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Rank code: 2210
Country Comparison :: Stock of quasi money
This entry comprises the total quantity of time and savings deposits denominated in the national currency, held by nonbank financial institutions, state and local governments, nonfinancial public enterprises, and the private sector of the economy. When added together with "M1" the total money supply is known as "M2." The national currency units have been converted to US dollars at the closing exchange rate on the date of the information.
Rank country Stock of quasi money Date of Information
1 United States $ 10,990,000,000,000 31 December 2008 2 Japan $ 6,160,000,000,000 31 December 2008 3 European Union $ 5,631,000,000,000 31 December 2008 4 China $ 4,523,000,000,000 31 December 2008 5 Canada $ 1,299,000,000,000 31 December 2008 6 Brazil $ 724,500,000,000 31 December 2008 7 Taiwan $ 618,000,000,000 November 2008 8 Korea, South $ 478,000,000,000 31 December 2008 9 Switzerland $ 477,600,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 10 Hong Kong $ 352,400,000,000 31 December 2008 11 Russia $ 318,400,000,000 31 December 2008 12 Turkey $ 248,400,000,000 31 December 2008 13 Thailand $ 237,500,000,000 31 December 2008 14 Malaysia $ 200,900,000,000 31 December 2008 15 Singapore $ 179,000,000,000 31 December 2008 16 Mexico $ 147,400,000,000 31 December 2008 17 Saudi Arabia $ 134,300,000,000 31 December 2008 18 Indonesia $ 131,500,000,000 31 December 2008 19 South Africa $ 124,100,000,000 31 December 2008 20 Egypt $ 112,200,000,000 31 December 2008 21 Poland $ 109,000,000,000 31 December 2008 22 New Zealand $ 99,910,000,000 31 December 2008 23 Denmark $ 95,820,000,000 31 December 2008 24 Syria $ 73,930,000,000 31 December 2008 25 Chile $ 73,660,000,000 31 December 2008 26 Kuwait $ 63,080,000,000 31 December 2008 27 Czech Republic $ 58,600,000,000 31 December 2008 28 Sweden $ 54,550,000,000 31 December 2008 29 Hungary $ 47,490,000,000 31 December 2008 30 Bangladesh $ 37,980,000,000 31 December 2008 31 Ukraine $ 37,320,000,000 31 December 2008 32 Qatar $ 36,580,000,000 31 December 2008 33 Romania $ 36,090,000,000 31 December 2008 34 Kazakhstan $ 35,760,000,000 31 December 2008 35 Croatia $ 33,170,000,000 31 December 2008 36 Nigeria $ 32,040,000,000 31 December 2008 37 Algeria $ 30,360,000,000 31 December 2008 38 Slovakia $ 27,710,000,000 31 December 2008 39 Colombia $ 26,570,000,000 31 December 2008 40 Peru $ 25,320,000,000 31 December 2008 41 Macau $ 22,150,000,000 31 December 2008 42 Bulgaria $ 19,670,000,000 31 December 2008 43 Jordan $ 17,980,000,000 31 December 2008 44 Panama $ 15,840,000,000 31 December 2008 45 Iceland $ 15,050,000,000 31 December 2006 46 Tunisia $ 14,720,000,000 31 December 2008 47 Oman $ 14,570,000,000 31 December 2008 48 Serbia $ 11,950,000,000 31 December 2008 49 Venezuela $ 10,930,000,000 31 December 2008 50 Angola $ 10,410,000,000 31 December 2008 51 Guatemala $ 9,700,000,000 31 December 2008 52 Uruguay $ 9,409,000,000 31 December 2008 53 Ecuador $ 9,383,000,000 31 December 2008 54 Sri Lanka $ 9,010,000,000 30 September 2008 55 Belarus $ 8,784,000,000 31 December 2008 56 Malta $ 8,771,000,000 31 January 2008 est. 57 Lithuania $ 8,419,000,000 31 December 2008 58 Mauritius $ 6,914,000,000 31 December 2008 59 Bolivia $ 6,339,000,000 31 December 2008 60 Albania $ 6,251,000,000 31 December 2008 61 Dominican Republic $ 5,902,000,000 31 December 2008 62 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 5,614,000,000 31 December 2008 63 Honduras $ 5,574,000,000 31 December 2008 64 Latvia $ 5,572,000,000 31 December 2008 65 Estonia $ 5,478,000,000 31 December 2008 66 Kenya $ 5,468,000,000 31 December 2008 67 Iraq $ 5,415,000,000 31 December 2008 68 Gaza Strip $ 5,251,000,000 31 December 2008 69 West Bank $ 5,251,000,000 31 December 2008 70 Nepal $ 4,885,000,000 31 December 2008 71 Bahamas, The $ 4,637,000,000 31 December 2008 72 Brunei $ 4,551,000,000 31 December 2008 73 Libya $ 4,264,000,000 31 December 2008 74 Jamaica $ 4,244,000,000 31 December 2008 75 Botswana $ 4,183,000,000 31 December 2008 76 Azerbaijan $ 4,125,000,000 31 December 2008 77 Barbados $ 3,701,000,000 31 December 2008 78 Trinidad and Tobago $ 3,506,000,000 31 December 2008 79 Tanzania $ 3,362,000,000 31 December 2008 80 Macedonia $ 3,254,000,000 31 December 2008 81 Costa Rica $ 3,143,000,000 31 December 2008 82 Cambodia $ 2,328,000,000 31 December 2008 83 Moldova $ 1,928,000,000 31 December 2008 84 Nicaragua $ 1,810,000,000 31 December 2008 85 Mozambique $ 1,752,000,000 31 December 