Ireland1,448 km
Israel273 km
Italy7,600 km
Jamaica1,022 km
Jan Mayen124.1 km
Japan29,751 km
Jarvis Island8 km
Jersey70 km
Johnston Atoll34 km
Jordan26 km
Juan de Nova Island24.1 km
Kazakhstan0 km (landlocked); note - Kazakhstan borders the AralSea, now split into two bodies of water (1,070 km), and the CaspianSea (1,894 km)
Kenya536 km
Kingman Reef3 km
Kiribati1,143 km
Korea, North2,495 km
Korea, South2,413 km
Kuwait499 km
Kyrgyzstan0 km (landlocked)
Laos0 km (landlocked)
Latvia531 km
Lebanon225 km
Lesotho0 km (landlocked)
Liberia579 km
Libya1,770 km
Liechtenstein0 km (doubly landlocked)
Lithuania99 km
Luxembourg0 km (landlocked)
Macau41 km
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of0 km (landlocked)
Madagascar4,828 km
Malawi0 km (landlocked)
Malaysia4,675 km (Peninsular Malaysia 2,068 km, East Malaysia 2,607km)
Maldives644 km
Mali0 km (landlocked)
Malta196.8 km (does not include 56.01 km for the island of Gozo)
Man, Isle of160 km
Marshall Islands370.4 km
Martinique350 km
Mauritania754 km
Mauritius177 km
Mayotte185.2 km
Mexico9,330 km
Micronesia, Federated States of6,112 km
Midway Islands15 km
Moldova0 km (landlocked)
Monaco4.1 km
Mongolia0 km (landlocked)
Montserrat40 km
Morocco1,835 km
Mozambique2,470 km
Namibia1,572 km
Nauru30 km
Navassa Island8 km
Nepal0 km (landlocked)
Netherlands451 km
Netherlands Antilles364 km
New Caledonia2,254 km
New Zealand15,134 km
Nicaragua910 km
Niger0 km (landlocked)
Nigeria853 km
Niue64 km
Norfolk Island32 km
Northern Mariana Islands1,482 km
Norway21,925 km (includes mainland 3,419 km, large islands 2,413km, long fjords, numerous small islands, and minor indentations16,093 km)
Oman2,092 km
Pacific Ocean135,663 km
Pakistan1,046 km
Palau1,519 km
Palmyra Atoll14.5 km
Panama2,490 km
Papua New Guinea5,152 km
Paracel Islands518 km
Paraguay0 km (landlocked)
Peru2,414 km
Philippines36,289 km
Pitcairn Islands51 km
Poland491 km
Portugal1,793 km
Puerto Rico501 km
Qatar563 km
Reunion207 km
Romania225 km
Russia37,653 km
Rwanda0 km (landlocked)
Saint Helena60 km
Saint Kitts and Nevis135 km
Saint Lucia158 km
Saint Pierre and Miquelon120 km
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines84 km
Samoa403 km
San Marino0 km (landlocked)
Sao Tome and Principe209 km
Saudi Arabia2,640 km
Senegal531 km
Serbia and Montenegro199 km
Seychelles491 km
Sierra Leone402 km
Singapore193 km
Slovakia0 km (landlocked)
Slovenia46.6 km
Solomon Islands5,313 km
Somalia3,025 km
South Africa2,798 km
South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsNA km
Southern Ocean17,968 km
Spain4,964 km
Spratly Islands926 km
Sri Lanka1,340 km
Sudan853 km
Suriname386 km
Svalbard3,587 km
Swaziland0 km (landlocked)
Sweden3,218 km
Switzerland0 km (landlocked)
Syria193 km
Taiwan1,566.3 km
Tajikistan0 km (landlocked)
Tanzania1,424 km
Thailand3,219 km
Togo56 km
Tokelau101 km
Tonga419 km
Trinidad and Tobago362 km
Tromelin Island3.7 km
Tunisia1,148 km
Turkey7,200 km
Turkmenistan0 km; note - Turkmenistan borders the Caspian Sea(1,768 km)
Turks and Caicos Islands389 km
Tuvalu24 km
Uganda0 km (landlocked)
Ukraine2,782 km
United Arab Emirates1,318 km
United Kingdom12,429 km
United States19,924 km
Uruguay660 km
Uzbekistan0 km (doubly landlocked); note - Uzbekistan includes thesouthern portion of the Aral Sea with a 420 km shoreline
Vanuatu2,528 km
Venezuela2,800 km
Vietnam3,444 km (excludes islands)
Virgin Islands188 km
Wake Island19.3 km
Wallis and Futuna129 km
West Bank0 km (landlocked)
Western Sahara1,110 km
World356,000 km
Yemen1,906 km
Zambia0 km (landlocked)
Zimbabwe0 km (landlocked)
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@2061 Imports - partners (%)
AfghanistanPakistan 25.1%, South Korea 14.4%, Japan 9.4%, US 9%,Kenya 5.8%, Germany 5.4% (2002)
AlbaniaItaly 39.4%, Greece 24.5%, Turkey 6%, Germany 5% (2002)
