% (31 December 2007)

Dominica
6.5% (31 December 2008)
6.5% (31 December 2007)

Ecuador
9.14% (31 December 2008)
10.72% (31 December 2007)

Egypt
11.5% (31 December 2008)
9% (31 December 2007)

Equatorial Guinea
4.75% (31 December 2008)
5.25% (31 December 2007)

European Union
3% (31 December 2008)
5% (31 December 2007)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal
lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro
area

Fiji
6.32% (31 December 2008)
9.25% (31 December 2007)

Finland
3% (31 December 2008)
5% (31 December 2007)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal
lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro
area

France
3% (31 December 2008)
5% (31 December 2007)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal
lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro
area

Gabon
4.75% (31 December 2008)
5.25% (31 December 2007)

Gambia, The
NA% (31 December 2008)
10% (31 December 2007)

Georgia
8% (25 December 2008)
NA% (31 December 2007)
note: this is the Refinancing Rate, the key monetary policy rate of
the Georgian National Bank

Germany
3% (31 December 2008)
5% (31 December 2007)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal
lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro
area

Ghana
17% (31 December 2008)
13.5% (31 December 2007)

Greece
3% (31 December 2008)
5% (31 December 2007)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal
lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro
area

Grenada
6.5% (31 December 2008)
6.5% (31 December 2007)

Guatemala
NA%

Guinea
NA% (31 December 2008)
22.25% (31 December 2005)

Guinea-Bissau
4.75% (31 December 2008)
4.25% (31 December 2007)

Guyana
6.75% (31 December 2008)
6.5% (31 December 2007)

Honduras
NA%

Hong Kong
0.5% (31 December 2008)
5.75% (31 December 2007)

Hungary
10% (31 December 2008)
7.5% (31 December 2007)

Iceland
22% (31 December 2008)
15.25% (31 December 2007)

India
6% (31 December 2008)
6% (31 December 2007)

Indonesia
10.83% (31 December 2008)
8% (31 December 2007)

Iraq
NA% (31 December 2008)
20% (31 December 2007)

Ireland
3% (31 December 2008)
5% (31 December 2007)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal
lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro
area

Israel
2.5% (31 December 2008)
4% (31 December 2007)

Italy
3% (31 December 2008)
5% (31 December 2007)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal
lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro
area

Japan
0.3% (31 December 2008)
0.75% (31 December 2007)

Jordan
6.25% (31 December 2008)
7% (31 December 2007)

Kazakhstan
10.5% (31 December 2008)
11% (31 December 2007)

Korea, South
1.75% (31 December 2008)
3.25% (31 December 2007)

Kuwait
3.75% (31 December 2008)
6.25% (31 December 2007)

Laos
7.67% (31 December 2008)
12.67% (31 December 2007)

Latvia
6% (31 December 2008)
6% (31 December 2007)

Lebanon
12% (31 December 2008)
12% (31 December 2007)

Lesotho
14.05% (31 December 2008)
12.82% (31 December 2007)

Libya
5% (31 December 2008)
4% (31 December 2007)

Lithuania
4.73% (31 December 2008)
4.85% (31 December 2007)

Luxembourg
3% (31 December 2008)
5% (31 December 2007)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal
lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro
area

Macedonia
6.5% (31 December 2008)
6.5% (31 December 2007)

Malawi
15% (31 December 2008)
15% (31 December 2007)

Maldives
13% (31 December 2008)
12.5% (31 December 2007)

Mali
4.75% (31 December 2008)
4.25% (31 December 2007)

Malta
3% (31 December 2008)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal
lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro
area

Mauritania
NA% (31 December 2008)
12% (31 December 2007)

Mexico
NA% (31 December 2008)

Mongolia
14.78% (31 December 2008)
9.87% (31 December 2007)

Montserrat
6.5% (31 December 2008)
6.5% (31 December 2007)

Morocco
3.32% (31 December 2008)
3.25% (31 December 2007)

