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Agriculture > products wheat, corn, other grains, fruits, vegetables, cotton; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; forest products; fish
Big Mac Index	$3.15		[8th of 65]
Definition: Economy > Big Mac Index
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Debt > External	$12,250,000,000,000.00		[1st of 136]
Definition: Economy > Debt > External
Source: The Economist.
Distribution of family income > Gini index	45		[4th of 43]
Definition: Economy > Distribution of family income > Gini index
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Economic freedom	3.2		[7th of 156]
Definition: Economy > Economic freedom
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Economic importance	197.9		[1st of 25]
Definition: Economy > Economic importance
Source: The Heritage Foundation
Exports	$1,148,000,000,000.00		[3rd of 189]
Definition: Economy > Exports
Source: Economic Importance, 1998 (GDP x PC Inc) figures in quadrillion people dollars
GDP	$13,201,820,000,000.00		[1st of 203]
Definition: Economy > GDP
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
GDP > PPP	$11,628,083,000,000.00		[1st of 163]
Definition: Economy > GDP > PPP
Source: World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook
GDP > Real growth rate	2%		[167th of 198]
Definition: Economy > GDP > Real growth rate
Source: World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.
GDP per capita in 1973	$16,607.00		[2nd of 52]
Definition: Economy > GDP per capita in 1973
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
GINI index	40.81		[16th of 40]
Definition: Economy > GINI index
Source: Angus Maddison
Gross National Income	$9,780,000,000,000.00		[1st of 172]
Definition: Economy > Gross National Income
Source: World Development Indicators database
Human Development Index	0.944		[10th 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%	30.5%		[54th of 114]
Definition: Economy > Income distribution > Richest 10%
Source:
Population below poverty line	12%		[41st of 46]
Definition: Economy > Population below poverty line
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Public debt	60.8 % of GDP		[26th of 121]
Definition: Economy > Public debt
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Technological achievement	0.73		[2nd of 68]
Definition: Economy > Technological achievement
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Tourist arrivals	47,752,000		[2nd 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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