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Agriculture > products wheat, cereals, sugar beets, potatoes, wine grapes; beef, dairy products; fish
Debt > External	$4,396,000,000,000.00		[4th of 136]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Distribution of family income > Gini index	28		[32nd of 43]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Economic freedom	2.45		[42nd of 156]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Economic importance	20.2		[6th of 25]
Source: The Heritage Foundation
Exports	$546,000,000,000.00		[5th of 189]
Source: Economic Importance, 1998 (GDP x PC Inc) figures in quadrillion people dollars
GDP	$2,230,721,000,000.00		[6th of 203]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
GDP > PPP	$1,744,352,000,000.00		[7th of 163]
Source: World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook
GDP > Real growth rate	2.1%		[163rd of 198]
Source: World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.
GDP per capita in 1950	$5,221.00		[11th of 52]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
GDP per capita in 1973	$12,940.00		[7th of 52]
Source: Angus Maddison
GINI index	32.74		[18th of 40]
Source: Angus Maddison
Gross National Income	$1,380,000,000,000.00		[5th of 172]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Human Development Index	0.938		[16th of 178]
Income category High income: OECD
Source: Human Development Report 2006, United Nations Development Programme
Income distribution > Richest 10%	25.1%		[90th of 114]
Source:
Population below poverty line	6.2%		[45th of 46]
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Public debt	63.9 % of GDP		[22nd of 121]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Technological achievement	0.54		[16th of 68]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Tourist arrivals	67,310,000		[1st 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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