Mozambique
9.95% (31 December 2008)
9.95% (31 December 2007)

Namibia
10% (31 December 2008)
10.5% (31 December 2007)

Nepal
6.5% (31 December 2008)
6.25% (31 December 2007)

Netherlands
3% (31 December 2008)
5% (31 December 2007)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal
lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro
area

Netherlands Antilles
NA%

New Zealand
5% (31 December 2008)
8.25% (31 December 2007)

Nicaragua
NA%

Niger
4.75% (31 December 2008)
4.25% (31 December 2007)

Nigeria
9.75% (31 December 2008)
9.5% (31 December 2007)

Norway
4% (31 December 2008)
6.25% (31 December 2007)

Oman
0.91% (31 December 2008)
1.98% (31 December 2007)

Pakistan
15% (31 December 2008)
10% (31 December 2007)

Papua New Guinea
7% (31 December 2008)
7.38% (31 December 2007)

Paraguay
20% (31 December 2008)
20% (31 December 2007)

Peru
7.25% (31 December 2008)
5.75% (31 December 2007)

Philippines
6% (31 December 2008)
4.28% (31 December 2007)

Poland
5% (31 December 2008)
5% (31 December 2007)

Portugal
3% (31 December 2008)
5% (31 December 2007)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal
lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro
area

Qatar
5.5% (31 December 2008)
5.5% (31 December 2007)

Romania
NA%

Russia
13% (31 December 2008)
10% (31 December 2007)

Rwanda
11.25% (31 December 2008)
12.5% (31 December 2007)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
6.5% (31 December 2008)
6.5% (31 December 2007)

Saint Lucia
6.5% (31 December 2008)
6.5% (31 December 2007)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
6.5% (31 December 2008)
6.5% (31 December 2007)

Sao Tome and Principe
28% (31 December 2008)
28% (31 December 2007)

Saudi Arabia
2.5% (31 December 2008)
NA% (31 December 2007)

Senegal
4.75% (31 December 2008)
4.25% (31 December 2007)

Serbia
17.75% (31 December 2008)
9.57% (31 December 2007)

Seychelles
NA% (31 December 2008)
5.13% (31 December 2007)

Sierra Leone
NA% (31 December 2008)

Slovakia
3% (31 December 2008)
4.25% (31 December 2007)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal
lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks from the
euro area; as of 1 January 2009 Slovakia became a member of the
Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)

Slovenia
3% (31 December 2008)
5% (31 December 2007)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal
lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro
area

South Africa
11.5% (31 December 2008)
11% (31 December 2007)

Spain
3% (31 December 2008)
5% (31 December 2007)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal
lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro
area

Sri Lanka
15% (31 December 2008)
15% (31 December 2007)

Swaziland
11% (31 December 2008)
11% (31 December 2007)

Sweden
2% (31 December 2008)
3.5% (31 December 2007)

Switzerland
0.05% (31 December 2008)
2.05% (31 December 2007)

Syria
NA% (31 December 2008)
5% (31 December 2007)

Taiwan
1.5% (January 2009)

Tajikistan
NA% (31 December 2008)
15% (31 December 2007)

Tanzania
15.99% (31 December 2008)
16.4% (31 December 2007)

Thailand
3.25% (31 December 2008)
3.75% (31 December 2007)

Togo
4.75% (31 December 2008)
4.25% (31 December 2007)

Trinidad and Tobago
10.75% (31 December 2008)
10% (31 December 2007)

Turkey
25% (31 December 2008)
25% (31 December 2007)

Uganda
19.42% (31 December 2008)
14.68% (31 December 2007)

Ukraine
12% (31 December 2008)
8% (31 December 2007)

United Arab Emirates
NA% (31 December 2008)

United Kingdom
0.86% (31 December 2008)

United States
0.5% (31 March 2009)
4.83% (31 December 2007)