2008 86 Papua New Guinea $ 1,726,000,000 31 December 2008 87 Zambia $ 1,618,000,000 31 December 2008 88 Georgia $ 1,606,000,000 31 December 2008 89 Paraguay $ 1,599,000,000 31 December 2008 90 Uganda $ 1,485,000,000 31 December 2008 91 Mongolia $ 1,288,000,000 31 December 2008 92 Afghanistan $ 1,219,000,000 31 December 2008 93 Namibia $ 1,158,000,000 31 December 2008 94 Eritrea $ 1,053,000,000 31 December 2008 95 Suriname $ 1,018,000,000 31 December 2008 96 Armenia $ 950,100,000 31 December 2008 97 Antigua and Barbuda $ 939,900,000 31 December 2008 98 Aruba $ 890,300,000 31 December 2008 99 Guyana $ 817,600,000 31 December 2008 100 Saint Lucia $ 800,100,000 31 December 2008 101 El Salvador $ 788,700,000 31 December 2008 102 Cape Verde $ 721,300,000 31 December 2008 103 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 680,600,000 31 December 2008 104 Madagascar $ 667,200,000 31 December 2008 105 Belize $ 653,800,000 31 December 2008 106 Grenada $ 578,100,000 31 December 2008 107 Tajikistan $ 544,000,000 31 December 2008 108 Maldives $ 487,800,000 31 December 2008 109 Anguilla $ 449,500,000 31 December 2008 110 Swaziland $ 441,500,000 31 December 2008 111 Vanuatu $ 430,000,000 31 December 2008 112 Djibouti $ 338,000,000 31 December 2008 113 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 302,700,000 31 December 2008 114 Dominica $ 289,900,000 31 December 2008 115 Rwanda $ 227,400,000 31 December 2005 116 Burundi $ 189,900,000 31 December 2008 117 Seychelles $ 188,500,000 31 December 2008 118 Samoa $ 162,800,000 31 December 2008 119 Lesotho $ 108,100,000 31 December 2008 120 Tonga $ 100,700,000 31 December 2008 121 Solomon Islands $ 96,790,000 31 December 2008 122 Timor-Leste $ 89,880,000 31 December 2008 123 Montserrat $ 45,420,000 31 December 2008 124 Comoros $ 41,740,000 31 December 2008 125 Sao Tome and Principe $ 36,950,000 31 December 2008
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Rank code: 2211
Country Comparison :: Stock of domestic credit
This entry is the total quantity of credit, denominated in the domestic currency, provided by banks to nonbanking institutions. The national currency units have been converted to US dollars at the closing exchange rate on the date of the information.
Rank country Stock of domestic credit Date of Information
1 European Union $ 21,170,000,000,000 31 December 2008 2 United States $ 15,060,000,000,000 31 December 2008 3 Japan $ 12,340,000,000,000 31 December 2008 4 China $ 5,555,000,000,000 31 December 2008 5 Germany $ 5,019,000,000,000 31 December 2008 6 France $ 4,102,000,000,000 31 December 2008 7 Spain $ 3,450,000,000,000 31 December 2008 8 Italy $ 3,046,000,000,000 31 December 2008 9 Canada $ 2,335,000,000,000 31 December 2008 10 Netherlands $ 1,824,000,000,000 31 December 2008 11 Brazil $ 1,249,000,000,000 31 December 2008 12 Korea, South $ 937,000,000,000 31 December 2008 13 Switzerland $ 864,400,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 14 Belgium $ 767,100,000,000 31 December 2008 15 Ireland $ 738,600,000,000 31 December 2008 16 Denmark $ 695,800,000,000 31 December 2008 17 Taiwan $ 677,800,000,000 November 2008 18 Austria $ 606,200,000,000 31 December 2008 19 Sweden $ 549,000,000,000 31 December 2008 20 Portugal $ 491,000,000,000 31 December 2008 21 Greece $ 394,600,000,000 31 December 2008 22 Luxembourg $ 369,600,000,000 31 December 2008 23 Russia $ 367,200,000,000 31 December 2008 24 Turkey $ 326,400,000,000 31 December 2008 25 Mexico $ 287,000,000,000 31 December 2008 26 Thailand $ 274,100,000,000 31 December 2008 27 Poland $ 258,300,000,000 31 December 2008 28 Malaysia $ 246,700,000,000 31 December 2008 29 Finland $ 241,100,000,000 31 December 2008 30 South Africa $ 214,800,000,000 31 December 2008 31 Indonesia $ 166,200,000,000 31 December 2008 32 New Zealand $ 164,400,000,000 31 December 2008 33 Singapore $ 143,600,000,000 31 December 2008 34 Egypt $ 126,500,000,000 31 December 2008 35 Chile $ 116,400,000,000 31 December 2008 36 Hungary $ 114,300,000,000 31 December 2008 37 Czech Republic $ 110,500,000,000 31 December 2008 38 Ukraine $ 101,100,000,000 31 December 2008 39 Colombia $ 89,690,000,000 31 December 2008 40 Kuwait $ 88,770,000,000 31 December 2008 41 Syria $ 84,310,000,000 31 December 2008 42 Cyprus $ 80,680,000,000 31 December 2008 43 Romania $ 72,850,000,000 31 December 2008 44 Venezuela $ 62,420,000,000 31 December 2008 45 Qatar $ 59,430,000,000 31 December 2008 46 Slovakia $ 50,940,000,000 31 December 2008 47 Slovenia $ 50,310,000,000 31 December 2008 48 Croatia $ 49,790,000,000 31 