EUR

$NA

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

$NA

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

$NA

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$79.4 billion (2006)

Currency (code):

euro (EUR)

Currency code:

Exchange rates:

euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003)

Communications
Luxembourg

Telephones - main lines in use:

248,200 (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

604,200 (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: highly developed, completely automated and efficient system, mainly buried cables domestic: fixed line teledensity over 50 per 100 persons; nationwide cellular telephone system with market for mobile-cellular phones virtually saturated international: country code - 352 (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 2 (1999)

Radios:

285,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

5 (1999)

Televisions:

285,000 (1998 est.)

Internet country code:

.lu

Internet hosts:

180,756 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

8 (2000)

Internet users:

345,000 (2007)

Transportation
Luxembourg

Airports:

2 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 1 over 3,047 m: 1 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2007)

Heliports:

1 (2007)

Pipelines:

gas 155 km (2007)

Railways:

total: 275 km standard gauge: 275 km 1.435-m gauge (243 km electrified) (2006)

Roadways:

total: 5,227 km paved: 5,227 km (includes 147 km of expressways) (2004)

Waterways:

37 km (on Moselle River) (2007)

Merchant marine:

total: 45 by type: bulk carrier 6, cargo 3, chemical tanker 15, container 4, liquefied gas 1, passenger 3, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 3, roll on/roll off 9 foreign-owned: 44 (Belgium 7, Denmark 1, France 17, Germany 5, Netherlands 2, UK 8, US 4) registered in other countries: 1 (Ukraine 1) (2008)

Ports and terminals:

Mertert

Military
Luxembourg

Military branches:

Army (2007)

Military service age and obligation:

17-25 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; soldiers under 18 are not deployed into combat or with peacekeeping missions; no conscription; Luxembourg citizen or EU citizen with 3-year residence in Luxembourg (2008)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 116,305 females age 16-49: 114,566 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 95,152 females age 16-49: 93,792 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 3,066 female: 2,909 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures:

0.9% of GDP (2005 est.)

Transnational Issues
Luxembourg

Disputes - international:

none

This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008

@Macau

Introduction
Macau

Background:

Colonized by the Portuguese in the 16th century, Macau was the first European settlement in the Far East. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and Portugal on 13 April 1987, Macau became the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China on 20 December 1999. In this agreement, China promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist economic system would not be practiced in Macau, and that Macau would enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs for the next 50 years.

Geography
Macau

Location:

Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China

Geographic coordinates: