Geography ::Zimbabwe
Location:
Southern Africa, between South Africa and Zambia
Geographic coordinates:
Map references:
Africa
Area:
total: 390,757 sq km country comparison to the world: 60 land: 386,847 sq km
water: 3,910 sq km
Area - comparative:
slightly larger than Montana
Land boundaries:
total: 3,066 km
border countries: Botswana 813 km, Mozambique 1,231 km, South Africa 225 km, Zambia 797 km
Coastline:
0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims:
none (landlocked)
Climate:
tropical; moderated by altitude; rainy season (November to March)
Terrain:
mostly high plateau with higher central plateau (high veld); mountains in east
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: junction of the Runde and Save rivers 162 m
highest point: Inyangani 2,592 m
Natural resources:
coal, chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron ore, vanadium, lithium, tin, platinum group metals
Land use:
arable land: 8.24%
permanent crops: 0.33%
other: 91.43% (2005)
Irrigated land:
1,740 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources:
20 cu km (1987)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
total: 4.21 cu km/yr (14%/7%/79%)
per capita: 324 cu m/yr (2002)
Natural hazards:
recurring droughts; floods and severe storms are rare
Environment - current issues:
deforestation; soil erosion; land degradation; air and water pollution; the black rhinoceros herd - once the largest concentration of the species in the world - has been significantly reduced by poaching; poor mining practices have led to toxic waste and heavy metal pollution
Environment - international agreements:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography - note:
landlocked; the Zambezi forms a natural riverine boundary with Zambia; in full flood (February-April) the massive Victoria Falls on the river forms the world's largest curtain of falling water
People ::Zimbabwe
Population:
11,392,629 country comparison to the world: 73 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2009 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 43.9% (male 2,523,119/female 2,473,928)
15-64 years: 52.2% (male 2,666,928/female 3,283,474)
65 years and over: 3.9% (male 194,360/female 250,820) (2009 est.)
Median age:
total: 17.6 years
male: 16.3 years
female: 18.8 years (2009 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.53% (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 85
Birth rate:
31.49 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 46
Death rate:
16.19 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 14
Net migration rate:
note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2009 est.)
Urbanization:
urban population: 37% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 2.2% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.81 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
total population: 0.9 male(s)/female (2009 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 32.31 deaths/1,000 live births country comparison to the world: 71 male: 34.9 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 29.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 45.77 years country comparison to the world: 213 male: 46.36 years
female: 45.16 years (2009 est.)
Total fertility rate:
3.69 children born/woman (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 52
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
15.3% (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 6
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
1.3 million (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 7
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
140,000 (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 5
Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
animal contact disease: rabies (2009)
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%, Christian 25%, 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 English
total population: 90.7%
male: 94.2%
female: 87.2% (2003 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 9 years
male: 9 years
female: 9 years (2003)
Education expenditures:
4.6% of GDP (2000) country comparison to the world: 84
Government ::Zimbabwe
Country name:
conventional long form: Republic of Zimbabwe
conventional short form: Zimbabwe
former: Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia
Government type:
parliamentary democracy
Capital:
name: Harare
geographic coordinates: 17 50 S, 31 03 E
time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
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 the UK)
National holiday:
Independence Day, 18 April (1980)
Constitution:
21 December 1979
Legal system:
mixture of Roman-Dutch and English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Suffrage:
18 years of age; universal
Executive branch:
chief of state: Executive President Robert Gabriel MUGABE (since 31 December 1987); Vice President Joseph MSIKA (since December 1999) and Vice President Joyce MUJURU (since 6 December 2004)
head of government: Prime Minister Morgan TSVANGIRAI (since 11 February 2009); Deputy Prime Minister Arthur MUTAMBARA
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president; responsible to the House of Assembly
elections: presidential candidates nominated with a nomination paper signed by at least 10 registered voters (at least one from each province) and elected by popular vote for a five-year term (no term limits); elections last held 28 March 2008 followed by a run-off on 27 June 2008 (next to be held in 2013); co-vice presidents appointed by the president
election results: Robert Gabriel MUGABE reelected president; percent of vote - Robert Gabriel MUGABE 85.5%, Morgan TSVANGIRAI 9.3%, other 5.2%; note - first round voting results - Morgan TSVANGIRAI 47.9%, Robert Gabriel MUGABE 43.2%, Simba MAKONI 8.3%, other 0.6%; first-round round polls were deemed to be flawed suppressing TSVANGIRAI's results; the 27 June 2008 run-off between MUGABE and TSVANGIRAI were severely flawed and internationally condemned
Legislative branch:
bicameral Parliament consists of a Senate (93 seats - 60 elected by popular vote for a five-year term, 10 provincial governors nominated by the president, 16 traditional chiefs elected by the Council of Chiefs, 2 held by the president and deputy president of the Council of Chiefs, and 5 appointed by the president) and a House of Assembly (210 seats - all elected by popular vote for five-year terms)
elections: last held 28 March 2008 (next to be held in 2013)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - MDC 51.6%, ZANU-PF 45.8%, other 2.6%; seats by party - MDC 30, ZANU-PF 30; House of Assembly - percent of vote by party - MDC 51.3%, ZANU-PF 45.8%, other 2.9%; seats by party - MDC 109, ZANU-PF 97, other 4
Judicial branch:
Supreme Court; High Court
Political parties and leaders:
African National Party or ANP [Egypt DZINEMUNHENZVA]; Movement forDemocratic Change or MDC [Morgan TSVANGIRAI]; Movement forDemocratic Change - Mutambara or MDC-M [splinter faction underArthur MUTAMBARA]; Peace Action is Freedom for All or PAFA; UnitedParties [Abel MUZOREWA]; United People's Party or UPP [DanielSHUMBA]; Zimbabwe African National Union-Ndonga or ZANU-Ndonga[Wilson KUMBULA]; Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front orZANU-PF [Robert Gabriel MUGABE]; Zimbabwe African Peoples Union orZAPU [Agrippa MADLELA]; Zimbabwe Youth in Alliance 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 Machivenyika MAPURANGA
chancery: 1608 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009
telephone: [1] (202) 332-7100
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 through 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
Economy ::Zimbabwe
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, past 1,000% in 2006, and 26,000% in November 2007, and to 11.2 million percent in 2008. Meanwhile, the official exchange rate fell from approximately 1 (revalued) Zimbabwean dollar per US dollar in 2003 to 30,000 per US dollar in September 2007.
GDP (purchasing power parity):
$1.925 billion (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 183 $2.241 billion (2007 est.)
$2.371 billion (2006 est.)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
GDP (official exchange rate):
$10.58 billion
note: hyperinflation and the plunging value of the Zimbabwean dollar makes Zimbabwe's GDP at the official exchange rate a highly inaccurate statistic (2008 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
-14.4% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 217 -5.6% (2007 est.)
-4.6% (2006 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$200 (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 229 $200 (2007 est.)
$200 (2006 est.)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 18.1%
industry: 22.6%
services: 59.3% (2008 est.)
Labor force:
4.039 million (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 89
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 66%
industry: 10%
services: 24% (1996)
Unemployment rate:
80% (2005 est.) country comparison to the world: 198
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) country comparison to the world: 24 50.1 (1995)
Investment (gross fixed):
17.7% of GDP (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 132
Budget:
revenues: $941,600
expenditures: $1.092 million (2008 est.)
Public debt:
265.6% of GDP (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 1 52.3% of GDP (2004 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
14.93 billion% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 222 12,563% (2007 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
NA% (31 December 2008) country comparison to the world: 1 975% (31 December 2007)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
NA% (31 December 2008) country comparison to the world: 1 578.96% (31 December 2007)
Stock of money:
$NA (31 December 2008)
$14.18 billion (31 December 2007)
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
Stock of quasi money:
$NA (31 December 2008)
$5.349 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of domestic credit:
$NA (31 December 2008)
$24.91 billion (31 December 2007)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$NA (31 December 2008) country comparison to the world: 87 $5.333 billion (31 December 2007)
$26.56 billion (31 December 2006)
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:
-14.7% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 168
Electricity - production:
8.89 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 95
Electricity - consumption:
10.89 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 80
Electricity - exports:
32 million kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - imports:
2.691 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 119
Oil - consumption:
13,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 143
Oil - exports:
0 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 162
Oil - imports:
13,830 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 131
Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 111
Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 108
Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 116
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2008) country comparison to the world: 83
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 108
Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 117
Current account balance:
-$584.6 million (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 107 -$494.8 million (2007 est.)
