Saint Helenatotal: 18.31 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 21.47 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 14.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevistotal: 14.34 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 16.09 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 12.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Saint Luciatotal: 13.8 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 12.75 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 14.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelontotal: 7.04 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 8.06 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 5.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadinestotal: 13.62 deaths/1,000 livebirthsmale: 14.83 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 12.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Samoatotal: 25.04 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 29.56 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 20.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
San Marinototal: 5.44 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 5.86 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 4.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Sao Tome and Principetotal: 38.36 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 40.11 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 36.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Saudi Arabiatotal: 11.94 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 13.58 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 10.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Senegaltotal: 58.93 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 62.79 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 54.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Seychellestotal: 14.36 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 18.18 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 10.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Sierra Leonetotal: 156.48 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 173.59 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 138.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Singaporetotal: 2.3 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 2.51 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 2.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Slovakiatotal: 6.98 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 8.15 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 5.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Sloveniatotal: 4.3 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 4.87 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 3.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Solomon Islandstotal: 19.67 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 22.36 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 16.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Somaliatotal: 110.97 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 120.17 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 101.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
South Africatotal: 45.11 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 49.47 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 40.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Spaintotal: 4.26 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 4.65 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 3.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Sri Lankatotal: 19.01 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 20.76 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 17.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Sudantotal: 86.98 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 87.09 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 86.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Surinametotal: 19.45 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 22.96 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 15.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Svalbardtotal: NAmale: NAfemale: NA (2008 est.)
Swazilandtotal: 69.59 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 72.87 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 66.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Swedentotal: 2.75 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 2.91 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 2.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Switzerlandtotal: 4.23 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 4.71 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 3.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Syriatotal: 26.78 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 27.04 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 26.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Taiwantotal: 5.45 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 5.75 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 5.11 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Tajikistantotal: 42.31 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 47.3 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 37.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Tanzaniatotal: 70.46 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 77.51 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 63.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Thailandtotal: 18.23 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 19.5 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 16.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Timor-Lestetotal: 41.98 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 48.16 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 35.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Togototal: 57.66 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 65.01 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 50.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Tokelautotal: NAmale: NAfemale: NA (2008 est.)
Tongatotal: 11.88 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 13.07 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 10.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Trinidad and Tobagototal: 23.59 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 25.34 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 21.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Tunisiatotal: 23.43 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 25.7 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 20.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Turkeytotal: 36.98 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 40.44 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 33.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Turkmenistantotal: 51.81 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 56.01 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 47.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islandstotal: 14.35 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 16.56 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 12.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Tuvalutotal: 18.97 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 21.56 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 16.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Ugandatotal: 65.99 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 69.65 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 62.21 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Ukrainetotal: 9.23 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 11.48 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 6.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
United Arab Emiratestotal: 13.11 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 15.32 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 10.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
United Kingdomtotal: 4.93 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 5.49 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 4.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
United Statestotal: 6.3 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 6.95 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 5.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Uruguaytotal: 11.66 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 13.1 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 10.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Uzbekistantotal: 24.23 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 28.61 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 19.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Vanuatutotal: 50.77 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 53.32 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 48.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Venezuelatotal: 22.02 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 25.61 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 18.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Vietnamtotal: 23.61 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 24.01 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 23.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Virgin Islandstotal: 7.72 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 8.43 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 6.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Wallis and Futunatotal: NAmale: NAfemale: NA (2008 est.)
West Banktotal: 16.51 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 18.5 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 14.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Western Saharatotal: 71.13 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 71.22 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 71.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Worldtotal: 42.09 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 44.91 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 39.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Yementotal: 56.27 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 60.78 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 51.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Zambiatotal: 100.96 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 105.73 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 96.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Zimbabwetotal: 33.86 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 36.5 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 31.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
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@2092 Inflation rate (consumer prices) (%)
Afghanistan13% (2007 est.)
Albania2.9% (2007 est.)
Algeria3.5% (2007 est.)
American SamoaNA%
Andorra3.2% (2005)
Angola12.2% (2007 est.)
Anguilla5.3% (2006 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda1.5% (2007 est.)
Argentina8.8% official rate; actual rate may be double the officialrate (2007 est.)
Armenia4.4% (2007 est.)
Aruba3.4% (2005)
Australia2.3% (2007 est.)
Austria2.2% (2007 est.)
Azerbaijan16.7% (2007 est.)
Bahamas, The2.4% (2007 est.)
Bahrain3.3% (2007 est.)
Bangladesh9.1% (2007 est.)
Barbados5.5% (2007 est.)
Belarus8.4% (2007 est.)
Belgium1.8% (2007 est.)
Belize2.3% (2007 est.)
Benin1.3% (2007 est.)
