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Timor-Leste printing, soap manufacturing, handicrafts, woven cloth

Togo phosphate mining, agricultural processing, cement, handicrafts, textiles, beverages

Tokelau small-scale enterprises for copra production, woodworking, plaited craft goods; stamps, coins; fishing

Tonga tourism, construction, fishing

Trinidad and Tobago petroleum and petroleum products, liquefied natural gas (LNG), methanol, ammonia, urea, steel products, beverages, food processing, cement, cotton textiles

Tunisia petroleum, mining (particularly phosphate and iron ore), tourism, textiles, footwear, agribusiness, beverages

Turkey textiles, food processing, autos, electronics, mining (coal, chromate, copper, boron), steel, petroleum, construction, lumber, paper

Turkmenistan natural gas, oil, petroleum products, textiles, food processing

Turks and Caicos Islands tourism, offshore financial services

Tuvalu fishing, tourism, copra

Uganda sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles; cement, steel production

Ukraine coal, electric power, ferrous and nonferrous metals, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food processing

United Arab Emirates petroleum and petrochemicals; fishing, aluminum, cement, fertilizers, commercial ship repair, construction materials, some boat building, handicrafts, textiles

United Kingdom machine tools, electric power equipment, automation equipment, railroad equipment, shipbuilding, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, electronics and communications equipment, metals, chemicals, coal, petroleum, paper and paper products, food processing, textiles, clothing, other consumer goods

United States highly diversified, world leading, high-technology innovator, second largest industrial output in world; petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining

Uruguay food processing, electrical machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products, textiles, chemicals, beverages

Uzbekistan textiles, food processing, machine building, metallurgy, gold, petroleum, natural gas, chemicals

Vanuatu food and fish freezing, wood processing, meat canning

Venezuela petroleum, construction materials, food processing, textiles; iron ore mining, steel, aluminum; motor vehicle assembly

Vietnam food processing, garments, shoes, machine-building; mining, coal, steel; cement, chemical fertilizer, glass, tires, oil, paper

Virgin Islands tourism, petroleum refining, watch assembly, rum distilling, construction, pharmaceuticals, textiles, electronics

Wallis and Futuna copra, handicrafts, fishing, lumber

West Bank small-scale manufacturing, quarrying, textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs

Western Sahara phosphate mining, handicrafts

World dominated by the onrush of technology, especially in computers, robotics, telecommunications, and medicines and medical equipment; most of these advances take place in OECD nations; only a small portion of non-OECD countries have succeeded in rapidly adjusting to these technological forces; the accelerated development of new industrial (and agricultural) technology is complicating already grim environmental problems

Yemen crude oil production and petroleum refining; small-scale production of cotton textiles and leather goods; food processing; handicrafts; small aluminum products factory; cement; commercial ship repair; natural gas production

Zambia copper mining and processing, construction, foodstuffs, beverages, chemicals, textiles, fertilizer, horticulture

Zimbabwe mining (coal, gold, platinum, copper, nickel, tin, clay, numerous metallic and nonmetallic ores), steel; wood products, cement, chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages

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Field Listing :: Infant mortality rate

This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year; included is the total death rate, and deaths by sex, male and female. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country. Country Comparison to the World Country

Infant mortality rate(deaths/1,000 live births)

Afghanistan total: 151.5 deaths/1,000 live births male: 155.15 deaths/1,000 live births female: 147.67 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Albania total: 15.11 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.79 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Algeria total: 26.75 deaths/1,000 live births male: 29.8 deaths/1,000 live births female: 23.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

American Samoa total: 9.91 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.91 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Andorra total: 3.84 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.79 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Angola total: 178.13 deaths/1,000 live births male: 190.12 deaths/1,000 live births female: 165.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Anguilla total: 3.49 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.94 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.03 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda total: 15.1 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.41 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Argentina total: 11.11 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.4 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Armenia total: 19.5 deaths/1,000 live births male: 24.16 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Aruba total: 13.34 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.65 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Australia total: 4.67 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Austria total: 4.37 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.31 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Azerbaijan total: 52.84 deaths/1,000 live births male: 58.37 deaths/1,000 live births female: 46.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Bahamas, The total: 13.68 deaths/1,000 live births male: 13.68 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Bahrain total: 14.76 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.01 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Bangladesh total: 52.54 deaths/1,000 live births male: 55.04 deaths/1,000 live births female: 49.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Barbados total: 12.09 deaths/1,000 live births male: 13.42 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Belarus total: 6.34 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.34 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Belgium total: 4.38 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.92 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Belize total: 22.52 deaths/1,000 live births male: 25.22 deaths/1,000 live births female: 19.68 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Benin total: 63.13 deaths/1,000 live births male: 66.51 deaths/1,000 live births female: 59.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Bermuda total: 2.46 deaths/1,000 live births male: 2.57 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Bhutan total: 46.92 deaths/1,000 live births male: 47.8 deaths/1,000 live births female: 45.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Bolivia total: 43.41 deaths/1,000 live births male: 47.26 deaths/1,000 live births female: 39.37 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina total: 8.88 deaths/1,000 live births male: 10.18 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Botswana total: 11.79 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.51 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Brazil total: 21.86 deaths/1,000 live births male: 25.39 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

British Virgin Islands total: 14.11 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.01 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Brunei total: 11.87 deaths/1,000 live births male: 14.19 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Bulgaria total: 17.26 deaths/1,000 live births male: 20.59 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Burkina Faso total: 82.98 deaths/1,000 live births male: 90.53 deaths/1,000 live births female: 75.21 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Burma total: 50.76 deaths/1,000 live births male: 57.85 deaths/1,000 live births female: 43.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Burundi total: 63.38 deaths/1,000 live births male: 68.02 deaths/1,000 live births female: 58.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Cambodia total: 56.94 deaths/1,000 live births male: 64.09 deaths/1,000 live births female: 49.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Cameroon total: 62.15 deaths/1,000 live births male: 66.8 deaths/1,000 live births female: 57.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Canada total: 4.99 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.34 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Cape Verde total: 27.89 deaths/1,000 live births male: 31.86 deaths/1,000 live births female: 23.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Cayman Islands total: 6.78 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.77 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Central African Republic total: 101.6 deaths/1,000 live births male: 109.65 deaths/1,000 live births female: 93.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Chad total: 97.05 deaths/1,000 live births male: 103 deaths/1,000 live births female: 90.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Chile total: 7.52 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.29 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

