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note: rainy season irrigation - 2,169 sq km; dry season irrigation - 750 sq km (1998 est.)

Latvia: 160 sq km (1993 est.)

Lebanon: 860 sq km (1993 est.)

Lesotho: 30 sq km (1993 est.)

Liberia: 20 sq km (1993 est.)

Libya: 4,700 sq km (1993 est.)

Liechtenstein: NA sq km

Lithuania: 430 sq km (1993 est.)

Luxembourg: 10 sq km (including Belgium) (1993 est.)

Macau: NA sq km

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 830 sq km (1993 est.)

Madagascar: 10,870 sq km (1993 est.)

Malawi: 280 sq km (1993 est.)

Malaysia: 2,941 sq km (1998 est.)

Maldives: NA sq km

Mali: 780 sq km (1993 est.)

Malta: 11.45 sq km (2000 est.)

Man, Isle of: 0 sq km

Marshall Islands: NA sq km

Martinique: 40 sq km (1993 est.)

Mauritania: 490 sq km (1993 est.)

Mauritius: 170 sq km (1993 est.)

Mayotte: NA sq km

Mexico: 61,000 sq km (1993 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of: NA sq km

Midway Islands: 0 sq km (1998)

Moldova: 3,110 sq km (1993 est.)

Monaco: NA sq km

Mongolia: 800 sq km (1993 est.)

Montserrat: NA sq km

Morocco: 12,580 sq km (1993 est.)

Mozambique: 1,200 sq km (2000 est.)

Namibia: 60 sq km (1993 est.)

Nauru: NA sq km

Navassa Island: 0 sq km (1998)

Nepal: 8,500 sq km (1993 est.)

Netherlands: 6,000 sq km (1996 est.)

Netherlands Antilles: NA sq km

New Caledonia: 160 sq km (1991)

New Zealand: 2,850 sq km (1993 est.)

Nicaragua: 880 sq km (1993 est.)

Niger: 660 sq km (1993 est.)

Nigeria: 9,570 sq km (1993 est.)

Niue: NA sq km

Norfolk Island: NA sq km

Northern Mariana Islands: NA sq km

Norway: 970 sq km (1993 est.)

Oman: 580 sq km (1993 est.)

Pakistan: 171,100 sq km (1993 est.)

Palau: NA sq km

Palmyra Atoll: 0 sq km (1993)

Panama: 320 sq km (1993 est.)

Papua New Guinea: NA sq km

Paracel Islands: 0 sq km (1993)

Paraguay: 670 sq km (1993 est.)

Peru: 12,800 sq km (1993 est.)

Philippines: 15,800 sq km (1993 est.)

Pitcairn Islands: NA sq km

Poland: 1,000 sq km (1993 est.)

Portugal: 6,300 sq km (1993 est.)

Puerto Rico: 390 sq km (1993 est.)

Qatar: 80 sq km (1993 est.)

Reunion: 60 sq km (1993 est.)

Romania: 31,020 sq km (1993 est.)

Russia: 40,000 sq km (1993 est.)

Rwanda: 40 sq km (1993 est.)

Saint Helena: NA sq km

Saint Kitts and Nevis: NA sq km

Saint Lucia: 10 sq km (1993 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon: NA sq km

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 10 sq km (1993 est.)

Samoa: NA sq km

San Marino: NA sq km

Sao Tome and Principe: 100 sq km (1993 est.)

Saudi Arabia: 4,350 sq km (1993 est.)

Senegal: 710 sq km (1993 est.)

Seychelles: NA sq km

Sierra Leone: 290 sq km (1993 est.)

Singapore: NA sq km

Slovakia: 800 sq km (1993 est.)

Slovenia: 20 sq km (1993 est.)

Solomon Islands: NA sq km

Somalia: 1,800 sq km (1993 est.)

South Africa: 12,700 sq km (1993 est.)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: 0 sq km (1993)

Spain: 34,530 sq km (1993 est.)

Spratly Islands: 0 sq km (1993)

Sri Lanka: 5,500 sq km (1993 est.)

Sudan: 19,460 sq km (1993 est.)

Suriname: 600 sq km (1993 est.)

Svalbard: NA sq km

Swaziland: 670 sq km (1993 est.)

Sweden: 1,150 sq km (1993 est.)

Switzerland: 250 sq km (1993 est.)

Syria: 9,060 sq km (1993 est.)

Tajikistan: 6,390 sq km (1993 est.)

Tanzania: 1,500 sq km (1993 est.)

Thailand: 44,000 sq km (1993 est.)

Togo: 70 sq km (1993 est.)

Tokelau: NA sq km

Tonga: NA sq km

Trinidad and Tobago: 220 sq km (1993 est.)

Tromelin Island: 0 sq km (1993)

Tunisia: 3,850 sq km (1993 est.)

Turkey: 36,740 sq km (1993 est.)

Turkmenistan: 13,000 sq km (1993 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands: NA sq km

Tuvalu: NA sq km

Uganda: 90 sq km (1993 est.)

Ukraine: 26,050 sq km (1993 est.)

United Arab Emirates: 50 sq km (1993 est.)

United Kingdom: 1,080 sq km (1993 est.)

United States: 207,000 sq km (1993 est.)

Uruguay: 7,700 sq km (1997 est.)

Uzbekistan: 40,000 sq km (1993 est.)

Vanuatu: NA sq km

Venezuela: 1,900 sq km (1993 est.)

Vietnam: 18,600 sq km (1993 est.)

Virgin Islands: NA sq km

Wake Island: 0 sq km (1998)

Wallis and Futuna: NA sq km

West Bank: NA sq km

Western Sahara: NA sq km

World: 2,481,250 sq km (1993 est.)

Yemen: 5,674 sq km (1999)

Yugoslavia: NA sq km

Zambia: 460 sq km (1993 est.)

Zimbabwe: 1,930 sq km (1993 est.)

Taiwan: NA sq km

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@Judicial branch

Afghanistan: upper courts were non-functioning as of March 1995 (local Shari'a or Islamic law courts are functioning throughout the country)

Albania: Supreme Court (chairman is elected by the People's Assembly for a four-year term)

Algeria: Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

American Samoa: High Court (chief justice and associate justices are appointed by the US Secretary of the Interior)

Andorra: Tribunal of Judges or Tribunal de Batlles; Tribunal of the Courts or Tribunal de Corts; Supreme Court of Justice of Andorra or Tribunal Superior de Justicia d'Andorra; Supreme Council of Justice or Consell Superior de la Justicia; Fiscal Ministry or Ministeri Fiscal; Constitutional Tribunal or Tribunal Constitucional

Angola: Supreme Court or Tribunal da Relacao (judges are appointed by the president)

Anguilla: High Court (judge provided by Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court)

Antigua and Barbuda: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based in Saint Lucia; one judge of the Supreme Court is a resident of the islands and presides over the Court of Summary Jurisdiction)

Argentina: Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (the nine Supreme Court judges are appointed by the president with approval by the Senate)

Armenia: Supreme Court; Constitutional Court

Aruba: Joint High Court of Justice (judges are appointed by the monarch)

Australia: High Court (the chief justice and six other justices are appointed by the governor general)

Austria: Supreme Judicial Court or Oberster Gerichtshof; Administrative Court or Verwaltungsgerichtshof; Constitutional Court or Verfassungsgerichtshof

Azerbaijan: Supreme Court

Bahamas, The: Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; magistrates courts

Bahrain: High Civil Appeals Court

Bangladesh: Supreme Court (the chief justices and other judges are appointed by the president)

Barbados: Supreme Court of Judicature (judges are appointed by the Service Commissions for the Judicial and Legal Services)

Belarus: Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president); Constitutional Court (half of the judges appointed by the president and half appointed by the Chamber of Representatives)

Belgium: Supreme Court of Justice or Hof van Cassatie (in Dutch) or Cour de Cassation (in French) (judges are appointed for life by the monarch)

Belize: Supreme Court (the chief justice is appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister)

Benin: Constitutional Court or Cour Constitutionnelle; Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; High Court of Justice

Bermuda: Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; Magistrate Courts

Bhutan: Supreme Court of Appeal (the monarch); High Court (judges appointed by the monarch)

Bolivia: Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges appointed for 10-year terms by National Congress); District Courts (one in each department); provincial and local courts (to try minor cases)

Bosnia and Herzegovina: BiH Constitutional Court (consists of nine members: four members are selected by the Bosniak/Croat Federation's House of Representatives, two members by the Republika Srpska's National Assembly, and three non-Bosnian members by the president of the European Court of Human Rights)

note: a new state court, established in November 1999, has jurisdiction over cases related to state-level law and appellate jurisdiction over cases initiated in the entities; the entities each have a Supreme Court; each entity also has a number of lower courts; there are ten cantonal courts in the Federation, plus a number of municipal courts; the Republika Srpska has five municipal courts

Botswana: High Court; Court of Appeal; Magistrates' Courts (one in each district)

Brazil: Supreme Federal Tribunal (11 ministers are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate); Higher Tribunal of Justice; Regional Federal Tribunals (judges are appointed for life)

British Virgin Islands: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, consisting of the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal (one judge of the Supreme Court is a resident of the islands and presides over the High Court); Magistrate's Court; Juvenile Court; Court of Summary Jurisdiction

Brunei: Supreme Court (chief justice and judges are sworn in by the monarch for three-year terms)

Bulgaria: Supreme Administrative Court; Supreme Court of Cassation; Constitutional Court (12 justices appointed or elected for nine-year terms); Supreme Judicial Council (consists of the chairmen of the two Supreme Courts, the Chief Prosecutor, and 22 other members; responsible for appointing the justices, prosecutors, and investigating magistrates in the justice system; members of the Supreme Judicial Council elected for five-year terms, 11 elected by the National Assembly and 11 by bodies of the judiciary)

Burkina Faso: Supreme Court; Appeals Court

Burma: remnants of the British-era legal system are in place, but there is no guarantee of a fair public trial; the judiciary is not independent of the executive

Burundi: Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; Constitutional Court; Courts of Appeal (there are three in separate locations); Tribunals of First Instance (17 at the province level and 123 small local tribunals)

Cambodia: Supreme Council of the Magistracy (provided for in the constitution and formed in December 1997); Supreme Court (and lower courts) exercises judicial authority

Cameroon: Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president); High Court of Justice (consists of nine judges and 6 substitute judges, elected by the National Assembly)

Canada: Supreme Court of Canada (judges are appointed by the prime minister through the governor general); Federal Court of Canada; Federal Court of Appeal; Provincial Courts (these are named variously Court of Appeal, Court of Queens Bench, Superior Court, Supreme Court, and Court of Justice)

Cape Verde: Supreme Tribunal of Justice or Supremo Tribunal de Justia

Cayman Islands: Summary Court; Grand Court; Cayman Islands Court of Appeal

Central African Republic: Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; Constitutional Court (all judges appointed by the president); Court of Appeal; Criminal Courts

Chad: Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; Criminal Courts; Magistrate Courts

Chile: Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges are appointed by the president and ratified by the Senate from lists of candidates provided by the court itself; the president of the Supreme Court is elected by the 21-member court); Constitutional Tribunal

China: Supreme People's Court (judges appointed by the National People's Congress); Local Peoples Courts (comprise higher, intermediate and local courts); Special Peoples Courts (primarily military, maritime, and railway transport courts)

Christmas Island: Supreme Court; District Court; Magistrate's Court

Cocos (Keeling) Islands: Supreme Court; Magistrate's Court

Colombia: four, coequal, supreme judicial organs; Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justical (highest court of criminal law; judges are selected from the nominees of the Higher Council of Justice for eight-year terms); Council of State (highest court of administrative law, judges are selected from the nominees of the Higher Council of Justice for eight-year terms); Constitutional Court (guards integrity and supremacy of the constitution, rules on constitutionality of laws, amendments to the constitution, and international treaties); Higher Council of Justice (administers and disciplines the civilian judiciary; members of the disciplinary chamber resolve jurisdictional conflicts arising between other courts; members are elected by three sister courts and Congress for eight-year terms)

Comoros: Supreme Court or Cour Supremes (two members appointed by the president, two members elected by the Federal Assembly, one elected by the Council of each island, and others are former presidents of the republic)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

Congo, Republic of the: Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

Cook Islands: High Court

Costa Rica: Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (22 justices are elected for eight-year terms by the Legislative Assembly)

Cote d'Ivoire: Supreme Court or Cour Supreme consists of four chambers: Judicial Chamber for criminal cases, Audit Chamber for financial cases, Constitutional Chamber for judicial review cases, and Administrative Chamber for civil cases; there is no legal limit to the number of members

Croatia: Supreme Court; Constitutional Court; judges for both courts appointed for eight-year terms by the Judicial Council of the Republic, which is elected by the House of Representatives

Cuba: People's Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo Popular (president, vice president, and other judges are elected by the National Assembly)

Cyprus: Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the Supreme Council of Judicature)

note: there is also a Supreme Court in the Turkish Cypriot area

Czech Republic: Supreme Court; Constitutional Court; chairman and deputy chairmen are appointed by the president for a 10-year term