December 2008 49 Nigeria $ 49,510,000,000 31 December 2008 50 Bangladesh $ 47,030,000,000 31 December 2008 51 Kazakhstan $ 44,530,000,000 31 December 2008 52 Bulgaria $ 32,040,000,000 31 December 2008 53 Lithuania $ 29,210,000,000 31 December 2008 54 Latvia $ 28,960,000,000 31 December 2008 55 Tunisia $ 26,500,000,000 31 December 2008 56 Jordan $ 25,050,000,000 31 December 2008 57 Estonia $ 22,020,000,000 31 December 2008 58 Peru $ 21,980,000,000 31 December 2008 59 Panama $ 19,800,000,000 31 December 2008 60 Belarus $ 18,420,000,000 31 December 2008 61 Oman $ 17,830,000,000 31 December 2008 62 Dominican Republic $ 17,370,000,000 31 December 2008 63 Serbia $ 17,060,000,000 31 December 2008 64 Malta $ 16,170,000,000 31 December 2008 est. 65 Sri Lanka $ 15,920,000,000 30 September 2008 66 Costa Rica $ 15,150,000,000 31 December 2008 67 Guatemala $ 14,820,000,000 31 December 2008 68 Macau $ 11,500,000,000 31 December 2008 69 Kenya $ 10,830,000,000 31 December 2008 70 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 10,260,000,000 31 December 2008 71 Ecuador $ 10,130,000,000 31 December 2008 72 Mauritius $ 9,323,000,000 31 December 2008 73 Uruguay $ 9,096,000,000 31 December 2008 74 Albania $ 8,176,000,000 31 December 2008 75 Azerbaijan $ 8,135,000,000 31 December 2008 76 Angola $ 7,893,000,000 31 December 2008 77 Bahamas, The $ 7,883,000,000 31 December 2008 78 Jamaica $ 7,175,000,000 31 December 2008 79 Honduras $ 7,172,000,000 31 December 2008 80 Nepal $ 5,556,000,000 31 December 2008 81 Bolivia $ 5,433,000,000 31 December 2008 82 Barbados $ 4,554,000,000 31 December 2008 83 Nicaragua $ 4,272,000,000 31 December 2008 84 Macedonia $ 3,906,000,000 31 December 2008 85 Georgia $ 3,754,000,000 31 December 2008 86 Namibia $ 3,430,000,000 31 December 2008 87 Trinidad and Tobago $ 3,423,000,000 31 December 2008 88 Tanzania $ 3,297,000,000 31 December 2008 89 Paraguay $ 3,098,000,000 31 December 2008 90 Moldova $ 2,406,000,000 31 December 2008 91 Zambia $ 2,138,000,000 31 December 2008 92 Papua New Guinea $ 2,065,000,000 31 December 2008 93 Armenia $ 1,980,000,000 31 December 2008 94 Eritrea $ 1,851,000,000 31 December 2008 95 Mongolia $ 1,743,000,000 31 December 2008 96 Cambodia $ 1,670,000,000 31 December 2008 97 Maldives $ 1,548,000,000 31 December 2008 98 Uganda $ 1,464,000,000 31 December 2008 99 Saint Lucia $ 1,378,000,000 31 December 2008 100 Gaza Strip $ 1,367,000,000 31 December 2008 101 West Bank $ 1,367,000,000 31 December 2008 102 Aruba $ 1,321,000,000 31 December 2008 103 Mozambique $ 1,315,000,000 31 December 2008 104 Brunei $ 1,274,000,000 31 December 2008 105 El Salvador $ 1,190,000,000 31 December 2008 106 Cape Verde $ 1,153,000,000 31 December 2008 107 Antigua and Barbuda $ 1,130,000,000 31 December 2008 108 Belize $ 955,000,000 31 December 2008 109 Tajikistan $ 889,000,000 31 December 2008 110 Guyana $ 829,400,000 31 December 2008 111 Madagascar $ 820,300,000 31 December 2008 112 Suriname $ 793,100,000 31 December 2008 113 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 790,800,000 31 December 2008 114 Grenada $ 658,000,000 31 December 2008 115 Anguilla $ 529,600,000 31 December 2008 116 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 417,400,000 31 December 2008 117 Seychelles $ 375,600,000 31 December 2008 118 Burundi $ 370,000,000 31 December 2008 119 Afghanistan $ 363,600,000 31 December 2008 120 Vanuatu $ 274,000,000 31 December 2008 121 Djibouti $ 269,900,000 31 December 2008 122 Dominica $ 213,600,000 31 December 2008 123 Samoa $ 208,500,000 31 December 2008 124 Solomon Islands $ 166,100,000 31 December 2008 125 Comoros $ 79,520,000 31 December 2008 126 Swaziland $ 51,550,000 31 December 2008 127 Sao Tome and Principe $ 20,420,000 31 December 2008 128 Montserrat $ 9,930,000 31 December 2008 129 Togo $ 674,300 31 December 2008
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Rank code: 2212
Country Comparison :: Urbanization
This entry provides two measures of the degree of urbanization of a population. The first, urban population, describes the percentage of the total population living in urban areas, as defined by the country. The second, rate of urbanization, describes the projected average rate of change of the size of the urban population over the given period of time. Additionally, the World entry includes a list of the ten largest urban agglomerations. An urban agglomeration is defined as comprising the city or town proper and also the suburban fringe or thickly settled territory lying outside of, but adjacent to, the boundaries of the city.
