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Agriculture > products cotton, rice, corn, wheat, beans, fruits, vegetables; cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats
Aid as % of GDP	1.3%		[79th of 129]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Big Mac Index	$1.61		[53rd of 65]
Source: 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
Debt > External	$29,200,000,000.00		[60th of 136]
Source: The Economist.
Distribution of family income > Gini index	34.4		[18th of 43]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Economic freedom	1.65		[112nd of 156]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Exports	$24,450,000,000.00		[62nd of 189]
Source: The Heritage Foundation
GDP	$107,484,000,000.00		[47th of 203]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
GDP > PPP	$282,026,000,000.00		[30th of 163]
Source: World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook
GDP > Real growth rate	7.1%		[46th of 198]
Source: World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.
GDP per capita in 1950	$517.00		[52nd of 52]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
GDP per capita in 1973	$947.00		[49th of 52]
Source: Angus Maddison
GINI index	34.41		[23rd of 40]
Source: Angus Maddison
Human Development Index	0.659		[120th of 178]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Income distribution > Richest 10%	25%		[91st of 114]
Source: Human Development Report 2006, United Nations Development Programme
Population below poverty line	20%		[19th of 46]
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Poverty > Share of all poor people	0.18 % of world's poor		[33rd of 80]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Public debt	105.8 % of GDP		[6th of 121]
Source: Country Responsibilities in Achieving the Millenium Development Goals", April 8 2003, by Janice Poling
Technological achievement	0.24		[51st of 68]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Tourist arrivals	3,657,000		[28th of 152]
Source: United Nations Development Program. Human Development Report 2001. New York: Oxford University Press,2001, Table A2.1. via ciesin.org

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