Series V, No. 40 Department of Economic Statistics ...

Department of Economic and Social Affairs Statistics Division

Series V, No. 40

World Statistics Pocketbook 2016 edition

United Nations, New York, 2016

The Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat is a vital interface between global policies in the economic, social and environmental spheres and national action. The Department works in three main interlinked areas: (i) it compiles, generates and analyses a wide range of economic, social and environmental data and information on which States Members of the United Nations draw to review common problems and to take stock of policy options; (ii) it facilitates the negotiations of Member States in many intergovernmental bodies on joint courses of action to address ongoing or emerging global challenges; and (iii) it advises interested Governments on the ways and means of translating policy frameworks developed in United Nations conferences and summits into programmes at the country level and, through technical assistance, helps build national capacities.

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Contents

Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... vii Symbols, abbreviations and conversion factors ..................................................................................... ix Country profile information and indicator list ........................................................................................ xi Country profiles ....................................................................................................................................... 1

Technical notes ................................................................................................................................... 235 Statistical sources and references ...................................................................................................... 247 Related statistical products.................................................................................................................251

Country profiles Afghanistan ........................................................................... 3 Albania ..................................................................................4 Algeria...................................................................................5 American Samoa ..................................................................6 Andorra .................................................................................. 7 Angola ...................................................................................8 Anguilla .................................................................................9 Antigua and Barbuda......................................................... 10 Argentina............................................................................ 11 Armenia .............................................................................. 12 Aruba .................................................................................. 13 Australia ............................................................................. 14 Austria ................................................................................ 15 Azerbaijan .......................................................................... 16 Bahamas............................................................................. 17 Bahrain ............................................................................... 18 Bangladesh ........................................................................ 19 Barbados ............................................................................ 20 Belarus................................................................................ 21 Belgium .............................................................................. 22 Belize .................................................................................. 23 Benin................................................................................... 24 Bermuda ............................................................................. 25 Bhutan ................................................................................ 26 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) .......................................... 27 Bosnia and Herzegovina.................................................... 28 Botswana ........................................................................... 29 Brazil ................................................................................... 30 British Virgin Islands.......................................................... 31 Brunei Darussalam ............................................................ 32 Bulgaria .............................................................................. 33 Burkina Faso....................................................................... 34 Burundi ............................................................................... 35 Cabo Verde......................................................................... 36 Cambodia ........................................................................... 37 Cameroon ........................................................................... 38 Canada................................................................................ 39 Cayman Islands.................................................................. 40 Central African Republic ................................................... 41

Chad .................................................................................... 42 Channel Islands.................................................................. 43 Chile .................................................................................... 44 China ................................................................................... 45 China, Hong Kong SAR ...................................................... 46 China, Macao SAR............................................................. 47 Colombia............................................................................. 48 Comoros.............................................................................. 49 Congo.................................................................................. 50 Cook Islands ....................................................................... 51 Costa Rica........................................................................... 52 C?te d'Ivoire ....................................................................... 53 Croatia ................................................................................ 54 Cuba .................................................................................... 55 Cura?ao............................................................................... 56 Cyprus ................................................................................. 57 Czech Republic ................................................................... 58 Democratic People's Republic of Korea ........................... 59 Democratic Republic of the Congo ................................... 60 Denmark ............................................................................. 61 Djibouti ............................................................................... 62 Dominica............................................................................. 63 Dominican Republic ........................................................... 64 Ecuador ............................................................................... 65 Egypt ................................................................................... 66 El Salvador.......................................................................... 67 Equatorial Guinea .............................................................. 68 Eritrea ................................................................................. 69 Estonia ................................................................................ 70 Ethiopia............................................................................... 71 Faeroe Islands .................................................................... 72 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) .............................................. 73 Fiji........................................................................................ 74 Finland ................................................................................ 75 France ................................................................................. 76 French Guiana .................................................................... 77 French Polynesia ................................................................ 78 Gabon.................................................................................. 79 Gambia ............................................................................... 80