Uruguay
10% (31 December 2008)
10% (31 December 2007)

Vanuatu
6% (31 December 2008)
6% (31 December 2007)

Venezuela
33.5% (31 December 2008)
28.5% (31 December 2007)

Vietnam
10.25% (31 December 2008)
6.5% (31 December 2007)

Yemen
NA%

Zambia
14.49% (31 December 2008)
11.73% (31 December 2007)

Zimbabwe
NA% (31 December 2008)
975% (31 December 2007)

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Field Listing :: Commercial bank prime lending rate

This entry provides a simple average of annualized interest rates
commercial banks charge on new loans, denominated in the national
currency, to their most credit-worthy customers.
Country Comparison to the World
Country

Commercial bank prime lending rate(%)

Afghanistan
14.92% (31 December 2008)
18.14% (31 December 2007)

Albania
13.02% (31 December 2008)
14.1% (31 December 2007)

Algeria
8% (31 December 2008)
8% (31 December 2007)

Angola
12.53% (31 December 2008)
17.7% (31 December 2007)

Anguilla
9.51% (31 December 2008)
9.76% (31 December 2007)

Antigua and Barbuda
10.43% (31 December 2008)
10.44% (31 December 2007)

Argentina
19.47% (31 December 2008)
28% (28 November 2008)

Armenia
17.05% (31 December 2008)
17.52% (31 December 2007)

Aruba
11.23% (31 December 2008)
11.01% (31 December 2007)

Australia
8.91% (31 December 2008)
10.02% (31 December 2007)

Austria
6.82% (31 December 2008)
6.3% (31 December 2007)

Azerbaijan
19.76% (31 December 2008)
19.13% (31 December 2007)

Bahamas, The
5.5% (31 December 2008)
5.5% (31 December 2007)

Bahrain
NA% (31 December 2008)
8.35% (31 December 2007)

Bangladesh
16.38% (31 December 2008)
16% (31 December 2007)

Barbados
10.03% (31 December 2008)
10.8% (31 December 2007)

Belarus
8.55% (31 December 2008)
8.58% (31 December 2007)

Belgium
7.03% (31 December 2008)

Belize
14.14% (31 December 2008)
14.33% (31 December 2007)

Benin
NA

Bhutan
NA% (31 December 2008)
14% (31 December 2007)

Bolivia
13.87% (31 December 2008)
12.86% (31 December 2007)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
6.98% (31 December 2008)
7.17% (31 December 2007)

Botswana
16.54% (31 December 2008)
16.22% (31 December 2007)

Brazil
47.25% (31 December 2008)
43.72% (31 December 2007)

Brunei
5.5% (31 December 2008)
5.5% (February 2009)

Bulgaria
10.86% (31 December 2008)
10% (31 December 2007)

Burkina Faso
NA

Burma
17% (31 December 2008)
17% (31 December 2007)

Burundi
16.52% (31 December 2008)
16.84% (31 December 2007)

Cambodia
16.01% (31 December 2008)
16.18% (31 December 2007)

Cameroon
NA% (31 December 2008)
15% (31 December 2007)

Canada
4.73% (31 December 2008)
6.1% (31 December 2007)

Cape Verde
9.99% (31 December 2008)
10.55% (31 December 2007)

Central African Republic
NA% (31 December 2008)
15% (31 December 2007)

Chad
NA% (31 December 2008)
15% (31 December 2007)

Chile
13.26% (31 December 2008)
8.67% (31 December 2007)

China
5.31% (31 December 2008)
5.58% (17 December 2007)

Colombia
17.18% (31 December 2008)

Comoros
7% (31 December 2008)
10.5% (31 December 2007)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
NA

Congo, Republic of the
NA% (31 December 2008)
15% (31 December 2007)

Costa Rica
15.83% (31 December 2008)
12.8% (31 December 2007)

Cote d'Ivoire
NA

Croatia
10.07% (31 December 2008)

