Political parties and leaders:
African National Party or ANP [Egypt DZINEMUNHENZVA]; Movement forDemocratic Change or MDC [Morgan TSVANGIRAI, anti-Senate faction;Arthur MUTAMBARA, pro-Senate faction]; Peace Action is Freedom forAll or PAFA; United Parties [Abel MUZOREWA]; United People's Partyor UPP [Daniel SHUMBA]; 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]; Zimbabwe Youth inAlliance or ZIYA
Political pressure groups and leaders:
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition [Xolani ZITHA]; National ConstitutionalAssembly or NCA [Lovemore MADHUKU]; Women of Zimbabwe Arise or WOZA[Jenny WILLIAMS]; Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions or ZCTU[Wellington CHIBEBE]
International organization participation:
ACP, AfDB, AU, COMESA, FAO, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt(signatory), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol,IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN,UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO,WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
Diplomatic representation in the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Marina Annette VALERE chancery: 1608 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009 telephone: [1] (202) 332-7100 FAX: [1] (202) 483-9326
Diplomatic representation from the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador James D. MCGEE embassy: 172 Herbert Chitepo Avenue, Harare mailing address: P. O. Box 3340, Harare telephone: [263] (4) 250-593 and 250-594 FAX: [263] (4) 796-488, or 722-618
Flag description:
seven equal horizontal bands of green, yellow, red, black, red, yellow, and green with a white isosceles triangle edged in black with its base on the hoist side; a yellow Zimbabwe bird representing the long history of the country is superimposed on a red five-pointed star in the center of the triangle, which symbolizes peace; green symbolizes agriculture, yellow - mineral wealth, red - blood shed to achieve independence, and black stands for the native people
EconomyZimbabwe
Economy - overview:
The government of Zimbabwe faces a wide variety of difficult economic problems as it struggles with an unsustainable fiscal deficit, an overvalued official exchange rate, hyperinflation, and bare store shelves. Its 1998-2002 involvement in the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo drained hundreds of millions of dollars from the economy. The government's land reform program, characterized by chaos and violence, has badly damaged the commercial farming sector, the traditional source of exports and foreign exchange and the provider of 400,000 jobs, turning Zimbabwe into a net importer of food products. The EU and the US provide food aid on humanitarian grounds. Badly needed support from the IMF has been suspended because of the government's arrears on past loans and the government's unwillingness to enact reforms that would stabilize the economy. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe routinely prints money to fund the budget deficit, causing the official annual inflation rate to rise from 32% in 1998, to 133% in 2004, 585% in 2005, passed 1000% in 2006, and 26000% in November 2007. Private sector estimates of inflation in 2007 are well above 100,000%. Meanwhile, the official exchange rate fell from approximately 1 (revalued) Zimbabwean dollar per US dollar in 2003 to 30,000 per US dollar in 2007.
GDP (purchasing power parity):
$2.342 billion (2007 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):
$641 million note: hyperinflation and the plunging value of the Zimbabwean dollar makes Zimbabwe's GDP at the official exchange rate a highly inaccurate statistic (2007 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
-5.5% (2007 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$200 (2007 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 18.1% industry: 22.6% services: 59.3% (2007 est.)
Labor force:
4.032 million (2007 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 66% industry: 10% services: 24% (1996)
Unemployment rate:
80% (2005 est.)
Population below poverty line:
68% (2004)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 40.4% (1995)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
50.1 (2006)
Investment (gross fixed):
16.7% of GDP (2007 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $2.442 billion expenditures: $3.017 billion (2007 est.)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Public debt:
218.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
12,563% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2007 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
975% (31 December 2007)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
578.96% (31 December 2007)
Stock of money:
$14.18 billion note: This number reflects the vastly overvalued official exchange rate of 30,000 Zimbabwe dollars per US dollar. At an unofficial rate of 800,000 Zimbabwe dollars per US dollar, the stock of Zimbabwe dollars would equal only about US$500 million and Zimbabwe's velocity of money (the number of times money turns over in the course of a year) would be nine, in line with the velocity of money for other countries in the region. (31 December 2007)
Stock of quasi money:
$5.349 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of domestic credit:
$24.91 billion (31 December 2007)
Agriculture - products:
corn, cotton, tobacco, wheat, coffee, sugarcane, peanuts; sheep, goats, pigs
Industries:
mining (coal, gold, platinum, copper, nickel, tin, clay, numerous metallic and nonmetallic ores), steel; wood products, cement, chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages
Industrial production growth rate:
-5% (2007 est.)