AlgeriaFrance 31%, Italy 10%, US 8.3%, Germany 6.6%, Spain 5.9%,Turkey 4.2% (2002)
American SamoaAustralia 41%, New Zealand 23%, South Korea 18% (2002)
AndorraSpain 48%, France 35%, US 2.3% (2000)
AngolaPortugal 20.2%, US 13.9%, South Africa 12.4%, France 6.7%,Brazil 5.8%, Belgium 5.3%, Netherlands 4% (2002)
AnguillaUS, Puerto Rico, UK (2000)
Antigua and BarbudaFrance 23.4%, Germany 14.2%, US 13.2%, Poland9.8%, South Korea 8.3%, Singapore 5%, UK 4.4% (2002)
ArgentinaBrazil 42%, US 12.8%, Germany 4.4% (2002)
ArmeniaUS 15.3%, Russia 12.9%, Belgium 12.3%, Iran 10.3%, UAE 6.3%,Germany 5.5%, Italy 4.9% (2002)
ArubaUS 54.7%, Netherlands 12.7%, UK 5.7% (2002)
AustraliaUS 18.3%, Japan 12.3%, China 10.1%, Germany 5.7%, UK 4.6%(2002)
AustriaGermany 42.6%, Italy 6.6%, Hungary 5.1%, Switzerland 4.8%,Netherlands 4.4% (2002)
AzerbaijanRussia 17.8%, Turkey 11.9%, Germany 10.7%, France 7%,Kazakhstan 6.3%, China 6%, UK 5.5%, US 4.5% (2002)
Bahamas, TheUS 20.3%, South Korea 20.1%, Germany 11.5%, Norway11.5%, Japan 10%, Italy 7.2% (2002)
BahrainSaudi Arabia 30.1%, US 11.7%, Japan 7.1%, Germany 6.5%, UK5.6% (2002)
BangladeshIndia 14.6%, China 11.6%, Singapore 11.5%, Japan 7.6%,Hong Kong 5.4%, South Korea 4.3% (2002)
BarbadosUS 41.1%, Trinidad and Tobago 17%, UK 7.3%, Japan 4.2%(2002)
BelarusRussia 68.2%, Germany 9.4%, Ukraine 3.2% (2002)
BelgiumGermany 17.2%, Netherlands 15.6%, France 12.8%, UK 7.3%,Ireland 7%, US 6.4%, Italy 4% (2002)
BelizeUS 35.7%, Mexico 10.1%, Netherlands Antilles 6.1%, Japan5.9%, Cuba 5.7%, UK 5.4% (2002)
BeninChina 30.7%, France 15.7%, UK 4.8%, Italy 4.2% (2002)
BermudaKazakhstan 30.9%, France 24.7%, Italy 10.5%, US 9.7%, SouthKorea 8.4%, Mexico 4.3% (2002)
BhutanJapan 44.5%, Germany 12.2%, UK 8.5%, Singapore 6%, SouthKorea 5%, US 4.2% (2002)
BoliviaBrazil 22%, Argentina 17.4%, US 15.6%, Chile 7%, Japan 5.5%,Peru 5.4%, China 4.8% (2002)
Bosnia and HerzegovinaCroatia 23.7%, Slovenia 14.8%, Germany 14%,Italy 13.1%, Hungary 8%, Austria 7.7% (2002)
BotswanaSouthern African Customs Union (SACU) 74%, EFTA 17%,Zimbabwe 4% (2000)
BrazilUS 23.3%, Argentina 12.6%, Germany 8.7%, France 5.2% (2002)
British Virgin IslandsVirgin Islands (US), Puerto Rico, US
BruneiSingapore 30.6%, Japan 21.5%, Malaysia 17.4%, UK 6.1%, HongKong 4% (2002)
BulgariaRussia 14.6%, Germany 14.4%, Italy 11.4%, Greece 6.1%,France 5.7%, Turkey 5% (2002)
Burkina FasoFrance 27.7%, Cote d'Ivoire 23%, Togo 4.3% (2002)
BurmaChina 27%, Singapore 19.5%, Thailand 12%, Malaysia 9.1%,Taiwan 6.3%, South Korea 5.3%, Japan 4.3% (2002)
BurundiBelgium 12.4%, Saudi Arabia 12.3%, Tanzania 9.3%, Kenya7.7%, France 7.4%, India 4.5% (2002)
CambodiaThailand 24.8%, Singapore 16.9%, China 12.1%, Hong Kong10.9%, South Korea 5.5%, Vietnam 5.2% (2002)
CameroonFrance 28.2%, Nigeria 12.8%, US 8%, Belgium 5.7%, Germany5.3%, Italy 4.3% (2002)
CanadaUS 62.6%, China 4.6%, Japan 4.4% (2002)
Cape VerdePortugal 49.1%, Netherlands 7.2%, Germany 5.7% (2002)
Cayman IslandsUS, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, Netherlands Antilles,Japan
Central African RepublicFrance 30%, US 5.2%, Cameroon 4.5%, Germany4.3% (2002)
ChadFrance 31.5%, US 31.4%, Germany 5.5%, Nigeria 4.6% (2002)
ChileArgentina 18%, US 14.9%, Brazil 9.5%, China 6.5%, Germany 4.3%(2002)
ChinaJapan 18.1%, Taiwan 10.5%, South Korea 9.7%, US 9.2%, Germany5.6% (2002)
Christmas Islandprincipally Australia
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsAustralia (1999)
ColombiaUS 32.6%, Venezuela 7%, Mexico 5.3%, Japan 5.3%, Brazil5.2%, Germany 4.2% (2002)
ComorosFrance 34.3%, South Africa 12%, Japan 6.1%, Kenya 5.9%, UAE5.8%, Mauritius 4.9%, Thailand 4.6% (2002)
Congo, Democratic Republic of theBelgium 14.6%, South Africa 14.2%,Nigeria 10.3%, France 9.5%, Germany 7.3%, Netherlands 5.3%, Kenya5.2% (2002)
