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Chapter 4
ZWD (part 4)
Micronesia, Federated States of
0 kWh (2002)
Moldova
3.741 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Monaco
NA kWh; note - electricity supplied by France
Mongolia
195 million kWh (2007 est.)
Montenegro
0 kWh (2005)
Montserrat
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Morocco
1.998 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Mozambique
9.839 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Namibia
1.948 billion kWh; note - electricity supplied by South
Africa (2006 est.)
Nauru
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Nepal
380 million kWh (2007 est.)
Netherlands
23.14 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Netherlands Antilles
0 kWh (2007 est.)
New Caledonia
0 kWh (2007 est.)
New Zealand
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Nicaragua
63.95 million kWh (2007 est.)
Niger
225 million kWh (2007 est.)
Nigeria
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Niue
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Norway
5.284 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Oman
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Pakistan
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Panama
8.74 million kWh (2007 est.)
Papua New Guinea
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Paraguay
0 kWh (2007)
Peru
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Philippines
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Poland
7.761 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Portugal
9.641 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Puerto Rico
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Qatar
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Romania
1.277 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Russia
5.67 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Rwanda
130 million kWh (2007 est.)
Saint Helena
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Saint Lucia
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Samoa
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Saudi Arabia
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Senegal
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Serbia
11.23 billion kWh (2004)
Seychelles
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Sierra Leone
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Singapore
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Slovakia
12.73 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Slovenia
6.14 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Solomon Islands
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Somalia
0 kWh (2007 est.)
South Africa
11.32 billion kWh (2007)
Spain
8.773 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Sri Lanka
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Sudan
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Suriname
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Swaziland
872 million kWh; note - electricity supplied by South
Africa (2007)
Sweden
16.61 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Switzerland
34.82 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Syria
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Taiwan
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Tajikistan
4.36 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Tanzania
123 million kWh (2006 est.)
Thailand
4.488 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Timor-Leste
0 kWh
Togo
505 million kWh; note - electricity supplied by Ghana (2006
est.)
Tonga
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Tunisia
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Turkey
863 million kWh (2007 est.)
Turkmenistan
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Uganda
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Ukraine
2.082 billion kWh (2006 est.)
United Arab Emirates
0 kWh (2007 est.)
United Kingdom
8.613 billion kWh (2007 est.)
United States
51.4 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Uruguay
788.4 million kWh (2007 est.)
Uzbekistan
11.44 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Vanuatu
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Venezuela
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Vietnam
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Virgin Islands
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Wallis and Futuna
0 kWh (2002)
West Bank
NA kWh
Western Sahara
0 kWh (2007 est.)
World
627.9 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Yemen
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Zambia
68 million kWh (2007 est.)
Zimbabwe
2.867 billion kWh (2006 est.)
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@2044 Electricity - exports (kWh)
Afghanistan
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Albania
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Algeria
300 million kWh (2006 est.)
American Samoa
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Andorra
NA kWh
Angola
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Argentina
2.628 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Armenia
322.6 million kWh; note - exports an unknown quantity to
Georgia; includes exports to Nagorno-Karabakh region in Azerbaijan
(2007 est.)
Aruba
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Australia
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Austria
15.51 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Azerbaijan
800 million kWh (2007 est.)
Bahamas, The
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Bahrain
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Bangladesh
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Barbados
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Belarus
5.789 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Belgium
9.035 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Belize
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Benin
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Bermuda
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Bhutan
3.644 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Bolivia
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
5.123 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Botswana
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Brazil
2.034 billion kWh (2007 est.)
British Virgin Islands
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Brunei
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Bulgaria
7.534 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Burkina Faso
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Burma
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Burundi
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Cambodia
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Cameroon
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Canada
50.12 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Cape Verde
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Cayman Islands
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Central African Republic
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Chad
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Chile
0 kWh (2007 est.)
China
14.04 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Colombia
876.7 million kWh (2007 est.)
Comoros
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
1.799 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Congo, Republic of the
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Cook Islands
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Costa Rica
39.55 million kWh (2007 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
1.066 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Croatia
3.306 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Cuba
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Cyprus
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Czech Republic
26.36 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Denmark
11.38 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Djibouti
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Dominica
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Dominican Republic
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Ecuador
38.53 million kWh (2006 est.)
Egypt
557 million kWh (2006 est.)
El Salvador
8.64 million kWh (2007 est.)
Equatorial Guinea
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Eritrea
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Estonia
3.179 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Ethiopia
0 kWh (2007 est.)
European Union
NA kWh
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Faroe Islands
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Fiji
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Finland
2.86 billion kWh (2007 est.)
France
67.6 billion kWh (2007 est.)
French Polynesia
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Gabon
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Gambia, The
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Gaza Strip
0 kWh (2005)
Georgia
635 million kWh (2007 est.)
Germany
62.51 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Ghana
755 million kWh (2006 est.)
Gibraltar
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Greece
269 million kWh (2007 est.)
Greenland
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Grenada
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Guam
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Guatemala
131.9 million kWh (2007 est.)
Guernsey
0 kWh (2002)
Guinea
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Guinea-Bissau
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Guyana
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Haiti
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Honduras
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Hong Kong
4.035 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Hungary
10.69 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Iceland
0 kWh (2007 est.)
India
378 million kWh (2006 est.)
Indonesia
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Iran
2.775 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Iraq
0 kWh (2007)
Ireland
82 million kWh (2007 est.)
Israel
1.844 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Italy
2.64 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Jamaica
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Japan
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Jordan
13 million kWh (2006 est.)
Kazakhstan
3.528 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Kenya
58.3 million kWh (2007 est.)
Kiribati
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Korea, North
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Korea, South
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Kuwait
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Kyrgyzstan
2.387 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Laos
547 million kWh (2006 est.)
Latvia
1.676 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Lebanon
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Lesotho
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Liberia
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Libya
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Lithuania
7.217 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Luxembourg
2.887 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Macau
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Macedonia
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Madagascar
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Malawi
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Malaysia
2.524 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Maldives
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Mali
0 kWh; note - recent hydropower developments may be providing
electricity to Senegal and Mauritania (2007 est.)
Malta
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Mauritania
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Mauritius
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Mexico
1.278 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of
0 kWh (2002)
Moldova
229 million kWh (2006 est.)
Mongolia
10 million kWh (2007 est.)
Montenegro
0 kWh (2005)
Montserrat
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Morocco
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Mozambique
12.83 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Namibia
40 million kWh (2007 est.)
Nauru
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Nepal
165 million kWh (2007 est.)
Netherlands
5.565 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Netherlands Antilles
0 kWh (2007 est.)
New Caledonia
0 kWh (2007 est.)
New Zealand
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Nicaragua
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Niger
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Nigeria
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Niue
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Norway
15.32 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Oman
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Pakistan
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Panama
124.9 million kWh (2007 est.)
Papua New Guinea
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Paraguay
64 billion kWh (2007)
Peru
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Philippines
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Poland
13.11 billion kWh (2007)
Portugal
2.153 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Puerto Rico
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Qatar
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Romania
3.362 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Russia
15.81 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Rwanda
10 million kWh (2007 est.)
Saint Helena
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Saint Lucia
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Samoa
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe
0 kWh (2007)
Saudi Arabia
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Senegal
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Serbia
12.05 billion kWh (2004 est.)
Seychelles
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Sierra Leone
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Singapore
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Slovakia
11.85 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Slovenia
5.894 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Solomon Islands
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Somalia
0 kWh (2007 est.)
South Africa
13.77 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Spain
14.52 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Sri Lanka
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Sudan
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Suriname
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Swaziland
0 kWh (2007)
Sweden
14.74 billion kWh (2007)
Switzerland
36.88 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Syria
986 million kWh (2006 est.)
Taiwan
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Tajikistan
4.259 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Tanzania
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Thailand
731 million kWh (2007 est.)
Timor-Leste
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Togo
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Tonga
0 kWh (2007)
Trinidad and Tobago
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Tunisia
135 million kWh (2006 est.)
Turkey
2.576 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Turkmenistan
1.34 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Uganda
180 million kWh (2006)
Ukraine
12.52 billion kWh (2006 est.)
United Arab Emirates
0 kWh (2007 est.)
United Kingdom
3.398 billion kWh (2007 est.)
United States
20.14 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Uruguay
995.4 million kWh (2007 est.)
Uzbekistan
11.52 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Vanuatu
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Venezuela
542 million kWh (2006 est.)
Vietnam
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Virgin Islands
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Wallis and Futuna
0 kWh (2002)
Western Sahara
0 kWh (2007)
World
655.6 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Yemen
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Zambia
255 million kWh (2006)
Zimbabwe
34 million kWh (2006 est.)
This page was last updated on 18 December 2008
@2046 Population below poverty line (%)
Afghanistan
53% (2003)
Albania
25% (2004 est.)
Algeria
25% (2005 est.)
American Samoa
NA%
Andorra
NA%
Angola
70% (2003 est.)
Anguilla
23% (2002)
Antigua and Barbuda
NA%
Argentina
23.4% (January-June 2007)
Armenia
26.5% (2006 est.)
Aruba
NA%
Australia
NA%
Austria
5.9% (2004)
Azerbaijan
24% (2005 est.)
Bahamas, The
9.3% (2004)
Bahrain
NA%
Bangladesh
45% (2004 est.)
Barbados
NA%
Belarus
27.1% (2003 est.)
Belgium
15.2% (2007 est.)
Belize
33.5% (2002 est.)
Benin
37.4% (2007 est.)
Bermuda
19% (2000)
Bhutan
31.7% (2003)
Bolivia
60% (2006 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
25% (2004 est.)
Botswana
30.3% (2003)
Brazil
31% (2005)
British Virgin Islands
NA%
Brunei
NA%
Bulgaria
14.1% (2003 est.)
Burkina Faso
46.4% (2004)
Burma
32.7% (2007 est.)
Burundi
68% (2002 est.)
Cambodia
35% (2004)
Cameroon
48% (2000 est.)
Canada
10.8%; note - this figure is the Low Income Cut-Off (LICO), a
calculation that results in higher figures than found in many
comparable economies; Canada does not have an official poverty line
(2005)
Cape Verde
30% (2000)
Cayman Islands
NA%
Central African Republic
NA%
Chad
80% (2001 est.)
Chile
18.2% (2005)
China
8%
note: 21.5 million rural population live below the official
"absolute poverty" line (approximately $90 per year); and an
additional 35.5 million rural population above that but below the
official "low income" line (approximately $125 per year) (2006 est.)
Colombia
49.2% (2005)
Comoros
60% (2002 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
NA%
Congo, Republic of the
NA%
Cook Islands
NA%
Costa Rica
16% (2006 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
42% (2006 est.)
Croatia
11% (2003)
Cuba
NA%
Cyprus
NA%
Czech Republic
NA%
Denmark
NA%
Djibouti
42% (2007 est.)
Dominica
30% (2002 est.)
Dominican Republic
42.2% (2004)
Ecuador
38.3% (2006)
Egypt
20% (2005 est.)
El Salvador
30.7% (2006 est.)
Equatorial Guinea
NA%
Eritrea
50% (2004 est.)
Estonia
5% (2003)
Ethiopia
38.7% (FY05/06 est.)
European Union
note - see individual country entries of member states
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
NA%
Faroe Islands
NA%
Fiji
25.5% (FY90/91)
Finland
NA%
France
6.2% (2004)
French Polynesia
NA%
Gabon
NA%
Gambia, The
NA%
Gaza Strip
80% (2007 est.)
Georgia
31% (2006)
Germany
11% (2001 est.)
Ghana
28.5% (2007 est.)
Gibraltar
NA%
Greece
NA%
Greenland
NA%
Grenada
32% (2000)
Guam
23% (2001 est.)
Guatemala
56.2% (2004 est.)
Guernsey
NA%
Guinea
47% (2006 est.)
Guinea-Bissau
NA%
Guyana
NA%
Haiti
80% (2003 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City)
NA%
Honduras
50.7% (2004)
Hong Kong
NA%
Hungary
8.6% (1993 est.)
Iceland
NA%
India
25% (2007 est.)
Indonesia
17.8% (2006)
Iran
18% (2007 est.)
Iraq
NA%
Ireland
7% (2005 est.)
Isle of Man
NA%
Israel
21.6%
note: Israel's poverty line is $7.30 per person per day (2005)
Italy
NA%
Jamaica
14.8% (2003 est.)
Japan
NA%
Jersey
NA%
Jordan
14.2% (2002)
Kazakhstan
13.8% (2007)
Kenya
50% (2000 est.)
Kiribati
NA%
Korea, North
NA%
Korea, South
15% (2003 est.)
Kosovo
37% (2007 est.)
Kuwait
NA%
Kyrgyzstan
40% (2004 est.)
Laos
30.7% (2005 est.)
Latvia
NA%
Lebanon
28% (1999 est.)
Lesotho
49% (1999)
Liberia
80% (2000 est.)
Libya
7.4% (2005 est.)
Liechtenstein
NA%
Lithuania
4% (2003)
Luxembourg
NA%
Macau
NA%
Macedonia
29.8% (2006)
Madagascar
50% (2004 est.)
Malawi
53% (2004)
Malaysia
5.1% (2002 est.)
Maldives
21% (2004)
Mali
36.1% (2005 est.)
Malta
NA%
Marshall Islands
NA%
Mauritania
40% (2004 est.)
Mauritius
8% (2006 est.)
Mayotte
NA%
Mexico
13.8% using food-based definition of poverty; asset based
poverty amounted to more than 40% (2006)
Micronesia, Federated States of
26.7% (2000)
Moldova
29.5% (2005)
Monaco
NA%
Mongolia
36.1% (2004)
Montenegro
7% (2007 est.)
Montserrat
NA%
Morocco
15% (2007 est.)
Mozambique
70% (2001 est.)
Namibia
the UNDP's 2005 Human Development Report indicated that
34.9% of the population live on $1 per day and 55.8% live on $2 per
day
Nauru
NA%
Nepal
30.9% (2004)
Netherlands
10.5% (2005)
Netherlands Antilles
NA%
New Caledonia
NA%
New Zealand
NA%
Nicaragua
48% (2005)
Niger
63% (1993 est.)
Nigeria
70% (2007 est.)
Niue
NA%
Northern Mariana Islands
NA%
Norway
NA%
Oman
NA%
Pakistan
24% (FY05/06 est.)
Palau
NA%
Panama
37% (1999 est.)
Papua New Guinea
37% (2002 est.)
Paraguay
32% (2005 est.)
Peru
44.5% (2006)
Philippines
30% (2003 est.)
Poland
17% (2003 est.)
Portugal
18% (2006)
Puerto Rico
NA%
Qatar
NA%
Romania
25% (2005 est.)
Russia
15.8% (November 2007)
Rwanda
60% (2001 est.)
Saint Helena
NA%
Saint Kitts and Nevis
NA%
Saint Lucia
NA%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
NA%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
NA%
Samoa
NA%
San Marino
NA%
Sao Tome and Principe
54% (2004 est.)
Saudi Arabia
NA%
Senegal
54% (2001 est.)
Serbia
6.5% (2007 est.)
Seychelles
NA%
Sierra Leone
70.2% (2004)
Singapore
NA%
Slovakia
21% (2002)
Slovenia
12.9% (2004)
Solomon Islands
NA%
Somalia
NA%
South Africa
50% (2000 est.)
Spain
19.8% (2005)
Sri Lanka
22% (2002 est.)
Sudan
40% (2004 est.)
Suriname
70% (2002 est.)
Swaziland
69% (2006)
Sweden
NA%
Switzerland
NA%
Syria
11.9% (2006 est.)
Taiwan
0.95% (2007 est.)
Tajikistan
60% (2007 est.)
Tanzania
36% (2002 est.)
Thailand
10% (2004 est.)
Timor-Leste
42% (2003 est.)
Togo
32% (1989 est.)
Tokelau
NA%
Tonga
24% (FY03/04)
Trinidad and Tobago
17% (2007 est.)
Tunisia
7.4% (2005 est.)
Turkey
20% (2002)
Turkmenistan
30% (2004 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
NA%
Tuvalu
NA%
Uganda
35% (2001 est.)
Ukraine
37.7% (2003)
United Arab Emirates
19.5% (2003)
United Kingdom
14% (2006 est.)
United States
12% (2004 est.)
Uruguay
27.4% of households (2006)
Uzbekistan
33% (2004 est.)
Vanuatu
NA%
Venezuela
37.9% (end 2005 est.)
Vietnam
14.8% (2007 est.)
Virgin Islands
28.9% (2002)
Wallis and Futuna
NA%
West Bank
46% (2007 est.)
Western Sahara
NA%
Yemen
45.2% (2003)
Zambia
86% (1993)
Zimbabwe
68% (2004)
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@2047 Household income or consumption by percentage share (%)
Afghanistan
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Albania
lowest 10%: 3.4%
highest 10%: 24.4% (2004)
Algeria
lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 26.8% (1995)
American Samoa
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Andorra
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Angola
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Anguilla
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Antigua and Barbuda
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Argentina
lowest 10%: 1%
highest 10%: 35% (January-March 2007)
Armenia
lowest 10%: 1.6%
highest 10%: 41.3% (2004)
Aruba
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Australia
lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 25.4% (1994)
Austria
lowest 10%: 3.3%
highest 10%: 22.5% (2004)
Azerbaijan
lowest 10%: 3.1%
highest 10%: 29.5% (2001)
Bahamas, The
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: 27% (2000)
Bahrain
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Bangladesh
lowest 10%: 3.7%
highest 10%: 27.9% (2000)
Barbados
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Belarus
lowest 10%: 3.4%
highest 10%: 23.5% (2002)
Belgium
lowest 10%: 3.4%
highest 10%: 28.4% (2006)
Belize
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Benin
lowest 10%: 3.1%
highest 10%: 29% (2003)
Bermuda
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Bhutan
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Bolivia
lowest 10%: 0.3%
highest 10%: 47.2% (2002)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
lowest 10%: 3.9%
highest 10%: 21.4% (2001)
Botswana
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Brazil
lowest 10%: 0.9%
highest 10%: 44.8% (2004)
British Virgin Islands
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Brunei
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Bulgaria
lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 25.4% (2005)
Burkina Faso
lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 32.2% (2004)
Burma
lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 32.4% (1998)
Burundi
lowest 10%: 1.7%
highest 10%: 32.8% (1998)
Cambodia
lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 34.8% (2004)
Cameroon
lowest 10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 35.4% (2001)
Canada
lowest 10%: 2.6%
highest 10%: 24.8% (2000)
Cape Verde
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Cayman Islands
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Central African Republic
lowest 10%: 0.7%
highest 10%: 47.7% (1993)
Chad
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Chile
lowest 10%: 1.4%
highest 10%: 45% (2003)
China
lowest 10%: 1.6%
highest 10%: 34.9% (2004)
Colombia
lowest 10%: 7.9%
highest 10%: 34.3% (2004)
Comoros
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Congo, Republic of the
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Cook Islands
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Costa Rica
lowest 10%: 1%
highest 10%: 37.4% (2003)
Cote d'Ivoire
lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 34% (2002)
Croatia
lowest 10%: 3.4%
highest 10%: 24.5% (2003 est.)
Cuba
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Cyprus
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Czech Republic
lowest 10%: 4.3%
highest 10%: 22.4% (1996)
Denmark
lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 24% (2000 est.)
Djibouti
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Dominica
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Dominican Republic
lowest 10%: 1.4%
highest 10%: 41.1% (2004)
Ecuador
lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 35%
note: data for urban households only (October 2006)
Egypt
lowest 10%: 3.7%
highest 10%: 29.5% (2000)
El Salvador
lowest 10%: 0.7%
highest 10%: 38.8% (2002)
Equatorial Guinea
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Eritrea
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Estonia
lowest 10%: 2.5%
highest 10%: 27.6% (2003)
Ethiopia
lowest 10%: 3.9%
highest 10%: 25.5% (2000)
European Union
lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 25.2% (2001 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Faroe Islands
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Fiji
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Finland
lowest 10%: 4%
highest 10%: 22.6% (2000)
France
lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 24.8% (2004)
French Polynesia
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Gabon
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Gambia, The
lowest 10%: 1.8%
highest 10%: 37% (1998)
Gaza Strip
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Georgia
lowest 10%: 2.4%
highest 10%: 27% (2005)
Germany
lowest 10%: 3.2%
highest 10%: 22.1% (2000)
Ghana
lowest 10%: 2.2%
highest 10%: 30.1% (1999)
Gibraltar
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Greece
lowest 10%: 2.5%
highest 10%: 26% (2000 est.)
Greenland
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Grenada
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Guam
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Guatemala
lowest 10%: 0.9%
highest 10%: 43.4% (2002)
Guernsey
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Guinea
lowest 10%: 1.9%
highest 10%: 41% (2006)
Guinea-Bissau
lowest 10%: 0.5%
highest 10%: 42.4% (1991)
Guyana
lowest 10%: 1.3%
highest 10%: 33.8% (1999)
Haiti
lowest 10%: 0.7%
highest 10%: 47.7% (2001)
Honduras
lowest 10%: 1.2%
highest 10%: 42.2% (2003)
Hong Kong
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Hungary
lowest 10%: 4%
highest 10%: 22.2% (2002)
Iceland
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
India
lowest 10%: 3.6%
highest 10%: 31.1% (2004)
Indonesia
lowest 10%: 3.6%
highest 10%: 28.5% (2002)
Iran
lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 33.7% (1998)
Iraq
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Ireland
lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 27.2% (2000)
Isle of Man
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Israel
lowest 10%: 2.4%
highest 10%: 28.3% (2005)
Italy
lowest 10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 26.8% (2000)
Jamaica
lowest 10%: 2.1%
highest 10%: 35.8% (2004)
Japan
lowest 10%: 4.8%
highest 10%: 21.7% (1993)
Jersey
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Jordan
lowest 10%: 2.7%
highest 10%: 30.6% (2003)
Kazakhstan
lowest 10%: 3.3%
highest 10%: 26.5% (2004 est.)
Kenya
lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 37.2% (2000)
Kiribati
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Korea, North
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Korea, South
lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 25% (2005 est.)
Kuwait
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Kyrgyzstan
lowest 10%: 3.8%
highest 10%: 24.3% (2003)
Laos
lowest 10%: 3.4%
highest 10%: 28.5% (2002)
Latvia
lowest 10%: 2.5%
highest 10%: 29.1% (2003)
Lebanon
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Lesotho
lowest 10%: 0.9%
highest 10%: 43.4% (2002 est.)
Liberia
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Libya
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Liechtenstein
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Lithuania
lowest 10%: 2.7%
highest 10%: 27.7% (2003)
Luxembourg
lowest 10%: 3.5%
highest 10%: 23.8% (2000)
Macau
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Macedonia
lowest 10%: 2.4%
highest 10%: 29.6% (2003)
Madagascar
lowest 10%: 1.9%
highest 10%: 36.6% (2001)
Malawi
lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 31.8% (2004)
Malaysia
lowest 10%: 1.4%
highest 10%: 39.2% (2003 est.)
Maldives
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Mali
lowest 10%: 2.4%
highest 10%: 30.2% (2001)
Malta
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Marshall Islands
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Mauritania
lowest 10%: 2.5%
highest 10%: 29.5% (2000)
Mauritius
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Mayotte
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Mexico
lowest 10%: 1.2%
highest 10%: 37% (2006)
Micronesia, Federated States of
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Moldova
lowest 10%: 3.2%
highest 10%: 26.4% (2003)
Monaco
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Mongolia
lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 24.6% (2002)
Montserrat
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Morocco
lowest 10%: 2.6%
highest 10%: 30.9% (1999)
Mozambique
lowest 10%: 2.1%
highest 10%: 39.4% (2002)
Namibia
lowest 10%: 0.5%
highest 10%: 64.5% (2003)
Nauru
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Nepal
lowest 10%: 2.6%
highest 10%: 40.6% (2004)
Netherlands
lowest 10%: 2.5%
highest 10%: 22.9% (1999)
Netherlands Antilles
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
New Caledonia
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
New Zealand
lowest 10%: %NA
highest 10%: %NA
Nicaragua
lowest 10%: 2.2%
highest 10%: 33.8% (2001)
Niger
lowest 10%: 0.8%
highest 10%: 35.4% (1995)
Nigeria
lowest 10%: 1.9%
highest 10%: 33.2% (2003)
Niue
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Northern Mariana Islands
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Norway
lowest 10%: 3.9%
highest 10%: 23.4% (2000)
Oman
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Pakistan
lowest 10%: 4%
highest 10%: 26.3% (2002)
Palau
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Panama
lowest 10%: 0.7%
highest 10%: 43% (2003)
Papua New Guinea
lowest 10%: 1.7%
highest 10%: 40.5% (1996)
Paraguay
lowest 10%: 0.7%
highest 10%: 46.1% (2003)
Peru
lowest 10%: 1.3%
highest 10%: 40.9% (2003)
Philippines
lowest 10%: 2.4%
highest 10%: 31.2% (2006)
Poland
lowest 10%: 3.1%
highest 10%: 27% (2002)
Portugal
lowest 10%: 3.1%
highest 10%: 28.4% (1995 est.)
Puerto Rico
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Qatar
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Romania
lowest 10%: 1.2%
highest 10%: 20.8% (2006)
Russia
lowest 10%: 1.9%
highest 10%: 30.4% (September 2007)
Rwanda
lowest 10%: 2.1%
highest 10%: 38.2% (2000)
Saint Helena
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Saint Kitts and Nevis
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Saint Lucia
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Samoa
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
San Marino
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Sao Tome and Principe
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Saudi Arabia
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Senegal
lowest 10%: 2.7%
highest 10%: 33.4% (2001)
Seychelles
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Sierra Leone
lowest 10%: 0.5%
highest 10%: 43.6% (1989)
Singapore
lowest 10%: 1.9%
highest 10%: 32.8% (1998)
Slovakia
lowest 10%: 3.1%
highest 10%: 20.9% (1996)
Slovenia
lowest 10%: 3.6%
highest 10%: 21.4% (1998)
Solomon Islands
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Somalia
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
South Africa
lowest 10%: 1.4%
highest 10%: 44.7% (2000)
Spain
lowest 10%: 2.6%
highest 10%: 26.6% (2000)
Sri Lanka
lowest 10%: 1.1%
highest 10%: 39.7% (FY03/04)
Sudan
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Suriname
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Swaziland
lowest 10%: 1.6%
highest 10%: 40.7% (2001)
Sweden
lowest 10%: 3.6%
highest 10%: 22.2% (2000)
Switzerland
lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 25.9% (2000)
Syria
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Taiwan
lowest 10%: 6.7%
highest 10%: 41.1% (2002 est.)
Tajikistan
lowest 10%: 3.3%
highest 10%: 25.6% (2007 est.)
Tanzania
lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 26.9% (2000)
Thailand
lowest 10%: 2.7%
highest 10%: 33.4% (2002)
Timor-Leste
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Togo
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Tonga
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Trinidad and Tobago
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Tunisia
lowest 10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 31.5% (2000)
Turkey
lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 34.1% (2003)
Turkmenistan
lowest 10%: 2.6%
highest 10%: 31.7% (1998)
Turks and Caicos Islands
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Tuvalu
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Uganda
lowest 10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 37.7% (2002)
Ukraine
lowest 10%: 3.4%
highest 10%: 25.7% (2006)
United Arab Emirates
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
United Kingdom
lowest 10%: 2.1%
highest 10%: 28.5% (1999)
United States
lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 30% (2007 est.)
Uruguay
lowest 10%: 1.9%
highest 10%: 34% (2003)
Uzbekistan
lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 29.6% (2003)
Vanuatu
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Venezuela
lowest 10%: 0.7%
highest 10%: 35.2% (2003)
Vietnam
lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 28.9% (2004)
Virgin Islands
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Wallis and Futuna
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
West Bank
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Western Sahara
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
World
lowest 10%: 2.5%
highest 10%: 29.8% (2002 est.)
Yemen
lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 25.9% (2003)
Zambia
lowest 10%: 1.2%
highest 10%: 38.8% (2004)
Zimbabwe
lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 40.4% (1995)
This page was last updated on 18 December 2008
@2048 Labor force - by occupation (%)
Afghanistan
agriculture: 80%
industry: 10%
services: 10% (2004 est.)
Albania
agriculture: 58%
industry: 15%
services: 27% (September 2006 est.)
Algeria
agriculture 14%, industry 13.4%, construction and public
works 10%, trade 14.6%, government 32%, other 16% (2003 est.)
American Samoa
agriculture: 34%
industry: 33%
services: 33% (1990)
Andorra
agriculture: 0.3%
industry: 20.3%
services: 79.4% (2005)
Angola
agriculture: 85%
industry and services: 15% (2003 est.)
Anguilla
agriculture/fishing/forestry/mining 4%, manufacturing 3%,
construction 18%, transportation and utilities 10%, commerce 36%,
services 29% (2000 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda
agriculture: 7%
industry: 11%
services: 82% (1983)
Argentina
agriculture: 1%
industry: 23%
services: 76% (2007 est.)
Armenia
agriculture: 46.2%
industry: 15.6%
services: 38.2% (2006 est.)
Aruba
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
note: most employment is in wholesale and retail trade and repair,
followed by hotels and restaurants; oil refining
Australia
agriculture: 3.6%
industry: 21.2%
services: 75.2% (2004 est.)
Austria
agriculture: 3%
industry: 27%
services: 70% (2005 est.)
Azerbaijan
agriculture: 41%
industry: 7%
services: 52% (2001)
Bahamas, The
agriculture 5%, industry 5%, tourism 50%, other
services 40% (2005 est.)
Bahrain
agriculture: 1%
industry: 79%
services: 20% (1997 est.)
Bangladesh
agriculture: 63%
industry: 11%
services: 26% (FY95/96)
Barbados
agriculture: 10%
industry: 15%
services: 75% (1996 est.)
Belarus
agriculture: 14%
industry: 34.7%
services: 51.3% (2003 est.)
Belgium
agriculture: 2%
industry: 25%
services: 73% (2007 est.)
Belize
agriculture: 22.5%
industry: 15.2%
services: 62.3% (2005 est.)
Bermuda
agriculture and fishing 3%, laborers 17%, clerical 19%,
professional and technical 21%, administrative and managerial 15%,
sales 7%, services 19% (2004 est.)
Bhutan
agriculture: 63%
industry: 6%
services: 31% (2004 est.)
Bolivia
agriculture: 40%
industry: 17%
services: 43% (2006 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Botswana
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Brazil
agriculture: 20%
industry: 14%
services: 66% (2003 est.)
British Virgin Islands
agriculture: 0.6%
industry: 40%
services: 59.4% (2005)
Brunei
agriculture: 2.9%
industry: 61.1%
services: 36% (2003 est.)
Bulgaria
agriculture: 8.5%
industry: 33.6%
services: 57.9% (2nd qtr. 2006 est.)
Burkina Faso
agriculture: 90%
industry and services: 10% (2000 est.)
Burma
agriculture: 70%
industry: 7%
services: 23% (2001)
Burundi
agriculture: 93.6%
industry: 2.3%
services: 4.1% (2002 est.)
Cambodia
agriculture: 75%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Cameroon
agriculture: 70%
industry: 13%
services: 17% (2001 est.)
Canada
agriculture 2%, manufacturing 13%, construction 6%, services
76%, other 3% (2006)
Cayman Islands
agriculture: 1.4%
industry: 12.6%
services: 86% (1995)
Chad
agriculture: 80% (subsistence farming, herding, and fishing)
industry and services: 20% (2006 est.)
Chile
agriculture: 13.6%
industry: 23.4%
services: 63% (2003)
China
agriculture: 43%
industry: 25%
services: 32% (2006 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
note: the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society
Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage
workers; tourism employs others
Colombia
agriculture: 22.7%
industry: 18.7%
services: 58.5% (2000 est.)
Comoros agriculture: 80% industry and services: 20% (1996 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Cook Islands
agriculture: 29%
industry: 15%
services: 56% (1995)
Costa Rica
agriculture: 14%
industry: 22%
services: 64% (2006 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
agriculture: 68%
industry and services: NA (2007 est.)
Croatia
agriculture: 2.7%
industry: 32.8%
services: 64.5% (2004)
Cuba
agriculture: 20%
industry: 19.4%
services: 60.6% (2005)
Cyprus
agriculture: 8.5%
industry: 20.5%
services: 71% (2006 est.)
Czech Republic
agriculture: 4.1%
industry: 37.6%
services: 58.3% (2003)
Denmark
agriculture: 3%
industry: 21%
services: 76% (2004 est.)
Djibouti
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Dominica
agriculture: 40%
industry: 32%
services: 28% (2000 est.)
Dominican Republic
agriculture: 17%
industry: 24.3%
services: 58.7% (1998 est.)
Ecuador
agriculture: 8%
industry: 24%
services: 68% (2001)
Egypt
agriculture: 32%
industry: 17%
services: 51% (2001 est.)
El Salvador
agriculture: 19%
industry: 23%
services: 58% (2006 est.)
Eritrea agriculture: 80% industry and services: 20% (2004 est.)
Estonia
agriculture: 11%
industry: 20%
services: 69% (1999 est.)
Ethiopia
agriculture: 80%
industry: 8%
services: 12% (1985)
European Union agriculture: 4.4% industry: 27.1% services: 67.1% note: the remainder is in miscellaneous public and private sector industries and services (2002 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
agriculture: 95% (mostly
sheepherding and fishing)
industry and services: 5% (1996)
Faroe Islands
agriculture: 33%
industry: 33%
services: 34% (October 2000)
Fiji
agriculture: 70%
industry and services: 30% (2001 est.)
Finland
agriculture and forestry 4.4%, industry 18.6%, construction
6%, commerce 16.3%, finance, insurance, and business services 13.9%,
transport and communications 7.6%, public services 33.2% (2004)
France
agriculture: 4.1%
industry: 24.4%
services: 71.5% (1999)
French Polynesia
agriculture: 13%
industry: 19%
services: 68% (2002)
Gabon
agriculture: 60%
industry: 15%
services: 25%
Gambia, The
agriculture: 75%
industry: 19%
services: 6% (1996)
Gaza Strip
agriculture: 12%
industry: 18%
services: 70% (2005)
Georgia
agriculture: 55.6%
industry: 8.9%
services: 35.5% (2006 est.)
Germany
agriculture: 2.8%
industry: 33.4%
services: 63.8% (1999)
Ghana
agriculture: 56%
industry: 15%
services: 29% (2005 est.)
Gibraltar
agriculture: negligible
industry: 40%
services: 60% (2001)
Greece
agriculture: 12%
industry: 20%
services: 68% (2004 est.)
Grenada
agriculture: 24%
industry: 14%
services: 62% (1999 est.)
Guam
agriculture: 26%
industry: 10%
services: 64% (2004 est.)
Guatemala
agriculture: 50%
industry: 15%
services: 35% (1999 est.)
Guinea
agriculture: 76%
industry and services: 24% (2006 est.)
Guinea-Bissau
agriculture: 82%
industry and services: 18% (2000 est.)
Guyana
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Haiti
agriculture: 66%
industry: 9%
services: 25% (1995)
Holy See (Vatican City)
note: essentially services with a small
amount of industry; nearly all dignitaries, priests, nuns, guards,
and the approximately 3,000 lay workers live outside the Vatican
Honduras
agriculture: 34%
industry: 23%
services: 43% (2003 est.)
Hong Kong
manufacturing 6.5%, construction 2.1%, wholesale and
retail trade, restaurants, and hotels 43.3%, financing, insurance,
and real estate 20.7%, transport and communications 7.8%, community
and social services 19.5%
note: above data exclude public sector (2007 est.)
Hungary
agriculture: 5.5%
industry: 33.3%
services: 61.2% (2003)
Iceland
agriculture: 5.1%
industry: 23%
services: 71.8% (2005)
India
agriculture: 60%
industry: 12%
services: 28% (2003)
Indonesia
agriculture: 43.3%
industry: 18%
services: 38.7% (2004 est.)
Iran
agriculture: 25%
industry: 31%
services: 45% (June 2007)
Iraq
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Ireland
agriculture: 6%
industry: 27%
services: 67% (2006 est.)
Isle of Man
agriculture, forestry, and fishing 3%, manufacturing
11%, construction 10%, transport and communication 8%, wholesale and
retail distribution 11%, professional and scientific services 18%,
public administration 6%, banking and finance 18%, tourism 2%,
entertainment and catering 3%, miscellaneous services 10% (2001)
Israel
agriculture 18.5%, industry 23.7%, services 50%, other 7.8%
(2002)
Italy
agriculture: 5%
industry: 32%
services: 63% (2001)
Jamaica
agriculture: 17%
industry: 19%
services: 64% (2006)
Japan
agriculture: 4.6%
industry: 27.8%
services: 67.7% (2004)
Jordan
agriculture: 5%
industry: 12.5%
services: 82.5% (2001 est.)
Kazakhstan
agriculture: 32.2%
industry: 18%
services: 49.8% (2005)
Kenya
agriculture: 75%
industry and services: 25% (2003 est.)
Kiribati agriculture: 2.7% industry: 32% services: 65.3% (2000)
Korea, North agriculture: 37% industry and services: 63% (2004 est.)
Korea, South
agriculture: 7.5%
industry: 17.3%
services: 75.2% (2007)
Kosovo
agriculture: 21.4%
industry: NA
services: NA (2006 est,)
Kuwait
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Kyrgyzstan
agriculture: 55%
industry: 15%
services: 30% (2000 est.)
Laos
agriculture: 80%
industry and services: 20% (2005 est.)
Latvia
agriculture: 13%
industry: 19%
services: 68% (2005 est.)
Lebanon
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Lesotho
agriculture: 86% of resident population engaged in
subsistence agriculture; roughly 35% of the active male wage earners
work in South Africa
industry and services: 14% (2002 est.)
Liberia
agriculture: 70%
industry: 8%
services: 22% (2000 est.)
Libya
agriculture: 17%
industry: 23%
services: 59% (2004 est.)
Liechtenstein
agriculture: 2%
industry: 47%
services: 51% (31 December 2001)
Lithuania
agriculture: 15.8%
industry: 28.2%
services: 56% (2004)
Luxembourg
agriculture: 1%
industry: 13%
services: 86% (2004 est.)
Macau
manufacturing 11.1%, construction 11.7%, transport and
communications 6.3%, wholesale and retail trade 13.7%, restaurants
and hotels 11.3%, gambling 19.8%, public sector 7.7%, financial
services 2.6%, other services and agriculture 15.7% (2006)
Macedonia agriculture: 19.6% industry: 30.4% services: 50% (September 2007)
Malawi agriculture: 90% industry and services: 10% (2003 est.)
Malaysia
agriculture: 13%
industry: 36%
services: 51% (2005 est.)
Maldives
agriculture: 22%
industry: 18%
services: 60% (1995)
Mali
agriculture: 80%
industry and services: 20% (2005 est.)
Malta
agriculture: 3%
industry: 22%
services: 75% (2005 est.)
Marshall Islands
agriculture: 21.4%
industry: 20.9%
services: 57.7% (2000)
Mauritania
agriculture: 50%
industry: 10%
services: 40% (2001 est.)
Mauritius
agriculture and fishing 9%, construction and industry 30%,
transportation and communication 7%, trade, restaurants, hotels 22%,
finance 6%, other services 25% (2007)
Mexico
agriculture: 18%
industry: 24%
services: 58% (2003)
Micronesia, Federated States of agriculture: 0.9% industry: 34.4% services: 64.7% note: two-thirds are government employees (FY05 est.)
Moldova
agriculture: 40.7%
industry: 12.1%
services: 47.2% (2005)
Mongolia
agriculture: 39.9%
industry: 11.7%
services: 49.4% (2006)
Montenegro
agriculture: 2%
industry: 30%
services: 68% (2004 est.)
Morocco
agriculture: 40%
industry: 15%
services: 45% (2003 est.)
Mozambique
agriculture: 81%
industry: 6%
services: 13% (1997 est.)
Namibia
agriculture: 47%
industry: 20%
services: 33% (1999 est.)
Nauru
note: employed in mining phosphates, public administration,
education, and transportation (1992)
Nepal
agriculture: 76%
industry: 6%
services: 18% (2004 est.)
Netherlands
agriculture: 3%
industry: 21%
services: 76% (2005 est.)
Netherlands Antilles
agriculture: 1%
industry: 20%
services: 79% (2005 est.)
New Caledonia
agriculture: 20%
industry: 20%
services: 60% (2002)
New Zealand
agriculture: 7%
industry: 19%
services: 74% (2006 est.)
Nicaragua
agriculture: 29%
industry: 19%
services: 52% (2006 est.)
Niger
agriculture: 90%
industry: 6%
services: 4% (1995)
Nigeria
agriculture: 70%
industry: 10%
services: 20% (1999 est.)
Niue
note: most work on family plantations; paid work exists only in
government service, small industry, and the Niue Development Board
Norfolk Island
agriculture: 10%
industry and services: 90%
Northern Mariana Islands
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Norway
agriculture: 4%
industry: 22%
services: 74% (1995)
Oman
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Pakistan
agriculture: 42%
industry: 20%
services: 38% (2004 est.)
Palau
agriculture: 20%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Panama
agriculture: 15%
industry: 18%
services: 67% (2006)
Papua New Guinea
agriculture: 85%
industry: NA%
services: NA% (2005 est.)
Paraguay
agriculture: 31%
industry: 17%
services: 52% (2007)
Peru
agriculture: 9%
industry: 18%
services: 73% (2001)
Philippines
agriculture: 35%
industry: 15%
services: 50% (2007 est.)
Pitcairn Islands
note: no business community in the usual sense;
some public works; subsistence farming and fishing
Poland
agriculture: 16.1%
industry: 29%
services: 54.9% (2002)
Portugal
agriculture: 10%
industry: 30%
services: 60% (2007 est.)
Puerto Rico
agriculture: 3%
industry: 20%
services: 77% (2000 est.)
Romania
agriculture: 29.7%
industry: 23.2%
services: 47.1% (2006)
Russia
agriculture: 10.8%
industry: 28.8%
services: 60.5% (November 2007 est.)
Rwanda agriculture: 90% industry and services: 10% (2000)
Saint Helena
agriculture: 6%
industry: 48%
services: 46% (1987 est.)
Saint Lucia
agriculture: 21.7%
industry: 24.7%
services: 53.6% (2002 est.)
Saint Martin
85% directly or indirectly employed in tourist industry
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
agriculture: 18%
industry: 41%
services: 41% (1996 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
agriculture: 26%
industry: 17%
services: 57% (1980 est.)
Samoa
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
San Marino
agriculture: 0.2%
industry: 40.1%
services: 59.7% (2006 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe note: population mainly engaged in subsistence agriculture and fishing; shortages of skilled workers
Saudi Arabia agriculture: 12% industry: 25% services: 63% (1999 est.)
Senegal agriculture: 77.5% industry and services: 22.5% (2007 est.)
Serbia
agriculture: 30%
industry: 46%
services: 24% (2002)
Seychelles
agriculture: 3%
industry: 23%
services: 74% (2006)
Sierra Leone
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Singapore
manufacturing 21%, construction 5%, transportation and
communication 7%, financial, business, and other services 42%, other
25% (2006)
Slovakia
agriculture 5.8%, industry 29.3%, construction 9%, services
55.9% (2003)
Slovenia
agriculture: 2.5%
industry: 36%
services: 61.5% (2007)
Solomon Islands
agriculture: 75%
industry: 5%
services: 20% (2000 est.)
Somalia agriculture: 71% industry and services: 29% (1975)
South Africa
agriculture: 9%
industry: 26%
services: 65% (2007 est.)
Spain
agriculture: 5.3%
industry: 30.1%
services: 64.6% (2004 est.)
Sri Lanka
agriculture: 34.3%
industry: 25.3%
services: 40.4% (30 June 2006 est.)
Sudan
agriculture: 80%
industry: 7%
services: 13% (1998 est.)
Suriname
agriculture: 8%
industry: 14%
services: 78% (2004)
Swaziland
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Sweden
agriculture: 2%
industry: 24%
services: 74% (2000 est.)
Switzerland
agriculture: 4.6%
industry: 26.3%
services: 69.1% (1998)
Syria
agriculture: 19.2%
industry: 14.5%
services: 66.3% (2006 est.)
Taiwan
agriculture: 5.3%
industry: 36.8%
services: 57.9% (2007 est.)
Tajikistan
agriculture: 67.2%
industry: 7.5%
services: 25.3% (2000 est.)
Tanzania agriculture: 80% industry and services: 20% (2002 est.)
Thailand
agriculture: 49%
industry: 14%
services: 37% (2000 est.)
Timor-Leste
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Togo
agriculture: 65%
industry: 5%
services: 30% (1998 est.)
Tonga
agriculture: 65%
industry and services: 35% (1997 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago
agriculture 4%, manufacturing, mining, and
quarrying 12.9%, construction and utilities 17.5%, services 65.6%
(2006 est.)
Tunisia
agriculture: 55%
industry: 23%
services: 22% (1995 est.)
Turkey
agriculture: 35.9%
industry: 22.8%
services: 41.2% (3rd quarter, 2004)
Turkmenistan
agriculture: 48.2%
industry: 14%
services: 37.8% (2004 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
note: about 33% in government and 20% in
agriculture and fishing; significant numbers in tourism, financial,
and other services
Tuvalu
note: people make a living mainly through exploitation of the
sea, reefs, and atolls and from wages sent home by those abroad
(mostly workers in the phosphate industry and sailors)
Uganda
agriculture: 82%
industry: 5%
services: 13% (1999 est.)
Ukraine
agriculture: 25%
industry: 20%
services: 55% (1996)
United Arab Emirates
agriculture: 7%
industry: 15%
services: 78% (2000 est.)
United Kingdom
agriculture: 1.4%
industry: 18.2%
services: 80.4% (2006 est.)
United States
farming, forestry, and fishing 0.6%, manufacturing,
extraction, transportation, and crafts 22.6%, managerial,
professional, and technical 35.5%, sales and office 24.8%, other
services 16.5%
note: figures exclude the unemployed (2007)
Uruguay
agriculture: 9%
industry: 15%
services: 76% (2007 est.)
Uzbekistan
agriculture: 44%
industry: 20%
services: 36% (1995)
Vanuatu
agriculture: 65%
industry: 5%
services: 30% (2000 est.)
Venezuela
agriculture: 13%
industry: 23%
services: 64% (1997 est.)
Vietnam
agriculture: 55.6%
industry: 18.9%
services: 25.5% (July 2005)
Virgin Islands
agriculture: 1%
industry: 19%
services: 80% (2003 est.)
Wallis and Futuna
agriculture: 80%
industry: 4%
services: 16% (2001 est.)
West Bank
agriculture: 18%
industry: 15%
services: 67% (2006)
Western Sahara
agriculture: 50%
industry and services: 50% (2005 est.)
World
agriculture: 40.2%
industry: 20.5%
services: 39.4% (2007 est.)
Yemen
note: most people are employed in agriculture and herding;
services, construction, industry, and commerce account for less than
one-fourth of the labor force
Zambia
agriculture: 85%
industry: 6%
services: 9% (2004)
Zimbabwe
agriculture: 66%
industry: 10%
services: 24% (1996)
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@2049 Exports - commodities (%)
Afghanistan
opium, fruits and nuts, handwoven carpets, wool, cotton,
hides and pelts, precious and semi-precious gems
Albania
textiles and footwear; asphalt, metals and metallic ores,
crude oil; vegetables, fruits, tobacco
Algeria
petroleum, natural gas, and petroleum products 97%
American Samoa
canned tuna 93% (2004 est.)
Andorra
tobacco products, furniture
Angola
crude oil, diamonds, refined petroleum products, gas, coffee,
sisal, fish and fish products, timber, cotton
Anguilla
lobster, fish, livestock, salt, concrete blocks, rum
Antigua and Barbuda
petroleum products, bedding, handicrafts,
electronic components, transport equipment, food and live animals
Argentina
soybeans and derivatives, petroleum and gas, vehicles,
corn, wheat
Armenia
pig iron, unwrought copper, nonferrous metals, diamonds,
mineral products, foodstuffs, energy
Aruba
live animals and animal products, art and collectibles,
machinery and electrical equipment, transport equipment
Australia
coal, iron ore, gold, meat, wool, alumina, wheat,
machinery and transport equipment
Austria
machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, paper and
paperboard, metal goods, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles,
foodstuffs
Azerbaijan
oil and gas 90%, machinery, cotton, foodstuffs
Bahamas, The
mineral products and salt, animal products, rum,
chemicals, fruit and vegetables
Bahrain
petroleum and petroleum products, aluminum, textiles
Bangladesh
garments, jute and jute goods, leather, frozen fish and
seafood
Barbados
manufactures, sugar and molasses, rum, other foods and
beverages, chemicals, electrical components
Belarus
machinery and equipment, mineral products, chemicals,
metals, textiles, foodstuffs
Belgium
machinery and equipment, chemicals, diamonds, metals and
metal products, foodstuffs
Belize
sugar, bananas, citrus, clothing, fish products, molasses,
wood
Benin
cotton, cashews, shea butter, textiles, palm products, seafood
Bermuda
reexports of pharmaceuticals
Bhutan
electricity (to India), cardamom, gypsum, timber,
handicrafts, cement, fruit, precious stones, spices
Bolivia
natural gas, soybeans and soy products, crude petroleum,
zinc ore, tin
Bosnia and Herzegovina
metals, clothing, wood products
Botswana
diamonds, copper, nickel, soda ash, meat, textiles
Brazil
transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee,
autos
British Virgin Islands
rum, fresh fish, fruits, animals; gravel, sand
Brunei
crude oil, natural gas, refined products, clothing
Bulgaria
clothing, footwear, iron and steel, machinery and
equipment, fuels
Burkina Faso
cotton, livestock, gold
Burma
natural gas, wood products, pulses, beans, fish, rice,
clothing, jade and gems
Burundi
coffee, tea, sugar, cotton, hides
Cambodia
clothing, timber, rubber, rice, fish, tobacco, footwear
Cameroon
crude oil and petroleum products, lumber, cocoa beans,
aluminum, coffee, cotton
Canada
motor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery, aircraft,
telecommunications equipment; chemicals, plastics, fertilizers; wood
pulp, timber, crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity, aluminum
Cape Verde
fuel, shoes, garments, fish, hides
Cayman Islands
turtle products, manufactured consumer goods
Central African Republic
diamonds, timber, cotton, coffee, tobacco
Chad
oil, cattle, cotton, gum arabic
Chile
copper, fruit, fish products, paper and pulp, chemicals, wine
China
machinery, electrical products, data processing equipment,
apparel, textile, steel, mobile phones
Christmas Island
phosphate
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
copra
Colombia
petroleum, coffee, coal, nickel, emeralds, apparel,
bananas, cut flowers
Comoros
vanilla, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), cloves, copra
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
diamonds, copper, crude oil,
coffee, cobalt
Congo, Republic of the
petroleum, lumber, plywood, sugar, cocoa,
coffee, diamonds
Cook Islands
copra, papayas, fresh and canned citrus fruit, coffee;
fish; pearls and pearl shells; clothing
Costa Rica
bananas, pineapples, coffee, melons, ornamental plants,
sugar; seafood; electronic components, medical equipment
Cote d'Ivoire
cocoa, coffee, timber, petroleum, cotton, bananas,
pineapples, palm oil, fish
Croatia
transport equipment, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
Cuba
sugar, nickel, tobacco, fish, medical products, citrus, coffee
Cyprus
citrus, potatoes, pharmaceuticals, cement, and clothing
Czech Republic
machinery and transport equipment 52%, raw materials
and fuel 9%, chemicals 5% (2003)
Denmark
machinery and instruments, meat and meat products, dairy
products, fish, pharmaceuticals, furniture, windmills
Djibouti
reexports, hides and skins, coffee (in transit)
Dominica
bananas, soap, bay oil, vegetables, grapefruit, oranges
Dominican Republic
ferronickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, cocoa,
tobacco, meats, consumer goods
Ecuador
petroleum, bananas, cut flowers, shrimp, cacao, coffee,
hemp, wood, fish
Egypt
crude oil and petroleum products, cotton, textiles, metal
products, chemicals
El Salvador
offshore assembly exports, coffee, sugar, shrimp,
textiles, chemicals, electricity
Equatorial Guinea
petroleum, methanol, timber, cocoa
Eritrea
livestock, sorghum, textiles, food, small manufactures
Estonia
machinery and equipment 33%, wood and paper 15%, textiles
14%, food products 8%, furniture 7%, metals, chemical products (2001)
Ethiopia
coffee, qat, gold, leather products, live animals, oilseeds
European Union
machinery, motor vehicles, aircraft, plastics,
pharmaceuticals and other chemicals, fuels, iron and steel,
nonferrous metals, wood pulp and paper products, textiles, meat,
dairy products, fish, alcoholic beverages.
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
wool, hides, meat, fish, squid
Faroe Islands
fish and fish products 94%, stamps, ships (1999)
Fiji
sugar, garments, gold, timber, fish, molasses, coconut oil
Finland
machinery and equipment, chemicals, metals; timber, paper,
pulp
France
machinery and transportation equipment, aircraft, plastics,
chemicals, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel, beverages
French Polynesia
cultured pearls, coconut products, mother-of-pearl,
vanilla, shark meat
Gabon
crude oil 77%, timber, manganese, uranium (2001)
Gambia, The
peanut products, fish, cotton lint, palm kernels,
re-exports
Gaza Strip
citrus, flowers, textiles
Georgia
scrap metal, wine, mineral water, ores, vehicles, fruits and
nuts
Germany
machinery, vehicles, chemicals, metals and manufactures,
foodstuffs, textiles
Ghana
gold, cocoa, timber, tuna, bauxite, aluminum, manganese ore,
diamonds, horticulture
Gibraltar
(principally reexports) petroleum 51%, manufactured goods
41%, other 8%
Greece
food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products,
chemicals, textiles
Greenland
fish and fish products 94% (prawns 63%) (2001 est.)
Grenada
bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, fruit and vegetables, clothing, mace
Guam
transshipments of refined petroleum products, construction
materials, fish, food and beverage products
Guatemala
coffee, sugar, petroleum, apparel, bananas, fruits and
vegetables, cardamom
Guernsey
tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet peppers, eggplant, other
vegetables
Guinea
bauxite, alumina, gold, diamonds, coffee, fish, agricultural
products
Guinea-Bissau
cashew nuts, shrimp, peanuts, palm kernels, sawn lumber
Guyana
sugar, gold, bauxite, alumina, rice, shrimp, molasses, rum,
timber
Haiti
apparel, manufactures, oils, cocoa, mangoes, coffee
Honduras
coffee, shrimp, bananas, gold, palm oil, fruit, lobster,
lumber
Hong Kong
electrical machinery and appliances, textiles, apparel,
footwear, watches and clocks, toys, plastics, precious stones,
printed material
Hungary
machinery and equipment 61.1%, other manufactures 28.7%,
food products 6.5%, raw materials 2%, fuels and electricity 1.6%
(2003)
Iceland
fish and fish products 70%, aluminum, animal products,
ferrosilicon, diatomite
India
petroleum products, textile goods, gems and jewelry,
engineering goods, chemicals, leather manufactures
Indonesia
oil and gas, electrical appliances, plywood, textiles,
rubber
Iran
petroleum 80%, chemical and petrochemical products, fruits and
nuts, carpets
Iraq
crude oil 84%, crude materials excluding fuels 8%, food and
live animals 5%
Ireland
machinery and equipment, computers, chemicals,
pharmaceuticals; live animals, animal products
Isle of Man
tweeds, herring, processed shellfish, beef, lamb
Israel
machinery and equipment, software, cut diamonds, agricultural
products, chemicals, textiles and apparel
Italy
engineering products, textiles and clothing, production
machinery, motor vehicles, transport equipment, chemicals; food,
beverages and tobacco; minerals, and nonferrous metals
Jamaica
alumina, bauxite, sugar, bananas, rum, coffee, yams,
beverages, chemicals, wearing apparel, mineral fuels
Japan
transport equipment, motor vehicles, semiconductors,
electrical machinery, chemicals
Jersey
light industrial and electrical goods, dairy cattle,
foodstuffs, textiles
Jordan
clothing, pharmaceuticals, potash, phosphates, fertilizers,
vegetables, manufactures;
Kazakhstan
oil and oil products 59%, ferrous metals 19%, chemicals
5%, machinery 3%, grain, wool, meat, coal (2001)
Kenya
tea, horticultural products, coffee, petroleum products, fish,
cement
Kiribati
copra 62%, coconuts, seaweed, fish
Korea, North
minerals, metallurgical products, manufactures
(including armaments), textiles, agricultural and fishery products
Korea, South
semiconductors, wireless telecommunications equipment,
motor vehicles, computers, steel, ships, petrochemicals
Kosovo
mining and processed metal products, scrap metals, leather
products, machinery, appliances
Kuwait
oil and refined products, fertilizers
Kyrgyzstan
cotton, wool, meat, tobacco; gold, mercury, uranium,
natural gas, hydropower; machinery; shoes
Laos
wood products, coffee, electricity, tin, copper, gold
Latvia
wood and wood products, machinery and equipment, metals,
textiles, foodstuffs
Lebanon
authentic jewelry, inorganic chemicals, miscellaneous
consumer goods, fruit and vegetables, tobacco, construction
minerals, electric power machinery and switchgear, textile fibers,
paper
Lesotho
manufactures 75% (clothing, footwear, road vehicles), wool
and mohair, food and live animals (2000)
Liberia
rubber, timber, iron, diamonds, cocoa, coffee
Libya
crude oil, refined petroleum products, natural gas, chemicals
Liechtenstein
small specialty machinery, connectors for audio and
video, parts for motor vehicles, dental products, hardware, prepared
foodstuffs, electronic equipment, optical products
Lithuania
mineral products 23%, textiles and clothing 16%, machinery
and equipment 11%, chemicals 6%, wood and wood products 5%,
foodstuffs 5% (2001)
Luxembourg
machinery and equipment, steel products, chemicals,
rubber products, glass
Macau
clothing, textiles, footwear, toys, electronics, machinery and
parts
Macedonia
food, beverages, tobacco; textiles, miscellaneous
manufactures, iron and steel
Madagascar
coffee, vanilla, shellfish, sugar, cotton cloth,
chromite, petroleum products
Malawi
tobacco 53%, tea, sugar, cotton, coffee, peanuts, wood
products, apparel
Malaysia
electronic equipment, petroleum and liquefied natural gas,
wood and wood products, palm oil, rubber, textiles, chemicals
Maldives
fish
Mali
cotton, gold, livestock
Malta
machinery and transport equipment, manufactures
Marshall Islands
copra cake, coconut oil, handicrafts, fish
Mauritania
iron ore, fish and fish products, gold
Mauritius
clothing and textiles, sugar, cut flowers, molasses, fish
Mayotte
ylang-ylang (perfume essence), vanilla, copra, coconuts,
coffee, cinnamon
Mexico
manufactured goods, oil and oil products, silver, fruits,
vegetables, coffee, cotton
Micronesia, Federated States of
fish, garments, bananas, black
pepper, sakau (kava), betel nut
Moldova
foodstuffs, textiles, machinery
Mongolia
copper, apparel, livestock, animal products, cashmere,
wool, hides, fluorspar, other nonferrous metals
Montserrat
electronic components, plastic bags, apparel; hot
peppers, limes, live plants; cattle
Morocco
clothing and textiles, electric components, inorganic
chemicals, transistors, crude minerals, fertilizers (including
phosphates), petroleum products, citrus fruits, vegetables, fish
Mozambique
aluminum, prawns, cashews, cotton, sugar, citrus, timber;
bulk electricity
Namibia
diamonds, copper, gold, zinc, lead, uranium; cattle,
processed fish, karakul skins
Nauru
phosphates
Nepal
carpets, clothing, leather goods, jute goods, grain
Netherlands
machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels; foodstuffs
Netherlands Antilles
petroleum products
New Caledonia
ferronickels, nickel ore, fish
New Zealand
dairy products, meat, wood and wood products, fish,
machinery
Nicaragua
coffee, beef, shrimp and lobster, tobacco, sugar, gold,
peanuts
Niger
uranium ore, livestock, cowpeas, onions
Nigeria
petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber
Niue
canned coconut cream, copra, honey, vanilla, passion fruit
products, pawpaws, root crops, limes, footballs, stamps, handicrafts
Norfolk Island
postage stamps, seeds of the Norfolk Island pine and
Kentia palm, small quantities of avocados
Northern Mariana Islands
garments
Norway
petroleum and petroleum products, machinery and equipment,
metals, chemicals, ships, fish
Oman
petroleum, reexports, fish, metals, textiles
Pakistan
textiles (garments, bed linen, cotton cloth, yarn), rice,
leather goods, sports goods, chemicals, manufactures, carpets and
rugs
Palau
shellfish, tuna, copra, garments
Panama
bananas, shrimp, sugar, coffee, clothing
Papua New Guinea
oil, gold, copper ore, logs, palm oil, coffee,
cocoa, crayfish, prawns
Paraguay
soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, electricity,
wood, leather
Peru
copper, gold, zinc, crude petroleum and petroleum products,
coffee, potatoes, asparagus, textiles, guinea pigs
Philippines
semiconductors and electronic products, transport
equipment, garments, copper products, petroleum products, coconut
oil, fruits
Pitcairn Islands
fruits, vegetables, curios, stamps
Poland
machinery and transport equipment 37.8%, intermediate
manufactured goods 23.7%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 17.1%,
food and live animals 7.6% (2003)
Portugal
agricultural products, food products, oil products,
chemical products, plastics and rubber, skins and leather, wood and
cork, wood pulp and paper, textile materials, clothing, footwear,
minerals and mineral products, base metals, machinery and tools,
vehicles and other transport material, and optical and precision
Puerto Rico
chemicals, electronics, apparel, canned tuna, rum,
beverage concentrates, medical equipment
Qatar
liquefied natural gas (LNG), petroleum products, fertilizers,
steel
Romania
machinery and equipment, textiles and footwear, metals and
metal products, machinery and equipment, minerals and fuels,
chemicals, agricultural products
Russia
petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, wood and wood
products, metals, chemicals, and a wide variety of civilian and
military manufactures
Rwanda
coffee, tea, hides, tin ore
Saint Helena
fish (frozen, canned, and salt-dried skipjack, tuna),
coffee, handicrafts
Saint Kitts and Nevis
machinery, food, electronics, beverages,
tobacco
Saint Lucia
bananas 41%, clothing, cocoa, vegetables, fruits,
coconut oil
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
fish and fish products, soybeans, animal
feed, mollusks and crustaceans, fox and mink pelts
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
bananas, eddoes and dasheen (taro),
arrowroot starch; tennis racquets
Samoa
fish, coconut oil and cream, copra, taro, automotive parts,
garments, beer
San Marino
building stone, lime, wood, chestnuts, wheat, wine, baked
goods, hides, ceramics
Sao Tome and Principe
cocoa 80%, copra, coffee, palm oil
Saudi Arabia
petroleum and petroleum products 90%
Senegal
fish, groundnuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates,
cotton
Serbia
manufactured goods, food and live animals, machinery and
transport equipment
Seychelles
canned tuna, frozen fish, cinnamon bark, copra, petroleum
products (reexports)
Sierra Leone
diamonds, rutile, cocoa, coffee, fish
Singapore
machinery and equipment (including electronics), consumer
goods, chemicals, mineral fuels
Slovakia
vehicles 25.9%, machinery and electrical equipment 21.3%,
base metals 14.6%, chemicals and minerals 10.1%, plastics 5.4% (2004)
Slovenia
manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment,
chemicals, food
Solomon Islands
timber, fish, copra, palm oil, cocoa
Somalia
livestock, bananas, hides, fish, charcoal, scrap metal
South Africa
gold, diamonds, platinum, other metals and minerals,
machinery and equipment
Spain
machinery, motor vehicles; foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals,
medicines, other consumer goods
Sri Lanka
textiles and apparel, tea and spices; diamonds, emeralds,
rubies; coconut products, rubber manufactures, fish
Sudan
oil and petroleum products; cotton, sesame, livestock,
groundnuts, gum arabic, sugar
Suriname
alumina, gold, crude oil, lumber, shrimp and fish, rice,
bananas
Swaziland
soft drink concentrates, sugar, wood pulp, cotton yarn,
refrigerators, citrus and canned fruit
Sweden
machinery 35%, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood,
iron and steel products, chemicals
Switzerland
machinery, chemicals, metals, watches, agricultural
products
Syria
crude oil, minerals, petroleum products, fruits and
vegetables, cotton fiber, textiles, clothing, meat and live animals,
wheat
Taiwan
electronic and electrical products, metals, textiles,
plastics, chemicals, auto parts (2002)
Tajikistan
aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil,
textiles
Tanzania
gold, coffee, cashew nuts, manufactures, cotton
Thailand
textiles and footwear, fishery products, rice, rubber,
jewelry, automobiles, computers and electrical appliances
Timor-Leste
coffee, sandalwood, marble; note - potential for oil and
vanilla exports
Togo
reexports, cotton, phosphates, coffee, cocoa
Tokelau
stamps, copra, handicrafts
Tonga
squash, fish, vanilla beans, root crops
Trinidad and Tobago
petroleum and petroleum products, liquefied
natural gas (LNG), methanol, ammonia, urea, steel products,
beverages, cereal and cereal products, sugar, cocoa, coffee, citrus
fruit, vegetables, flowers
Tunisia
clothing, semi-finished goods and textiles, agricultural
products, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, hydrocarbons,
electrical equipment
Turkey
apparel, foodstuffs, textiles, metal manufactures, transport
equipment
Turkmenistan
gas, crude oil, petrochemicals, textiles, cotton fiber
Turks and Caicos Islands
lobster, dried and fresh conch, conch shells
Tuvalu
copra, fish
Uganda
coffee, fish and fish products, tea, cotton, flowers,
horticultural products; gold
Ukraine
ferrous and nonferrous metals, fuel and petroleum products,
chemicals, machinery and transport equipment, food products
United Arab Emirates
crude oil 45%, natural gas, reexports, dried
fish, dates
United Kingdom
manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals; food,
beverages, tobacco
United States
agricultural products (soybeans, fruit, corn) 9.2%,
industrial supplies (organic chemicals) 26.8%, capital goods
(transistors, aircraft, motor vehicle parts, computers,
telecommunications equipment) 49.0%, consumer goods (automobiles,
medicines) 15.0% (2003)
Uruguay
meat, rice, leather products, wool, fish, dairy products
Uzbekistan
cotton, gold, energy products, mineral fertilizers,
ferrous and non-ferrous metals, textiles, food products, machinery,
automobiles
Vanuatu
copra, beef, cocoa, timber, kava, coffee
Venezuela
petroleum, bauxite and aluminum, steel, chemicals,
agricultural products, basic manufactures
Vietnam
crude oil, marine products, rice, coffee, rubber, tea,
garments, shoes
Virgin Islands
refined petroleum products
Wallis and Futuna
copra, chemicals, construction materials
West Bank
olives, fruit, vegetables, limestone
Western Sahara
phosphates 62%
World
the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and
services
top ten - share of world trade: electrical machinery, including
computers 14.8%; mineral fuels, including oil, coal, gas, and
refined products 14.4%; nuclear reactors, boilers, and parts 14.2%;
cars, trucks, and buses 8.9%; scientific and precision instruments
3.5%; plastics 3.4%; iron and steel 2.7%; organic chemicals 2.6%;
pharmaceutical products 2.6%; diamonds, pearls, and precious stones
1.9% (2006 est.)
Yemen
crude oil, coffee, dried and salted fish
Zambia
copper/cobalt 64%, cobalt, electricity; tobacco, flowers,
cotton
Zimbabwe
platinum, cotton, tobacco, gold, ferroalloys,
textiles/clothing
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@2050 Exports - partners (%)
Afghanistan
India 22.8%, Pakistan 21.8%, US 20.5%, Tajikistan 7.2%
(2007)
Albania
Italy 72%, Greece 8.8%, China 2.7% (2007)
Algeria
US 29.4%, Italy 13.8%, Spain 9.6%, Canada 8.4%, France 7.4%,
Netherlands 5% (2007)
American Samoa
Indonesia 28.2%, India 22.3%, Australia 15.3%, Japan
11.2%, NZ 7.1% (2006)
Angola
US 32.1%, China 32%, France 5.9%, Taiwan 5.3%, South Africa
4.5% (2007)
Anguilla
UK, US, Puerto Rico, Saint-Martin (2006)
Antigua and Barbuda
Spain 34%, Germany 20.7%, Italy 7.7%, Singapore
5.8%, UK 4.9% (2006)
Argentina
Brazil 19.1%, China 9.4%, US 7.9%, Chile 7.6% (2007)
Armenia
Russia 17.5%, Germany 14.7%, Netherlands 13.5%, Belgium
8.7%, Georgia 7.6%, US 6.6%, Switzerland 4.3%, Bulgaria 4.1%,
Ukraine 4% (2007)
Aruba
Panama 29.7%, Colombia 17%, Netherlands Antilles 13.2%, US
11.3%, Venezuela 10.9%, Netherlands 9.2% (2007)
Australia
Japan 18.9%, China 14.2%, South Korea 8%, US 6%, NZ 5.6%,
India 5.5%, UK 4.2% (2007)
Austria
Germany 29.8%, Italy 8.8%, US 4.9%, Switzerland 4.3% (2007)
Azerbaijan
Turkey 17.4%, Italy 15.5%, Russia 8.7%, Iran 7.2%,
Indonesia 6.4%, Israel 6.1%, Georgia 5.7%, US 4.8%, France 4.3%
(2007)
Bahamas, The
US 20.4%, Singapore 15.5%, Spain 14.5%, Poland 14.3%,
Germany 6.6%, Guatemala 5.7%, Switzerland 5.2% (2007)
Bahrain
Saudi Arabia 3.5%, US 2.5%, UAE 2.5% (2007)
Bangladesh
US 23%, Germany 13%, UK 9.1%, France 5.5%, Belgium 4%
(2007)
Barbados
Trinidad and Tobago 15.5%, Jamaica 13.5%, UK 9.4%, US 9.3%,
Brazil 8.3%, Saint Lucia 7.2%, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.5%
(2007)
Belarus
Russia 36.5%, Netherlands 17.8%, UK 6.3%, Ukraine 6.1%,
Poland 5%, Latvia 4.1% (2007)
Belgium
Germany 19.5%, France 16.7%, Netherlands 11.9%, UK 7.6%, US
5.7%, Italy 5.2% (2007)
Belize
US 28.7%, UK 16.3%, Thailand 5.8%, Cote d'Ivoire 5.4%,
Finland 4.2%, Spain 4% (2007)
Benin
China 24.7%, India 8.2%, Niger 6.6%, Togo 5.4%, Nigeria 5.3%,
Belgium 4.6% (2007)
Bermuda
Spain 13.8%, Germany 11.7%, Switzerland 8.8%, Denmark 6.6%,
UK 6% (2007)
Bhutan
India 58.6%, Hong Kong 30.1%, Bangladesh 7.3% (2007)
Bolivia
Brazil 46%, US 9.8%, Japan 7.6%, Argentina 5.8%, South Korea
4.8%, Peru 4.1% (2007)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia 21%, Slovenia 16.5%, Italy 16.1%,
Germany 13.3%, Austria 9.6%, Hungary 5.7% (2007)
Botswana
European Free Trade Association (EFTA) 87%, Southern
African Customs Union (SACU) 7%, Zimbabwe 4% (2006)
Brazil
US 16.1%, Argentina 9.2%, China 6.8%, Netherlands 5.6%,
Germany 4.6% (2007)
British Virgin Islands
Virgin Islands (US), Puerto Rico, US (2006)
Brunei
Japan 32.8%, Indonesia 24.4%, Australia 13.4%, South Korea
12.2%, US 5.5% (2007)
Bulgaria
Turkey 11.5%, Germany 10.3%, Italy 10.2%, Greece 9.1%,
Belgium 6.2%, Romania 4.9% (2007)
Burkina Faso
China 29.6%, Singapore 15.7%, Thailand 7.2%, Ghana
6.4%, Niger 4.8% (2007)
Burma
Thailand 44.3%, India 14.5%, China 7.1%, Japan 5.7% (2007)
Burundi
Germany 31.3%, Pakistan 6.8%, Belgium 5.8%, Sweden 4.3%,
Rwanda 4.3%, France 4.2%, Sudan 4% (2007)
Cambodia
US 58.1%, Germany 7.3%, UK 5.2%, Canada 4.6%, Vietnam 4.5%
(2007)
Cameroon
Spain 19.8%, Italy 15.7%, France 11.7%, South Korea 9.4%,
Netherlands 6.1%, US 5.7% (2007)
Canada
US 78.9%, UK 2.8%, China 2.1% (2007)
Cape Verde
Spain 37.2%, Portugal 29.9%, Morocco 7%, US 6.6% (2007)
Cayman Islands
mostly US (2006)
Central African Republic
Belgium 22.7%, Indonesia 19.3%, Italy 7.7%,
France 7.1%, Spain 6.9%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.8%,
China 4.9%, Turkey 4.7% (2007)
Chad
US 89.5%, Japan 3.7%, China 3.4% (2007)
Chile
China 14.8%, US 12.5%, Japan 10.5%, Netherlands 5.8%, South
Korea 5.7%, Italy 5.1%, Brazil 5% (2007)
China
US 19.1%, Hong Kong 15.1%, Japan 8.4%, South Korea 4.6%,
Germany 4% (2007)
Christmas Island
Australia, NZ (2006)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Australia (2006)
Colombia
US 35.4%, Venezuela 17.4%, Ecuador 4.3% (2007)
Comoros
Turkey 38%, France 27.5%, Singapore 9.2%, Saudi Arabia 4.1%
(2007)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Belgium 23.6%, China 21.7%, US
9.8%, Finland 9.1%, Brazil 9.1%, France 6.8%, Zambia 6% (2007)
Congo, Republic of the
US 41%, China 36.5%, Taiwan 3.6% (2007)
Cook Islands
Australia 34%, Japan 27%, NZ 25%, US 8% (2006)
Costa Rica
US 25.7%, China 14.1%, Netherlands 10.9%, UK 6.3%, Mexico
5% (2007)
Cote d'Ivoire
Germany 9.7%, Nigeria 9.2%, Netherlands 8.4%, France
7.3%, US 7%, Burkina Faso 4.4% (2007)
Croatia
Italy 19.3%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.9%, Germany 10.2%,
Slovenia 8.4%, Austria 6.2% (2007)
Cuba
China 27.5%, Canada 26.9%, Netherlands 11.1%, Spain 4.7% (2007)
Cyprus
Greece 21.1%, UK 14.3%, Germany 6.6% (2007)
Czech Republic
Germany 30.7%, Slovakia 8.7%, Poland 5.9%, France
5.4%, UK 5.1%, Italy 4.9%, Austria 4.6% (2007)
Denmark
Germany 17.4%, Sweden 14.5%, UK 8%, US 6.1%, Norway 5.7%,
France 4.8%, Netherlands 4.8% (2007)
Djibouti
Somalia 66.4%, Ethiopia 21.5%, Yemen 3.4% (2007)
Dominica
China 24.4%, Jamaica 10.3%, Antigua and Barbuda 10.1%,
Guyana 8.5%, UK 8.2%, Trinidad and Tobago 5.5%, Saint Lucia 4.6%,
Saint Kitts & Nevis 4% (2007)
Dominican Republic
US 66.4%, Belgium 3.7%, Finland 3.2% (2007)
Ecuador
US 41.9%, Peru 8.5%, Chile 4.9%, Russia 4.8%, Colombia 4.7%
(2007)
Egypt
US 9.7%, Italy 9.5%, Spain 7.6%, Syria 5.5%, Saudi Arabia
4.9%, UK 4.2% (2007)
El Salvador
US 51%, Guatemala 13.6%, Honduras 11.2%, Nicaragua 5.5%
(2007)
Equatorial Guinea
US 20.6%, China 18.8%, Spain 13.9%, Taiwan 13.4%,
France 7.5%, Japan 6.5%, Portugal 6.4% (2007)
Eritrea
Italy 34.4%, China 16.2%, Sudan 15.2%, France 9.4%, Saudi
Arabia 5.2%, Australia 4.4% (2007)
Estonia
Finland 17.9%, Sweden 13.2%, Latvia 11.4%, Russia 8.9%,
Lithuania 5.8%, Germany 5.2%, US 4.1% (2007)
Ethiopia
Germany 8.2%, Saudi Arabia 7%, US 6.9%, Djibouti 6.6%,
China 6.5%, Italy 6.5%, Japan 5.9%, Netherlands 4.8% (2007)
European Union
US 23.3%, Switzerland 7.6%, Russia 5.2%, China 4.8%
(2006)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Spain 81.9%, US 6%, UK 4.5% (2006)
Faroe Islands
Denmark 29.6%, UK 24.5%, Norway 13.3%, Nigeria 10.5%,
Netherlands 6.8% (2007)
Fiji
US 17.3%, UK 11.3%, Australia 10%, Samoa 5.4%, Tonga 4.7%, NZ
4.5%, Japan 4.1% (2007)
Finland
Germany 10.9%, Sweden 10.7%, Russia 10.3%, US 6.4%, UK 5.8%,
Netherlands 5.6% (2007)
France
Germany 14.9%, Spain 9.3%, Italy 8.9%, UK 8.1%, Belgium 7.3%,
US 6.1%, Netherlands 4.1% (2007)
French Polynesia
France 46.3%, Japan 20.8%, Niger 12.8%, US 12.5%
(2006)
Gabon
US 32.5%, China 15.8%, France 9.4%, Malaysia 6%, Trinidad and
Tobago 5% (2007)
Gambia, The
India 37.7%, China 17.5%, UK 8.7%, France 5.1%, Belgium
4.2% (2007)
Gaza Strip
Israel, Egypt, West Bank (2006)
Georgia
Turkey 13%, US 11.2%, Azerbaijan 6.3%, UK 5.4%, Bulgaria
5.1%, Ukraine 5%, Armenia 4.8%, Turkmenistan 4.5%, Canada 4.2% (2007)
Germany
France 9.7%, US 7.5%, UK 7.3%, Italy 6.7%, Netherlands 6.4%,
Austria 5.4%, Belgium 5.3%, Spain 5% (2007)
Ghana
Netherlands 11%, UK 9%, France 6.2%, US 5.9%, Germany 4.6%,
Belgium 4.4% (2007)
Gibraltar
UK 30.8%, Spain 22.7%, Germany 13.7%, Turkmenistan 10.4%,
Switzerland 8.3%, Italy 6.7% (2006)
Greece
Germany 11.6%, Italy 10.8%, Cyprus 6.6%, Bulgaria 6.5%, UK
5.5%, Romania 4.5%, France 4.2%, US 4.2% (2007)
Greenland
Denmark 61.8%, Japan 9.9%, Canada 7.3%, China 5.8% (2007)
Grenada
Jamaica 92.8%, Saint Lucia 1.3%, US 1.2% (2007)
Guam
Japan 67.2%, Singapore 11.6%, UK 4.8% (2006)
Guatemala
US 42.2%, El Salvador 9.6%, Honduras 8.6%, Mexico 6.5%,
Costa Rica 4.5% (2007)
Guernsey
UK; note - regarded as internal trade (2006)
Guinea
Russia 10.8%, Ukraine 9.6%, Spain 8.8%, US 7.5%, Germany
7.4%, South Korea 7.2%, France 7%, Ireland 5.5%, China 5% (2007)
Guinea-Bissau
Brazil 56.2%, India 33.6%, Nigeria 8.3% (2007)
Guyana
Canada 18.7%, US 16.5%, UK 9.1%, Portugal 7.6%, Trinidad and
Tobago 5.2%, France 4.7%, Netherlands 4.6%, Jamaica 4% (2007)
Haiti
US 72.9%, Dominican Republic 8.8%, Canada 3.3% (2007)
Honduras
US 67.2%, El Salvador 4.9%, Guatemala 3.9% (2007)
Hong Kong
China 48.7%, US 13.7%, Japan 4.5% (2007)
Hungary
Germany 28.1%, Italy 5.6%, France 4.7%, Austria 4.6%,
Romania 4.5%, UK 4.5%, Slovakia 4.2%, Poland 4.2% (2007)
Iceland
Netherlands 21.3%, Germany 13.3%, UK 13.2%, Ireland 7.7%, US
7.3%, Spain 4.6%, Japan 4.3% (2007)
India
US 15%, China 8.7%, UAE 8.7%, UK 4.4% (2007)
Indonesia
Japan 20.7%, US 10.2%, Singapore 9.2%, China 8.5%, South
Korea 6.6%, Malaysia 4.5%, India 4.3% (2007)
Iran
China 15%, Japan 14.3%, Turkey 7.4%, South Korea 7.3%, Italy
6.4% (2007)
Iraq
US 36.8%, Italy 12.6%, South Korea 9.5%, Taiwan 6.3%, Spain
5.2%, Canada 4.7%, France 4.4%, Netherlands 4.2% (2007)
Ireland
UK 18.7%, US 17.9%, Belgium 14.5%, Germany 7.4%, France 5.8%
(2007)
Isle of Man
UK (2006)
Israel
US 35%, Belgium 7.5%, Hong Kong 5.8% (2007)
Italy
Germany 12.9%, France 11.4%, Spain 7.4%, US 6.8%, UK 5.8%
(2007)
Jamaica
US 37.2%, Canada 15%, UK 9.7%, Netherlands 9.1% (2007)
Japan
US 20.4%, China 15.3%, South Korea 7.6%, Taiwan 6.3%, Hong
Kong 5.4% (2007)
Jersey
UK (2006)
Jordan
US 22.4%, Iraq 12.9%, India 8.3%, UAE 7.8%, Saudi Arabia
7.5%, Syria 4.9% (2007)
Kazakhstan
China 15.5%, Germany 11.5%, Russia 11.2%, Italy 7.2%,
France 6.7% (2007)
Kenya
Uganda 16.9%, UK 9.3%, Tanzania 8.2%, Netherlands 8.2%, US
6.4%, Pakistan 5.2% (2007)
Kiribati
US 22.8%, Belgium 21.5%, Japan 14.3%, Samoa 7.8%, Australia
7.5%, Malaysia 6.7%, Taiwan 5.6%, Denmark 4.6% (2006)
Korea, North
South Korea 32%, China 29%, Thailand 9% (2006)
Korea, South
China 22.1%, US 12.4%, Japan 7.1%, Hong Kong 5% (2007)
Kosovo
Central Europe Free Trade Area (CFTA) 56% (2006)
Kuwait
Japan 19.9%, South Korea 17%, Taiwan 11.2%, Singapore 9.9%,
US 8.4%, Netherlands 4.8%, China 4.4% (2007)
Kyrgyzstan
Russia 20.7%, Switzerland 19.9%, Kazakhstan 18%,
Afghanistan 10.4%, Uzbekistan 7.6%, China 5.5% (2007)
Laos
Thailand 32.7%, Vietnam 14.3%, China 5.9%, South Korea 4.8%
(2007)
Latvia
Lithuania 15.1%, Estonia 13.8%, Russia 13%, Germany 8.3%,
Sweden 7.4%, UK 6.5% (2007)
Lebanon
Syria 25.2%, UAE 11.8%, Switzerland 8.2%, Saudi Arabia 5.6%
(2007)
Lesotho
US 71.5%, Belgium 25.6%, Canada 1.2% (2007)
Liberia
Malaysia 27.5%, Poland 18.5%, Germany 11.5%, US 10.5%, Spain
8.2%, Norway 5.5% (2007)
Libya
Italy 40.5%, Germany 12.2%, US 7.4%, Spain 7.4%, France 6.3%
(2007)
Liechtenstein
EU 62.6% (Germany 24.3%, Austria 9.5%, France 8.9%,
Italy 6.6%, UK 4.6%), US 18.9%, Switzerland 15.7% (2006)
Lithuania
Russia 15%, Latvia 12.9%, Germany 10.5%, Poland 6.3%,
Estonia 5.8%, UK 4.6%, Denmark 4.1%, Belarus 4% (2007)
Luxembourg
Germany 21.1%, France 16.3%, Belgium 10.1%, Italy 7.4%,
UK 7.1%, Netherlands 5.4%, Spain 5% (2007)
Macau
US 40.6%, China 14.8%, Hong Kong 13.1%, Germany 6.4%, UK 4%
(2007)
Macedonia
Serbia and Montenegro 19.2%, Germany 14.5%, Greece 10.4%,
Italy 10.1%, Bulgaria 9.8%, Croatia 5.6%, Belgium 5%, Spain 5% (2007)
Madagascar
France 31.8%, US 26.6%, Germany 6.1%, UK 4.9%, Italy 4.4%
(2007)
Malawi
Germany 11.7%, South Africa 10%, Egypt 9.2%, Zimbabwe 8.2%,
US 7.3%, Russia 5.8%, Netherlands 4.5% (2007)
Malaysia
US 15.6%, Singapore 14.6%, Japan 9.1%, China 8.8%, Thailand
5%, Hong Kong 4.6% (2007)
Maldives
Thailand 28.3%, UK 17.6%, France 8.8%, Sri Lanka 8.6%,
Algeria 8.2%, Japan 6.4%, Italy 4.1% (2007)
Mali
China 19.6%, Thailand 10.5%, Brazil 4.6%, France 4.5%,
Indonesia 4.5% (2007)
Malta
Singapore 14.4%, Germany 13.7%, France 12.6%, US 11.3%, UK
10%, Hong Kong 6.1%, Japan 4.9%, Italy 4% (2007)
Marshall Islands
US, Japan, Australia, China (2006)
Mauritania
China 30.5%, France 9.5%, Italy 8.5%, Spain 8.5%, Japan
5.5%, Netherlands 5.3%, Belgium 5%, Cote d'Ivoire 4.7% (2007)
Mauritius
UK 35.1%, France 14.4%, US 7.7%, Madagascar 6.3%, Italy
5.8% (2007)
Mayotte
France 43%, Comoros 36%, Reunion 15% (2006)
Mexico
US 82.2%, Canada 2.4%, Germany 1.5% (2007)
Micronesia, Federated States of
Japan, US, Guam (2006)
Moldova
Russia 25.3%, Romania 13%, Italy 10%, Ukraine 8.7%, Germany
8.5%, Poland 6.2%, Belarus 4.2% (2007)
Mongolia
China 71.9%, Canada 10.7%, US 4.8% (2007)
Montenegro
Switzerland 83.9%, Italy 6.1%, Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.3% (2006)
Montserrat
US, Antigua and Barbuda (2006)
Morocco
Spain 21.2%, France 19%, Italy 4.9%, UK 4.6%, India 4.2%
(2007)
Mozambique
Italy 19.4%, Belgium 18.4%, Spain 12.5%, South Africa
12.3%, UK 7.3%, China 4.1% (2007)
Namibia
South Africa 33.4%, US 4% (2006)
Nauru
South Africa 63.7%, South Korea 7.6%, Canada 6.6% (2006)
Nepal
India 69.3%, US 8.8%, Germany 4.1% (2007)
Netherlands
Germany 24.4%, Belgium 13.6%, UK 9.1%, France 8.5%,
Italy 5.1%, US 4.3% (2007)
Netherlands Antilles
US 18.9%, Mexico 13.3%, Panama 11.4%, Singapore
6.9%, Haiti 6.6%, Bahamas, The 5.3% (2007)
New Caledonia
Japan 20.1%, China 14.5%, Taiwan 14.2%, France 11.6%,
Belgium 10.4%, Spain 8.6%, South Africa 6.9% (2007)
New Zealand
Australia 22%, US 11.5%, Japan 9.2%, China 5.3%, UK 4.6%
(2007)
Nicaragua
US 31.7%, El Salvador 14%, Honduras 9.3%, Costa Rica 7.2%,
Canada 5.8%, Guatemala 5.5%, Mexico 4.8% (2007)
Niger
France 57%, Nigeria 26.4%, Ghana 4.1% (2007)
Nigeria
US 51.6%, Brazil 8.9%, Spain 7.7% (2007)
Niue
New Zealand mainly, Fiji, Cook Islands, Australia (2006)
Norfolk Island
Australia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia,
Europe (2006)
Northern Mariana Islands
US (2006)
Norway
UK 26.3%, Germany 12.3%, Netherlands 10.2%, France 8%, Sweden
6.5%, US 6.2% (2007)
Oman
China 26.8%, South Korea 15.2%, Japan 14.3%, Thailand 10.4%,
UAE 7.6%, US 4.3%, Iran 4.1% (2007)
Pakistan
US 18%, UAE 10.4%, Afghanistan 8.4%, China 5.2%, UK 4.7%
(2007)
Palau
US, Japan, Singapore (2006)
Panama
US 35.6%, Netherlands 10.2%, China 6%, Sweden 5.5%, UK 5.4%,
Costa Rica 5.1%, Spain 5% (2007)
Papua New Guinea
Australia 27.3%, Japan 9.5%, China 5.7% (2007)
Paraguay
Argentina 28.1%, Uruguay 15.2%, Brazil 12.7%, Chile 5.9%,
Germany 4.9%, Russia 4.5% (2007)
Peru
US 19.5%, China 12.7%, Canada 7.6%, Japan 7.5%, Chile 5.9%,
Switzerland 4.2%, Spain 4.1% (2007)
Philippines
US 17%, Japan 14.5%, Hong Kong 11.5%, China 11.4%,
Netherlands 8.2%, Singapore 6.2%, Malaysia 5%, Germany 4.3% (2007)
Poland
Germany 25.9%, Italy 6.6%, France 6.1%, UK 5.9%, Czech
Republic 5.5%, Russia 4.6% (2007)
Portugal
Spain 27.1%, Germany 12.9%, France 12.3%, UK 5.9%, US 4.8%,
Angola 4.5%, Italy 4% (2007)
Puerto Rico
US 90.3%, UK 1.6%, Netherlands 1.4%, Dominican Republic
1.4% (2006)
Qatar
Japan 39.9%, South Korea 19.9%, Singapore 9.9%, India 5.1%,
Thailand 4.9%, UAE 4% (2007)
Romania
Italy 17.2%, Germany 16.9%, France 7.7%, Turkey 7%, Hungary
5.6%, UK 4.1% (2007)
Russia
Netherlands 12.2%, Italy 7.8%, Germany 7.5%, Turkey 5.2%,
Belarus 5%, Ukraine 4.7%, China 4.5% (2007)
Rwanda
China 8.9%, Germany 6.8%, US 4.9%, Hong Kong 4.8% (2007)
Saint Helena
Tanzania 37.7%, US 17.4%, Japan 15.2%, UK 8.4%, Nigeria
4.8%, Spain 4.5% (2006)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
US 66.3%, Canada 4.9%, Turkey 3.3% (2007)
Saint Lucia
US 24.5%, France 23.2%, UK 19.3%, Antigua and Barbuda
5%, Dominica 4.9%, Barbados 4.4%, Trinidad and Tobago 4.1% (2007)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Spain 33.6%, Belgium 21.8%, India 18.3%,
France 9.4%, US 7.5% (2006)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Greece 28.4%, Italy 14.6%, France
12%, UK 7.5%, Trinidad and Tobago 4.8%, Spain 4.6%, Germany 4.3%,
Saint Lucia 4.2% (2007)
Samoa
Australia 48.1%, American Samoa 30%, Taiwan 8% (2007)
Sao Tome and Principe
Netherlands 23.7%, Belgium 23.7%, France
12.9%, US 5.9%, Portugal 4.1% (2007)
Saudi Arabia
US 17.1%, Japan 16.3%, South Korea 9.7%, China 8.1%,
Taiwan 4.7%, Singapore 4% (2007)
Senegal
Mali 18.9%, France 9.1%, Italy 5.9%, India 5.7%, Gambia, The
5.2% (2007)
Seychelles
UK 23.7%, France 19.8%, Mauritius 10%, Japan 8.3%, Italy
5.7%, Spain 5.1% (2007)
Sierra Leone
Belgium 49.3%, US 20.5%, Netherlands 4.5%, Canada 4.1%
(2007)
Singapore
Malaysia 12.9%, Hong Kong 10.5%, Indonesia 9.8%, China
9.7%, US 8.9%, Japan 4.8%, Thailand 4.1% (2007)
Slovakia
Germany 21.4%, Czech Republic 12.6%, France 6.7%, Italy
6.4%, Poland 6.2%, Hungary 6%, Austria 5.8%, UK 4.8% (2007)
Slovenia
Germany 18.7%, Italy 12.5%, Croatia 8%, Austria 7.5%,
France 5.9%, Russia 4.4% (2007)
Solomon Islands
China 50.8%, South Korea 7%, Thailand 6.5%, Japan
5.7%, Philippines 4.3% (2007)
Somalia
UAE 50.7%, Yemen 21%, Oman 6.1% (2007)
South Africa
US 11.9%, Japan 11.1%, Germany 8%, UK 7.7%, China 6.6%,
Netherlands 4.5% (2007)
Spain
France 18.8%, Germany 10.8%, Portugal 8.6%, Italy 8.5%, UK
7.6%, US 4.2% (2007)
Sri Lanka
US 25.5%, UK 13.2%, India 6.7%, Germany 5.7%, Italy 5.1%
(2007)
Sudan
China 82.1%, Japan 8.4%, UAE 2.5% (2007)
Suriname
Canada 26.8%, Norway 20.2%, Belgium 9.2%, US 8.9%, UAE
7.9%, France 7.2% (2007)
Swaziland
South Africa 59.7%, EU 8.8%, US 8.8%, Mozambique 6.2%
(2006)
Sweden
Germany 10.4%, Norway 9.4%, US 7.6%, Denmark 7.4%, UK 7.1%,
Finland 6.4%, Netherlands 5.1%, France 5%, Belgium 4.6% (2007)
Switzerland
Germany 20.3%, US 9.7%, Italy 8.7%, France 8.4%, UK 5.1%
(2007)
Syria
Iraq 30%, Lebanon 10%, Germany 9.7%, Italy 8%, Egypt 5.5%,
Saudi Arabia 5.2%, France 4.9% (2007)
Taiwan
China 32.6%, US 12.9%, Hong Kong 8.6%, Japan 6.4%, Singapore
5% (2007)
Tajikistan
Netherlands 38.9%, Turkey 32.5%, Russia 6.6%, Uzbekistan
5.9%, Iran 5.1% (2007)
Tanzania
China 10.3%, India 9.7%, Netherlands 6.5%, Germany 6.3%,
UAE 4.9% (2007)
Thailand
US 12.6%, Japan 11.9%, China 9.7%, Singapore 6.3%, Hong
Kong 5.7%, Malaysia 5.1% (2007)
Timor-Leste
US, Germany, Portugal, Australia, Indonesia (2006)
Togo
Ghana 16.8%, Burkina Faso 14.5%, Germany 9.2%, Benin 9.1%,
Netherlands 5.9%, Mali 5.8%, India 4.7% (2007)
Tokelau
New Zealand (2006)
Tonga
US 36.7%, Japan 21.6%, NZ 10.1%, Fiji 5.8%, Samoa 4.9% (2007)
Trinidad and Tobago
US 57.5%, Jamaica 6.5%, Spain 3.9% (2007)
Tunisia
France 31.3%, Italy 21%, Germany 8.5%, Spain 5.5%, Libya
5.5% (2007)
Turkey
Germany 11.2%, UK 8.1%, Italy 7%, France 5.6%, Russia 4.4%,
Spain 4.3% (2007)
Turkmenistan
Ukraine 51.3%, Iran 18.5%, Turkey 5% (2007)
Turks and Caicos Islands
US, UK (2006)
Tuvalu
Germany 60.5%, Italy 20.1%, Fiji 6.9% (2006)
Uganda
Netherlands 10.2%, Belgium 9.8%, Germany 7.9%, France 7.2%,
Rwanda 5.6% (2007)
Ukraine
Russia 23.3%, Turkey 7.9%, Italy 5.8% (2007)
United Arab Emirates
Japan 23.6%, South Korea 9.2%, Thailand 5%,
India 4.8% (2007)
United Kingdom
US 14.2%, Germany 11.1%, France 8.1%, Ireland 8%,
Netherlands 6.8%, Belgium 5.3%, Spain 4.5%, Italy 4.1% (2007)
United States
Canada 21.4%, Mexico 11.7%, China 5.6%, Japan 5.4%, UK
4.3%, Germany 4.3% (2007)
Uruguay
Brazil 15.5%, US 9.4%, Argentina 8.4%, Mexico 6.6%, China
6.1%, Germany 4.8% (2007)
Uzbekistan
Russia 22.4%, Poland 10.4%, Turkey 9.4%, Kazakhstan 6.1%,
Hungary 6%, China 5.6%, Ukraine 4.8%, Bangladesh 4.3% (2007)
Vanuatu
Thailand 58.3%, India 18.5%, Japan 11.3% (2007)
Venezuela
US 42.7%, Netherlands Antilles 8%, China 3.1% (2007)
Vietnam
US 20.8%, Japan 12.5%, Australia 7.3%, China 6.9%, Singapore
4.5% (2007)
Virgin Islands
US, Puerto Rico (2006)
Wallis and Futuna
Italy 40%, Croatia 15%, US 14%, Denmark 13% (2006)
West Bank
Israel, Jordan, Gaza Strip (2006)
Western Sahara
Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, so
trade partners are included in overall Moroccan accounts (2006)
World
US 13.7%, Germany 7.3%, China 6.2%, France 4.6%, UK 4.5%,
Japan 4.1% (2007)
Yemen
China 23.3%, India 20.4%, Thailand 19.1%, Japan 7.2%, UAE 5%,
US 4.2% (2007)
Zambia
Switzerland 41.8%, South Africa 12%, Thailand 5.9%,
Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.3%, Egypt 5%, Saudi Arabia 4.7%,
China 4.1% (2007)
Zimbabwe
South Africa 33.8%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 8.3%,
Japan 8.1%, Botswana 7.4%, Netherlands 5.2%, China 5.2%, Italy 4.1%,
Zambia 4.1% (2007)
This page was last updated on 18 December 2008
@2051 Administrative divisions
Afghanistan
34 provinces (velayat, singular - velayat); Badakhshan,
Badghis, Baghlan, Balkh, Bamyan, Daykundi, Farah, Faryab, Ghazni,
Ghor, Helmand, Herat, Jowzjan, Kabul, Kandahar, Kapisa, Khost,
Kunar, Kunduz, Laghman, Logar, Nangarhar, Nimroz, Nuristan, Paktika,
Paktiya, Panjshir, Parwan, Samangan, Sar-e Pul, Takhar, Uruzgan,
Wardak, Zabul
Albania
12 counties (qarqe, singular - qark); Berat, Diber, Durres,
Elbasan, Fier, Gjirokaster, Korce, Kukes, Lezhe, Shkoder, Tirane,
Vlore
Algeria
48 provinces (wilayat, singular - wilaya); Adrar, Ain Defla,
Ain Temouchent, Alger, Annaba, Batna, Bechar, Bejaia, Biskra, Blida,
Bordj Bou Arreridj, Bouira, Boumerdes, Chlef, Constantine, Djelfa,
El Bayadh, El Oued, El Tarf, Ghardaia, Guelma, Illizi, Jijel,
Khenchela, Laghouat, Mascara, Medea, Mila, Mostaganem, M'Sila,
Naama, Oran, Ouargla, Oum el Bouaghi, Relizane, Saida, Setif, Sidi
Bel Abbes, Skikda, Souk Ahras, Tamanghasset, Tebessa, Tiaret,
Tindouf, Tipaza, Tissemsilt, Tizi Ouzou, Tlemcen
American Samoa
none (territory of the US); there are no first-order
administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there
are three districts and two islands* at the second order; Eastern,
Manu'a, Rose Island*, Swains Island*, Western
Andorra
7 parishes (parroquies, singular - parroquia); Andorra la
Vella, Canillo, Encamp, Escaldes-Engordany, La Massana, Ordino, Sant
Julia de Loria
Angola
18 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Bengo,
Benguela, Bie, Cabinda, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul,
Cunene, Huambo, Huila, Luanda, Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Malanje,
Moxico, Namibe, Uige, Zaire
Anguilla
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Antigua and Barbuda
6 parishes and 2 dependencies*; Barbuda*,
Redonda*, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mary, Saint Paul, Saint
Peter, Saint Philip
Argentina
23 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1
autonomous city* (distrito federal); Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Capital Federal*, Catamarca, Chaco, Chubut, Cordoba, Corrientes,
Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones,
Neuquen, Rio Negro, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe,
Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego - Antartida e Islas del
Atlantico Sur, Tucuman
note: the US does not recognize any claims to Antarctica
Armenia
11 provinces (marzer, singular - marz); Aragatsotn, Ararat,
Armavir, Geghark'unik', Kotayk', Lorri, Shirak, Syunik', Tavush,
Vayots' Dzor, Yerevan
Aruba
none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Australia
6 states and 2 territories*; Australian Capital
Territory*, New South Wales, Northern Territory*, Queensland, South
Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Austria
9 states (Bundeslaender, singular - Bundesland); Burgenland,
Kaernten (Carinthia), Niederoesterreich (Lower Austria),
Oberoesterreich (Upper Austria), Salzburg, Steiermark (Styria),
Tirol (Tyrol), Vorarlberg, Wien (Vienna)
Azerbaijan
59 rayons (rayonlar; rayon - singular), 11 cities
(saharlar; sahar - singular), 1 autonomous republic (muxtar
respublika)
rayons: Abseron Rayonu, Agcabadi Rayonu, Agdam Rayonu, Agdas Rayonu,
Agstafa Rayonu, Agsu Rayonu, Astara Rayonu, Balakan Rayonu, Barda
Rayonu, Beylaqan Rayonu, Bilasuvar Rayonu, Cabrayil Rayonu,
Calilabad Rayonu, Daskasan Rayonu, Davaci Rayonu, Fuzuli Rayonu,
Gadabay Rayonu, Goranboy Rayonu, Goycay Rayonu, Haciqabul Rayonu,
Imisli Rayonu, Ismayilli Rayonu, Kalbacar Rayonu, Kurdamir Rayonu,
Lacin Rayonu, Lankaran Rayonu, Lerik Rayonu, Masalli Rayonu,
Neftcala Rayonu, Oguz Rayonu, Qabala Rayonu, Qax Rayonu, Qazax
Rayonu, Qobustan Rayonu, Quba Rayonu, Qubadli Rayonu, Qusar Rayonu,
Saatli Rayonu, Sabirabad Rayonu, Saki Rayonu, Salyan Rayonu, Samaxi
Rayonu, Samkir Rayonu, Samux Rayonu, Siyazan Rayonu, Susa Rayonu,
Tartar Rayonu, Tovuz Rayonu, Ucar Rayonu, Xacmaz Rayonu, Xanlar
Rayonu, Xizi Rayonu, Xocali Rayonu, Xocavand Rayonu, Yardimli
Rayonu, Yevlax Rayonu, Zangilan Rayonu, Zaqatala Rayonu, Zardab
Rayonu
cities: Ali Bayramli Sahari, Baki Sahari, Ganca Sahari, Lankaran
Sahari, Mingacevir Sahari, Naftalan Sahari, Saki Sahari, Sumqayit
Sahari, Susa Sahari, Xankandi Sahari, Yevlax Sahari
autonomous republic: Naxcivan Muxtar Respublikasi
Bahamas, The
21 districts; Acklins and Crooked Islands, Bimini, Cat
Island, Exuma, Freeport, Fresh Creek, Governor's Harbour, Green
Turtle Cay, Harbour Island, High Rock, Inagua, Kemps Bay, Long
Island, Marsh Harbour, Mayaguana, New Providence, Nichollstown and
Berry Islands, Ragged Island, Rock Sound, Sandy Point, San Salvador
and Rum Cay
Bahrain
5 governorates; Asamah, Janubiyah, Muharraq, Shamaliyah,
Wasat
note: each governorate administered by an appointed governor
Bangladesh
6 divisions; Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna,
Rajshahi, Sylhet
Barbados
11 parishes and 1 city*; Bridgetown*, Christ Church, Saint
Andrew, Saint George, Saint James, Saint John, Saint Joseph, Saint
Lucy, Saint Michael, Saint Peter, Saint Philip, Saint Thomas
Belarus
6 provinces (voblastsi, singular - voblasts') and 1
municipality* (horad); Brest, Homyel', Horad Minsk*, Hrodna,
Mahilyow, Minsk, Vitsyebsk
note: administrative divisions have the same names as their
administrative centers
Belgium
10 provinces (French: provinces, singular - province; Dutch:
provincies, singular - provincie) and 3 regions* (French: regions;
Dutch: gewesten); Brussels* (Bruxelles) capital region; Flanders*
region (five provinces): Antwerpen (Antwerp), Limburg,
Oost-Vlaanderen (East Flanders), Vlaams-Brabant (Flemish Brabant),
West-Vlaanderen (West Flanders); Wallonia* region (five provinces):
Brabant Wallon (Walloon Brabant), Hainaut, Liege, Luxembourg, Namur
note: as a result of the 1993 constitutional revision that furthered
devolution into a federal state, there are now three levels of
government (federal, regional, and linguistic community) with a
complex division of responsibilities
Belize
6 districts; Belize, Cayo, Corozal, Orange Walk, Stann Creek,
Toledo
Benin
12 departments; Alibori, Atakora, Atlantique, Borgou,
Collines, Kouffo, Donga, Littoral, Mono, Oueme, Plateau, Zou
Bermuda
9 parishes and 2 municipalities*; Devonshire, Hamilton,
Hamilton*, Paget, Pembroke, Saint George*, Saint George's, Sandys,
Smith's, Southampton, Warwick
Bhutan
20 districts (dzongkhag, singular and plural); Bumthang,
Chhukha, Chirang, Daga, Gasa, Geylegphug, Ha, Lhuntshi, Mongar,
Paro, Pemagatsel, Punakha, Samchi, Samdrup Jongkhar, Shemgang,
Tashigang, Tashi Yangtse, Thimphu, Tongsa, Wangdi Phodrang
Bolivia
9 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento);
Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, Potosi, Santa
Cruz, Tarija
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 first-order administrative divisions and 1
internationally supervised district* - Brcko district (Brcko
Distrikt)*, the Bosniak/Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina) and the Bosnian Serb-led Republika
Srpska; note - Brcko district is in northeastern Bosnia and is an
administrative unit under the sovereignty of Bosnia and Herzegovina;
the district remains under international supervision
Botswana
9 districts and 5 town councils*; Central, Francistown*,
Gaborone*, Ghanzi, Jwaneng*, Kgalagadi, Kgatleng, Kweneng, Lobatse*,
Northeast, Northwest, Selebi-Pikwe*, Southeast, Southern
Brazil
26 states (estados, singular - estado) and 1 federal
district* (distrito federal); Acre, Alagoas, Amapa, Amazonas, Bahia,
Ceara, Distrito Federal*, Espirito Santo, Goias, Maranhao, Mato
Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Para, Paraiba, Parana,
Pernambuco, Piaui, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande
do Sul, Rondonia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Sergipe,
Tocantins
British Virgin Islands
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Brunei
4 districts (daerah-daerah, singular - daerah); Belait,
Brunei and Muara, Temburong, Tutong
Bulgaria
28 provinces (oblasti, singular - oblast); Blagoevgrad,
Burgas, Dobrich, Gabrovo, Khaskovo, Kurdzhali, Kyustendil, Lovech,
Montana, Pazardzhik, Pernik, Pleven, Plovdiv, Razgrad, Ruse, Shumen,
Silistra, Sliven, Smolyan, Sofiya, Sofiya-Grad, Stara Zagora,
Turgovishte, Varna, Veliko Turnovo, Vidin, Vratsa, Yambol
Burkina Faso
45 provinces; Bale, Bam, Banwa, Bazega, Bougouriba,
Boulgou, Boulkiemde, Comoe, Ganzourgou, Gnagna, Gourma, Houet, Ioba,
Kadiogo, Kenedougou, Komondjari, Kompienga, Kossi, Koulpelogo,
Kouritenga, Kourweogo, Leraba, Loroum, Mouhoun, Nahouri, Namentenga,
Nayala, Noumbiel, Oubritenga, Oudalan, Passore, Poni, Sanguie,