Electricity - production:
9.467 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - consumption:
11.59 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - exports:
34 million kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - imports:
2.867 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 47% hydro: 53% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
Oil - consumption:
14,590 bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - exports:
0 bbl/day (2005 est.)
Oil - imports:
15,800 bbl/day (2005 est.)
Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)
Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)
Current account balance:
-$649 million (2007 est.)
Exports:
$1.52 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities:
platinum, cotton, tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, textiles/clothing
Exports - partners:
South Africa 33.8%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 8.3%, Japan 8.1%, Botswana 7.4%, Netherlands 5.2%, China 5.2%, Italy 4.1%, Zambia 4.1% (2007)
Imports:
$2.183 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, other manufactures, chemicals, fuels
Imports - partners:
South Africa 50.7%, China 8.4%, US 4.5%, Botswana 4.3% (2007)
Economic aid - recipient:
$367.7 million (2005 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$120 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt - external:
$5.155 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$26.56 billion (2006)
Currency (code):
Zimbabwean dollar (ZWD)
Currency code:
Exchange rates:
Zimbabwean dollars (ZWD) per US dollar - 30,000 (2007), 162.07 (2006), 77.965 (2005), 5.729 (2004), 0.824 (2003) note: these are official exchange rates; non-official rates vary significantly
CommunicationsZimbabwe
Telephones - main lines in use:
344,500 (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.226 million (2007)
Telephone system:
general assessment: system was once one of the best in Africa, but now suffers from poor maintenance; more than 100,000 outstanding requests for connection despite an equally large number of installed but unused main lines domestic: consists of microwave radio relay links, open-wire lines, radiotelephone communication stations, fixed wireless local loop installations, and a substantial mobile-cellular network; Internet connection is available in Harare and planned for all major towns and for some of the smaller ones international: country code - 263; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat; 2 international digital gateway exchanges (in Harare and Gweru)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 7, FM 20 (plus 17 repeater stations), shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios:
1.14 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
16 (1997)
Televisions:
370,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.zw
Internet hosts:
19,157 (2008)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
6 (2000)
Internet users:
1.351 million (2007)
TransportationZimbabwe
Airports:
341 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 19 over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 10 (2007)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 322 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 152 under 914 m: 166 (2007)
Pipelines:
refined products 270 km (2007)
Railways:
total: 3,077 km narrow gauge: 3,077 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified) (2006)
Roadways:
total: 97,267 km paved: 18,481 km unpaved: 78,786 km (2002)
Waterways:
on Lake Kariba (2005)
Ports and terminals:
Binga, Kariba
MilitaryZimbabwe
Military branches:
Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF): Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), AirForce of Zimbabwe (AFZ), Zimbabwe Republic Police (2008)
Military service age and obligation:
18-24 years of age for compulsory military service; women are eligible to serve (2007)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 3,264,258 females age 16-49: 3,048,049 (2008 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 1,643,036 females age 16-49: 1,404,663 (2008 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 144,601 female: 147,627 (2008 est.)
