Sex ratio:at birth: 1.03 male(s)/femaleunder 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female65 years and over: 1 male(s)/femaletotal population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
Infant mortality rate:total: 67.69 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 70.32 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 64.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:total population: 39.13 yearsmale: 40.2 yearsfemale: 38.03 years (2005 est.)
Total fertility rate:3.54 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:24.6% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:1.8 million (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:170,000 (2003 est.)
Major infectious diseases:degree of risk: highfood or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, andtyphoidvectorborne disease: malariawater contact disease: schistosomiasis (2004)
Nationality:noun: Zimbabwean(s)adjective: Zimbabwean
Ethnic groups:African 98% (Shona 82%, Ndebele 14%, other 2%), mixed and Asian 1%,white less than 1%
Religions:syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1%
Languages:English (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele,sometimes called Ndebele), numerous but minor tribal dialects
Literacy:definition: age 15 and over can read and write Englishtotal population: 90.7%male: 94.2%female: 87.2% (2003 est.)
Government Zimbabwe
Country name:conventional long form: Republic of Zimbabweconventional short form: Zimbabweformer: Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia
Government type:parliamentary democracy
Capital:Harare
Administrative divisions:8 provinces and 2 cities* with provincial status; Bulawayo*,Harare*, Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East,Mashonaland West, Masvingo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South,Midlands
Independence:18 April 1980 (from UK)
National holiday:Independence Day, 18 April (1980)
Constitution:21 December 1979
Legal system:mixture of Roman-Dutch and English common law
Suffrage:18 years of age; universal
Executive branch:chief of state: Executive President Robert Gabriel MUGABE (since 31December 1987); Vice President Joyce MUJURU (since 6 December 2004);note - the president is both the chief of state and head ofgovernmenthead of government: Executive President Robert Gabriel MUGABE (since31 December 1987); Vice President Joyce MUJURU (since 6 December2004); note - the president is both the chief of state and head ofgovernmentcabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president; responsible to theHouse of Assemblyelections: presidential candidates nominated with a nomination papersigned by at least 10 registered voters (at least one from eachprovince) and elected by popular vote for a 6-year term; electionlast held 9-11 March 2002 (next to be held March 2008); co-vicepresidents appointed by the presidentelection results: Robert Gabriel MUGABE reelected president; percentof vote - Robert Gabriel MUGABE 56.2%, Morgan TSVANGIRAI 41.9%
Legislative branch:unicameral House of Assembly (150 seats - 120 elected by popularvote for five-year terms, 12 nominated by the president, 10 occupiedby traditional chiefs chosen by their peers, and 8 occupied byprovincial governors appointed by the president)elections: last held 31 March 2005 (next to be held NA 2010)election results: percent of vote by party - ZANU-PF 59.6%, MDC39.5%, other 0.9%; seats by party - ZANU-PF 78, MDC 41, Independents1
Judicial branch:Supreme Court; High Court
Political parties and leaders:Movement for Democratic Change or MDC [Morgan TSVANGIRAI]; NationalAlliance for Good Governance or NAGG [Shakespeare MAYA]; UnitedParties [Abel MUZOREWA]; Zimbabwe African National Union-Ndonga orZANU-Ndonga [Wilson KUMBULA]; Zimbabwe African NationalUnion-Patriotic Front or ZANU-PF [Robert Gabriel MUGABE]; ZimbabweAfrican Peoples Union or ZAPU [Agrippa MADLELA]
Political pressure groups and leaders:National Constitutional Assembly or NCA [Lovemore MADHUKU]; Crisisin Zimbabwe Coalition [Brian KAGORO]; Zimbabwe Congress of TradeUnions or ZCTU [Lovemore MATOMBO]
International organization participation:ACP, AfDB, AU, FAO, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory),ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM,ISO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO,UNMIK, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTO
Diplomatic representation in the US:chief of mission: Ambassador Simbi Veke MUBAKOchancery: 1608 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009telephone: [1] (202) 332-7100FAX: [1] (202) 483-9326
Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Joseph G. SULLIVAN embassy: 172 Herbert Chitepo Avenue, Harare mailing address: P. O. Box 3340, Harare telephone: [263] (4) 250-593 and 250-594 FAX: [263] (4) 796488
Flag description:seven equal horizontal bands of green, yellow, red, black, red,yellow, and green with a white isosceles triangle edged in blackwith its base on the hoist side; a yellow Zimbabwe bird representingthe long history of the country is superimposed on a redfive-pointed star in the center of the triangle, which symbolizespeace; green symbolizes agriculture, yellow - mineral wealth, red -blood shed to achieve independence, and black stands for the nativepeople
Economy Zimbabwe
Economy - overview:The government of Zimbabwe faces a wide variety of difficulteconomic problems as it struggles with an unsustainable fiscaldeficit, an overvalued exchange rate, soaring inflation, and bareshelves. Its 1998-2002 involvement in the war in the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo, for example, drained hundreds of millions ofdollars from the economy. Badly needed support from the IMF has beensuspended because of the country's failure to meet budgetary goals.Inflation rose from an annual rate of 32% in 1998 to 133% at the endof 2004, while the exchange rate fell from 24 Zimbabwean dollars perUS dollar to 6,200 in the same time period. The government's landreform program, characterized by chaos and violence, has badlydamaged the commercial farming sector, the traditional source ofexports and foreign exchange and the provider of 400,000 jobs.