Rank country (%) Date of Information
1 Anguilla 100.00 NA 2 Bermuda 100.00 NA 3 Gibraltar 100.00 NA 4 Cayman Islands 100.00 NA 5 Hong Kong 100.00 NA 6 Holy See (Vatican City) 100.00 NA 7 Singapore 100.00 NA 8 Macau 100.00 NA 9 Monaco 100.00 NA 10 Nauru 100.00 NA 11 Kuwait 98.00 NA 12 Puerto Rico 98.00 NA 13 Belgium 97.00 NA 14 Qatar 96.00 NA 15 Virgin Islands 95.00 NA 16 Malta 94.00 NA 17 San Marino 94.00 NA 18 Netherlands Antilles 93.00 NA 19 Venezuela 93.00 NA 20 American Samoa 92.00 NA 21 Argentina 92.00 NA 22 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 92.00 NA 23 Uruguay 92.00 NA 24 Turks and Caicos Islands 92.00 NA 25 Israel 92.00 NA 26 Iceland 92.00 NA 27 Northern Mariana Islands 91.00 NA 28 United Kingdom 90.00 NA 29 Andorra 89.00 NA 30 Bahrain 89.00 NA 31 Australia 89.00 NA 32 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 89.00 NA 33 Chile 88.00 NA 34 Denmark 87.00 NA 35 New Zealand 87.00 NA 36 Lebanon 87.00 NA 37 Djibouti 87.00 NA 38 Brazil 86.00 NA 39 Gabon 85.00 NA 40 Sweden 85.00 NA 41 Bahamas, The 84.00 NA 42 Greenland 84.00 NA 43 Luxembourg 82.00 NA 44 Netherlands 82.00 NA 45 United States 82.00 NA 46 Saudi Arabia 82.00 NA 47 Korea, South 81.00 NA 48 Palau 81.00 NA 49 Western Sahara 81.00 NA 50 Canada 80.00 NA 51 United Arab Emirates 78.00 NA 52 Libya 78.00 NA 53 Jordan 78.00 NA 54 France 77.00 NA 55 Spain 77.00 NA 56 Norway 77.00 NA 57 Mexico 77.00 NA 58 Cuba 76.00 NA 59 Brunei 75.00 NA 60 Suriname 75.00 NA 61 Colombia 74.00 NA 62 Dominica 74.00 NA 63 Cook Islands 74.00 NA 64 Germany 74.00 NA 65 Belarus 73.00 NA 66 Panama 73.00 NA 67 Switzerland 73.00 NA 68 Russia 73.00 NA 69 Czech Republic 73.00 NA 70 Gaza Strip 72.00 NA 71 West Bank 72.00 NA 72 Oman 72.00 NA 73 Bulgaria 71.00 NA 74 Peru 71.00 NA 75 Marshall Islands 71.00 NA 76 Cyprus 70.00 NA 77 Malaysia 70.00 NA 78 Dominican Republic 69.00 NA 79 Estonia 69.00 NA 80 Turkey 69.00 NA 81 Hungary 68.00 NA 82 Italy 68.00 NA 83 Ukraine 68.00 NA 84 Latvia 68.00 NA 85 Iran 68.00 NA 86 Austria 67.00 NA 87 Macedonia 67.00 NA 88 Tunisia 67.00 NA 89 Lithuania 67.00 NA 90 Iraq 67.00 NA 91 Bolivia 66.00 NA 92 Japan 66.00 NA 93 Ecuador 66.00 NA 94 Algeria 65.00 NA 95 Philippines 65.00 NA 96 New Caledonia 65.00 NA 97 Armenia 64.00 NA 98 Costa Rica 63.00 NA 99 Korea, North 63.00 NA 100 Finland 63.00 NA 101 Congo, Republic of the 61.00 NA 102 Sao Tome and Principe 61.00 NA 103 Greece 61.00 NA 104 El Salvador 61.00 NA 105 Poland 61.00 NA 106 South Africa 61.00 NA 107 Ireland 61.00 NA 108 Botswana 60.00 NA 109 Cape Verde 60.00 NA 110 Paraguay 60.00 NA 111 Montenegro 60.00 NA 112 Liberia 60.00 NA 113 Portugal 59.00 NA 114 Kazakhstan 58.00 NA 115 Angola 57.00 NA 116 Cameroon 57.00 NA 117 Gambia, The 57.00 NA 118 Croatia 57.00 NA 119 Nicaragua 57.00 NA 120 Mongolia 57.00 NA 121 Slovakia 56.00 NA 122 Morocco 56.00 NA 123 Romania 54.00 NA 124 Seychelles 54.00 NA 125 Syria 54.00 NA 126 Georgia 53.00 NA 127 Jamaica 53.00 NA 128 Azerbaijan 52.00 NA 129 Fiji 52.00 NA 130 Indonesia 52.00 NA 131 Serbia 52.00 NA 132 French Polynesia 52.00 NA 133 Belize 52.00 NA 134 Isle of Man 51.00 NA 135 Ghana 50.00 NA 136 Guatemala 49.00 NA 137 Tuvalu 49.00 NA 138 Turkmenistan 49.00 NA 139 Cote d'Ivoire 49.00 NA 140 Honduras 48.00 NA 141 Nigeria 48.00 NA 142 Slovenia 48.00 NA 143 Aruba 47.00 NA 144 Bosnia and Herzegovina 47.00 NA 145 Albania 47.00 NA 146 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 47.00 NA 147 Haiti 47.00 NA 148 Kiribati 44.00 NA 149 China 43.00 NA 150 Egypt 43.00 NA 151 Sudan 43.00 NA 152 Moldova 42.00 NA 153 Mauritius 42.00 NA 154 Senegal 42.00 NA 155 Togo 42.00 NA 156 Benin 41.00 NA 157 Faroe Islands 41.00 NA 158 Mauritania 41.00 NA 159 Barbados 40.00 NA 160 British Virgin Islands 40.00 NA 161 Central African Republic 39.00 NA 162 Equatorial Guinea 39.00 NA 163 Niue 39.00 NA 164 Saint Helena 39.00 NA 165 Maldives 38.00 NA 166 Sierra Leone 38.00 NA 167 Mozambique 37.00 NA 168 Somalia 37.00 NA 169 Namibia 37.00 NA 170 