Bermuda2.8% (November 2005)
Bhutan4.9% (2007 est.)
Bolivia8.7% (2007 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina1.6% (2007 est.)
Botswana7.1% (2007 est.)
Brazil3.6% (2007 est.)
British Virgin Islands2% (2005)
Brunei0.4% (2007 est.)
Bulgaria9.8% (2007 est.)
Burkina Faso-0.2% (2007 est.)
Burma35% (2007 est.)
Burundi8.3% (2007 est.)
Cambodia5.9% (2007 est.)
Cameroon1.1% (2007 est.)
Canada2.1% (2007 est.)
Cape Verde4.4% (2007 est.)
Cayman Islands4.4% (2004)
Central African Republic0.9% (2007 est.)
Chad4% (2007 est.)
Chile4.4% (2007 est.)
China4.8% (2007 est.)
Colombia5.5% (2007 est.)
Comoros3% (2007 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the16.7% (2007 est.)
Congo, Republic of the2.7% (2007 est.)
Cook Islands2.1% (2005 est.)
Costa Rica9.4% (2007 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire1.9% (2007 est.)
Croatia4.5% (2007 est.)
Cuba3.1% (2007 est.)
Cyprus2.4% (2007 est.)
Czech Republic2.9% (2007 est.)
Denmark1.7% (2007 est.)
Djibouti5% (2007 est.)
Dominica2.7% (2007 est.)
Dominican Republic6.1% (2007 est.)
Ecuador2.3% (2007 est.)
Egypt9.5% (2007 est.)
El Salvador4.6% (2007 est.)
Equatorial Guinea6% (2007 est.)
Eritrea17% (2007 est.)
Estonia6.6% (2007 est.)
Ethiopia17.2% (2007 est.)
European Union1.8% (2006 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)3.6% (1998)
Faroe Islands1.8% (2005)
Fiji4.8% (2007)
Finland2.5% (2007 est.)
France1.5% (2007 est.)
French Polynesia1.1% (2006 est.)
Gabon5% (2007 est.)
Gambia, The5.1% (2007 est.)
Gaza Strip3.6% (includes West Bank) (2006)
Georgia9.3% (2007 est.)
Germany2.3% (2007 est.)
Ghana10.7% (2007 est.)
Gibraltar2.9% (2005)
Greece2.9% (2007 est.)
Greenland1% (2005 est.)
Grenada3.7% (2007 est.)
Guam2.5% (2005 est.)
Guatemala6.8% (2007 est.)
Guernsey3.4% (June 2006)
Guinea23.4% (2007 est.)
Guinea-Bissau3.8% (2007 est.)
Guyana12.3% (2007 est.)
Haiti8.5% (2007 est.)
Honduras6.9% (2007 est.)
Hong Kong2% (2007 est.)
Hungary8% (2007 est.)
Iceland5.1% (2007 est.)
India6.4% (2007 est.)
Indonesia6.3% (2007 est.)
Iran17.1% (2007 est.)
Iraq4.7% (2007 est.)
Ireland4.9% (2007 est.)
Isle of Man3.1% (December 2006 est.)
Israel0.5% (2007 est.)
Italy1.8% (2007 est.)
Jamaica9.5% (2007 est.)
Japan0.1% (2007 est.)
Jersey3.7% (December 2006)
Jordan5.4% (2007 est.)
Kazakhstan10.8% (2007 est.)
Kenya9.7% (2007 est.)
Kiribati0.2% (2007 est.)
Korea, NorthNA%
Korea, South2.5% (2007 est.)
Kosovo2% (2007 est.)
Kuwait5.5% (2007 est.)
Kyrgyzstan10.2% (2007 est.)
Laos4.5% (2007 est.)
Latvia10.1% (2007 est.)
Lebanon4.2% (2007 est.)
Lesotho8% (2007 est.)
Liberia11.2% (2007 est.)
Libya6.3% (2007 est.)
Liechtenstein1% (2001)
Lithuania5.7% (2007 est.)
Luxembourg2.3% (2007 est.)
Macau7.2% (2006)
Macedonia2.3% (2007 est.)
Madagascar10.3% (2007 est.)
Malawi7.9% (2007 est.)
Malaysia 2% note: approximately 30% of goods are price-controlled (2007 est.)
Maldives5% (2007 est.)
Mali2.5% (2007 est.)
Malta1.3% (2007 est.)
Marshall Islands3% (2005 est.)
Mauritania7.3% (2007 est.)
Mauritius8.8% (2007 est.)
Mayotte1.7% (2005)
Mexico4% (2007 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of2.2% (2005)
Moldova12.3% (2007 est.)
Monaco1.9% (2000)
Mongolia9% (2007)
Montenegro3.4% (2007)
Montserrat2.6% (2002 est.)
Morocco2% (2007 est.)
Mozambique8.2% (2007 est.)
Namibia6.7% (2007 est.)
Nauru-3.6% (1993)
Nepal6.4% (2007 est.)
Netherlands1.6% (2007 est.)
Netherlands Antilles2.1% (2003 est.)
New Caledonia1.4% (2000 est.)
New Zealand2.4% (2007 est.)
Nicaragua11.1% (2007 est.)
Niger0.1% (2007 est.)
Nigeria5.4% (2007 est.)
Niue4% (2005)
Northern Mariana Islands-0.8% (2000)
Norway0.8% (2007 est.)
Oman5.9% (2007 est.)
Pakistan7.6% (2007 est.)
Palau2.7% (2005 est.)
Panama4.2% (2007 est.)
Papua New Guinea0.9% (2007 est.)
Paraguay8.1% (2007 est.)
Peru1.8% (2007 est.)
Philippines2.8% (2007 est.)
Poland2.5% (2007 est.)
Portugal2.4% (2007 est.)
Puerto Rico6.5% (2003 est.)
Qatar13.7% (2007 est.)
Romania4.8% (2007 est.)
Russia9% annual averagenote: 12% at year-end (2007 est.)
Rwanda9.1% (2007 est.)
Saint Helena3.2% (1997 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis4.5% (2007 est.)
Saint Lucia1.9% (2007 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon8.1% (2005)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines6.1% (2007 est.)
Samoa6% (2007 est.)
San Marino-1.5% (2006)
Sao Tome and Principe18% (2007 est.)
Saudi Arabia4.1% (2007 est.)
Senegal5.9% (2007 est.)
Serbia6.8% (2007)
Seychelles5.3% (2007 est.)
Sierra Leone11.7% (2007 est.)
Singapore2.1% (2007 est.)
Slovakia2.8% (2007 est.)
Slovenia3.6% (2007 est.)
Solomon Islands6.3% (2007 est.)
SomaliaNA%; note - businesses print their own money, so inflationrates cannot be easily determined
South Africa6.5% (2007 est.)
Spain2.8% (2007 est.)
Sri Lanka15.8% (2007 est.)
Sudan8% (2007 est.)
Suriname6.4% (2007 est.)
Swaziland8.1% (2007 est.)
Sweden2.2% (2007 est.)
Switzerland0.7% (2007 est.)
Syria12.2% (2007 est.)
Taiwan1.8% (2007 est.)
Tajikistan13.1% (2007 est.)
Tanzania7% (2007 est.)
Thailand2.2% (2007 est.)
Timor-Leste7.8% (2007 est.)
Togo1% (2007 est.)
TokelauNA%
Tonga5.9% (2007 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago7.9% (2007 est.)
Tunisia3.1% (2007 est.)
Turkey8.7% (2007 est.)
Turkmenistan11.3% (2007 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands4% (1995)
Tuvalu3.8% (2006 est.)
Uganda6.1% (2007 est.)
Ukraine12.8% (2007 est.)
United Arab Emirates14% (2007 est.)
United Kingdom2.3% (2007 est.)
United States2.9% (2007 est.)
Uruguay8.1% (2007 est.)
Uzbekistan12% officially, but 38% based on analysis of consumerprices (2007 est.)
Vanuatu3.9% (2007 est.)
Venezuela18.7% (2007 est.)
Vietnam8.3% (2007 est.)
Virgin Islands2.2% (2003)
Wallis and Futuna2.8% (2005)
West Bank3.6% (includes Gaza Strip) (2006)
Western SaharaNA%
Worlddeveloped countries 1% to 4% typically; developing countries5% to 20% typically; national inflation rates vary widely inindividual cases, from declining prices in Japan to hyperinflationin one Third World country (Zimbabwe); inflation rates have declinedfor most countries for the last several years, held in check byincreasing international competition from several low wage countries(2005 est.)
Yemen10% (2007 est.)
Zambia10.6% (2007 est.)
Zimbabwe12,563% official data; private sector estimates are muchhigher (2007 est.)