China total: 16.51 deaths/1,000 live births male: 15.84 deaths/1,000 live births female: 17.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Christmas Island total: NA male: NA female: NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands total: NA male: NA female: NA

Colombia total: 16.87 deaths/1,000 live births male: 20.52 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Comoros total: 64.61 deaths/1,000 live births male: 72.41 deaths/1,000 live births female: 56.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the total: 79.36 deaths/1,000 live births male: 87.13 deaths/1,000 live births female: 71.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Congo, Republic of the total: 77.93 deaths/1,000 live births male: 83.39 deaths/1,000 live births female: 72.31 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Cook Islands total: 16.33 deaths/1,000 live births male: 19.88 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Costa Rica total: 9.72 deaths/1,000 live births male: 10.59 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire total: 66.43 deaths/1,000 live births male: 73.37 deaths/1,000 live births female: 59.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Croatia total: 6.26 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.33 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Cuba total: 5.72 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.39 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Cyprus total: 9.57 deaths/1,000 live births male: 11.46 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Czech Republic total: 3.76 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.1 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Denmark total: 4.29 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.34 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Djibouti total: 56.65 deaths/1,000 live births male: 64.55 deaths/1,000 live births female: 48.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Dominica total: 13.2 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.7 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Dominican Republic total: 23.1 deaths/1,000 live births male: 25.11 deaths/1,000 live births female: 21 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Ecuador total: 20.26 deaths/1,000 live births male: 23.7 deaths/1,000 live births female: 16.66 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Egypt total: 26.2 deaths/1,000 live births male: 27.84 deaths/1,000 live births female: 24.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

El Salvador total: 20.97 deaths/1,000 live births male: 23.01 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.82 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Equatorial Guinea total: 79.47 deaths/1,000 live births male: 80.55 deaths/1,000 live births female: 78.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Eritrea total: 42.33 deaths/1,000 live births male: 47.87 deaths/1,000 live births female: 36.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Estonia total: 7.19 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.34 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Ethiopia total: 78.99 deaths/1,000 live births male: 90.08 deaths/1,000 live births female: 67.56 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

European Union total: 5.61 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.26 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) total: NA male: NA female: NA

Faroe Islands total: 6.18 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.43 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Fiji total: 11.28 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.42 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Finland total: 3.45 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.75 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.13 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

France total: 3.31 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.63 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

French Polynesia total: 7.41 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.51 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Gabon total: 50.88 deaths/1,000 live births male: 59 deaths/1,000 live births female: 42.51 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Gambia, The total: 67.49 deaths/1,000 live births male: 73.52 deaths/1,000 live births female: 61.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Gaza Strip total: 17.71 deaths/1,000 live births male: 18.87 deaths/1,000 live births female: 16.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Georgia total: 15.67 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.64 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Germany total: 3.95 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.36 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.51 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Ghana total: 49.89 deaths/1,000 live births male: 53.38 deaths/1,000 live births female: 46.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Gibraltar total: 6.82 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.6 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Greece total: 5.08 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.58 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Greenland total: 10.26 deaths/1,000 live births male: 11.71 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Grenada total: 11.76 deaths/1,000 live births male: 10.8 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.82 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Guam total: 5.93 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.35 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Guatemala total: 26.91 deaths/1,000 live births male: 29.22 deaths/1,000 live births female: 24.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Guernsey total: 3.58 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.9 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Guinea total: 63.09 deaths/1,000 live births male: 66.46 deaths/1,000 live births female: 59.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Guinea-Bissau total: 98.05 deaths/1,000 live births male: 108.03 deaths/1,000 live births female: 87.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Guyana total: 37.89 deaths/1,000 live births male: 42.3 deaths/1,000 live births female: 33.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Haiti total: 54.02 deaths/1,000 live births male: 58.16 deaths/1,000 live births female: 49.83 deaths/1,000 live births note: the preliminary 2011 numbers differ significantly from those of 2010, which were strongly influenced by the demographic effect of the January 2010 earthquake; the latest figures more closely correspond to those of 2009 (2011 est.)

Honduras total: 21.04 deaths/1,000 live births male: 23.82 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Hong Kong total: 2.91 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.09 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Hungary total: 5.38 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.64 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Iceland total: 3.21 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.36 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