Exports:
$1.396 billion (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 140 $1.467 billion (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities:
platinum, cotton, tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, textiles/clothing
Exports - partners:
South Africa 32.1%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 9.7%, Botswana 8.7%, China 5.6%, Zambia 4.8%, Japan 4.5%, Italy 4.4%, US 4.3% (2008)
Imports:
$1.915 billion (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 151 $1.975 billion (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, other manufactures, chemicals, fuels
Imports - partners:
South Africa 60.1%, China 4.2%, Botswana 3.7% (2008)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$96 million (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 148 $117 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt - external:
$5.669 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 103 $5.155 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
Exchange rates:
Zimbabwean dollars (ZWD) per US dollar - NA (2008 est.), 30,000 (2007), 162.07 (2006), 77.965 (2005), 5.729 (2004)
note: these are official exchange rates; non-official rates vary significantly
Communications ::Zimbabwe
Telephones - main lines in use:
354,000 (2008) country comparison to the world: 109
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.655 million (2008) country comparison to the world: 130
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)
Television broadcast stations:
16 (1997)
Internet country code:
.zw
Internet hosts:
29,094 (2009) country comparison to the world: 91
Internet users:
1.421 million (2008) country comparison to the world: 78
Transportation ::Zimbabwe
Airports:
215 (2009) country comparison to the world: 28
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 19
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 9 (2009)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 196
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 119
under 914 m: 74 (2009)
Pipelines:
refined products 270 km (2008)
Railways:
total: 3,077 km country comparison to the world: 55 narrow gauge: 3,077 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified) (2008)
Roadways:
total: 97,267 km country comparison to the world: 45 paved: 18,481 km
unpaved: 78,786 km (2002)
Waterways:
on Lake Kariba (2008)
Ports and terminals:
Binga, Kariba
Military ::Zimbabwe
Military branches:
Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF): Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), AirForce of Zimbabwe (AFZ), Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) (2009)
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: 1,198,727
females age 16-49: 1,436,232 (2009 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 149,592
female: 149,717 (2009 est.)
Military expenditures:
3.8% of GDP (2006) country comparison to the world: 35
Transnational Issues ::Zimbabwe
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
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Field Listing :: GDP (purchasing power parity)
This entry gives the gross domestic product (GDP) or value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. A nation's GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates is the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States. This is the measure most economists prefer when looking at per-capita welfare and when comparing living conditions or use of resources across countries. The measure is difficult to compute, as a US dollar value has to be assigned to all goods and services in the country regardless of whether these goods and services have a direct equivalent in the United States (for example, the value of an ox-cart or non-US military equipment); as a result, PPP estimates for some countries are based on a small and sometimes different set of goods and services. In addition, many countries do not formally participate in the World Bank's PPP project that calculates these measures, so the resulting GDP estimates for these countries may lack precision. For many developing countries, PPP-based GDP measures are multiples of the official exchange rate (OER) measure. The differences between the OER- and PPP-denominated GDP values for most of the wealthy industrialized countries are generally much smaller. Country Comparison to the World Country
GDP (purchasing power parity)
Afghanistan$22.32 billion (2008 est.)$21.58 billion (2007 est.)$19.25 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Albania$21.86 billion (2008 est.)$20.61 billion (2007 est.)$19.44 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollarsAlbania has an informal, and unreported, sector that may be as largeas 50% of official GDP
Algeria$233.5 billion (2008 est.)$225.6 billion (2007 est.)$218.8 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
American Samoa$575.3 million (2007 est.)$510.1 million (2003 est.)
Andorra$3.66 billion (2007)$3.588 billion (2006)$2.77 billion (2005)
Angola$112.8 billion (2008 est.)$100.5 billion (2007 est.)$82.94 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Anguilla$108.9 million (2004 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda$1.639 billion (2008 est.)$1.594 billion (2007 est.)$1.491 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Argentina$575.2 billion (2008 est.)$538.6 billion (2007 est.)$495.5 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Armenia$18.81 billion (2008 est.)$17.62 billion (2007 est.)$15.48 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Aruba$2.258 billion (2005 est.)$2.205 billion (2004 est.)
Australia$802.9 billion (2008 est.)$784.1 billion (2007 est.)$753.9 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Austria$331.2 billion (2008 est.)$324.7 billion (2007 est.)$313.7 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Azerbaijan$77.79 billion (2008 est.)$70.21 billion (2007 est.)$56.17 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Bahamas, The$9.352 billion (2008 est.)$9.495 billion (2007 est.)$9.236 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Bahrain$26.89 billion (2008 est.)$25.29 billion (2007 est.)$23.34 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Bangladesh$226.4 billion (2008 est.)$214 billion (2007 est.)$201.5 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Barbados$5.367 billion (2008 est.)$5.329 billion (2007 est.)$5.159 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Belarus$114.3 billion (2008 est.)$103.9 billion (2007 est.)$96.06 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Belgium$390.2 billion (2008 est.)$386.3 billion (2007 est.)$376.5 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Belize$2.542 billion (2008 est.)$2.468 billion (2007 est.)$2.43 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Benin$12.86 billion (2008 est.)$12.28 billion (2007 est.)$11.75 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Bermuda$4.5 billion (2004 est.)
Bhutan$3.533 billion (2008 est.)$2.91 billion (2007 est.)$2.738 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Bolivia$43.38 billion (2008 est.)$40.88 billion (2007 est.)$39.08 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Bosnia and Herzegovina $29.77 billion (2008 est.) $28.22 billion (2007 est.) $26.62 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars Bosnia has a large informal sector that may be as much as 50% of official GDP
Botswana$27.11 billion (2008 est.)$26.35 billion (2007 est.)$25.23 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Brazil$1.998 trillion (2008 est.)$1.901 trillion (2007 est.)$1.798 trillion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
British Virgin Islands$853.4 million (2004 est.)
Brunei$19.58 billion (2008 est.)$19.96 billion (2007 est.)$19.92 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Bulgaria$93.98 billion (2008 est.)$88.66 billion (2007 est.)$83.48 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Burkina Faso$17.96 billion (2008 est.)$17.11 billion (2007 est.)$16.5 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Burma$55.27 billion (2008 est.)$54.66 billion (2007 est.)$52.87 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Burundi$3.109 billion (2008 est.)$2.976 billion (2007 est.)$2.872 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Cambodia$28.01 billion (2008 est.)$26.67 billion (2007 est.)$24.2 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Cameroon$42.69 billion (2008 est.)$41.33 billion (2007 est.)$39.93 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Canada$1.303 trillion (2008 est.)$1.298 trillion (2007 est.)$1.266 trillion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Cape Verde$1.63 billion (2008 est.)$1.545 billion (2007 est.)$1.446 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Cayman Islands $1.939 billion (2004 est.) $1.922 billion (2003 est.)
Central African Republic$3.184 billion (2008 est.)$3.115 billion (2007 est.)$3.004 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Chad$15.82 billion (2008 est.)$15.85 billion (2007 est.)$15.82 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Chile$245.1 billion (2008 est.)$237.5 billion (2007 est.)$226.8 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
China$7.992 trillion (2008 est.)$7.332 trillion (2007 est.)$6.489 trillion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Christmas Island$NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands$NA
Colombia$396 billion (2008 est.)$386.7 billion (2007 est.)$359.7 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Comoros$741.7 million (2008 est.)$738 million (2007 est.)$745.5 million (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Congo, Democratic Republic of the$20.76 billion (2008 est.)$19.61 billion (2007 est.)$18.32 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Congo, Republic of the$15.39 billion (2008 est.)$14.46 billion (2007 est.)$14.7 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Cook Islands$183.2 million (2005 est.)