Congo, Republic of theFrance 22.1%, Italy 8.5%, Belgium 6%, US5.2%, India 4.1% (2002)
Cook IslandsNZ 61%, Fiji 19%, US 9%, Australia 6%, Japan 2% (2000)
Costa RicaUS 36.7%, Japan 4.4%, Mexico 4.2% (2002)
Cote d'IvoireFrance 22.7%, Nigeria 16.6%, China 7.9%, Italy 4.2%(2002)
CroatiaItaly 16.8%, Germany 16.4%, Slovenia 7.8%, Russia 6.8%,Austria 6.7%, France 5.2% (2002)
CubaSpain 17.2%, China 12%, Italy 9.1%, France 7.6%, Mexico 7.3%,Canada 6.2%, US 5.6%, Brazil 4.7% (2002)
CyprusRussia 17.9%, Greece 7.4%, Germany 6.7%, France 6.6%, UK6.6%, Italy 6.6%, South Korea 5.7%, Japan 5.3% (2002)
Czech RepublicGermany 39.1%, Slovakia 6%, Austria 5.6%, Italy 5.4%,France 5.3%, Poland 4.1%, UK 4.1%, Russia 4% (2002)
DenmarkGermany 22.9%, Sweden 10.7%, UK 8.7%, Netherlands 7.8%,France 6%, Norway 4.9%, Italy 4.4% (2002)
DjiboutiSaudi Arabia 18.2%, Ethiopia 10.5%, US 9.2%, France 8.6%,China 8.2%, Netherlands 4.1% (2002)
DominicaChina 23.9%, US 23.7%, Trinidad and Tobago 11.9%, SouthKorea 7.6%, UK 7.3%, Japan 4.5% (2002)
Dominican RepublicUS 51.5%, Venezuela 9.6%, Mexico 5.1%, Spain 4%(2002)
East TimorNA
EcuadorUS 28.6%, Colombia 14.4%, Japan 6%, Chile 4.5%, Brazil 4.1%(2002)
EgyptUS 16.9%, Germany 7.9%, Italy 6.7%, France 6.5%, China 5%, UK4.1% (2002)
El SalvadorUS 39%, Guatemala 10.1%, Mexico 7.2%, France 4% (2002)
Equatorial GuineaUS 29.1%, Spain 15.9%, UK 14.8%, France 10.4%,Norway 7.2%, Netherlands 4.8%, Italy 4.7% (2002)
EritreaItaly 27.1%, US 15.7%, Germany 7.2%, Ukraine 5.8%, Turkey5.5%, France 4.5%, Netherlands 4% (2002)
EstoniaRussia 26.6%, Finland 18.9%, Germany 9.2%, Sweden 8.2% (2002)
EthiopiaSaudi Arabia 28.7%, China 6%, Italy 5.9%, India 4.8%,Germany 4.1% (2002)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)UK 57.9%, Spain 19.8%, Italy 16.7%(2002)
Faroe IslandsDenmark 53.8%, Norway 24.2%, Iceland 5.7% (2002)
FijiAustralia 37.3%, New Zealand 17.2%, Singapore 16.1%, Japan4.2%, China 4% (2002)
FinlandGermany 14.5%, Sweden 10.9%, Russia 9.9%, UK 5.7%, France4.3%, Denmark 4.2% (2002)
FranceGermany 19.4%, Belgium 9.2%, Italy 8.8%, UK 7.3%, Netherlands7%, US 6.8%, Spain 6.7% (2002)
French GuianaFrance 63%, US, Trinidad and Tobago, Italy (2002)
French PolynesiaFrance 58.9%, Australia 12.2%, New Zealand 6.9%, US6.6% (2002)
GabonFrance 50.7%, US 6.3%, Netherlands 3.6% (2002)
Gambia, TheChina 21.8%, Senegal 8.9%, Brazil 7.8%, UK 6.5%,Netherlands 5.4%, India 4.9%, Belgium 4.5%, Hong Kong 4.1% (2002)
Gaza StripIsrael, Egypt, West Bank
GeorgiaTurkey 15.6%, Azerbaijan 11.2%, US 9.9%, Russia 9.1%,Germany 7.2%, Italy 5.1%, Bulgaria 4.9%, Romania 4.3%, France 4.2%,Ukraine 4.1% (2002)
GermanyFrance 9.5%, Netherlands 8.2%, US 7.7%, UK 6.5%, Italy 6.4%,Belgium 5.2%, Austria 4%, China 4% (2002)
GhanaNigeria 21.3%, UK 7.2%, US 6.6%, China 6.2%, Italy 6.1%, Coted'Ivoire 6.1%, Germany 4.7%, Netherlands 4% (2002)
GibraltarGermany 27.3%, Spain 21.8%, UK 12.1%, Italy 8% (2002)
GreeceGermany 12.2%, Italy 11.5%, Russia 7.4%, South Korea 6%,France 5.7%, Netherlands 5.6%, US 4.7%, Belgium 4.3%, UK 4.1% (2002)
GreenlandDenmark 74.6%, Norway 14.2%, Russia 2.3% (2002)
GrenadaUS 30.7%, Trinidad and Tobago 27.3%, UK 4.4% (2002)
GuadeloupeFrance 63%, Germany 4%, US 3%, Japan 2%, NetherlandsAntilles 2% (1999)
GuamSingapore 40.5%, South Korea 21.7%, Japan 21.6%, Hong Kong 4.9%(2002)
GuatemalaUS 33.2%, Mexico 9.9%, South Korea 8.2%, El Salvador 5.7%,China 4% (2002)
GuernseyUK (regarded as internal trade)
GuineaFrance 18.7%, Cote d'Ivoire 11%, Italy 8.9%, US 8.2%, Belgium7.6%, China 5.6%, UK 5.2% (2002)
Guinea-BissauSenegal 19.6%, Portugal 19.1%, India 15.3%, Taiwan5.1% (2002)
GuyanaUS 23.7%, Netherlands Antilles 20.2%, Trinidad and Tobago15.2%, Italy 6.3%, UK 5.1%, Cuba 4.2% (2002)
HaitiUS 53.4%, Dominican Republic 5.3%, Colombia 3.4% (2002)
HondurasUS 55.3%, El Salvador 4.3%, Mexico 4.2% (2002)