Cuba
NA%

Cyprus
7.19% (31 December 2008)
6.74% (31 December 2007)

Czech Republic
6.25% (31 December 2008)
5.79% (31 December 2007)

Denmark
NA

Djibouti
NA

Dominica
9.06% (31 December 2008)
9.17% (31 December 2007)

Dominican Republic
19.95% (31 December 2008)
15.83% (31 December 2007)

Ecuador
9.71% (31 December 2008)

Egypt
NA% (31 December 2008)
12.51% (31 December 2007)

El Salvador
12.33% (31 December 2008)
7.81% (31 December 2007)

Equatorial Guinea
NA% (31 December 2008)
15% (31 December 2007)

Estonia
8.55% (31 December 2008)
6.46% (31 December 2007)

Ethiopia
8% (31 December 2008)
7% (31 December 2006)

European Union
8.6% (31 December 2008)
8.03% (31 December 2007)

Fiji
7.97% (31 December 2008)
9.01% (31 December 2007)

Finland
5.79% (31 December 2008)

France
8.13% (31 December 2008)

Gabon
NA% (31 December 2008)
15% (31 December 2007)

Gambia, The
NA% (31 December 2008)
27.92% (31 December 2007)

Gaza Strip
7.19% (31 December 2008)
7.73% (31 December 2006)

Georgia
21.24% (31 December 2008)
20.41% (31 December 2007)

Germany
5.97% (31 December 2008)
5.96% (31 December 2007)

Ghana
NA

Greece
8.65% (31 December 2008)
7.71% (31 December 2007)

Grenada
9.53% (31 December 2008)
9.76% (31 December 2007)

Guatemala
13.39% (31 December 2008)
12.84% (31 December 2007)

Guinea
NA%

Guyana
14.58% (31 December 2008)
14.61% (31 December 2007)

Haiti
17.81% (31 December 2008)
46.99% (31 December 2007)

Honduras
17.94% (31 December 2008)
16.61% (31 December 2007)

Hong Kong
5% (31 December 2008)

Hungary
10.18% (31 December 2008)

Iceland
NA% (31 December 2008)
19.29% (31 December 2007)

India
13.31% (31 December 2008)

Indonesia
13.6% (31 December 2008)
7.21% (31 December 2007)

Iran
NA% (31 December 2008)
12% (31 December 2007)

Iraq
NA% (31 December 2008)
19.74% (31 December 2007)

Ireland
6.76% (31 December 2008)
6.52% (31 December 2007)

Israel
6.06% (31 December 2008)
6.27% (31 December 2007)

Italy
11.34% (31 December 2008)
10.93% (31 December 2007)

Jamaica
16.83% (31 December 2008)
17.2% (31 December 2007)

Japan
1.91% (31 December 2008)

Jordan
9.03% (31 December 2008)

Kenya
14.02% (31 December 2008)
13.34% (31 December 2007)

Korea, South
7.17% (31 December 2008)

Kosovo
13.79% (31 December 2008)

Kuwait
7.61% (31 December 2008)
8.54% (31 December 2007)

Kyrgyzstan
19.86% (31 December 2008)
25.32% (31 December 2007)

Laos
24% (31 December 2008)
28.5% (31 December 2007)

Latvia
11.85% (31 December 2008)

Lebanon
9.96% (31 December 2008)
10.26% (31 December 2007)

Lesotho
16.19% (31 December 2008)
14.13% (31 December 2007)

Liberia
14.4% (31 December 2008)
15.05% (31 December 2007)

Libya
8.41% (31 December 2008)
6% (31 December 2007)

Lithuania
6.29% (31 December 2008)
6.86% (31 December 2007)

Macau
5.43% (31 December 2008)

Macedonia
9.68% (31 December 2008)
10.23% (31 December 2007)

Madagascar
45% (31 December 2008)
45% (31 December 2007)

Malawi
25.28% (31 December 2008)
27.72% (31 December 2007)