India total: 49.13 deaths/1,000 live births male: 47.7 deaths/1,000 live births female: 50.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Indonesia total: 28.94 deaths/1,000 live births male: 33.76 deaths/1,000 live births female: 23.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Iran total: 43.45 deaths/1,000 live births male: 43.93 deaths/1,000 live births female: 42.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Iraq total: 43.16 deaths/1,000 live births male: 47.47 deaths/1,000 live births female: 38.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Ireland total: 3.89 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.29 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Isle of Man total: 4.38 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.3 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Israel total: 4.17 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.34 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Italy total: 5.41 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.96 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.82 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Jamaica total: 14.91 deaths/1,000 live births male: 15.5 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Japan total: 2.79 deaths/1,000 live births male: 2.98 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Jersey total: 4.02 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.25 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Jordan total: 17.03 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.55 deaths/1,000 live births female: 16.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Kazakhstan total: 24.93 deaths/1,000 live births male: 29.29 deaths/1,000 live births female: 20.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Kenya total: 53.49 deaths/1,000 live births male: 56.28 deaths/1,000 live births female: 50.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Kiribati total: 40.13 deaths/1,000 live births male: 41.38 deaths/1,000 live births female: 38.82 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Korea, North total: 50.15 deaths/1,000 live births male: 57.39 deaths/1,000 live births female: 42.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Korea, South total: 4.24 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.46 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Kuwait total: 8.75 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.35 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.13 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Kyrgyzstan total: 30.25 deaths/1,000 live births male: 35.09 deaths/1,000 live births female: 25.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Laos total: 61.19 deaths/1,000 live births male: 67.36 deaths/1,000 live births female: 54.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Latvia total: 8.59 deaths/1,000 live births male: 10.41 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.67 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Lebanon total: 16.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.52 deaths/1,000 live births female: 16.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Lesotho total: 56.42 deaths/1,000 live births male: 60.78 deaths/1,000 live births female: 51.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Liberia total: 76.43 deaths/1,000 live births male: 80.92 deaths/1,000 live births female: 71.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Libya total: 20.87 deaths/1,000 live births male: 22.87 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Liechtenstein total: 4.2 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.45 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Lithuania total: 6.37 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.61 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Luxembourg total: 4.49 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.51 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Macau total: 3.2 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.36 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Macedonia total: 8.76 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.98 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Madagascar total: 52.84 deaths/1,000 live births male: 57.69 deaths/1,000 live births female: 47.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Malawi total: 83.5 deaths/1,000 live births male: 87.6 deaths/1,000 live births female: 79.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Malaysia total: 15.5 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.92 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Maldives total: 28.47 deaths/1,000 live births male: 30.97 deaths/1,000 live births female: 25.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Mali total: 113.66 deaths/1,000 live births male: 120.5 deaths/1,000 live births female: 106.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Malta total: 3.72 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.16 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Marshall Islands total: 24.57 deaths/1,000 live births male: 27.61 deaths/1,000 live births female: 21.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Mauritania total: 61.94 deaths/1,000 live births male: 67.13 deaths/1,000 live births female: 56.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Mauritius total: 11.85 deaths/1,000 live births male: 14.09 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Mayotte total: 54.75 deaths/1,000 live births male: 60.23 deaths/1,000 live births female: 49.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Mexico total: 17.84 deaths/1,000 live births male: 19.71 deaths/1,000 live births female: 15.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of total: 25.2 deaths/1,000 live births male: 27.82 deaths/1,000 live births female: 22.45 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Moldova total: 12.77 deaths/1,000 live births male: 14.2 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Monaco total: 1.78 deaths/1,000 live births male: 2.03 deaths/1,000 live births female: 1.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Mongolia total: 38.56 deaths/1,000 live births male: 41.63 deaths/1,000 live births female: 35.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Montserrat total: 15.8 deaths/1,000 live births male: 11.9 deaths/1,000 live births female: 19.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Morocco total: 28.61 deaths/1,000 live births male: 33.52 deaths/1,000 live births female: 23.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Mozambique total: 103.82 deaths/1,000 live births male: 106.53 deaths/1,000 live births female: 101.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Namibia total: 45.52 deaths/1,000 live births male: 48.89 deaths/1,000 live births female: 42.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Nauru total: 8.81 deaths/1,000 live births male: 11.36 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.68 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Nepal total: 46 deaths/1,000 live births male: 45.97 deaths/1,000 live births female: 46.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Netherlands total: 4.66 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.16 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

New Caledonia total: 5.8 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.85 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

New Zealand total: 4.85 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.45 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Nicaragua total: 24.16 deaths/1,000 live births male: 27.14 deaths/1,000 live births female: 21.03 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Niger total: 114.5 deaths/1,000 live births male: 119.52 deaths/1,000 live births female: 109.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Nigeria total: 92.99 deaths/1,000 live births male: 98.94 deaths/1,000 live births female: 86.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Niue total: NA male: NA female: NA

Norfolk Island total: NA male: NA female: NA

Northern Mariana Islands total: 5.89 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.29 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Norway total: 3.55 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.88 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Oman total: 16 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.28 deaths/1,000 live births female: 15.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Pakistan total: 65.32 deaths/1,000 live births male: 68.59 deaths/1,000 live births female: 61.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Palau total: 12.78 deaths/1,000 live births male: 14.43 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Panama total: 11.97 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.75 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Papua New Guinea total: 44.59 deaths/1,000 live births male: 48.47 deaths/1,000 live births female: 40.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Paraguay total: 23.83 deaths/1,000 live births male: 27.84 deaths/1,000 live births female: 19.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Peru total: 27.74 deaths/1,000 live births male: 30.15 deaths/1,000 live births female: 25.21 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Philippines total: 19.94 deaths/1,000 live births male: 22.49 deaths/1,000 live births female: 17.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Pitcairn Islands total: NA male: NA female: NA

Poland total: 6.66 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.38 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Portugal total: 4.72 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.17 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Puerto Rico total: 8.23 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.43 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Qatar total: 12.24 deaths/1,000 live births male: 13.02 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Romania total: 11.32 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.76 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Russia total: 10.32 deaths/1,000 live births male: 11.83 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Rwanda total: 65.57 deaths/1,000 live births male: 69.21 deaths/1,000 live births female: 61.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha total: 16.98 deaths/1,000 live births male: 19.97 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis total: 9.9 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.45 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Saint Lucia total: 13.07 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.19 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon total: 7.65 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.94 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines total: 14.7 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Samoa total: 23.21 deaths/1,000 live births male: 27.42 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

San Marino total: 4.79 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.97 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe total: 54.64 deaths/1,000 live births male: 56.75 deaths/1,000 live births female: 52.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Saudi Arabia total: 16.73 deaths/1,000 live births male: 19.19 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Senegal total: 57.7 deaths/1,000 live births male: 64.34 deaths/1,000 live births female: 50.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Serbia total: 6.65 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.68 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.56 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Seychelles total: 11.97 deaths/1,000 live births male: 15.02 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.82 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Sierra Leone total: 80.16 deaths/1,000 live births male: 89.06 deaths/1,000 live births female: 70.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Singapore total: 2.32 deaths/1,000 live births male: 2.52 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Slovakia total: 6.71 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.83 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Slovenia total: 4.21 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.76 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Solomon Islands total: 18.41 deaths/1,000 live births male: 20.95 deaths/1,000 live births female: 15.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Somalia total: 107.42 deaths/1,000 live births male: 116.47 deaths/1,000 live births female: 98.11 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

South Africa total: 43.78 deaths/1,000 live births male: 47.88 deaths/1,000 live births female: 39.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Spain total: 3.42 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.77 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Sri Lanka total: 18.14 deaths/1,000 live births male: 19.9 deaths/1,000 live births female: 16.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Sudan total: 72.39 deaths/1,000 live births male: 73.08 deaths/1,000 live births female: 71.67 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Suriname total: 18.19 deaths/1,000 live births male: 21.48 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.67 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Svalbard total: NA male: NA female: NA

Swaziland total: 66.71 deaths/1,000 live births male: 70.76 deaths/1,000 live births female: 62.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Sweden total: 2.74 deaths/1,000 live births male: 2.9 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Switzerland total: 4.12 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.58 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Syria total: 16.14 deaths/1,000 live births male: 18.55 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Taiwan total: 5.26 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.53 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Tajikistan total: 39.78 deaths/1,000 live births male: 44.55 deaths/1,000 live births female: 34.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Tanzania total: 68.13 deaths/1,000 live births male: 75 deaths/1,000 live births female: 61.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Thailand total: 16.71 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.7 deaths/1,000 live births female: 15.66 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Timor-Leste total: 39.32 deaths/1,000 live births male: 45.19 deaths/1,000 live births female: 33.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Togo total: 53.23 deaths/1,000 live births male: 60.29 deaths/1,000 live births female: 45.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Tokelau total: NA male: NA female: NA