Hong KongChina 37.5%, Japan 12.2%, Taiwan 7.3%, US 6.2%, Singapore5.3%, South Korea 5% (2002)
HungaryGermany 25.3%, Austria 7.7%, Italy 7.5%, Russia 6%, China5%, France 5% (2002)
IcelandUS 10.9%, Germany 10.7%, Denmark 8.5%, Norway 8%, UK 7.5%,Netherlands 6%, Sweden 5.9% (2002)
IndiaUS 7.1%, Belgium 6.7%, China 4.6%, Singapore 4.6%, UK 4.6%(2002)
IndonesiaJapan 14.1%, Singapore 13.1%, US 8.5%, China 7.8%, SouthKorea 5.3%, Taiwan 5.1%, Australia 5.1% (2002)
IranGermany 10.9%, Italy 9%, France 7.9%, China 7.4%, South Korea6.5%, UAE 4.4%, Japan 4.1%, Russia 4% (2002)
IraqJordan 11%, France 8.8%, China 8.4%, Germany 7.6%, Russia 7.3%,Australia 7.2%, Vietnam 6.6%, Italy 6.4%, Japan 5.6% (2002)
IrelandUK 41.1%, US 15.3%, Germany 6.8% (2002)
IsraelUS 21.6%, Belgium 8.9%, Germany 6.7%, UK 6.6%, Switzerland4.9%, Italy 4.5% (2002)
ItalyGermany 17.8%, France 11.3%, Netherlands 5.9%, UK 5%, US 4.9%,Spain 4.6%, Belgium 4.4% (2002)
JamaicaUS 45%, Trinidad and Tobago 11%, Japan 4.7% (2002)
JapanChina 18.3%, US 17.4%, South Korea 4.6%, Indonesia 4.2%,Australia 4.1% (2002)
JerseyUK
JordanIraq 13.4%, Germany 8.8%, US 8%, China 6%, France 4.2%, UK4.1%, Italy 4.1% (2002)
KazakhstanRussia 37.1%, US 9.3%, China 9.3%, Germany 9.1% (2002)
KenyaUAE 12%, Saudi Arabia 8.7%, US 8.1%, UK 7.1%, South Africa7.1%, France 5.8%, China 5.5%, Japan 5%, India 4.8% (2002)
KiribatiFrance 28.7%, Australia 26.3%, Fiji 12.5%, Japan 9.5%,Latvia 5.4%, US 4.6%, New Zealand 4% (2002)
Korea, NorthChina 24.9%, Brazil 12.1%, India 9.2%, Thailand 9.2%,Germany 7.8%, Japan 7.1%, Singapore 4.5%, Qatar 4% (2002)
Korea, SouthJapan 19.6%, US 15.2%, China 11.4%, Saudi Arabia 5%(2002)
KuwaitUS 13.1%, Japan 11.1%, Germany 9.7%, Saudi Arabia 6.6%, UK6%, Italy 5.4%, France 5.2% (2002)
KyrgyzstanKazakhstan 21.1%, Russia 19.9%, Uzbekistan 10.2%, China10.1%, US 8.1%, Germany 5.3% (2002)
LaosThailand 58.9%, Vietnam 12.3%, China 7.9% (2002)
LatviaGermany 17.9%, Russia 15.1%, Finland 6.6%, Lithuania 6.4%,Sweden 5.5%, Italy 4.8%, Estonia 4.8% (2002)
LebanonItaly 11.3%, France 10.7%, Germany 8.4%, US 5.6%, Syria5.4%, China 4.8%, Belgium 4.5%, UK 4.2% (2002)
LesothoHong Kong 51.9%, China 25%, France 3.9% (2002)
LiberiaSouth Korea 30.3%, Japan 19.1%, Germany 15.6%, France 9.1%,Singapore 7.9% (2002)
LibyaItaly 25.6%, Germany 9.8%, South Korea 6.6%, UK 6.6%, Tunisia6.5%, Japan 6.4%, France 5.7% (2002)
LiechtensteinEU, Switzerland
LithuaniaRussia 24.1%, Germany 20.3%, Italy 5.9%, Poland 4.3% (2002)
LuxembourgBelgium 29.7%, Germany 23%, France 13.2%, Taiwan 6.7%,Netherlands 4.6% (2002)
MacauChina 41.7%, Hong Kong 14.5%, Japan 6.7%, Taiwan 6.6%, SouthKorea 5%, France 4.3%, US 4.1% (2002)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic ofGreece 19.4%, Germany14.4%, Bulgaria 7.5%, Slovenia 6.9%, Italy 6.9%, Turkey 5.9%,Ukraine 5%, Austria 4.1% (2002)
MadagascarFrance 17.2%, Iran 11%, Mauritius 10.6%, Bahrain 9.4%,Hong Kong 6.9%, South Africa 5.9%, China 4.1% (2002)
MalawiSouth Africa 44.4%, Zambia 12.7%, US 5.6%, India 4.2% (2002)
MalaysiaJapan 16.9%, Singapore 15.9%, US 15.5%, China 7.3%, SouthKorea 5%, Taiwan 4.7% (2002)
MaldivesSingapore 25.6%, Sri Lanka 15%, UAE 14.5%, India 6.6%,Malaysia 5.7%, Thailand 4% (2002)
MaliCote d'Ivoire 17.1%, France 13.5%, Senegal 6.5%, Germany 4%(2002)
MaltaItaly 18.3%, France 12.1%, South Korea 11.3%, UK 7.5%,Singapore 5.3%, Germany 5.2%, Japan 5%, US 4.6%, Spain 4.2% (2002)
Man, Isle ofUK (2000)
Marshall IslandsUS, Japan, Australia, NZ, Singapore, Fiji, China,Philippines (2000)
MartiniqueFrance 62%, Venezuela 6%, Germany 4%, Italy 4%, US 3%(2000)
MauritaniaFrance 18.5%, Belgium 7.8%, China 7%, Spain 5.9%, Germany5.2% (2002)
MauritiusFrance 18.4%, South Africa 13.5%, India 7.8%, China 4.5%,UK 4.2% (2002)
MayotteFrance 66%, Africa 14%, Southeast Asia 11% (2000 est.)