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@2093 Waterways (km)
Afghanistan1,200 km (chiefly Amu Darya, which handles vessels up to500 DWT) (2007)
Albania43 km (2007)
Angola1,300 km (2007)
Argentina11,000 km (2006)
Australia2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray andMurray-Darling river systems) (2006)
Austria358 km (2007)
Bangladesh8,370 kmnote: includes up to 3,060 km main cargo routes; network reduced to5,200 km in dry season (2006)
Belarus2,500 km (use limited by location on perimeter of countryand by shallowness) (2003)
Belgium2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use) (2006)
Belize825 km (navigable only by small craft) (2007)
Benin150 km (on River Niger along northern border) (2005)
Bolivia10,000 km (commercially navigable) (2007)
Bosnia and HerzegovinaSava River (northern border) open to shippingbut use limited (2006)
Brazil50,000 km (most in areas remote from industry and population)(2007)
Brunei209 km (navigable by craft drawing less than 1.2 m) (2007)
Bulgaria470 km (2007)
Burma12,800 km (2007)
Burundimainly on Lake Tanganyika (2005)
Cambodia2,400 km (mainly on Mekong River) (2005)
Cameroonnavigation mainly on Benue River; limited during rainyseason (2005)
Canada636 kmnote: Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the SaintLawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with United States (2007)
Central African Republic2,800 km (primarily on the Oubangui andSangha rivers) (2006)
ChadChari and Legone rivers are navigable only in wet season (2006)
China124,000 km navigable (2006)
Colombia18,000 km (2006)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the15,000 km (2005)
Congo, Republic of the1,125 km (commercially navigable on Congo andOubanqui rivers) (2006)
Costa Rica730 km (seasonally navigable by small craft) (2007)
Cote d'Ivoire980 km (navigable rivers, canals, and numerous coastallagoons) (2006)
Croatia785 km (2007)
Cuba240 km (2007)
Czech Republic664 km (principally on Elbe, Vltava, Oder, and othernavigable rivers, lakes, and canals) (2006)
Denmark400 km (2007)
Ecuador1,500 km (most inaccessible) (2006)
Egypt3,500 kmnote: includes Nile River, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway,and numerous smaller canals in delta; Suez Canal (193.5 km includingapproaches) navigable by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 17.68 m(2006)
El SalvadorRio Lempa partially navigable for small craft (2007)
Estonia320 km (2006)
European Union52,332 km (2006)
Fiji203 kmnote: 122 km navigable by motorized craft and 200-metric-ton barges(2006)
Finland7,842 kmnote: includes Saimaa Canal system of 3,577 km; southern part leasedfrom Russia (2006)
Francemetropolitan France: 8,500 km (1,686 km accessible to craftof 3,000 metric tons)French Guiana: 3,760 km (460 km navigable by small oceangoingvessels and coastal and river steamers, 3,300 km by native craft)(2006)
Gabon1,600 km (310 km on Ogooue River) (2007)
Gambia, The390 km (on River Gambia; small ocean-going vessels canreach 190 km) (2006)
Germany7,467 kmnote: Rhine River carries most goods; Main-Danube Canal links NorthSea and Black Sea (2006)
Ghana1,293 kmnote: 168 km for launches and lighters on Volta, Ankobra, and Tanorivers; 1,125 km of arterial and feeder waterways on Lake Volta(2007)
Greece6 kmnote: Corinth Canal (6 km) crosses the Isthmus of Corinth; shortenssea voyage by 325 km (2007)
Guatemala990 kmnote: 260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km navigableduring high-water season (2007)
Guinea1,300 km (navigable by shallow-draft native craft) (2005)
Guinea-Bissaurivers are navigable for some distance; many inletsand creeks give shallow-water access to much of interior (2007)
GuyanaBerbice, Demerara, and Essequibo rivers are navigable byoceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km respectively (2006)
Honduras465 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2007)
Hungary1,622 km (most on Danube River) (2007)
India14,500 kmnote: 5,200 km on major rivers and 485 km on canals suitable formechanized vessels (2006)
Indonesia21,579 km (2007)
Iran850 km (on Karun River; additional service on Lake Urmia) (2006)
Iraq5,279 kmnote: Euphrates River (2,815 km), Tigris River (1,899 km), and ThirdRiver (565 km) are principal waterways (2006)
Ireland956 km (pleasure craft only) (2007)
Italy2,400 kmnote: used for commercial traffic; of limited overall value comparedto road and rail (2006)
Japan1,770 km (seagoing vessels use inland seas) (2007)
Kazakhstan4,000 km (on the Ertis ((Irtysh)) River (80%) and SyrDarya ((Syrdariya)) River) (2006)
Kenyapart of Lake Victoria system is within boundaries of Kenya(2006)
Kiribati5 km (small network of canals in Line Islands) (2007)
Korea, North2,250 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2007)
Korea, South1,608 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2007)
Kyrgyzstan600 km (2007)
Laos4,600 kmnote: primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,900 additional km areintermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m (2007)