Tonga total: 11.28 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.42 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago total: 28.9 deaths/1,000 live births male: 30.12 deaths/1,000 live births female: 27.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Tunisia total: 21.75 deaths/1,000 live births male: 23.94 deaths/1,000 live births female: 19.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Turkey total: 24.84 deaths/1,000 live births male: 25.89 deaths/1,000 live births female: 23.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Turkmenistan total: 43.84 deaths/1,000 live births male: 52.13 deaths/1,000 live births female: 35.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands total: 13.43 deaths/1,000 live births male: 15.5 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Tuvalu total: 35.52 deaths/1,000 live births male: 38.66 deaths/1,000 live births female: 32.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Uganda total: 63.7 deaths/1,000 live births male: 67.31 deaths/1,000 live births female: 59.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Ukraine total: 8.73 deaths/1,000 live births male: 10.95 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

United Arab Emirates total: 12.3 deaths/1,000 live births male: 14.38 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

United Kingdom total: 4.69 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.15 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

United States total: 6.14 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.81 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Uruguay total: 10.99 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.37 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Uzbekistan total: 22.66 deaths/1,000 live births male: 26.81 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Vanuatu total: 48.17 deaths/1,000 live births male: 50.65 deaths/1,000 live births female: 45.56 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Venezuela total: 21.07 deaths/1,000 live births male: 24.6 deaths/1,000 live births female: 17.37 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Vietnam total: 21.57 deaths/1,000 live births male: 21.95 deaths/1,000 live births female: 21.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Virgin Islands total: 7.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.14 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Wallis and Futuna total: 4.74 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.98 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

West Bank total: 15.41 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.29 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Western Sahara total: 61.97 deaths/1,000 live births male: 67.13 deaths/1,000 live births female: 56.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

World total: 44.13 deaths/1,000 live births male: 46.19 deaths/1,000 live births female: 41.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Yemen total: 56.77 deaths/1,000 live births male: 61.46 deaths/1,000 live births female: 51.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Zambia total: 68.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 73.1 deaths/1,000 live births female: 63.56 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Zimbabwe total: 30.9 deaths/1,000 live births male: 33.44 deaths/1,000 live births female: 28.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

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Field Listing :: Inflation rate (consumer prices)

This entry furnishes the annual percent change in consumer prices compared with the previous year's consumer prices. Country Comparison to the World Country

Inflation rate (consumer prices)(%)

Afghanistan 13.3% (2009 est.) 20.7% (2008 est.)

Albania 3.4% (2010 est.) 2.2% (2009 est.)

Algeria 5% (2010 est.) 5.7% (2009 est.)

American Samoa NA%

Andorra 2.3% (2008) 3.9% (2007)

Angola 13.3% (2010 est.) 13.7% (2009 est.)

Anguilla 5.3% (2006 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda 1.5% (2007 est.)

Argentina 22% (2010 est.) 16% (2009 est.)

Armenia 6.9% (2010 est.) 3.4% (2009 est.)

Aruba 3.4% (2005)

Australia 2.9% (2010 est.) 1.8% (2009 est.)

Austria 1.5% (2010 est.) 0.4% (2009 est.)

Azerbaijan 5.1% (2010 est.) 1.5% (2009 est.)

Bahamas, The 2.4% (2007 est.)

Bahrain 3.3% (2010 est.) 2.8% (2009 est.)

Bangladesh 8.1% (2010 est.) 5.4% (2009 est.)

Barbados 5.5% (2007 est.)

Belarus 7% (2010 est.) 12.9% (2009 est.)

Belgium 2.3% (2010 est.) 0% (2009 est.)

Belize 4.1% (2010 est.) -1.1% (2009 est.)

Benin 1.6% (2010 est.) 2.2% (2009 est.)

Bermuda 2.8% (November 2005)

Bhutan 4.3% (2008 est.) 4.9% (2007 est.)

Bolivia 2.1% (2010 est.) 3.3% (2009 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.9% (2010 est.) -0.4% (2009 est.)

Botswana 7.1% (2010 est.) 8.1% (2009 est.)

Brazil 4.9% (2010 est.) 4.9% (2009 est.)

British Virgin Islands 7.1% (2008) 2% (2005)

Brunei 2.7% (2008 est.) 0.3% (2007 est.)

Bulgaria 2.1% (2010 est.) 1.6% (2009)

Burkina Faso 1.4% (2010 est.) 2.6% (2009 est.)

Burma 9.6% (2010 est.) 1.5% (2009 est.)

Burundi 7.2% (2010 est.) 10.7% (2009 est.)

Cambodia 4.1% (2010 est.) -0.7% (2009 est.)

Cameroon 1.9% (2010 est.) 3% (2009 est.)

Canada 1.6% (2010 est.) 0.3% (2009 est.)

Cape Verde 2.5% (2010 est.) 1% (2009 est.)

Cayman Islands 4.1% (2008) 4.4% (2004)

Central African Republic 0.9% (2007 est.)

Chad 4% (2010 est.) 10% (2009 est.)

Chile 1.7% (2010 est.) 1.5% (2009 est.)

China 5% (2010 est.) -0.7% (2009 est.)

Colombia 2.6% (2010 est.) 4.2% (2009 est.)

Comoros 3% (2007 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the 26.2% (2010 est.) 46.2% (2009 est.)

Congo, Republic of the 5.2% (2010 est.) 4.3% (2009 est.)

Cook Islands 2.1% (2005 est.)

Costa Rica 5.8% (2010 est.) 7.8% (2009 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire 1.4% (2010 est.) 0.9% (2009 est.)

Croatia 1.3% (2010 est.) 2.4% (2009 est.)

Cuba 0.7% (2010 est.) -0.5% (2009 est.)

Curacao 1.7% (2009 est,) 6.8% (2008 est.)

Cyprus 2.2% (2010 est.) 0.4% (2009 est.)

Czech Republic 1.6% (2010 est.) 1% (2009 est.)

Denmark 2.2% (2010 est.) 1.3% (2009 est.)