MexicoUS 70.6%, Germany 3.5%, Japan 2.7% (2002)
Micronesia, Federated States ofUS, Australia, Japan (2000)
MoldovaRussia 23.9%, Ukraine 13.4%, Germany 12.6%, Italy 8.3%,Romania 8.2% (2002)
MongoliaRussia 32%, China 19.4%, South Korea 12.1%, US 9.1%,Germany 4.7%, Japan 4.3% (2002)
MontserratUS, UK, Trinidad and Tobago, Japan, Canada
MoroccoFrance 20.9%, Spain 12.6%, Italy 6.3%, Germany 5.5%, US4.6%, UK 4.1%, Saudi Arabia 4.1% (2002)
MozambiqueSouth Africa 27.5%, France 8.9%, US 7%, Australia 6.9%,Japan 6%, Malaysia 4% (2002)
NamibiaUS 50%, EU 31% (2001)
NauruAustralia 59.3%, US 10.1%, Ireland 7.6%, Malaysia 6% (2002)
NepalIndia 21.2%, China 13%, UAE 11.1%, Singapore 8.5%, Hong Kong5.9%, Saudi Arabia 4.9%, Kuwait 4.1% (2002)
NetherlandsGermany 17.8%, Belgium 9.7%, US 9.1%, UK 6.9%, France5.5%, China 5.1%, Japan 4% (2002)
Netherlands AntillesVenezuela 60.8%, Mexico 11.7%, US 9.7% (2002)
New CaledoniaFrance 52.8%, Australia 12.7%, Singapore 9.8% (2002)
New ZealandAustralia 22.1%, US 13.6%, Japan 12%, China 8%, Germany5.2% (2002)
NicaraguaUS 23.7%, Costa Rica 10.3%, Venezuela 10.1%, Guatemala7.8%, Mexico 6.7%, El Salvador 6%, South Korea 4.6% (2002)
NigerFrance 16.8%, Cote d'Ivoire 14.9%, China 9.8%, Nigeria 7.4%,US 5.2%, Japan 4.6%, India 4.4% (2002)
NigeriaUK 9.6%, US 9.4%, China 9.3%, France 8.7%, Germany 6.8%,South Korea 6.1%, Netherlands 5.2%, Italy 4.7% (2002)
NiueNZ mainly, Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Australia, US (2000)
Norfolk IslandAustralia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia,Europe
Northern Mariana IslandsUS, Japan (2000)
NorwaySweden 17.7%, Germany 13.4%, UK 7.8%, Denmark 7.7%, US 5.7%,Netherlands 5.3%, France 4.2%, Italy 4% (2002)
OmanUAE 27.5%, Japan 16.7%, UK 7.4%, US 6.9%, Germany 5% (2002)
PakistanUAE 11.7%, Saudi Arabia 11.7%, Kuwait 6.7%, US 6.4%, China6.2%, Japan 6%, Malaysia 4.5%, Germany 4.4% (2002)
PalauUS, Guam, Japan, Singapore, Korea (2000)
PanamaUS 34.3%, Colombia 5.9%, Japan 5.4%, Costa Rica 4.2%,Venezuela 4.2% (2002)
Papua New GuineaAustralia 49.3%, Singapore 18.8%, New Zealand 4.4%,Japan 4.2% (2002)
ParaguayBrazil 32.7%, Argentina 22.7%, US 18.1%, Hong Kong 4.7%(2002)
PeruUS 26.1%, Chile 7.9%, Spain 5.1%, Colombia 5%, Brazil 4.7%,Venezuela 4.7%, Argentina 4.3% (2002)
PhilippinesJapan 21.6%, US 18.6%, Singapore 7.8%, South Korea 7.5%,China 5.2%, Hong Kong 4.5%, Taiwan 4.1% (2002)
Pitcairn IslandsNA (2000)
PolandGermany 29.9%, Italy 8.1%, Russia 7.4%, France 7.2%,Netherlands 5.3% (2002)
PortugalSpain 28.1%, Germany 15%, France 10.2%, Italy 6.5%, UK5.2%, Netherlands 4.5% (2002)
Puerto RicoUS 53.5%, Ireland 16.3%, Japan 4.5% (2001)
QatarFrance 17.8%, Japan 10.1%, US 8.5%, UK 8.3%, Germany 8%, Italy6.7%, UAE 5.1%, Saudi Arabia 4.1%, South Korea 4% (2002)
ReunionFrance 64%, Bahrain 3%, Germany 3%, Italy 3% (2000)
RomaniaItaly 20.2%, Germany 18.1%, France 6.6%, Russia 5.6%,Austria 4.9%, Hungary 4.1% (2002)
RussiaGermany 14.3%, Belarus 8.9%, Ukraine 7.1%, US 6.4%, China5.2%, Italy 4.8%, Kazakhstan 4.3%, France 4.1% (2002)
RwandaKenya 21.8%, Germany 8.4%, Belgium 7.9%, Israel 4.3% (2002)
Saint HelenaUK 47.6%, Tanzania 14.6%, Italy 12.1%, South Africa10.9%, US 5.3% (2002)
Saint Kitts and NevisUS 41.6%, Trinidad and Tobago 16.2%, Canada9.8%, UK 6.9%, Japan 4% (2002)
Saint LuciaBrazil 41.7%, US 21.4%, Trinidad and Tobago 11.9% (2002)
Saint Pierre and MiquelonZambia 61.5%, France 21.8%, Canada 13%(2002)
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesFrance 32.7%, US 11.3%, Trinidadand Tobago 10.4%, Singapore 10.1%, Spain 7.9%, Greece 4.3% (2002)
SamoaNew Zealand 23.3%, Fiji 20.2%, Australia 15.7%, Japan 13.1%,Taiwan 6.4%, US 4.2% (2002)
Sao Tome and PrincipePortugal 51.4%, Germany 10.1%, UK 7.6%,Belgium 6.3% (2002)
Saudi ArabiaUS 11.2%, Japan 8.8%, Germany 7.6%, UK 4.9%, France4.9%, Italy 4.1% (2002)
SenegalFrance 25.6%, Nigeria 8.7%, Thailand 7.2%, US 5.4%, Germany5.4%, Italy 4.5%, Spain 4% (2002)
Serbia and MontenegroGermany 19.4%, Italy 18%, Austria 8.5%,Slovenia 5.6%, Greece 4.4%, France 4.3%, Bulgaria 4.2%, Romania 4.1%(2002)
SeychellesSaudi Arabia 15.6%, France 12.8%, Spain 9.9%, Italy 9.7%,South Africa 8.4%, Singapore 7.3%, UK 6.1%, Taiwan 4.2% (2002)
Sierra LeoneGermany 25%, UK 10.9%, Netherlands 7.5%, US 5.7%, Coted'Ivoire 4.9%, Italy 4.3% (2002)