Denmark: Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the monarch for life)

Djibouti: Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

Dominica: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, consisting of the Court of Appeal and the High Court (located in Saint Lucia; one of the six judges must reside in Dominica and preside over the Court of Summary Jurisdiction)

Dominican Republic: Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges are elected by a Council made up of members of the legislative and executive branches with the president presiding)

Ecuador: Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (new justices are elected by the full Supreme Court)

Egypt: Supreme Constitutional Court

El Salvador: Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges are selected by the Legislative Assembly)

Equatorial Guinea: Supreme Tribunal

Eritrea: Supreme Court; 10 provincial courts; 29 district courts

Estonia: National Court (chairman appointed by Parliament for life)

Ethiopia: Federal Supreme Court (the president and vice president of the Federal Supreme Court are recommended by the prime minister and appointed by the House of People's Representatives; for other federal judges, the prime minister submits to the House of People's Representatives for appointment candidates selected by the Federal Judicial Administrative Council)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): Supreme Court (chief justice is a nonresident); Magistrates Court (senior magistrate presides over civil and criminal divisions)

Faroe Islands: none

Fiji: Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president)

Finland: Supreme Court or Korkein Oikeus (judges appointed by the president)

France: Supreme Court of Appeals or Cour de Cassation (judges are appointed by the president from nominations of the High Council of the Judiciary); Constitutional Council or Conseil Constitutionnel (three members appointed by the president, three appointed by the president of the National Assembly, and three appointed by the president of the Senate); Council of State or Conseil d'Etat

French Guiana: Court of Appeals or Cour d'Appel (highest local court based in Martinique with jurisdiction over Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana)

French Polynesia: Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; Court of the First Instance or Tribunal de Premiere Instance; Court of Administrative Law or Tribunal Administratif

Gabon: Supreme Court or Cour Supreme consisting of three chambers - Judicial, Administrative, and Accounts; Constitutional Court; Courts of Appeal; Court of State Security; County Courts

Gambia, The: Supreme Court

Georgia: Supreme Court (judges elected by the Supreme Council on the president's recommendation); Constitutional Court

Germany: Federal Constitutional Court or Bundesverfassungsgericht (half the judges are elected by the Bundestag and half by the Bundesrat)

Ghana: Supreme Court

Gibraltar: Supreme Court; Court of Appeal

Greece: Supreme Judicial Court; Special Supreme Tribunal; all judges appointed for life by the president after consultation with a judicial council

Greenland: High Court or Landsret (appeals can be made to the Ostre Landsret or Eastern Division of the High Court or Supreme Court in Copenhagen)

Grenada: West Indies Associate States Supreme Court (an associate judge resides in Grenada)

Guadeloupe: Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel with jurisdiction over Guadeloupe, French Guiana, and Martinique

Guam: Federal District Court (judge is appointed by the president); Territorial Superior Court (judges appointed for eight-year terms by the governor)

Guatemala: Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (thirteen members serve concurrent five-year terms and elect a president of the Court each year from among their number; the president of the Supreme Court of Justice also supervises trial judges around the country, who are named to five-year terms); Constitutional Court or Corte de Constitutcionalidad (five judges are elected for concurrent five-year terms by Congress, each serving one year as president of the Constitutional Court; one is elected by Congress, one elected by the Supreme Court of Justice, one appointed by the President, one elected by Superior Counsel of Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala, and one by Colegio de Abogados)

Guernsey: Royal Court

Guinea: Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel

Guinea-Bissau: Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal da Justica (consists of nine justices who are appointed by the president and serve at his pleasure; final court of appeals in criminal and civil cases); Regional Courts (one in each of nine regions; first court of appeals for Sectoral Court decisions; hear all felony cases and civil cases valued at over $1,000); 24 Sectoral Courts (judges are not necessarily trained lawyers; they hear civil cases under $1,000 and misdemeanor criminal cases)

Guyana: Supreme Court of Judicature; Judicial Court of Appeal; High Court

Haiti: Supreme Court or Cour de Cassation

Holy See (Vatican City): none; normally handled by Italy

Honduras: Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (judges are elected for four-year terms by the National Congress)

Hong Kong: The Court of Final Appeal in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Hungary: Constitutional Court (judges are elected by the National Assembly for nine-year terms)

Iceland: Supreme Court or Haestirettur (justices are appointed for life by the president)

India: Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president and remain in office until they reach the age of 65)

Indonesia: Supreme Court or Mahkamah Agung (justices appointed by the president from a list of candidates approved by the legislature)

Iran: Supreme Court

Iraq: Court of Cassation

Ireland: Supreme Court (judges appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister and cabinet)

Israel: Supreme Court (justices appointed for life by the president)

Italy: Constitutional Court or Corte Costituzionale (composed of 15 judges: one-third appointed by the president, one-third elected by Parliament, one-third elected by the ordinary and administrative Supreme Courts)

Jamaica: Supreme Court (judges appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister); Court of Appeal

Japan: Supreme Court (chief justice is appointed by the monarch after designation by the cabinet; all other justices are appointed by the cabinet)

Jersey: Royal Court (judges elected by an electoral college and the bailiff)

Jordan: Court of Cassation; Supreme Court (court of final appeal)

Kazakhstan: Supreme Court (44 members); Constitutional Council (7 members)

Kenya: Court of Appeal (chief justice is appointed by the president); High Court

Kiribati: Court of Appeal; High Court; 26 Magistrates' courts; judges at all levels are appointed by the president

Korea, North: Central Court (judges are elected by the Supreme People's Assembly)

Korea, South: Supreme Court (justices are appointed by the president with the consent of the National Assembly)

Kuwait: High Court of Appeal

Kyrgyzstan: Supreme Court (judges are appointed for 10-year terms by the Supreme Council on the recommendation of the president); Constitutional Court; Higher Court of Arbitration

Laos: People's Supreme Court (the president of the People's Supreme Court is elected by the National Assembly on the recommendation of the National Assembly Standing Committee; the vice president of the People's Supreme Court and the judges are appointed by the National Assembly Standing Committee)

Latvia: Supreme Court (judges' appointments are confirmed by Parliament)

Lebanon: four Courts of Cassation (three courts for civil and commercial cases and one court for criminal cases); Constitutional Council (called for in Ta'if Accord - rules on constitutionality of laws); Supreme Council (hears charges against the president and prime minister as needed)

Lesotho: High Court (chief justice appointed by the monarch); Court of Appeal; Magistrate's Court; customary or traditional court

Liberia: Supreme Court

Libya: Supreme Court

Liechtenstein: Supreme Court or Oberster Gerichtshof; Superior Court or Obergericht

Lithuania: Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; judges for both courts appointed by the Parliament

Luxembourg: judicial courts and tribunals (3 Justices of the Peace, 2 district courts, and 1 Supreme Court of Appeals); administrative courts and tribunals (State Prosecutor's Office, administrative courts and tribunals, and the Constitutional Court); judges for all courts are appointed for life by the monarch

Macau: The Court of Final Appeal in the Macau Special Administrative Region

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: Constitutional Court; Judicial Court of the Republic; judges for both courts are elected by the Judicial Council

Madagascar: Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; High Constitutional Court or Haute Cour Constitutionnelle

Malawi: Supreme Court of Appeal; High Court (chief justice appointed by the president, puisne judges appointed on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission); magistrate's courts

Malaysia: Federal Court (judges appointed by the paramount ruler on the advice of the prime minister)

Maldives: High Court

Mali: Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

Malta: Constitutional Court; Court of Appeal; judges for both courts are appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister

Man, Isle of: High Court of Justice (justices are appointed by the Lord Chancellor of England on the nomination of the lieutenant governor)

Marshall Islands: Supreme Court; High Court

Martinique: Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel

Mauritania: Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; Court of Appeals; lower courts

Mauritius: Supreme Court

Mayotte: Supreme Court or Tribunal Superieur d'Appel

Mexico: Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (judges are appointed by the president with consent of the Senate)

Micronesia, Federated States of: Supreme Court

Moldova: Supreme Court; Constitutional Court (the sole authority for constitutional judicature)

Monaco: Supreme Court or Tribunal Supreme (judges appointed by the monarch on the basis of nominations by the National Council)

Mongolia: Supreme Court (serves as appeals court for people's and provincial courts, but rarely overturns verdicts of lower courts; judges are nominated by the General Council of Courts for approval by the president)

Montserrat: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based in Saint Lucia, one judge of the Supreme Court is a resident of the islands and presides over the High Court)

Morocco: Supreme Court (judges are appointed on the recommendation of the Supreme Council of the Judiciary, presided over by the monarch)

Mozambique: Supreme Court (the court of final appeal; some of its professional judges are appointed by the president and some are elected by the Assembly); other courts include an Administrative Court, customs courts, maritime courts, courts marshal, labor courts

note: although the constitution provides for the creation of a separate Constitutional Court, one has never been established; in its absence the Supreme Court reviews constitutional cases

Namibia: Supreme Court (judges appointed by the president on the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission)

Nauru: Supreme Court

Nepal: Supreme Court or Sarbochha Adalat (chief justice is appointed by the monarch on recommendation of the Constitutional Council; the other judges are appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of the Judicial Council)

Netherlands: Supreme Court or Hoge Raad (justices are nominated for life by the monarch)

Netherlands Antilles: Joint High Court of Justice (judges appointed by the monarch)

New Caledonia: Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; County Courts; Joint Commerce Tribunal Court; Children's Court

New Zealand: High Court; Court of Appeal

Nicaragua: Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (16 judges elected for seven-year terms by the National Assembly)

Niger: State Court or Cour d'Etat; Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel

Nigeria: Supreme Court (judges appointed by the Provisional Ruling Council); Federal Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the federal government on the advice of the Advisory Judicial Committee)

Niue: Supreme Court of New Zealand; High Court of Niue

Norfolk Island: Supreme Court; Court of Petty Sessions

Northern Mariana Islands: Commonwealth Supreme Court; Superior Court; Federal District Court

Norway: Supreme Court or Hoyesterett (justices appointed by the monarch)

Oman: Supreme Court

note: the nascent civil court system, administered by region, has non-Islamic judges as well as traditional Islamic judges

Pakistan: Supreme Court (justices appointed by the president); Federal Islamic or Shari'a Court

Palau: Supreme Court; National Court; Court of Common Pleas

Panama: Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (nine judges appointed for 10-year terms); five superior courts; three courts of appeal

Papua New Guinea: Supreme Court (the chief justice is appointed by the governor general on the proposal of the National Executive Council after consultation with the minister responsible for justice; other judges are appointed by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission)

Paraguay: Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (judges appointed on the proposal of the Counsel of Magistrates or Consejo de la Magistratura)

Peru: Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (judges are appointed by the National Council of the Judiciary)

Philippines: Supreme Court (justices are appointed for four-year terms by the president on the recommendation of the Judicial and Bar Council)

Pitcairn Islands: Island Court (island magistrate presides over the court and is elected every three years)

Poland: Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president on the recommendation of the National Council of the Judiciary for an indefinite period); Constitutional Tribunal (judges are chosen by the Sejm for nine-year terms)

Portugal: Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal de Justica (judges appointed for life by the Conselho Superior da Magistratura)

Puerto Rico: Supreme Court; Superior Courts; Municipal Courts (justices for all these courts appointed by the governor with the consent of the Senate)

Qatar: Court of Appeal

Reunion: Court of Appeals or Cour d'Appel

Romania: Supreme Court of Justice (judges are appointed by the president on the recommendation of the Superior Council of Magistrates)

Russia: Constitutional Court; Supreme Court; Superior Court of Arbitration; judges for all courts are appointed for life by the Federation Council on the recommendation of the president

Rwanda: Supreme Court; communal courts; appeals courts

Saint Helena: Supreme Court; Magistrate's Court; Small Debts Court; Juvenile Court

Saint Kitts and Nevis: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based on Saint Lucia; one judge of the Supreme Court resides in Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Saint Lucia: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (jurisdiction extends to Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon: Superior Tribunal of Appeals or Tribunal Superieur d'Appel

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based on Saint Lucia; one judge of the Supreme Court resides in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

Samoa: Supreme Court; Court of Appeal

San Marino: Council of Twelve or Consiglio dei XII

Sao Tome and Principe: Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the National Assembly)

Saudi Arabia: Supreme Council of Justice

Senegal: Constitutional Court; Council of State; Court of Final Appeals or Cour de Cassation; Court of Appeals; note-the judicial system was reformed in 1992

Seychelles: Court of Appeal; Supreme Court; judges for both courts are appointed by the president

Sierra Leone: Supreme Court; Appeals Court; High Court

Singapore: Supreme Court (chief justice is appointed by the president with the advice of the prime minister, other judges are appointed by the president with the advice of the chief justice); Court of Appeals

Slovakia: Supreme Court (judges are elected by the National Council); Constitutional Court (judges appointed by president from group of nominees approved by the National Council)

Slovenia: Supreme Court (judges are elected by the National Assembly on the recommendation of the Judicial Council); Constitutional Court (judges elected for nine-year terms by the National Assembly and nominated by the president)