GDP (purchasing power parity):$24.37 billion (2004 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:-8.2% (2004 est.)
GDP - per capita:purchasing power parity - $1,900 (2004 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 18.1% industry: 24.3% services: 57.7% (2004 est.)
Labor force:4.23 million (2004 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:agriculture 66%, industry 10%, services 24% (1996)
Unemployment rate:70% (2002 est.)
Population below poverty line:70% (2002 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.97% highest 10%: 40.42% (1995)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:50.1 (1995)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):133% (2004 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):9.9% of GDP (2004 est.)
Budget:revenues: $1.325 billionexpenditures: $1.593 billion, including capital expenditures of NA(2004 est.)
Public debt:52.3% of GDP (2004 est.)
Agriculture - products:corn, cotton, tobacco, wheat, coffee, sugarcane, peanuts; sheep,goats, pigs
Industries:mining (coal, gold, platinum, copper, nickel, tin, clay, numerousmetallic and nonmetallic ores), steel, wood products, cement,chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages
Industrial production growth rate:-7.8% (2004 est.)
Electricity - production:8.839 billion kWh (2002)
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 47% hydro: 53% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)
Electricity - consumption:11.22 billion kWh (2002)
Electricity - exports:0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - imports:3 billion kWh (2002)
Oil - production:0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - consumption:23,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - exports:NA
Oil - imports:NA
Current account balance:$-230.3 million (2004 est.)
Exports:$1.409 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Exports - commodities:cotton, tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, textiles/clothing
Exports - partners:South Africa 31.5%, Switzerland 7.4%, UK 7.3%, China 6.1%, Germany4.3% (2004)
Imports:$1.599 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities:machinery and transport equipment, other manufactures, chemicals,fuels
Imports - partners:South Africa 46.9%, Botswana 3.6%, UK 3.4% (2004)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:$57 million (2004 est.)
Debt - external:$4.086 billion (2004 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:$178 million; note - the EU and the US provide food aid onhumanitarian grounds (2000 est.)
Currency (code):Zimbabwean dollar (ZWD)
Currency code:ZWD
Exchange rates:Zimbabwean dollars per US dollar - 4,303.28 (2004), 697.424 (2003),55.036 (2002), 55.052 (2001), 44.418 (2000)note: these are official exchange rates, non-official rates varysignificantly
Fiscal year:calendar year
Communications Zimbabwe
Telephones - main lines in use:300,900 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:379,100 (2003)
Telephone system:general assessment: system was once one of the best in Africa, butnow suffers from poor maintenance; more than 100,000 outstandingrequests for connection despite an equally large number of installedbut unused main linesdomestic: consists of microwave radio relay links, open-wire lines,radiotelephone communication stations, fixed wireless local loopinstallations, and a substantial mobile cellular network; Internetconnection is available in Harare and planned for all major townsand for some of the smaller onesinternational: country code - 263; satellite earth stations - 2Intelsat; two international digital gateway exchanges (in Harare andGweru)
Radio broadcast stations:AM 7, FM 20 (plus 17 repeater stations), shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios:1.14 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:16 (1997)
Televisions:370,000 (1997)
Internet country code:.zw
Internet hosts:4,501 (2003)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):6 (2000)
Internet users:500,000 (2002)
Transportation Zimbabwe
Railways: total: 3,077 km narrow gauge: 3,077 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified) (2004)
Highways: total: 18,338 km paved: 8,692 km unpaved: 9,646 km (1999 est.)