Malaysia
6.08% (31 December 2008)
6.41% (31 December 2007)

Maldives
13% (31 December 2008)
13% (31 December 2007)

Mali
NA%

Malta
5.89% (31 December 2008)
6.24% (31 December 2007)

Mauritius
21.54% (31 December 2008)
21.87% (31 December 2007)

Mexico
8.71% (31 December 2008)
7.56% (31 December 2007)

Micronesia, Federated States of
14.38% (31 December 2008)
14.03% (31 December 2007)

Moldova
21.06% (31 December 2008)
18.83% (31 December 2007)

Mongolia
18% (31 December 2008)
17.54% (31 December 2007)

Montenegro
9.24% (31 December 2008)
9.09% (31 December 2007)

Montserrat
9.89% (31 December 2008)
10.4% (31 December 2007)

Morocco
NA%

Mozambique
18.31% (31 December 2008)
19.52% (31 December 2007)

Namibia
13.74% (31 December 2008)
12.88% (31 December 2007)

Nepal
NA% (31 December 2008)

Netherlands
10.37% (31 December 2008)
8.72% (31 December 2007)

Netherlands Antilles
8.33% (31 December 2008)
9.21% (31 December 2007)

New Zealand
12.06% (31 December 2008)
12.83% (31 December 2007)

Nicaragua
13.17% (31 December 2008)
13.04% (31 December 2007)

Niger
NA%

Nigeria
15.48% (31 December 2008)
16.94% (31 December 2007)

Norway
7.28% (31 December 2008)
3.5% (1st quarter 2009)

Oman
7.1% (31 December 2008)
7.29% (31 December 2007)

Panama
8.16% (31 December 2008)
8.25% (31 December 2007)

Papua New Guinea
9.27% (31 December 2008)
9.78% (31 December 2007)

Paraguay
25.81% (31 December 2008)
25.03% (31 December 2007)

Peru
23.67% (31 December 2008)
24.1% (December 2008)

Philippines
8.75% (31 December 2008)
8.69% (31 December 2007)

Poland
5.99% (31 December 2008)
5.72% (31 December 2007)

Portugal
8.35% (31 December 2008)
7.92% (31 December 2007)

Qatar
6.84% (31 December 2008)
7.43% (31 December 2007)

Romania
14.99% (31 December 2008)
13.35% (31 December 2007)

Russia
12.23% (31 December 2008)
NA% (31 December 2007)

Rwanda
16.51% (31 December 2008)
15.84% (31 December 2007)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
8.69% (31 December 2008)
8.89% (31 December 2007)

Saint Lucia
10.08% (31 December 2008)
8.34% (31 December 2007)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
9.52% (31 December 2008)
8.8% (31 December 2007)

Samoa
12.66% (31 December 2008)
12.65% (31 December 2007)

San Marino
NA% (31 December 2008)
7.58% (31 December 2007)

Sao Tome and Principe
32.4% (31 December 2008)
32.4% (31 December 2007)

Saudi Arabia
NA% (31 December 2008)

Senegal
NA% (31 December 2008)
NA% (31 December 2007)

Serbia
18.11% (31 December 2008)
11.13% (31 December 2007)

Seychelles
11.81% (31 December 2008)
10.89% (31 December 2007)

Sierra Leone
24.5% (31 December 2008)
25% (31 December 2007)

Singapore
5.38% (31 December 2008)

Slovakia
6.42% (31 December 2008)

Slovenia
7.41% (31 December 2008)
6.82% (31 December 2007)

Solomon Islands
14.44% (31 December 2008)
14.12% (31 December 2007)

South Africa
15.13% (31 December 2008)
13.17% (31 December 2007)

Spain
11.02% (31 December 2008)

Sri Lanka
18.89% (31 December 2008)

Suriname
12.23% (31 December 2008)
9.71% (31 December 2007)

Swaziland
14.83% (31 December 2008)
13.17% (31 December 2007)

Sweden
NA% (31 December 2008)
4% (2004)

Switzerland
3.34% (31 December 2008)
3.15% (31 December 2007)

Syria
NA% (31 December 2008)

Taiwan
4.06% (2008 est.)