Djibouti 6% (2009 est.) 5%

Dominica 0.1% (2009 est.) 2.7% (2007 est.)

Dominican Republic 6.3% (2010 est.) 1.4% (2009 est.)

Ecuador 3.6% (2010 est.) 8.4% (2008 est.)

Egypt 12.8% (2010 est.) 11.9% (2009 est.)

El Salvador 0.8% (2010 est.) -0.2% (2009)

Equatorial Guinea 8.2% (2010 est.) 7.1% (2009 est.)

Eritrea 20% (2010 est.) 20% (2009 est.)

Estonia 2.4% (2010 est.) -0.1% (2009 est.)

Ethiopia 7% (2010 est.) 8.5% (2009 est.)

European Union 1.7% (2010 est.) 1.8% (2009 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 3.6% (1998)

Faroe Islands -1.1% (2009) 6.4% (2008)

Fiji 4.8% (2007)

Finland 1.1% (2010 est.) 0% (2009 est.)

France 1.5% (2010 est.) 0.1% (2009 est.)

French Polynesia 1.1% (2007) 1.1% (2006 est.)

Gabon -1.3% (2010 est.) 1.9% (2009 est.)

Gambia, The 5.5% (2010 est.) 4.6% (2009 est.)

Gaza Strip 9.9% (2009 est.) 11.5% (2008) note: includes West Bank

Georgia 5.7% (2010 est.) 1.7% (2009 est.)

Germany 1% (2010 est.) 0.3% (2009 est.)

Ghana 10.9% (2010 est.) 19.3% (2009 est.)

Gibraltar 2.6% (2006) 2.9% (2005)

Greece 4.5% (2010 est.) 1.2% (2009 est.)

Greenland 9.4% (2008 est.) 1% (2005 est.)

Grenada 3.7% (2007 est.)

Guam 2.5% (2005 est.)

Guatemala 3.9% (2010 est.) 1.9% (2009 est.)

Guernsey 3.4% (June 2006)

Guinea 15% (2010 est.) 9% (2009 est.)

Guinea-Bissau 3.8% (2007 est.)

Guyana 6.8% (2010 est.) 2.9% (2009 est.)

Haiti 4.6% (2010 est.) 2% (2009 est.)

Honduras 4.6% (2010 est.) 5.5% (2009 est.)

Hong Kong 2.2% (2010 est.) -0.5% (2009 est.)

Hungary 4.5% (2010 est.) 4.2% (2009 est.)

Iceland 5.5% (2010 est.) 12% (2009 est.)

India 11.7% (2010 est.) 10.9% (2009 est.)

Indonesia 5.2% (2010 est.) 4.8% (2009 est.)

Iran 11.8% (2010 est.) 13.5% (2009 est.) note: official Iranian estimate

Iraq 4.2% (2010 est.) 6.8% (2009 est.)

Ireland -1.5% (2010 est.) -4.5% (2009 est.)

Isle of Man 3.1% (December 2006 est.)

Israel 2.6% (2010 est.) 3.3% (2009 est.)

Italy 1.4% (2010 est.) 0.8% (2009 est.)

Jamaica 13% (2010 est.) 9.6% (2009 est.)

Japan -0.9% (2010 est.) -1.4% (2009 est.)

Jersey 3.7% (December 2006)

Jordan 4.4% (2010 est.) -0.7% (2009 est.)

Kazakhstan 6.7% (2010 est.) 7.3% (2009 est.)

Kenya 4.2% (2010 est.) 9.3% (2009 est.)

Kiribati 0.2% (2007 est.)

Korea, North NA%

Korea, South 3% (2010 est.) 2.8% (2009 est.)

Kosovo 5.3% (2007 est.)

Kuwait 3.8% (2010 est.) 4% (2009 est.)

Kyrgyzstan 4.8% (2010 est.) 6.9% (2009 est.)

Laos 6.2% (2010 est.) 0% (2009 est.)

Latvia -1.2% (2010 est.) 3.5% (2009 est.)

Lebanon 3.7% (2010 est.) 1.2% (2009 est.)

Lesotho 6.1% (2010 est.) 7.2% (2009 est.)

Liberia 11.2% (2007 est.)

Libya 3% (2010 est.) 2.4% (2009 est.)

Liechtenstein 0.5% (2009)

Lithuania 0.9% (2010 est.) 4.5% (2009 est.)

Luxembourg 2.1% (2010 est.) 0.4% (2009 est.)

Macau 1.2% (December 2009) 8.6% (2008)

Macedonia 1.5% (2010 est.) -0.8% (2009 est.)

Madagascar 8.1% (2010 est.) 9% (2009 est.)

Malawi 8% (2010 est.) 8.4% (2009 est.)

Malaysia 1.8% (2010 est.) 0.6% (2009 est.) note: approximately 30% of goods are price-controlled

Maldives 7.3% (2009 est.) 12.3% (2008 est.)

Mali 2.5% (2007 est.)

Malta 1.7% (2010 est.) 2.1% (2009 est.)

Marshall Islands 12.9% (2008 est.) 3% (2005 est.)

Mauritania 7.3% (2007 est.)

Mauritius 2.9% (2010 est.) 2.5% (2009 est.)

Mayotte 1.7% (2005)

Mexico 4.1% (2010 est.) 3.6% (2009)

Micronesia, Federated States of 2.2% (2005)

Moldova 7.3% (2010 est.) -0.1% (2009 est.)

Monaco 1.9% (2000)

Mongolia 4.2% (2009 est.) 28% (2008 est.)

Montenegro 3.4% (2007)

Montserrat 2.6% (2002 est.)

Morocco 2.5% (2010 est.) 1% (2009 est.)

Mozambique 13.5% (2010 est.) 3.3% (2009 est.)

Namibia 4.6% (2010 est.) 8.8% (2009 est.)

Nauru NA%

Nepal 8.6% (September 2010) 13.2% (2009 est.)

Netherlands 1.1% (2010 est.) 1.2% (2009 est.)

New Caledonia 1.4% (2000 est.)

New Zealand 2.6% (2010 est.) 2.1% (2009 est.)

Nicaragua 4.7% (2010 est.) 3.7% (2009 est.)

Niger 0.1% (2007 est.)

Nigeria 13.9% (2010 est.) 11.5% (2009 est.)

Niue 4% (2005)

Northern Mariana Islands -0.8% (2000)

Norway 2.4% (2010 est.) 2.1% (2009 est.)

