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Agriculture > products citrus, vegetables, cotton; beef, poultry, dairy products
Aid as % of GDP	0.7%		[99th of 129]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Business efficiency	67.304		[23rd of 51]
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	$89,950,000,000.00		[35th of 136]
Source: IMD International, 2005
Distribution of family income > Gini index	38.6		[11th of 43]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Economic freedom	2.55		[34th of 156]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Exports	$50,370,000,000.00		[47th of 189]
Source: The Heritage Foundation
GDP	$123,433,600,000.00		[40th of 203]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
GDP > PPP	$163,703,000,000.00		[47th of 163]
Source: World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook
GDP > Real growth rate	5.3%		[97th of 198]
Source: World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.
GINI index	39.2		[11th of 40]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Gross National Income	$107,000,000,000.00		[32nd of 172]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Human Development Index	0.915		[23rd of 178]
Income category	High income: nonOECD
Source: Human Development Report 2006, United Nations Development Programme
Income distribution > Richest 10%	28.3%		[70th of 114]
Source:
Population below median income	13.5		[6th of 28]
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Population below poverty line	21.6%		[18th of 46]
Source: IMD International
Public debt	80.6 % of GDP		[14th of 121]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Technological achievement	0.51		[17th of 68]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Tourist arrivals	2,010,000		[41st 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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