Solomon Islands: Court of Appeal

Somalia: following the breakdown of national government, most regions have reverted to Islamic (Shari'a) law with a provision for appeal of all sentences

South Africa: Constitutional Court; Supreme Court of Appeals; High Courts; Magistrate Courts

Spain: Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo

Sri Lanka: Supreme Court; Court of Appeals; judges for both courts are appointed by the president

Sudan: Supreme Court; Special Revolutionary Courts

Suriname: Court of Justice (justices are nominated for life)

Swaziland: High Court; Court of Appeal; judges for both courts are appointed by the monarch

Sweden: Supreme Court or Hogsta Domstolen (judges are appointed by the prime minister and the cabinet)

Switzerland: Federal Supreme Court (judges elected for six-year terms by the Federal Assembly)

Syria: Supreme Constitutional Court (justices are appointed for four-year terms by the president); High Judicial Council; Court of Cassation; State Security Courts

Tajikistan: Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president)

Tanzania: Permanent Commission of Enquiry (official ombudsman); Court of Appeal (consists of a chief justice and four judges); High Court (consists of a Jaji Kiongozi and 29 judges appointed by the president; holds regular sessions in all regions); District Courts; Primary Courts (limited jurisdiction and appeals can be made to the higher courts)

Thailand: Supreme Court or Sandika (judges appointed by the monarch)

Togo: Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

Tokelau: Supreme Court in New Zealand exercises civil and criminal jurisdiction in Tokelau

Tonga: Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the monarch); Court of Appeal (consists of the Privy Council with the addition of the chief justice of the Supreme Court)

Trinidad and Tobago: Supreme Court of Judicature (comprised of the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeals; the chief justice is appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister and the leader of the opposition; other justices are appointed by the president on the advice of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission); High Court of Justice; Court of Appeals; The Majistracy (hears minor civil cases and summary criminal cases)

Tunisia: Court of Cassation or Cour de Cassation

Turkey: Constitutional Court (judges are appointed by the president); Court of Appeals (judges are elected by the Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors)

Turkmenistan: Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president)

Turks and Caicos Islands: Supreme Court

Tuvalu: High Court (a chief justice visits twice a year to preside over its sessions; its rulings can be appealed to the Court of Appeal in Fiji); eight Island Courts (with limited jurisdiction)

Uganda: Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the president and approved by the legislature); High Court (judges are appointed by the president)

Ukraine: Supreme Court; Constitutional Court

United Arab Emirates: Union Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president)

United Kingdom: House of Lords (highest court of appeal; several Lords of Appeal in Ordinary are appointed by the monarch for life); Supreme Courts of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland (comprising the Courts of Appeal, the High Courts of Justice, and the Crown Courts); Scotland's Court of Session and Court of the Justiciary

United States: Supreme Court (its nine justices are appointed for life by the president with confirmation by the Senate); United States Courts of Appeal; United States District Courts; State and County Courts

Uruguay: Supreme Court (judges are nominated by the president and elected for 10-year terms by the General Assembly)

Uzbekistan: Supreme Court (judges are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Supreme Assembly)

Vanuatu: Supreme Court (chief justice is appointed by the president after consultation with the prime minister and the leader of the opposition, three other justices are appointed by the president on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission)

Venezuela: Supreme Tribunal of Justice or Tribuna Suprema de Justicia (magistrates are elected by the National Assembly for a single 12-year term)

Vietnam: Supreme People's Court (chief justice is elected for a five-year term by the National Assembly on the recommendation of the president)

Virgin Islands: US District Court of the Virgin Islands (under Third Circuit jurisdiction); Territorial Court (judges appointed by the governor for 10-year terms)

Wallis and Futuna: none; justice generally administered under French law by the high administrator, but the three traditional kings administer customary law and there is a magistrate in Mata-Utu

Yemen: Supreme Court

Yugoslavia: Federal Court or Savezni Sud; Constitutional Court; judges for both courts are elected by the Federal Assembly for nine-year terms

Zambia: Supreme Court (the final court of appeal; justices are appointed by the president); High Court (has unlimited jurisdiction to hear civil and criminal cases)

Zimbabwe: Supreme Court; High Court

Taiwan: Judicial Yuan (justices appointed by the president with the consent of the National Assembly; note - beginning in 2003, justices will be appointed by the president with the consent of the Legislative Yuan)

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@Labor force

Afghanistan: 10 million (2000 est.)

Albania: 1.692 million (including 352,000 emigrant workers and 261,000 domestically unemployed) (1994 est.)

Algeria: 9.1 million (2000 est.)

American Samoa: 14,000 (1996)

Andorra: 30,787 salaried employees (1998)

Angola: 5 million (1997 est.)

Anguilla: 4,400 (1992)

Antigua and Barbuda: 30,000

Argentina: 15 million (1999)

Armenia: 1.5 million (1999)

Aruba: 41,501 (1997 est.)

Australia: 9.5 million (December 1999)

Austria: 3.7 million (1999)

Azerbaijan: 2.9 million (1997)

Bahamas, The: 156,000 (1999)

Bahrain: 295,000 (1998 est.)

note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.)

Bangladesh: 64.1 million (1998)

note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $1.71 billion in 1998-99

Barbados: 136,000 (1998 est.)

Belarus: 4.8 million (2000)

Belgium: 4.34 million (1999)

Belize: 71,000

note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (1997 est.)

Benin: NA

Bermuda: 35,296 (1997)

Bhutan: NA

note: massive lack of skilled labor

Bolivia: 2.5 million

Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1.026 million

Botswana: 235,000 formal sector employees (1995)

Brazil: 79 million (1999 est.)

British Virgin Islands: 4,911 (1980)

Brunei: 144,000 (1995 est.); note - includes foreign workers and military personnel

note: temporary residents make up 41% of labor force (1991)

Bulgaria: 3.83 million (2000 est.)

Burkina Faso: 5 million (1999)

note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment

Burma: 19.7 million (FY98/99 est.)

Burundi: 1.9 million

Cambodia: 6 million (1998 est.)

Cameroon: NA

Canada: 16.1 million (2000)

Cape Verde: NA

Cayman Islands: 19,820 (1995)

Central African Republic: NA

Chad: NA

Chile: 5.8 million (1999 est.)

China: 700 million (1998 est.)

Christmas Island: NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands: NA

Colombia: 18.3 million (1999 est.)

Comoros: 144,500 (1996 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 14.51 million (1993 est.)

Congo, Republic of the: NA

Cook Islands: 6,601 (1993)

Costa Rica: 1.9 million (1999)

Cote d'Ivoire: 68% agricultural (2000 est.)

Croatia: 1.68 million (October 2000)

Cuba: 4.3 million (2000 est.)

note: state sector 75%, non-state sector 25% (1998)

Cyprus: Greek Cypriot area: 291,000; Turkish Cypriot area: 86,300 (2000)

Czech Republic: 5.203 million (1999 est.)

Denmark: 2.856 million (2000 est.)

Djibouti: 282,000

Dominica: 25,000

Dominican Republic: 2.3 million - 2.6 million

Ecuador: 4.2 million

Egypt: 19.9 million (2000 est.)

El Salvador: 2.35 million (1999)

Equatorial Guinea: NA

Eritrea: NA

Estonia: 785,500 (1999 est.)

Ethiopia: NA

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 1,100 (est.)

Faroe Islands: 24,250 (October 2000)

Fiji: 235,000

Finland: 2.6 million (2000 est.)

France: 25 million (2000)

French Guiana: 58,800 (1997)

French Polynesia: 70,000 (1996)

Gabon: 600,000

Gambia, The: 400,000

Gaza Strip: NA

Georgia: 3.08 million (1997)

Germany: 40.5 million (1999 est.)

Ghana: 9 million (2000 est.)

Gibraltar: 14,800 (including non-Gibraltar laborers)

Greece: 4.32 million (1999 est.)

Greenland: 24,500 (1999 est.)

Grenada: 42,300 (1996)

Guadeloupe: 125,900 (1997)

Guam: 60,000 (2000 est.)

Guatemala: 4.2 million (1999 est.)

Guernsey: 31,322 (2000)

Guinea: 3 million (1999)

Guinea-Bissau: 480,000

Guyana: 245,492 (1992)

Haiti: 3.6 million (1995)

note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (1998)

Holy See (Vatican City): NA

Honduras: 2.3 million (1997 est.)

Hong Kong: 3.39 million (2000 est.)

Hungary: 4.2 million (1997)

Iceland: 159,000 (2000)

India: NA

Indonesia: 99 million (1999)

Iran: 17.3 million

note: shortage of skilled labor (1998)

Iraq: 4.4 million (1989)

Ireland: 1.82 million (2000 est.)

Israel: 2.4 million (2000 est.)

Italy: 23.4 million (2000)

Jamaica: 1.13 million (1998)

Japan: 67.7 million (December 2000)

Jersey: 57,050 (1996)

Jordan: 1.15 million

note: in addition, at least 300,000 workers are employed abroad (1997 est.)

Kazakhstan: 8.8 million (1997)

Kenya: 9.2 million (1998 est.)

Kiribati: 7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (1985 est.)

Korea, North: 9.6 million

Korea, South: 22 million (2000)

Kuwait: 1.3 million (1998 est.)

note: 68% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.)

Kyrgyzstan: 1.7 million

Laos: 1 million - 1.5 million

Latvia: 1.4 million (2000 est.)

Lebanon: 1.3 million (1999 est.)

note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (1997 est.)

Lesotho: 700,000 economically active

Libya: 1.5 million (2000 est.)

Liechtenstein: 22,891 of which 13,847 are foreigners; 8,231 commute from Austria and Switzerland to work each day

Lithuania: 2 million (2000 est.)

Luxembourg: 248,000 (of whom 70,200 are foreign cross-border workers primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany) (2000)

Macau: 283,450 (1999)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 1 million (1999 est.)

Madagascar: 7 million (1999)

Malawi: 3.5 million

Malaysia: 9.6 million (2000 est.)

Maldives: 67,000 (1995)

Mali: NA

Malta: 145,901 (1999)

Man, Isle of: 36,610 (1998)

Marshall Islands: NA

Martinique: 170,000 (1997)

Mauritania: 750,000 (1999)

Mauritius: 514,000 (1995)

Mayotte: NA

Mexico: 39.8 million (2000)

Micronesia, Federated States of: NA

Moldova: 1.7 million (1998)

Monaco: 30,540 (January 1994)

Mongolia: 1.3 million (1999)

Montserrat: 4,521 (1992); note - recently lowered by flight of people from volcanic activity

Morocco: 11 million (1997 est.)

Mozambique: 7.4 million (1997 est.)

Namibia: 500,000

Nepal: 10 million (1996 est.)

note: severe lack of skilled labor

Netherlands: 7.2 million (2000)

Netherlands Antilles: 89,000

New Caledonia: 79,395 (including 15, 018 unemployed, 1996)

New Zealand: 1.88 million (2000)

Nicaragua: 1.7 million (1999)

Niger: 70,000 receive regular wages or salaries

Nigeria: 66 million (1999 est.)

Niue: 450 (1992 est.)

Norfolk Island: 1,395 (1991 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands: 6,006 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers (1995)

Norway: 2.4 million (2000 est.)

Oman: 850,000 (1997 est.)

Pakistan: 40 million

note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2000 est.)

Palau: 8,300 (1999)

Panama: 1.1 million (2000 est.)

note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor

Papua New Guinea: 1.941 million

Paraguay: 2 million (2000 est.)

Peru: 7.6 million (1996 est.)

Philippines: 48.1 million (2000 est.)

Pitcairn Islands: 12 able-bodied men (1997)

Poland: 17.2 million (1999 est.)

Portugal: 5 million (1999)

Puerto Rico: 1.3 million (2000)

Qatar: 233,000 (1993 est.)

Reunion: 261,000 (1995)

Romania: 9.9 million (1999 est.)

Russia: 66 million (1997)

Rwanda: 3.6 million

Saint Helena: 3,500 (1998 est.)

note: 1,200 of whom are working offshore

Saint Kitts and Nevis: 18,172 (June 1995)

Saint Lucia: 43,800

Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 3,000 (1997)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 67,000 (1984 est.)

Samoa: 90,000 (2000 est.)

San Marino: 18,500 (1999)

Sao Tome and Principe: NA

Saudi Arabia: 7 million

note: 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.)

Senegal: NA

Seychelles: 30,900 (1996)

Sierra Leone: 1.369 million (1981 est.)

note: only about 65,000 wage earners (1985)

Singapore: 2.1 million (2000)

Slovakia: 3 million (1999)

Slovenia: 857,400

Solomon Islands: 26,842

Somalia: 3.7 million (very few are skilled laborers) (1993 est.)

South Africa: 17 million economically active (2000)

Spain: 17 million (2000)

Sri Lanka: 6.6 million (1998)

Sudan: 11 million (1996 est.)