Sanmatenga, Seno, Sissili, Soum, Sourou, Tapoa, Tuy, Yagha, Yatenga,
Ziro, Zondoma, Zoundweogo
Burma
7 divisions (taing-myar, singular - taing) and 7 states (pyi
ne-myar, singular - pyi ne)
divisions: Ayeyarwady, Bago, Magway, Mandalay, Sagaing, Tanintharyi,
Yangon
states: Chin, Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Mon, Rakhine, Shan
Burundi
17 provinces; Bubanza, Bujumbura Mairie, Bujumbura Rurale,
Bururi, Cankuzo, Cibitoke, Gitega, Karuzi, Kayanza, Kirundo,
Makamba, Muramvya, Muyinga, Mwaro, Ngozi, Rutana, Ruyigi
Cambodia
20 provinces (khaitt, singular and plural) and 4
municipalities* (krong, singular and plural)
provinces: Banteay Mean Cheay, Batdambang, Kampong Cham, Kampong
Chhnang, Kampong Spoe, Kampong Thum, Kampot, Kandal, Kaoh Kong,
Krachen, Mondol Kiri, Otdar Mean Cheay, Pouthisat, Preah Vihear,
Prey Veng, Rotanah Kiri, Siem Reab, Stoeng Treng, Svay Rieng, Takev
municipalities: Keb, Pailin, Phnum Penh (Phnom Penh), Preah Seihanu
(Sihanoukville)
Cameroon
10 provinces; Adamaoua, Centre, Est, Extreme-Nord,
Littoral, Nord, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud, Sud-Ouest
Canada
10 provinces and 3 territories*; Alberta, British Columbia,
Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest
Territories*, Nova Scotia, Nunavut*, Ontario, Prince Edward Island,
Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory*
Cape Verde
17 municipalities (concelhos, singular - concelho); Boa
Vista, Brava, Maio, Mosteiros, Paul, Praia, Porto Novo, Ribeira
Grande, Sal, Santa Catarina, Santa Cruz, Sao Domingos, Sao Filipe,
Sao Miguel, Sao Nicolau, Sao Vicente, Tarrafal
Cayman Islands
8 districts; Creek, Eastern, Midland, South Town,
Spot Bay, Stake Bay, West End, Western
Central African Republic
14 prefectures (prefectures, singular -
prefecture), 2 economic prefectures* (prefectures economiques,
singular - prefecture economique), and 1 commune**;
Bamingui-Bangoran, Bangui**, Basse-Kotto, Haute-Kotto, Haut-Mbomou,
Kemo, Lobaye, Mambere-Kadei, Mbomou, Nana-Grebizi*, Nana-Mambere,
Ombella-Mpoko, Ouaka, Ouham, Ouham-Pende, Sangha-Mbaere*, Vakaga
Chad
18 regions (regions, singular - region); Batha,
Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti, Chari-Baguirmi, Guera, Hadjer-Lamis, Kanem,
Lac, Logone Occidental, Logone Oriental, Mandoul, Mayo-Kebbi Est,
Mayo-Kebbi Ouest, Moyen-Chari, Ouaddai, Salamat, Tandjile, Ville de
N'Djamena, Wadi Fira
Chile
15 regions (regiones, singular - region); Aisen del General
Carlos Ibanez del Campo, Antofagasta, Araucania, Arica y Parinacota,
Atacama, Biobio, Coquimbo, Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins,
Los Lagos, Los Rios, Magallanes y de la Antartica Chilena, Maule,
Region Metropolitana (Santiago), Tarapaca, Valparaiso
note: the US does not recognize claims to Antarctica
China
23 provinces (sheng, singular and plural), 5 autonomous
regions (zizhiqu, singular and plural), and 4 municipalities (shi,
singular and plural)
provinces: Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei,
Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin,
Liaoning, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan,
Zhejiang; (see note on Taiwan)
autonomous regions: Guangxi, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Xinjiang Uygur,
Xizang (Tibet)
municipalities: Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Tianjin
note: China considers Taiwan its 23rd province; see separate entries
for the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau
Christmas Island
none (territory of Australia)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
none (territory of Australia)
Colombia
32 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento) and
1 capital district* (distrito capital); Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca,
Atlantico, Bogota*, Bolivar, Boyaca, Caldas, Caqueta, Casanare,
Cauca, Cesar, Choco, Cordoba, Cundinamarca, Guainia, Guaviare,
Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Narino, Norte de Santander,
Putumayo, Quindio, Risaralda, San Andres y Providencia, Santander,
Sucre, Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Vaupes, Vichada
Comoros
3 islands and 4 municipalities*; Grande Comore, Anjouan,
Domoni*, Fomboni*, Moheli, Moroni*, Mutsamudu*
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 10 provinces (provinces, singular - province) and 1 city* (ville); Bandundu, Bas-Congo, Equateur, Kasai-Occidental, Kasai-Oriental, Katanga, Kinshasa*, Maniema, Nord-Kivu, Orientale, Sud-Kivu note: according to the Constitution adopted in December 2005, the current administrative divisions will be subdivided into 26 new provinces by 2009
Congo, Republic of the
10 regions (regions, singular - region) and 1
commune*; Bouenza, Brazzaville*, Cuvette, Cuvette-Ouest, Kouilou,
Lekoumou, Likouala, Niari, Plateaux, Pool, Sangha
Cook Islands
none
Costa Rica
7 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Alajuela,
Cartago, Guanacaste, Heredia, Limon, Puntarenas, San Jose
Cote d'Ivoire
19 regions; Agneby, Bafing, Bas-Sassandra, Denguele,
Dix-Huit Montagnes, Fromager, Haut-Sassandra, Lacs, Lagunes,
Marahoue, Moyen-Cavally, Moyen-Comoe, N'zi-Comoe, Savanes,
Sud-Bandama, Sud-Comoe, Vallee du Bandama, Worodougou, Zanzan
Croatia
20 counties (zupanije, zupanija - singular) and 1 city*
(grad - singular); Bjelovarsko-Bilogorska, Brodsko-Posavska,
Dubrovacko-Neretvanska (Dubrovnik-Neretva), Istarska (Istria),
Karlovacka, Koprivnicko-Krizevacka, Krapinsko-Zagorska,
Licko-Senjska (Lika-Senj), Medimurska, Osjecko-Baranjska,
Pozesko-Slavonska (Pozega-Slavonia), Primorsko-Goranska,
Sibensko-Kninska, Sisacko-Moslavacka, Splitsko-Dalmatinska
(Split-Dalmatia), Varazdinska, Viroviticko-Podravska,
Vukovarsko-Srijemska, Zadarska, Zagreb*, Zagrebacka
Cuba
14 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 special
municipality* (municipio especial); Camaguey, Ciego de Avila,
Cienfuegos, Ciudad de La Habana, Granma, Guantanamo, Holguin, Isla
de la Juventud*, La Habana, Las Tunas, Matanzas, Pinar del Rio,
Sancti Spiritus, Santiago de Cuba, Villa Clara
Cyprus
6 districts; Famagusta, Kyrenia, Larnaca, Limassol, Nicosia,
Paphos; note - Turkish Cypriot area's administrative divisions
include Kyrenia, all but a small part of Famagusta, and small parts
of Lefkosia (Nicosia)
Czech Republic
13 regions (kraje, singular - kraj) and 1 capital
city* (hlavni mesto); Jihocesky (South Bohemia), Jihomoravsky (South
Moravia), Karlovarsky, Kralovehradecky, Liberecky, Moravskoslezsky
(Moravia-Silesia), Olomoucky, Pardubicky, Plzensky (Pilsen), Praha
(Prague)*, Stredocesky (Central Bohemia), Ustecky, Vysocina, Zlinsky
Denmark
metropolitan Denmark - 5 regions (regioner, singular -
region); Hovedstaden, Midtjylland, Nordjylland, Sjaelland, Syddanmark
note: an extensive local government reform merged 271 municipalities
into 98 and 13 counties into five regions, effective 1 January 2007
Djibouti
6 districts (cercles, singular - cercle); Ali Sabieh, Arta,
Dikhil, Djibouti, Obock, Tadjourah
Dominica
10 parishes; Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint
John, Saint Joseph, Saint Luke, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick, Saint
Paul, Saint Peter
Dominican Republic
31 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia)
and 1 district* (distrito); Azua, Bahoruco, Barahona, Dajabon,
Distrito Nacional*, Duarte, El Seibo, Elias Pina, Espaillat, Hato
Mayor, Independencia, La Altagracia, La Romana, La Vega, Maria
Trinidad Sanchez, Monsenor Nouel, Monte Cristi, Monte Plata,
Pedernales, Peravia, Puerto Plata, Salcedo, Samana, San Cristobal,
San Jose de Ocoa, San Juan, San Pedro de Macoris, Sanchez Ramirez,
Santiago, Santiago Rodriguez, Santo Domingo, Valverde
Ecuador
24 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Azuay,
Bolivar, Canar, Carchi, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, El Oro, Esmeraldas,
Galapagos, Guayas, Imbabura, Loja, Los Rios, Manabi,
Morona-Santiago, Napo, Orellana, Pastaza, Pichincha, Santa Elena,
Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas, Sucumbios, Tungurahua,
Zamora-Chinchipe
Egypt
26 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Ad
Daqahliyah, Al Bahr al Ahmar (Red Sea), Al Buhayrah (El Beheira), Al
Fayyum (El Faiyum), Al Gharbiyah, Al Iskandariyah (Alexandria), Al
Isma'iliyah (Ismailia), Al Jizah (Giza), Al Minufiyah (El Monofia),
Al Minya, Al Qahirah (Cairo), Al Qalyubiyah, Al Wadi al Jadid (New
Valley), As Suways (Suez), Ash Sharqiyah, Aswan, Asyut, Bani Suwayf
(Beni Suef), Bur Sa'id (Port Said), Dumyat (Damietta), Janub Sina'
(South Sinai), Kafr ash Shaykh, Matruh (Western Desert), Qina
(Qena), Shamal Sina' (North Sinai), Suhaj (Sohag)
El Salvador
14 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento);
Ahuachapan, Cabanas, Chalatenango, Cuscatlan, La Libertad, La Paz,
La Union, Morazan, San Miguel, San Salvador, San Vicente, Santa Ana,
Sonsonate, Usulutan
Equatorial Guinea
7 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia);
Annobon, Bioko Norte, Bioko Sur, Centro Sur, Kie-Ntem, Litoral,
Wele-Nzas
Eritrea
6 regions (zobatat, singular - zoba); Anseba, Debub
(Southern), Debubawi K'eyih Bahri (Southern Red Sea), Gash Barka,
Ma'akel (Central), Semenawi Keyih Bahri (Northern Red Sea)
Estonia
15 counties (maakonnad, singular - maakond): Harjumaa
(Tallinn), Hiiumaa (Kardla), Ida-Virumaa (Johvi), Jarvamaa (Paide),
Jogevamaa (Jogeva), Laanemaa (Haapsalu), Laane-Virumaa (Rakvere),
Parnumaa (Parnu), Polvamaa (Polva), Raplamaa (Rapla), Saaremaa
(Kuressaare), Tartumaa (Tartu), Valgamaa (Valga), Viljandimaa
(Viljandi), Vorumaa (Voru)
note: counties have the administrative center name following in
parentheses
Ethiopia
9 ethnically based states (kililoch, singular - kilil) and
2 self-governing administrations* (astedaderoch, singular -
astedader); Adis Abeba* (Addis Ababa), Afar, Amara (Amhara),
Binshangul Gumuz, Dire Dawa*, Gambela Hizboch (Gambela Peoples),
Hareri Hizb (Harari People), Oromiya (Oromia), Sumale (Somali),
Tigray, Ye Debub Biheroch Bihereseboch na Hizboch (Southern Nations,
Nationalities and Peoples)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
none (overseas territory of the
UK; also claimed by Argentina)
Faroe Islands
none (part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing
overseas administrative division of Denmark); there are no
first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US
Government, but there are 34 municipalities
Fiji
4 divisions and 1 dependency*; Central, Eastern, Northern,
Rotuma*, Western
Finland
6 provinces (laanit, singular - laani); Aland, Etela-Suomen
Laani (Southern Finland), Ita-Suomen Laani (Eastern Finland),
Lansi-Suomen Laani (Western Finland), Lappi (Lapland), Oulun Laani
France
26 regions (regions, singular - region); Alsace, Aquitaine,
Auvergne, Basse-Normandie (Lower Normandy), Bourgogne (Burgundy),
Bretagne (Brittany), Centre, Champagne-Ardenne, Corse (Corsica),
Franche-Comte, Guadeloupe, Guyane (French Guiana), Haute-Normandie
(Upper Normandy), Ile-de-France, Languedoc-Roussillon, Limousin,
Lorraine, Martinique, Midi-Pyrenees, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pays de la
Loire, Picardie, Poitou-Charentes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur,
Reunion, Rhone-Alpes
note: France is divided into 22 metropolitan regions (including the
"territorial collectivity" of Corse or Corsica) and 4 overseas
regions (including French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and
Reunion) and is subdivided into 96 metropolitan departments and 4
overseas departments (which are the same as the overseas regions)
French Polynesia
none (overseas lands of France); there are no
first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US
Government, but there are five archipelagic divisions named Archipel
des Marquises, Archipel des Tuamotu, Archipel des Tubuai, Iles du
Vent, Iles Sous-le-Vent
French Southern and Antarctic Lands none (overseas territory of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are five administrative districts named Iles Crozet, Iles Eparses, Iles Kerguelen, Ile Saint-Paul et Ile Amsterdam; the fifth district is the "Adelie Land" claim in Antarctica that is not recognized by the US
Gabon
9 provinces; Estuaire, Haut-Ogooue, Moyen-Ogooue, Ngounie,
Nyanga, Ogooue-Ivindo, Ogooue-Lolo, Ogooue-Maritime, Woleu-Ntem
Gambia, The
5 divisions and 1 city*; Banjul*, Central River, Lower
River, North Bank, Upper River, Western
Georgia
9 regions (mkharebi, singular - mkhare), 1 city (k'alak'i),
and 2 autonomous republics (avtomnoy respubliki, singular - avtom
respublika)
regions: Guria, Imereti, Kakheti, Kvemo Kartli, Mtskheta-Mtianeti,
Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Samegrelo and Zemo Svaneti,
Samtskhe-Javakheti, Shida Kartli
city: Tbilisi
autonomous republics: Abkhazia or Ap'khazet'is Avtonomiuri
Respublika (Sokhumi), Ajaria or Acharis Avtonomiuri Respublika
(Bat'umi)
note: the administrative centers of the two autonomous republics are
shown in parentheses
Germany
16 states (Laender, singular - Land); Baden-Wuerttemberg,
Bayern (Bavaria), Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen,
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania),
Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Nordrhein-Westfalen (North
Rhine-Westphalia), Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate), Saarland,
Sachsen (Saxony), Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony-Anhalt),
Schleswig-Holstein, Thueringen (Thuringia); note - Bayern, Sachsen,
and Thueringen refer to themselves as free states (Freistaaten,
singular - Freistaat)
Ghana
10 regions; Ashanti, Brong-Ahafo, Central, Eastern, Greater
Accra, Northern, Upper East, Upper West, Volta, Western
Gibraltar
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Greece
51 prefectures (nomoi, singular - nomos) and 1 autonomous
region*; Achaia, Agion Oros* (Mt. Athos), Aitolia kai Akarnania,
Argolis, Arkadia, Arta, Attiki, Chalkidiki, Chanion, Chios,
Dodekanisos, Drama, Evros, Evrytania, Evvoia, Florina, Fokidos,
Fthiotis, Grevena, Ileia, Imathia, Ioannina, Irakleion, Karditsa,
Kastoria, Kavala, Kefallinia, Kerkyra, Kilkis, Korinthia, Kozani,
Kyklades, Lakonia, Larisa, Lasithi, Lefkas, Lesvos, Magnisia,
Messinia, Pella, Pieria, Preveza, Rethynnis, Rodopi, Samos, Serrai,
Thesprotia, Thessaloniki, Trikala, Voiotia, Xanthi, Zakynthos
Greenland
3 districts (landsdele); Avannaa (Nordgronland), Tunu
(Ostgronland), Kitaa (Vestgronland)
note: there are 18 municipalities in Greenland
Grenada
6 parishes and 1 dependency*; Carriacou and Petite
Martinique*, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John,
Saint Mark, Saint Patrick
Guam
none (territory of the US)
Guatemala
22 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento);
Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Chimaltenango, Chiquimula, El Progreso,
Escuintla, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Izabal, Jalapa, Jutiapa, Peten,
Quetzaltenango, Quiche, Retalhuleu, Sacatepequez, San Marcos, Santa
Rosa, Solola, Suchitepequez, Totonicapan, Zacapa
Guernsey
none (British crown dependency); there are no first-order
administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there
are 10 parishes including Castel, Forest, Saint Andrew, Saint
Martin, Saint Peter Port, Saint Pierre du Bois, Saint Sampson, Saint
Saviour, Torteval, Vale
Guinea
33 prefectures and 1 special zone (zone special)*; Beyla,
Boffa, Boke, Conakry*, Coyah, Dabola, Dalaba, Dinguiraye, Dubreka,
Faranah, Forecariah, Fria, Gaoual, Gueckedou, Kankan, Kerouane,
Kindia, Kissidougou, Koubia, Koundara, Kouroussa, Labe, Lelouma,
Lola, Macenta, Mali, Mamou, Mandiana, Nzerekore, Pita, Siguiri,
Telimele, Tougue, Yomou
Guinea-Bissau
9 regions (regioes, singular - regiao); Bafata,
Biombo, Bissau, Bolama, Cacheu, Gabu, Oio, Quinara, Tombali; note -
Bolama may have been renamed Bolama/Bijagos
Guyana
10 regions; Barima-Waini, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Demerara-Mahaica,
East Berbice-Corentyne, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara,
Mahaica-Berbice, Pomeroon-Supenaam, Potaro-Siparuni, Upper
Demerara-Berbice, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo
Haiti
10 departments (departements, singular - departement);
Artibonite, Centre, Grand 'Anse, Nippes, Nord, Nord-Est, Nord-Ouest,
Ouest, Sud, Sud-Est
Holy See (Vatican City)
none
Honduras
18 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento);
Atlantida, Choluteca, Colon, Comayagua, Copan, Cortes, El Paraiso,
Francisco Morazan, Gracias a Dios, Intibuca, Islas de la Bahia, La
Paz, Lempira, Ocotepeque, Olancho, Santa Barbara, Valle, Yoro
Hong Kong
none (special administrative region of China)
Hungary
19 counties (megyek, singular - megye), 23 urban counties
(singular - megyei varos), and 1 capital city (fovaros)
counties: Bacs-Kiskun, Baranya, Bekes, Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen,
Csongrad, Fejer, Gyor-Moson-Sopron, Hajdu-Bihar, Heves,
Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok, Komarom-Esztergom, Nograd, Pest, Somogy,
Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg, Tolna, Vas, Veszprem, Zala
urban counties: Bekescsaba, Debrecen, Dunaujvaros, Eger, Erd, Gyor,
Hodmezovasarhely, Kaposvar, Kecskemet, Miskolc, Nagykanizsa,
Nyiregyhaza, Pecs, Salgotarjan, Sopron, Szeged, Szekesfehervar,
Szekszard, Szolnok, Szombathely, Tatabanya, Veszprem, Zalaegerszeg
capital city: Budapest
Iceland
8 regions; Austurland, Hofudhborgarsvaedhi, Nordhurland
Eystra, Nordhurland Vestra, Sudhurland, Sudhurnes, Vestfirdhir,
Vesturland
India
28 states and 7 union territories*; Andaman and Nicobar
Islands*, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar,
Chandigarh*, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli*, Daman and Diu*,
Delhi*, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir,
Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep*, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa,
Puducherry*, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar
Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
Indonesia
30 provinces (propinsi-propinsi, singular - propinsi), 2
special regions* (daerah-daerah istimewa, singular - daerah
istimewa), and 1 special capital city district** (daerah khusus
ibukota); Aceh*, Bali, Banten, Bengkulu, Gorontalo, Jakarta Raya**,
Jambi, Jawa Barat, Jawa Tengah, Jawa Timur, Kalimantan Barat,
Kalimantan Selatan, Kalimantan Tengah, Kalimantan Timur, Kepulauan
Bangka Belitung, Kepulauan Riau, Lampung, Maluku, Maluku Utara, Nusa
Tenggara Barat, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Papua, Papua Barat (Irian Jaya
Barat), Riau, Sulawesi Barat, Sulawesi Selatan, Sulawesi Tengah,
Sulawesi Tenggara, Sulawesi Utara, Sumatera Barat, Sumatera Selatan,
Sumatera Utara, Yogyakarta*
note: following the implementation of decentralization beginning on
1 January 2001, the 465 regencies and municipalities have become the
key administrative units responsible for providing most government
services
Iran
30 provinces (ostanha, singular - ostan); Ardabil, Azarbayjan-e
Gharbi, Azarbayjan-e Sharqi, Bushehr, Chahar Mahall va Bakhtiari,
Esfahan, Fars, Gilan, Golestan, Hamadan, Hormozgan, Ilam, Kerman,
Kermanshah, Khorasan-e Jonubi, Khorasan-e Razavi, Khorasan-e
Shomali, Khuzestan, Kohgiluyeh va Buyer Ahmad, Kordestan, Lorestan,
Markazi, Mazandaran, Qazvin, Qom, Semnan, Sistan va Baluchestan,
Tehran, Yazd, Zanjan
Iraq
18 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah) and 1
region*; Al Anbar, Al Basrah, Al Muthanna, Al Qadisiyah, An Najaf,
Arbil, As Sulaymaniyah, At Ta'mim, Babil, Baghdad, Dahuk, Dhi Qar,
Diyala, Karbala', Kurdistan Regional Government*, Maysan, Ninawa,
Salah ad Din, Wasit
Ireland
26 counties; Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Dublin,
Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick,
Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo,
Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow
Isle of Man
none; there are no first-order administrative divisions
as defined by the US Government, but there are 24 local authorities
each with its own elections
Israel
6 districts (mehozot, singular - mehoz); Central, Haifa,
Jerusalem, Northern, Southern, Tel Aviv
Italy
15 regions (regioni, singular - regione) and 5 autonomous
regions* (regioni autonome, singular - regione autonoma); Abruzzo,
Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia
Giulia*, Lazio (Latium), Liguria, Lombardia, Marche, Molise,
Piemonte (Piedmont), Puglia (Apulia), Sardegna* (Sardinia),
Sicilia*, Toscana (Tuscany), Trentino-Alto Adige* (Trentino-South
Tyrol), Umbria, Valle d'Aosta* (Aosta Valley), Veneto (Venetia)
Jamaica
14 parishes; Clarendon, Hanover, Kingston, Manchester,
Portland, Saint Andrew, Saint Ann, Saint Catherine, Saint Elizabeth,
Saint James, Saint Mary, Saint Thomas, Trelawny, Westmoreland
note: for local government purposes, Kingston and Saint Andrew were
amalgamated in 1923 into the present single corporate body known as
the Kingston and Saint Andrew Corporation
Japan
47 prefectures; Aichi, Akita, Aomori, Chiba, Ehime, Fukui,
Fukuoka, Fukushima, Gifu, Gunma, Hiroshima, Hokkaido, Hyogo,
Ibaraki, Ishikawa, Iwate, Kagawa, Kagoshima, Kanagawa, Kochi,
Kumamoto, Kyoto, Mie, Miyagi, Miyazaki, Nagano, Nagasaki, Nara,
Niigata, Oita, Okayama, Okinawa, Osaka, Saga, Saitama, Shiga,
Shimane, Shizuoka, Tochigi, Tokushima, Tokyo, Tottori, Toyama,
Wakayama, Yamagata, Yamaguchi, Yamanashi
Jersey
none (British crown dependency); there are no first-order
administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there
are 12 parishes including Grouville, Saint Brelade, Saint Clement,
Saint Helier, Saint John, Saint Lawrence, Saint Martin, Saint Mary,
Saint Quen, Saint Peter, Saint Saviour, and Trinity
Jordan
12 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Ajlun, Al
'Aqabah, Al Balqa', Al Karak, Al Mafraq, 'Amman, At Tafilah, Az
Zarqa', Irbid, Jarash, Ma'an, Madaba
Kazakhstan
14 provinces (oblystar, singular - oblys) and 3 cities*
(qalalar, singular - qala); Almaty Oblysy, Almaty Qalasy*, Aqmola
Oblysy (Astana), Aqtobe Oblysy, Astana Qalasy*, Atyrau Oblysy, Batys
Qazaqstan Oblysy (Oral), Bayqongyr Qalasy*, Mangghystau Oblysy
(Aqtau), Ongtustik Qazaqstan Oblysy (Shymkent), Pavlodar Oblysy,
Qaraghandy Oblysy, Qostanay Oblysy, Qyzylorda Oblysy, Shyghys
Qazaqstan Oblysy (Oskemen), Soltustik Qazaqstan Oblysy
(Petropavlovsk), Zhambyl Oblysy (Taraz)
note: administrative divisions have the same names as their
administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center
name following in parentheses); in 1995, the Governments of
Kazakhstan and Russia entered into an agreement whereby Russia would
lease for a period of 20 years an area of 6,000 sq km enclosing the
Baykonur space launch facilities and the city of Bayqongyr
(Baykonur, formerly Leninsk); in 2004, a new agreement extended the
lease to 2050
Kenya
7 provinces and 1 area*; Central, Coast, Eastern, Nairobi
Area*, North Eastern, Nyanza, Rift Valley, Western
Kiribati
3 units; Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands;
note - in addition, there are 6 districts (Banaba, Central Gilberts,
Line Islands, Northern Gilberts, Southern Gilberts, Tarawa) and 21
island councils - one for each of the inhabited islands (Abaiang,
Abemama, Aranuka, Arorae, Banaba, Beru, Butaritari, Kanton,
Kiritimati, Kuria, Maiana, Makin, Marakei, Nikunau, Nonouti, Onotoa,
Tabiteuea, Tabuaeran, Tamana, Tarawa, Teraina)
Korea, North
9 provinces (do, singular and plural) and 4
municipalities (si, singular and plural)
provinces: Chagang-do (Chagang), Hamgyong-bukto (North Hamgyong),
Hamgyong-namdo (South Hamgyong), Hwanghae-bukto (North Hwanghae),
Hwanghae-namdo (South Hwanghae), Kangwon-do (Kangwon),
P'yongan-bukto (North P'yongan), P'yongan-namdo (South P'yongan),
Yanggang-do (Yanggang)
municipalities: Kaesong-si (Kaesong), Najin Sonbong-si
(Najin-Sonbong), Namp'o-si (Namp'o), P'yongyang-si (Pyongyang)
Korea, South
9 provinces (do, singular and plural) and 7
metropolitan cities (gwangyoksi, singular and plural)
provinces: Cheju-do, Cholla-bukto (North Cholla), Cholla-namdo
(South Cholla), Ch'ungch'ong-bukto (North Ch'ungch'ong),
Ch'ungch'ong-namdo (South Ch'ungch'ong), Kangwon-do, Kyonggi-do,
Kyongsang-bukto (North Kyongsang), Kyongsang-namdo (South Kyongsang)
metropolitan cities: Inch'on-gwangyoksi (Inch'on),
Kwangju-gwangyoksi (Kwangju), Pusan-gwangyoksi (Pusan),
Soul-t'ukpyolsi (Seoul), Taegu-gwangyoksi (Taegu), Taejon-gwangyoksi
(Taejon), Ulsan-gwangyoksi (Ulsan)
Kosovo
30 municipalities (komunat, singular - komuna in Albanian;
opstine, singular - opstina in Serbian); Decan (Decani), Dragash
(Dragas), Ferizaj (Urosevac), Fushe Kosove (Kosovo Polje), Gjakove
(Dakovica), Gllogoc/Drenas (Glogovac), Gjilan (Gnjilane), Istog
(Istok), Kacanik, Kamenice/Dardana (Kamenica), Kline (Klina),
Leposaviq (Leposavic), Lipjan (Lipljan), Malisheve (Malisevo),
Mitrovice (Mitrovica), Novoberde (Novo Brdo), Obiliq (Obilic), Peje
(Pec), Podujeve (Podujevo), Prishtine (Pristina), Prizren, Rahovec
(Orahovac), Shtime (Stimlje), Shterpce (Strpce), Skenderaj (Srbica),
Suhareke (Suva Reka), Viti (Vitina), Vushtrri (Vucitrn), Zubin
Potok, Zvecan
Kuwait
6 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Al Ahmadi,
Al 'Asimah, Al Farwaniyah, Al Jahra', Hawalli, Mubarak al Kabir
Kyrgyzstan
7 provinces (oblastlar, singular - oblasty) and 1 city*
(shaar); Batken Oblasty, Bishkek Shaary*, Chuy Oblasty (Bishkek),
Jalal-Abad Oblasty, Naryn Oblasty, Osh Oblasty, Talas Oblasty,
Ysyk-Kol Oblasty (Karakol)
note: administrative divisions have the same names as their
administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center
name following in parentheses)
Laos
16 provinces (khoueng, singular and plural) and 1 capital city*
(nakhon luang, singular and plural); Attapu, Bokeo, Bolikhamxai,
Champasak, Houaphan, Khammouan, Louangnamtha, Louangphrabang,
Oudomxai, Phongsali, Salavan, Savannakhet, Viangchan (Vientiane)*,
Viangchan, Xaignabouli, Xekong, Xiangkhoang
Latvia
26 counties (singular - rajons) and 7 municipalities*:
Aizkraukles Rajons, Aluksnes Rajons, Balvu Rajons, Bauskas Rajons,
Cesu Rajons, Daugavpils*, Daugavpils Rajons, Dobeles Rajons,
Gulbenes Rajons, Jekabpils Rajons, Jelgava*, Jelgavas Rajons,
Jurmala*, Kraslavas Rajons, Kuldigas Rajons, Liepaja*, Liepajas
Rajons, Limbazu Rajons, Ludzas Rajons, Madonas Rajons, Ogres Rajons,
Preilu Rajons, Rezekne*, Rezeknes Rajons, Riga*, Rigas Rajons,
Saldus Rajons, Talsu Rajons, Tukuma Rajons, Valkas Rajons, Valmieras
Rajons, Ventspils*, Ventspils Rajons
Lebanon
8 governorates (mohafazat, singular - mohafazah); Aakar,
Baalbek-Hermel, Beqaa, Beyrouth, Liban-Nord, Liban-Sud, Mont-Liban,
Nabatiye
Lesotho
10 districts; Berea, Butha-Buthe, Leribe, Mafeteng, Maseru,
Mohale's Hoek, Mokhotlong, Qacha's Nek, Quthing, Thaba-Tseka
Liberia
15 counties; Bomi, Bong, Gbarpolu, Grand Bassa, Grand Cape
Mount, Grand Gedeh, Grand Kru, Lofa, Margibi, Maryland, Montserrado,
Nimba, River Cess, River Gee, Sinoe
Libya
25 municipalities (baladiyat, singular - baladiyah); Ajdabiya,
Al 'Aziziyah, Al Fatih, Al Jabal al Akhdar, Al Jufrah, Al Khums, Al
Kufrah, An Nuqat al Khams, Ash Shati', Awbari, Az Zawiyah, Banghazi,
Darnah, Ghadamis, Gharyan, Misratah, Murzuq, Sabha, Sawfajjin, Surt,
Tarabulus, Tarhunah, Tubruq, Yafran, Zlitan; note - the 25
municipalities may have been replaced by 13 regions
Liechtenstein
11 communes (Gemeinden, singular - Gemeinde); Balzers,
Eschen, Gamprin, Mauren, Planken, Ruggell, Schaan, Schellenberg,
Triesen, Triesenberg, Vaduz
Lithuania
10 counties (apskritys, singular - apskritis); Alytaus,
Kauno, Klaipedos, Marijampoles, Panevezio, Siauliu, Taurages,
Telsiu, Utenos, Vilniaus
Luxembourg
3 districts; Diekirch, Grevenmacher, Luxembourg
Macau
none (special administrative region of China)
Macedonia
84 municipalities (opstini, singular - opstina); Aerodrom
(Skopje), Aracinovo, Berovo, Bitola, Bogdanci, Bogovinje, Bosilovo,
Brvenica, Butel (Skopje), Cair (Skopje), Caska, Centar (Skopje),
Centar Zupa, Cesinovo-Oblesevo, Cucer-Sandevo, Debar, Debarca,
Delcevo, Demir Hisar, Demir Kapija, Dojran, Dolneni, Drugovo, Gazi
Baba (Skopje), Gevgelija, Gjorce Petrov (Skopje), Gostivar, Gradsko,
Ilinden, Jegunovce, Karbinci, Karpos (Skopje), Kavadarci, Kicevo,
Kisela Voda (Skopje), Kocani, Konce, Kratovo, Kriva Palanka,
Krivogastani, Krusevo, Kumanovo, Lipkovo, Lozovo, Makedonska
Kamenica, Makedonski Brod, Mavrovo i Rostusa, Mogila, Negotino,
Novaci, Novo Selo, Ohrid, Oslomej, Pehcevo, Petrovec, Plasnica,
Prilep, Probistip, Radovis, Rankovce, Resen, Rosoman, Saraj
(Skopje), Sopiste, Staro Nagoricane, Stip, Struga, Strumica,
Studenicani, Suto Orizari (Skopje), Sveti Nikole, Tearce, Tetovo,
Valandovo, Vasilevo, Veles, Vevcani, Vinica, Vranestica, Vrapciste,
Zajas, Zelenikovo, Zelino, Zrnovci
note: the 10 municipalities followed by Skopje in parentheses
collectively constitute the larger Skopje Municipality
Madagascar
6 provinces (faritany); Antananarivo, Antsiranana,
Fianarantsoa, Mahajanga, Toamasina, Toliara
Malawi
28 districts; Balaka, Blantyre, Chikwawa, Chiradzulu,
Chitipa, Dedza, Dowa, Karonga, Kasungu, Likoma, Lilongwe, Machinga
(Kasupe), Mangochi, Mchinji, Mulanje, Mwanza, Mzimba, Neno, Ntcheu,
Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Nsanje, Ntchisi, Phalombe, Rumphi, Salima,
Thyolo, Zomba
Malaysia
13 states (negeri-negeri, singular - negeri) Johor, Kedah,
Kelantan, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Pulau
Pinang, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor, and Terengganu; and one federal
territory (wilayah persekutuan) with three components, city of Kuala
Lumpur, Labuan, and Putrajaya
Maldives
19 atolls (atholhu, singular and plural) and the capital
city*; Alifu, Baa, Dhaalu, Faafu, Gaafu Alifu, Gaafu Dhaalu,
Gnaviyani, Haa Alifu, Haa Dhaalu, Kaafu, Laamu, Lhaviyani, Maale*
(Male), Meemu, Noonu, Raa, Seenu, Shaviyani, Thaa, Vaavu
Mali
8 regions (regions, singular - region); Gao, Kayes, Kidal,
Koulikoro, Mopti, Segou, Sikasso, Tombouctou
Malta
none (administered directly from Valletta); note - local
councils carry out administrative orders
Marshall Islands
33 municipalities; Ailinginae, Ailinglaplap, Ailuk,
Arno, Aur, Bikar, Bikini, Bokak, Ebon, Enewetak, Erikub, Jabat,
Jaluit, Jemo, Kili, Kwajalein, Lae, Lib, Likiep, Majuro, Maloelap,
Mejit, Mili, Namorik, Namu, Rongelap, Rongrik, Toke, Ujae, Ujelang,
Utirik, Wotho, Wotje
Mauritania
12 regions (regions, singular - region) and 1 capital
district*; Adrar, Assaba, Brakna, Dakhlet Nouadhibou, Gorgol,
Guidimaka, Hodh Ech Chargui, Hodh El Gharbi, Inchiri, Nouakchott*,
Tagant, Tiris Zemmour, Trarza
Mauritius
9 districts and 3 dependencies*; Agalega Islands*, Black
River, Cargados Carajos Shoals*, Flacq, Grand Port, Moka,
Pamplemousses, Plaines Wilhems, Port Louis, Riviere du Rempart,
Rodrigues*, Savanne
Mayotte
none (territorial overseas collectivity of France)
Mexico
31 states (estados, singular - estado) and 1 federal
district* (distrito federal); Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja
California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza,
Colima, Distrito Federal*, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo,
Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon,
Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro de Arteaga, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi,
Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz-Llave,
Yucatan, Zacatecas
Micronesia, Federated States of
4 states; Chuuk (Truk), Kosrae
(Kosaie), Pohnpei (Ponape), Yap
Moldova
32 raions (raioane, singular - raionul), 3 municipalities
(municipiul), 1 autonomous territorial unit (unitatea teritoriala
autonoma), and 1 territorial unit (unitatea teritoriala)
raions: Anenii Noi, Basarabeasca, Briceni, Cahul, Cantemir,
Calarasi, Causeni, Cimislia, Criuleni, Donduseni, Drochia, Dubasari,
Edinet, Falesti, Floresti, Glodeni, Hincesti, Ialoveni, Leova,
Nisporeni, Ocnita, Orhei, Rezina, Riscani, Singerei, Soldanesti,
Soroca, Stefan-Voda, Straseni, Taraclia, Telenesti, Ungheni
municipalities: Balti, Bender, Chisinau
autonomous territorial unit: Gagauzia
territorial unit: Stinga Nistrului (Transnistria)
Monaco
none; there are no first-order administrative divisions as
defined by the US Government, but there are four quarters
(quartiers, singular - quartier); Fontvieille, La Condamine,
Monaco-Ville, Monte-Carlo
Mongolia
21 provinces (aymguud, singular - aymag) and 1
municipality* (singular - hot); Arhangay, Bayanhongor, Bayan-Olgiy,
Bulgan, Darhan-Uul, Dornod, Dornogovi, Dundgovi, Dzavhan,
Govi-Altay, Govisumber, Hentiy, Hovd, Hovsgol, Omnogovi, Orhon,
Ovorhangay, Selenge, Suhbaatar, Tov, Ulaanbaatar*, Uvs
Montenegro
21 municipalities (opstine, singular - opstina);
Andrijevica, Bar, Berana, Bijelo Polje, Budva, Cetinje, Danilovgrad,
Herceg Novi, Kolasin, Kotor, Mojkovac, Niksic, Plav, Pljevlja,
Pluzine, Podgorica, Rozaje, Savnik, Tivat, Ulcinj, Zabljak
Montserrat
3 parishes; Saint Anthony, Saint Georges, Saint Peter
Morocco
15 regions; Grand Casablanca, Chaouia-Ouardigha,
Doukkala-Abda, Fes-Boulemane, Gharb-Chrarda-Beni Hssen, Guelmim-Es
Smara, Laayoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra, Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz,
Meknes-Tafilalet, Oriental, Rabat-Sale-Zemmour-Zaer,
Souss-Massa-Draa, Tadla-Azilal, Tanger-Tetouan, Taza-Al
Hoceima-Taounate
note: Morocco claims the territory of Western Sahara, the political
status of which is considered undetermined by the US Government;
portions of the regions Guelmim-Es Smara and Laayoune-Boujdour-Sakia
El Hamra as claimed by Morocco lie within Western Sahara; Morocco
claims another region, Oued Eddahab-Lagouira, which falls entirely
within Western Sahara
Mozambique
10 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), 1 city
(cidade)*; Cabo Delgado, Gaza, Inhambane, Manica, Maputo, Cidade de
Maputo*, Nampula, Niassa, Sofala, Tete, Zambezia
Namibia
13 regions; Caprivi, Erongo, Hardap, Karas, Khomas, Kunene,
Ohangwena, Okavango, Omaheke, Omusati, Oshana, Oshikoto, Otjozondjupa
Nauru
14 districts; Aiwo, Anabar, Anetan, Anibare, Baiti, Boe,
Buada, Denigomodu, Ewa, Ijuw, Meneng, Nibok, Uaboe, Yaren
Nepal
14 zones (anchal, singular and plural); Bagmati, Bheri,
Dhawalagiri, Gandaki, Janakpur, Karnali, Kosi, Lumbini, Mahakali,
Mechi, Narayani, Rapti, Sagarmatha, Seti
Netherlands
12 provinces (provincies, singular - provincie);
Drenthe, Flevoland, Friesland (Fryslan), Gelderland, Groningen,
Limburg, Noord-Brabant (North Brabant), Noord-Holland (North
Holland), Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (Zealand), Zuid-Holland
(South Holland)
Netherlands Antilles
none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
note: each island has its own government
New Caledonia
none (overseas territory of France); there are no
first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US
Government, but there are 3 provinces named Province des Iles,
Province Nord, and Province Sud
New Zealand
16 regions and 1 territory*; Auckland, Bay of Plenty,
Canterbury, Chatham Islands*, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay,
Manawatu-Wanganui, Marlborough, Nelson, Northland, Otago, Southland,
Taranaki, Tasman, Waikato, Wellington, West Coast
Nicaragua
15 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento)
and 2 autonomous regions* (regiones autonomistas, singular - region
autonoma); Atlantico Norte*, Atlantico Sur*, Boaco, Carazo,
Chinandega, Chontales, Esteli, Granada, Jinotega, Leon, Madriz,
Managua, Masaya, Matagalpa, Nueva Segovia, Rio San Juan, Rivas
Niger
8 regions (regions, singular - region) includes 1 capital
district* (communite urbaine); Agadez, Diffa, Dosso, Maradi,
Niamey*, Tahoua, Tillaberi, Zinder
Nigeria
36 states and 1 territory*; Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom,
Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi,
Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Federal Capital Territory*, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa,
Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nassarawa, Niger,
Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara
Niue
none; note - there are no first-order administrative divisions
as defined by the US Government, but there are 14 villages at the
second order
Norfolk Island
none (territory of Australia)
Northern Mariana Islands
none (commonwealth in political union with
the US); there are no first-order administrative divisions as
defined by the US Government, but there are four municipalities at
the second order: Northern Islands, Rota, Saipan, Tinian
Norway
19 counties (fylker, singular - fylke); Akershus, Aust-Agder,
Buskerud, Finnmark, Hedmark, Hordaland, More og Romsdal, Nordland,
Nord-Trondelag, Oppland, Oslo, Ostfold, Rogaland, Sogn og Fjordane,
Sor-Trondelag, Telemark, Troms, Vest-Agder, Vestfold
Oman
5 regions (manatiq, singular - mintaqat) and 4 governorates*
(muhafazat, singular - muhafazat) Ad Dakhiliyah, Al Batinah, Al
Buraymi*, Al Wusta, Ash Sharqiyah, Az Zahirah, Masqat (Muscat)*,
Musandam*, Zufar (Dhofar)*
Pakistan
4 provinces, 1 territory*, and 1 capital territory**;
Balochistan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas*, Islamabad Capital
Territory**, North-West Frontier Province, Punjab, Sindh
note: the Pakistani-administered portion of the disputed Jammu and
Kashmir region consists of two administrative entities: Azad Kashmir
and Northern Areas
Palau
16 states; Aimeliik, Airai, Angaur, Hatohobei, Kayangel,
Koror, Melekeok, Ngaraard, Ngarchelong, Ngardmau, Ngatpang,
Ngchesar, Ngeremlengui, Ngiwal, Peleliu, Sonsorol
Panama
11 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1
territory* (comarca); Bocas del Toro, Comarca Kuna Yala, Comarca
Ngobe-Bugle, Chiriqui, Cocle, Colon, Darien, Herrera, Los Santos,
Panama, San Blas*(Kuna Yala), and Veraguas
Papua New Guinea
20 provinces; Bougainville, Central, Chimbu,
Eastern Highlands, East New Britain, East Sepik, Enga, Gulf, Madang,
Manus, Milne Bay, Morobe, National Capital, New Ireland, Northern,
Sandaun, Southern Highlands, Western, Western Highlands, West New
Britain
Paraguay
17 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento) and
1 capital city*; Alto Paraguay, Alto Parana, Amambay, Asuncion*,
Boqueron, Caaguazu, Caazapa, Canindeyu, Central, Concepcion,
Cordillera, Guaira, Itapua, Misiones, Neembucu, Paraguari,
Presidente Hayes, San Pedro
Peru
25 regions (regiones, singular - region) and 1 province*
(provincia); Amazonas, Ancash, Apurimac, Arequipa, Ayacucho,
Cajamarca, Callao, Cusco, Huancavelica, Huanuco, Ica, Junin, La
Libertad, Lambayeque, Lima, Lima*, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Moquegua,
Pasco, Piura, Puno, San Martin, Tacna, Tumbes, Ucayali
Philippines
81 provinces and 136 chartered cities
provinces: Abra, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Aklan, Albay,
Antique, Apayao, Aurora, Basilan, Bataan, Batanes, Batangas,
Biliran, Benguet, Bohol, Bukidnon, Bulacan, Cagayan, Camarines
Norte, Camarines Sur, Camiguin, Capiz, Catanduanes, Cavite, Cebu,
Compostela, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao Oriental, Dinagat
Islands, Eastern Samar, Guimaras, Ifugao, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur,
Iloilo, Isabela, Kalinga, Laguna, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, La
Union, Leyte, Maguindanao, Marinduque, Masbate, Mindoro Occidental,
Mindoro Oriental, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, Mountain
Province, Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, North Cotabato,
Northern Samar, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Palawan, Pampanga,
Pangasinan, Quezon, Quirino, Rizal, Romblon, Samar, Sarangani,
Shariff Kabunsuan, Siquijor, Sorsogon, South Cotabato, Southern
Leyte, Sultan Kudarat, Sulu, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur,
Tarlac, Tawi-Tawi, Zambales, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur,
Zamboanga Sibugay
chartered cities: Alaminos, Angeles, Antipolo, Bacolod, Bago,
Baguio, Bais, Balanga, Batac, Batangas, Bayawan, Baybay, Bayugan,
Bislig, Bogo, Borongan, Butuan, Cabadbaran, Cabanatuan, Cadiz,
Cagayan de Oro, Calamba, Calapan, Calbayog, Candon, Canlaon, Carcar,
Catbalogan, Cauayan, Cavite, Cebu, Cotabato, Dagupan, Danao,
Dapitan, Davao, Digos, Dipolog, Dumaguete, Escalante, El Salvador,
Gapan, General Santos, Gingoog, Guihulngan, Himamaylan, Iligan,
Iloilo, Isabela, Iriga, Kabankalan, Kalookan, Kidapawan, Koronadal,
La Carlota, Lamitan, Laoag, Lapu-Lapu, Las Pinas, Legazpi, Ligao,
Lipa, Lucena, Maasin, Makati, Malabon, Malaybalay, Malolos,
Mandaluyong, Mandaue, Manila, Marawi, Marikina, Masbate, Mati,
Meycauayan, Muntinlupa, Munoz, Naga (Camarines Sur), Naga (Cebu),
Navotas, Olongapo, Ormoc, Oroquieta, Ozamis, Pagadian, Palayan,
Panabo, Paranaque, Pasay, Pasig, Passi, Puerto Princesa, Quezon,
Roxas, Sagay, Samal, San Carlos (in Negros Occidental), San Carlos
(in Pangasinan), San Fernando (in La Union), San Fernando (in
Pampanga), San Jose, San Jose del Monte, San Juan, San Pablo, Santa
Rosa, Santiago, Silay, Sipalay, Sorsogon, Surigao, Tabaco, Tabuk,
Tacloban, Tacurong, Tagaytay, Tagbilaran, Taguig, Tagum, Talisay (in
Cebu), Talisay (in Negros Occidental), Tanauan, Tandag, Tangub,
Tanjay, Tarlac, Tayabas, Toledo, Tuguegarao, Trece Martires,
Urdaneta, Valencia, Valenzuela, Victorias, Vigan, Zamboanga (2007)
Pitcairn Islands
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Poland
16 provinces (wojewodztwa, singular - wojewodztwo);
Dolnoslaskie (Lower Silesia), Kujawsko-Pomorskie
(Kuyavia-Pomerania), Lodzkie, Lubelskie (Lublin), Lubuskie (Lubusz),
Malopolskie (Lesser Poland), Mazowieckie (Masovia), Opolskie,
Podkarpackie (Subcarpathia), Podlaskie, Pomorskie (Pomerania),
Slaskie (Silesia), Swietokrzyskie, Warminsko-Mazurskie
(Warmia-Masuria), Wielkopolskie (Greater Poland), Zachodniopomorskie
(West Pomerania)
Portugal
18 districts (distritos, singular - distrito) and 2
autonomous regions* (regioes autonomas, singular - regiao autonoma);
Aveiro, Acores (Azores)*, Beja, Braga, Braganca, Castelo Branco,
Coimbra, Evora, Faro, Guarda, Leiria, Lisboa (Lisbon), Madeira*,
Portalegre, Porto, Santarem, Setubal, Viana do Castelo, Vila Real,
Viseu
Puerto Rico
none (territory of the US with commonwealth status);
there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the
US Government, but there are 78 municipalities (municipios, singular
- municipio) at the second order; Adjuntas, Aguada, Aguadilla, Aguas
Buenas, Aibonito, Anasco, Arecibo, Arroyo, Barceloneta,
Barranquitas, Bayamon, Cabo Rojo, Caguas, Camuy, Canovanas,
Carolina, Catano, Cayey, Ceiba, Ciales, Cidra, Coamo, Comerio,
Corozal, Culebra, Dorado, Fajardo, Florida, Guanica, Guayama,
Guayanilla, Guaynabo, Gurabo, Hatillo, Hormigueros, Humacao,
Isabela, Jayuya, Juana Diaz, Juncos, Lajas, Lares, Las Marias, Las
Piedras, Loiza, Luquillo, Manati, Maricao, Maunabo, Mayaguez, Moca,
Morovis, Naguabo, Naranjito, Orocovis, Patillas, Penuelas, Ponce,
Quebradillas, Rincon, Rio Grande, Sabana Grande, Salinas, San
German, San Juan, San Lorenzo, San Sebastian, Santa Isabel, Toa
Alta, Toa Baja, Trujillo Alto, Utuado, Vega Alta, Vega Baja,
Vieques, Villalba, Yabucoa, Yauco
Qatar
10 municipalities (baladiyat, singular - baladiyah); Ad
Dawhah, Al Ghuwayriyah, Al Jumayliyah, Al Khawr, Al Wakrah, Ar
Rayyan, Jarayan al Batinah, Madinat ash Shamal, Umm Sa'id, Umm Salal
Romania
41 counties (judete, singular - judet) and 1 municipality*
(municipiu); Alba, Arad, Arges, Bacau, Bihor, Bistrita-Nasaud,
Botosani, Braila, Brasov, Bucuresti (Bucharest)*, Buzau, Calarasi,
Caras-Severin, Cluj, Constanta, Covasna, Dimbovita, Dolj, Galati,
Gorj, Giurgiu, Harghita, Hunedoara, Ialomita, Iasi, Ilfov,
Maramures, Mehedinti, Mures, Neamt, Olt, Prahova, Salaj, Satu Mare,
Sibiu, Suceava, Teleorman, Timis, Tulcea, Vaslui, Vilcea, Vrancea
Russia
46 oblasts (oblastey, singular - oblast), 21 republics
(respublik, singular - respublika), 4 autonomous okrugs (avtonomnykh
okrugov, singular - avtonomnyy okrug), 9 krays (krayev, singular -
kray), 2 federal cities (goroda, singular - gorod), and 1 autonomous
oblast (avtonomnaya oblast')
oblasts: Amur (Blagoveshchensk), Arkhangel'sk, Astrakhan', Belgorod,
Bryansk, Chelyabinsk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Kaliningrad, Kaluga,
Kemerovo, Kirov, Kostroma, Kurgan, Kursk, Leningrad, Lipetsk,
Magadan, Moscow, Murmansk, Nizhniy Novgorod, Novgorod, Novosibirsk,
Omsk, Orenburg, Orel, Penza, Pskov, Rostov, Ryazan', Sakhalin
(Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk), Samara, Saratov, Smolensk, Sverdlovsk
(Yekaterinburg), Tambov, Tomsk, Tula, Tver', Tyumen', Ul'yanovsk,
Vladimir, Volgograd, Vologda, Voronezh, Yaroslavl'
republics: Adygeya (Maykop), Altay (Gorno-Altaysk), Bashkortostan
(Ufa), Buryatiya (Ulan-Ude), Chechnya (Groznyy), Chuvashiya
(Cheboksary), Dagestan (Makhachkala), Ingushetiya (Magas),
Kabardino-Balkariya (Nal'chik), Kalmykiya (Elista),
Karachayevo-Cherkesiya (Cherkessk), Kareliya (Petrozavodsk),
Khakasiya (Abakan), Komi (Syktyvkar), Mariy-El (Yoshkar-Ola),
Mordoviya (Saransk), North Ossetia (Vladikavkaz), Sakha [Yakutiya]
(Yakutsk), Tatarstan (Kazan'), Tyva (Kyzyl), Udmurtiya (Izhevsk)
autonomous okrugs: Chukotka (Anadyr'), Khanty-Mansi
(Khanty-Mansiysk), Nenets (Nar'yan-Mar), Yamalo-Nenets (Salekhard)
krays: Altay (Barnaul), Kamchatka (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy),
Khabarovsk, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Perm', Primorskiy (Vladivostok),
Stavropol', Zabaykal'skiy (Chita)
federal cities: Moscow (Moskva), Saint Petersburg (Sankt-Peterburg)
autonomous oblast: Yevrey [Jewish] (Birobidzhan)
note: administrative divisions have the same names as their
administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center
name following in parentheses)
Rwanda
4 provinces (in French - provinces, singular - province; in
Kinyarwanda - intara for singular and plural) and 1 city* (in French
- ville; in Kinyarwanda - umujyi); Est (Eastern), Kigali*, Nord
(Northern), Ouest (Western), Sud (Southern)
Saint Helena
1 administrative area and 2 dependencies*; Ascension*,
Saint Helena, Tristan da Cunha*
Saint Kitts and Nevis
14 parishes; Christ Church Nichola Town, Saint
Anne Sandy Point, Saint George Basseterre, Saint George Gingerland,
Saint James Windward, Saint John Capesterre, Saint John Figtree,
Saint Mary Cayon, Saint Paul Capesterre, Saint Paul Charlestown,
Saint Peter Basseterre, Saint Thomas Lowland, Saint Thomas Middle
Island, Trinity Palmetto Point
Saint Lucia
11 quarters; Anse-la-Raye, Castries, Choiseul, Dauphin,
Dennery, Gros-Islet, Laborie, Micoud, Praslin, Soufriere, Vieux-Fort
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
none (territorial overseas collectivity of
France); note - there are no first-order administrative divisions as
defined by the US Government, but there are two communes - Saint
Pierre, Miquelon at the second order
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
6 parishes; Charlotte, Grenadines,
Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint Patrick
Samoa
11 districts; A'ana, Aiga-i-le-Tai, Atua, Fa'asaleleaga,
Gaga'emauga, Gagaifomauga, Palauli, Satupa'itea, Tuamasaga,
Va'a-o-Fonoti, Vaisigano
San Marino
9 municipalities (castelli, singular - castello);
Acquaviva, Borgo Maggiore, Chiesanuova, Domagnano, Faetano,
Fiorentino, Montegiardino, San Marino Citta, Serravalle
Sao Tome and Principe
2 provinces; Principe, Sao Tome
note: Principe has had self government since 29 April 1995
Saudi Arabia
13 provinces (mintaqat, singular - mintaqah); Al Bahah,
Al Hudud ash Shamaliyah, Al Jawf, Al Madinah, Al Qasim, Ar Riyad,
Ash Sharqiyah (Eastern Province), 'Asir, Ha'il, Jizan, Makkah,
Najran, Tabuk
Senegal
11 regions (regions, singular - region); Dakar, Diourbel,
Fatick, Kaolack, Kolda, Louga, Matam, Saint-Louis, Tambacounda,
Thies, Ziguinchor
Serbia
161 municipalities (opcstine, singular - opcstina)
Serbia Proper: Beograd: Barajevo, Cukavica, Grocka, Lazarevac,
Mladnovac, Novi Beograd, Obrenovac, Palilula, Rakovica, Savski
Venac, Sopot, Stari Grad, Surcin, Vozdovac, Vracar, Zemun, Zrezdara;
Borski Okrug: Bor, Kladovo, Majdanpek, Negotin; Branicevski Okrug:
Golubac, Kucevo, Malo Crnice, Petrovac, Pozarevac, Veliko Gradiste,
Zabari, Zagubica; Jablanicki Okrug: Bojnik, Crna Trava, Lebane,
Leskovac, Medvedja, Vlasotince; Kolubarski Okrug: Lajkovac, Ljig,
Mionica, Osecina, Ub, Valjevo; Macvanski Okrug: Bogatic, Koceljeva,
Krupanj, Ljubovija, Loznica, Mali Zvornik, Sabac, Vladimirci;
Moravicki Okrug: Cacak, Gornkji Milanovac, Ivanjica, Lucani;
Nisavski Okrug: Aleksinac, Doljevac, Gadzin Han, Merosina, Nis,
Razanj, Svrljig; Pcinjski Okrug: Bosilegrad, Bujanovac, Presevo,
Surdulica, Trgoviste, Vladicin Han, Vranje; Pirotski Okrug:
Babusnica, Bela Palanka, Dimitrovgrad, Pirot; Podunavski Okrug:
Smederevo, Smederevskia Palanka, Velika Plana; Pomoravski Okrug:
Cuprija, Despotovac, Jagodina, Paracin, Rckovac, Svilajnac; Rasinski
Okrug: Aleksandrovac, Brus, Cicevac, Krusevac, Trstenik, Varvarin;
Raski Okrug: Kraljevo, Novi Pazar, Raska, Tutin, Vrnjacka Banja;
Sumadijski Okrug: Arandjelovac, Batocina, Knic, Kragujevac, Lapovo,
Raca, Topola; Toplicki Okrug: Blace, Kursumlija, Prokuplje,
Zitoradja; Zajecarski Okrug: Boljevac, Knjazevac, Sokobanja,
Zalecar; Zlatiborski Okrug: Arilje, Bajina Basta, Cajetina,
Kosjeric, Nova Varos, Pozega, Priboj, Prijepolje, Sjenica, Uzice
Vojvodina Autonomous Province: Juzno-Backi Okrug: Backi Petrovac,
Beocin, Novi Sad, Sremski Karlovci, Temerin, Titel, Zabalj; Juzno
Banatski Okrug: Alibunar, Bela Crkva, Kovacica, Kovin, Opovo,
Pancevo, Plandiste, Vrsac; Severno-Backi Okrug: Backa Topola, Mali
Idjos, Subotica; Severno-Banatski Okrug: Ada, Coka, Kanjiza,
Kikinda, Novi Knezevac, Senta; Srednje-Banatski Okrug: Nova Crnja,
Novi Becej, Secanj, Zitiste, Zrenjanin; Sremski Okrug: Indjija,
Irig, Pecinci, Ruma, Sid, Sremska Mitrovica, Stara Pazova;
Zapadno-Backi Okrug: Apatin, Kula, Odzaci, Sombor
Seychelles
23 administrative districts; Anse aux Pins, Anse Boileau,
Anse Etoile, Anse Louis, Anse Royale, Baie Lazare, Baie Sainte Anne,
Beau Vallon, Bel Air, Bel Ombre, Cascade, Glacis, Grand' Anse (on
Mahe), Grand' Anse (on Praslin), La Digue, La Riviere Anglaise, Mont
Buxton, Mont Fleuri, Plaisance, Pointe La Rue, Port Glaud, Saint
Louis, Takamaka
Sierra Leone
3 provinces and 1 area*; Eastern, Northern, Southern,
Western*
Singapore
none
Slovakia
8 regions (kraje, singular - kraj); Banskobystricky,
Bratislavsky, Kosicky, Nitriansky, Presovsky, Trenciansky, Trnavsky,
Zilinsky
Slovenia
182 municipalities (obcine, singular - obcina) and 11 urban
municipalities* (mestne obcine , singular - mestna obcina )
Ajdovscina, Beltinci, Benedikt, Bistrica ob Sotli, Bled, Bloke,
Bohinj, Borovnica, Bovec, Braslovce, Brda, Brezice, Brezovica,
Cankova, Celje*, Cerklje na Gorenjskem, Cerknica, Cerkno,
Cerkvenjak, Crensovci, Crna na Koroskem, Crnomelj, Destrnik, Divaca,
Dobje, Dobrepolje, Dobrna, Dobrova-Horjul-Polhov Gradec,
Dobrovnik-Dobronak, Dolenjske Toplice, Dol pri Ljubljani, Domzale,
Dornava, Dravograd, Duplek, Gorenja Vas-Poljane, Gorisnica, Gornja
Radgona, Gornji Grad, Gornji Petrovci, Grad, Grosuplje, Hajdina,
Hoce-Slivnica, Hodos-Hodos, Horjul, Hrastnik, Hrpelje-Kozina,
Idrija, Ig, Ilirska Bistrica, Ivancna Gorica, Izola-Isola, Jesenice,
Jezersko, Jursinci, Kamnik, Kanal, Kidricevo, Kobarid, Kobilje,
Kocevje, Komen, Komenda, Koper-Capodistria*, Kostel, Kozje, Kranj*,
Kranjska Gora, Krizevci, Krsko, Kungota, Kuzma, Lasko, Lenart,
Lendava-Lendva, Litija, Ljubljana*, Ljubno, Ljutomer, Logatec, Loska
Dolina, Loski Potok, Lovrenc na Pohorju, Luce, Lukovica, Majsperk,
Maribor*, Markovci, Medvode, Menges, Metlika, Mezica, Miklavz na
Dravskem Polju, Miren-Kostanjevica, Mirna Pec, Mislinja, Moravce,
Moravske Toplice, Mozirje, Murska Sobota*, Muta, Naklo, Nazarje,
Nova Gorica*, Novo Mesto*, Odranci, Oplotnica, Ormoz, Osilnica,
Pesnica, Piran-Pirano, Pivka, Podcetrtek, Podlehnik, Podvelka,
Polzela, Postojna, Prebold, Preddvor, Prevalje, Ptuj*, Puconci,
Race-Fram, Radece, Radenci, Radlje ob Dravi, Radovljica, Ravne na
Koroskem, Razkrizje, Ribnica, Ribnica na Pohorju, Rogasovci, Rogaska
Slatina, Rogatec, Ruse, Salovci, Selnica ob Dravi, Semic,
Sempeter-Vrtojba, Sencur, Sentilj, Sentjernej, Sentjur pri Celju,
Sevnica, Sezana, Skocjan, Skofja Loka, Skofljica, Slovenj Gradec*,
Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenske Konjice, Smarje pri Jelsah, Smartno ob
Paki, Smartno pri Litiji, Sodrazica, Solcava, Sostanj, Starse,
Store, Sveta Ana, Sveti Andraz v Slovenskih Goricah, Sveti Jurij,
Tabor, Tisina, Tolmin, Trbovlje, Trebnje, Trnovska Vas, Trzic,
Trzin, Turnisce, Velenje*, Velika Polana, Velike Lasce, Verzej,
Videm, Vipava, Vitanje, Vodice, Vojnik, Vransko, Vrhnika, Vuzenica,
Zagorje ob Savi, Zalec, Zavrc, Zelezniki, Zetale, Ziri, Zirovnica,
Zuzemberk, Zrece
note: the Government of Slovenia has reported 210 municipalities
Solomon Islands
9 provinces and 1 capital territory*; Central,
Choiseul, Guadalcanal, Honiara*, Isabel, Makira, Malaita, Rennell
and Bellona, Temotu, Western
Somalia
18 regions (plural - NA, singular - gobolka); Awdal, Bakool,
Banaadir, Bari, Bay, Galguduud, Gedo, Hiiraan, Jubbada Dhexe,
Jubbada Hoose, Mudug, Nugaal, Sanaag, Shabeellaha Dhexe, Shabeellaha
Hoose, Sool, Togdheer, Woqooyi Galbeed
South Africa
9 provinces; Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North-West,
Western Cape
Spain
17 autonomous communities (comunidades autonomas, singular -
comunidad autonoma) and 2 autonomous cities* (ciudades autonomas,
singular - ciudad autonoma); Andalucia, Aragon, Asturias, Baleares
(Balearic Islands), Ceuta*, Canarias (Canary Islands), Cantabria,
Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y Leon, Cataluna (Catalonia), Comunidad
Valenciana (Valencian Community), Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja,
Madrid, Melilla*, Murcia, Navarra, Pais Vasco (Basque Country)
note: the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla plus three small
islands of Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez
de la Gomera, administered directly by the Spanish central
government, are all along the coast of Morocco and are collectively
referred to as Places of Sovereignty (Plazas de Soberania)
Sri Lanka
8 provinces; Central, North Central, North Eastern, North
Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Uva, Western
note: in October 2006, a Sri Lankan Supreme Court ruling voided a
presidential directive merging the North and Eastern Provinces; many
have defended the merger as a prerequisite for a negotiated
settlement to the ethnic conflict; a parliamentary decision on the
issue is pending
Sudan
25 states (wilayat, singular - wilayah); A'ali an Nil (Upper
Nile), Al Bahr al Ahmar (Red Sea), Al Buhayrat (Lakes), Al Jazirah
(El Gezira), Al Khartum (Khartoum), Al Qadarif (Gedaref), Al Wahdah
(Unity), An Nil al Abyad (White Nile), An Nil al Azraq (Blue Nile),
Ash Shamaliyah (Northern), Bahr al Jabal (Bahr al Jabal), Gharb al
Istiwa'iyah (Western Equatoria), Gharb Bahr al Ghazal (Western Bahr
al Ghazal), Gharb Darfur (Western Darfur), Janub Darfur (Southern
Darfur), Janub Kurdufan (Southern Kordofan), Junqali (Jonglei),
Kassala (Kassala), Nahr an Nil (Nile), Shamal Bahr al Ghazal
(Northern Bahr al Ghazal), Shamal Darfur (Northern Darfur), Shamal
Kurdufan (Northern Kordofan), Sharq al Istiwa'iyah (Eastern
Equatoria), Sinnar (Sinnar), Warab (Warab)
Suriname
10 districts (distrikten, singular - distrikt); Brokopondo,
Commewijne, Coronie, Marowijne, Nickerie, Para, Paramaribo,
Saramacca, Sipaliwini, Wanica
Swaziland
4 districts; Hhohho, Lubombo, Manzini, Shiselweni
Sweden
21 counties (lan, singular and plural); Blekinge, Dalarnas,
Gavleborgs, Gotlands, Hallands, Jamtlands, Jonkopings, Kalmar,
Kronobergs, Norrbottens, Orebro, Ostergotlands, Skane,
Sodermanlands, Stockholm, Uppsala, Varmlands, Vasterbottens,
Vasternorrlands, Vastmanlands, Vastra Gotalands
Switzerland
26 cantons (cantons, singular - canton in French;
cantoni, singular - cantone in Italian; Kantone, singular - Kanton
in German); Aargau, Appenzell Ausser-Rhoden, Appenzell Inner-Rhoden,
Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Fribourg, Geneve, Glarus,
Graubunden, Jura, Luzern, Neuchatel, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Sankt
Gallen, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, Thurgau, Ticino, Uri,
Valais, Vaud, Zug, Zurich
Syria
14 provinces (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Al Hasakah, Al
Ladhiqiyah, Al Qunaytirah, Ar Raqqah, As Suwayda', Dar'a, Dayr az
Zawr, Dimashq, Halab, Hamah, Hims, Idlib, Rif Dimashq, Tartus
Taiwan
includes main island of Taiwan plus smaller islands nearby
and off coast of China's Fujian Province; Taiwan is divided into 18
counties (hsien, singular and plural), 5 municipalities (shih,
singular and plural), and 2 special municipalities (chuan-shih,
singular and plural)
note: Taiwan uses a variety of romanization systems; while a
modified Wade-Giles system still dominates, the city of Taipei has
adopted a Pinyin romanization for street and place names within its
boundaries; other local authorities use different romanization
systems; names for administrative divisions that follow are taken
from the Taiwan Yearbook 2007 published by the Government
Information Office in Taipei.
