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Agriculture > products
sugarcane, bananas, coffee, citrus, yams, vegetables, poultry, goats, milk, crustaceans, and mollusks |
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Aid as % of GDP
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0.1% |
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[124th of 129]
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Big Mac Index
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$2.70 |
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[20th of 65]
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Debt > External
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$9,657,000,000.00 |
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[77th of 136]
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Distribution of family income > Gini index
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45.5 |
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[7th of 43]
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Economic freedom
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2.2 |
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[61st of 156]
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Exports
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$2,331,000,000.00 |
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[117th of 189]
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GDP
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$10,533,300,000.00 |
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[95th of 203]
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GDP > PPP
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$10,531,000,000.00 |
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[122nd of 163]
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GDP > Real growth rate
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1.2% |
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[177th of 198]
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GINI index
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45.51
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[8th of 40]
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Gross National Income
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$7,256,730,000.00 |
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[89th of 172]
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Human Development Index
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0.738 |
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[97th of 178]
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Income category
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Lower middle income |
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Income distribution > Richest 10%
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30.3% |
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[56th of 114]
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Population below poverty line
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14.8% |
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[36th of 46]
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Poverty > Share of all poor people
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0.01 % of world's poor |
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[73rd of 80]
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Public debt
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126.5 % of GDP |
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[4th of 121]
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Technological achievement
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0.26 |
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[46th of 68]
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Tourist arrivals
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1,192,000 |
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[46th of 152]
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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; calculated on the basis of data on ODA from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), Development Assistance Committee. 2002. DAC Online. Database. Paris.; and data on GDP from World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; The Economist.; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; The Heritage Foundation; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.; World Development Indicators database; ; Human Development Report 2006, United Nations Development Programme; ; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; Country Responsibilities in Achieving the Millenium Development Goals", April 8 2003, by Janice Poling; United Nations Development Program. Human Development Report 2001. New York: Oxford University Press,2001, Table A2.1. via ciesin.org; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
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