Suriname: 100,000

Svalbard: NA

Swaziland: NA

Sweden: 4.4 million (2000 est.)

Switzerland: 3.9 million (964,000 foreign workers, mostly Italian) (1998 est.)

Syria: 4.7 million (1998 est.)

Tajikistan: 1.9 million (1996)

Tanzania: 13.495 million

Thailand: 32.6 million (1997 est.)

Togo: 1.74 million (1996)

Tokelau: NA

Tonga: 34,000 (FY96/97)

Trinidad and Tobago: 558,700 (1998)

Tunisia: 2.65 million (2000 est.)

note: shortage of skilled labor

Turkey: 23 million (2000 est.)

note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (1999)

Turkmenistan: 2.34 million (1996)

Turks and Caicos Islands: 4,848 (1990 est.)

Tuvalu: NA

Uganda: 8.361 million (1993 est.)

Ukraine: 22.8 million (yearend 1997)

United Arab Emirates: 1.4 million (1998 est.)

note: 75% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.)

United Kingdom: 29.2 million (1999)

United States: 140.9 million (includes unemployed) (2000)

Uruguay: 1.5 million (1999 est.)

Uzbekistan: 11.9 million (1998 est.)

Vanuatu: NA

Venezuela: 9.9 million (1999)

Vietnam: 38.2 million (1998 est.)

Virgin Islands: 47,443 (1990 est.)

Wallis and Futuna: NA

West Bank: NA

Western Sahara: 12,000

World: NA

Yemen: NA

Yugoslavia: 1.6 million (1999 est.)

Zambia: 3.4 million

Zimbabwe: 5.5 million (2000 est.)

Taiwan: 9.8 million (2000 est.)

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@Labor force - by occupation

Afghanistan: agriculture 70%, industry 15%, services 15% (1990 est.)

Albania: agriculture 50%, industry and services 50%

Algeria: government 29%, agriculture 25%, construction and public works 15%, industry 11%, other 20% (1996 est.)

American Samoa: government 33%, tuna canneries 34%, other 33% (1990)

Andorra: agriculture 1%, industry 21%, services 78% (1998)

Angola: agriculture 85%, industry and services 15% (1997 est.)

Anguilla: commerce 36%, services 29%, construction 18%, transportation and utilities 10%, manufacturing 3%, agriculture/fishing/forestry/mining 4%

Antigua and Barbuda: commerce and services 82%, agriculture 11%, industry 7% (1983)

Argentina: agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%

Armenia: agriculture 55%, services 25%, industry 20% (1999 est.)

Aruba: most employment is in wholesale and retail trade and repair, followed by hotels and restaurants; oil refining

Australia: services 73%, industry 22%, agriculture 5% (1997 est.)

Austria: services 68%, industry and crafts 29%, agriculture and forestry 3% (1999 est.)

Azerbaijan: agriculture and forestry 32%, industry 15%, services 53% (1997)

Bahamas, The: tourism 40%, other services 50%, industry 5%, agriculture 5% (1995 est.)

Bahrain: industry, commerce, and service 79%, government 20%, agriculture 1% (1997 est.)

Bangladesh: agriculture 63%, services 26%, industry 11% (FY95/96)

Barbados: services 75%, industry 15%, agriculture 10% (1996 est.)

Belarus: industry and construction NA%, agriculture and forestry NA%, services NA%

Belgium: services 73%, industry 25%, agriculture 2% (1999 est.)

Belize: agriculture 38%, industry 32%, services 30% (1994)

Bermuda: clerical 23%, services 22%, laborers 17%, professional and technical 17%, administrative and managerial 12%, sales 7%, agriculture and fishing 2% (1996)

Bhutan: agriculture 93%, services 5%, industry and commerce 2%

Bolivia: agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%

Bosnia and Herzegovina: agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%

Botswana: 100,000 public sector; 135,000 private sector, including 14,300 who are employed in various mines in South Africa; most others engaged in cattle raising and subsistence agriculture (1995 est.)

Brazil: services 53.2%, agriculture 23.1%, industry 23.7%

British Virgin Islands: agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%

Brunei: government 48%, production of oil, natural gas, services, and construction 42%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 10% (1999 est.)

Bulgaria: agriculture 26%, industry 31%, services 43% (1998 est.)

Burkina Faso: agriculture 90% (2000 est.)

Burma: agriculture 65%, industry 10%, services 25% (1999 est.)

Burundi: NA

Cambodia: agriculture 80% (1999 est.)

Cameroon: agriculture 70%, industry and commerce 13%, other 17%

Canada: services 74%, manufacturing 15%, construction 5%, agriculture 3%, other 3% (2000)

Cayman Islands: agriculture 1.4%, industry 12.6%, services 86% (1995)

Chad: agriculture 85% (subsistence farming, herding, and fishing)

Chile: agriculture 14%, industry 27%, services 59% (1997 est.)

China: agriculture 50%, industry 24%, services 26% (1998)

Christmas Island: tourism 400 people, mining 100 people (1995)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands: the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage workers; tourism employs others

Colombia: services 46%, agriculture 30%, industry 24% (1990)

Comoros: agriculture 80%

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: agriculture 65%, industry 16%, services 19% (1991 est.)

Cook Islands: agriculture 29%, industry 15%, services 56% (1995) note - shortage of skilled labor

Costa Rica: agriculture 20%, industry 22%, services 58% (1999 est.)

Croatia: agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%

Cuba: agriculture 25%, industry 24%, services 51% (1998)

Cyprus: Greek Cypriot area: services 73%, industry 22%, agriculture 5% (2000); Turkish Cypriot area: services 56.4%, industry 22.8%, agriculture 20.8% (1998)

Czech Republic: agriculture 5%, industry 40%, services 55% (2000 est.)

Denmark: services 79%, industry 17%, agriculture 4% (2000 est.)

Djibouti: agriculture 75%, industry 11%, services 14% (1991 est.)

Dominica: agriculture 40%, industry and commerce 32%, services 28%

Dominican Republic: services and government 58.7%, industry 24.3%, agriculture 17% (1998 est.)

Ecuador: agriculture 30%, industry 25%, services 45% (1999 est.)

Egypt: agriculture 29%, services 49%, industry 22% (FY99)

El Salvador: agriculture 30%, industry 15%, services 55% (1999 est.)

Eritrea: agriculture 80%, industry and services 20%

Estonia: industry 20%, agriculture 11%, services 69% (1999 est.)

Ethiopia: agriculture and animal husbandry 80%, government and services 12%, industry and construction 8% (1985)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): agriculture 95% (mostly sheepherding and fishing)

Faroe Islands: fishing, fish processing, and manufacturing 33%, construction and private services 33%, public services 34%

Fiji: subsistence agriculture 67%, wage earners 18%, salary earners 15% (1987)

Finland: public services 32%, industry 22%, commerce 14%, finance, insurance, and business services 10%, agriculture and forestry 8%, transport and communications 8%, construction 6%

France: services 71%, industry 25%, agriculture 4% (1997)

French Guiana: services, government, and commerce 60.6%, industry 21.2%, agriculture 18.2% (1980)

French Polynesia: agriculture 13%, industry 19%, services 68% (1997)

Gabon: agriculture 60%, services and government 25%, industry and commerce 15%

Gambia, The: agriculture 75%, industry, commerce, and services 19%, government 6%

Gaza Strip: services 66%, industry 21%, agriculture 13% (1996)

Georgia: industry 20%, agriculture 40%, services 40% (1999 est.)

Germany: industry 33.4%, agriculture 2.8%, services 63.8% (1999)

Ghana: agriculture 60%, industry 15%, services 25% (1999 est.)

Gibraltar: services 60%, industry 40%, agriculture NEGL%

Greece: industry 21%, agriculture 20%, services 59% (2000 est.)

Grenada: services 62%, agriculture 24%, industry 14% (1999 est.)

Guadeloupe: NA

Guam: federal and territorial government 26%, private 74% (trade 24%, other services 40%, industry 10%) (2000 est.)

Guatemala: agriculture 50%, industry 15%, services 35% (1999 est.)

Guinea: agriculture 80%, industry and services 20% (2000 est.)

Guinea-Bissau: agriculture 78%

Guyana: agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%

Haiti: agriculture 66%, services 25%, industry 9%

Holy See (Vatican City): agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%; note - dignitaries, priests, nuns, guards, and 3,000 lay workers live outside the Vatican

Honduras: agriculture 29%, industry 21%, services 50% (1998 est.)

Hong Kong: wholesale and retail trade, restaurants, and hotels 31.5%, community and social services 24%, financing, insurance, and real estate 14.5%, transport and communications 11.6%, manufacturing 7.7%, construction 2.6% (October 1999)

Hungary: services 65%, industry 27%, agriculture 8% (1996)

Iceland: agriculture 5.1%, fishing and fish processing 11.8%, manufacturing 12.9%, construction 10.7%, other services 59.5% (1999)

India: agriculture 67%, services 18%, industry 15% (1995 est.)

Indonesia: agriculture 45%, industry 16%, services 39% (1999 est.)

Iran: agriculture 33%, industry 25%, services 42% (1999 est.)

Iraq: agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%

Ireland: services 64%, industry 28%, agriculture 8% (2000 est.)

Israel: public services 31.2%, manufacturing 20.2%, finance and business 13.1%, commerce 12.8%, construction 7.5%, personal and other services 6.4%, transport, storage, and communications 6.2%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 2.6% (1996)

Italy: services 61.9%, industry 32.6%, agriculture 5.5% (1999)

Jamaica: services 60%, agriculture 21%, industry 19% (1998)

Japan: services 65%, industry 30%, agriculture 5%

Jordan: industry 11.4%, commerce, restaurants, and hotels 10.5%, construction 10%, transport and communications 8.7%, agriculture 7.4%, other services 52% (1992)

Kazakhstan: industry 27%, agriculture 23%, services 50% (1996)

Kenya: agriculture 75%-80%

Korea, North: agricultural 36%, nonagricultural 64%

Korea, South: services 68%, industry 20%, agriculture 12% (1999)

Kuwait: agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%

Kyrgyzstan: agriculture 55%, industry 15%, services 30% (1999 est.)

Laos: agriculture 80% (1997 est.)

Latvia: agriculture 10%, industry 25%, services 65% (2000 est.)

Lebanon: services NA%, industry NA%, agriculture NA%

Lesotho: 86% of resident population engaged in subsistence agriculture; roughly 35% of the active male wage earners work in South Africa

Liberia: agriculture 70%, industry 8%, services 22% (1999 est.)

Libya: services and government 54%, industry 29%, agriculture 17% (1997 est.)

Liechtenstein: industry, trade, and building 45%, services 53%, agriculture, fishing, forestry, and horticulture 2% (1997 est.)

Lithuania: industry 30%, agriculture 20%, services 50% (1997 est.)

Luxembourg: services 83.2%, industry 14.3%, agriculture 2.5% (1998 est.)

Macau: restaurants and hotels 26%, manufacturing 22%, other services 52% (2000 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%

Malawi: agriculture 86% (1997 est.)

Malaysia: local trade and tourism 28%, manufacturing 27%, agriculture, forestry, and fisheries 16%, services 10%, government 10%, construction 9% (2000 est.)

Maldives: agriculture 22%, industry 18%, services 60% (1995)

Mali: agriculture and fishing 80% (1998 est.)

Malta: industry 24%, services 71%, agriculture 5% (1999 est.)

Man, Isle of: 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%

Marshall Islands: agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%

Martinique: agriculture 10%, industry 17%, services 73% (1997)

Mauritania: agriculture 47%, services 39%, industry 14%

Mauritius: construction and industry 36%, services 24%, agriculture and fishing 14%, trade, restaurants, hotels 16%, transportation and communication 7%, finance 3% (1995)

Mexico: agriculture 20%, industry 24%, services 56% (1998)

Micronesia, Federated States of: two-thirds are government employees

Moldova: agriculture 40%, industry 14%, other 46% (1998)

Mongolia: primarily herding/agricultural

Montserrat: agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%

Morocco: agriculture 50%, services 35%, industry 15% (1999 est.)

Mozambique: agriculture 81%, industry 6%, services 13% (1997 est.)

Namibia: agriculture 47%, industry 20%, services 33% (1999 est.)

Nauru: employed in mining phosphates, public administration, education, and transportation

Nepal: agriculture 81%, services 16%, industry 3%

Netherlands: services 73%, industry 23%, agriculture 4% (1998 est.)

Netherlands Antilles: agriculture 1%, industry 13%, services 86% (1994 est.)

New Caledonia: agriculture 7%, industry 23%, services 70% (1999 est.)

New Zealand: services 65%, industry 25%, agriculture 10% (1995)

Nicaragua: services 43%, agriculture 42%, industry 15% (1999 est.)

Niger: agriculture 90%, industry and commerce 6%, government 4%

Nigeria: agriculture 70%, industry 10%, services 20% (1999 est.)