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Georgia ............................................................................... 81 Germany ............................................................................. 82 Ghana ................................................................................. 83 Gibraltar.............................................................................. 84 Greece ................................................................................ 85 Greenland ........................................................................... 86 Grenada .............................................................................. 87 Guadeloupe ........................................................................ 88 Guam .................................................................................. 89 Guatemala.......................................................................... 90 Guinea ................................................................................ 91 Guinea-Bissau.................................................................... 92 Guyana................................................................................ 93 Haiti .................................................................................... 94 Honduras ............................................................................ 95 Hungary .............................................................................. 96 Iceland ................................................................................ 97 India .................................................................................... 98 Indonesia ............................................................................ 99 Iran (Islamic Republic of) ................................................. 100 Iraq.................................................................................... 101 Ireland............................................................................... 102 Isle of Man ....................................................................... 103 Israel ................................................................................. 104 Italy ................................................................................... 105 Jamaica ............................................................................ 106 Japan ................................................................................ 107 Jordan............................................................................... 108 Kazakhstan ....................................................................... 109 Kenya ................................................................................ 110 Kiribati .............................................................................. 111 Kuwait .............................................................................. 112 Kyrgyzstan ........................................................................ 113 Lao People's Democratic Republic ................................. 114 Latvia ................................................................................ 115 Lebanon ............................................................................ 116 Lesotho ............................................................................. 117 Liberia ............................................................................... 118 Libya ................................................................................. 119 Liechtenstein.................................................................... 120 Lithuania........................................................................... 121 Luxembourg...................................................................... 122 Madagascar ..................................................................... 123 Malawi ............................................................................. 124 Malaysia........................................................................... 125 Maldives........................................................................... 126 Mali .................................................................................. 127 Malta ................................................................................ 128

Marshall Islands .............................................................. 129 Martinique........................................................................ 130 Mauritania........................................................................ 131 Mauritius .......................................................................... 132 Mexico .............................................................................. 133 Micronesia (Federated States of) ................................... 134 Monaco............................................................................. 135 Mongolia .......................................................................... 136 Montenegro...................................................................... 137 Montserrat........................................................................ 138 Morocco............................................................................ 139 Mozambique..................................................................... 140 Myanmar .......................................................................... 141 Namibia ............................................................................ 142 Nauru ................................................................................ 143 Nepal ................................................................................ 144 Netherlands...................................................................... 145 New Caledonia ................................................................ 146 New Zealand.................................................................... 147 Nicaragua ......................................................................... 148 Niger ................................................................................. 149 Nigeria .............................................................................. 150 Niue .................................................................................. 151 Northern Mariana Islands ............................................... 152 Norway ............................................................................. 153 Oman................................................................................. 154 Pakistan ............................................................................ 155 Palau ................................................................................. 156 Panama ............................................................................. 157 Papua New Guinea .......................................................... 158 Paraguay ........................................................................... 159 Peru ................................................................................... 160 Philippines ........................................................................ 161 Poland ............................................................................... 162 Portugal............................................................................. 163 Puerto Rico ....................................................................... 164 Qatar ................................................................................. 165 Republic of Korea............................................................. 166 Republic of Moldova........................................................ 167 R?union............................................................................. 168 Romania............................................................................ 169 Russian Federation .......................................................... 170 Rwanda............................................................................. 171 Saint Helena..................................................................... 172 Saint Kitts and Nevis ....................................................... 173 Saint Lucia ........................................................................ 174 Saint Pierre and Miquelon .............................................. 175 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines .................................. 176

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Samoa............................................................................... 177 San Marino ...................................................................... 178 Sao Tome and Principe.................................................... 179 Saudi Arabia .................................................................... 180 Senegal ............................................................................ 181 Serbia ............................................................................... 182 Seychelles ........................................................................ 183 Sierra Leone ..................................................................... 184 Singapore ......................................................................... 185 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) .............................................. 186 Slovakia ............................................................................ 187 Slovenia............................................................................ 188 Solomon Islands .............................................................. 189 Somalia ............................................................................ 190 South Africa ..................................................................... 191 South Sudan..................................................................... 192 Spain................................................................................. 193 Sri Lanka........................................................................... 194 State of Palestine ............................................................ 195 Sudan................................................................................ 196 Suriname.......................................................................... 197 Swaziland......................................................................... 198 Sweden ............................................................................ 199 Switzerland ...................................................................... 200 Syrian Arab Republic ....................................................... 201 Tajikistan .......................................................................... 202 Thailand............................................................................ 203 The former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia ...................... 204