Military expenditures:
3.8% of GDP (2006)
Transnational IssuesZimbabwe
Disputes - international:
Botswana built electric fences and South Africa has placed military along the border to stem the flow of thousands of Zimbabweans fleeing to find work and escape political persecution; Namibia has supported, and in 2004 Zimbabwe dropped objections to, plans between Botswana and Zambia to build a bridge over the Zambezi River, thereby de facto recognizing a short, but not clearly delimited, Botswana-Zambia boundary in the river
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 2,500 (Democratic Republic of Congo) IDPs: 569,685 (MUGABE-led political violence, human rights violations, land reform, and economic collapse) (2007)
Trafficking in persons:
current situation: Zimbabwe is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation; large scale migration of Zimbabweans to surrounding countries - as they flee a progressively more desperate situation at home - has increased; rural Zimbabwean men, women, and children are trafficked internally to farms for agricultural labor and domestic servitude and to cities for domestic labor and commercial sexual exploitation; young men and boys are trafficked to South Africa for farm work, often laboring for months in South Africa without pay before "employers" have them arrested and deported as illegal immigrants; young women and girls are lured abroad with false employment offers that result in involuntary domestic servitude or commercial sexual exploitation; men, women, and children from neighboring states are trafficked through Zimbabwe en route to South Africa tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Zimbabwe is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat severe forms of human trafficking, and because the absolute number of victims of severe forms of trafficking is significantly increasing; the trafficking situation in the country is worsening as more of the population is made vulnerable by declining socio-economic conditions (2008)
Illicit drugs:
transit point for cannabis and South Asian heroin, mandrax, and methamphetamines en route to South Africa
This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008
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@2001 GDP (purchasing power parity)
Afghanistan$35 billion (2007 est.)
Albania$20.87 billionnote: Albania has a large gray economy that may be as large as 50%of official GDP (2007 est.)
Algeria$222.3 billion (2007 est.)
American Samoa$510.1 million (2003 est.)
Andorra$2.77 billion (2005)
Angola$95.46 billion (2007 est.)
Anguilla$108.9 million (2004 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda$1.526 billion (2007 est.)
Argentina$526.4 billion (2007 est.)
Armenia$17.17 billion (2007 est.)
Aruba$2.258 billion (2005 est.)
Australia$773 billion (2007 est.)
Austria$322 billion (2007 est.)
Azerbaijan$64.66 billion (2007 est.)
Bahamas, The$8.553 billion (2007 est.)
Bahrain$24.01 billion (2007 est.)
Bangladesh$208.3 billion (2007 est.)
Barbados$5.31 billion (2007 est.)
Belarus$103.5 billion (2007 est.)
Belgium$376.5 billion (2007 est.)
Belize$2.444 billion (2007 est.)
Benin$12 billion (2007 est.)
Bermuda$4.5 billion (2004 est.)
Bhutan$3.359 billion (2007 est.)
Bolivia$39.75 billion (2007 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina$27.7 billionnote: Bosnia has a large informal sector that could also be as muchas 50% of official GDP (2007 est.)
Botswana$26.04 billion (2007 est.)
Brazil$1.849 trillion (2007 est.)
British Virgin Islands$853.4 million (2004 est.)
Brunei$19.64 billion (2007 est.)
Bulgaria$86.71 billion (2007 est.)
Burkina Faso$17.41 billion (2007 est.)
Burma$91.13 billion (2007 est.)
Burundi$2.907 billion (2007 est.)
Cambodia$26.19 billion (2007 est.)
Cameroon$40.24 billion (2007 est.)
Canada$1.271 trillion (2007 est.)
Cape Verde$1.603 billion (2007 est.)
Cayman Islands$1.939 billion (2004 est.)
Central African Republic$3.007 billion (2007 est.)
Chad$15.26 billion (2007 est.)
Chile$232.8 billion (2007 est.)
China$7.099 trillion (2007 est.)
Christmas Island$NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands$NA
Colombia$327.7 billion (2007 est.)
Comoros$1.262 billion (2007 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the$19.03 billion (2007 est.)
Congo, Republic of the$12.86 billion (2007 est.)
Cook Islands$183.2 million (2005 est.)
Costa Rica$45.77 billion (2007 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire$32.85 billion (2007 est.)
Croatia$69.59 billion (2007 est.)
Cuba$125.5 billion (2007 est.)
Cyprus$21.4 billion (2007 est.)
Czech Republic$251 billion (2007 est.)
Denmark$203.3 billion (2007 est.)
Djibouti$1.738 billion (2007 est.)
Dominica$648 million (2007 est.)
Dominican Republic$61.67 billion (2007 est.)
Ecuador$98.71 billion (2007 est.)