Niue: most work on family plantations; paid work exists only in government service, small industry, and the Niue Development Board

Norfolk Island: tourism NA%, subsistence agriculture NA%

Northern Mariana Islands: NA

Norway: services 74%, industry 22%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 4% (1995)

Oman: agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%

Pakistan: agriculture 44%, industry 17%, services 39% (1999 est.)

Palau: agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%

Panama: agriculture 20.8%, industry 18%, services 61.2% (1995 est.)

Papua New Guinea: agriculture 85%, industry NA%, services NA%

Paraguay: agriculture 45%

Peru: agriculture, mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, transport, services

Philippines: agriculture 39.8%, government and social services 19.4%, services 17.7%, manufacturing 9.8%, construction 5.8%, other 7.5% (1998 est.)

Pitcairn Islands: no business community in the usual sense; some public works; subsistence farming and fishing

Poland: industry 22.1%, agriculture 27.5%, services 50.4% (1999)

Portugal: services 60%, industry 30%, agriculture 10% (1999 est.)

Puerto Rico: agriculture 3%, industry 20%, services 77% (2000 est.)

Reunion: agriculture 8%, industry 19%, services 73% (1990)

Romania: agriculture 40%, industry 25%, services 35% (1998)

Russia: agriculture 15%, industry 30%, services 55% (1999 est.)

Rwanda: agriculture 90%

Saint Helena: agriculture and fishing 6%, industry (mainly construction) 48%, services 46% (1987 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis: NA

Saint Lucia: agriculture 43.4%, services 38.9%, industry and commerce 17.7% (1983 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon: fishing 18%, industry (mainly fish-processing) 41%, services 41% (1996 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: agriculture 26%, industry 17%, services 57% (1980 est.)

Samoa: agriculture 65%, services 30%, industry 5% (1995 est.)

San Marino: services 60%, industry 38%, agriculture 2% (1998 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe: population mainly engaged in subsistence agriculture and fishing

note: shortages of skilled workers

Saudi Arabia: agriculture 12%, industry 25%, services 63% (1999 est.)

Senegal: agriculture 60%

Seychelles: industry 19%, services 71%, agriculture 10% (1989)

Sierra Leone: agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%

Singapore: financial, business, and other services 35%, manufacturing 21%, construction 13%, transportation and communication 9%

Slovakia: industry 29.3%, agriculture 8.9%, construction 8%, transport and communication 8.2%, services 45.6% (1994)

Slovenia: agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%

Solomon Islands: agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%

Somalia: agriculture (mostly pastoral nomadism) 71%, industry and services 29%

South Africa: agriculture 30%, industry 25%, services 45% (1999 est.)

Spain: services 64%, manufacturing, mining, and construction 28%, agriculture 8% (1997 est.)

Sri Lanka: services 45%, agriculture 38%, industry 17% (1998 est.)

Sudan: agriculture 80%, industry and commerce 10%, government 6%, unemployed 4% (1996 est.)

Suriname: agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%

Swaziland: private sector 70%, public sector 30%

Sweden: agriculture 2%, industry 24%, services 74% (2000 est.)

Switzerland: services 69.1%, industry 26.3%, agriculture 4.6% (1998 est.)

Syria: agriculture 40%, industry 20%, services 40% (1996 est.)

Tajikistan: agriculture 50%, industry 20%, services 30% (1997 est.)

Tanzania: agriculture 80%, industry and commerce 20% (2000 est.)

Thailand: agriculture 54%, industry 15%, services 31% (1996 est.)

Togo: agriculture 65%, industry 5%, services 30% (1998 est.)

Tonga: agriculture 65% (1997 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago: construction and utilities 12.4%, manufacturing, mining, and quarrying 14%, agriculture 9.5%, services 64.1% (1997 est.)

Tunisia: services 55%, industry 23%, agriculture 22% (1995 est.)

Turkey: agriculture 38%, services 38%, industry 24% (2000)

Turkmenistan: agriculture 44%, industry 19%, services 37% (1996)

Turks and Caicos Islands: about 33% in government and 20% in agriculture and fishing; significant numbers in tourism, financial, and other services (1997 est.)

Tuvalu: people make a living mainly through exploitation of the sea, reefs, and atolls and from wages sent home by those working abroad (mostly workers in the phosphate industry and sailors)

Uganda: agriculture 82%, industry 5%, services 13% (1999 est.)

Ukraine: industry 32%, agriculture 24%, services 44% (1996)

United Arab Emirates: services 60%, industry 32%, agriculture 8% (1996 est.)

United Kingdom: agriculture 1%, industry 19%, services 80% (1996 est.)

United States: managerial and professional 30.2%, technical, sales and administrative support 29.2%, services 13.5%, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and crafts 24.6%, farming, forestry, and fishing 2.5% (2000)

note: figures exclude the unemployed

Uruguay: agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%

Uzbekistan: agriculture 44%, industry 20%, services 36% (1995)

Vanuatu: agriculture 65%, services 32%, industry 3% (1995 est.)

Venezuela: services 64%, industry 23%, agriculture 13% (1997 est.)

Vietnam: agriculture 67%, industry and services 33% (1997 est.)

Virgin Islands: agriculture 1%, industry 20%, services 79% (1990 est.)

Wallis and Futuna: agriculture, livestock, and fishing 80%, government 4% (est.)

West Bank: services 66%, industry 21%, agriculture 13% (1996)

Western Sahara: animal husbandry and subsistence farming 50%

World: agricultue NA%, industry NA%, services NA%

Yemen: most people are employed in agriculture and herding; services, construction, industry, and commerce account for less than one-fourth of the labor force

Yugoslavia: agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%

Zambia: agriculture 85%, industry 6%, services 9%

Zimbabwe: agriculture 66%, services 24%, industry 10% (1996 est.)

Taiwan: services 55%, industry 37%, agriculture 8% (1999 est.)

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@Land boundaries

Afghanistan: total: 5,529 km

border countries: China 76 km, Iran 936 km, Pakistan 2,430 km, Tajikistan 1,206 km, Turkmenistan 744 km, Uzbekistan 137 km

Albania: total: 720 km

border countries: Greece 282 km, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 151 km, Yugoslavia 287 km

Algeria: total: 6,343 km

border countries: Libya 982 km, Mali 1,376 km, Mauritania 463 km, Morocco 1,559 km, Niger 956 km, Tunisia 965 km, Western Sahara 42 km

American Samoa: 0 km

Andorra: total: 120.3 km

border countries: France 56.6 km, Spain 63.7 km

Angola: total: 5,198 km

border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,511 km (of which 220 km is the boundary of discontiguous Cabinda Province), Republic of the Congo 201 km, Namibia 1,376 km, Zambia 1,110 km

Anguilla: 0 km

Antarctica: 0 km

note: see entry on International disputes

Antigua and Barbuda: 0 km

Argentina: total: 9,665 km

border countries: Bolivia 832 km, Brazil 1,224 km, Chile 5,150 km, Paraguay 1,880 km, Uruguay 579 km

Armenia: total: 1,254 km

border countries: Azerbaijan-proper 566 km, Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave 221 km, Georgia 164 km, Iran 35 km, Turkey 268 km

Aruba: 0 km

Ashmore and Cartier Islands: 0 km

Australia: 0 km

Austria: total: 2,562 km

border countries: Czech Republic 362 km, Germany 784 km, Hungary 366 km, Italy 430 km, Liechtenstein 35 km, Slovakia 91 km, Slovenia 330 km, Switzerland 164 km

Azerbaijan: total: 2,013 km

border countries: Armenia (with Azerbaijan-proper) 566 km, Armenia (with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave) 221 km, Georgia 322 km, Iran (with Azerbaijan-proper) 432 km, Iran (with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave) 179 km, Russia 284 km, Turkey 9 km

Bahamas, The: 0 km

Bahrain: 0 km

Baker Island: 0 km

Bangladesh: total: 4,246 km

border countries: Burma 193 km, India 4,053 km

Barbados: 0 km

Bassas da India: 0 km

Belarus: total: 3,098 km

border countries: Latvia 141 km, Lithuania 502 km, Poland 605 km, Russia 959 km, Ukraine 891 km

Belgium: total: 1,385 km

border countries: France 620 km, Germany 167 km, Luxembourg 148 km, Netherlands 450 km

Belize: total: 516 km

border countries: Guatemala 266 km, Mexico 250 km

Benin: total: 1,989 km

border countries: Burkina Faso 306 km, Niger 266 km, Nigeria 773 km, Togo 644 km

Bermuda: 0 km

Bhutan: total: 1,075 km

border countries: China 470 km, India 605 km

Bolivia: total: 6,743 km

border countries: Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,400 km, Chile 861 km, Paraguay 750 km, Peru 900 km

Bosnia and Herzegovina: total: 1,459 km

border countries: Croatia 932 km, Yugoslavia 527 km

Botswana: total: 4,013 km

border countries: Namibia 1,360 km, South Africa 1,840 km, Zimbabwe 813 km

Bouvet Island: 0 km

Brazil: total: 14,691 km

border countries: Argentina 1,224 km, Bolivia 3,400 km, Colombia 1,643 km, French Guiana 673 km, Guyana 1,119 km, Paraguay 1,290 km, Peru 1,560 km, Suriname 597 km, Uruguay 985 km, Venezuela 2,200 km

British Indian Ocean Territory: 0 km

British Virgin Islands: 0 km

Brunei: total: 381 km

border countries: Malaysia 381 km

Bulgaria: total: 1,808 km

border countries: Greece 494 km, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 148 km, Romania 608 km, Yugoslavia 318 km, Turkey 240 km

Burkina Faso: total: 3,192 km

border countries: Benin 306 km, Cote d'Ivoire 584 km, Ghana 548 km, Mali 1,000 km, Niger 628 km, Togo 126 km

Burma: total: 5,876 km

border countries: Bangladesh 193 km, China 2,185 km, India 1,463 km, Laos 235 km, Thailand 1,800 km

Burundi: total: 974 km

border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 233 km, Rwanda 290 km, Tanzania 451 km

Cambodia: total: 2,572 km

border countries: Laos 541 km, Thailand 803 km, Vietnam 1,228 km

Cameroon: total: 4,591 km

border countries: Central African Republic 797 km, Chad 1,094 km, Republic of the Congo 523 km, Equatorial Guinea 189 km, Gabon 298 km, Nigeria 1,690 km

Canada: total: 8,893 km

border countries: US 8,893 km (includes 2,477 km with Alaska)

Cape Verde: 0 km

Cayman Islands: 0 km

Central African Republic: total: 5,203 km

border countries: Cameroon 797 km, Chad 1,197 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,577 km, Republic of the Congo 467 km, Sudan 1,165 km

Chad: total: 5,968 km

border countries: Cameroon 1,094 km, Central African Republic 1,197 km, Libya 1,055 km, Niger 1,175 km, Nigeria 87 km, Sudan 1,360 km

Chile: total: 6,171 km

border countries: Argentina 5,150 km, Bolivia 861 km, Peru 160 km

China: total: 22,147.24 km

border countries: Afghanistan 76 km, Bhutan 470 km, Burma 2,185 km, Hong Kong 30 km, India 3,380 km, Kazakhstan 1,533 km, North Korea 1,416 km, Kyrgyzstan 858 km, Laos 423 km, Macau 0.34 km, Mongolia 4,676.9 km, Nepal 1,236 km, Pakistan 523 km, Russia (northeast) 3,605 km, Russia (northwest) 40 km, Tajikistan 414 km, Vietnam 1,281 km

Christmas Island: 0 km

Clipperton Island: 0 km

Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 0 km

Colombia: total: 6,004 km

border countries: Brazil 1,643 km, Ecuador 590 km, Panama 225 km, Peru 1,496 km (est.), Venezuela 2,050 km

Comoros: 0 km

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: total: 10,744 km

border countries: Angola 2,511 km, Burundi 233 km, Central African Republic 1,577 km, Republic of the Congo 2,410 km, Rwanda 217 km, Sudan 628 km, Tanzania 473 km, Uganda 765 km, Zambia 1,930 km

Congo, Republic of the: total: 5,504 km

border countries: Angola 201 km, Cameroon 523 km, Central African Republic 467 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,410 km, Gabon 1,903 km

Cook Islands: 0 km

Coral Sea Islands: 0 km

Costa Rica: total: 639 km

border countries: Nicaragua 309 km, Panama 330 km

Cote d'Ivoire: total: 3,110 km

border countries: Burkina Faso 584 km, Ghana 668 km, Guinea 610 km, Liberia 716 km, Mali 532 km

Croatia: total: 2,028 km

border countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina 932 km, Hungary 329 km, Yugoslavia 266 km, Slovenia 501 km

Cuba: total: 29 km

border countries: US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay 29 km

note: Guantanamo Naval Base is leased by the US and thus remains part of Cuba

Cyprus: 0 km

Czech Republic: total: 1,881 km

border countries: Austria 362 km, Germany 646 km, Poland 658 km, Slovakia 215 km

Denmark: total: 68 km

border countries: Germany 68 km

Djibouti: total: 508 km

border countries: Eritrea 113 km, Ethiopia 337 km, Somalia 58 km

Dominica: 0 km

Dominican Republic: total: 275 km

border countries: Haiti 275 km

Ecuador: total: 2,010 km

border countries: Colombia 590 km, Peru 1,420 km

Egypt: total: 2,689 km

border countries: Gaza Strip 11 km, Israel 255 km, Libya 1,150 km, Sudan 1,273 km

