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Agriculture > products rice, sugar beets, vegetables, fruit, pork, poultry, dairy products, eggs, fish
Big Mac Index	$2.19		[37th of 65]
Definition: Economy > Big Mac Index
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Debt > External	$1,492,000,000,000.00		[8th of 136]
Definition: Economy > Debt > External
Source: The Economist.
Distribution of family income > Gini index	38.1		[11th of 43]
Definition: Economy > Distribution of family income > Gini index
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Economic freedom	2.5		[35th of 156]
Definition: Economy > Economic freedom
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Economic importance	57.1		[2nd of 25]
Definition: Economy > Economic importance
Source: The Heritage Foundation
Exports	$678,100,000,000.00		[4th of 189]
Definition: Economy > Exports
Source: Economic Importance, 1998 (GDP x PC Inc) figures in quadrillion people dollars
GDP	$4,340,133,000,000.00		[2nd of 203]
Definition: Economy > GDP
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
GDP > PPP	$3,774,086,000,000.00		[3rd of 163]
Definition: Economy > GDP > PPP
Source: World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook
GDP > Real growth rate	2%		[165th of 198]
Definition: Economy > GDP > Real growth rate
Source: World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.
GDP per capita in 1950	$1,873.00		[31st of 52]
Definition: Economy > GDP per capita in 1950
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
GDP per capita in 1973	$11,017.00		[13th of 52]
Definition: Economy > GDP per capita in 1973
Source: Angus Maddison
GINI index	24.85		[31st of 40]
Definition: Economy > GINI index
Source: Angus Maddison
Gross National Income	$4,520,000,000,000.00		[2nd of 172]
Definition: Economy > Gross National Income
Source: World Development Indicators database
Human Development Index	0.943		[12th of 178]
Definition: Economy > Human Development Index
Income category High income: OECD
Definition: Economy > Income category
Source: Human Development Report 2006, United Nations Development Programme
Income distribution > Richest 10%	21.7%		[109th of 114]
Definition: Economy > Income distribution > Richest 10%
Source:
Public debt	170 % of GDP		[3rd of 121]
Definition: Economy > Public debt
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Technological achievement	0.7		[3rd of 68]
Definition: Economy > Technological achievement
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Tourist arrivals	4,218,000		[26th of 152]
Definition: Economy > Tourist arrivals
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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