Egypt$405.4 billion (2007 est.)
El Salvador$41.63 billion (2007 est.)
Equatorial Guinea$15.54 billion (2007 est.)
Eritrea$3.619 billion (2007 est.)
Estonia$28.69 billion (2007 est.)
Ethiopia$56.05 billion (2007 est.)
European Union$14.43 trillion (2007 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)$75 million (2002 est.)
Faroe Islands$1 billion (2001 est.)
Fiji$5.079 billion (2007 est.)
Finland$188.4 billion (2007 est.)
France$2.075 trillion (2007 est.)
French Polynesia$4.58 billion (2003 est.)
Gabon$20.44 billion (2007 est.)
Gambia, The$2.061 billion (2007 est.)
Gaza Strip$5.034 billion (includes West Bank) (2006 est.)
Georgia$20.6 billion (2007 est.)
Germany$2.807 trillion (2007 est.)
Ghana$31.13 billion (2007 est.)
Gibraltar$1.066 billion (2005 est.)
Greece$327.6 billion (2007 est.)
Greenland$1.1 billion (2001 est.)
Grenada$1.108 billion (2007 est.)
Guam$2.5 billion (2005 est.)
Guatemala$64.76 billion (2007 est.)
Guernsey$2.742 billion (2005)
Guinea$10.96 billion (2007 est.)
Guinea-Bissau$826.4 million (2007 est.)
Guyana$2.819 billion (2007 est.)
Haiti$11.38 billion (2007 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City)$NA
Honduras$32.26 billion (2007 est.)
Hong Kong$293.3 billion (2007 est.)
Hungary$191.7 billion (2007 est.)
Iceland$12.19 billion (2007 est.)
India$2.966 trillion (2007 est.)
Indonesia$843.7 billion (2007 est.)
Iran$762.9 billion (2007 est.)
Iraq$102.4 billion (2007 est.)
Ireland$191.6 billion (2007 est.)
Isle of Man$2.719 billion (2005 est.)
Israel$185.8 billion (2007 est.)
Italy$1.8 trillion (2007 est.)
Jamaica$20.48 billion (2007 est.)
Japan$4.272 trillion (2007 est.)
Jersey$5.1 billion (2005 est.)
Jordan$28.45 billion (2007 est.)
Kazakhstan$168.2 billion (2007 est.)
Kenya$61.22 billion (2007 est.)
Kiribati$348 million (2007 est.)
Korea, North$40 billionnote: North Korea does not publish any reliable National IncomeAccounts data; the datum shown here is derived from purchasing powerparity (PPP) GDP estimates for North Korea that were made by AngusMADDISON in a study conducted for the OECD; his figure for 1999 wasextrapolated to 2007 using estimated real growth rates for NorthKorea's GDP and an inflation factor based on the US GDP deflator;the result was rounded to the nearest $10 billion (2007 est.)
Korea, South$1.206 trillion (2007 est.)
Kosovo$4 billion (2007 est.)
Kuwait$140 billion (2007 est.)
Kyrgyzstan$10.55 billion (2007 est.)
Laos$12.8 billion (2007 est.)
Latvia$40.05 billion (2007 est.)
Lebanon$40.44 billion (2007 est.)
Lesotho$3.063 billion (2007 est.)
Liberia$1.525 billion (2007 est.)
Libya$74.72 billion (2007 est.)
Liechtenstein$1.786 billion (2001 est.)
Lithuania$59.98 billion (2007 est.)
Luxembourg$38.14 billion (2007 est.)
Macau$12.5 billion (2006)
Macedonia $17.35 billion note: Macedonia has a large informal sector (2007 est.)
Madagascar$18.44 billion (2007 est.)
Malawi$10.59 billion (2007 est.)
Malaysia$361.2 billion (2007 est.)
Maldives$1.588 billion (2007 est.)
Mali$13.63 billion (2007 est.)
Malta$9.4 billion (2007 est.)
Marshall Islands$115 million (2001 est.)
Mauritania$5.974 billion (2007 est.)
Mauritius$14.27 billion (2007 est.)
Mayotte$953.6 million (2005 est.)