Costa Rica$48.84 billion (2008 est.)$47.6 billion (2007 est.)$44.16 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Cote d'Ivoire$34.12 billion (2008 est.)$33.36 billion (2007 est.)$32.79 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Croatia$82.58 billion (2008 est.)$80.65 billion (2007 est.)$76.44 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Cuba$108.4 billion (2008 est.)$103.9 billion (2007 est.)$96.9 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Cyprus$22.76 billion (2008 est.)$21.94 billion (2007 est.)$21.02 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Czech Republic$264.8 billion (2008 est.)$258.1 billion (2007 est.)$243.2 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Denmark$204.1 billion (2008 est.)$206.6 billion (2007 est.)$203.3 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Djibouti$1.891 billion (2008 est.)$1.786 billion (2007 est.)$1.696 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Dominica$726.3 million (2008 est.)$703.8 million (2007 est.)$691.4 million (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Dominican Republic$78.19 billion (2008 est.)$74.25 billion (2007 est.)$68.43 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Ecuador$108 billion (2008 est.)$101.4 billion (2007 est.)$98.93 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Egypt$444.8 billion (2008 est.)$414.9 billion (2007 est.)$387.4 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
El Salvador$43.73 billion (2008 est.)$42.66 billion (2007 est.)$40.75 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Equatorial Guinea$23 billion (2008 est.)$20.8 billion (2007 est.)$16.98 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Eritrea$3.954 billion (2008 est.)$3.876 billion (2007 est.)$3.838 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Estonia$28.03 billion (2008 est.)$29.08 billion (2007 est.)$27.13 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Ethiopia$70.23 billion (2008 est.)$62.93 billion (2007 est.)$56.64 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
European Union$14.94 trillion (2008 est.)$14.82 trillion (2007 est.)$14.39 trillion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)$105.1 million (2002 est.)
Faroe Islands$1 billion (2001 est.)
Fiji$3.587 billion (2008 est.)$3.58 billion (2007 est.)$3.833 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Finland$194 billion (2008 est.)$192.4 billion (2007 est.)$184.8 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
France$2.133 trillion (2008 est.)$2.126 trillion (2007 est.)$2.078 trillion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
French Polynesia$4.718 billion (2004 est.)$4.58 billion (2003 est.)
Gabon$21.16 billion (2008 est.)$20.74 billion (2007 est.)$19.64 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Gambia, The$2.277 billion (2008 est.)$2.15 billion (2007 est.)$2.023 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Gaza Strip$11.95 billion (2008 est.)$5.034 billion (2006 est.)$5.327 billion (2005 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Georgia$21.56 billion (2008 est.)$21.12 billion (2007 est.)$18.81 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Germany$2.925 trillion (2008 est.)$2.887 trillion (2007 est.)$2.817 trillion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Ghana$34.52 billion (2008 est.)$32.17 billion (2007 est.)$30.27 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Gibraltar$1.066 billion (2005 est.)$769 million (2000 est.)
Greece$343.8 billion (2008 est.)$334.1 billion (2007 est.)$321.3 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Greenland$1.1 billion (2001 est.)
Grenada$1.19 billion (2008 est.)$1.165 billion (2007 est.)$1.11 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Guam$2.5 billion (2005 est.)
Guatemala$68.75 billion (2008 est.)$66.1 billion (2007 est.)$62.18 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Guernsey$2.742 billion (2005)
Guinea$10.62 billion (2008 est.)$10.17 billion (2007 est.)$10.02 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Guinea-Bissau$896.5 million (2008 est.)$867.9 million (2007 est.)$845.1 million (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Guyana$2.973 billion (2008 est.)$2.887 billion (2007 est.)$2.739 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Haiti$11.53 billion (2008 est.)$11.38 billion (2007 est.)$11 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Holy See (Vatican City)$NA
Honduras$33.8 billion (2008 est.)$32.5 billion (2007 est.)$30.57 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Hong Kong$307.3 billion (2008 est.)$300.1 billion (2007 est.)$282.1 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Hungary$196.7 billion (2008 est.)$195.5 billion (2007 est.)$193.2 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Iceland$12.87 billion (2008 est.)$12.7 billion (2007 est.)$12.03 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
India$3.304 trillion (2008 est.)$3.077 trillion (2007 est.)$2.823 trillion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Indonesia$916.7 billion (2008 est.)$864 billion (2007 est.)$812.8 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Iran$843.7 billion (2008 est.)$792.2 billion (2007 est.)$734.7 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Iraq$90.23 billion (2008 est.)$83.7 billion (2007 est.)$82.46 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Ireland$189 billion (2008 est.)$194.9 billion (2007 est.)$183.9 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Isle of Man$2.719 billion (2005 est.)