Latvia300 km (2006)
Liechtenstein28 km (2006)
Lithuania441 km (2006)
Luxembourg37 km (on Moselle River) (2007)
Madagascar600 km (2006)
Malawi700 km (on Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) and Shire River) (2007)
Malaysia7,200 kmnote: Peninsular Malaysia 3,200 km; Sabah 1,500 km; Sarawak 2,500 km(2005)
Mali1,800 km (2007)
Mexico2,900 km (navigable rivers and coastal canals) (2007)
Moldova424 km (on Dniester and Prut rivers) (2007)
Mongolia580 kmnote: only waterway in operation is Lake Hovsgol (135 km); SelengeRiver (270 km) and Orhon River (175 km) are navigable but carrylittle traffic; lakes and rivers freeze in winter, are open from Mayto September (2004)
Mozambique460 km (Zambezi River navigable to Tete and along CahoraBassa Lake) (2007)
Netherlands6,211 km (navigable for ships of 50 tons) (2006)
Nicaragua2,220 km (including lakes Managua and Nicaragua) (2007)
Niger300 km (the Niger, the only major river, is navigable to Gayabetween September and March) (2005)
Nigeria8,600 km (Niger and Benue rivers and smaller rivers andcreeks) (2007)
Norway1,577 km (2007)
Panama800 km (includes 82 km Panama Canal) (2007)
Papua New Guinea11,000 km (2006)
Paraguay3,100 km (2007)
Peru8,808 kmnote: 8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon system and 208 kmof Lago Titicaca (2007)
Philippines3,219 km (limited to vessels with draft less than 1.5 m)(2007)
Poland3,997 km (navigable rivers and canals) (2006)
Portugal210 km (on Douro River from Porto) (2006)
Romania1,731 kmnote: includes 1,075 km on Danube River, 524 km on secondarybranches, and 132 km on canals (2006)
Russia102,000 km (including 33,000 km with guaranteed depth)note: 72,000 km system in European Russia links Baltic Sea, WhiteSea, Caspian Sea, Sea of Azov, and Black Sea (2006)
RwandaLac Kivu navigable by shallow-draft barges and native craft(2006)
Senegal1,000 km (primarily on Senegal, Saloum, and Casamancerivers) (2005)
Serbia587 km (primarily on Danube and Sava rivers) (2005)
Sierra Leone800 km (600 km year round) (2005)
Slovakia172 km (on Danube River) (2005)
Spain1,000 km (2003)
Sri Lanka160 km (primarily on rivers in southwest) (2006)
Sudan4,068 km (1,723 km open year round on White and Blue Nilerivers) (2006)
Suriname1,200 km (most navigable by ships with drafts up to 7 m)(2005)
Sweden2,052 km (2005)
Switzerland65 km (Rhine River between Basel-Rheinfelden andSchaffhausen-Bodensee) (2003)
Syria900 km (not economically significant) (2005)
Tajikistan200 km (along Vakhsh River) (2006)
TanzaniaLake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, and Lake Nyasa principalavenues of commerce with neighboring countries; rivers not navigable(2005)
Thailand 4,000 km note: 3,701 km navigable by boats with drafts up to 0.9 m (2005)
Togo50 km (seasonally on Mono River depending on rainfall) (2005)
Turkey1,200 km (2005)
Turkmenistan1,300 km (Amu Darya and Kara Kum canal important inlandwaterways) (2006)
Ugandaon Lake Victoria, 200 km on Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga, andparts of Albert Nile (2005)
Ukraine2,253 km (most on Dnieper River) (2006)
United Kingdom3,200 km (620 km used for commerce) (2003)
United States41,009 km (19,312 km used for commerce)note: Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the SaintLawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with Canada (2007)
Uruguay1,600 km (2005)
Uzbekistan1,100 km (2006)
Venezuela7,100 kmnote: Orinoco River (400 km) and Lake de Maracaibo navigable byoceangoing vessels (2005)
Vietnam17,702 km (5,000 km navigable by vessels up to 1.8 m draft)(2005)
World671,886 km (2004)
Zambia2,250 km (includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi andLuapula rivers) (2005)
Zimbabweon Lake Kariba (2005)
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Afghanistanthe constitution establishes a nine-member Stera Mahkamaor Supreme Court (its nine justices are appointed for 10-year termsby the president with approval of the Wolesi Jirga) and subordinateHigh Courts and Appeals Courts; there is also a minister of justice;a separate Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission established bythe Bonn Agreement is charged with investigating human rights abusesand war crimes
AlbaniaConstitutional Court, Supreme Court (chairman is elected bythe People's Assembly for a four-year term), and multiple appealsand district courts
AlgeriaSupreme Court
American SamoaHigh Court (chief justice and associate justices areappointed by the US Secretary of the Interior)
AndorraTribunal of Judges or Tribunal de Batlles; Tribunal of theCourts or Tribunal de Corts; Supreme Court of Justice of Andorra orTribunal Superior de Justicia d'Andorra; Supreme Council of Justiceor Consell Superior de la Justicia; Fiscal Ministry or MinisteriFiscal; Constitutional Tribunal or Tribunal Constitucional
AngolaSupreme Court and separate provincial courts (judges areappointed by the president)
AnguillaHigh Court (judge provided by Eastern Caribbean SupremeCourt)