El Salvador: total: 545 km

border countries: Guatemala 203 km, Honduras 342 km

Equatorial Guinea: total: 539 km

border countries: Cameroon 189 km, Gabon 350 km

Eritrea: total: 1,630 km

border countries: Djibouti 113 km, Ethiopia 912 km, Sudan 605 km

Estonia: total: 633 km

border countries: Latvia 339 km, Russia 294 km

Ethiopia: total: 5,311 km

border countries: Djibouti 337 km, Eritrea 912 km, Kenya 830 km, Somalia 1,626 km, Sudan 1,606 km

Europa Island: 0 km

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 0 km

Faroe Islands: 0 km

Fiji: 0 km

Finland: total: 2,628 km

border countries: Norway 729 km, Sweden 586 km, Russia 1,313 km

France: total: 2,889 km

border countries: Andorra 56.6 km, Belgium 620 km, Germany 451 km, Italy 488 km, Luxembourg 73 km, Monaco 4.4 km, Spain 623 km, Switzerland 573 km

French Guiana: total: 1,183 km

border countries: Brazil 673 km, Suriname 510 km

French Polynesia: 0 km

French Southern and Antarctic Lands: 0 km

Gabon: total: 2,551 km

border countries: Cameroon 298 km, Republic of the Congo 1,903 km, Equatorial Guinea 350 km

Gambia, The: total: 740 km

border countries: Senegal 740 km

Gaza Strip: total: 62 km

border countries: Egypt 11 km, Israel 51 km

Georgia: total: 1,461 km

border countries: Armenia 164 km, Azerbaijan 322 km, Russia 723 km, Turkey 252 km

Germany: total: 3,618 km

border countries: Austria 784 km, Belgium 167 km, Czech Republic 646 km, Denmark 68 km, France 451 km, Luxembourg 135 km, Netherlands 577 km, Poland 456 km, Switzerland 334 km

Ghana: total: 2,093 km

border countries: Burkina Faso 548 km, Cote d'Ivoire 668 km, Togo 877 km

Gibraltar: total: 1.2 km

border countries: Spain 1.2 km

Glorioso Islands: 0 km

Greece: total: 1,210 km

border countries: Albania 282 km, Bulgaria 494 km, Turkey 206 km, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 228 km

Greenland: 0 km

Grenada: 0 km

Guadeloupe: total: 10.2 km

border countries: Netherlands Antilles (Sint Maarten) 10.2 km

Guam: 0 km

Guatemala: total: 1,687 km

border countries: Belize 266 km, El Salvador 203 km, Honduras 256 km, Mexico 962 km

Guernsey: 0 km

Guinea: total: 3,399 km

border countries: Cote d'Ivoire 610 km, Guinea-Bissau 386 km, Liberia 563 km, Mali 858 km, Senegal 330 km, Sierra Leone 652 km

Guinea-Bissau: total: 724 km

border countries: Guinea 386 km, Senegal 338 km

Guyana: total: 2,462 km

border countries: Brazil 1,119 km, Suriname 600 km, Venezuela 743 km

Haiti: total: 275 km

border countries: Dominican Republic 275 km

Heard Island and McDonald Islands: 0 km

Holy See (Vatican City): total: 3.2 km

border countries: Italy 3.2 km

Honduras: total: 1,520 km

border countries: Guatemala 256 km, El Salvador 342 km, Nicaragua 922 km

Hong Kong: total: 30 km

border countries: China 30 km

Howland Island: 0 km

Hungary: total: 2,009 km

border countries: Austria 366 km, Croatia 329 km, Romania 443 km, Yugoslavia 151 km, Slovakia 515 km, Slovenia 102 km, Ukraine 103 km

Iceland: 0 km

India: total: 14,103 km

border countries: Bangladesh 4,053 km, Bhutan 605 km, Burma 1,463 km, China 3,380 km, Nepal 1,690 km, Pakistan 2,912 km

Indonesia: total: 2,602 km

border countries: Malaysia 1,782 km, Papua New Guinea 820 km

Iran: total: 5,440 km

border countries: Afghanistan 936 km, Armenia 35 km, Azerbaijan-proper 432 km, Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave 179 km, Iraq 1,458 km, Pakistan 909 km, Turkey 499 km, Turkmenistan 992 km

Iraq: total: 3,631 km

border countries: Iran 1,458 km, Jordan 181 km, Kuwait 242 km, Saudi Arabia 814 km, Syria 605 km, Turkey 331 km

Ireland: total: 360 km

border countries: UK 360 km

Israel: total: 1,006 km

border countries: Egypt 255 km, Gaza Strip 51 km, Jordan 238 km, Lebanon 79 km, Syria 76 km, West Bank 307 km

Italy: total: 1,932.2 km

border countries: Austria 430 km, France 488 km, Holy See (Vatican City) 3.2 km, San Marino 39 km, Slovenia 232 km, Switzerland 740 km

Jamaica: 0 km

Jan Mayen: 0 km

Japan: 0 km

Jarvis Island: 0 km

Jersey: 0 km

Johnston Atoll: 0 km

Jordan: total: 1,619 km

border countries: Iraq 181 km, Israel 238 km, Saudi Arabia 728 km, Syria 375 km, West Bank 97 km

Juan de Nova Island: 0 km

Kazakhstan: total: 12,012 km

border countries: China 1,533 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,051 km, Russia 6,846 km, Turkmenistan 379 km, Uzbekistan 2,203 km

Kenya: total: 3,446 km

border countries: Ethiopia 830 km, Somalia 682 km, Sudan 232 km, Tanzania 769 km, Uganda 933 km

Kingman Reef: 0 km

Kiribati: 0 km

Korea, North: total: 1,673 km

border countries: China 1,416 km, South Korea 238 km, Russia 19 km

Korea, South: total: 238 km

border countries: North Korea 238 km

Kuwait: total: 464 km

border countries: Iraq 242 km, Saudi Arabia 222 km

Kyrgyzstan: total: 3,878 km

border countries: China 858 km, Kazakhstan 1,051 km, Tajikistan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,099 km

Laos: total: 5,083 km

border countries: Burma 235 km, Cambodia 541 km, China 423 km, Thailand 1,754 km, Vietnam 2,130 km

Latvia: total: 1,150 km

border countries: Belarus 141 km, Estonia 339 km, Lithuania 453 km, Russia 217 km

Lebanon: total: 454 km

border countries: Israel 79 km, Syria 375 km

Lesotho: total: 909 km

border countries: South Africa 909 km

Liberia: total: 1,585 km

border countries: Guinea 563 km, Cote d'Ivoire 716 km, Sierra Leone 306 km

Libya: total: 4,383 km

border countries: Algeria 982 km, Chad 1,055 km, Egypt 1,150 km, Niger 354 km, Sudan 383 km, Tunisia 459 km

Liechtenstein: total: 76 km

border countries: Austria 35 km, Switzerland 41 km

Lithuania: total: 1,273 km

border countries: Belarus 502 km, Latvia 453 km, Poland 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad) 227 km

Luxembourg: total: 356 km

border countries: Belgium 148 km, France 73 km, Germany 135 km

Macau: total: 0.34 km

border countries: China 0.34 km

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: total: 748 km

border countries: Albania 151 km, Bulgaria 148 km, Greece 228 km, Yugoslavia 221 km

Madagascar: 0 km

Malawi: total: 2,881 km

border countries: Mozambique 1,569 km, Tanzania 475 km, Zambia 837 km

Malaysia: total: 2,669 km

border countries: Brunei 381 km, Indonesia 1,782 km, Thailand 506 km

Maldives: 0 km

Mali: total: 7,243 km

border countries: Algeria 1,376 km, Burkina Faso 1,000 km, Guinea 858 km, Cote d'Ivoire 532 km, Mauritania 2,237 km, Niger 821 km, Senegal 419 km

Malta: 0 km

Man, Isle of: 0 km

Marshall Islands: 0 km

Martinique: 0 km

Mauritania: total: 5,074 km

border countries: Algeria 463 km, Mali 2,237 km, Senegal 813 km, Western Sahara 1,561 km

Mauritius: 0 km

Mayotte: 0 km

Mexico: total: 4,538 km

border countries: Belize 250 km, Guatemala 962 km, US 3,326 km

Micronesia, Federated States of: 0 km

Midway Islands: 0 km

Moldova: total: 1,389 km

border countries: Romania 450 km, Ukraine 939 km

Monaco: total: 4.4 km

border countries: France 4.4 km

Mongolia: total: 8,161.9 km

border countries: China 4,676.9 km, Russia 3,485 km

Montserrat: 0 km

Morocco: total: 2,017.9 km

border countries: Algeria 1,559 km, Western Sahara 443 km, Spain (Ceuta) 6.3 km, Spain (Melilla) 9.6 km

Mozambique: total: 4,571 km

border countries: Malawi 1,569 km, South Africa 491 km, Swaziland 105 km, Tanzania 756 km, Zambia 419 km, Zimbabwe 1,231 km

Namibia: total: 3,824 km

border countries: Angola 1,376 km, Botswana 1,360 km, South Africa 855 km, Zambia 233 km

Nauru: 0 km

Navassa Island: 0 km

Nepal: total: 2,926 km

border countries: China 1,236 km, India 1,690 km

Netherlands: total: 1,027 km

border countries: Belgium 450 km, Germany 577 km

Netherlands Antilles: total: 10.2 km

border countries: Guadeloupe (Saint Martin) 10.2 km

New Caledonia: 0 km

New Zealand: 0 km

Nicaragua: total: 1,231 km

border countries: Costa Rica 309 km, Honduras 922 km

Niger: total: 5,697 km

border countries: Algeria 956 km, Benin 266 km, Burkina Faso 628 km, Chad 1,175 km, Libya 354 km, Mali 821 km, Nigeria 1,497 km

Nigeria: total: 4,047 km

border countries: Benin 773 km, Cameroon 1,690 km, Chad 87 km, Niger 1,497 km

Niue: 0 km

Norfolk Island: 0 km

Northern Mariana Islands: 0 km

Norway: total: 2,515 km

border countries: Finland 729 km, Sweden 1,619 km, Russia 167 km

Oman: total: 1,374 km

border countries: Saudi Arabia 676 km, UAE 410 km, Yemen 288 km

Pakistan: total: 6,774 km

border countries: Afghanistan 2,430 km, China 523 km, India 2,912 km, Iran 909 km

Palau: 0 km

Palmyra Atoll: 0 km

Panama: total: 555 km

border countries: Colombia 225 km, Costa Rica 330 km

Papua New Guinea: total: 820 km

border countries: Indonesia 820 km

Paracel Islands: 0 km

Paraguay: total: 3,920 km

border countries: Argentina 1,880 km, Bolivia 750 km, Brazil 1,290 km

Peru: total: 5,536 km

border countries: Bolivia 900 km, Brazil 1,560 km, Chile 160 km, Colombia 1,496 km (est.), Ecuador 1,420 km

Philippines: 0 km

Pitcairn Islands: 0 km

Poland: total: 2,888 km

border countries: Belarus 605 km, Czech Republic 658 km, Germany 456 km, Lithuania 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) 206 km, Slovakia 444 km, Ukraine 428 km

Portugal: total: 1,214 km

border countries: Spain 1,214 km

Puerto Rico: 0 km

Qatar: total: 60 km

border countries: Saudi Arabia 60 km

Reunion: 0 km

Romania: total: 2,508 km

border countries: Bulgaria 608 km, Hungary 443 km, Moldova 450 km, Yugoslavia 476 km, Ukraine (north) 362 km, Ukraine (east) 169 km

Russia: total: 19,961 km

border countries: Azerbaijan 284 km, Belarus 959 km, China (southeast) 3,605 km, China (south) 40 km, Estonia 294 km, Finland 1,313 km, Georgia 723 km, Kazakhstan 6,846 km, North Korea 19 km, Latvia 217 km, Lithuania (Kaliningrad Oblast) 227 km, Mongolia 3,485 km, Norway 167 km, Poland (Kaliningrad Oblast) 206 km, Ukraine 1,576 km

Rwanda: total: 893 km

border countries: Burundi 290 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 217 km, Tanzania 217 km, Uganda 169 km

Saint Helena: 0 km

Saint Kitts and Nevis: 0 km

Saint Lucia: 0 km

Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 0 km

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 0 km

Samoa: 0 km

San Marino: total: 39 km

border countries: Italy 39 km

Sao Tome and Principe: 0 km

Saudi Arabia: total: 4,415 km

border countries: Iraq 814 km, Jordan 728 km, Kuwait 222 km, Oman 676 km, Qatar 60 km, UAE 457 km, Yemen 1,458 km