Tajikistan
23.1% (31 December 2008)

Tanzania
14.98% (31 December 2008)
16.03% (31 December 2007)

Thailand
7.04% (31 December 2008)
7.25% (31 December 2007)

Timor-Leste
13.11% (31 December 2008)
15.05% (31 December 2007)

Togo
NA%

Tonga
12.46% (31 December 2008)
12.16% (31 December 2007)

Trinidad and Tobago
12.44% (31 December 2008)
11.75% (31 December 2007)

Uganda
20.45% (31 December 2008)
19.11% (31 December 2007)

Ukraine
17.49% (31 December 2008)
11.33% (31 December 2007)

United Kingdom
4.63% (31 December 2008)
5.52% (31 December 2007)

United States
5.09% (31 December 2008)
8.05% (31 December 2007)

Uruguay
12.45% (31 December 2008)
7.25% (31 December 2007)

Vanuatu
5.29% (31 December 2008)
8.16% (31 December 2007)

Venezuela
22.37% (31 December 2008)
17.11% (31 December 2007)

Vietnam
15.78% (31 December 2008)
11.18% (31 December 2007)

West Bank
7.19% (31 December 2008)
7.73% (31 December 2006)

Yemen
18% (31 December 2008)
18% (31 December 2007)

Zambia
19.06% (31 December 2008)
18.89% (31 December 2007)

Zimbabwe
NA% (31 December 2008)
578.96% (31 December 2007)

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Field Listing :: Stock of money

This entry, also known as "M1," comprises the total quantity of
currency in circulation (notes and coins) plus demand deposits
denominated in the national currency, held by nonbank financial
institutions, state and local governments, nonfinancial public
enterprises, and the private sector of the economy. The national
currency units have been converted to US dollars at the closing
exchange rate on the date of the information.
Country Comparison to the World
Country

Stock of money

Afghanistan
$1.688 billion (31 December 2008)
$1.426 billion (31 December 2007)

Albania
$3.028 billion (31 December 2008)
$2.707 billion (31 December 2007)

Algeria
$60.91 billion (31 December 2008)
$55.43 billion (31 December 2007)

Angola
$8.446 billion (31 December 2008)
$4.153 billion (31 December 2007)

Anguilla
$21.12 million (31 December 2008)
$23.57 million (31 December 2007)

Antigua and Barbuda
$296.4 million (31 December 2008)
$294.8 million (31 December 2007)

Argentina
$NA (31 December 2008)
$33.93 billion (31 December 2007)

Armenia
$1.359 billion (31 December 2008)
$1.507 billion (31 December 2007)

Aruba
$780.4 million (31 December 2008)
$640.9 million (31 December 2007)

Australia
$NA (31 December 2008)
$298.5 billion (31 December 2007)

Azerbaijan
$6.381 billion (31 December 2008)
$4.261 billion (31 December 2007)

Bahamas, The
$1.255 billion (31 December 2008)
$1.274 billion (31 December 2007)

Bahrain
$NA (31 December 2008)
$4.169 billion (31 December 2007)

Bangladesh
$9.294 billion (31 December 2008)
$8.444 billion (31 December 2007)

Barbados
$1.637 billion (31 December 2008)
$1.478 billion (31 December 2007)

Belarus
$4.872 billion (31 December 2008)
$4.065 billion (31 December 2007)

Belgium
NA (31 December 2008)
NA (31 December 2007)
note: see entry for the European Union for money supply in the euro
area; the European Central Bank (ECB) controls monetary policy for
the 16 members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); individual
members of the EMU do not control the quantity of money and quasi
money circulating within their own borders

Belize
$345.7 million (31 December 2008)
$323.9 million (31 December 2007)