Israel$203.4 billion (2008 est.)$195.2 billion (2007 est.)$185.6 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Italy$1.827 trillion (2008 est.)$1.845 trillion (2007 est.)$1.818 trillion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Jamaica$24.04 billion (2008 est.)$24.19 billion (2007 est.)$23.85 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Japan$4.34 trillion (2008 est.)$4.37 trillion (2007 est.)$4.272 trillion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Jersey$5.1 billion (2005 est.)
Jordan$31.68 billion (2008 est.)$30 billion (2007 est.)$28.14 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Kazakhstan$176.2 billion (2008 est.)$172.1 billion (2007 est.)$158.6 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Kenya$61.65 billion (2008 est.)$60.62 billion (2007 est.)$56.68 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Kiribati$580.8 million (2008 est.)$561.7 million (2007 est.)$564.6 million (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Korea, North$40 billion (2008 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Korea, South$1.338 trillion (2008 est.)$1.309 trillion (2007 est.)$1.245 trillion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Kosovo$5 billion (2007 est.)
Kuwait$149.5 billion (2008 est.)$137.8 billion (2007 est.)$131.6 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Kyrgyzstan$11.64 billion (2008 est.)$10.82 billion (2007 est.)$9.971 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Laos$14.01 billion (2008 est.)$13.04 billion (2007 est.)$12.13 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Latvia$38.95 billion (2008 est.)$40.83 billion (2007 est.)$37.12 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Lebanon$44.16 billion (2008 est.)$41.54 billion (2007 est.)$39.95 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Lesotho$3.301 billion (2008 est.)$3.091 billion (2007 est.)$2.949 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Liberia$1.531 billion (2008 est.)$1.43 billion (2007 est.)$1.306 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Libya$87.72 billion (2008 est.)$82.83 billion (2007 est.)$78.44 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Liechtenstein$4.16 billion (2007)$4.035 billion (2006 est.)
Lithuania$63.37 billion (2008 est.)$61.52 billion (2007 est.)$56.49 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Luxembourg$39.47 billion (2008 est.)$39.84 billion (2007 est.)$37.87 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Macau$18.14 billion (2008 est.)$12.5 billion (2006)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Macedonia$18.83 billion (2008 est.)$17.88 billion (2007 est.)$16.88 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollarsMacedonia has a large informal sector
Madagascar$20.18 billion (2008 est.)$18.86 billion (2007 est.)$17.76 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Malawi$11.95 billion (2008 est.)$10.9 billion (2007 est.)$10.1 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Malaysia$385.2 billion (2008 est.)$368.3 billion (2007 est.)$346.8 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Maldives$1.723 billion (2008 est.)$1.628 billion (2007 est.)$1.519 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Mali$14.75 billion (2008 est.)$14.04 billion (2007 est.)$13.65 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Malta$9.933 billion (2008 est.)$9.707 billion (2007 est.)$9.317 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Marshall Islands$133.5 million (2008 est.)$115 million (2001 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Mauritania$6.323 billion (2008 est.)$6.109 billion (2007 est.)$6.048 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Mauritius$15.43 billion (2008 est.)$14.65 billion (2007 est.)$13.89 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Mayotte$953.6 million (2005 est.)
Mexico$1.567 trillion (2008 est.)$1.547 trillion (2007 est.)$1.498 trillion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Micronesia, Federated States of $238.1 million (2008 est.) $277 million (2002 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars GDP supplemented by grant aid, averaging perhaps $100 million annually
Moldova$10.8 billion (2008 est.)$10.07 billion (2007 est.)$9.684 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Monaco$976.3 million (2006 est.)note: Monaco does not publish national income figures; the estimatesare extremely rough
Mongolia$9.499 billion (2008 est.)$8.714 billion (2007 est.)$7.929 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Montenegro$6.832 billion (2008 est.)$6.355 billion (2007 est.)$5.804 billion (2006 est.)note: data are in 2008 US dollars