Mexico$1.353 trillion (2007 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of $277 million; note - supplemented by grant aid, averaging perhaps $100 million annually (2002 est.)
Moldova$9.756 billion (2007 est.)
Monaco$976.3 millionnote: Monaco does not publish national income figures; the estimatesare extremely rough (2006 est.)
Mongolia$8.542 billion (2007 est.)
Montenegro$5.918 billion (2007 est.)
Montserrat$29 million (2002 est.)
Morocco$125 billion (2007 est.)
Mozambique$17.64 billion (2007 est.)
Namibia$10.69 billion (2007 est.)
Nauru$60 million (2005 est.)
Nepal$29.29 billion (2007 est.)
Netherlands$645.5 billion (2007 est.)
Netherlands Antilles$2.8 billion (2004 est.)
New Caledonia$3.158 billion (2003 est.)
New Zealand$112.4 billion (2007 est.)
Nicaragua$16.17 billion (2007 est.)
Niger$8.859 billion (2007 est.)
Nigeria$296.1 billion (2007 est.)
Niue$7.6 million (2000 est.)
Norfolk Island$NA
Northern Mariana Islands $900 million note: GDP estimate includes US subsidy (2000 est.)
Norway$246.6 billion (2007 est.)
Oman$60.89 billion (2007 est.)
Pakistan$411.9 billion (2007 est.)
Palau$124.5 millionnote: GDP estimates includes US subsidy (2004 est.)
Panama$34.81 billion (2007 est.)
Papua New Guinea$12.05 billion (2007 est.)
Paraguay$26.7 billion (2007 est.)
Peru$219.6 billion (2007 est.)
Philippines$300.1 billion (2007 est.)
Pitcairn Islands$NA
Poland$623.1 billion (2007 est.)
Portugal$232.3 billion (2007 est.)
Puerto Rico$72.61 billion (2007 est.)
Qatar$71.42 billion (2007 est.)
Romania$247.1 billion (2007 est.)
Russia$2.097 trillion (2007 est.)
Rwanda$8.057 billion (2007 est.)
Saint Helena$18 million (1998 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis$721 million (2007 est.)
Saint Lucia$1.794 billion (2007 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon$48.3 millionnote: supplemented by annual payments from France of about $60million (2003 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$1.042 billion (2007 est.)
Samoa$1.029 billion (2007 est.)
San Marino$850 million (2004 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe$256 million (2007 est.)
Saudi Arabia$546 billion (2007 est.)
Senegal$21.02 billion (2007 est.)
Serbia$77.28 billion (2007 est.)
Seychelles$1.378 billion (2007 est.)
Sierra Leone$3.991 billion (2007 est.)
Singapore$227.1 billion (2007 est.)
Slovakia$110.2 billion (2007 est.)
Slovenia$56.19 billion (2007 est.)
Solomon Islands$948 million (2007 est.)
Somalia$5.387 billion (2007 est.)
South Africa$467.8 billion (2007 est.)
Spain$1.361 trillion (2007 est.)
Sri Lanka$82.02 billion (2007 est.)
Sudan$80.98 billion (2007 est.)
Suriname$3.846 billion (2007 est.)
Svalbard$NA
Swaziland$5.364 billion (2007 est.)
Sweden$338.5 billion (2007 est.)
Switzerland$303.2 billion (2007 est.)
Syria$90.37 billion (2007 est.)
Taiwan$698.6 billion (2007 est.)
Tajikistan$11.96 billion (2007 est.)
Tanzania$51.07 billion (2007 est.)
Thailand$521.5 billion (2007 est.)
Timor-Leste$2.608 billion (2007 est.)
Togo$5.042 billion (2007 est.)
Tokelau$1.5 million (1993 est.)
Tonga$526 million (2007 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago$26.79 billion (2007 est.)
Tunisia$76.07 billion (2007 est.)
Turkey$853.9 billion (2007 est.)
Turkmenistan$26.92 billion (2007 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands$216 million (2002 est.)
Tuvalu$14.94 million (2002 est.)
Uganda$29.13 billion (2007 est.)