Waterways:on Lake Kariba, length small (2003)
Pipelines:refined products 261 km (2004)
Ports and harbors:Binga, Kariba
Airports:404 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 17 over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 8 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 387 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 186 under 914 m: 196 (2004 est.)
Military Zimbabwe
Military branches:Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF): Zimbabwe National Army, Air Force ofZimbabwe (AFZ), Zimbabwe Republic Police (2005)
Military service age and obligation:18 years of age (est.) (2004)
Manpower available for military service:males age 18-49: 2,840,053 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:males age 18-49: 1,148,590 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:$217 million (2004)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:4.3% (2004)
Transnational Issues Zimbabwe
Disputes - international:Botswana has built electric fences and South Africa has placedmilitary along the border to stem the flow of thousands ofZimbabweans fleeing to find work and escape political persecution;Namibia has supported and in 2004 Zimbabwe dropped objections toplans between Botswana and Zambia to build a bridge over the ZambeziRiver, thereby de facto recognizing a short, but not clearlydelimited Botswana-Zambia boundary in the river
Refugees and internally displaced persons:IDPs: 100,000-150,000 (MUGABE-led political violence, human rightsviolations, land reform, and economic collapse) (2004)
Illicit drugs:transit point for African cannabis and South Asian heroin, mandrax,and methamphetamines destined for the South African and Europeanmarkets
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@2001 GDP (purchasing power parity)
Afghanistan$21.5 billion (2003 est.)
Albania$17.46 billion (2004 est.)
Algeria$212.3 billion (2004 est.)
American Samoa$500 million (2000 est.)
Andorra$1.9 billion (2003 est.)
Angola$23.17 billion (2004 est.)
Anguilla$112 million (2002 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda$750 million (2002 est.)
Argentina$483.5 billion (2004 est.)
Armenia$13.65 billion (2004 est.)
Aruba$1.94 billion (2002 est.)
Australia$611.7 billion (2004 est.)
Austria$255.9 billion (2004 est.)
Azerbaijan$30.01 billion (2004 est.)
Bahamas, The$5.295 billion (2004 est.)
Bahrain$13.01 billion (2004 est.)
Bangladesh$275.7 billion (2004 est.)
Barbados$4.569 billion (2004 est.)
Belarus$70.5 billion (2004 est.)
Belgium$316.2 billion (2004 est.)
Belize$1.778 billion (2004 est.)
Benin$8.338 billion (2004 est.)
Bermuda$2.33 billion (2003 est.)
Bhutan$2.9 billion (2003 est.)
Bolivia$22.33 billion (2004 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina$26.21 billion (2004 est.)
Botswana$15.05 billion (2004 est.)
Brazil$1.492 trillion (2004 est.)
British Virgin Islands$2.498 billion (2004 est.)
Brunei$6.842 billion (2003 est.)
Bulgaria$61.63 billion (2004 est.)
Burkina Faso$15.74 billion (2004 est.)
Burma$74.3 billion (2004 est.)
Burundi$4.001 billion (2004 est.)
Cambodia$26.99 billion (2004 est.)
Cameroon$30.17 billion (2004 est.)
Canada$1.023 trillion (2004 est.)
Cape Verde$600 million (2002 est.)
Cayman Islands$1.391 billion (2004 est.)
Central African Republic$4.248 billion (2004 est.)
Chad$15.66 billion (2004 est.)
Chile$169.1 billion (2004 est.)
China$7.262 trillion (2004 est.)
Christmas IslandNA
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsNA
Colombia$281.1 billion (2004 est.)
Comoros$441 million (2002 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the$42.74 billion (2004 est.)
Congo, Republic of the$2.324 billion (2004 est.)
Cook Islands$105 million (2001 est.)
Costa Rica$37.97 billion (2004 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire$24.78 billion (2004 est.)
Croatia$50.33 billion (2004 est.)
Cuba$33.92 billion (2004 est.)
CyprusRepublic of Cyprus: purchasing power parity - $15.71 billionnorth Cyprus: purchasing power parity - $4.54 billion (2004 est.)
Czech Republic$172.2 billion (2004 est.)
Denmark$174.4 billion (2004 est.)
Djibouti$619 million (2002 est.)
Dominica$384 million (2003 est.)