SingaporeMalaysia 18.2%, US 14.3%, Japan 12.5%, China 7.6%,Thailand 4.6%, Taiwan 4.6% (2002)
SlovakiaGermany 24.8%, Czech Republic 16%, Russia 13.5%, Austria7%, Italy 6.4%, France 4% (2002)
SloveniaGermany 20%, Italy 19%, Austria 11.3%, France 10.5% (2002)
Solomon IslandsAustralia 31.3%, Singapore 19.7%, New Zealand 5.1%,Fiji 4.6%, Papua New Guinea 4.5% (2002)
SomaliaDjibouti 29.8%, Kenya 13.6%, Brazil 10.5%, Thailand 4.7%, UK4.4%, UAE 4.3% (2002)
South AfricaGermany 15.4%, US 9.4%, UK 9%, Saudi Arabia 6.9%, Japan5.8%, France 5%, China 4.9%, Iran 4.1% (2002)
SpainFrance 17%, Germany 16.5%, Italy 8.6%, UK 6.4%, Netherlands4.8% (2002)
Sri LankaIndia 11%, Hong Kong 7.6%, Singapore 7.1%, China 6.3%,Taiwan 5.9%, South Korea 5.7%, Japan 5.3%, Iran 4.2% (2002)
SudanChina 19.7%, Saudi Arabia 7.4%, Germany 5.5%, India 5.5%, UK5.4%, Indonesia 4.7%, Australia 4% (2002)
SurinameUS 22.2%, Netherlands 15.6%, China 11.9%, Trinidad andTobago 11.2%, France 7.5%, Netherlands Antilles 7.2%, Japan 5.7%(2002)
SwazilandSouth Africa 88.8%, EU 5.6%, Japan 0.6%, Singapore 0.4%(1999)
SwedenGermany 18.5%, Denmark 8.8%, UK 8.6%, Norway 8.2%,Netherlands 6.7%, France 5.4%, Finland 5.2%, US 5% (2002)
SwitzerlandGermany 27.4%, France 11.4%, Italy 9.7%, US 8.5%, Russia5.8%, UK 5.4%, Austria 4.6%, Netherlands 4.1% (2002)
SyriaItaly 8.3%, Germany 7.4%, China 5.7%, South Korea 4.8%, France4.6%, US 4.4%, Turkey 4.1% (2002)
TaiwanJapan 24.3%, US 16.1%, China 7.1%, South Korea 6.9% (2002)
TajikistanRussia 22.7%, Uzbekistan 18.4%, Ukraine 11.2%, Kazakhstan10%, Turkmenistan 6.5%, Azerbaijan 5.7%, India 4.4% (2002)
TanzaniaSouth Africa 12.7%, China 7.9%, Kenya 6.6%, India 6.3%, UK6%, Japan 4.5%, US 4%, Australia 4% (2002)
ThailandJapan 23%, US 9.6%, China 7.6%, Malaysia 5.6%, Singapore4.5%, Taiwan 4.4% (2002)
TogoFrance 21.3%, China 17%, Netherlands 6.5%, Germany 5.3%, UK4.8%, Italy 4.4% (2002)
TokelauNZ (2000)
TongaNew Zealand 30.8%, Fiji 20.7%, US 14.2%, Australia 13.2%,China 6.1% (2002)
Trinidad and TobagoUS 42%, Cote d'Ivoire 5.5%, UK 5%, Japan 4.5%,Brazil 4.3% (2002)
TunisiaFrance 25.6%, Italy 19.5%, Germany 8.9%, Spain 5% (2002)
TurkeyGermany 13.7%, Italy 8.1%, Russia 7.6%, US 6%, France 5.9%,UK 4.8%, Switzerland 4.1% (2002)
TurkmenistanRussia 19.8%, Turkey 12.8%, Ukraine 11.7%, UAE 10%, US7.5%, China 6%, Germany 5.7%, Iran 4.4% (2002)
Turks and Caicos IslandsUS, UK
TuvaluHungary 68.2%, Japan 12.9%, Fiji 11.9% (2002)
UgandaKenya 45.3%, South Africa 6.8%, India 5.7%, UK 5.5% (2002)
UkraineRussia 32.3%, Germany 11.7%, Turkmenistan 7.4%, Poland 6%,Italy 4% (2002)
United Arab EmiratesUS 8.1%, China 7.8%, Japan 6.6%, Germany 6.5%,India 5.7%, France 5.6%, UK 5.4%, South Korea 5.1%, Iran 4.2% (2002)
United KingdomGermany 12.9%, US 11.9%, France 7.8%, Netherlands6.3%, Belgium 5%, Italy 4.4% (2002)
United StatesCanada 17.8%, Mexico 11.3%, China 11.1%, Japan 10.4%,Germany 5.3% (2002)
UruguayArgentina 25.6%, Brazil 22.7%, US 7.7%, Venezuela 6.2% (2002)
UzbekistanRussia 22.6%, Germany 9.8%, South Korea 9.4%, Kazakhstan8.1%, US 6.9%, Ukraine 6.8%, China 5.2%, Turkey 4.6% (2002)
VanuatuAustralia 22.1%, Japan 19.2%, New Zealand 10.1%, Singapore8.1%, Fiji 6.6%, Taiwan 5%, India 5% (2002)
VenezuelaUS 27.5%, Colombia 6.9%, Brazil 5.7%, Mexico 4.4% (2002)
VietnamSouth Korea 12.7%, China 12.2%, Japan 12.1%, Singapore11.8%, Taiwan 10.6%, Thailand 5.4% (2002)
Virgin IslandsUS, Puerto Rico
Wallis and FutunaFrance 97%, Australia 2%, New Zealand 1%
West BankIsrael, Jordan, Gaza Strip (2000)
Western SaharaMorocco claims and administers Western Sahara, sotrade partners are included in overall Moroccan accounts (2000)
WorldUS 11.2%, Germany 9.2%, China 7%, Japan 6.8%, France 4.7%, UK4% (2002)
YemenUS 10.4%, Saudi Arabia 9.5%, China 8.7%, UAE 6.9%, Russia5.8%, France 4.7% (2002)
ZambiaSouth Africa 64.4%, US 3.7%, China 3.6% (2002)
ZimbabweSouth Africa 47.7%, Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5.7%,Mozambique 5.3% (2002)
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@2062 Economic aid - donor
AustraliaODA, $894 million (FY 99/00)
AustriaODA, $410 million (2000)
BelgiumODA, $764 million (1997)
CanadaODA, $1.3 billion (1999)
DenmarkODA, $1.63 billion (1999)
FinlandODA, $379 million (2001)
FranceODA, $6.3 billion (1997)
GermanyODA, $5.6 billion (1998)
Iceland$NA
IrelandODA, $283 million (2001)
ItalyODA, $1 billion (2002 est.)