Ukraine$324.8 billion (2007 est.)
United Arab Emirates$164.4 billion (2007 est.)
United Kingdom$2.13 trillion (2007 est.)
United States$13.78 trillion (2007 est.)
Uruguay$37.5 billion (2007 est.)
Uzbekistan$64.4 billion (2007 est.)
Vanuatu$897 million (2007 est.)
Venezuela$334.3 billion (2007 est.)
Vietnam$221.1 billion (2007 est.)
Virgin Islands$1.577 billion (2004 est.)
Wallis and Futuna$60 million (2004 est.)
West Bank$5.034 billion (includes Gaza Strip) (2006 est.)
Western Sahara$NA
WorldGWP (gross world product): $65.61 trillion (2007 est.)
Yemen$56.24 billion (2007 est.)
Zambia$16.1 billion (2007 est.)
Zimbabwe$2.342 billion (2007 est.)
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@2002 Population growth rate (%)
Afghanistan2.626% (2008 est.)
Albania0.538% (2008 est.)
Algeria1.209% (2008 est.)
American Samoa1.236% (2008 est.)
Andorra1.899% (2008 est.)
Angola2.136% (2008 est.)
Anguilla2.332% (2008 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda1.305% (2008 est.)
Argentina1.068% (2008 est.)
Armenia-0.077% (2008 est.)
Aruba1.501% (2008 est.)
Australia1.221% (2008 est.)
Austria0.064% (2008 est.)
Azerbaijan0.723% (2008 est.)
Bahamas, The0.57% (2008 est.)
Bahrain1.337% (2008 est.)
Bangladesh2.022% (2008 est.)
Barbados0.36% (2008 est.)
Belarus-0.393% (2008 est.)
Belgium0.106% (2008 est.)
Belize2.207% (2008 est.)
Benin3.01% (2008 est.)
Bermuda0.546% (2008 est.)
Bhutan1.301% (2008 est.)
Bolivia1.383% (2008 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.666% (2008 est.)
Botswana1.434% (2008 est.)
Brazil1.228% (2008 est.)
British Virgin Islands1.88% (2008 est.)
Brunei1.785% (2008 est.)
Bulgaria-0.813% (2008 est.)
Burkina Faso3.109% (2008 est.)
Burma0.8% (2008 est.)
Burundi3.443% (2008 est.)
Cambodia1.752% (2008 est.)
Cameroon2.218% (2008 est.)
Canada0.83% (2008 est.)
Cape Verde0.595% (2008 est.)
Cayman Islands2.449% (2008 est.)
Central African Republic1.509% (2008 est.)
Chad2.195% (2008 est.)
Chile0.905% (2008 est.)
China0.629% (2008 est.)
Christmas Island0% (2008 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands0% (2008 est.)
Colombia1.405% (2008 est.)
Comoros2.803% (2008 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the3.236% (2008 est.)
Congo, Republic of the2.696% (2008 est.)
Cook IslandsNA (2008 est.)
Costa Rica1.388% (2008 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire2.156% (2008 est.)
Croatia-0.043% (2008 est.)
Cuba0.251% (2008 est.)
Cyprus0.522% (2008 est.)
Czech Republic-0.082% (2008 est.)
Denmark0.295% (2008 est.)
Djibouti1.945% (2008 est.)
Dominica0.196% (2008 est.)
Dominican Republic1.495% (2008 est.)
Ecuador0.935% (2008 est.)
Egypt1.682% (2008 est.)
El Salvador1.679% (2008 est.)
Equatorial Guinea2.732% (2008 est.)
Eritrea2.631% (2008 est.)
Estonia-0.632% (2008 est.)
Ethiopia3.212% (2008 est.)
European Union0.11% (2008 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)0.011% (2008 est.)
Faroe Islands0.376% (2008 est.)
Fiji1.388% (2008 est.)
Finland0.112% (2008 est.)
France0.574% (2008 est.)
French Polynesia1.425% (2008 est.)
Gabon1.954% (2008 est.)
Gambia, The2.724% (2008 est.)
Gaza Strip3.422% (2008 est.)