Zimbabwe 37.00 NA 171 Uzbekistan 37.00 NA 172 Kyrgyzstan 36.00 NA 173 Pakistan 36.00 NA 174 Bhutan 35.00 NA 175 Zambia 35.00 NA 176 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 34.00 NA 177 Guinea 34.00 NA 178 Burma 33.00 NA 179 Thailand 33.00 NA 180 Mali 32.00 NA 181 Saint Kitts and Nevis 32.00 NA 182 Grenada 31.00 NA 183 Guernsey 31.00 NA 184 Laos 31.00 NA 185 Yemen 31.00 NA 186 Jersey 31.00 NA 187 Antigua and Barbuda 30.00 NA 188 Guinea-Bissau 30.00 NA 189 India 29.00 NA 190 Madagascar 29.00 NA 191 Comoros 28.00 NA 192 Saint Lucia 28.00 NA 193 Vietnam 28.00 NA 194 Guyana 28.00 NA 195 Bangladesh 27.00 NA 196 Timor-Leste 27.00 NA 197 Chad 27.00 NA 198 Tajikistan 26.00 NA 199 Lesotho 25.00 NA 200 Swaziland 25.00 NA 201 Vanuatu 25.00 NA 202 Tonga 25.00 NA 203 Tanzania 25.00 NA 204 Afghanistan 24.00 NA 205 Samoa 23.00 NA 206 Cambodia 22.00 NA 207 Micronesia, Federated States of 22.00 NA 208 Kenya 22.00 NA 209 Eritrea 21.00 NA 210 Burkina Faso 20.00 NA 211 Malawi 19.00 NA 212 Solomon Islands 18.00 NA 213 Rwanda 18.00 NA 214 Ethiopia 17.00 NA 215 Nepal 17.00 NA 216 Niger 16.00 NA 217 Sri Lanka 15.00 NA 218 Liechtenstein 14.00 NA 219 Montserrat 14.00 NA 220 Trinidad and Tobago 13.00 NA 221 Uganda 13.00 NA 222 Papua New Guinea 12.00 NA 223 Burundi 10.00 NA 224 Burundi 6.80 NA 225 Laos 5.60 NA 226 Liberia 5.60 NA 227 Afghanistan 5.40 NA 228 Eritrea 5.40 NA 229 Maldives 5.30 NA 230 Malawi 5.20 NA 231 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5.10 NA 232 Timor-Leste 5.00 NA 233 Burkina Faso 5.00 NA 234 Bhutan 4.90 NA 235 Nepal 4.90 NA 236 Yemen 4.90 NA 237 Mali 4.80 NA 238 Chad 4.70 NA 239 Cambodia 4.60 NA 240 Haiti 4.50 NA 241 Angola 4.40 NA 242 Uganda 4.40 NA 243 Ethiopia 4.30 NA 244 Sudan 4.30 NA 245 Togo 4.30 NA 246 Gambia, The 4.20 NA 247 Somalia 4.20 NA 248 Tanzania 4.20 NA 249 Rwanda 4.20 NA 250 Solomon Islands 4.10 NA 251 Mozambique 4.10 NA 252 Vanuatu 4.10 NA 253 Benin 4.00 NA 254 Kenya 4.00 NA 255 Western Sahara 4.00 NA 256 Niger 4.00 NA 257 Madagascar 3.80 NA 258 Nigeria 3.80 NA 259 Bangladesh 3.50 NA 260 Lesotho 3.50 NA 261 Guinea 3.50 NA 262 Ghana 3.50 NA 263 Cape Verde 3.50 NA 264 Cameroon 3.50 NA 265 Guatemala 3.40 NA 266 Gaza Strip 3.30 NA 267 Indonesia 3.30 NA 268 West Bank 3.30 NA 269 Cote d'Ivoire 3.20 NA 270 Guinea-Bissau 3.20 NA 271 Belize 3.10 NA 272 Syria 3.10 NA 273 Vietnam 3.10 NA 274 Senegal 3.10 NA 275 Jordan 3.10 NA 276 Mauritania 3.00 NA 277 Philippines 3.00 NA 278 Sao Tome and Principe 3.00 NA 279 Pakistan 3.00 NA 280 Malaysia 3.00 NA 281 United Arab Emirates 2.90 NA 282 Namibia 2.90 NA 283 Trinidad and Tobago 2.90 NA 284 Sierra Leone 2.90 NA 285 Honduras 2.90 NA 286 Burma 2.90 NA 287 Equatorial Guinea 2.80 NA 288 Paraguay 2.80 NA 289 Congo, Republic of the 2.70 NA 290 Comoros 2.70 NA 291 China 2.70 NA 292 Panama 2.70 NA 293 Marshall Islands 2.70 NA 294 Brunei 2.60 NA 295 Dominican Republic 2.60 NA 296 Algeria 2.50 NA 297 Bolivia 2.50 NA 298 Botswana 2.50 NA 299 Saudi Arabia 2.50 NA 300 Kuwait 2.50 NA 301 American Samoa 2.40 NA 302 India 2.40 NA 303 Costa Rica 2.30 NA 304 Zambia 2.30 NA 305 Central African Republic 2.30 NA 306 Djibouti 2.20 NA 307 Zimbabwe 2.20 NA 308 Turkmenistan 2.20 NA 309 Ireland 2.20 NA 310 Libya 2.20 NA 311 Qatar 2.20 NA 312 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.20 NA 313 Montserrat 2.20 NA 314 Northern Mariana Islands 2.10 NA 315 Ecuador 2.10 NA 316 New Caledonia 2.10 NA 317 Iran 2.10 NA 318 Gabon 2.10 NA 319 Faroe Islands 2.00 NA 320 Venezuela 2.00 NA 321 Oman 2.00 NA 322 Albania 1.90 NA 323 El Salvador 1.90 NA 324 Papua New Guinea 1.90 NA 325 Turkey 1.90 NA 326 Bahrain 1.80 NA 327 Egypt 1.80 NA 328 Kiribati 1.80 NA 329 Palau 1.80 NA 330 Nicaragua 1.80 NA 331 Morocco 1.80 NA 332 Brazil 1.80 NA 333 Colombia 1.70 NA 334 Swaziland 1.70 NA 335 Samoa 1.70 NA 336 British Virgin Islands 1.70 NA 337 Tunisia 1.70 NA 338 Thailand 1.70 NA 339 Iraq 1.70 NA 340 Israel 1.70 NA 341 Fiji 1.60 NA 342 Tajikistan 1.60 NA 343 