JapanODA, $9.1 billion (1999)
Korea, SouthODA $200 million
LesothoODA $4.4 million
LuxembourgODA, $160 million (1999)
NetherlandsODA, $3.5 billion (2000 est.)
New ZealandODA, $99.7 million
NorwayODA, $1.4 billion (1998)
PortugalODA, $271 million (1995)
Saudi Arabiapledged $100 million in 1993 to fund reconstruction ofLebanon; since 2000, Saudi Arabia has committed $307 million forassistance to the Palestinians; pledged $240 million to developmentin Afghanistan
SpainODA, $1.33 billion (1999)
SwedenODA, $1.7 billion (1997)
SwitzerlandODA, $1.1 billion (1995)
United Arab Emirates$NA
United KingdomODA, $4.5 billion (2000)
United StatesODA, $6.9 billion (1997)
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@2063 Constitution
Afghanistanthe Bonn Agreement called for a Loya Jirga (GrandCouncil) to be convened within 18 months of the establishment of theTransitional Authority to draft a new constitution for the country;the basis for the next constitution is the 1964 Constitution,according to the Bonn Agreement
Albaniaa constitution was adopted by popular referendum on 28November 1998; note - the opposition Democratic Party boycotted thevote
Algeria19 November 1976, effective 22 November 1976; revised 3November 1988, 23 February 1989, and 28 November 1996
American Samoaratified 1966, in effect 1967
AndorraAndorra's first written constitution was drafted in 1991;approved by referendum 14 March 1993; came into force 4 May 1993
Angola11 November 1975; revised 7 January 1978, 11 August 1980, 6March 1991, and 26 August 1992
AnguillaAnguilla Constitutional Order 1 April 1982; amended 1990
Antigua and Barbuda1 November 1981
Argentina1 May 1853; revised August 1994
Armeniaadopted by nationwide referendum 5 July 1995
Aruba1 January 1986
Australia9 July 1900, effective 1 January 1901
Austria1920; revised 1929 (reinstated 1 May 1945)
Azerbaijanadopted 12 November 1995
Bahamas, The10 July 1973
Bahrainadopted late December 2000; Bahrani voters approved on 13-14February 2001 a referendum on legislative changes (revisedconstitution calls for a partially elected legislature, aconstitutional monarchy, and an independent judiciary)
Bangladesh4 November 1972, effective 16 December 1972, suspendedfollowing coup of 24 March 1982, restored 10 November 1986, amendedmany times
Barbados30 November 1966
Belarus30 March 1994; revised by national referendum of 24 November1996 giving the presidency greatly expanded powers and becameeffective 27 November 1996
Belgium7 February 1831, last revised 14 July 1993; parliamentapproved a constitutional package creating a federal state
Belize21 September 1981
BeninDecember 1990
Bermuda8 June 1968, amended 1989
Bhutanno written constitution or bill of rights; note - the Kingcommissioned a committee to draft a constitution in 2001, but hasyet to be approved
Bolivia2 February 1967; revised in August 1994
Bosnia and Herzegovinathe Dayton Agreement, signed 14 December1995, included a new constitution now in force; note - each of theentities also has its own constitution
BotswanaMarch 1965, effective 30 September 1966
Brazil5 October 1988
British Virgin Islands1 June 1977
Brunei29 September 1959 (some provisions suspended under a State ofEmergency since December 1962, others since independence on 1January 1984)
Bulgariaadopted 12 July 1991
Burkina Faso2 June 1991 approved by referendum; 11 June 1991formally adopted
Burma3 January 1974 (suspended since 18 September 1988); nationalconvention started on 9 January 1993 to draft a new constitution;progress has since been stalled
Burundi13 March 1992; provided for establishment of a pluralpolitical system; supplanted on 6 June 1998 by a TransitionalConstitution which enlarged the National Assembly and created twovice presidents
Cambodiapromulgated 21 September 1993
Cameroon20 May 1972 approved by referendum; 2 June 1972 formallyadopted; revised January 1996
Canada17 April 1982 (Constitution Act); originally, the machineryof the government was set up in the British North America Act of1867; charter of rights and unwritten customs
Cape Verdenew constitution came into force 25 September 1992;underwent a major revision on 23 November 1995, substantiallyincreasing the powers of the president, and a further revision in1999, to create the position of national ombudsman (Provedor deJustica)
Cayman Islands1959, revised 1972 and 1992
Central African Republic passed by referendum 29 December 1994; adopted 7 January 1995
Chadpassed by referendum 31 March 1996
Chile11 September 1980, effective 11 March 1981, amended 30 July1989, 1993, and 1997
Chinamost recent promulgation 4 December 1982
Christmas IslandNA
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsCocos (Keeling) Islands Act of 1955
Colombia5 July 1991
Comoros23 December 2001note: a Transitional National Unity Government (GUNT) was formed on20 January 2002 following the passing of the new constitution; theGUNT governed until the presidential elections on 14 April 2002
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 24 June 1967, amended August 1974, revised 15 February 1978, amended April 1990; transitional constitution promulgated in April 1994; in November 1998, a draft constitution was approved by former President Laurent KABILA but it was not ratified by a national referendum; one outcome of the ongoing inter-Congolese dialogue is to be a new constitution
Congo, Republic of the constitution approved by referendum 20 January 2002
Cook Islands4 August 1965
Costa Rica7 November 1949
Cote d'Ivoire3 November 1960; has been amended numerous times, lasttime 27 July 1998
Croatiaadopted on 22 December 1990
Cuba24 February 1976, amended July 1992 and June 2002
Cyprus16 August 1960; negotiations to create the basis for a new orrevised constitution to govern the island and to better relationsbetween Greek and Turkish Cypriots have been held intermittently; in1975 Turkish Cypriots created their own constitution and governingbodies within the "Turkish Federated State of Cyprus," which wasrenamed the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" in 1983; a newconstitution for the Turkish Cypriot area passed by referendum on 5May 1985
Czech Republicratified 16 December 1992; effective 1 January 1993
Denmark1849 was the original constitution; there was a majoroverhaul 5 June 1953, allowing for a unicameral legislature and afemale chief of state