Oman 4% (2010 est.) 3.5% (2009 est.)

Pakistan 13.4% (2010 est.) 13.6% (2009 est.)

Palau 2.7% (2005 est.)

Panama 3.3% (2010 est.) 2.4% (2009 est.)

Papua New Guinea 6.8% (2010 est.) 6.9% (2009 est.)

Paraguay 4.2% (2010 est.) 2.6% (2009 est.)

Peru 1.8% (2010 est.) 2.9% (2009 est.)

Philippines 4.2% (2010 est.) 3.2% (2009 est.)

Poland 2.4% (2010 est.) 3.5% (2009 est.)

Portugal 1.1% (2010 est.) -0.8% (2009 est.)

Puerto Rico 6.5% (2003 est.)

Qatar 1.1% (2010 est.) -4.9% (2009 est.)

Romania 6% (2010 est.) 5.6% (2009 est.)

Russia 6.7% (2010 est.) 11.7% (2009)

Rwanda 6.4% (2010 est.) 10.4% (2009 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 3.2% (1997 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.5% (2007 est.)

Saint Lucia 1.9% (2007 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon 8.1% (2005)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.8% (2009 est.) 5.3% (2008 est.)

Samoa 6% (2007 est.)

San Marino -3.5% (2008) -1.5% (2006)

Sao Tome and Principe 13% (2010 est.) 16.7% (2009 est.)

Saudi Arabia 5.7% (2010 est.) 5.1% (2009 est.)

Senegal 1.2% (2010 est.) -1% (2009 est.)

Serbia 4.9% (2010 est.) 8.4% (2009 est.)

Seychelles -2.2% (2010 est.) 31.8% (2009 est.)

Sierra Leone 11.7% (2007 est.)

Singapore 2.6% (2010 est.) 0.6% (2009 est.)

Sint Maarten 0.7% (2009 est.) 4.6% (2008 est.)

Slovakia 1.2% (2010 est.) 1.6% (2009 est.)

Slovenia 2.1% (2010 est.) 0.9% (2009 est.)

Solomon Islands 6.3% (2007 est.)

Somalia NA% note: businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be easily determined

South Africa 4.5% (2010 est.) 7.2% (2009 est.)

Spain 1.3% (2010 est.) -0.3% (2009 est.)

Sri Lanka 5.6% (2010 est.) 3% (2009 est.)

Sudan 11.8% (2010 est.) 11.2% (2009 est.)

Suriname 6.4% (2007 est.)

Swaziland 5% (2010 est.) 7.3% (2009 est.)

Sweden 1.4% (2010 est.) -0.3% (2009 est.)

Switzerland 0.7% (2010 est.) -0.5% (2009 est.)

Syria 5.9% (2010 est.) 2.6% (2009 est.)

Taiwan 1.3% (2010 est.) 3.5% (2008)

Tajikistan 5.8% (2010 est.) 6.4% (2009 est.)

Tanzania 7.2% (2010 est.) 12.1% (2009 est.)

Thailand 3.3% (2010 est.) -0.9% (2009 est.)

Timor-Leste 7.8% (2007 est.)

Togo 2.6% (2010 est.) 2% (2009 est.)

Tokelau NA%

Tonga 5.9% (2007 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago 11.3% (2010 est.) 7% (2009 est.)

Tunisia 4.5% (2010 est.) 3.5% (2009 est.)

Turkey 8.7% (2010 est.) 6.3% (2009 est.)

Turkmenistan 12% (2010 est.) 10% (2009 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands 4% (1995)

Tuvalu 3.8% (2006 est.)

Uganda 9.4% (2010 est.) 14.2% (2009 est.)

Ukraine 9.8% (2010 est.) 15.9% (2009 est.)

United Arab Emirates 2.2% (2010 est.) 1.6% (2009 est.)

United Kingdom 3.3% (2010 est.) 2.2% (2009 est.)

United States 1.4% (2010 est.) -0.3% (2009 est.)

Uruguay 6.8% (2010 est.) 7.1% (2009 est.)

Uzbekistan 15% (2010 est.) 14.1% (2009 est.) note: official data; based on independent analysis of consumer prices, inflation reached 38% in 2008

Vanuatu 3.9% (2007 est.)

Venezuela 29.8% (2010 est.) 27.1% (2009 est.)

Vietnam 11.1% (2010 est.) 7% (2009 est.)

Virgin Islands 2.2% (2003)

Wallis and Futuna 2.8% (2005)

West Bank 3.5% (2010 est.) 9.9% (2009 est.) note: includes Gaza Strip

Western Sahara NA%

World developed countries 2.5% developing countries 5.6% note: developed countries 0% to 4% typically; developing countries 5% to 10% typically; national inflation rates vary widely in individual cases; inflation rates have declined for most countries for the last several years, held in check by increasing international competition from several low wage countries, and by soft demand as a result of the world financial crisis (2010 est.)

Yemen 12.2% (2010 est.) 5.4% (2009 est.)

Zambia 8.5% (2010 est.) 13.4% (2009 est.)

Zimbabwe 5.03% (2010 est.) 5.1% (2009 est.)

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Field Listing :: Waterways

This entry gives the total length of navigable rivers, canals, and other inland bodies of water. Country Comparison to the World Country

Waterways(km)

Afghanistan 1,200 km; (chiefly Amu Darya, which handles vessels up to 500 DWT) (2008)

Albania 43 km (on the Bojana River) (2010)

Angola 1,300 km (2010)

Argentina 11,000 km (2007)

Australia 2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling river systems) (2006)

Austria 358 km (2007)

Bangladesh 8,370 km note: includes up to 3,060 km main cargo routes; network reduced to 5,200 km in dry season (2007)

Belarus 2,500 km (use limited by location on perimeter of country and by shallowness) (2003)

Belgium 2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use) (2008)

Belize 825 km (navigable only by small craft) (2010)

Benin 150 km (on River Niger along northern border) (2007)

Bolivia 10,000 km (commercially navigable almost exclusively in the northern and eastern parts of the country) (2010)

Bosnia and Herzegovina Sava River (northern border) open to shipping but use limited (2009)

Brazil 50,000 km (most in areas remote from industry and population) (2010)

Brunei 209 km (navigable by craft drawing less than 1.2 m; the Belait, Brunei, and Tutong rivers are major transport links) (2011)