Benin
$NA (31 December 2008)
$1.324 billion (31 December 2007)

Bhutan
$NA (31 December 2008)
$381.1 million (31 December 2007)

Bolivia
$3.998 billion (31 December 2008)
$3.032 billion (31 December 2007)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
$4.49 billion (31 December 2008)
$5.13 billion (31 December 2007)

Botswana
$1.008 billion (31 December 2008)
$1.026 billion (31 December 2007)

Brazil
$95.03 billion (31 December 2008)
$131.1 billion (31 December 2007)

Brunei
$3.046 billion (31 December 2008)
$2.674 billion (31 December 2007)

Bulgaria
$14.29 billion (31 December 2008)
$15.58 billion (31 December 2007)

Burkina Faso
$NA (31 December 2008)
$1.051 billion (31 December 2007)

Burma
$NA (31 December 2008)
$598 billion (31 December 2007)
note: this number reflects the vastly overvalued official exchange
rate of 5.38 kyat per dollar; at the unofficial black market rate of
1305 kyat per dollar, the stock of kyats would equal only US$2.465
billion and Burma's velocity of money (the number of times money
turns over in the course of a year) would be six, in line with the
velocity of money for other countries in the region

Burundi
$261.6 million (31 December 2008)
$208.7 million (31 December 2007)

Cambodia
$591.7 million (31 December 2008)
$513.6 million (31 December 2007)

Cameroon
$NA (31 December 2008)
$2.616 billion (31 December 2007)

Canada
$356.2 billion (31 December 2008)
$391.6 billion (31 December 2007)

Cape Verde
$563.4 million (31 December 2008)
$574 million (31 December 2007)

Central African Republic
$NA (31 December 2008)
$218.3 million (31 December 2007)

Chad
$NA (31 December 2008)
$874.5 million (31 December 2007)

Chile
$14.72 billion (31 December 2008)
$16.6 billion (31 December 2007)

China
$2.434 trillion (31 December 2008)
$2.09 trillion (31 December 2007)

Colombia
$21.58 billion (31 December 2008)
$21.81 billion (31 December 2007)

Comoros
$100.6 million (31 December 2008)
$76.68 million (31 December 2007)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
$NA (31 December 2008)
$597 million (31 December 2007)

Congo, Republic of the
$NA (31 December 2008)
$1.4 billion (31 December 2007)

Costa Rica
$4.209 billion (31 December 2008)
$4.504 billion (31 December 2007)

Cote d'Ivoire
$NA (31 December 2008)
$4.451 billion (31 December 2007)

Croatia
$10.71 billion (31 December 2008)
$11.61 billion (31 December 2007)

Cuba
$NA

Cyprus
$NA (31 December 2008)
$4.094 billion (31 December 2007)
note: this figure represents the US dollar value of Cypriot pounds
in circulation prior to Cyprus joining the Economic and Monetary
Union (EMU); see entry for the European Union for money supply in
the euro area; the European Central Bank (ECB) controls monetary
policy for the 16 members of the EMU; individual members of the EMU
do not control the quantity of money and quasi money circulating
within their own borders

Czech Republic
$86.55 billion (31 December 2008)
$84.43 billion (31 December 2007)

Denmark
$143 billion (31 December 2008)
$148.7 billion (31 December 2007)

Djibouti
$462.7 million (31 December 2008)
$380 million (31 December 2007)

Dominica
$72.1 million (31 December 2008)
$73.71 million (31 December 2007)

Dominican Republic
$3.619 billion (31 December 2008)
$4.074 billion (31 December 2007)

Ecuador
$5.907 billion (31 December 2008)
$4.395 billion (31 December 2007)

Egypt
$31.72 billion (31 December 2008)
$27.6 billion (31 December 2007)

El Salvador
$213.7 million (31 December 2008)
$209.7 million (31 December 2007)

Equatorial Guinea
$NA (31 December 2008)
$835.2 million (31 December 2007)