Antigua and BarbudaEastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based in SaintLucia; one judge of the Supreme Court is a resident of the islandsand presides over the Court of Summary Jurisdiction); memberCaribbean Court of Justice
ArgentinaSupreme Court or Corte Suprema (the nine Supreme Courtjudges are appointed by the president with approval of the Senate)note: the Supreme Court currently has two unfilled vacancies, andthe Argentine Congress is considering a bill to reduce the number ofSupreme Court judges to five
ArmeniaConstitutional Court; Court of Cassation (Appeals Court)
ArubaCommon Court of Justice of Aruba (judges are appointed by themonarch)
AustraliaHigh Court (the chief justice and six other justices areappointed by the governor general)
AustriaSupreme Judicial Court or Oberster Gerichtshof;Administrative Court or Verwaltungsgerichtshof; Constitutional Courtor Verfassungsgerichtshof
AzerbaijanSupreme Court
Bahamas, ThePrivy Council in London; Courts of Appeal; Supreme(lower) Court; Magistrates' Courts
BahrainHigh Civil Appeals Court
BangladeshSupreme Court (the chief justices and other judges areappointed by the president)
BarbadosSupreme Court of Judicature (judges are appointed by theService Commissions for the Judicial and Legal Services); CaribbeanCourt of Justice is the highest court of appeal
BelarusSupreme Court (judges are appointed by the president);Constitutional Court (half of the judges appointed by the presidentand half appointed by the Chamber of Representatives)
BelgiumSupreme Court of Justice or Hof van Cassatie (in Dutch) orCour de Cassation (in French) (judges are appointed for life by thegovernment; candidacies have to be submitted by the High JusticeCouncil)
BelizeSupreme Court of Judicature (the chief justice is appointedby the governor general on the advice of the prime minister); Courtof Appeal
BeninConstitutional Court or Cour Constitutionnelle; Supreme Courtor Cour Supreme; High Court of Justice
BermudaSupreme Court; Court of Appeal; Magistrate Courts
BhutanSupreme Court of Appeal (the monarch); High Court (judgesappointed by the monarch); note - the draft constitution establishesa Supreme Court, which will serve as chief court of appeal
BoliviaSupreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges appointed for 10-yearterms by National Congress); District Courts (one in eachdepartment); provincial and local courts (to try minor cases);Constitutional Tribunal (five primary or titulares and fivealternate or suplente magistrates appointed by Congress; to rule onconstitutional issues); National Electoral Court (six memberselected by Congress, Supreme Court, the President, and the politicalparty with the highest vote in the last election for 4-year terms)
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBH Constitutional Court (consists of ninemembers: four members are selected by the Bosniak/Croat Federation'sHouse of Representatives, two members by the Republika Srpska'sNational Assembly, and three non-Bosnian members by the president ofthe European Court of Human Rights); BH State Court (consists ofnine judges and three divisions - Administrative, Appellate andCriminal - having jurisdiction over cases related to state-level lawand appellate jurisdiction over cases initiated in the entities); aWar Crimes Chamber opened in March 2005note: the entities each have a Supreme Court; each entity also has anumber of lower courts; there are 10 cantonal courts in theFederation, plus a number of municipal courts; the Republika Srpskahas five municipal courts
BotswanaHigh Court; Court of Appeal; Magistrates' Courts (one ineach district)
BrazilSupreme Federal Tribunal or STF (11 ministers are appointedfor life by the president and confirmed by the Senate); HigherTribunal of Justice; Regional Federal Tribunals (judges areappointed for life); note - though appointed "for life," judges,like all federal employees, have a mandatory retirement age of 70
British Virgin IslandsEastern Caribbean Supreme Court, consistingof the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal (one judge ofthe Supreme Court is a resident of the islands and presides over theHigh Court); Magistrate's Court; Juvenile Court; Court of SummaryJurisdiction
BruneiSupreme Court - chief justice and judges are sworn in bymonarch for three-year terms; Judicial Committee of Privy Council inLondon is final court of appeal for civil cases; Sharia courts dealwith Islamic laws (2006)
BulgariaSupreme Administrative Court; Supreme Court of Cassation;Constitutional Court (12 justices appointed or elected for nine-yearterms); Supreme Judicial Council (consists of the chairmen of thetwo Supreme Courts, the Chief Prosecutor, and 22 other members;responsible for appointing the justices, prosecutors, andinvestigating magistrates in the justice system; members of theSupreme Judicial Council elected for five-year terms, 11 elected bythe National Assembly and 11 by bodies of the judiciary)
Burkina FasoSupreme Court; Appeals Court
Burmaremnants of the British-era legal system are in place, butthere is no guarantee of a fair public trial; the judiciary is notindependent of the executive