Bulgaria 470 km (2009)

Burma 12,800 km (2008)

Burundi mainly on Lake Tanganyika between Bujumbura, Burundi's principal port, and lake ports in Tanzania, Zambia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (2010)

Cambodia 2,400 km (mainly on Mekong River) (2010)

Cameroon major rivers in the south, such as the Wouri and the Sanaga, are largely non-navigable; in the north, the Benue, which connects through Nigeria to the Niger River, is navigable in the rainy season only to the port of Garoua (2010)

Canada 636 km note: Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with United States (2008)

Central African Republic 2,800 km (the primary navigable river is the Ubangi, which joins the River Congo; it was the traditional route for the export of products because it connected with the Congo-Ocean railway at Brazzaville; because of the warfare on both sides of the River Congo from 1997, however, routes through Cameroon became preferred by importers and exporters) (2010)

Chad Chari and Legone rivers are navigable only in wet season (2010)

China 110,000 km navigable (2010)

Colombia 18,000 km (2010)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the 15,000 km (including the Congo, its tributaries, and unconnected lakes) (2009)

Congo, Republic of the 1,120 km (commercially navigable on Congo and Oubanqui rivers above Brazzaville; there are many ferries across the river to Kinshasa; the Congo south of Brazzaville-Kinshasa to the coast is not navigable because of rapids, thereby necessitating a rail connection to Pointe Noire; other rivers are used for local traffic only) (2010)

Costa Rica 730 km (seasonally navigable by small craft) (2010)

Cote d'Ivoire 980 km (navigable rivers, canals, and numerous coastal lagoons) (2008)

Croatia 785 km (2009)

Cuba 240 km (almost all navigable inland waterways are near the mouths of rivers) (2010)

Czech Republic 664 km (principally on Elbe, Vltava, Oder, and other navigable rivers, lakes, and canals) (2010)

Denmark 400 km (2008)

Ecuador 1,500 km (most inaccessible) (2010)

Egypt 3,500 km note: includes Nile River, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway, and numerous smaller canals in delta; Suez Canal (193.5 km including approaches) navigable by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 17.68 m (2010)

El Salvador Rio Lempa is partially navigable for small craft (2010)

Estonia 520 km (320 km are navigable year round) (2010)

European Union 52,332 km (2006)

Fiji 203 km note: 122 km navigable by motorized craft and 200-metric-ton barges (2008)

Finland 7,842 km (includes Saimaa Canal system of 3,577 km; southern part leased from Russia; water transport is used frequently in the summer and is widely replaced with sledges on the ice in winter; there are 187,888 lakes in Finland that cover 31,500 km) (2010)

France metropolitan France: 8,501 km (1,621 km accessible to craft of 3,000 metric tons) French Guiana: 3,760 km (460 km navigable by small oceangoing vessels and coastal and river steamers, 3,300 km by native craft) (2008)

Gabon 1,600 km (310 km on Ogooue River) (2010)

Gambia, The 390 km (on River Gambia; small ocean-going vessels can reach 190 km) (2008)

Germany 7,467 km note: Rhine River carries most goods; Main-Danube Canal links North Sea and Black Sea (2008)

Ghana 1,293 km note: 168 km for launches and lighters on Volta, Ankobra, and Tano rivers; 1,125 km of arterial and feeder waterways on Lake Volta (2008)

Greece 6 km note: Corinth Canal (6 km) crosses the Isthmus of Corinth; shortens sea voyage by 325 km (2010)

Guatemala 990 km (260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km navigable during high-water season) (2010)

Guinea 1,300 km (navigable by shallow-draft native craft) (2008)

Guinea-Bissau rivers are navigable for some distance; many inlets and creeks give shallow-water access to much of interior (2008)

Guyana 330 km note: Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo rivers are navigable by oceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km respectively (2010)

Honduras 465 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2010)

Hungary 1,622 km (most on Danube River) (2010)

India 14,500 km note: 5,200 km on major rivers and 485 km on canals suitable for mechanized vessels (2008)

Indonesia 21,579 km (2011)

Iran 850 km (on Karun River; some navigation on Lake Urmia) (2009)

Iraq 5,279 km note: Euphrates River (2,815 km), Tigris River (1,899 km), and Third River (565 km) are principal waterways (2008)

Ireland 956 km (pleasure craft only) (2008)

Italy 2,400 km note: used for commercial traffic; of limited overall value compared to road and rail (2008)

Japan 1,770 km (seagoing vessels use inland seas) (2010)

Kazakhstan 4,000 km; on the Ertis (Irtysh) River (80%) and Syr Darya (Syrdariya) River (2008)

Kenya the only significant inland waterway in the country is the part of Lake Victoria within the boundaries of Kenya; Kisumu is the main port and has ferry connections to Uganda and Tanzania (2010)

Kiribati 5 km (small network of canals in Line Islands) (2007)

Korea, North 2,250 km; (most navigable only by small craft) (2010)

Korea, South 1,608 km; (most navigable only by small craft) (2010)

Kyrgyzstan 600 km (2010)

Laos 4,600 km note: primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,900 additional km are intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m (2010)

Latvia 300 km (navigable year round) (2010)

Liechtenstein 28 km (2008)

Lithuania 441 km (navigable year round) (2007)

Luxembourg 37 km (on Moselle River) (2008)

Madagascar 600 km note: 432 km navigable (2008)

Malawi 700 km; (on Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) and Shire River) (2010)

Malaysia 7,200 km note: Peninsular Malaysia 3,200 km; Sabah 1,500 km; Sarawak 2,500 km (2011)

Mali 1,800 km (downstream of Koulikoro; low water levels on the River Niger cause problems in dry years; in the months before the rainy season the river is not navigable by commercial vessels) (2010)

Mauritania some navigation possible on Senegal River (2010)

Mexico 2,900 km (navigable rivers and coastal canals mostly connected with ports on the country's east coast) (2010)

Moldova 558 km (in public use on Danube, Dniester and Prut rivers) (2008)

Mongolia 580 km note: only waterway in operation is Lake Hovsgol (135 km); Selenge River (270 km) and Orhon River (175 km) are navigable but carry little traffic; lakes and rivers freeze in winter, are open from May to September (2010)

Mozambique 460 km (Zambezi River navigable to Tete and along Cahora Bassa Lake) (2010)

Netherlands 6,215 km (navigable for ships of 50 tons) (2007)

