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Agriculture > products corn, sorghum, sugarcane, rice, bananas, vegetables, coffee; beef, pork, milk, eggs; fish
Big Mac Index	$2.13		[39th of 65]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Business efficiency	30.282		[51st of 51]
Source: The Economist.
Debt > External	$43,330,000,000.00		[48th of 136]
Source: IMD International, 2005
Distribution of family income > Gini index	48.2		[11th of 43]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Economic freedom	1.5		[126th of 156]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Exports	$69,170,000,000.00		[39th of 189]
Source: The Heritage Foundation
GDP	$181,861,800,000.00		[35th of 203]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
GDP > PPP	$155,790,000,000.00		[49th of 163]
Source: World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook
GDP > Real growth rate	8.4%		[28th of 198]
Source: World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.
GDP per capita in 1950	$7,424.00		[4th of 52]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
GDP per capita in 1973	$10,717.00		[15th of 52]
Source: Angus Maddison
GINI index	48.2		[11th of 40]
Source: Angus Maddison
Human Development Index	0.772		[76th of 178]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Income category	Upper middle income
Source: Human Development Report 2006, United Nations Development Programme
Income distribution > Richest 10%	36.5%		[28th of 114]
Source:
Population below poverty line	47%		[1st of 46]
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Poverty > Share of all poor people	0.51 % of world's poor		[22nd of 80]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Public debt	19.3 % of GDP		[95th of 121]
Source: Country Responsibilities in Achieving the Millenium Development Goals", April 8 2003, by Janice Poling
Tourist arrivals	814,000		[56th of 152]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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