BurundiSupreme Court or Cour Supreme; Constitutional Court; HighCourt of Justice (composed of the Supreme Court and theConstitutional Court)
CambodiaSupreme Council of the Magistracy (provided for in theconstitution and formed in December 1997); Supreme Court (and lowercourts) exercises judicial authority
CameroonSupreme Court (judges are appointed by the president); HighCourt of Justice (consists of nine judges and six substitute judges,elected by the National Assembly)
CanadaSupreme Court of Canada (judges are appointed by the primeminister through the governor general); Federal Court of Canada;Federal Court of Appeal; Provincial Courts (these are namedvariously Court of Appeal, Court of Queens Bench, Superior Court,Supreme Court, and Court of Justice)
Cape VerdeSupreme Tribunal of Justice or Supremo Tribunal de Justia
Cayman IslandsSummary Court; Grand Court; Cayman Islands Court ofAppeal
Central African RepublicSupreme Court or Cour Supreme;Constitutional Court (3 judges appointed by the president, 3 by thepresident of the National Assembly, and 3 by fellow judges); Courtof Appeal; Criminal Courts; Inferior Courts
ChadSupreme Court; Court of Appeal; Criminal Courts; MagistrateCourts
ChileSupreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges are appointed by thepresident and ratified by the Senate from lists of candidatesprovided by the court itself; the president of the Supreme Court iselected every three years by the 20-member court); ConstitutionalTribunal
ChinaSupreme People's Court (judges appointed by the NationalPeople's Congress); Local People's Courts (comprise higher,intermediate, and basic courts); Special People's Courts (primarilymilitary, maritime, railway transportation, and forestry courts)
Christmas IslandSupreme Court; District Court; Magistrate's Court
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsSupreme Court; Magistrate's Court
Colombiafour roughly coequal, supreme judicial organs; SupremeCourt of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (highest court ofcriminal law; judges are selected by their peers from the nomineesof the Superior Judicial Council for eight-year terms); Council ofState (highest court of administrative law; judges are selected fromthe nominees of the Superior Judicial Council for eight-year terms);Constitutional Court (guards integrity and supremacy of theconstitution; rules on constitutionality of laws, amendments to theconstitution, and international treaties); Superior Judicial Council(administers and disciplines the civilian judiciary; resolvesjurisdictional conflicts arising between other courts; members areelected by three sister courts and Congress for eight-year terms)
ComorosSupreme Court or Cour Supremes (two members appointed by thepresident, two members elected by the Federal Assembly, one electedby the Council of each island, and others are former presidents ofthe republic)
Congo, Democratic Republic of theConstitutional Court; AppealsCourt or Cour de Cassation; Council of State; High Military Court;plus civil and military courts and tribunals
Congo, Republic of theSupreme Court or Cour Supreme
Cook IslandsHigh Court
Costa RicaSupreme Court or Corte Suprema (22 justices are electedfor renewable eight-year terms by the Legislative Assembly)
Cote d'IvoireSupreme Court or Cour Supreme consists of fourchambers: Judicial Chamber for criminal cases, Audit Chamber forfinancial cases, Constitutional Chamber for judicial review cases,and Administrative Chamber for civil cases; there is no legal limitto the number of members
CroatiaSupreme Court; Constitutional Court; judges for both courtsappointed for eight-year terms by the Judicial Council of theRepublic, which is elected by the Assembly
CubaPeople's Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo Popular (president,vice president, and other judges are elected by the NationalAssembly)
CyprusSupreme Court (judges are appointed jointly by the presidentand vice president)note: there is also a Supreme Court in the area administered byTurkish Cypriots
Czech RepublicSupreme Court; Constitutional Court; chairman anddeputy chairmen are appointed by the president for a 10-year term
DenmarkSupreme Court (judges are appointed by the monarch for life)
DjiboutiSupreme Court or Cour Supreme
DominicaEastern Caribbean Supreme Court, consisting of the Court ofAppeal and the High Court (located in Saint Lucia; one of the sixjudges must reside in Dominica and preside over the Court of SummaryJurisdiction)
Dominican RepublicSupreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges areappointed by the National Judicial Council comprised of thepresident, the leaders of both chambers of congress, the presidentof the Supreme Court, and an additional non-governing partycongressional representative)
EcuadorSupreme Court or Corte Suprema (according to theConstitution, new justices are elected by the full Supreme Court; inDecember 2004, however, Congress successfully replaced the entirecourt via a simple-majority resolution)