Senegal: total: 2,640 km

border countries: The Gambia 740 km, Guinea 330 km, Guinea-Bissau 338 km, Mali 419 km, Mauritania 813 km

Seychelles: 0 km

Sierra Leone: total: 958 km

border countries: Guinea 652 km, Liberia 306 km

Singapore: 0 km

Slovakia: total: 1,355 km

border countries: Austria 91 km, Czech Republic 215 km, Hungary 515 km, Poland 444 km, Ukraine 90 km

Slovenia: total: 1,165 km

border countries: Austria 330 km, Croatia 501 km, Italy 232 km, Hungary 102 km

Solomon Islands: 0 km

Somalia: total: 2,366 km

border countries: Djibouti 58 km, Ethiopia 1,626 km, Kenya 682 km

South Africa: total: 4,750 km

border countries: Botswana 1,840 km, Lesotho 909 km, Mozambique 491 km, Namibia 855 km, Swaziland 430 km, Zimbabwe 225 km

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: 0 km

Spain: total: 1,917.8 km

border countries: Andorra 63.7 km, France 623 km, Gibraltar 1.2 km, Portugal 1,214 km, Morocco (Ceuta) 6.3 km, Morocco (Melilla) 9.6 km

Spratly Islands: 0 km

Sri Lanka: 0 km

Sudan: total: 7,687 km

border countries: Central African Republic 1,165 km, Chad 1,360 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 628 km, Egypt 1,273 km, Eritrea 605 km, Ethiopia 1,606 km, Kenya 232 km, Libya 383 km, Uganda 435 km

Suriname: total: 1,707 km

border countries: Brazil 597 km, French Guiana 510 km, Guyana 600 km

Svalbard: 0 km

Swaziland: total: 535 km

border countries: Mozambique 105 km, South Africa 430 km

Sweden: total: 2,205 km

border countries: Finland 586 km, Norway 1,619 km

Switzerland: total: 1,852 km

border countries: Austria 164 km, France 573 km, Italy 740 km, Liechtenstein 41 km, Germany 334 km

Syria: total: 2,253 km

border countries: Iraq 605 km, Israel 76 km, Jordan 375 km, Lebanon 375 km, Turkey 822 km

Tajikistan: total: 3,651 km

border countries: Afghanistan 1,206 km, China 414 km, Kyrgyzstan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,161 km

Tanzania: total: 3,402 km

border countries: Burundi 451 km, Kenya 769 km, Malawi 475 km, Mozambique 756 km, Rwanda 217 km, Uganda 396 km, Zambia 338 km

Thailand: total: 4,863 km

border countries: Burma 1,800 km, Cambodia 803 km, Laos 1,754 km, Malaysia 506 km

Togo: total: 1,647 km

border countries: Benin 644 km, Burkina Faso 126 km, Ghana 877 km

Tokelau: 0 km

Tonga: 0 km

Trinidad and Tobago: 0 km

Tromelin Island: 0 km

Tunisia: total: 1,424 km

border countries: Algeria 965 km, Libya 459 km

Turkey: total: 2,627 km

border countries: Armenia 268 km, Azerbaijan 9 km, Bulgaria 240 km, Georgia 252 km, Greece 206 km, Iran 499 km, Iraq 331 km, Syria 822 km

Turkmenistan: total: 3,736 km

border countries: Afghanistan 744 km, Iran 992 km, Kazakhstan 379 km, Uzbekistan 1,621 km

Turks and Caicos Islands: 0 km

Tuvalu: 0 km

Uganda: total: 2,698 km

border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 765 km, Kenya 933 km, Rwanda 169 km, Sudan 435 km, Tanzania 396 km

Ukraine: total: 4,558 km

border countries: Belarus 891 km, Hungary 103 km, Moldova 939 km, Poland 428 km, Romania (south) 169 km, Romania (west) 362 km, Russia 1,576 km, Slovakia 90 km

United Arab Emirates: total: 867 km

border countries: Oman 410 km, Saudi Arabia 457 km

United Kingdom: total: 360 km

border countries: Ireland 360 km

United States: total: 12,248 km

border countries: Canada 8,893 km (including 2,477 km with Alaska), Cuba 29 km (US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay), Mexico 3,326 km

note: Guantanamo Naval Base is leased by the US and thus remains part of Cuba

Uruguay: total: 1,564 km

border countries: Argentina 579 km, Brazil 985 km

Uzbekistan: total: 6,221 km

border countries: Afghanistan 137 km, Kazakhstan 2,203 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,099 km, Tajikistan 1,161 km, Turkmenistan 1,621 km

Vanuatu: 0 km

Venezuela: total: 4,993 km

border countries: Brazil 2,200 km, Colombia 2,050 km, Guyana 743 km

Vietnam: total: 4,639 km

border countries: Cambodia 1,228 km, China 1,281 km, Laos 2,130 km

Virgin Islands: 0 km

Wake Island: 0 km

Wallis and Futuna: 0 km

West Bank: total: 404 km

border countries: Israel 307 km, Jordan 97 km

Western Sahara: total: 2,046 km

border countries: Algeria 42 km, Mauritania 1,561 km, Morocco 443 km

World: the land boundaries in the world total 251,480.24 km (not counting shared boundaries twice)

Yemen: total: 1,746 km

border countries: Oman 288 km, Saudi Arabia 1,458 km

Yugoslavia: total: 2,246 km

border countries: Albania 287 km, Bosnia and Herzegovina 527 km, Bulgaria 318 km, Croatia (north) 241 km, Croatia (south) 25 km, Hungary 151 km, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 221 km, Romania 476 km

Zambia: total: 5,664 km

border countries: Angola 1,110 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,930 km, Malawi 837 km, Mozambique 419 km, Namibia 233 km, Tanzania 338 km, Zimbabwe 797 km

Zimbabwe: total: 3,066 km

border countries: Botswana 813 km, Mozambique 1,231 km, South Africa 225 km, Zambia 797 km

Taiwan: 0 km

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@Land use

Afghanistan: arable land: 12%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 46%

forests and woodland: 3%

other: 39% (1993 est.)

Albania: arable land: 21%

permanent crops: 5%

permanent pastures: 15%

forests and woodland: 38%

other: 21% (1993 est.)

Algeria: arable land: 3%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 13%

forests and woodland: 2%

other: 82% (1993 est.)

American Samoa: arable land: 5%

permanent crops: 10%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 70%

other: 15% (1993 est.)

Andorra: arable land: 4%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 45%

forests and woodland: 35%

other: 16% (1998 est.)

Angola: arable land: 2%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 23%

forests and woodland: 43%

other: 32% (1993 est.)

Anguilla: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 100% (mostly rock with sparse scrub oak, few trees, some commercial salt ponds)

Antarctica: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 100% (ice 98%, barren rock 2%)

Antigua and Barbuda: arable land: 18%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 9%

forests and woodland: 11%

other: 62% (1993 est.)

Argentina: arable land: 9%

permanent crops: 1%

permanent pastures: 52%

forests and woodland: 19%

other: 19% (1993 est.)

Armenia: arable land: 17%

permanent crops: 3%

permanent pastures: 24%

forests and woodland: 15%

other: 41% (1993 est.)

Aruba: arable land: 7% (including aloe 0.01%)

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 93% (1993 est.)

Ashmore and Cartier Islands: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 100% (all grass and sand)

Australia: arable land: 6%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 54%

forests and woodland: 19%

other: 21% (1993 est.)

Austria: arable land: 17%

permanent crops: 1%

permanent pastures: 23%

forests and woodland: 39%

other: 20% (1996 est.)

Azerbaijan: arable land: 18%

permanent crops: 5%

permanent pastures: 25%

forests and woodland: 11%

other: 41% (1993 est.)

Bahamas, The: arable land: 1%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 32%

other: 67% (1993 est.)

Bahrain: arable land: 1%

permanent crops: 1%

permanent pastures: 6%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 92% (1993 est.)

Baker Island: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 100%

Bangladesh: arable land: 73%

permanent crops: 2%

permanent pastures: 5%

forests and woodland: 15%

other: 5% (1993 est.)

Barbados: arable land: 37%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 5%

forests and woodland: 12%

other: 46% (1993 est.)

Bassas da India: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 100% (all rock)

Belarus: arable land: 29%

permanent crops: 1%

permanent pastures: 15%

forests and woodland: 34%

other: 21% (1993 est.)

Belgium: arable land: 24%

permanent crops: 1%

permanent pastures: 20%

forests and woodland: 21%

other: 34%

Belize: arable land: 10%

permanent crops: 1%

permanent pastures: 2%

forests and woodland: 84%

other: 3% (2000 est.)

Benin: arable land: 13%

permanent crops: 4%

permanent pastures: 4%

forests and woodland: 31%

other: 48% (1993 est.)

Bermuda: arable land: 6%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 94% (55% developed, 39% rural/open space) (1997 est.)

Bhutan: arable land: 2%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 6%

forests and woodland: 66%

other: 26% (1993 est.)

Bolivia: arable land: 2%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 24%

forests and woodland: 53%

other: 21% (1993 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina: arable land: 14%

permanent crops: 5%

permanent pastures: 20%

forests and woodland: 39%

other: 22% (1993 est.)

Botswana: arable land: 1%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 46%

forests and woodland: 47%

other: 6% (1993 est.)

Bouvet Island: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 100% (93% ice)

Brazil: arable land: 5%

permanent crops: 1%

permanent pastures: 22%

forests and woodland: 58%

other: 14% (1993 est.)

British Indian Ocean Territory: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: NA%

other: NA%

British Virgin Islands: arable land: 20%

permanent crops: 7%

permanent pastures: 33%

forests and woodland: 7%

other: 33% (1993 est.)

Brunei: arable land: 1%

permanent crops: 1%

permanent pastures: 1%

forests and woodland: 85%

other: 12% (1993 est.)

Bulgaria: arable land: 43%

permanent crops: 2%

permanent pastures: 14%

forests and woodland: 38%

other: 3% (1999 est.)

Burkina Faso: arable land: 13%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 22%

forests and woodland: 50%

other: 15% (1993 est.)

Burma: arable land: 15%

permanent crops: 1%

permanent pastures: 1%

forests and woodland: 49%

other: 34% (1993 est.)

Burundi: arable land: 44%

permanent crops: 9%

permanent pastures: 36%

forests and woodland: 3%

other: 8% (1993 est.)

Cambodia: arable land: 13%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 11%

forests and woodland: 66%

other: 10% (1993 est.)

Cameroon: arable land: 13%

permanent crops: 2%

permanent pastures: 4%

forests and woodland: 78%

other: 3% (1993 est.)

Canada: arable land: 5%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 3%

forests and woodland: 54%

other: 38% (1993 est.)

Cape Verde: arable land: 11%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 6%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 83% (1993 est.)

Cayman Islands: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 8%

forests and woodland: 23%

other: 69% (1993 est.)

Central African Republic: arable land: 3%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 5%

forests and woodland: 75%

other: 17% (1993 est.)

Chad: arable land: 3%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 36%

forests and woodland: 26%

other: 35% (1993 est.)

Chile: arable land: 5%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 18%

forests and woodland: 22%

other: 55% (1993 est.)

China: arable land: 10%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 43%

forests and woodland: 14%

other: 33% (1993 est.)

Christmas Island: arable land: NA%

permanent crops: NA%

permanent pastures: NA%

forests and woodland: NA%

other: NA%

note: mainly tropical rainforest of which 60%-70% is in a national park

Clipperton Island: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 100% (all coral)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 100% (1993 est.)

Colombia: arable land: 4%

permanent crops: 1%

permanent pastures: 39%

forests and woodland: 48%

other: 8% (1993 est.)

Comoros: arable land: 35%

permanent crops: 10%

permanent pastures: 7%

forests and woodland: 18%

other: 30% (1993 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: arable land: 3%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 7%

forests and woodland: 77%

other: 13% (1993 est.)

Congo, Republic of the: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 29%

forests and woodland: 62%

other: 9% (1993 est.)

Cook Islands: arable land: 9%

permanent crops: 13%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 78% (1993 est.)

Coral Sea Islands: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 100% (mostly grass or scrub cover)

Costa Rica: arable land: 6%

permanent crops: 5%

permanent pastures: 46%

forests and woodland: 31%

other: 12% (1993 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire: arable land: 8%

permanent crops: 4%

permanent pastures: 41%

forests and woodland: 22%

other: 25% (1993 est.)

Croatia: arable land: 21%

permanent crops: 2%

permanent pastures: 20%

forests and woodland: 38%

other: 19% (1993 est.)

Cuba: arable land: 24%

permanent crops: 7%

permanent pastures: 27%

forests and woodland: 24%

other: 18% (1993 est.)

Cyprus: arable land: 12%

permanent crops: 5%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 13%

other: 70% (1993 est.)

Czech Republic: arable land: 41%

permanent crops: 2%

permanent pastures: 11%

forests and woodland: 34%

other: 12% (1993 est.)