Dominican Republic$55.68 billion (2004 est.)
East Timor$370 million (2004 est.)
Ecuador$49.51 billion (2004 est.)
Egypt$316.3 billion (2004 est.)
El Salvador$32.35 billion (2004 est.)
Equatorial Guinea$1.27 billion (2002 est.)
Eritrea$4.154 billion (2004 est.)
Estonia$19.23 billion (2004 est.)
Ethiopia$54.89 billion (2004 est.)
European Union$11.65 trillion (2004 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)$75 million (2002 est.)
Faroe Islands$1 billion (2001 est.)
Fiji$5.173 billion (2004 est.)
Finland$151.2 billion (2004 est.)
France$1.737 trillion (2004 est.)
French Guiana$1.551 billion (2003 est.)
French Polynesia$4.58 billion (2003 est.)
Gabon$7.966 billion (2004 est.)
Gambia, The$2.799 billion (2004 est.)
Gaza Strip$768 million (2003 est.)
Georgia$14.45 billion (2004 est.)
Germany$2.362 trillion (2004 est.)
Ghana$48.27 billion (2004 est.)
Gibraltar$769 million (2000 est.)
Greece$226.4 billion (2004 est.)
Greenland$1.1 billion (2001 est.)
Grenada$440 million (2002 est.)
Guadeloupe$3.513 billion (2003 est.)
Guam$3.2 billion (2000 est.)
Guatemala$59.47 billion (2004 est.)
Guernsey$2.59 billion (2003 est.)
Guinea$19.5 billion (2004 est.)
Guinea-Bissau$1.008 billion (2004 est.)
Guyana$2.899 billion (2004 est.)
Haiti$12.05 billion (2004 est.)
Honduras$18.79 billion (2004 est.)
Hong Kong$234.5 billion (2004 est.)
Hungary$149.3 billion (2004 est.)
Iceland$9.373 billion (2004 est.)
India$3.319 trillion (2004 est.)
Indonesia$827.4 billion (2004 est.)
Iran$516.7 billion (2004 est.)
Iraq$54.4 billion (2004 est.)
Ireland$126.4 billion (2004 est.)
Israel$129 billion (2004 est.)
Italy$1.609 trillion (2004 est.)
Jamaica$11.13 billion (2004 est.)
Japan$3.745 trillion (2004 est.)
Jersey$3.6 billion (2003 est.)
Jordan$25.5 billion (2004 est.)
Kazakhstan$118.4 billion (2004 est.)
Kenya$34.68 billion (2004 est.)
Kiribati$79 million - supplemented by a nearly equal amount fromexternal sources (2001 est.)
Korea, North$40 billion (2004 est.)
Korea, South$925.1 billion (2004 est.)
Kuwait$48 billion (2004 est.)
Kyrgyzstan$8.495 billion (2004 est.)
Laos$11.28 billion (2004 est.)
Latvia$26.53 billion (2004 est.)
Lebanon$18.83 billion (2004 est.)
Lesotho$5.892 billion (2004 est.)
Liberia$2.903 billion (2004 est.)
Libya$37.48 billion (2004 est.)
Liechtenstein$825 million (1999 est.)
Lithuania$45.23 billion (2004 est.)
Luxembourg$27.27 billion (2004 est.)
Macau$9.1 billion (2003)
Macedonia$14.4 billion (2004 est.)
Madagascar$14.56 billion (2004 est.)
Malawi$7.41 billion (2004 est.)
Malaysia$229.3 billion (2004 est.)
Maldives$1.25 billion (2002 est.)
Mali$11 billion (2004 est.)
Malta$7.223 billion (2004 est.)
Man, Isle of$2.113 billion (2003 est.)
Marshall Islands$115 million (2001 est.)
Martinique$6.117 billion (2003 est.)
Mauritania$5.534 billion (2004 est.)
Mauritius$15.68 billion (2004 est.)
Mayotte$466.8 million (2003 est.)
Mexico$1.006 trillion (2004 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of$277 millionnote: GDP is supplemented by grant aid, averaging perhaps $100million annually (2002 est.)
Moldova$8.581 billion (2004 est.)
Monaco$870 million (2000 est.)
Mongolia$5.332 billion (2004 est.)
Montserrat$29 million (2002 est.)
Morocco$134.6 billion (2004 est.)
Mozambique$23.38 billion (2004 est.)
Namibia$14.76 billion (2004 est.)