Uzbekistan 1.60 NA 344 Tonga 1.60 NA 345 Netherlands Antilles 1.60 NA 346 Kyrgyzstan 1.60 NA 347 Barbados 1.50 NA 348 Cayman Islands 1.50 NA 349 Mexico 1.50 NA 350 Saint Helena 1.50 NA 351 Anguilla 1.40 NA 352 Bahamas, The 1.40 NA 353 Portugal 1.40 NA 354 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.40 NA 355 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.40 NA 356 Saint Lucia 1.40 NA 357 South Africa 1.40 NA 358 Seychelles 1.40 NA 359 Chile 1.30 NA 360 French Polynesia 1.30 NA 361 United States 1.30 NA 362 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.30 NA 363 Tuvalu 1.30 NA 364 Peru 1.30 NA 365 Cyprus 1.30 NA 366 Argentina 1.20 NA 367 Singapore 1.20 NA 368 Mongolia 1.20 NA 369 Lebanon 1.20 NA 370 Kazakhstan 1.20 NA 371 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1.20 NA 372 Australia 1.20 NA 373 Azerbaijan 1.00 NA 374 Canada 1.00 NA 375 Luxembourg 1.00 NA 376 New Zealand 1.00 NA 377 Suriname 1.00 NA 378 Hong Kong 1.00 NA 379 Antigua and Barbuda 0.90 NA 380 Greenland 0.90 NA 381 San Marino 0.90 NA 382 Spain 0.90 NA 383 Mauritius 0.90 NA 384 Netherlands 0.90 NA 385 Jamaica 0.90 NA 386 Korea, North 0.90 NA 387 Finland 0.80 NA 388 France 0.80 NA 389 Puerto Rico 0.80 NA 390 Macedonia 0.80 NA 391 Iceland 0.80 NA 392 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.80 NA 393 Austria 0.70 NA 394 Norway 0.70 NA 395 Macau 0.70 NA 396 Guernsey 0.60 NA 397 Greece 0.60 NA 398 Jersey 0.60 NA 399 Malta 0.60 NA 400 Korea, South 0.60 NA 401 Sri Lanka 0.50 NA 402 Liechtenstein 0.50 NA 403 Serbia 0.50 NA 404 Switzerland 0.50 NA 405 United Kingdom 0.50 NA 406 Sweden 0.50 NA 407 Denmark 0.50 NA 408 Croatia 0.40 NA 409 Uruguay 0.40 NA 410 Italy 0.40 NA 411 Bermuda 0.30 NA 412 Belgium 0.30 NA 413 Nauru 0.30 NA 414 Monaco 0.30 NA 415 Hungary 0.30 NA 416 Grenada 0.30 NA 417 Dominica 0.20 NA 418 Japan 0.20 NA 419 Slovakia 0.20 NA 420 Virgin Islands 0.20 NA 421 Aruba 0.10 NA 422 Germany 0.10 NA 423 Gibraltar 0.10 NA 424 Holy See (Vatican City) 0.10 NA 425 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.10 NA 426 Belarus 0.00 NA 427 Cuba 0.00 NA 428 Guyana 0.00 NA 429 Wallis and Futuna 0.00 NA 430 Wallis and Futuna 0.00 NA 431 Tokelau 0.00 NA 432 Tokelau 0.00 NA 433 Pitcairn Islands 0.00 NA 434 Pitcairn Islands 0.00 NA 435 Czech Republic 0.00 NA 436 Romania -0.10 NA 437 Andorra -0.20 NA 438 Isle of Man -0.20 NA 439 Niue -0.20 NA 440 Armenia -0.30 NA 441 Bulgaria -0.30 NA 442 Poland -0.30 NA 443 Estonia -0.30 NA 444 Lithuania -0.40 NA 445 Latvia -0.50 NA 446 Russia -0.50 NA 447 Georgia -0.60 NA 448 Slovenia -0.60 NA 449 Cook Islands -0.70 NA 450 Ukraine -0.70 NA 451 Montenegro -0.80 NA 452 Moldova -1.50 NA
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Appendix A :: Abbreviations
ABEDAArab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
ACCTAgency for the French-Speaking Community (see InternationalOrganization of the French-speaking World)
ACP GroupAfrican, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States
AfDBAfrican Development Bank
AFESDArab Fund for Economic and Social Development
Air PollutionConvention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
Air Pollution-Nitrogen OxidesProtocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary AirPollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides orTheir Transboundary Fluxes
Air Pollution-Persistent Organic PollutantsProtocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary AirPollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants
Air Pollution-Sulphur 85Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary AirPollution on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or Their TransboundaryFluxes by at Least 30%
Air Pollution-Sulphur 94Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary AirPollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions
Air Pollution-Volatile Organic CompoundsProtocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary AirPollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile OrganicCompounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes
AMFArab Monetary Fund
Antarctic-Environmental ProtocolProtocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
Antarctic Marine Living ResourcesConvention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
Antarctic SealsConvention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals
ANZUSAustralia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty
APECAsia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
ArabsatArab Satellite Communications Organization
ARFASEAN Regional Forum
ADBAsian Development Bank
ASEANAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations
AUAfrican Union
AutodinAutomatic Digital Network
BABaltic Assembly
bbl/day barrels per day
BCIECentral American Bank for Economic Integration
BDEACCentral African States Development Bank
BeneluxBenelux Economic Union
BIMSTECBay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and EconomicCooperation
BiodiversityConvention on Biological Diversity
BGNUnited States Board on Geographic Names
BISBank for International Settlements
BSECBlack Sea Economic Cooperation Zone
CCommonwealth
c.i.f. cost, insurance, and freight
CACMCentral American Common Market
CAEUCouncil of Arab Economic Unity
CANAndean Community of Nations
CaricomCaribbean Community and Common Market
CB citizen's band mobile radio communications
CBSSCouncil of the Baltic Sea States
CCCCustoms Cooperation Council
CDBCaribbean Development Bank
CECouncil of Europe
CEICentral European Initiative
CEMACEconomic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
CEPGLEconomic Community of the Great Lakes Countries
CERNEuropean Organization for Nuclear Research
CEPTConference Europeanne des Poste et Telecommunications
CISCommonwealth of Independent States
CITES see Endangered Species
Climate ChangeUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Climate Change-Kyoto ProtocolKyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on ClimateChange
COCOMCoordinating Committee on Export Controls
ComsatCommunications Satellite Corporation
COMESACommon Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
CPColombo Plan
CPLPComunidade dos Paises de Lingua Portuguesa
CSTOCollective Security Treaty Organization
CTBTOPreparation commission for the Nuclear-Ban-Treaty Operation
CY calendar year
DC developed country
DDT dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane
DesertificationUnited Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those CountriesExperiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly inAfrica
DIAUnited States Defense Intelligence Agency
DSNDefense Switched Network
DST daylight savings time
DWT deadweight ton
EACEast African Community
EADBEast African Development Bank
EAECEurasian Economic Community
EAPCEuro-Atlantic Partnership Council
EBRDEuropean Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ECEuropean Community
ECAEconomic Commission for Africa
ECEEconomic Commission for Europe
ECLACEconomic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
ECOEconomic Cooperation Organization
ECOSOCEconomic and Social Council
ECOWASEconomic Community of West African States
ECSCEuropean Coal and Steel Community
EECEuropean Economic Community
EFTAEuropean Free Trade Association
EEZ exclusive economic zone
EIBEuropean Investment Bank
EMUEuropean Monetary Union
Endangered SpeciesConvention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of WildFlora and Fauna (CITES)
EntenteCouncil of the Entente
Environmental ModificationConvention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use ofEnvironmental Modification Techniques
ESAEuropean Space Agency
ESCAPEconomic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
ESCWAEconomic and Social Commission for Western Asia
est. estimate
EUEuropean Union
EuratomEuropean Atomic Energy Community
EutelsatEuropean Telecommunications Satellite Organization
