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Agriculture > products cotton, sugarcane, soybeans, corn, wheat, tobacco, cassava, fruits, vegetables; beef, pork, eggs, milk; timber
Aid as % of GDP	1.1%		[85th of 129]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Big Mac Index	$1.44		[61st 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	$3,492,000,000.00		[103rd of 136]
Source: The Economist.
Distribution of family income > Gini index	58.4		[2nd of 43]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Economic freedom	1.7		[102nd of 156]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Exports	$5,463,000,000.00		[97th of 189]
Source: The Heritage Foundation
GDP	$9,110,215,000.00		[102nd of 203]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
GDP > PPP	$28,143,000,000.00		[88th of 163]
Source: World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook
GDP > Real growth rate	6.6%		[56th of 198]
Source: World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.
GINI index	58.36		[2nd of 40]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Gross National Income	$7,594,890,000.00		[88th of 172]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Human Development Index	0.755		[86th of 178]
Income category	Lower middle income
Source: Human Development Report 2006, United Nations Development Programme
Income distribution > Richest 10%	43.8%		[10th of 114]
Source:
Population below poverty line	32%		[10th of 46]
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Poverty > Share of all poor people	0.1 % of world's poor		[42nd of 80]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Public debt	27 % of GDP		[78th of 121]
Source: Country Responsibilities in Achieving the Millenium Development Goals", April 8 2003, by Janice Poling
Technological achievement	0.25		[48th of 68]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Tourist arrivals	395,000		[74th 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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