Georgia-0.325% (2008 est.)
Germany-0.044% (2008 est.)
Ghana1.928% (2008 est.)
Gibraltar0.125% (2008 est.)
Greece0.146% (2008 est.)
Greenland0.064% (2008 est.)
Grenada0.406% (2008 est.)
Guam1.373% (2008 est.)
Guatemala2.11% (2008 est.)
Guernsey0.228% (2008 est.)
Guinea2.492% (2008 est.)
Guinea-Bissau2.035% (2008 est.)
Guyana0.211% (2008 est.)
Haiti2.493% (2008 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City)0.003% (2008 est.)
Honduras2.024% (2008 est.)
Hong Kong0.532% (2008 est.)
Hungary-0.254% (2008 est.)
Iceland0.783% (2008 est.)
India1.578% (2008 est.)
Indonesia1.175% (2008 est.)
Iran0.792% (2008 est.)
Iraq2.562% (2008 est.)
Ireland1.133% (2008 est.)
Isle of Man0.509% (2008 est.)
Israel1.713% (2008 est.)
Italy-0.019% (2008 est.)
Jamaica0.779% (2008 est.)
Japan-0.139% (2008 est.)
Jersey0.221% (2008 est.)
Jordan2.338% (2008 est.)
Kazakhstan0.374% (2008 est.)
Kenya2.758% (2008 est.)
Kiribati2.235% (2008 est.)
Korea, North0.732% (2008 est.)
Korea, South0.269% (2008 est.)
Kuwait3.591%note: this rate reflects a return to pre-Gulf crisis immigration ofexpatriates (2008 est.)
Kyrgyzstan1.38% (2008 est.)
Laos2.344% (2008 est.)
Latvia-0.629% (2008 est.)
Lebanon1.154% (2008 est.)
Lesotho0.129% (2008 est.)
Liberia3.661% (2008 est.)
Libya2.216% (2008 est.)
Liechtenstein0.713% (2008 est.)
Lithuania-0.284% (2008 est.)
Luxembourg1.188% (2008 est.)
Macau3.148% (2008 est.)
Macedonia0.262% (2008 est.)
Madagascar3.005% (2008 est.)
Malawi2.39% (2008 est.)
Malaysia1.742% (2008 est.)
Maldives5.566% (2008 est.)
Mali2.725% (2008 est.)
Malta0.407% (2008 est.)
Marshall Islands2.142% (2008 est.)
Mauritania2.852% (2008 est.)
Mauritius0.8% (2008 est.)
Mayotte3.465% (2008 est.)
Mexico1.142% (2008 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of-0.191% (2008 est.)
Moldova-0.092% (2008 est.)
Monaco0.375% (2008 est.)
Mongolia1.493% (2008 est.)
Montenegro-0.925% (2008 est.)
Montserrat0.315% (2008 est.)
Morocco1.505% (2008 est.)
Mozambique1.792% (2008 est.)
Namibia0.947% (2008 est.)
Nauru1.772% (2008 est.)
Nepal2.095% (2008 est.)
Netherlands0.436% (2008 est.)
Netherlands Antilles0.754% (2008 est.)
New Caledonia1.175% (2008 est.)
New Zealand0.971% (2008 est.)
Nicaragua1.825% (2008 est.)
Niger2.878% (2008 est.)
Nigeria2.025% (2008 est.)
Niue-0.032% (2008 est.)
Norfolk Island0.006% (2008 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands2.377% (2008 est.)
Norway0.35% (2008 est.)
Oman3.19% (2008 est.)
Pakistan1.999% (2008 est.)
Palau1.157% (2008 est.)
Panama1.544% (2008 est.)
Papua New Guinea2.118% (2008 est.)
Paraguay2.39% (2008 est.)
Peru1.264% (2008 est.)
Philippines1.991% (2008 est.)
Pitcairn Islands0% (2008 est.)
Poland-0.045% (2008 est.)
Portugal0.305% (2008 est.)
Puerto Rico0.369% (2008 est.)
Qatar1.093% (2008 est.)
Romania-0.136% (2008 est.)
Russia-0.474% (2008 est.)