EgyptSupreme Constitutional Court
El SalvadorSupreme Court or Corte Suprema (15 judges are selectedby the Legislative Assembly; the 15 judges are assigned to fourSupreme Court chambers - constitutional, civil, penal, andadministrative conflict)
Equatorial GuineaSupreme Tribunal
EritreaHigh Court - regional, subregional, and village courts; alsohave military and special courts
EstoniaNational Court (chairman appointed by Parliament for life)
EthiopiaFederal Supreme Court (the president and vice president ofthe Federal Supreme Court are recommended by the prime minister andappointed by the House of People's Representatives; for otherfederal judges, the prime minister submits to the House of People'sRepresentatives for appointment candidates selected by the FederalJudicial Administrative Council)
European UnionCourt of Justice of the European Communities (ensuresthat the treaties are interpreted and applied uniformly throughoutthe EU; resolve constitutional issues among the EU institutions) -27 justices (one from each member state) appointed for a six-yearterm; note - for the sake of efficiency, the court can sit with 13justices known as the "Grand Chamber"; Court of First Instance - 27justices appointed for a six-year term
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Supreme Court (chief justice is a nonresident); Magistrates Court (senior magistrate presides over civil and criminal divisions); Court of Summary Jurisdiction
Faroe Islandsnone
FijiSupreme Court (judges are appointed by the president); Court ofAppeal; High Court; Magistrates' Courts
FinlandSupreme Court or Korkein Oikeus (judges appointed by thepresident)
FranceSupreme Court of Appeals or Cour de Cassation (judges areappointed by the president from nominations of the High Council ofthe Judiciary); Constitutional Council or Conseil Constitutionnel(three members appointed by the president, three appointed by thepresident of the National Assembly, and three appointed by thepresident of the Senate); Council of State or Conseil d'Etat
French PolynesiaCourt of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; Court of the FirstInstance or Tribunal de Premiere Instance; Court of AdministrativeLaw or Tribunal Administratif
GabonSupreme Court or Cour Supreme consisting of three chambers -Judicial, Administrative, and Accounts; Constitutional Court; Courtsof Appeal; Court of State Security; County Courts
Gambia, TheSupreme Court
GeorgiaSupreme Court (judges elected by the Supreme Council on thepresident's or chairman of the Supreme Court's recommendation);Constitutional Court; first and second instance courts
GermanyFederal Constitutional Court or Bundesverfassungsgericht(half the judges are elected by the Bundestag and half by theBundesrat)
GhanaSupreme Court
GibraltarSupreme Court; Court of Appeal
GreeceSupreme Judicial Court; Special Supreme Tribunal; all judgesappointed for life by the president after consultation with ajudicial council
GreenlandHigh Court or Landsret (appeals can be made to the OstreLandsret or Eastern Division of the High Court or Supreme Court inCopenhagen)
GrenadaEastern Caribbean Supreme Court, consisting of a court ofAppeal and a High Court of Justice (a High Court judge is assignedto and resides in Grenada)
GuamFederal District Court (judge is appointed by the president);Territorial Superior Court (judges appointed for eight-year terms bythe governor)
GuatemalaConstitutional Court or Corte de Constitucionalidad isGuatemala's highest court (five judges are elected for concurrentfive-year terms); Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema deJusticia (13 members serve concurrent five-year terms and elect apresident of the Court each year from among their number; thepresident of the Supreme Court of Justice also supervises trialjudges around the country, who are named to five-year terms)
GuernseyRoyal Court (judges elected by an electoral college and thebailiff)
GuineaCourt of First Instance or Tribunal de Premiere Instance;Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; Supreme Court or Cour Supreme
Guinea-BissauSupreme Court or Supremo Tribunal da Justica (consistsof nine justices appointed by the president and serve at hispleasure; final court of appeals in criminal and civil cases);Regional Courts (one in each of nine regions; first court of appealsfor Sectoral Court decisions; hear all felony cases and civil casesvalued at more than $1,000); 24 Sectoral Courts (judges are notnecessarily trained lawyers; they hear civil cases valued at lessthan $1,000 and misdemeanor criminal cases)
GuyanaSupreme Court of Judicature, consisting of the High Court andthe Judicial Court of Appeal, with right of final appeal to theCaribbean Court of Justice
HaitiSupreme Court or Cour de Cassation
Holy See (Vatican City)there are three tribunals responsible forcivil and criminal matters within Vatican City; three othertribunals rule on issues pertaining to the Holy Seenote: judicial duties were established by the Motu Proprio of PopePIUS XII on 1 May 1946