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Agriculture > products corn, wheat, soybeans, rice, beans, cotton, coffee, fruit, tomatoes; beef, poultry, dairy products; wood products
Big Mac Index	$2.66		[21st of 65]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Debt > External	$182,000,000,000.00		[26th of 136]
Source: The Economist.
Distribution of family income > Gini index	50.9		[6th of 43]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Economic freedom	2.2		[59th of 156]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Economic importance	5.6		[14th of 25]
Source: The Heritage Foundation
Exports	$271,900,000,000.00		[15th of 189]
Source: Economic Importance, 1998 (GDP x PC Inc) figures in quadrillion people dollars
GDP	$839,181,900,000.00		[14th of 203]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
GDP > PPP	$1,014,514,000,000.00		[12th of 163]
Source: World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook
GDP > Real growth rate	3.2%		[142nd of 198]
Source: World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.
GDP per capita in 1973	$4,189.00		[30th of 52]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
GINI index	46.05		[7th of 40]
Source: Angus Maddison
Gross National Income	$550,000,000,000.00		[10th of 172]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Human Development Index	0.814		[53rd of 178]
Income category	Upper middle income
Source: Human Development Report 2006, United Nations Development Programme
Population below poverty line	13.8%		[18th of 46]
Source:
Poverty > Share of all poor people	1.43 % of world's poor		[9th of 80]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Public debt	22.8 % of GDP		[87th of 121]
Source: Country Responsibilities in Achieving the Millenium Development Goals", April 8 2003, by Janice Poling
Technological achievement	0.39		[30th of 68]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Tourist arrivals	19,351,000		[8th 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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