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Big Mac Index	$2.66		[21st of 65]
Business efficiency	41.483		[47th of 51]
DEFINITION: Based upon a business efficiency index where '100' represents the highest level of business efficiency.
SOURCE: The Economist.
Child poverty	26.2		[1st of 23]
DEFINITION: Child poverty index is defined as the share of the children living in the households with income below 50% of the national median.
SOURCE: IMD International, 2005
Economic freedom	2.2		[59th of 156]
DEFINITION: Index of 'economic freedom', according to the American organisation 'The Heritage Foundation'. It is worth noting that such indices are based on highly culturally contingent factors. This data makes a number of assumptions about 'freedom' and the role of the government that are not accepted by much of the world's population. A broad discussion of The Heritage Foundation's definition and methodology can be found at http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/ChapterPDFs/chapter5.HTML.
SOURCE: UNICEF
Economic importance	5.6		[14th of 25]
DEFINITION: Globalpolicy.org
SOURCE: The Heritage Foundation
GDP > PPP	$1,014,514,000,000.00		[12th of 163]
DEFINITION: Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) in Millions of International Dollars, 2004.
SOURCE: Economic Importance, 1998 (GDP x PC Inc) figures in quadrillion people dollars
GDP per capita in 1820	$760.00		[16th of 23]
SOURCE: World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.
GDP per capita in 1900	$1,157.00		[24th of 39]
SOURCE: Angus Maddison
GDP per capita in 1950	$2,085.00		[29th of 52]
SOURCE: Angus Maddison
GDP per capita in 1973	$4,189.00		[30th of 52]
SOURCE: Angus Maddison
GINI index	46.05		[7th of 40]
DEFINITION: Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or, in some cases, consumption expenditure) among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A Lorenz curve plots the cumulative percentages of total income received against the cumulative number of recipients, starting with the poorest individual or household. The Gini index measures the area between the Lorenz curve and a hypothetical line of absolute equality, expressed as a percentage of the maximum area under the line. Thus a Gini index of 0 represents perfect equality, while an index of 100 implies perfect inequality.		View time series
SOURCE: Angus Maddison
Gross National Income	$550,000,000,000.00		[10th of 172]
DEFINITION: GNI, Atlas method (current US$). GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and prop).
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Human Development Index	0.814		[53rd of 178]
DEFINITION: The human development index values in this table were calculated using a consistent methodology and consistent data series. They are not strictly comparable with those in earlier Human Development Reports.
Income category	Upper middle income
DEFINITION: World Bank income categories are used
SOURCE: Human Development Report 2006, United Nations Development Programme
Income distribution > Poorest 10%	1.3%		[98th of 114]
DEFINITION: Share of income or consumption (%). The distribution of income is typically more unequal than the distribution of consumption.
SOURCE:
Income distribution > Richest 10%	41.7%		[15th of 114]
DEFINITION: Share of income or consumption (%). The distribution of income is typically more unequal than the distribution of consumption.
SOURCE: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Population below median income	22.1		[1st of 28]
DEFINITION: Population living below 50% of median income (%)
SOURCE: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Population under $1 a day	15.9		[35th of 59]
DEFINITION: Population below line - proportion receiving less than $1 per day in income (purchasing power parity). Data from most recent available between the period 1983 to 2000.
SOURCE: IMD International
Poverty > Share of all poor people	1.43 % of world's poor		[9th of 80]
DEFINITION: The percentage of the world's total poor who live in each nation. 'Poor' here is defined as lving below the global poverty line of US$1 per day.
SOURCE: World Bank 2002b via backone.pdf
Technological achievement	0.39		[30th of 68]
DEFINITION: Technology Achievement Index Units: Score
SOURCE: Country Responsibilities in Achieving the Millenium Development Goals", April 8 2003, by Janice Poling

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