Denmark: arable land: 60%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 5%

forests and woodland: 10%

other: 25% (1993 est.)

Djibouti: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 9%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 91% (1993 est.)

Dominica: arable land: 9%

permanent crops: 13%

permanent pastures: 3%

forests and woodland: 67%

other: 8% (1993 est.)

Dominican Republic: arable land: 21%

permanent crops: 9%

permanent pastures: 43%

forests and woodland: 12%

other: 15% (1993 est.)

Ecuador: arable land: 6%

permanent crops: 5%

permanent pastures: 18%

forests and woodland: 56%

other: 15% (1993 est.)

Egypt: arable land: 2%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 98% (1993 est.)

El Salvador: arable land: 27%

permanent crops: 8%

permanent pastures: 29%

forests and woodland: 5%

other: 31% (1993 est.)

Equatorial Guinea: arable land: 5%

permanent crops: 4%

permanent pastures: 4%

forests and woodland: 46%

other: 41% (1993 est.)

Eritrea: arable land: 12%

permanent crops: 1%

permanent pastures: 49%

forests and woodland: 6%

other: 32% (1998 est.)

Estonia: arable land: 25%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 11%

forests and woodland: 44%

other: 20% (1996 est.)

Ethiopia: arable land: 12%

permanent crops: 1%

permanent pastures: 40%

forests and woodland: 25%

other: 22% (1993 est.)

Europa Island: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 100%

other: 0%

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 99%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 1% (1993 est.)

Faroe Islands: arable land: 6%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 94% (1996)

Fiji: arable land: 10%

permanent crops: 4%

permanent pastures: 10%

forests and woodland: 65%

other: 11% (1993 est.)

Finland: arable land: 8%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 76%

other: 16% (1993 est.)

France: arable land: 33%

permanent crops: 2%

permanent pastures: 20%

forests and woodland: 27%

other: 18% (1993 est.)

French Guiana: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 90%

other: 10% (1996 est.)

French Polynesia: arable land: 1%

permanent crops: 6%

permanent pastures: 5%

forests and woodland: 31%

other: 57% (1993 est.)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 100%

Gabon: arable land: 1%

permanent crops: 1%

permanent pastures: 18%

forests and woodland: 77%

other: 3% (1993 est.)

Gambia, The: arable land: 18%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 9%

forests and woodland: 28%

other: 45% (1993 est.)

Gaza Strip: arable land: 24%

permanent crops: 39%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 11%

other: 26% (1993 est.)

Georgia: arable land: 9%

permanent crops: 4%

permanent pastures: 25%

forests and woodland: 34%

other: 28% (1993 est.)

Germany: arable land: 33%

permanent crops: 1%

permanent pastures: 15%

forests and woodland: 31%

other: 20% (1993 est.)

Ghana: arable land: 12%

permanent crops: 7%

permanent pastures: 22%

forests and woodland: 35%

other: 24% (1993 est.)

Gibraltar: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 100% (1993 est.)

Glorioso Islands: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 100% (all lush vegetation and coconut palms)

Greece: arable land: 19%

permanent crops: 8%

permanent pastures: 41%

forests and woodland: 20%

other: 12% (1993 est.)

Greenland: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 1%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 99% (1998 est.)

Grenada: arable land: 15%

permanent crops: 18%

permanent pastures: 3%

forests and woodland: 9%

other: 55% (1993 est.)

Guadeloupe: arable land: 14%

permanent crops: 4%

permanent pastures: 14%

forests and woodland: 39%

other: 29% (1993 est.)

Guam: arable land: 11%

permanent crops: 11%

permanent pastures: 15%

forests and woodland: 18%

other: 45% (1993 est.)

Guatemala: arable land: 12%

permanent crops: 5%

permanent pastures: 24%

forests and woodland: 54%

other: 5% (1993 est.)

Guernsey: arable land: NA%

permanent crops: NA%

permanent pastures: NA%

forests and woodland: NA%

other: NA%

Guinea: arable land: 2%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 22%

forests and woodland: 59%

other: 17% (1993 est.)

Guinea-Bissau: arable land: 11%

permanent crops: 1%

permanent pastures: 38%

forests and woodland: 38%

other: 12% (1993 est.)

Guyana: arable land: 2%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 6%

forests and woodland: 84%

other: 8% (1993 est.)

Haiti: arable land: 20%

permanent crops: 13%

permanent pastures: 18%

forests and woodland: 5%

other: 44% (1993 est.)

Heard Island and McDonald Islands: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 100%

Holy See (Vatican City): arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 100% (urban area)

Honduras: arable land: 15%

permanent crops: 3%

permanent pastures: 14%

forests and woodland: 54%

other: 14% (1993 est.)

Hong Kong: arable land: 6%

permanent crops: 1%

permanent pastures: 1%

forests and woodland: 20%

other: 72% (1997 est.)

Howland Island: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 5%

other: 95%

Hungary: arable land: 51%

permanent crops: 3.6%

permanent pastures: 12.4%

forests and woodland: 19%

other: 14% (1999)

Iceland: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 23%

forests and woodland: 1%

other: 76% (1993 est.)

India: arable land: 56%

permanent crops: 1%

permanent pastures: 4%

forests and woodland: 23%

other: 16% (1993 est.)

Indonesia: arable land: 10%

permanent crops: 7%

permanent pastures: 7%

forests and woodland: 62%

other: 14% (1993 est.)

Iran: arable land: 10%

permanent crops: 1%

permanent pastures: 27%

forests and woodland: 7%

other: 55% (1993 est.)

Iraq: arable land: 12%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 9%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 79% (1993 est.)

Ireland: arable land: 13%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 68%

forests and woodland: 5%

other: 14% (1993 est.)

Israel: arable land: 17%

permanent crops: 4%

permanent pastures: 7%

forests and woodland: 6%

other: 66% (1993 est.)

Italy: arable land: 31%

permanent crops: 10%

permanent pastures: 15%

forests and woodland: 23%

other: 21% (1993 est.)

Jamaica: arable land: 14%

permanent crops: 6%

permanent pastures: 24%

forests and woodland: 17%

other: 39% (1993 est.)

Jan Mayen: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 100%

Japan: arable land: 11%

permanent crops: 1%

permanent pastures: 2%

forests and woodland: 67%

other: 19% (1993 est.)

Jarvis Island: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 100%

Jersey: arable land: 66%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 34%

Johnston Atoll: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 100%

Jordan: arable land: 4%

permanent crops: 1%

permanent pastures: 9%

forests and woodland: 1%

other: 85% (1993 est.)

Juan de Nova Island: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 90%

other: 10%

Kazakhstan: arable land: 12%

permanent crops: 11%

permanent pastures: 57%

forests and woodland: 4%

other: 16% (1996 est.)

Kenya: arable land: 7%

permanent crops: 1%

permanent pastures: 37%

forests and woodland: 30%

other: 25% (1993 est.)

Kingman Reef: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 100%

Kiribati: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 51%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 3%

other: 46% (1993 est.)

Korea, North: arable land: 14%

permanent crops: 2%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 61%

other: 23% (1993 est.)

Korea, South: arable land: 19%

permanent crops: 2%

permanent pastures: 1%

forests and woodland: 65%

other: 13% (1993 est.)

Kuwait: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 8%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 92% (1993 est.)

Kyrgyzstan: arable land: 7%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 44%

forests and woodland: 4%

other: 45% (1993 est.)

note: Kyrgyzstan has the world's largest natural growth walnut forest

Laos: arable land: 3%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 3%

forests and woodland: 54%

other: 40% (1993 est.)

Latvia: arable land: 27%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 13%

forests and woodland: 46%

other: 14% (1993 est.)

Lebanon: arable land: 18%

permanent crops: 9%

permanent pastures: 1%

forests and woodland: 8%

other: 64% (1996 est.)

Lesotho: arable land: 11%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 66%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 23% (1993 est.)

Liberia: arable land: 1%

permanent crops: 3%

permanent pastures: 59%

forests and woodland: 18%

other: 19% (1993 est.)

Libya: arable land: 1%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 8%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 91% (1993 est.)

Liechtenstein: arable land: 24%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 16%

forests and woodland: 35%

other: 25% (1993 est.)

Lithuania: arable land: 39%

permanent crops: 9%

permanent pastures: 6%

forests and woodland: 31%

other: 15% (2001 est.)

Luxembourg: arable land: 24%

permanent crops: 1%

permanent pastures: 20%

forests and woodland: 35%

other: 20%

Macau: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 2%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 98% (1998 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: arable land: 24%

permanent crops: 2%

permanent pastures: 25%

forests and woodland: 39%

other: 10% (1993 est.)

Madagascar: arable land: 4%

permanent crops: 1%

permanent pastures: 41%

forests and woodland: 40%

other: 14% (1993 est.)

Malawi: arable land: 34%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 20%

forests and woodland: 39%

other: 7% (1993 est.)

Malaysia: arable land: 3%

permanent crops: 12%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 68%

other: 17% (1993 est.)

Maldives: arable land: 10%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 3%

forests and woodland: 3%

other: 84% (1993 est.)

Mali: arable land: 2%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 25%

forests and woodland: 6%

other: 67% (1993 est.)

Malta: arable land: 32%

permanent crops: 3%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 4%

other: 61% (2000 est.)

Man, Isle of: arable land: 9%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 46%

forests and woodland: 6%

other: 39% (includes 25% mountain and heathland)

Marshall Islands: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 60%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 40%

Martinique: arable land: 8%

permanent crops: 8%

permanent pastures: 17%

forests and woodland: 44%

other: 23% (1993 est.)

Mauritania: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 38%

forests and woodland: 4%

other: 58% (1993 est.)

Mauritius: arable land: 49%

permanent crops: 3%

permanent pastures: 3%

forests and woodland: 22%

other: 23% (1993 est.)

Mayotte: arable land: NA%

permanent crops: NA%

permanent pastures: NA%

forests and woodland: NA%

other: NA%

Mexico: arable land: 12%

permanent crops: 1%

permanent pastures: 39%

forests and woodland: 26%

other: 22% (1993 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of: arable land: NA%

permanent crops: NA%

permanent pastures: NA%

forests and woodland: NA%

other: NA%

Midway Islands: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 100%

Moldova: arable land: 53%

permanent crops: 14%

permanent pastures: 13%

forests and woodland: 13%

other: 7% (1993 est.)

Monaco: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 100% (urban area)

Mongolia: arable land: 5.7%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 81%

forests and woodland: 11.4%

other: 1.9% (2000 est.)

Montserrat: arable land: 20%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 10%

forests and woodland: 40%

other: 30% (1993 est.)

Morocco: arable land: 21%

permanent crops: 1%

permanent pastures: 47%

forests and woodland: 20%

other: 11% (1993 est.)

Mozambique: arable land: 4%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 56%

forests and woodland: 18%

other: 22% (1993 est.)

Namibia: arable land: 1%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 46%

forests and woodland: 22%

other: 31% (1993 est.)

Nauru: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 100% (1993 est.)

Navassa Island: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 10%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 90%

Nepal: arable land: 17%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 15%

forests and woodland: 42%

other: 26% (1993 est.)

Netherlands: arable land: 25%

permanent crops: 3%

permanent pastures: 25%

forests and woodland: 8%

other: 39% (1996 est.)

Netherlands Antilles: arable land: 10%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 90% (1993 est.)

New Caledonia: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 12%

forests and woodland: 39%

other: 49% (1993 est.)

New Zealand: arable land: 9%

permanent crops: 5%

permanent pastures: 50%

forests and woodland: 28%

other: 8% (1993 est.)

Nicaragua: arable land: 9%

permanent crops: 1%

permanent pastures: 46%

forests and woodland: 27%

other: 17% (1993 est.)

Niger: arable land: 3%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 7%

forests and woodland: 2%

other: 88% (1993 est.)

Nigeria: arable land: 33%

permanent crops: 3%

permanent pastures: 44%

forests and woodland: 12%

other: 8% (1993 est.)

Niue: arable land: 19%

permanent crops: 8%

permanent pastures: 4%

forests and woodland: 19%

other: 50% (1993 est.)

Norfolk Island: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 25%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 75% (1993 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands: arable land: 21%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 19%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 60%

Norway: arable land: 3%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 27%

other: 70% (1993 est.)

Oman: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 5%

forests and woodland: 0%

other: 95% (1993 est.)

Pakistan: arable land: 27%

permanent crops: 1%

permanent pastures: 6%

forests and woodland: 5%

other: 61% (1993 est.)

Palau: arable land: NA%

permanent crops: NA%

permanent pastures: NA%

forests and woodland: NA%

other: NA%

Palmyra Atoll: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 100%

other: 0%

Panama: arable land: 7%

permanent crops: 2%

permanent pastures: 20%

forests and woodland: 44%

other: 27% (1993 est.)

Papua New Guinea: arable land: 0.1%

permanent crops: 1%

permanent pastures: 0%

forests and woodland: 92.9%

other: 6% (1993 est.)

Paracel Islands: arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

permanent pastures: 0%