Rwanda2.779% (2008 est.)
Saint Helena0.487% (2008 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis0.723% (2008 est.)
Saint Lucia0.436% (2008 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon0.114% (2008 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.231% (2008 est.)
Samoa1.322% (2008 est.)
San Marino1.181% (2008 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe3.116% (2008 est.)
Saudi Arabia1.954% (2008 est.)
Senegal2.58% (2008 est.)
Seychelles0.428% (2008 est.)
Sierra Leone2.282% (2008 est.)
Singapore1.135% (2008 est.)
Slovakia0.143% (2008 est.)
Slovenia-0.088% (2008 est.)
Solomon Islands2.467% (2008 est.)
Somalia2.824% (2008 est.)
South Africa0.828% (2008 est.)
Spain0.096% (2008 est.)
Sri Lanka0.943% (2008 est.)
Sudan2.134% (2008 est.)
Suriname1.099% (2008 est.)
Svalbard-0.023% (2008 est.)
Swaziland-0.41% (2008 est.)
Sweden0.157% (2008 est.)
Switzerland0.329% (2008 est.)
Syria2.189% (2008 est.)
Taiwan0.238% (2008 est.)
Tajikistan1.893% (2008 est.)
Tanzania2.072% (2008 est.)
Thailand0.64% (2008 est.)
Timor-Leste2.05% (2008 est.)
Togo2.717% (2008 est.)
Tokelau-0.011% (2008 est.)
Tonga1.669% (2008 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago-0.891% (2008 est.)
Tunisia0.989% (2008 est.)
Turkey1.013% (2008 est.)
Turkmenistan1.596% (2008 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands2.644% (2008 est.)
Tuvalu1.577% (2008 est.)
Uganda3.603% (2008 est.)
Ukraine-0.651% (2008 est.)
United Arab Emirates3.833% (2008 est.)
United Kingdom0.276% (2008 est.)
United States0.883% (2008 est.)
Uruguay0.486% (2008 est.)
Uzbekistan0.965% (2008 est.)
Vanuatu1.434% (2008 est.)
Venezuela1.498% (2008 est.)
Vietnam0.99% (2008 est.)
Virgin Islands0.002% (2008 est.)
Wallis and FutunaNA (2008 est.)
West Bank2.225% (2008 est.)
Western Sahara2.868% NA (2008 est.)
World1.188% (2008 est.)
Yemen3.46% (2008 est.)
Zambia1.654% (2008 est.)
Zimbabwe-0.787% (2008 est.)
This page was last updated on 18 December 2008
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@2003 GDP - real growth rate (%)
Afghanistan11.5% (2007 est.)
Albania6% (2007 est.)
Algeria4.5% (2007 est.)
American Samoa3% (2003 est.)
Andorra3.5% (2005 est.)
Angola16.7% (2007 est.)
Anguilla10.2% (2004 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda6.1% (2007 est.)
Argentina8.7% (2007 est.)
Armenia13.7% (2007 est.)
Aruba2.4% (2005 est.)
Australia4.3% (2007 est.)
Austria3.1% (2007 est.)
Azerbaijan23.4% (2007 est.)
Bahamas, The2.8% (2007 est.)
Bahrain6.7% (2007 est.)
Bangladesh6.3% (2007 est.)
Barbados4.3% (2007 est.)
Belarus8.2% (2007 est.)
Belgium2.8% (2007 est.)
Belize2.2% (2007 est.)
Benin4.5% (2007 est.)
Bermuda4.6% (2004 est.)
Bhutan22.4% (2007 est.)
Bolivia4.6% (2007 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina6% (2007 est.)
Botswana4.8% (2007 est.)
Brazil5.4% (2007 est.)
British Virgin Islands1% (2002 est.)
Brunei0.4% (2007 est.)
Bulgaria6.2% (2007 est.)
Burkina Faso4.2% (2007 est.)
Burma3.8% (2007 est.)
Burundi3.6% (2007 est.)
Cambodia10.1% (2007 est.)
Cameroon2.7% (2007 est.)
Canada2.7% (2007 est.)