Ex-ImExport-Import Bank of the United States
f.o.b. free on board
FAOFood and Agriculture Organization
FAX facsimile
FLSFront Line States
FOC flags of convenience
FSU former Soviet Union
FY fiscal year
FZFranc Zone
G-2Group of 2
G-3Group of 3
G-5Group of 5
G-6Group of 6
G-7Group of 7
G-8Group of 8
G-9Group of 9
G-10Group of 10
G-15Group of 15
G-11Group of 11
G-24Group of 24
G-77Group of 77
GATTGeneral Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; now WTO
GCCGulf Cooperation Council
GCTUGeneral Confederation of Trade Unions
GDP gross domestic product
GMTGreenwich Mean Time
GNP gross national product
GRT gross register ton
GSM global system for mobile cellular communications
GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development; acronym for member states - Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova
GWP gross world product
Hazardous WastesBasel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of HazardousWastes and Their Disposal
HF high-frequency
HIV/AIDS human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome
IADBInter-American Development Bank
IAEAInternational Atomic Energy Agency
IANAInternet Assigned Numbers Authority
IBRDInternational Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
ICAOInternational Civil Aviation Organization
ICCInternational Chamber of Commerce
ICCtInternational Criminal Court
ICJInternational Court of Justice (World Court)
ICRCInternational Committee of the Red Cross
ICRMInternational Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
ICSIDInternational Center for Secretariat of Investment Disputes
ICTRInternational Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
ICTYInternational Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
IDAInternational Development Association
IDBIslamic Development Bank
IDPInternally Displaced Person
IEAInternational Energy Agency
IFADInternational Fund for Agricultural Development
IFCInternational Finance Corporation
IFRCSInternational Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
IGADInter-Governmental Authority on Development
IHOInternational Hydrographic Organization
ILOInternational Labor Organization
IMFInternational Monetary Fund
IMOInternational Maritime Organization
IMSOInternational Mobile Satellite Organization
InmarsatInternational Maritime Satellite Organization
InOCIndian Ocean Commission
INSTRAWInternational Research and Training Institute for the Advancement ofWomen
IntelsatInternational Telecommunications Satellite Organization
InterpolInternational Criminal Police Organization
IntersputnikInternational Organization of Space Communications
IOCInternational Olympic Committee
IOMInternational Organization for Migration
IPUInter-parliamentary Union
ISOInternational Organization for Standardization
ISPInternet Service Provider
ITSOInternational Telecommunications Satellites Organization
ITUInternational Telecommunication Union
ITUCInternational Trade Union Confederation, the successor to ICFTU(International Confederation of Free Trade Unions) and the WCL (WorldConfederation of Labor)
kHz kilohertz
km kilometer
kW kilowatt
kWh kilowatt-hour
LAESLatin American Economic System
LAIALatin American Integration Association
LASLeague of Arab States
Law of the SeaUnited Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS)
LDC less developed country
LLDC least developed country
London Convention see Marine Dumping
LOS see Law of the Sea
m meter
MarecsMaritime European Communications Satellite
Marine DumpingConvention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes andOther Matter
Marine Life ConservationConvention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the HighSeas
MARPOL see Ship Pollution
MedarabtelMiddle East Telecommunications Project of the InternationalTelecommunications Union
MercosurSouthern Cone Common Market
MHz megahertz
MICAHInternational Civilian Support Mission in Haiti
MINURSOUnited Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara