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Agriculture > products corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables; beef, poultry, mutton, wool, dairy products
Big Mac Index	$2.29		[34th of 65]
Definition: Economy > Big Mac Index
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Debt > External	$64,800,000,000.00		[39th of 136]
Definition: Economy > Debt > External
Source: The Economist.
Distribution of family income > Gini index	65		[1st of 43]
Definition: Economy > Distribution of family income > Gini index
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Economic freedom	2.35		[51st of 156]
Definition: Economy > Economic freedom
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Exports	$76,190,000,000.00		[38th of 189]
Definition: Economy > Exports
Source: The Heritage Foundation
GDP	$254,991,600,000.00		[26th of 203]
Definition: Economy > GDP
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
GDP > PPP	$510,102,000,000.00		[20th of 163]
Definition: Economy > GDP > PPP
Source: World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook
GDP > Real growth rate	5.1%		[101st of 198]
Definition: Economy > GDP > Real growth rate
Source: World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.
GDP per capita in 1973	$3,844.00		[33rd of 52]
Definition: Economy > GDP per capita in 1973
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
GINI index	57.78		[1st of 40]
Definition: Economy > GINI index
Source: Angus Maddison
Gross National Income	$122,000,000,000.00		[28th of 172]
Definition: Economy > Gross National Income
Source: World Development Indicators database
Human Development Index	0.658		[121st of 178]
Definition: Economy > Human Development Index
Income category	Lower middle income
Definition: Economy > Income category
Source: Human Development Report 2006, United Nations Development Programme
Income distribution > Richest 10%	45.9%		[8th of 114]
Definition: Economy > Income distribution > Richest 10%
Source:
Population below poverty line	50%		[3rd of 46]
Definition: Economy > Population below poverty line
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Poverty > Share of all poor people	0.45 % of world's poor		[24th of 80]
Definition: Economy > Poverty > Share of all poor people
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Public debt	31.3 % of GDP		[69th of 121]
Definition: Economy > Public debt
Source: Country Responsibilities in Achieving the Millenium Development Goals", April 8 2003, by Janice Poling
Technological achievement	0.34		[36th of 68]
Definition: Economy > Technological achievement
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Tourist arrivals	5,437,000		[22nd 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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