Djiboutimultiparty constitution approved by referendum 4 September1992
Dominica3 November 1978
Dominican Republic28 November 1966
East Timor22 March 2002 (based on the Portuguese model)
Ecuador10 August 1998
Egypt11 September 1971
El Salvador23 December 1983
Equatorial Guineaapproved by national referendum 17 November 1991;amended January 1995
Eritreathe transitional constitution, decreed on 19 May 1993, wasreplaced by a new constitution adopted on 23 May 1997, but not yetimplemented
Estoniaadopted 28 June 1992
Ethiopiaratified December 1994; effective 22 August 1995
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 3 October 1985; amended 1997 and 1998
Faroe Islands5 June 1953 (Danish constitution)
Fijipromulgated on 25 July 1990 and amended on 25 July 1997 toallow nonethnic Fijians greater say in government and to makemultiparty government mandatory; entered into force 28 July 1998;note - the May 1999 election was the first test of the amendedconstitution and introduced open voting - not racially prescribed -for the first time at the national level
Finland1 March 2000
France28 September 1958, amended concerning election of presidentin 1962, amended to comply with provisions of 1992 EC MaastrichtTreaty, 1996 Amsterdam Treaty, 2000 Treaty of Nice; amended totighten immigration laws 1993
French Guiana28 September 1958 (French Constitution)
French Polynesia28 September 1958 (French Constitution)
Gabonadopted 14 March 1991
Gambia, The24 April 1970; suspended July 1994; rewritten andapproved by national referendum 8 August 1996; reestablished inJanuary 1997
Georgiaadopted 17 October 1995
Germany23 May 1949, known as Basic Law; became constitution of theunited German people 3 October 1990
Ghanaapproved 28 April 1992
Gibraltar30 May 1969
Greece11 June 1975; amended March 1986 and April 2001
Greenland5 June 1953 (Danish constitution)
Grenada19 December 1973
Guadeloupe28 September 1958 (French Constitution)
GuamOrganic Act of 1 August 1950
Guatemala31 May 1985, effective 14 January 1986; note - suspended25 May 1993 by former President SERRANO; reinstated 5 June 1993following ouster of president; amended November 1993
Guernseyunwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice
Guinea23 December 1990 (Loi Fundamentale)
Guinea-Bissau16 May 1984, amended 4 May 1991, 4 December 1991, 26February 1993, 9 June 1993, and 1996
Guyana6 October 1980
Haitiapproved March 1987; suspended June 1988, with most articlesreinstated March 1989; in October 1991, government claimed to beobserving the constitution; return to constitutional rule, October1994
Holy See (Vatican City)Apostolic Constitution of 1967 (effective 1March 1968)
Honduras11 January 1982, effective 20 January 1982; amended 1995
Hong KongBasic Law approved in March 1990 by China's NationalPeople's Congress is Hong Kong's "mini-constitution"
Hungary18 August 1949, effective 20 August 1949, revised 19 April1972; 18 October 1989 revision ensured legal rights for individualsand constitutional checks on the authority of the prime minister andalso established the principle of parliamentary oversight; 1997amendment streamlined the judicial system
Iceland16 June 1944, effective 17 June 1944
India26 January 1950
IndonesiaAugust 1945, abrogated by Federal Constitution of 1949 andProvisional Constitution of 1950, restored 5 July 1959
Iran2-3 December 1979; revised 1989 to expand powers of thepresidency and eliminate the prime ministership
Iraqin transition following April 2003 defeat of SADDAM Husaynregime by US-led coalition
Ireland29 December 1937; adopted 1 July 1937 by plebiscite
Israelno formal constitution; some of the functions of aconstitution are filled by the Declaration of Establishment (1948),the Basic Laws of the parliament (Knesset), and the Israelicitizenship law
Italy1 January 1948
Jamaica6 August 1962
Japan3 May 1947
Jerseyunwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice
Jordan8 January 1952
Kazakhstanadopted by national referendum 30 August 1995; firstpost-independence constitution was adopted 28 January 1993
Kenya12 December 1963, amended as a republic 1964; reissued withamendments 1979, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1997, and 2001
Kiribati12 July 1979
Korea, Northadopted 1948, completely revised 27 December 1972,revised again in April 1992 and September 1998
Korea, South17 July 1948
Kuwaitapproved and promulgated 11 November 1962
Kyrgyzstanadopted 5 May 1993; note - amendment proposed byPresident AKAYEV and passed in a national referendum on 2 February2003 significantly expands the powers of the president at theexpense of the legislature
Laospromulgated 14 August 1991
Latviathe 1991 Constitutional Law, which supplements the 1922constitution, provides for basic rights and freedoms
Lebanon23 May 1926, amended a number of times, most recentlyCharter of Lebanese National Reconciliation (Ta'if Accord) ofOctober 1989
Lesotho2 April 1993
Liberia6 January 1986
Libya11 December 1969, amended 2 March 1977
Liechtenstein5 October 1921
Lithuaniaadopted 25 October 1992
Luxembourg17 October 1868, occasional revisions
MacauBasic Law, approved in March 1993 by China's National People'sCongress, is Macau's "mini-constitution"
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of adopted 17 November 1991, effective 20 November 1991 note: in November of 2001, the Macedonian Parliament approved a series of new constitutional amendments strengthening minority rights
Madagascar19 August 1992 by national referendum
Malawi18 May 1994
Malaysia31 August 1957, amended 16 September 1963
Maldivesadopted January 1998
Maliadopted 12 January 1992
Malta1964 constitution substantially amended on 13 December 1974and again in 1987
Man, Isle ofunwritten; note - The Isle of Man Constitution Act,1961, does not embody the Manx Constitution
Marshall Islands1 May 1979
Martinique28 September 1958 (French Constitution)
Mauritania12 July 1991
Mauritius12 March 1968; amended 12 March 1992
Mayotte28 September 1958 (French Constitution)
Mexico5 February 1917
Micronesia, Federated States of10 May 1979
Moldovanew constitution adopted 28 July 1994; replaces old Sovietconstitution of 1979
Monaco17 December 1962
Mongolia12 February 1992
Montserratpresent constitution came into force 19 December 1989
Morocco10 March 1972, revised 4 September 1992, amended (to createbicameral legislature) September 1996
Mozambique30 November 1990