counties: Changhua, Chiayi [county], Hsinchu, Hualien, Kaohsiung
[county], Kinmen, Lienchiang, Miaoli, Nantou, Penghu, Pingtung,
Taichung, Tainan, Taipei [county], Taitung, Taoyuan, Yilan, and
Yunlin
municipalities: Chiayi [city], Hsinchu, Keelung, Taichung, Tainan
special municipalities: Kaohsiung [city], Taipei [city]
Tajikistan
2 provinces (viloyatho, singular - viloyat) and 1
autonomous province* (viloyati mukhtor); Viloyati Khatlon
(Qurghonteppa), Viloyati Mukhtori Kuhistoni Badakhshon*
[Gorno-Badakhshan] (Khorugh), Viloyati Sughd (Khujand)
note: the administrative center name follows in parentheses
Tanzania
26 regions; Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, Iringa, Kagera,
Kigoma, Kilimanjaro, Lindi, Manyara, Mara, Mbeya, Morogoro, Mtwara,
Mwanza, Pemba North, Pemba South, Pwani, Rukwa, Ruvuma, Shinyanga,
Singida, Tabora, Tanga, Zanzibar Central/South, Zanzibar North,
Zanzibar Urban/West
Thailand
76 provinces (changwat, singular and plural); Amnat
Charoen, Ang Thong, Buriram, Chachoengsao, Chai Nat, Chaiyaphum,
Chanthaburi, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Chon Buri, Chumphon, Kalasin,
Kamphaeng Phet, Kanchanaburi, Khon Kaen, Krabi, Krung Thep
Mahanakhon (Bangkok), Lampang, Lamphun, Loei, Lop Buri, Mae Hong
Son, Maha Sarakham, Mukdahan, Nakhon Nayok, Nakhon Pathom, Nakhon
Phanom, Nakhon Ratchasima, Nakhon Sawan, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Nan,
Narathiwat, Nong Bua Lamphu, Nong Khai, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani,
Pattani, Phangnga, Phatthalung, Phayao, Phetchabun, Phetchaburi,
Phichit, Phitsanulok, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phrae, Phuket,
Prachin Buri, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Ranong, Ratchaburi, Rayong, Roi
Et, Sa Kaeo, Sakon Nakhon, Samut Prakan, Samut Sakhon, Samut
Songkhram, Sara Buri, Satun, Sing Buri, Sisaket, Songkhla,
Sukhothai, Suphan Buri, Surat Thani, Surin, Tak, Trang, Trat, Ubon
Ratchathani, Udon Thani, Uthai Thani, Uttaradit, Yala, Yasothon
Timor-Leste
13 administrative districts; Aileu, Ainaro, Baucau,
Bobonaro (Maliana), Cova-Lima (Suai), Dili, Ermera, Lautem (Los
Palos), Liquica, Manatuto, Manufahi (Same), Oecussi (Ambeno),
Viqueque
Togo
5 regions (regions, singular - region); Centrale, Kara,
Maritime, Plateaux, Savanes
Tokelau
none (territory of New Zealand)
Tonga
3 island groups; Ha'apai, Tongatapu, Vava'u
Trinidad and Tobago
9 regional corporations, 2 city corporations, 3
borough corporations, 1 ward
regional corporations: Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo, Diego Martin,
Mayaro/Rio Claro, Penal/Debe, Princes Town, Sangre Grande, San
Juan/Laventille, Siparia, Tunapuna/Piarco
city corporations: Port-of-Spain, San Fernando
borough corporations: Arima, Chaguanas, Point Fortin
ward: Tobago
Tunisia
24 governorates; Ariana (Aryanah), Beja (Bajah), Ben Arous
(Bin 'Arus), Bizerte (Banzart), Gabes (Qabis), Gafsa (Qafsah),
Jendouba (Jundubah), Kairouan (Al Qayrawan), Kasserine (Al Qasrayn),
Kebili (Qibili), Kef (Al Kaf), Mahdia (Al Mahdiyah), Manouba
(Manubah), Medenine (Madanin), Monastir (Al Munastir), Nabeul
(Nabul), Sfax (Safaqis), Sidi Bou Zid (Sidi Bu Zayd), Siliana
(Silyanah), Sousse (Susah), Tataouine (Tatawin), Tozeur (Tawzar),
Tunis, Zaghouan (Zaghwan)
Turkey
81 provinces (iller, singular - ili); Adana, Adiyaman,
Afyonkarahisar, Agri, Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Ardahan,
Artvin, Aydin, Balikesir, Bartin, Batman, Bayburt, Bilecik, Bingol,
Bitlis, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Canakkale, Cankiri, Corum, Denizli,
Diyarbakir, Duzce, Edirne, Elazig, Erzincan, Erzurum, Eskisehir,
Gaziantep, Giresun, Gumushane, Hakkari, Hatay, Icel (Mersin), Igdir,
Isparta, Istanbul, Izmir (Smyrna), Kahramanmaras, Karabuk, Karaman,
Kars, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kilis, Kirikkale, Kirklareli, Kirsehir,
Kocaeli, Konya, Kutahya, Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mugla, Mus,
Nevsehir, Nigde, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Sanliurfa,
Siirt, Sinop, Sirnak, Sivas, Tekirdag, Tokat, Trabzon (Trebizond),
Tunceli, Usak, Van, Yalova, Yozgat, Zonguldak
Turkmenistan
5 provinces (welayatlar, singular - welayat) and 1
independent city*: Ahal Welayaty (Anew), Ashgabat*, Balkan Welayaty
(Balkanabat), Dashoguz Welayaty, Lebap Welayaty (Turkmenabat), Mary
Welayaty
note: administrative divisions have the same names as their
administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center
name following in parentheses)
Turks and Caicos Islands
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Tuvalu
none
Uganda
56 districts; Adjumani, Apac, Arua, Bugiri, Bundibugyo,
Bushenyi, Busia, Gulu, Hoima, Iganga, Jinja, Kabale, Kabarole,
Kaberamaido, Kalangala, Kampala, Kamuli, Kamwenge, Kanungu,
Kapchorwa, Kasese, Katakwi, Kayunga, Kibale, Kiboga, Kisoro, Kitgum,
Kotido, Kumi, Kyenjojo, Lira, Luwero, Masaka, Masindi, Mayuge,
Mbale, Mbarara, Moroto, Moyo, Mpigi, Mubende, Mukono, Nakapiripirit,
Nakasongola, Nebbi, Ntungamo, Pader, Pallisa, Rakai, Rukungiri,
Sembabule, Sironko, Soroti, Tororo, Wakiso, Yumbe
note: as of a July 2005, 13 new districts were reportedly added
bringing the total up to 69; the new districts are Amolatar, Amuria,
Budaka, Butaleja, Ibanda, Kaabong, Kabingo, Kaliro, Kiruhura,
Koboko, Manafwa, Mityana, Nakaseke; a total of ten more districts
are in the process of being added
Ukraine
24 provinces (oblasti, singular - oblast'), 1 autonomous
republic* (avtonomna respublika), and 2 municipalities (mista,
singular - misto) with oblast status**; Cherkasy, Chernihiv,
Chernivtsi, Crimea or Avtonomna Respublika Krym* (Simferopol'),
Dnipropetrovs'k, Donets'k, Ivano-Frankivs'k, Kharkiv, Kherson,
Khmel'nyts'kyy, Kirovohrad, Kyiv**, Kyiv, Luhans'k, L'viv,
Mykolayiv, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Sevastopol'**, Sumy, Ternopil',
Vinnytsya, Volyn' (Luts'k), Zakarpattya (Uzhhorod), Zaporizhzhya,
Zhytomyr
note: administrative divisions have the same names as their
administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center
name following in parentheses)
United Arab Emirates
7 emirates (imarat, singular - imarah); Abu
Zaby (Abu Dhabi), 'Ajman, Al Fujayrah, Ash Shariqah (Sharjah),
Dubayy (Dubai), Ra's al Khaymah, Umm al Qaywayn (Quwayn)
United Kingdom
England: 34 two-tier counties, 32 London boroughs and
1 City of London or Greater London, 36 metropolitan counties, 46
unitary authorities
two-tier counties: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire,
Cheshire, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Devon,
Dorset, Durham, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire,
Hertfordshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire,
Norfolk, North Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, Northumberland,
Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire,
Suffolk, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Sussex, Wiltshire, Worcestershire
London boroughs and City of London or Greater London: Barking and
Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden, Croydon, Ealing,
Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey,
Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington and
Chelsea, Kingston upon Thames, Lambeth, Lewisham, City of London,
Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Southwark, Sutton,
Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Westminster
metropolitan counties: Barnsley, Birmingham, Bolton, Bradford, Bury,
Calderdale, Coventry, Doncaster, Dudley, Gateshead, Kirklees,
Knowlsey, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, North
Tyneside, Oldham, Rochdale, Rotherham, Salford, Sandwell, Sefton,
Sheffield, Solihull, South Tyneside, St. Helens, Stockport,
Sunderland, Tameside, Trafford, Wakefield, Walsall, Wigan, Wirral,
Wolverhampton
unitary authorities: Bath and North East Somerset, Blackburn with
Darwen, Blackpool, Bournemouth, Bracknell Forest, Brighton and Hove,
City of Bristol, Darlington, Derby, East Riding of Yorkshire,
Halton, Hartlepool, County of Herefordshire, Isle of Wight, City of
Kingston upon Hull, Leicester, Luton, Medway, Middlesbrough, Milton
Keynes, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, North Somerset,
Nottingham, Peterborough, Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Reading,
Redcar and Cleveland, Rutland, Slough, South Gloucestershire,
Southampton, Southend-on-Sea, Stockton-on-Tees, Stoke-on-Trent,
Swindon, Telford and Wrekin, Thurrock, Torbay, Warrington, West
Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham, York
Northern Ireland: 26 district council areas
district council areas: Antrim, Ards, Armagh, Ballymena, Ballymoney,
Banbridge, Belfast, Carrickfergus, Castlereagh, Coleraine,
Cookstown, Craigavon, Derry, Down, Dungannon, Fermanagh, Larne,
Limavady, Lisburn, Magherafelt, Moyle, Newry and Mourne,
Newtownabbey, North Down, Omagh, Strabane
Scotland: 32 unitary authorities
unitary authorities: Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and
Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Dundee City, East
Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Lothian, East Renfrewshire, City
of Edinburgh, Eilean Siar (Western Isles), Falkirk, Fife, Glasgow
City, Highland, Inverclyde, Midlothian, Moray, North Ayrshire, North
Lanarkshire, Orkney Islands, Perth and Kinross, Renfrewshire,
Shetland Islands, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, Stirling, The
Scottish Borders, West Dunbartonshire, West Lothian
Wales: 22 unitary authorities
unitary authorities: Blaenau Gwent; Bridgend; Caerphilly; Cardiff;
Carmarthenshire; Ceredigion; Conwy; Denbighshire; Flintshire;
Gwynedd; Isle of Anglesey; Merthyr Tydfil; Monmouthshire; Neath Port
Talbot; Newport; Pembrokeshire; Powys; Rhondda, Cynon, Taff;
Swansea; The Vale of Glamorgan; Torfaen; Wrexham
United States
50 states and 1 district*; Alabama, Alaska, Arizona,
Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of
Columbia*, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska,
Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Uruguay
19 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento);
Artigas, Canelones, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Durazno, Flores, Florida,
Lavalleja, Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rivera,
Rocha, Salto, San Jose, Soriano, Tacuarembo, Treinta y Tres
Uzbekistan
12 provinces (viloyatlar, singular - viloyat), 1
autonomous republic* (respublika), and 1 city** (shahar); Andijon
Viloyati, Buxoro Viloyati, Farg'ona Viloyati, Jizzax Viloyati,
Namangan Viloyati, Navoiy Viloyati, Qashqadaryo Viloyati (Qarshi),
Qoraqalpog'iston Respublikasi [Karakalpakstan]* (Nukus), Samarqand
Viloyati, Sirdaryo Viloyati (Guliston), Surxondaryo Viloyati
(Termiz), Toshkent Shahri**, Toshkent Viloyati, Xorazm Viloyati
(Urganch)
note: administrative divisions have the same names as their
administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center
name following in parentheses)
Vanuatu
6 provinces; Malampa, Penama, Sanma, Shefa, Tafea, Torba
Venezuela
23 states (estados, singular - estado), 1 capital
district* (distrito capital), and 1 federal dependency**
(dependencia federal); Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas,
Bolivar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Dependencias Federales**,
Distrito Federal*, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas,
Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Vargas,
Yaracuy, Zulia
note: the federal dependency consists of 11 federally controlled
island groups with a total of 72 individual islands
Vietnam
59 provinces (tinh, singular and plural) and 5
municipalities (thanh pho, singular and plural)
provinces: An Giang, Bac Giang, Bac Kan, Bac Lieu, Bac Ninh, Ba
Ria-Vung Tau, Ben Tre, Binh Dinh, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Binh
Thuan, Ca Mau, Cao Bang, Dac Lak, Dac Nong, Dien Bien, Dong Nai,
Dong Thap, Gia Lai, Ha Giang, Ha Nam, Ha Tay, Ha Tinh, Hai Duong,
Hau Giang, Hoa Binh, Hung Yen, Khanh Hoa, Kien Giang, Kon Tum, Lai
Chau, Lam Dong, Lang Son, Lao Cai, Long An, Nam Dinh, Nghe An, Ninh
Binh, Ninh Thuan, Phu Tho, Phu Yen, Quang Binh, Quang Nam, Quang
Ngai, Quang Ninh, Quang Tri, Soc Trang, Son La, Tay Ninh, Thai Binh,
Thai Nguyen, Thanh Hoa, Thua Thien-Hue, Tien Giang, Tra Vinh, Tuyen
Quang, Vinh Long, Vinh Phuc, Yen Bai
municipalities: Can Tho, Da Nang, Hai Phong, Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh
Virgin Islands
none (territory of the US); there are no first-order
administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there
are three islands at the second order; Saint Croix, Saint John,
Saint Thomas
Wallis and Futuna
none (overseas territory of France); there are no
first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US
Government, but there are three kingdoms at the second order named
Alo, Sigave, Wallis
Western Sahara
none (under de facto control of Morocco)
World
266 nations, dependent areas, and other entities
Yemen
19 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Abyan,
'Adan, Ad Dali', Al Bayda', Al Hudaydah, Al Jawf, Al Mahrah, Al
Mahwit, 'Amran, Dhamar, Hadramawt, Hajjah, Ibb, Lahij, Ma'rib,
Sa'dah, San'a', Shabwah, Ta'izz
note: for electoral and administrative purposes, the capital city of
Sanaa is treated as an additional governorate
Zambia
9 provinces; Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka,
Northern, North-Western, Southern, Western
Zimbabwe
8 provinces and 2 cities* with provincial status;
Bulawayo*, Harare*, Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland
East, Mashonaland West, Masvingo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland
South, Midlands
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@2052 Agriculture - products
Afghanistan
opium, wheat, fruits, nuts; wool, mutton, sheepskins,
lambskins
Albania
wheat, corn, potatoes, vegetables, fruits, sugar beets,
grapes; meat, dairy products
Algeria
wheat, barley, oats, grapes, olives, citrus, fruits; sheep,
cattle
American Samoa
bananas, coconuts, vegetables, taro, breadfruit,
yams, copra, pineapples, papayas; dairy products, livestock
Andorra
small quantities of rye, wheat, barley, oats, vegetables;
sheep
Angola
bananas, sugarcane, coffee, sisal, corn, cotton, manioc
(tapioca), tobacco, vegetables, plantains; livestock; forest
products; fish
Anguilla
small quantities of tobacco, vegetables; cattle raising
Antigua and Barbuda
cotton, fruits, vegetables, bananas, coconuts,
cucumbers, mangoes, sugarcane; livestock
Argentina
sunflower seeds, lemons, soybeans, grapes, corn, tobacco,
peanuts, tea, wheat; livestock
Armenia
fruit (especially grapes), vegetables; livestock
Aruba
aloes; livestock; fish
Australia
wheat, barley, sugarcane, fruits, cattle, sheep, poultry
Austria
grains, potatoes, sugar beets, wine, fruit; dairy products,
cattle, pigs, poultry; lumber
Azerbaijan
cotton, grain, rice, grapes, fruit, vegetables, tea,
tobacco; cattle, pigs, sheep, goats
Bahamas, The
citrus, vegetables; poultry
Bahrain
fruit, vegetables; poultry, dairy products; shrimp, fish
Bangladesh
rice, jute, tea, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, tobacco,
pulses, oilseeds, spices, fruit; beef, milk, poultry
Barbados
sugarcane, vegetables, cotton
Belarus
grain, potatoes, vegetables, sugar beets, flax; beef, milk
Belgium
sugar beets, fresh vegetables, fruits, grain, tobacco; beef,
veal, pork, milk
Belize
bananas, cacao, citrus, sugar; fish, cultured shrimp; lumber;
garments
Benin
cotton, corn, cassava (tapioca), yams, beans, palm oil,
peanuts, cashews; livestock
Bermuda
bananas, vegetables, citrus, flowers; dairy products, honey
Bhutan
rice, corn, root crops, citrus, foodgrains; dairy products,
eggs
Bolivia
soybeans, coffee, coca, cotton, corn, sugarcane, rice,
potatoes; timber
Bosnia and Herzegovina
wheat, corn, fruits, vegetables; livestock
Botswana
livestock, sorghum, maize, millet, beans, sunflowers,
groundnuts
Brazil
coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa,
citrus; beef
British Virgin Islands
fruits, vegetables; livestock, poultry; fish
Brunei
rice, vegetables, fruits; chickens, water buffalo, cattle,
goats, eggs
Bulgaria
vegetables, fruits, tobacco, wine, wheat, barley,
sunflowers, sugar beets; livestock
Burkina Faso
cotton, peanuts, shea nuts, sesame, sorghum, millet,
corn, rice; livestock
Burma
rice, pulses, beans, sesame, groundnuts, sugarcane; hardwood;
fish and fish products
Burundi
coffee, cotton, tea, corn, sorghum, sweet potatoes, bananas,
manioc (tapioca); beef, milk, hides
Cambodia
rice, rubber, corn, vegetables, cashews, tapioca
Cameroon
coffee, cocoa, cotton, rubber, bananas, oilseed, grains,
root starches; livestock; timber
Canada
wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco, fruits, vegetables; dairy
products; forest products; fish
Cape Verde
bananas, corn, beans, sweet potatoes, sugarcane, coffee,
peanuts; fish
Cayman Islands
vegetables, fruit; livestock; turtle farming
Central African Republic
timber, cotton, coffee, tobacco, manioc
(tapioca), yams, millet, corn, bananas; timber
Chad
cotton, sorghum, millet, peanuts, rice, potatoes, manioc
(tapioca); cattle, sheep, goats, camels
Chile
grapes, apples, pears, onions, wheat, corn, oats, peaches,
garlic, asparagus, beans; beef, poultry, wool; fish; timber
China
rice, wheat, potatoes, corn, peanuts, tea, millet, barley,
apples, cotton, oilseed; pork; fish
Christmas Island
NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
vegetables, bananas, pawpaws, coconuts
Colombia
coffee, cut flowers, bananas, rice, tobacco, corn,
sugarcane, cocoa beans, oilseed, vegetables; forest products; shrimp
Comoros
vanilla, cloves, ylang-ylang, perfume essences, copra,
coconuts, bananas, cassava (tapioca)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber, tea, quinine, cassava (tapioca), palm oil, bananas, root crops, corn, fruits; wood products
Congo, Republic of the
cassava (tapioca), sugar, rice, corn,
peanuts, vegetables, coffee, cocoa; forest products
Cook Islands
copra, citrus, pineapples, tomatoes, beans, pawpaws,
bananas, yams, taro, coffee; pigs, poultry
Costa Rica
bananas, pineapples, coffee, melons, ornamental plants,
sugar, corn, rice, beans, potatoes; beef; timber
Cote d'Ivoire
coffee, cocoa beans, bananas, palm kernels, corn,
rice, manioc (tapioca), sweet potatoes, sugar, cotton, rubber; timber
Croatia
wheat, corn, sugar beets, sunflower seed, barley, alfalfa,
clover, olives, citrus, grapes, soybeans, potatoes; livestock, dairy
products
Cuba
sugar, tobacco, citrus, coffee, rice, potatoes, beans; livestock
Cyprus
citrus, vegetables, barley, grapes, olives, vegetables;
poultry, pork, lamb; dairy, cheese
Czech Republic
wheat, potatoes, sugar beets, hops, fruit; pigs,
poultry
Denmark
barley, wheat, potatoes, sugar beets; pork, dairy products;
fish
Djibouti
fruits, vegetables; goats, sheep, camels, animal hides
Dominica
bananas, citrus, mangoes, root crops, coconuts, cocoa;
forest and fishery potential not exploited
Dominican Republic
sugarcane, coffee, cotton, cocoa, tobacco, rice,
beans, potatoes, corn, bananas; cattle, pigs, dairy products, beef,
eggs
Ecuador
bananas, coffee, cocoa, rice, potatoes, manioc (tapioca),
plantains, sugarcane; cattle, sheep, pigs, beef, pork, dairy
products; balsa wood; fish, shrimp
Egypt
cotton, rice, corn, wheat, beans, fruits, vegetables; cattle,
water buffalo, sheep, goats
El Salvador
coffee, sugar, corn, rice, beans, oilseed, cotton,
sorghum; beef, dairy products; shrimp
Equatorial Guinea
coffee, cocoa, rice, yams, cassava (tapioca),
bananas, palm oil nuts; livestock; timber
Eritrea
sorghum, lentils, vegetables, corn, cotton, tobacco, sisal;
livestock, goats; fish
Estonia
potatoes, vegetables; livestock and dairy products; fish
Ethiopia
cereals, pulses, coffee, oilseed, cotton, sugarcane,
potatoes, qat, cut flowers; hides, cattle, sheep, goats; fish
European Union
wheat, barley, oilseeds, sugar beets, wine, grapes;
dairy products, cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry; fish
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
fodder and vegetable crops; sheep,
dairy products; fish, squid
Faroe Islands
milk, potatoes, vegetables; sheep; salmon, other fish
Fiji
sugarcane, coconuts, cassava (tapioca), rice, sweet potatoes,
bananas; cattle, pigs, horses, goats; fish
Finland
barley, wheat, sugar beets, potatoes; dairy cattle; fish
France
wheat, cereals, sugar beets, potatoes, wine grapes; beef,
dairy products; fish
French Polynesia
fish; coconuts, vanilla, vegetables, fruits,
coffee; poultry, beef, dairy products
Gabon
cocoa, coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber; cattle; okoume (a
tropical softwood); fish
Gambia, The
rice, millet, sorghum, peanuts, corn, sesame, cassava
(tapioca), palm kernels; cattle, sheep, goats
Gaza Strip
olives, citrus, vegetables; beef, dairy products
Georgia
citrus, grapes, tea, hazelnuts, vegetables; livestock
Germany
potatoes, wheat, barley, sugar beets, fruit, cabbages;
cattle, pigs, poultry
Ghana
cocoa, rice, cassava (tapioca), peanuts, corn, shea nuts,
bananas; timber
Gibraltar
none
Greece
wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, olives, tomatoes, wine,
tobacco, potatoes; beef, dairy products
Greenland
forage crops, garden and greenhouse vegetables; sheep,
reindeer; fish
Grenada
bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, mace, citrus, avocados, root crops,
sugarcane, corn, vegetables
Guam
fruits, copra, vegetables; eggs, pork, poultry, beef
Guatemala
sugarcane, corn, bananas, coffee, beans, cardamom; cattle,
sheep, pigs, chickens
Guernsey
tomatoes, greenhouse flowers, sweet peppers, eggplant,
fruit; Guernsey cattle
Guinea
rice, coffee, pineapples, palm kernels, cassava (tapioca),
bananas, sweet potatoes; cattle, sheep, goats; timber
Guinea-Bissau
rice, corn, beans, cassava (tapioca), cashew nuts,
peanuts, palm kernels, cotton; timber; fish
Guyana
sugarcane, rice, shrimp, fish, vegetable oils; beef, pork,
poultry, dairy products
Haiti
coffee, mangoes, sugarcane, rice, corn, sorghum; wood
Honduras
bananas, coffee, citrus; beef; timber; shrimp, tilapia,
lobster; corn, African palm
Hong Kong
fresh vegetables; poultry, pork; fish
Hungary
wheat, corn, sunflower seed, potatoes, sugar beets; pigs,
cattle, poultry, dairy products
Iceland
potatoes, green vegetables; mutton, dairy products; fish
India
rice, wheat, oilseed, cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane, potatoes;
cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats, poultry; fish
Indonesia
rice, cassava (tapioca), peanuts, rubber, cocoa, coffee,
palm oil, copra; poultry, beef, pork, eggs
Iran
wheat, rice, other grains, sugar beets, sugar cane, fruits,
nuts, cotton; dairy products, wool; caviar
Iraq
wheat, barley, rice, vegetables, dates, cotton; cattle, sheep,
poultry
Ireland
turnips, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, wheat; beef, dairy
products
Isle of Man
cereals, vegetables; cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry
Israel
citrus, vegetables, cotton; beef, poultry, dairy products
Italy
fruits, vegetables, grapes, potatoes, sugar beets, soybeans,
grain, olives; beef, dairy products; fish
Jamaica
sugarcane, bananas, coffee, citrus, yams, ackees,
vegetables; poultry, goats, milk; crustaceans, mollusks
Japan
rice, sugar beets, vegetables, fruit; pork, poultry, dairy
products, eggs; fish
Jersey
potatoes, cauliflower, tomatoes; beef, dairy products
Jordan
citrus, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives; sheep, poultry, stone
fruits, strawberries, dairy
Kazakhstan
grain (mostly spring wheat), cotton; livestock
Kenya
tea, coffee, corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruit, vegetables; dairy
products, beef, pork, poultry, eggs
Kiribati
copra, taro, breadfruit, sweet potatoes, vegetables; fish
Korea, North
rice, corn, potatoes, soybeans, pulses; cattle, pigs,
pork, eggs
Korea, South
rice, root crops, barley, vegetables, fruit; cattle,
pigs, chickens, milk, eggs; fish
Kosovo
NA
Kuwait
practically no crops; fish
Kyrgyzstan
tobacco, cotton, potatoes, vegetables, grapes, fruits and
berries; sheep, goats, cattle, wool
Laos
sweet potatoes, vegetables, corn, coffee, sugarcane, tobacco,
cotton, tea, peanuts, rice; water buffalo, pigs, cattle, poultry
Latvia
grain, sugar beets, potatoes, vegetables; beef, pork, milk,
eggs; fish
Lebanon
citrus, grapes, tomatoes, apples, vegetables, potatoes,
olives, tobacco; sheep, goats
Lesotho
corn, wheat, pulses, sorghum, barley; livestock
Liberia
rubber, coffee, cocoa, rice, cassava (tapioca), palm oil,
sugarcane, bananas; sheep, goats; timber
Libya
wheat, barley, olives, dates, citrus, vegetables, peanuts,
soybeans; cattle
Liechtenstein
wheat, barley, corn, potatoes; livestock, dairy
products
Lithuania
grain, potatoes, sugar beets, flax, vegetables; beef,
milk, eggs; fish
Luxembourg
wine, grapes, barley, oats, potatoes, wheat, fruits;
dairy products, livestock products
Macau
only 2% of land area is cultivated, mainly by vegetable
growers; fishing, mostly for crustaceans, is important; some of the
catch is exported to Hong Kong
Macedonia
grapes, wine, tobacco, vegetables, fruits; milk, eggs
Madagascar
coffee, vanilla, sugarcane, cloves, cocoa, rice, cassava
(tapioca), beans, bananas, peanuts; livestock products
Malawi
tobacco, sugarcane, cotton, tea, corn, potatoes, cassava
(tapioca), sorghum, pulses, groundnuts, Macadamia nuts; cattle, goats
Malaysia
Peninsular Malaysia - rubber, palm oil, cocoa, rice; Sabah
- subsistence crops, rubber, timber, coconuts, rice; Sarawak -
rubber, pepper, timber
Maldives
coconuts, corn, sweet potatoes; fish
Mali
cotton, millet, rice, corn, vegetables, peanuts; cattle, sheep,
goats
Malta
potatoes, cauliflower, grapes, wheat, barley, tomatoes,
citrus, cut flowers, green peppers; pork, milk, poultry, eggs
Marshall Islands
coconuts, tomatoes, melons, taro, breadfruit,
fruits; pigs, chickens
Mauritania
dates, millet, sorghum, rice, corn; cattle, sheep
Mauritius
sugarcane, tea, corn, potatoes, bananas, pulses; cattle,
goats; fish
Mayotte
vanilla, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), coffee, copra, fish,
livestock
Mexico
corn, wheat, soybeans, rice, beans, cotton, coffee, fruit,
tomatoes; beef, poultry, dairy products; wood products
Micronesia, Federated States of
black pepper, tropical fruits and
vegetables, coconuts, bananas, cassava (tapioca), sakau (kava),
betel nuts, sweet potatoes; pigs, chickens; fish
Moldova
vegetables, fruits, wine, grain, sugar beets, sunflower
seed, tobacco; beef, milk
Monaco
none
Mongolia
wheat, barley, vegetables, forage crops; sheep, goats,
cattle, camels, horses
Montenegro
grains, tobacco, potatoes, citrus fruits, olives, grapes;
sheepherding; commercial fishing negligible
Montserrat
cabbages, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, peppers;
livestock products
Morocco
barley, wheat, citrus, wine, vegetables, olives; livestock
Mozambique
cotton, cashew nuts, sugarcane, tea, cassava (tapioca),
corn, coconuts, sisal, citrus and tropical fruits, potatoes,
sunflowers; beef, poultry
Namibia
millet, sorghum, peanuts, grapes; livestock; fish
Nauru
coconuts
Nepal
rice, corn, wheat, sugarcane, jute, root crops; milk, water
buffalo meat
Netherlands
grains, potatoes, sugar beets, fruits, vegetables;
livestock
Netherlands Antilles
aloes, sorghum, peanuts, vegetables, tropical
fruit
New Caledonia
vegetables; beef, deer, other livestock products; fish
New Zealand
dairy products, lamb and mutton; wheat, barley,
potatoes, pulses, fruits, vegetables; wool, beef; fish
Nicaragua
coffee, bananas, sugarcane, cotton, rice, corn, tobacco,
sesame, soya, beans; beef, veal, pork, poultry, dairy products;
shrimp, lobsters
Niger
cowpeas, cotton, peanuts, millet, sorghum, cassava (tapioca),
rice; cattle, sheep, goats, camels, donkeys, horses, poultry
Nigeria
cocoa, peanuts, palm oil, corn, rice, sorghum, millet,
cassava (tapioca), yams, rubber; cattle, sheep, goats, pigs; timber;
fish
Niue
coconuts, passion fruit, honey, limes, taro, yams, cassava
(tapioca), sweet potatoes; pigs, poultry, beef cattle
Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island pine seed, Kentia palm seed, cereals,
vegetables, fruit; cattle, poultry
Northern Mariana Islands
coconuts, fruits, vegetables; cattle
Norway
barley, wheat, potatoes; pork, beef, veal, milk; fish
Oman
dates, limes, bananas, alfalfa, vegetables; camels, cattle; fish
Pakistan
cotton, wheat, rice, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables; milk,
beef, mutton, eggs
Palau
coconuts, copra, cassava (tapioca), sweet potatoes; fish
Panama
bananas, rice, corn, coffee, sugarcane, vegetables;
livestock; shrimp
Papua New Guinea
coffee, cocoa, copra, palm kernels, tea, sugar,
rubber, sweet potatoes, fruit, vegetables, vanilla; shell fish,
poultry, pork
Paraguay
cotton, sugarcane, soybeans, corn, wheat, tobacco, cassava
(tapioca), fruits, vegetables; beef, pork, eggs, milk; timber
Peru
asparagus, coffee, cotton, sugarcane, rice, potatoes, corn,
plantains, grapes, oranges, coca; poultry, beef, dairy products;
fish, guinea pigs
Philippines
sugarcane, coconuts, rice, corn, bananas, cassavas,
pineapples, mangoes; pork, eggs, beef; fish
Pitcairn Islands
honey; wide variety of fruits and vegetables;
goats, chickens, fish
Poland
potatoes, fruits, vegetables, wheat; poultry, eggs, pork,
dairy
Portugal
grain, potatoes, tomatoes, olives, grapes; sheep, cattle,
goats, swine, poultry, dairy products; fish
Puerto Rico
sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas;
livestock products, chickens
Qatar
fruits, vegetables; poultry, dairy products, beef; fish
Romania
wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, sunflower seed, potatoes,
grapes; eggs, sheep
Russia
grain, sugar beets, sunflower seed, vegetables, fruits; beef,
milk
Rwanda
coffee, tea, pyrethrum (insecticide made from
chrysanthemums), bananas, beans, sorghum, potatoes; livestock
Saint Helena
coffee, corn, potatoes, vegetables; timber; fish,
lobster (on Tristan da Cunha); livestock
Saint Kitts and Nevis
sugarcane, rice, yams, vegetables, bananas;
fish
Saint Lucia
bananas, coconuts, vegetables, citrus, root crops, cocoa
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
vegetables; poultry, cattle, sheep, pigs;
fish
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
bananas, coconuts, sweet potatoes,
spices; small numbers of cattle, sheep, pigs, goats; fish
Samoa
coconuts, bananas, taro, yams, coffee, cocoa
San Marino
wheat, grapes, corn, olives; cattle, pigs, horses, beef,
cheese, hides
Sao Tome and Principe
cocoa, coconuts, palm kernels, copra,
cinnamon, pepper, coffee, bananas, papayas, beans; poultry; fish
Saudi Arabia
wheat, barley, tomatoes, melons, dates, citrus; mutton,
chickens, eggs, milk
Senegal
peanuts, millet, corn, sorghum, rice, cotton, tomatoes,
green vegetables; cattle, poultry, pigs; fish
Serbia
wheat, maize, sugar beets, sunflower, raspberries, beef,
pork, milk
Seychelles
coconuts, cinnamon, vanilla, sweet potatoes, cassava
(tapioca), bananas; poultry; tuna
Sierra Leone
rice, coffee, cocoa, palm kernels, palm oil, peanuts;
poultry, cattle, sheep, pigs; fish
Singapore
rubber, copra, fruit, orchids, vegetables; poultry, eggs;
fish, ornamental fish
Slovakia
grains, potatoes, sugar beets, hops, fruit; pigs, cattle,
poultry; forest products
Slovenia
potatoes, hops, wheat, sugar beets, corn, grapes; cattle,
sheep, poultry
Solomon Islands
cocoa beans, coconuts, palm kernels, rice, potatoes,
vegetables, fruit; timber; cattle, pigs; fish
Somalia
bananas, sorghum, corn, coconuts, rice, sugarcane, mangoes,
sesame seeds, beans; cattle, sheep, goats; fish
South Africa
corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables; beef,
poultry, mutton, wool, dairy products
Spain
grain, vegetables, olives, wine grapes, sugar beets, citrus;
beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; fish
Sri Lanka
rice, sugarcane, grains, pulses, oilseed, spices, tea,
rubber, coconuts; milk, eggs, hides, beef; fish
Sudan
cotton, groundnuts (peanuts), sorghum, millet, wheat, gum
arabic, sugarcane, cassava (tapioca), mangos, papaya, bananas, sweet
potatoes, sesame; sheep, livestock
Suriname
paddy rice, bananas, palm kernels, coconuts, plantains,
peanuts; beef, chickens; shrimp; forest products
Swaziland
sugarcane, cotton, corn, tobacco, rice, citrus,
pineapples, sorghum, peanuts; cattle, goats, sheep
Sweden
barley, wheat, sugar beets; meat, milk
Switzerland
grains, fruits, vegetables; meat, eggs
Syria
wheat, barley, cotton, lentils, chickpeas, olives, sugar
beets; beef, mutton, eggs, poultry, milk
Taiwan
rice, corn, vegetables, fruit, tea; pigs, poultry, beef,
milk; fish
Tajikistan
cotton, grain, fruits, grapes, vegetables; cattle, sheep,
goats
Tanzania
coffee, sisal, tea, cotton, pyrethrum (insecticide made
from chrysanthemums), cashew nuts, tobacco, cloves, corn, wheat,
cassava (tapioca), bananas, fruits, vegetables; cattle, sheep, goats
Thailand
rice, cassava (tapioca), rubber, corn, sugarcane, coconuts,
soybeans
Timor-Leste
coffee, rice, corn, cassava, sweet potatoes, soybeans,
cabbage, mangoes, bananas, vanilla
Togo
coffee, cocoa, cotton, yams, cassava (tapioca), corn, beans,
rice, millet, sorghum; livestock; fish
Tokelau
coconuts, copra, breadfruit, papayas, bananas; pigs,
poultry, goats; fish
Tonga
squash, coconuts, copra, bananas, vanilla beans, cocoa,
coffee, ginger, black pepper; fish
Trinidad and Tobago
cocoa, rice, citrus, coffee, vegetables; poultry
Tunisia
olives, olive oil, grain, tomatoes, citrus fruit, sugar
beets, dates, almonds; beef, dairy products
Turkey
tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets, pulse, citrus;
livestock
Turkmenistan
cotton, grain; livestock
Turks and Caicos Islands corn, beans, cassava (tapioca), citrus fruits; fish
Tuvalu
coconuts; fish
Uganda
coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), potatoes,
corn, millet, pulses, cut flowers; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry
Ukraine
grain, sugar beets, sunflower seeds, vegetables; beef, milk
United Arab Emirates
dates, vegetables, watermelons; poultry, eggs,
dairy products; fish
United Kingdom
cereals, oilseed, potatoes, vegetables; cattle,
sheep, poultry; fish
United States
wheat, corn, other grains, fruits, vegetables, cotton;
beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; fish; forest products
Uruguay
rice, wheat, soybeans, barley; livestock, beef; fish;
forestry
Uzbekistan
cotton, vegetables, fruits, grain; livestock
Vanuatu
copra, coconuts, cocoa, coffee, taro, yams, fruits,
vegetables; beef; fish
Venezuela
corn, sorghum, sugarcane, rice, bananas, vegetables,
coffee; beef, pork, milk, eggs; fish
Vietnam
paddy rice, coffee, rubber, cotton, tea, pepper, soybeans,
cashews, sugar cane, peanuts, bananas; poultry; fish, seafood
Virgin Islands
fruit, vegetables, sorghum; Senepol cattle
Wallis and Futuna
breadfruit, yams, taro, bananas; pigs, goats; fish
West Bank
olives, citrus, vegetables; beef, dairy products
Western Sahara
fruits and vegetables (grown in the few oases);
camels, sheep, goats (kept by nomads); fish
Yemen
grain, fruits, vegetables, pulses, qat, coffee, cotton; dairy
products, livestock (sheep, goats, cattle, camels), poultry; fish
Zambia
corn, sorghum, rice, peanuts, sunflower seed, vegetables,
flowers, tobacco, cotton, sugarcane, cassava (tapioca), coffee;
cattle, goats, pigs, poultry, milk, eggs, hides
Zimbabwe
corn, cotton, tobacco, wheat, coffee, sugarcane, peanuts;
sheep, goats, pigs
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@2053 Airports
Afghanistan
46 (2007)
Albania
11 (2007)
Algeria
150 (2007)
American Samoa
3 (2007)
Angola
232 (2007)
Anguilla
3 (2007)
Antarctica
27 (2008)
Antigua and Barbuda
3 (2007)
Argentina
1,272 (2007)
Armenia
12 (2007)
Aruba
1 (2007)
Australia
461 (2007)
Austria
55 (2007)
Azerbaijan
35 (2007)
Bahamas, The
62 (2007)
Bahrain
3 (2007)
Bangladesh
16 (2007)
Barbados
1 (2007)
Belarus
67 (2007)
Belgium
43 (2007)
Belize
44 (2007)
Benin
5 (2007)
Bermuda
1 (2007)
Bhutan
2 (2007)
Bolivia
1,061 (2007)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
28 (2007)
Botswana
85 (2007)
Brazil
4,263 (2007)
British Indian Ocean Territory
1 (2007)
British Virgin Islands
3 (2007)
Brunei
2 (2007)
Bulgaria
214 (2007)
Burkina Faso
33 (2007)
Burma
86 (2007)
Burundi
8 (2007)
Cambodia
17 (2007)
Cameroon
45 (2007)
Canada
1,343 (2007)
Cape Verde
8 (2007)
Cayman Islands
3 (2007)
Central African Republic
51 (2007)
Chad
55 (2007)
Chile
358 (2007)
China
467 (2007)
Christmas Island
1 (2007)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
1 (2007)
Colombia
934 (2007)
Comoros
4 (2007)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
237 (2007)
Congo, Republic of the
31 (2007)
Cook Islands
9 (2007)
Costa Rica
151 (2007)
Cote d'Ivoire
34 (2007)
Croatia
68 (2007)
Cuba
165 (2007)
Cyprus
16 (2007)
Czech Republic
122 (2007)
Denmark
91 (2007)
Djibouti
13 (2007)
Dominica
2 (2007)
Dominican Republic
34 (2007)
Ecuador
406 (2007)
Egypt
88 (2007)
El Salvador
65 (2007)
Equatorial Guinea
5 (2007)
Eritrea
18 (2007)
Estonia
19 (2007)
Ethiopia
84 (2007)
European Union
3,393 (2006)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
6 (2007)
Faroe Islands
1 (2007)
Fiji
28 (2007)
Finland
148 (2007)
France
476 (2007)
French Polynesia
54 (2007)
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
4 (one each on Europa Island,
Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island, and Tromelin Island in the
Iles Eparses district) (2006)
Gabon
53 (2007)
Gambia, The
1 (2007)
Gaza Strip
2 (2007)
Georgia
23 (2007)
Germany
550 (2007)
Ghana
12 (2007)
Gibraltar
1 (2007)
Greece
81 (2007)
Greenland
14 (2007)
Grenada
3 (2007)
Guam
5 (2007)
Guatemala
402 (2007)
Guernsey
2 (2007)
Guinea
16 (2007)
Guinea-Bissau
27 (2007)
Guyana
93 (2007)
Haiti
14 (2007)
Honduras
112 (2007)
Hong Kong
2 (2007)
Hungary
46 (2007)
Iceland
99 (2007)
India
346 (2007)
Indonesia
652 (2007)
Iran
331 (2007)
Iraq
110 (2007)
Ireland
34 (2007)
Isle of Man
1 (2007)
Israel
53 (2007)
Italy
132 (2007)
Jamaica
34 (2007)
Jan Mayen
1 (2007)
Japan
176 (2007)
Jersey
1 (2007)
Jordan
17 (2007)
Kazakhstan
97 (2007)
Kenya
225 (2007)
Kiribati
19 (2007)
Korea, North
77 (2007)
Korea, South
105 (2007)
Kosovo
10 (2008)
Kuwait
7 (2007)
Kyrgyzstan
30 (2007)
Laos
42 (2007)
Latvia
42 (2007)
Lebanon
7 (2007)
Lesotho
28 (2007)
Liberia
53 (2007)
Libya
141 (2007)
Lithuania
87 (2007)
Luxembourg
2 (2007)
Macau
1 (2007)
Macedonia
17 (2007)
Madagascar
104 (2007)
Malawi
39 (2007)
Malaysia
116 (2007)
Maldives
5 (2007)
Mali
29 (2007)
Malta
1 (2007)
Marshall Islands
15 (2007)
Mauritania
25 (2007)
Mauritius
5 (2007)
Mayotte
1 (2007)
Mexico
1,834 (2007)
Micronesia, Federated States of
6 (2007)
Moldova
10 (2007)
Mongolia
44 (2007)
Montenegro
5 (2007)
Montserrat
2 (2007)
Morocco
60 (2007)
Mozambique
147 (2007)
Namibia
137 (2007)
Nauru
1 (2007)
Nepal
47 (2007)
Netherlands
27 (2007)
Netherlands Antilles
5 (2007)
New Caledonia
25 (2007)
New Zealand
121 (2007)
Nicaragua
163 (2007)
Niger
28 (2007)
Nigeria
70 (2007)
Niue
1 (2007)
Norfolk Island
1 (2007)
Northern Mariana Islands
5 (2007)
Norway
98 (2007)
Oman
137 (2007)
Pakistan
146 (2007)
Palau
3 (2007)
Panama
116 (2007)
Papua New Guinea
578 (2007)
Paracel Islands
1 (2007)
Paraguay
838 (2007)
Peru
237 (2007)
Philippines
255 (2007)
Poland
123 (2007)
Portugal
66 (2007)
Puerto Rico
29 (2007)
Qatar
5 (2007)
Romania
61 (2007)
Russia
1,260 (2007)
Rwanda
9 (2007)
Saint Barthelemy
1
Saint Helena
1 (2007)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
2 (2007)
Saint Lucia
2 (2007)
Saint Martin
1
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
2 (2007)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
6 (2007)
Samoa
4 (2007)
Sao Tome and Principe
2 (2007)
Saudi Arabia
213 (2007)
Senegal
20 (2007)
Serbia
39 (2007)
Seychelles
15 (2007)
Sierra Leone
10 (2007)
Singapore
8 (2007)
Slovakia
35 (2007)
Slovenia
14 (2007)
Solomon Islands
35 (2007)
Somalia
67 (2007)
South Africa
728 (2007)
Spain
154 (2007)
Spratly Islands
3 (2007)
Sri Lanka
18 (2007)
Sudan
101 (2007)
Suriname
50 (2007)
Svalbard
4 (2007)
Swaziland
18 (2007)
Sweden
250 (2007)
Switzerland
65 (2007)
Syria
90 (2007)
Taiwan
41 (2007)
Tajikistan
26 (2007)
Tanzania
124 (2007)
Thailand
106 (2007)
Timor-Leste
8 (2007)
Togo
9 (2007)
Tonga
6 (2007)
Trinidad and Tobago
6 (2007)
Tunisia
30 (2007)
Turkey
117 (2007)
Turkmenistan
28 (2007)
Turks and Caicos Islands
8 (2007)
Tuvalu
1 (2007)
Uganda
32 (2007)
Ukraine
437 (2007)
United Arab Emirates
39 (2007)
United Kingdom
449 (2007)
United States
14,947 (2007)
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
Baker Island: one
abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m covered with vegetation and
unusable
Howland Island: airstrip constructed in 1937 for scheduled refueling
stop on the round-the-world flight of Amelia EARHART and Fred
NOONAN; the aviators left Lae, New Guinea, for Howland Island but
were never seen again; the airstrip is no longer serviceable
Johnston Atoll: one closed and not maintained
Kingman Reef: lagoon was used as a halfway station between Hawaii
and American Samoa by Pan American Airways for flying boats in 1937
and 1938
Midway Islands: 3 - one operational (2,409 m paved); no fuel for
sale except emergencies
Palmyra Atoll: 1 - 1,846 m unpaved runway; privately owned (2008)
Uruguay
60 (2007)
Uzbekistan
54 (2007)
Vanuatu
31 (2007)
Venezuela
390 (2007)
Vietnam
44 (2007)
Virgin Islands
2 (2007)
Wake Island
1 (2007)
Wallis and Futuna
2 (2007)
West Bank
3 (2007)
Western Sahara
9 (2007)
World
total airports - 49,024
top ten by passengers: Atlanta - 84,846,639; Chicago - 77,028,134;
London - 67,530,197; Tokyo - 65,810,672; Los Angeles - 61,041,066;
Dallas/Fort Worth - 60,226,138; Paris - 56,849,567; Frankfurt -
52,810,683; Beijing - 48,654,770; Denver - 47,325,016
top ten by cargo (metric tons): Memphis - 3,692,081; Hong Kong -
3,609,780; Anchorage - 2,691,395; Seoul - 2,336,572; Tokyo -
2,280,830; Shanghai - 2,168,122; Paris - 2,130,724; Frankfurt -
2,127,646; Louisville (US) - 1,983,032; Singapore - 1,931,881 (2006)
Yemen
50 (2007)
Zambia
107 (2007)
Zimbabwe
341 (2007)
This page was last updated on 18 December 2008
@2054 Birth rate (births/1,000 population)
Afghanistan
45.82 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Albania
15.22 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Algeria
17.03 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
American Samoa
23.66 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Andorra
10.59 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Angola
44.09 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Anguilla
13.11 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda
16.78 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Argentina
18.11 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Armenia
12.53 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Aruba
12.81 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Australia
12.55 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Austria
8.66 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Azerbaijan
17.52 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Bahamas, The
17.06 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Bahrain
17.26 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Bangladesh
28.86 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Barbados
12.48 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Belarus
9.62 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Belgium
10.22 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Belize
27.84 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Benin
39.8 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Bermuda
11.15 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Bhutan
20.56 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Bolivia
22.31 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
8.82 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Botswana
22.96 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Brazil
18.72 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
British Virgin Islands
14.72 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Brunei
18.39 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Bulgaria
9.58 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Burkina Faso
44.68 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Burma
17.23 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Burundi
41.72 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Cambodia
25.68 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Cameroon
34.59 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Canada
10.29 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Cape Verde
23.95 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Cayman Islands
12.43 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Central African Republic
33.13 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Chad
41.61 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Chile
14.82 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
China
13.71 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Christmas Island
NA (2008 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
NA (2008 est.)
Colombia
19.86 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Comoros
35.78 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 43 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Congo, Republic of the
41.76 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Cook Islands
16.71 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Costa Rica
17.71 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
32.73 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Croatia
9.64 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Cuba
11.27 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Cyprus
12.56 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Czech Republic
8.89 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Denmark
10.71 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Djibouti
38.61 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Dominica
15.73 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Dominican Republic
22.65 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Ecuador
21.54 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Egypt
22.12 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
El Salvador
25.72 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Equatorial Guinea
37.04 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Eritrea
34.94 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Estonia
10.28 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Ethiopia
43.97 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
European Union
10.25 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
NA (2008 est.)
Faroe Islands
13.25 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Fiji
22.15 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Finland
10.39 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
France
12.73 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
French Polynesia
16.16 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Gabon
35.75 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Gambia, The
38.36 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Gaza Strip
37.75 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Georgia
10.62 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Germany
8.18 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Ghana
29.22 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Gibraltar
10.71 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Greece
9.54 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Greenland
14.87 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Grenada
21.61 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Guam
18.37 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Guatemala
28.55 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Guernsey
8.57 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Guinea
37.84 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Guinea-Bissau
36.4 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Guyana
17.85 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Haiti
35.69 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Honduras
26.93 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Hong Kong
7.37 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Hungary
9.59 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Iceland
13.5 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
India
22.22 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Indonesia
19.24 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Iran
16.89 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Iraq
30.77 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Ireland
14.33 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Isle of Man
10.86 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Israel
20.02 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Italy
8.36 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Jamaica
20.04 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Japan
7.87 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Jersey
8.84 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Jordan
20.13 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Kazakhstan
16.44 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Kenya
37.89 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Kiribati
30.31 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Korea, North
14.61 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Korea, South
9.09 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Kuwait
21.9 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Kyrgyzstan
23.31 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Laos
34.46 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Latvia
9.62 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Lebanon
17.61 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Lesotho
24.41 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Liberia
42.92 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Libya
25.62 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Liechtenstein
9.86 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Lithuania
9 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Luxembourg
11.77 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Macau
8.69 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Macedonia
12 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Madagascar
38.38 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Malawi
41.79 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Malaysia
22.44 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Maldives
14.84 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Mali
49.38 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Malta
10.33 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Marshall Islands
31.52 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Mauritania
40.14 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Mauritius
14.64 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Mayotte
39.79 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Mexico
20.04 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of 23.66 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Moldova
11.01 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Monaco
9.09 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Mongolia
21.09 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Montenegro
11.17 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Montserrat
12.01 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Morocco
21.31 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Mozambique
38.21 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Namibia
23.19 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Nauru
24.26 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Nepal
29.92 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Netherlands
10.53 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Netherlands Antilles
14.37 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
New Caledonia
17.39 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
New Zealand
14.09 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Nicaragua
23.7 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Niger
49.62 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Nigeria
37.23 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Niue
NA (2008 est.)
Norfolk Island
NA (2008 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands
19.04 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Norway
11.12 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Oman
35.26 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Pakistan
28.35 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Palau
17.4 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Panama
20.68 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Papua New Guinea
28.14 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Paraguay
28.47 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Peru
19.77 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Philippines
26.42 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Pitcairn Islands
NA (2008 est.)
Poland
10.01 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Portugal
10.45 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Puerto Rico
12.61 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Qatar
15.69 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Romania
10.61 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Russia
11.03 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Rwanda
39.97 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Saint Helena
11.45 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
17.73 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Saint Lucia
15.4 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
12.92 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 15.82 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Samoa
28.2 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
San Marino
9.74 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe
39.12 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Saudi Arabia
28.85 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Senegal
36.52 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Seychelles
15.6 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Sierra Leone
45.08 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Singapore
8.99 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Slovakia
10.64 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Slovenia
8.99 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Solomon Islands
28.48 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Somalia
44.12 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
South Africa
20.23 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Spain
9.87 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Sri Lanka
16.63 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Sudan
34.31 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Suriname
17.02 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Svalbard
NA (2008 est.)
Swaziland
26.6 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Sweden
10.15 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Switzerland
9.62 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Syria
26.57 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Taiwan
8.99 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Tajikistan
27.18 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Tanzania
35.12 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Thailand
13.57 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Timor-Leste
26.52 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Togo
36.66 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Tokelau
NA (2008 est.)
Tonga
21.81 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago
13.22 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Tunisia
15.5 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Turkey
16.15 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Turkmenistan
25.07 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
21.12 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Tuvalu
22.75 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Uganda
48.15 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Ukraine
9.55 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
United Arab Emirates
16.06 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
United Kingdom
10.65 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
United States
14.18 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Uruguay
14.17 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Uzbekistan
17.99 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Vanuatu
21.95 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Venezuela
20.92 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Vietnam
16.47 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Virgin Islands
12.29 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Wallis and Futuna
NA (2008 est.)
West Bank
25.95 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Western Sahara
39.95 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
World
20.18 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Yemen
42.42 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Zambia
40.52 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Zimbabwe
31.62 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
This page was last updated on 18 December 2008
@2055 Military branches
Afghanistan
Afghan Armed Forces: Afghan National Army (ANA, includes
Afghan National Army Air Corps) (2008)
Albania
Land Forces Command (Army), Naval Forces Command, Air
Defense Command, General Staff Headquarters (includes Logistics
Command, Training and Doctrine Command) (2007)
Algeria
National Popular Army (ANP; includes Land Forces), Algerian
National Navy (MRA), Air Force (QJJ), Territorial Air Defense Force
(2005)
Andorra
no regular military forces, Police Service of Andorra
Angola
Angolan Armed Forces (FAA): Army, Navy (Marinha de Guerra,
MdG), Angolan National Air Force (FANA) (2007)
Antigua and Barbuda
Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force (2007)
Argentina
Argentine Army (Ejercito Argentino), Navy of the Argentine
Republic (Armada Republica; includes naval aviation and naval
infantry), Argentine Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Argentina, FAA) (2008)
Armenia
Armed Forces: Ground Forces, Nagorno-Karabakh Self Defense
Force (NKSDF), Air Force and Air Defense (2008)
Aruba
no regular indigenous military forces; the Netherlands
maintains a detachment of marines, a frigate, and an amphibious
combat detachment in the neighboring Netherlands Antilles (2008)
Australia
Australian Defense Force (ADF): Australian Army, Royal
Australian Navy, Royal Australian Air Force, Special Operations
Command (2006)
Austria
Land Forces (KdoLdSK), Air Forces (KdoLuSK)
Azerbaijan
Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces (2008)
Bahamas, The
Royal Bahamian Defense Force: Land Force, Navy, Air
Wing (2007)
Bahrain
Bahrain Defense Forces (BDF): Ground Force (includes Air
Defense), Naval Force, Air Force, National Guard
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Defense Force: Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh
Navy, Bangladesh Air Force (Bangladesh Biman Bahini, BAF) (2008)
Barbados
Royal Barbados Defense Force: Troops Command, Barbados
Coast Guard (2007)
Belarus
Belarus Armed Forces: Land Force, Air and Air Defense Force
(2008)
Belgium
Belgian Armed Forces: Land Operations Command, Naval
Operations Command, Air Operations Command (2008)
Belize
Belize Defense Force (BDF): Army, BDF Air Wing, BDF Volunteer
Guard (2007)
Benin
Benin Armed Forces (FAB): Army (l'Arme de Terre), Benin Navy
(Forces Navales Beninois, FNB), Benin People's Air Force (Force
Aerienne Populaire de Benin, FAPB) (2008)
Bermuda
Bermuda Regiment (2008)
Bhutan
Royal Bhutan Army (includes Royal Bodyguard and Royal Bhutan
Police) (2008)
Bolivia
Bolivian Armed Forces: Bolivian Army (Ejercito Boliviano),
Bolivian Navy (Armada Boliviana; includes marines), Bolivian Air
Force (Fuerza Aerea Boliviana, FAB) (2008)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina Armed Forces (OSBiH):
Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Air and Air Defense Forces of Bosnia
and Herzegovina (Zrakoplovstvo i Protuzracna Obrana, ZPO) (2007)
Botswana
Botswana Defense Force: Ground Forces, Air Wing (2008)
Brazil
Brazilian Army, Brazilian Navy (Marinha do Brasil (MB),
includes Naval Air and Marine Corps (Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais)),
Brazilian Air Force (Forca Aerea Brasileira, FAB) (2008)
Brunei
Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF): Royal Brunei Land Forces,
Royal Brunei Navy, Royal Brunei Air Force (Tentera Udara Diraja
Brunei) (2008)
Bulgaria
Bulgarian Armed Forces: Ground Forces, Naval Forces,
Bulgarian Air Forces (Bulgarski Voennovazdyshni Sily, BVVS) (2008)
Burkina Faso
Army, Air Force of Burkina Faso (Force Aerienne de
Burkina Faso, FABF), National Gendarmerie (2008)
Burma
Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw): Army, Navy, Air Force
(Tatmadaw Lay) (2008)
Burundi
National Defense Force (Forces de Defense Nationales, FDN):
Army (includes Naval Detachment and Air Wing), Gendarmerie (2008)
Cambodia
Royal Cambodian Armed Forces: Royal Cambodian Army, Royal
Khmer Navy, Royal Cambodian Air Force (2008)
Cameroon
Cameroon Armed Forces: Army, Navy (includes naval
infantry), Air Force (Armee de l'Air du Cameroun, AAC) (2008)
Canada
Canadian Forces: Land Forces Command (LFC), Maritime Command
(MARCOM), Air Command (AIRCOM), Canada Command (homeland security)
(2008)
Cape Verde
People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARP): Army, Coast
Guard (includes maritime air wing) (2007)
Cayman Islands
no regular military forces; Royal Cayman Islands
Police Force (2007)
Central African Republic
Central African Armed Forces (Forces Armees
Centrafricaines, FACA): Ground Forces, General Directorate of
Gendarmerie Inspection (DGIG), Military Air Service, National Police
(2008)
Chad
Armed Forces: Chadian National Army (Armee Nationale du Tchad,
ANT), Chadian Air Force (Force Aerienne Tchadienne, FAT),
Gendarmerie (2008)
Chile
Army of the Nation, Chilean Navy (Armada de Chile, includes
naval air, marine corps, and Maritime Territory and Merchant Marine
Directorate (Directemar)), Chilean Air Force (Fuerza Aerea de Chile,
FACh), Carabineros Corps (Cuerpo de Carabineros) (2008)
China
People's Liberation Army (PLA): Ground Forces, Navy (includes
marines and naval aviation), Air Force (includes airborne forces),
and Second Artillery Corps (strategic missile force); People's Armed
Police (PAP); PLA Reserve Force (2008)
Colombia
National Army (Ejercito Nacional), National Navy (Armada
Nacional, includes Naval Aviation, Naval Infantry (Infanteria de
Marina, Colmar), and Coast Guard), Colombian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea
de Colombia, FAC) (2008)
Comoros
National Development Army (AND): Comoran Security Force;
Comoran Federal Police (2008)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Armed Forces of the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (Forces d'Armees de la Republique Democratique
du Congo, FARDC): Army, National Navy (La Marine Nationale),
Congolese Air Force (Force Aerienne Congolaise, FAC) (2008)
Congo, Republic of the
Congolese Armed Forces (Forces Armees
Congolaises, FAC): Army, Navy, Congolese Air Force (Armee de l'Air
Congolaise), Gendarmerie, Special Presidential Security Guard (GSSP)
(2008)
Cook Islands
no regular military forces; National Police Department
(2007)
Costa Rica
no regular military forces; Ministry of Public Security,
Government, and Police (2008)
Cote d'Ivoire
Cote d'Ivoire Defense and Security Forces (FDSC):
Army, Navy, Air Force (2006)
Croatia
Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia (Oruzane Snage
Republike Hrvatske, OSRH), consists of five major commands directly
subordinate to a General Staff: Ground Forces (Hrvatska Kopnena
Vojska, HKoV), Naval Forces (Hrvatska Ratna Mornarica, HRM), Air
Force (Hrvatsko Ratno Zrakoplovstvo, HRZ), Joint Education and
Training Command, Logistics Command; Military Police Force supports
each of the three Croatian military forces (2008)
Cuba
Revolutionary Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias,
FAR): Revolutionary Army (ER; includes Territorial Militia Troops,
MTT), Revolutionary Navy (Marina de Guerra Revolucionaria, MGR;
includes Marine Corps), Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force
(DAAFAR), Youth Labor Army (EJT) (2008)
Cyprus
Republic of Cyprus: Greek Cypriot National Guard (Ethniki
Forea, EF; includes air and naval elements); northern Cyprus:
Turkish Cypriot Security Force (GKK) (2007)
Czech Republic
Army of the Czech Republic (ACR): Joint Forces
Command (includes Army and Air Forces), Support and Training Forces
Command (2008)
Denmark
Defense Command: Army Operational Command, Admiral Danish
Fleet, Island Command Greenland, Tactical Air Command, Home Guard
(2008)
Djibouti
Djibouti National Army (includes Navy and Air Force)
Dominica
no regular military forces; Commonwealth of Dominica Police
Force (includes Coast Guard) (2008)
Dominican Republic
Army, Navy, Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Dominicana,
FAD) (2007)
Ecuador
Army, Navy (includes Naval Infantry, Naval Aviation, Coast
Guard), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Ecuatoriana, FAE) (2007)
Egypt
Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Command
El Salvador
Salvadoran Army (ES), Salvadoran Navy (FNES), Salvadoran
Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Salvadorena, FAS) (2008)
Equatorial Guinea
National Guard (Guardia Nacional (Army), with
Coast Guard (Navy) and Air Wing) (2008)
Eritrea
Eritrean Armed Forces: Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force (2008)
Estonia
Estonian Defense Forces: Land Force, Navy, Air Force (Eesti
Ohuvagi), Volunteer Defense League (Kaitseliit, KL) (2008)
Ethiopia
Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF): Ground Forces,
Ethiopian Air Force (ETAF) (2008)
note: Ethiopia is landlocked and has no navy; following the
secession of Eritrea, Ethiopian naval facilities remained in
Eritrean possession
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
no regular military forces
Faroe Islands
no regular military forces
Fiji
Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF): Land Forces, Naval
Forces (2008)
Finland
Finnish Defense Forces (FDF): Army, Navy (includes Coastal
Defense Forces), Air Force (Suomen Ilmavoimat) (2007)
France
Army (Armee de Terre; includes Marines, Foreign Legion, Army
Light Aviation), Navy (Marine Nationale, includes Naval Air), Air
Force (Armee de l'Air, includes Air Defense), National Gendarmerie
(2008)
French Polynesia
no regular military forces; Gendarmerie and
National Police Force (2007)
Gabon
Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police
Gambia, The
Office of the Chief of Defense: Gambian National Army
(National Guard, GNA), Gambian Navy (GN) (2008)
Gaza Strip
in accordance with the peace agreement, the Palestinian
Authority is not permitted conventional military forces; there are,
however, public security forces (2008)
Georgia
Georgian Armed Forces: Land Forces, Navy (includes coast
guard), Air and Air Defense Forces, National Guard (2008)
Germany
Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr): Army (Heer), Navy
(Deutsche Marine, includes naval air arm), Air Force (Luftwaffe),
Central Medical Service (Zentraler Sanitaetsdienst) (2008)
Ghana
Ghanaian Army, Ghanaian Navy, Ghanaian Air Force (2007)
Gibraltar
Royal Gibraltar Regiment
Greece
Hellenic Army (Ellinikos Stratos, ES), Hellenic Navy
(Ellinikos Polemiko Navtiko, EPN), Hellenic Air Force (Elliniki
Polimiki Aeroporia, EPA) (2007)
Greenland
no regular military forces
Grenada
no regular military forces; Royal Grenada Police Force
(includes Coast Guard) (2007)
Guatemala
Army, Navy (includes Marines), Air Force
Guinea
Armed Forces: Army, Navy (Marine Guineenne, includes
Marines), Air Force, Presidential Guard (2008)
Guinea-Bissau
People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP): Army, Navy,
Air Force; paramilitary force
Guyana
Guyana Defense Force: Army (includes Coast Guard, Air Corps)
(2007)
Haiti
no regular military forces - small Coast Guard; the regular
Haitian Armed Forces (FAdH) - Army, Navy, and Air Force - have been
demobilized but still exist on paper unless they are
constitutionally abolished (2007)
Holy See (Vatican City)
Pontifical Swiss Guard (Corpo della Guardia
Svizzera Pontificia) (2007)
Honduras
Army, Navy (includes Naval Infantry), Honduran Air Force
(Fuerza Aerea Hondurena, FAH) (2008)
Hong Kong
no regular indigenous military forces; Hong Kong garrison
of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) includes elements of the
PLA Ground Forces, PLA Navy, and PLA Air Force; these forces are
under the direct leadership of the Central Military Commission in
Beijing and under administrative control of the adjacent Guangzhou
Military Region (2007)
Hungary
Ground Forces, Hungarian Air Force (Magyar Legiero, ML)
(2008)
Iceland
no regular military forces; Icelandic National Police (2008)
India
Army, Navy (includes naval air arm), Air Force (Bharatiya Vayu
Sena), Coast Guard (2008)
Indonesia
Indonesian Armed Forces (Tentara Nasional Indonesia, TNI):
Army (TNI-Angkatan Darat (TNI-AD)), Navy (TNI-Angkatan Laut
(TNI-AL); includes marines, naval air arm), Air Force (TNI-Angkatan
Udara (TNI-AU)), National Air Defense Command (Kommando Pertahanan
Udara Nasional (Kohanudnas)) (2008)
Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran Regular Forces (Artesh): Ground
Forces, Navy, Air Force of the Military of the Islamic Republic of
Iran (Niru-ye Hava'i-ye Artesh-e Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran; includes
air defense); Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Sepah-e Pasdaran-e
Enqelab-e Eslami, IRGC): Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force, Qods Force
(special operations), and Basij Force (Popular Mobilization Army);
Law Enforcement Forces (2008)
Iraq
Iraqi Armed Forces: Iraqi Army (includes Iraqi Special
Operations Force, Iraqi Intervention Force), Iraqi Navy (former
Iraqi Coastal Defense Force), Iraqi Air Force (former Iraqi Army Air
Corps) (2005)
Ireland
Irish Defense Forces (Oglaigh na h-Eireann): Army (includes
Naval Service and Air Corps (Aer-Chor na h-Eireann)) (2008)
Israel
Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Naval Forces (INF),
Israel Air Force (IAF) (2007)
Italy
Italian Army (Esercito Italiano, EI), Italian Navy (Marina
Militare Italiana, MMI), Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare
Italiana, AMI), Carabinieri Corps (Arma dei Carabinieri, CC) (2008)
Jamaica
Jamaica Defense Force: Ground Forces, Coast Guard, Air Wing
(2007)
Japan
Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD): Ground Self-Defense Force
(Rikujou Jietai, GSDF), Maritime Self-Defense Force (Kaijou Jietai,
MSDF), Air Self-Defense Force (Koku Jieitai, ASDF) (2008)
Jordan
Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF): Royal Jordanian Land Force,
Royal Jordanian Navy, Royal Jordanian Air Force (Al-Quwwat
al-Jawwiya al-Malakiya al-Urduniya, RJAF), Special Operations
Command (Socom); Public Security Directorate (normally falls under
Ministry of Interior, but comes under JAF in wartime or crisis)
(2008)
Kazakhstan
Ground Forces, Naval Force, Air and Air Defense Forces,
Republican Guard
Kenya
Kenyan Army, Kenyan Navy, Kenyan Air Force (2008)
Kiribati
no regular military forces (constitutionally prohibited);
Police Force (2008)
Korea, North
North Korean People's Army: Ground Forces, Navy, Air
Force; civil security forces (2005)
Korea, South
Republic of Korea Army, Navy (includes Marine Corps),
Air Force (2008)
Kuwait
Land Forces, Kuwaiti Navy, Kuwaiti Air Force (Al-Quwwat
al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiya), National Guard (2007)
Kyrgyzstan
Army, Air Force, National Guard (2005)
Laos
Lao People's Armed Forces (LPAF): Lao People's Army (LPA;
includes Riverine Force), Air Force (2008)
Latvia
National Armed Forces (Nacionalo Brunoto Speku): Ground
Forces, Navy (Latvijas Juras Speki; includes Coast Guard (Latvijas
Kara Flotes)), Latvian Air Force (Latvijas Gaisa Speki), Border
Guard, Latvian Home Guard (Latvijas Zemessardze) (2008)
Lebanon
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF): Army (includes Navy), Air Force
(2008)
Lesotho
Lesotho Defense Force (LDF): Army (includes Air Wing) (2008)
Liberia
Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL): Army, Navy, Air Force
Libya
Armed Peoples on Duty (APOD, Army), Libyan Arab Navy, Libyan
Arab Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jamahiriya al-Arabia
al-Libyya, LAAF) (2008)
Liechtenstein
no regular military forces (constitutionally
prohibited); Principality of Liechtenstein National Police
(Landespolizei, LP) (2008)
Lithuania
Ground Forces, Naval Force, Lithuanian Military Air
Forces, National Defense Volunteer Forces (2005)
Luxembourg
Army (2007)
Macau
no regular military forces; defense is the responsibility of
China (2008)
Macedonia
Army of the Republic of Macedonia (ARM): Joint Operational
Command, with subordinate Air Wing (Makedonsko Voeno
Vozduhoplovstvo, MVV), Special Operations Regiment (2007)
Madagascar
People's Armed Forces: Intervention Force, Development
Force, and Aeronaval Force (navy and air); National Gendarmerie
Malawi
Malawi Armed Forces: Army (includes Air Wing and Naval
Detachment) (2007)
Malaysia
Malaysian Armed Forces (Angkatan Tentera Malaysia, ATM):
Malaysian Army (Tentera Darat Malaysia), Royal Malaysian Navy
(Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia, TLDM), Royal Malaysian Air Force
(Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia, TUDM) (2008)
Maldives
Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF): Quick Reaction
Force, Security Protection Group, Coast Guard (2007)
Mali
Malian Armed Forces: Army, Republic of Mali Air Force (Force
Aerienne de la Republique du Mali, FARM), National Guard (2008)
Malta
Armed Forces of Malta (AFM; includes air and maritime
elements) (2007)
Marshall Islands
no regular military forces; under the 1983 Compact
of Free Association, the US has full authority and responsibility
for security and defense of the Marshall Islands; Marshall Islands
Police (2008)
Mauritania
Mauritanian Armed Forces: Army, Mauritanian Navy (Marine
Mauritanienne; includes naval infantry), Islamic Air Force of
Mauritania (Force Aerienne Islamique de Mauritanie, FAIM) (2008)
Mauritius
no regular military forces; National Police Force, Special
Mobile Force, National Coast Guard (2008)
Mexico
Secretariat of National Defense (Secretaria de Defensa
Nacional, Sedena): Army (Ejercito, includes Mexican Air Force
(Fuerza Aerea Mexicana, FAM)); Secretariat of the Navy (Secretaria
de Marina, Semar): Mexican Navy (Armada de Mexico, ARM, includes
Naval Air Force (FAN) and naval infantry) (2008)
Micronesia, Federated States of
no regular military forces
Moldova
National Army: Ground Forces, Rapid Reaction Forces, Air and
Air Defense Forces (2008)
Monaco
no regular military forces; the Palace Guard performs
ceremonial duties
Mongolia
Mongolian Armed Forces: Mongolian Army, Mongolian Air
Force; there is no navy (2008)
Montenegro
Armed Forces of the Republic of Montenegro: Army, Navy
(serves as Coast Guard), Air Force (2008)
Montserrat
no regular military forces; Royal Montserrat Police Force
(2008)
Morocco
Royal Armed Forces (Forces Armees Royales, FAR): Royal
Moroccan Army (includes Air Defense), Navy (includes Marines), Royal
Moroccan Air Force (Al Quwwat al Jawyiya al Malakiya Marakishiya;
Force Aerienne Royale Marocaine) (2008)
Mozambique
Mozambique Armed Defense Forces (FADM): Mozambique Army,
Mozambique Navy (Marinha Mocambique, MM), Mozambique Air Force
(Forca Aerea de Mocambique, FAM) (2006)
Namibia
Namibian Defense Force: Army, Navy, Air Wing (2008)
Nauru
no regular military forces; Nauru Police Force (2008)
Nepal
Nepalese Army, Armed Police Force (2008)
Netherlands
Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands Navy (includes
Naval Air Service and Marine Corps), Royal Netherlands Air Force
(Koninklijke Luchtmacht, KLu), Royal Military Police (2008)
Netherlands Antilles
no regular military forces; National Guard
(2008)
New Caledonia
no regular indigenous military forces; French Armed
Forces (includes Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie); Police Force
New Zealand
New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF): New Zealand Army,
Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal New Zealand Air Force (2008)
Nicaragua
National Army of Nicaragua (ENN; includes Navy, Air Force)
(2008)
Niger
Nigerien Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army,
Niger Air Force (Force Aerienne du Niger) (2008)
Nigeria
Nigerian Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Air Force (2008)
Niue
no regular indigenous military forces; Police Force
Norway
Norwegian Army (Haeren), Royal Norwegian Navy (Kongelige
Norske Sjoeforsvaret, RNoN; includes Coastal Rangers and Coast Guard
(Kystvakt)), Royal Norwegian Air Force (Kongelige Norske
Luftforsvaret, RNoAF), Home Guard (Heimevernet, HV) (2007)
Oman
Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF): Royal Army of Oman, Royal Navy of
Oman, Royal Air Force of Oman (2008)
Pakistan
Army (includes National Guard), Navy (includes Marines and
Maritime Security Agency), Pakistan Air Force (Pakistan Fiza'ya)
(2008)
Palau
no regular military forces; Palau National Police (2008)
Panama
no regular military forces; Panamanian Public Forces or PPF
includes the Panamanian National Police (PNP), National Maritime
Service (NMS), and National Air Service (NAS) (2008)
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea Defense Force (PNGDF; includes
Maritime Operations Element, Air Operations Element) (2008)
Paraguay
Army, National Navy (Armada Nacional, includes Naval
Aviation, Marine Corps, General Naval Prefecture), Air Force (Fuerza
Aerea Paraguay, FAP) (2008)
Peru
Army of Peru (Ejercito Peruano), Navy of Peru (Marina de Guerra
del Peru, MGP (includes naval air, naval infantry, and Coast
Guard)), Air Force of Peru (Fuerza Aerea del Peru, FAP) (2008)
Philippines
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP): Army, Navy
(includes Marine Corps), Air Force (2008)
Poland
Polish Armed Forces: Land Forces (includes Navy (Marynarka
Wojenna, MW)), Polish Air Force (Sily Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej
Polskiej, SPRP) (2008)
Portugal
Portuguese Army (Exercito Portugues), Portuguese Navy
(Marinha Portuguesa; includes Marine Corps), Portuguese Air Force
(Forca Aerea Portuguesa, FAP) (2008)
Puerto Rico
no regular indigenous military forces; paramilitary
National Guard, Police Force
Qatar
Qatari Amiri Land Force (QALF), Qatari Amiri Navy (QAN),
Qatari Amiri Air Force (QAAF) (2007)
Romania
Land Forces, Naval Forces, Romanian Air Force (Fortele
Aeriene Romane, FAR), Special Operations (2008)
Russia
Ground Forces (SV), Navy (VMF), Air Forces
(Voyenno-Vozdushniye Sily, VVS); Airborne Troops (VDV), Strategic
Rocket Troops (Raketnyye Voyska Strategicheskogo Naznacheniya,
RVSN), and Space Troops (KV) are independent "combat arms," not
subordinate to any of the three branches; Russian Ground Forces
include the following combat arms: motorized-rifle troops, tank
troops, missile and artillery troops, air defense of ground troops
(2008)
Rwanda
Rwandan Defense Forces: Army, Air Force
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis Defense Force (includes
Coast Guard), Royal Saint Kitts and Nevis Police Force
Saint Lucia
no regular military forces; Royal Saint Lucia Police
Force (includes Special Service Unit, Coast Guard) (2007)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
no regular military forces; Royal
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force, Coast Guard (2007)
Samoa
no regular military forces; Samoa Police Force (2008)
San Marino
no regular military forces; Voluntary Military Force
(Corpi Militari Voluntar) performs ceremonial duties and limited
police support functions (2008)
Sao Tome and Principe
Armed Forces of Sao Tome and Principe (FASTP):
Army, Coast Guard of Sao Tome e Principe (Guarda Costeira de Sao
Tome e Principe, GCSTP), Presidential Guard (2007)
Saudi Arabia
Land Forces (Army), Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Force,
National Guard, Ministry of Interior Forces (paramilitary)
Senegal
Army, Senegalese Navy (Marine Senegalaise), Senegalese Air
Force (Armee de l'Air du Senegal) (2008)
Serbia
Serbian Armed Forces (Vojska Srbije, VS): Land Forces Command
(includes Riverine Component, consisting of a river flotilla on the
Danube), Joint Operations Command, Air and Air Defense Forces
Command (2008)
Seychelles
Seychelles Defense Force: Army, Coast Guard (includes
Naval Wing, Air Wing), National Guard (2005)
Sierra Leone
Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF): Army
(includes Navy (Maritime Wing), Air Wing) (2008)
Singapore
Singapore Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Air Force (includes
Air Defense) (2008)
Slovakia
Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic (Ozbrojene Sily
Slovenskej Republiky): Land Forces (Pozemne Sily), Air Forces
(Vzdusne Sily) (2008)
Slovenia
Slovenian Army (includes air and naval forces)
Solomon Islands
no regular military forces; Solomon Islands Police
Force (2008)
Somalia
no national-level armed forces (2008)
South Africa
South African National Defense Force (SANDF): South
African Army, South African Navy (SAN), South African Air Force
(SAAF), Joint Operations Command, Military Intelligence, Military
Health Services (2008)
Spain
Spanish Armed Forces: Army (Ejercito de Tierra), Spanish Navy
(Armada Espanola, AE; includes Marine Corps), Spanish Air Force
(Ejercito del Aire Espanola, EdA) (2007)
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy, Sri Lanka Air Force (2008)
Sudan
Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF): Land Forces, Navy, Air Force,
Popular Defense Forces; Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA): Land
Forces (2008)
Suriname
National Army (Nationaal Leger, NL; includes Naval Wing,
Air Wing) (2007)
Svalbard
no regular military forces
Swaziland
Umbutfo Swaziland Defense Force (USDF): Ground Force
(includes air wing) (2008)
Sweden
Swedish Armed Forces (Forsvarsmakten): Army (Armen), Royal
Swedish Navy (Marinen), Swedish Air Force (Svenska Flygvapnet) (2008)
Switzerland
Swiss Armed Forces: Land Forces, Swiss Air Force
(Schweizer Luftwaffe) (2007)
Syria
Syrian Armed Forces: Syrian Arab Army, Syrian Arab Navy,
Syrian Arab Air and Air Defense Forces (includes Air Defense
Command) (2008)
Taiwan
Army, Navy (includes Marine Corps), Air Force, Coast Guard
Administration, Armed Forces Reserve Command, Combined Service
Forces Command, Armed Forces Police Command
Tajikistan
Ground Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces, Mobile Force
(2008)
Tanzania
Tanzanian People's Defense Force (Jeshi la Wananchi la
Tanzania, JWTZ): Army, Naval Wing (includes Coast Guard), Air
Defense Command (includes Air Wing), National Service (2007)
Thailand
Royal Thai Army (RTA), Royal Thai Navy (RTN, includes Royal
Thai Marine Corps), Royal Thai Air Force (Knogtap Agard Thai, RTAF)
(2008)
Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste Defense Force (Forcas de Defesa de
Timor-L'este, Falintil (FDTL)): Army, Navy (Armada) (2008)
Togo
Togolese Armed Forces: Ground Forces, Togolese Navy (Marine du
Togo), Togolese Air Force (Force Aerienne Togolaise, FAT), National
Gendarmerie (2008)
Tonga
Tonga Defense Services (TDS): Land Force (Royal Guard), Naval
Force (includes Royal Marines, Air Wing) (2008)
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force (TTDF):
Trinidad and Tobago Regiment, Coast Guard, Air Guard (2008)
Tunisia
Army, Navy, Republic of Tunisia Air Force (Al-Quwwat
al-Jawwiya al-Jamahiriyah At'tunisia) (2008)
Turkey
Turkish Armed Forces (TSK): Turkish Land Forces (Turk Kara
Kuvvetleri, TKK), Turkish Naval Forces (Turk Deniz Kuvvetleri, TDK;
includes naval air and naval infantry), Turkish Air Force (Turk Hava
Kuvvetleri, THK) (2008)
Turkmenistan
Ground Forces, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces (2007)
Tuvalu
no regular military forces; Tuvalu Police Force (2008)
Uganda
Uganda Peoples Defense Force (UPDF): Army (includes Marine
Unit), Air Force (2007)
Ukraine
Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Air Forces (Viyskovo-Povitryani
Syly), Air Defense Forces (2002)
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates Armed Forces: Army, Navy
(includes Marines), Air Force and Air Defense, National Coast Guard
(2008)
United Kingdom
Army, Royal Navy (includes Royal Marines), Royal Air
Force
United States
US Army, US Navy (includes Marine Corps), US Air
Force, US Coast Guard; note - Coast Guard administered in peacetime
by the Department of Homeland Security, but in wartime reports to
the Department of the Navy (2008)
Uruguay
Uruguayan Armed Forces: Army (Ejercito), Navy (Armada
Nacional; includes naval air arm, Marines, Maritime Prefecture in
wartime), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya, FAU) (2008)
Uzbekistan
Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, National Guard
Vanuatu
no regular military forces; Vanuatu Police Force (VPF),
Vanuatu Mobile Force (VMF; includes Police Maritime Wing (PMW))
(2008)
Venezuela
National Armed Forces (Fuerza Armada Nacionale, FAN):
Ground Forces or Army (Fuerzas Terrestres or Ejercito), Naval Forces
(Fuerzas Navales or Armada; includes Marines, Coast Guard), Air
Force (Fuerzas Aereas or Aviacion), Armed Forces of Cooperation or
National Guard (Fuerzas Armadas de Cooperacion or Guardia Nacional)
Vietnam
People's Armed Forces: People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN)
(includes People's Navy Command (with naval infantry, coast guard),
Air and Air Defense Force (Kon Quan Nhan Dan), Border Defense
Command), People's Public Security Forces, Militia Force,
Self-Defense Forces (2005)
Yemen
Army (includes Republican Guard), Navy (includes Marines),
Yemen Air Force (Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Jamahiriya al Yemeniya;
includes Air Defense Force) (2008)
Zambia
Zambian National Defense Force (ZNDF): Zambian Army, Zambian
Air Force, National Service (2008)
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF): Zimbabwe National Army
(ZNA), Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ), Zimbabwe Republic Police (2008)
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@2056 Budget
Afghanistan
revenues: $715 million
expenditures: $2.6 billion
note: Afghanistan has also received $273 million from the
Reconstruction Trust Fund and $63 million from the Law and Order
Trust Fund (2007 est.)
Albania
revenues: $2.782 billion
expenditures: $3.155 billion (2007 est.)
Algeria
revenues: $57.03 billion
expenditures: $40.53 billion (2007 est.)
American Samoa
revenues: $121 million (37% in local revenue and 63%
in US grants)
expenditures: $127 million (FY96/97)
Andorra
revenues: $333.5 million
expenditures: $386.6 million (2005)
Angola
revenues: $20.18 billion
expenditures: $15.53 billion (2007 est.)
Anguilla
revenues: $22.8 million
expenditures: $22.5 million (2000 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda
revenues: $123.7 million
expenditures: $145.9 million (2000 est.)
Argentina
revenues: $48.99 billion
expenditures: $61.23 billion (2007 est.)
Armenia
revenues: $1.666 billion
expenditures: $1.735 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2007 est.)
Aruba
revenues: $507.9 million
expenditures: $577.9 million (2005 est.)
Australia
revenues: $321.9 billion
expenditures: $315.8 billion (2007 est.)
Austria
revenues: $177.5 billion
expenditures: $179.9 billion (2007 est.)
Azerbaijan
revenues: $6.755 billion
expenditures: $8.572 billion (2007 est.)
Bahamas, The
revenues: $1.03 billion
expenditures: $1.03 billion (FY04/05)
Bahrain
revenues: $5.418 billion
expenditures: $4.968 billion (2007 est.)
Bangladesh
revenues: $7.01 billion
expenditures: $9.464 billion (2007 est.)
Barbados
revenues: $847 million (including grants)
expenditures: $886 million (2000 est.)
Belarus
revenues: $20.75 billion
expenditures: $20.87 billion (2007 est.)
Belgium
revenues: $220.1 billion
expenditures: $221 billion (2007 est.)
Belize
revenues: $307 million
expenditures: $344 million (2007 est.)
Benin
revenues: $959.2 million
expenditures: $1.211 billion (2007 est.)
Bermuda
revenues: $738 million
expenditures: $665 million (FY04/05)
Bhutan
revenues: $272 million
expenditures: $350 million
note: the government of India finances nearly three-fifths of
Bhutan's budget expenditures (2005)
Bolivia
revenues: $5.723 billion
expenditures: $5.495 billion (2007 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
revenues: $7.094 billion
expenditures: $7.137 billion (2007 est.)
Botswana
revenues: $4.741 billion
expenditures: $3.816 billion (2007 est.)
Brazil
revenues: $244 billion
expenditures: $219.9 billion (FY07)
British Virgin Islands
revenues: $204.7 million
expenditures: $180.4 million (2004)
Brunei
revenues: $3.765 billion
expenditures: $4.815 billion (2004 est.)
Bulgaria
revenues: $16.84 billion
expenditures: $15.35 billion (2007 est.)
Burkina Faso
revenues: $1.415 billion
expenditures: $1.847 billion (2007 est.)
Burma
revenues: NA
expenditures: NA (2007 est.)
Burundi
revenues: $264.2 million
expenditures: $335.4 million; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2007 est.)
Cambodia
revenues: $1.015 billion
expenditures: $1.168 billion (2007 est.)
Cameroon
revenues: $4.179 billion
expenditures: $3.297 billion (2007 est.)
Canada
revenues: $569.3 billion
expenditures: $556.2 billion (2007 est.)
Cape Verde
revenues: $436.1 million
expenditures: $449.7 million (2007 est.)
Cayman Islands
revenues: $423.8 million
expenditures: $392.6 million (2004)
Central African Republic
revenues: $250 million
expenditures: $273 million (2007 est.)
Chad
revenues: $1.864 billion
expenditures: $1.749 billion (2007 est.)
Chile
revenues: $44.96 billion
expenditures: $30.51 billion (2007 est.)
China
revenues: $674.3 billion
expenditures: $651.6 billion (2007 est.)
Christmas Island
revenues: $NA
expenditures: $NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
revenues: $NA
expenditures: $NA
Colombia
revenues: $63.69 billion
expenditures: $64.96 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2007 est.)
Comoros
revenues: $27.6 million
expenditures: $NA (2001 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
revenues: $700 million
expenditures: $2 billion (2006 est.)
Congo, Republic of the
revenues: $3.295 billion
expenditures: $2.444 billion (2007 est.)
Cook Islands
revenues: $70.95 million
expenditures: $69.05 million (FY05/06)
Costa Rica
revenues: $3.976 billion
expenditures: $3.808 billion (2007 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
revenues: $3.884 billion
expenditures: $4.106 billion (2007 est.)
Croatia
revenues: $22.56 billion
expenditures: $23.92 billion (2007 est.)
Cuba
revenues: $41.84 billion
expenditures: $43.9 billion (2007 est.)
Cyprus
revenues:: $9.996 billion
expenditures:: $9.304 billion (2007 est.)
Czech Republic
revenues: $72.1 billion
expenditures: $74.98 billion (2007 est.)
Denmark
revenues: $170.6 billion
expenditures: $156.8 billion (2007 est.)
Djibouti
revenues: $135 million
expenditures: $182 million (1999 est.)
Dominica
revenues: $73.9 million
expenditures: $84.4 million (2001)
Dominican Republic
revenues: $7.423 billion
expenditures: $7.259 billion (2007 est.)
Ecuador
revenues: $13.46 billion
expenditures: planned $11.96 billion (2007 est.)
Egypt
revenues: $35.05 billion
expenditures: $44.83 billion (2007 est.)
El Salvador
revenues: $3.659 billion
expenditures: $3.709 billion (2007 est.)
Equatorial Guinea
revenues: $4.963 billion
expenditures: $2.494 billion (2007 est.)
Eritrea
revenues: $234.6 million
expenditures: $471.4 million (2007 est.)
Estonia
revenues: $7.854 billion
expenditures: $7.171 billion (2007 est.)
Ethiopia
revenues: $3.231 billion
expenditures: $3.785 billion (2007 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
revenues: $66.2 million
expenditures: $67.9 million (FY98/99 est.)
Faroe Islands
revenues: $588 million
expenditures: $623 million (2005)
Fiji
revenues: $1.363 billion
expenditures: $1.376 billion (2006)
Finland
revenues: $62.02 billion
expenditures: $58.16 billion (2007)
France
revenues: $1.287 trillion
expenditures: $1.356 trillion (2007 est.)
French Polynesia
revenues: $865 million
expenditures: $644.1 million (1999)
Gabon
revenues: $3.536 billion
expenditures: $2.347 billion (2007 est.)
Gambia, The
revenues: $181.1 million
expenditures: $163.4 million (2007 est.)
Gaza Strip
revenues: $1.149 billion
expenditures: $2.31 billion
note: includes West Bank (2006)
Georgia
revenues: $3.68 billion
expenditures: $3.08 billion (2007 est.)
Germany
revenues: $1.454 trillion
expenditures: $1.453 trillion (2007 est.)
Ghana
revenues: $4.262 billion
expenditures: $5.481 billion (2007 est.)
Gibraltar
revenues: $455.1 million
expenditures: $423.6 million (2005 est.)
Greece
revenues: $115.2 billion
expenditures: $124.1 billion (2007 est.)
Greenland
revenues: $1.36 billion
expenditures: $1.27 billion (2005)
Grenada
revenues: $85.8 million
expenditures: $102.1 million (1997)
Guam
revenues: $319.6 million
expenditures: $427.8 million (2002 est.)
Guatemala
revenues: $4.38 billion
expenditures: $4.872 billion (2007 est.)
Guernsey
revenues: $563.6 million
expenditures: $530.9 million (2005)
Guinea
revenues: $347.1 million
expenditures: $742.7 million (2007 est.)
Guinea-Bissau
revenues: $NA
expenditures: $NA
Guyana
revenues: $446.2 million
expenditures: $531.2 million (2007 est.)
Haiti
revenues: $815.9 million
expenditures: $802.2 million (2007 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City)
revenues: $310 million
expenditures: $307 million (2006)
Honduras
revenues: $2.344 billion
expenditures: $2.631 billion; including capital expenditures of $106
million (2007 est.)
Hong Kong
revenues: $36.9 billion
expenditures: $29.4 billion (FY07-08 est.)
Hungary
revenues: $64 billion
expenditures: $71.87 billion (2007 est.)
Iceland
revenues: $9.64 billion
expenditures: $8.602 billion (2007 est.)
India
revenues: $141.2 billion
expenditures: $172.6 billion (2007 est.)
Indonesia
revenues: $79.56 billion
expenditures: $84.87 billion (2007 est.)
Iran
revenues: $104 billion
expenditures: $101 billion (2008 est.)
Iraq
revenues: $42.3 billion
expenditures: $48.4 billion (FY08 est.)
Ireland
revenues: $93.22 billion
expenditures: $92.46 billion (2007 est.)
Isle of Man
revenues: $965 million
expenditures: $943 million (FY05/06 est.)
Israel
revenues: $53.6 billion
expenditures: $53.63 billion (2007 est.)
Italy
revenues: $991.2 billion
expenditures: $1.031 trillion (2007 est.)
Jamaica
revenues: $3.716 billion
expenditures: $4.261 billion (2007 est.)
Japan
revenues: $1.462 trillion
expenditures: $1.567 trillion (2007 est.)
Jersey
revenues: $829 million
expenditures: $851 million (2005)
Jordan
revenues: $5.117 billion
expenditures: $6.468 billion (2007 est.)
Kazakhstan
revenues: $23.58 billion
expenditures: $25.33 billion (2007 est.)
Kenya
revenues: $5.924 billion
expenditures: $6.878 billion (2007 est.)
Kiribati
revenues: $55.52 million
expenditures: $59.71 million (FY05)
Korea, North
revenues: $2.88 billion $NA
expenditures: $2.98 billion $NA
Korea, South
revenues: $262.2 billion
expenditures: $225.8 billion (2007 est.)
Kosovo
revenues: $1.364 billion
expenditures: $1.008 billion (2007 est.)
Kuwait
revenues: $85.28 billion
expenditures: $37.77 billion (2007 est.)
Kyrgyzstan
revenues: $964.6 million
expenditures: $961.1 million (2007 est.)
Laos
revenues: $473.1 million
expenditures: $647.2 million (2007 est.)
Latvia
revenues: $10.47 billion
expenditures: $10.29 billion (2007 est.)
Lebanon
revenues: $6.178 billion
expenditures: $8.35 billion (2007 est.)
Lesotho
revenues: $779.9 million
expenditures: $696.9 million (2007 est.)
Liberia
revenues: NA
expenditures: NA
Libya
revenues: $39.88 billion
expenditures: $19.48 billion (2007 est.)
Liechtenstein
revenues: $424.2 million
expenditures: $414.1 million (1998 est.)
Lithuania
revenues: $13.28 billion
expenditures: $13.75 billion (2007 est.)
Luxembourg
revenues: $19.78 billion
expenditures: $18.9 billion (2007 est.)
Macau
revenues: $4.6 billion
expenditures: $3.4 billion (2006)
Macedonia
revenues: $2.508 billion
expenditures: $2.487 billion (2007 est.)
Madagascar
revenues: $1.319 billion
expenditures: $1.629 billion (2007 est.)
Malawi
revenues: $1.128 billion
expenditures: $1.185 billion (2007 est.)
Malaysia
revenues: $40.69 billion
expenditures: $46.7 billion (2007 est.)
Maldives
revenues: $508 million (including foreign grants)
expenditures: $671 million (2006 est.)
Mali
revenues: $1.5 billion
expenditures: $1.8 billion (2006 est.)
Malta
revenues: $3.485 billion
expenditures: $3.554 billion (2007 est.)
Marshall Islands
revenues: $42 million
expenditures: $40 million (1999)
Mauritania
revenues: $421 million
expenditures: $378 million (2002 est.)
Mauritius
revenues: $1.344 billion
expenditures: $1.773 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2007 est.)
Mayotte
revenues: $420 million
expenditures: $394 million (2005)
Mexico
revenues: $227.5 billion
expenditures: $227.2 billion (2007 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of
revenues: $127.3 million ($69
million less grants)
expenditures: $144.2 million (FY05 est.)
Moldova
revenues: $1.83 billion
expenditures: $1.841 billion (2007 est.)
Monaco
revenues: $863 million
expenditures: $920.6 million (2005 est.)
Mongolia
revenues: $1.58 billion
expenditures: $1.497 billion (2007)
Montenegro
revenues: NA
expenditures: NA
Montserrat
revenues: $31.4 million
expenditures: $31.6 million (1997 est.)
Morocco
revenues: $20.49 billion
expenditures: $21.85 billion (2007 est.)
Mozambique
revenues: $2.302 billion
expenditures: $2.63 billion (2007 est.)
Namibia
revenues: $2.765 billion
expenditures: $2.515 billion (2007 est.)
Nauru
revenues: $13.5 million
expenditures: $13.5 million (2005)
Nepal
revenues: $1.153 billion
expenditures: $1.927 billion (FY06/07)
Netherlands
revenues: $359.5 billion
expenditures: $356.5 billion (2007 est.)
Netherlands Antilles
revenues: $757.9 million
expenditures: $949.5 million (2004)
New Caledonia
revenues: $996 million
expenditures: $1.072 billion (2001 est.)
New Zealand
revenues: $58.31 billion
expenditures: $53.5 billion (2007 est.)
Nicaragua
revenues: $1.115 billion
expenditures: $1.291 billion (2007 est.)
Niger
revenues: $320 million (includes $134 million from foreign
sources)
expenditures: $320 million (2002 est.)
Nigeria
revenues: $19.43 billion
expenditures: $20.36 billion (2007 est.)
Niue
revenues: $15.07 million
expenditures: $16.33 million (FY0405)
Norfolk Island
revenues: $4.6 million
expenditures: $4.8 million (FY99/00)
Northern Mariana Islands
revenues: $193 million
expenditures: $223 million (FY01/02 est.)
Norway
revenues: $226.3 billion
expenditures: $158.7 billion (2007 est.)
Oman
revenues: $14.02 billion
expenditures: $13.68 billion (2007 est.)
Pakistan
revenues: $18.25 billion
expenditures: $24.69 billion (2007 est.)
Palau
revenues: $72.07 million
expenditures: $72.43 million (FY04/05 est.)
Panama
revenues: $5.505 billion
expenditures: $4.822 billion (2007 est.)
Papua New Guinea
revenues: $2.363 billion
expenditures: $2.21 billion (2007 est.)
Paraguay
revenues: $2.159 billion
expenditures: $2.042 billion (2007 est.)
Peru
revenues: $32.54 billion
expenditures: $29.15 billion (2007 est.)
Philippines
revenues: $24.63 billion
expenditures: $24.9 billion (2007 est.)
Pitcairn Islands
revenues: $746,000
expenditures: $1.028 million (FY04/05)
Poland
revenues: $85.39 billion
expenditures: $91.16 billion (2007 est.)
Portugal
revenues: $96.01 billion
expenditures: $101.9 billion (2007 est.)
Puerto Rico
revenues: $6.7 billion
expenditures: $9.6 billion (FY99/00)
Qatar
revenues: $27.12 billion
expenditures: $22.55 billion (2007 est.)
Romania
revenues: $52.13 billion
expenditures: $56.01 billion (2007 est.)
Russia
revenues: $299 billion
expenditures: $262 billion (2007 est.)
Rwanda
revenues: $801.8 million
expenditures: $878.3 million; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2007 est.)
Saint Helena
revenues: $13.09 million
expenditures: $32.16 million
note: revenue data reflect locally raised revenues only; the budget
deficit is resolved by grant aid from the United Kingdom (FY06/07
est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
revenues: $89.7 million
expenditures: $128.2 million (2003 est.)
Saint Lucia
revenues: $141.2 million
expenditures: $146.7 million (2000 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
revenues: $70 million
expenditures: $60 million (1996 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
revenues: $94.6 million
expenditures: $85.8 million (2000 est.)
Samoa
revenues: $171.3 million
expenditures: $78.1 million (FY04/05 est.)
San Marino
revenues: $709.6 million
expenditures: $672.3 million (2004)
Sao Tome and Principe
revenues: $63.21 million
expenditures: $54.94 million (2007 est.)
Saudi Arabia
revenues: $163 billion
expenditures: $118.3 billion (2007 est.)
Senegal
revenues: $2.614 billion
expenditures: $3.036 billion (2007 est.)
Serbia
revenues: $9.6 billion
expenditures: $9.8 billion (2007 est.)
Seychelles
revenues: $372.3 million
expenditures: $362.2 million (2007 est.)
Sierra Leone
revenues: $96 million
expenditures: $351 million (2000 est.)
Singapore
revenues: $27 billion
expenditures: $21.5 billion (2007 est.)
Slovakia
revenues: $34.34 billion
expenditures: $35.99 billion (2007 est.)
Slovenia
revenues: $19.17 billion
expenditures: $19.04 billion (2007 est.)
Solomon Islands
revenues: $49.7 million
expenditures: $75.1 million (2003)
Somalia
revenues: $NA
expenditures: $NA
South Africa
revenues: $83.47 billion
expenditures: $82.02 billion (2007 est.)
Spain
revenues: $588.5 billion
expenditures: $556.5 billion (2007 est.)
Sri Lanka
revenues: $5.384 billion
expenditures: $7.608 billion (2007 est.)
Sudan
revenues: $9.201 billion
expenditures: $10.62 billion (2007 est.)
Suriname
revenues: $392.6 million
expenditures: $425.9 million (2004)
Svalbard
revenues: $25.07 million
expenditures: $NA (2004 est.)
Swaziland
revenues: $1.13 billion
expenditures: $1.143 billion (2007 est.)
Sweden
revenues: $249.1 billion
expenditures: $233.5 billion (2007 est.)
Switzerland
revenues: $150.6 billion
expenditures: $141.5 billion (2007 est.)
Syria
revenues: $8.393 billion
expenditures: $11.21 billion (2007 est.)
Taiwan
revenues: $76.2 billion
expenditures: $75.65 billion (2007 est.)
Tajikistan
revenues: $712.1 million
expenditures: $674.5 million (2007 est.)
Tanzania
revenues: $3.561 billion
expenditures: $3.594 billion (2007 est.)
Thailand
revenues: $44.14 billion
expenditures: $49.83 billion (2007 est.)
Timor-Leste
revenues: $733 million
expenditures: $309 million
note: the government passed a transitional budget to cover the
latter half of 2007 and has moved the fiscal cycle to a calendar
year, starting with the budget they passed for 2008 (FY06/07 est.)
Togo
revenues: $466.8 million
expenditures: $514.7 million (2007 est.)
Tokelau
revenues: $430,800
expenditures: $2.8 million (1987 est.)
Tonga
revenues: $80.48 million
expenditures: $109.8 million (FY07/08)
Trinidad and Tobago
revenues: $6.332 billion
expenditures: $5.969 billion (2007 est.)
Tunisia
revenues: $8.466 billion
expenditures: $9.475 billion (2007 est.)
Turkey
revenues: $145.5 billion
expenditures: $156.1 billion (2007 est.)
Turkmenistan
revenues: $1.664 billion
expenditures: $1.624 billion (2007 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
revenues: $47 million
expenditures: $33.6 million (1997-98 est.)
Tuvalu
revenues: $21.54 million
expenditures: $23.05 million (2006)
Uganda
revenues: $2.211 billion
expenditures: $2.443 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2007 est.)
Ukraine
revenues: $43.54 billion
expenditures: $45.06 billion; note - this is the planned,
consolidated budget (2007 est.)
United Arab Emirates
revenues: $68.27 billion
expenditures: $38.06 billion (2007 est.)
United Kingdom
revenues: $1.154 trillion
expenditures: $1.239 trillion (2007 est.)
United States
revenues: $2.568 trillion
expenditures: $2.73 trillion (2007 est.)
Uruguay
revenues: $6.701 billion
expenditures: $6.807 billion (2007 est.)
Uzbekistan
revenues: $6.478 billion
expenditures: $6.5 billion (2007 est.)
Vanuatu
revenues: $78.7 million
expenditures: $72.23 million (2005)
Venezuela
revenues: $65.83 billion
expenditures: $58.9 billion (2007 est.)
Vietnam
revenues: $18.62 billion
expenditures: $19.71 billion (2007 est.)
Virgin Islands
revenues: $NA
expenditures: $NA
Wallis and Futuna
revenues: $29,730
expenditures: $31,330 (2004)
West Bank
revenues: $1.149 billion
expenditures: $2.31 billion
note: includes Gaza Strip (2006)
Western Sahara
revenues: $NA
expenditures: $NA
Yemen
revenues: $7.576 billion
expenditures: $8.391 billion (2007 est.)
Zambia
revenues: $2.655 billion
expenditures: $2.8 billion (2007 est.)
Zimbabwe
revenues: $2.442 billion
expenditures: $3.017 billion (2007 est.)
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Afghanistan
name: Kabul
geographic coordinates: 34 31 N, 69 11 E
time difference: UTC+4.5 (9.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Akrotiri
name: Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative center for
Akrotiri and Dhekelia)
geographic coordinates: 34 40 N, 32 51 E
time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
Albania
name: Tirana (Tirane)
geographic coordinates: 41 19 N, 19 49 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
Algeria
name: Algiers
geographic coordinates: 36 45 N, 3 03 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
American Samoa
name: Pago Pago
geographic coordinates: 14 16 S, 170 42 W
time difference: UTC-11 (6 hours behind Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Andorra
name: Andorra la Vella
geographic coordinates: 42 30 N, 1 31 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
Angola
name: Luanda
geographic coordinates: 8 50 S, 13 14 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Anguilla
name: The Valley
geographic coordinates: 18 13 N, 63 03 W
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Antigua and Barbuda
name: Saint John's
geographic coordinates: 17 07 N, 61 51 W
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Argentina
name: Buenos Aires
geographic coordinates: 34 36 S, 58 40 W
time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in October; ends
third Saturday in March; note - a new policy of daylight saving time
was initiated by the government on 30 December 2007
Armenia
name: Yerevan
geographic coordinates: 40 10 N, 44 30 E
time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
Aruba
name: Oranjestad
geographic coordinates: 12 31 N, 70 02 W
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Australia
name: Canberra
geographic coordinates: 35 17 S, 149 13 E
time difference: UTC+10 (15 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in October; ends last
Sunday in March
note: Australia is divided into three time zones
Austria
name: Vienna
geographic coordinates: 48 12 N, 16 22 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
Azerbaijan
name: Baku (Baki, Baky)
geographic coordinates: 40 23 N, 49 52 E
time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
Bahamas, The
name: Nassau
geographic coordinates: 25 05 N, 77 21 W
time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard
Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends
first Sunday in November
Bahrain
name: Manama
geographic coordinates: 26 14 N, 50 34 E
time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Bangladesh
name: Dhaka
geographic coordinates: 23 43 N, 90 24 E
time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Barbados
name: Bridgetown
geographic coordinates: 13 06 N, 59 37 W
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Belarus
name: Minsk
geographic coordinates: 53 54 N, 27 34 E
time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
Belgium
name: Brussels
geographic coordinates: 50 50 N, 4 20 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
Belize
name: Belmopan
geographic coordinates: 17 15 N, 88 46 W
time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC during Standard
Time)
Benin
name: Porto-Novo (official capital)
geographic coordinates: 6 29 N, 2 37 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
note: Cotonou (seat of government)
Bermuda
name: Hamilton
geographic coordinates: 32 17 N, 64 47 W
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends
first Sunday in November
Bhutan
name: Thimphu
geographic coordinates: 27 29 N, 89 36 E
time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Bolivia
name: La Paz (administrative capital)
geographic coordinates: 16 30 S, 68 09 W
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
note: Sucre (constitutional capital)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
name: Sarajevo
geographic coordinates: 43 52 N, 18 25 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
Botswana
name: Gaborone
geographic coordinates: 24 45 S, 25 55 E
time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Brazil
name: Brasilia
geographic coordinates: 15 47 S, 47 55 W
time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins third Sunday in October; ends
third Sunday in February
note: Brazil is divided into four time zones, including one for the
Fernando de Noronha Islands