Nauru$60 million (2001 est.)
Nepal$39.53 billion (2004 est.)
Netherlands$481.1 billion (2004 est.)
Netherlands Antilles$2.45 billion (2003 est.)
New Caledonia$3.158 billion (2003 est.)
New Zealand$92.51 billion (2004 est.)
Nicaragua$12.34 billion (2004 est.)
Niger$9.716 billion (2004 est.)
Nigeria$125.7 billion (2004 est.)
Niue$7.6 million (2000 est.)
Norfolk IslandNA
Northern Mariana Islands $900 million note: GDP estimate includes US subsidy (2000 est.)
Norway$183 billion (2004 est.)
Oman$38.09 billion (2004 est.)
Pakistan$347.3 billion (2004 est.)
Palau $174 million note: GDP estimate includes US subsidy (2001 est.)
Panama$20.57 billion (2004 est.)
Papua New Guinea$11.99 billion (2004 est.)
Paraguay$29.93 billion (2004 est.)
Peru$155.3 billion (2004 est.)
Philippines$430.6 billion (2004 est.)
Pitcairn IslandsNA
Poland$463 billion (2004 est.)
Portugal$188.7 billion (2004 est.)
Puerto Rico$68.95 billion (2004 est.)
Qatar$19.49 billion (2004 est.)
Reunion$4.57 billion (2004 est.)
Romania$171.5 billion (2004 est.)
Russia$1.408 trillion (2004 est.)
Rwanda$10.43 billion (2004 est.)
Saint Helena$18 million (1998 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis$339 million (2002 est.)
Saint Lucia$866 million (2002 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon $48.3 million - supplemented by annual payments from France of about $60 million (2003 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$342 million (2002 est.)
Samoa$1 billion (2002 est.)
San Marino$940 million (2001 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe$214 million (2003 est.)
Saudi Arabia$310.2 billion (2004 est.)
Senegal$18.36 billion (2004 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro$26.27 billion (2004 est.)
Seychelles$626 million (2002 est.)
Sierra Leone$3.335 billion (2004 est.)
Singapore$120.9 billion (2004 est.)
Slovakia$78.89 billion (2004 est.)
Slovenia$39.41 billion (2004 est.)
Solomon Islands$800 million (2002 est.)
Somalia$4.597 billion (2004 est.)
South Africa$491.4 billion (2004 est.)
Spain$937.6 billion (2004 est.)
Sri Lanka$80.58 billion (2004 est.)
Sudan$76.19 billion (2004 est.)
Suriname$1.885 billion (2004 est.)
Svalbard$NA
Swaziland$6.018 billion (2004 est.)
Sweden$255.4 billion (2004 est.)
Switzerland$251.9 billion (2004 est.)
Syria$60.44 billion (2004 est.)
Taiwan$576.2 billion (2004 est.)
Tajikistan$7.95 billion (2004 est.)
Tanzania$23.71 billion (2004 est.)
Thailand$524.8 billion (2004 est.)
Togo$8.684 billion (2004 est.)
Tokelau$1.5 million (1993 est.)
Tonga$244 million (2002 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago$11.48 billion (2004 est.)
Tunisia$70.88 billion (2004 est.)
Turkey$508.7 billion (2004 est.)
Turkmenistan$27.6 billion (2004 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands$216 million (2002 est.)
Tuvalu$12.2 million (2000 est.)
Uganda$39.39 billion (2004 est.)
Ukraine$299.1 billion (2004 est.)
United Arab Emirates$63.67 billion (2004 est.)
United Kingdom$1.782 trillion (2004 est.)
United States$11.75 trillion (2004 est.)
Uruguay$49.27 billion (2004 est.)
Uzbekistan$47.59 billion (2004 est.)
Vanuatu$580 million (2003 est.)
Venezuela$145.2 billion (2004 est.)
Vietnam$227.2 billion (2004 est.)
Virgin Islands$2.5 billion (2002 est.)
Wallis and Futuna$60 million (2004 est.)
West Bank$1.8 billion (2003 est.)
Western SaharaNA
WorldGWP (gross world product) - purchasing power parity - $55.5trillion (2004 est.)
Yemen$16.25 billion (2004 est.)
Zambia$9.409 billion (2004 est.)
Zimbabwe$24.37 billion (2004 est.)
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@2002 Population growth rate (%)
Afghanistan4.77%note: this rate does not take into consideration the recent war andits continuing impact (2005 est.)
Albania0.52% (2005 est.)
Algeria1.22% (2005 est.)
American Samoa-0.11% (2005 est.)
Andorra0.95% (2005 est.)
Angola1.9% (2005 est.)
Anguilla1.77% (2005 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda0.57% (2005 est.)
Argentina0.98% (2005 est.)
Armenia-0.25% (2005 est.)
Aruba0.47% (2005 est.)
Australia0.87% (2005 est.)
Austria0.11% (2005 est.)
Azerbaijan0.59% (2005 est.)
Bahamas, The0.67% (2005 est.)
Bahrain1.51% (2005 est.)
Bangladesh2.09% (2005 est.)
Barbados0.33% (2005 est.)
Belarus-0.09% (2005 est.)
Belgium0.15% (2005 est.)
Belize2.33% (2005 est.)
Benin2.82% (2005 est.)
Bermuda0.64% (2005 est.)
Bhutan2.11% (2005 est.)
Bolivia1.49% (2005 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.44% (2005 est.)
Botswana0% (2005 est.)
Brazil1.06% (2005 est.)
British Virgin Islands2.06% (2005 est.)
Brunei1.9% (2005 est.)
Bulgaria-0.89% (2005 est.)
Burkina Faso2.53% (2005 est.)
Burma0.42% (2005 est.)
Burundi2.22% (2005 est.)
Cambodia1.81% (2005 est.)
Cameroon1.93% (2005 est.)
Canada0.9% (2005 est.)
Cape Verde0.67% (2005 est.)
Cayman Islands2.64% (2005 est.)
Central African Republic1.49% (2005 est.)
Chad2.95% (2005 est.)
Chile0.97% (2005 est.)
China0.58% (2005 est.)
Christmas Island0% (2005 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands0% (2005 est.)
Colombia1.49% (2005 est.)
Comoros2.91% (2005 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the2.98% (2005 est.)
Congo, Republic of the1.31% (2005 est.)
Cook IslandsNA
Costa Rica1.48% (2005 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire2.06% (2005 est.)
Croatia-0.02% (2005 est.)
Cuba0.33% (2005 est.)
Cyprus0.54% (2005 est.)
Czech Republic-0.05% (2005 est.)
Denmark0.34% (2005 est.)
Djibouti2.06% (2005 est.)
Dominica-0.27% (2005 est.)
Dominican Republic1.29% (2005 est.)
East Timor2.09% (2005 est.)
Ecuador1.24% (2005 est.)
Egypt1.78% (2005 est.)
El Salvador1.75% (2005 est.)
Equatorial Guinea2.42% (2005 est.)
Eritrea2.51% (2005 est.)
Estonia-0.65% (2005 est.)
Ethiopia2.36% (2005 est.)
European Union0.15% (July 2005 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)2.44% (2005 est.)
Faroe Islands0.62% (2005 est.)
Fiji1.4% (2005 est.)
Finland0.16% (2005 est.)
France0.37% (2005 est.)
French Guiana2.1% (2005 est.)
French Polynesia1.52% (2005 est.)
Gabon2.45% (2005 est.)
Gambia, The2.93% (2005 est.)
Gaza Strip3.77% (2005 est.)
Georgia-0.35% (2005 est.)
Germany0% (2005 est.)
Ghana1.25% (2005 est.)
Gibraltar0.17% (2005 est.)
Greece0.19% (2005 est.)
Greenland-0.02% (2005 est.)
Grenada0.19% (2005 est.)
Guadeloupe0.92% (2005 est.)
Guam1.46% (2005 est.)
Guatemala2.57% (2005 est.)
Guernsey0.29% (2005 est.)
Guinea2.37% (2005 est.)
Guinea-Bissau1.96% (2005 est.)
Guyana0.26% (2005 est.)
Haiti2.26% (2005 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City)0.01% (2005 est.)
Honduras2.16% (2005 est.)
Hong Kong0.65% (2005 est.)
Hungary-0.26% (2005 est.)
Iceland0.91% (2005 est.)
India1.4% (2005 est.)
Indonesia1.45% (2005 est.)
Iran0.86% (2005 est.)
Iraq2.7% (2005 est.)
Ireland1.16% (2005 est.)
Israel1.2% (2005 est.)
Italy0.07% (2005 est.)
Jamaica0.71% (2005 est.)