Timor-Leste ...................................................................... 205 Togo .................................................................................. 206 Tokelau ............................................................................. 207 Tonga ................................................................................ 208 Trinidad and Tobago ........................................................ 209 Tunisia .............................................................................. 210 Turkey ............................................................................... 211 Turkmenistan.................................................................... 212 Turks and Caicos Islands ................................................. 213 Tuvalu ............................................................................... 214 Uganda ............................................................................. 215 Ukraine.............................................................................. 216 United Arab Emirates ...................................................... 217 United Kingdom ............................................................... 218 United Republic of Tanzania ........................................... 219 United States of America ................................................ 220 United States Virgin Islands............................................ 221 Uruguay ............................................................................ 222 Uzbekistan ........................................................................ 223 Vanuatu ............................................................................ 224 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ................................. 225 Viet Nam........................................................................... 226 Wallis and Futuna Islands............................................... 227 Western Sahara ............................................................... 228 Yemen............................................................................... 229 Zambia .............................................................................. 230 Zimbabwe......................................................................... 231

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Introduction

The World Statistics Pocketbook is an annual compilation of key economic, social and environmental indicators, presented in one-page profiles. This edition includes country profiles for 229 countries or areas of the world. Prepared by the United Nations Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, it responds to General Assembly resolution 2626 (XXV), in which the Secretary-General is requested to supply basic national data that will increase international public awareness of countries' development efforts.

The indicators shown are selected from the wealth of international statistical information compiled regularly by the Statistics Division and the Population Division of the United Nations, the statistical services of the United Nations specialized agencies and other international organizations and institutions. Special recognition is gratefully given for their assistance in continually providing data.

Time period

This issue of the World Statistics Pocketbook covers various years from 2005 to 2016. For the economic indicators, in general, three years - 2005, 2010 and 2014 are shown, unless otherwise indicated. Due to space limitations, data for one year only are shown for the indicators in the social and in the environment and infrastructure categories. For 5 social indicators, a year range (2010-2015) is shown.

Organization of the Pocketbook

The country tables or profiles are presented alphabetically according to countries' names in English and contain the available data for the following broad categories:

General information: includes each country's location by geographical region, currency, surface area, population and population density, capital city and its population and United Nations membership date.

Economic indicators: includes data on each country's national accounts (Gross domestic product (GDP), GDP growth rate, Gross Value Added (GVA) by industry etc.), employment by industry sector, unemployment, labour force participation, consumer price index, production indices (industry, agriculture and food) and balance of payments.

Trade: contains the value of total exports, imports and the trade balance as well as the countries' main trading partners.

Social indicators: includes population (growth rates, including for the urban population), total fertility rate, life expectancy, total dependency ratio, international migrant stock, tourist arrivals, refugees, infant mortality, health (expenditure and physicians), education (expenditure and gross enrolment ratios), intentional homicide rate and seats held by women in national parliaments.

Environmental and infrastructure indicators: includes mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions, internet users, patents, threatened species, forested area, CO2 emission estimates, energy production and energy supply per capita, proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected, population World Statistics Pocketbook vii

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using improved drinking water sources and improved sanitation facilities and Official Development assistance received or disbursed. The complete set of indicators, listed by category and in the order in which they appear in the profiles, is shown before the country profile section (see page xi). Not all indicators are shown for each country or area due to different degrees of data availability. The technical notes section, which follows the country profile pages, contains brief descriptions of the concepts and methodologies used in the compilation of the indicators as well as information on the statistical sources for the indicators. Readers interested in longer time-series data or more detailed descriptions of the concepts or methodologies should consult the primary sources of the data and the references listed in the section following the technical notes. For brevity the Pocketbook omits specific information on the source or methodology for individual data points, and when a data point is estimated no distinction is made between whether the estimation was done by the international or national organization. See the technical notes section for the primary source which may provide this information.

Note

The present World Statistics Pocketbook, 2016 edition (Series V, No. 40) is an update of the previous edition, released in 2015, entitled World Statistics Pocketbook 2015 edition (Series V, No. 39).

* * * The World Statistics Pocketbook is prepared annually by the Statistical Services Branch of the Statistics Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat. The programme manager is Matthias Reister, the editor is Ian Rutherford, David Carter, Anuradha Chimata, and Aida Diawara provided production assistance and Salomon Cameo provided IT support. Comments on this publication are welcome and may be sent by e-mail to statistics@.

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