Japan0.05% (2005 est.)
Jersey0.32% (2005 est.)
Jordan2.56% (2005 est.)
Kazakhstan0.3% (2005 est.)
Kenya2.56% (2005 est.)
Kiribati2.25% (2005 est.)
Korea, North0.9% (2005 est.)
Korea, South0.38% (2005 est.)
Kuwait3.44%note: this rate reflects a return to pre-Gulf crisis immigration ofexpatriates (2005 est.)
Kyrgyzstan1.29% (2005 est.)
Laos2.42% (2005 est.)
Latvia-0.69% (2005 est.)
Lebanon1.26% (2005 est.)
Lesotho0.08% (2005 est.)
Liberia2.64% (2005 est.)
Libya2.33% (2005 est.)
Liechtenstein0.82% (2005 est.)
Lithuania-0.3% (2005 est.)
Luxembourg1.25% (2005 est.)
Macau0.87% (2005 est.)
Macedonia0.26% (2005 est.)
Madagascar3.03% (2005 est.)
Malawi2.06% (2005 est.)
Malaysia1.8% (2005 est.)
Maldives2.82% (2005 est.)
Mali2.74% (2005 est.)
Malta0.42% (2005 est.)
Man, Isle of0.52% (2005 est.)
Marshall Islands2.27% (2005 est.)
Martinique0.76% (2005 est.)
Mauritania2.9% (2005 est.)
Mauritius0.84% (2005 est.)
Mayotte3.93% (2005 est.)
Mexico1.17% (2005 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of-0.08% (2005 est.)
Moldova0.22% (2005 est.)
Monaco0.43% (2005 est.)
Mongolia1.45% (2005 est.)
Montserrat1.04% (2005 est.)
Morocco1.57% (2005 est.)
Mozambique1.48% (2005 est.)
Namibia0.73% (2005 est.)
Nauru1.83% (2005 est.)
Nepal2.2% (2005 est.)
Netherlands0.53% (2005 est.)
Netherlands Antilles0.82% (2005 est.)
New Caledonia1.28% (2005 est.)
New Zealand1.02% (2005 est.)
Nicaragua1.92% (2005 est.)
Niger2.63% (2005 est.)
Nigeria2.37% (2005 est.)
Niue0% (2005 est.)
Norfolk Island-0.01% (2005 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands2.61% (2005 est.)
Norway0.4% (2005 est.)
Oman3.32% (2005 est.)
Pakistan2.03% (2005 est.)
Palau1.39% (2005 est.)
Panama1.26% (2005 est.)
Papua New Guinea2.26% (2005 est.)
Paraguay2.48% (2005 est.)
Peru1.36% (2005 est.)
Philippines1.84% (2005 est.)
Pitcairn Islands-0.01% (2005 est.)
Poland0.03% (2005 est.)
Portugal0.39% (2005 est.)
Puerto Rico0.47% (2005 est.)
Qatar2.61% (2005 est.)
Reunion1.38% (2005 est.)
Romania-0.12% (2005 est.)
Russia-0.37% (2005 est.)
Rwanda2.43% (2005 est.)
Saint Helena0.59% (2005 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis0.38% (2005 est.)
Saint Lucia1.28% (2005 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon0.21% (2005 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.27% (2005 est.)
Samoa-0.23% (2005 est.)
San Marino1.3% (2005 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe3.16% (2005 est.)
Saudi Arabia2.31% (2005 est.)
Senegal2.48% (2005 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro0.03% (2005 est.)
Seychelles0.43% (2005 est.)
Sierra Leone2.22% (2005 est.)
Singapore1.56% (2005 est.)
Slovakia0.15% (2005 est.)
Slovenia-0.03% (2005 est.)
Solomon Islands2.68% (2005 est.)
Somalia3.38% (2005 est.)
South Africa-0.31% (2005 est.)
Spain0.15% (2005 est.)
Sri Lanka0.79% (2005 est.)
Sudan2.6% (2005 est.)
Suriname0.25% (2005 est.)
Svalbard-0.02% (2005 est.)
Swaziland0.25% (2005 est.)
Sweden0.17% (2005 est.)
Switzerland0.49% (2005 est.)
Syria2.34% (2005 est.)
Taiwan0.63% (2005 est.)
Tajikistan2.15% (2005 est.)
Tanzania1.83% (2005 est.)
Thailand0.87% (2005 est.)
Togo2.17% (2005 est.)
Tokelau-0.01% (2005 est.)
Tonga1.98% (2005 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago-0.74% (2005 est.)
Tunisia0.99% (2005 est.)
Turkey1.09% (2005 est.)
Turkmenistan1.81% (2005 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands2.9% (2005 est.)
Tuvalu1.47% (2005 est.)
Uganda3.31% (2005 est.)
Ukraine-0.63% (2005 est.)
United Arab Emirates1.54% (2005 est.)
United Kingdom0.28% (2005 est.)
United States0.92% (2005 est.)
Uruguay0.47% (2005 est.)
Uzbekistan1.67% (2005 est.)
Vanuatu1.52% (2005 est.)
Venezuela1.4% (2005 est.)
Vietnam1.04% (2005 est.)
Virgin Islands-0.07% (2005 est.)
Wallis and FutunaNA%
West Bank3.13% (2005 est.)
Western SaharaNA
World1.14% (2005 est.)
Yemen3.45% (2005 est.)
Zambia2.12% (2005 est.)
Zimbabwe0.51% (2005 est.)
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@2003 GDP - real growth rate (%)
Afghanistan7.5% (2004 est.)
Albania5.6% (2004 est.)
Algeria6.1% (2004 est.)
American SamoaNA
Andorra2% (2003 est.)
Angola11.7% (2004 est.)
Anguilla2.8% (2001 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda3% (2002 est.)
Argentina8.3% (2004 est.)
Armenia9% (2004 est.)
Aruba-1.5% (2002 est.)
Australia3.5% (2004 est.)
Austria1.9% (2004 est.)
Azerbaijan9.8% (2004 est.)
Bahamas, The3% (2004 est.)
Bahrain5.6% (2004 est.)
Bangladesh4.9% (2004 est.)
Barbados2.3% (2004 est.)
Belarus6.4% (2004 est.)
Belgium2.6% (2004 est.)
Belize3.5% (2004 est.)
Benin5% (2004 est.)
Bermuda2% (2003 est.)
Bhutan5.3% (2003 est.)
Bolivia3.7% (2004 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina5% (2004 est.)
Botswana3.5% (2004 est.)
Brazil5.1% (2004 est.)
British Virgin Islands1% (2002 est.)
Brunei3.2% (2003 est.)
Bulgaria5.3% (2004 est.)
Burkina Faso4.8% (2004 est.)
Burma-1.3% (2004 est.)
Burundi3% (2004 est.)
Cambodia5.4% (2004 est.)
Cameroon4.9% (2004 est.)
Canada2.4% (2004 est.)
Cape Verde5% (2004 est.)
Cayman Islands1.7% (2002 est.)
Central African Republic0.5% (2004 est.)
Chad38% (2004 est.)
Chile5.8% (2004 est.)
China9.1% (official data) (2004 est.)
Christmas IslandNA
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsNA%
Colombia3.6% (2004 est.)
Comoros2% (2002 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the7.5% (2004 est.)
Congo, Republic of the3.7% (2004 est.)
Cook Islands7.1% (2001 est.)
Costa Rica3.9% (2004 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire-1% (2004 est.)
Croatia3.7% (2004 est.)
Cuba3% (2004 est.)
CyprusRepublic of Cyprus: 3.2% north Cyprus: 2.6% (2004 est.)
Czech Republic3.7% (2004 est.)
Denmark2.1% (2004 est.)
Djibouti3.5% (2002 est.)
Dominica-1% (2003 est.)
Dominican Republic1.7% (2004 est.)
East Timor1% (2004 est.)
Ecuador5.8% (2004 est.)
Egypt4.5% (2004 est.)
El Salvador1.8% (2004 est.)
Equatorial Guinea20% (2002 est.)
Eritrea2.5% (2004 est.)
Estonia6% (2004 est.)
Ethiopia11.6% (2004 est.)
European Union2.4% (2004 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)NA%
Faroe Islands10% (2001 est.)
Fiji3.6% (2004 est.)
Finland3% (2004 est.)
France2.1% (2004 est.)
French GuianaNA%
French PolynesiaNA% (2001 est.)
Gabon1.9% (2004 est.)
Gambia, The6% (2004 est.)
Gaza Strip4.5% (2003 est.)
Georgia9.5% (2004 est.)
Germany1.7% (2004 est.)
Ghana5.4% (2004 est.)