Nicaragua 2,220 km (navigable waterways as well as the use of the large Lake Managua and Lake Nicaragua; rivers serve only the sparsely populated eastern part of the country) (2010)

Niger 300 km; (the Niger, the only major river, is navigable to Gaya between September and March) (2008)

Nigeria 8,600 km (Niger and Benue rivers and smaller rivers and creeks) (2009)

Norway 1,577 km (2008)

Panama 800 km (includes the 82-km Panama Canal that is being widened) (2010)

Papua New Guinea 11,000 km (2006)

Paraguay 3,100 km (primarily on the Paraguay and Parana river systems) (2010)

Peru 8,808 km note: 8,600 km of navigable tributaries on Amazon system and 208 km on Lago Titicaca (2010)

Philippines 3,219 km; (limited to vessels with draft less than 1.5 m) (2011)

Poland 3,997 km (navigable rivers and canals) (2009)

Portugal 210 km (on Douro River from Porto) (2008)

Romania 1,731 km note: includes 1,075 km on Danube River, 524 km on secondary branches, and 132 km on canals (2006)

Russia 102,000 km (including 48,000 km with guaranteed depth) note: 72,000 km system in European Russia links Baltic Sea, White Sea, Caspian Sea, Sea of Azov, and Black Sea (2009)

Rwanda Lac Kivu navigable by shallow-draft barges and native craft (2009)

Senegal 1,000 km (primarily on Senegal, Saloum, and Casamance rivers) (2008)

Serbia 587 km (primarily on Danube and Sava rivers) (2009)

Sierra Leone 800 km (600 km year round) (2007)

Slovakia 172 km (on Danube River) (2009)

Slovenia some transport on Drava River (2010)

Spain 1,000 km (2008)

Sri Lanka 160 km (primarily on rivers in southwest) (2008)

Sudan 4,068 km (1,723 km open year round on White and Blue Nile rivers) (2008)

Suriname 1,200 km (most navigable by ships with drafts up to 7 m) (2010)

Sweden 2,052 km (2010)

Switzerland 65 km; (Rhine River between Basel-Rheinfelden and Schaffhausen-Bodensee) (2008)

Syria 900 km (navigable not economically significant) (2010)

Tajikistan 200 km (along Vakhsh River) (2010)

Tanzania Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, and Lake Nyasa are principal avenues of commerce with neighboring countries; rivers are not navigable (2009)

Thailand 4,000 km note: 3,701 km navigable by boats with drafts up to 0.9 m (2010)

Togo 50 km (seasonally on Mono River depending on rainfall) (2008)

Turkey 1,200 km (2008)

Turkmenistan 1,300 km (Amu Darya and Kara Kum canal are important inland waterways) (2008)

Uganda there are no long navigable stretches of river in Uganda; parts of the Albert Nile that flow out of Lake Albert in the northwestern part of the country are navigable; several lakes including Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga have substantial traffic; Lake Albert is navigable along a 200 km stretch from its northern tip to its southern shores (2009)

Ukraine 2,150 km (most on Dnieper River) (2009)

United Kingdom 3,200 km (620 km used for commerce) (2008)

United States 41,009 km (19,312 km used for commerce) note: Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with Canada (2008)

Uruguay 1,600 km (2010)

Uzbekistan 1,100 km (2009)

Venezuela 7,100 km note: Orinoco River (400 km) and Lake de Maracaibo navigable by oceangoing vessels (2010)

Vietnam 17,702 km (5,000 km navigable by vessels up to 1.8 m draft) (2011)

World 671,886 km (2004) top ten longest rivers: Nile (Africa) 6,693 km; Amazon (South America) 6,436 km; Mississippi-Missouri (North America) 6,238 km; Yenisey-Angara (Asia) 5,981 km; Ob-Irtysh (Asia) 5,569 km; Yangtze (Asia) 5,525 km; Yellow (Asia) 4,671 km; Amur (Asia) 4,352 km; Lena (Asia) 4,345 km; Congo (Africa) 4,344 km note: if measured by volume, the Amazon is the largest river in the world

Zambia 2,250 km; (includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi and Luapula rivers) (2010)

Zimbabwe on Lake Kariba (2009)

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Field Listing :: Judicial branch

This entry contains the name(s) of the highest court(s) and a brief description of the selection process for members. Country

Judicial branch

Afghanistan the constitution establishes a nine-member Stera Mahkama or Supreme Court (its nine justices are appointed for 10-year terms by the president with approval of the Wolesi Jirga) and subordinate High Courts and Appeals Courts; there is also a minister of justice; a separate Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission established by the Bonn Agreement is charged with investigating human rights abuses and war crimes

Albania Constitutional Court, Supreme Court (chairman is elected by the People's Assembly for a four-year term) and multiple appeals and district courts

Algeria Supreme Court

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; Constitutional Tribunal or Tribunal Constitucional

Angola Supreme Court and separate provincial courts (judges are appointed by the president)

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

Antigua and Barbuda Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court consisting of a High Court of Justice and a Court of Appeal (based in Saint Lucia; two judges of the Supreme Court are residents of the islands and preside over the Court of Summary Jurisdiction); Magistrates' Courts; member of the Caribbean Court of Justice

Argentina Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (the Supreme Court judges are appointed by the president with approval of the Senate) note: the Supreme Court has seven judges; the Argentine Congress in 2006 passed a bill to gradually reduce the number of Supreme Court judges to five

Armenia Constitutional Court; Court of Cassation (Appeals Court)

Aruba Common Court of Justice, Joint High Court of Justice (judges appointed by the monarch)

Australia High Court (the chief justice and six other justices are appointed by the governor general acting on the advice of the government)

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

Azerbaijan Supreme Court

Bahamas, The Privy Council in London; Courts of Appeal; Supreme (lower) Court; 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 consists of a High Court and a Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the Service Commissions for the Judicial and Legal Services); Caribbean Court of Justice or CCJ is the highest court of appeal; based in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

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 government; candidacies have to be submitted by the High Justice Council)

Belize Summary Jurisdiction Courts (criminal) and District Courts (civil jurisdiction); Supreme Court (the chief justice is appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister); Court of Appeal; Privy Council in the UK; member of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)

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); note - the draft constitution establishes a Supreme Court that will serve as chief court of appeal

Bolivia Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges elected by popular vote from list of candidates pre-selected by Assembly for six-year terms); District Courts (one in each department); Plurinational Constitutional Court (five primary or titulares and five alternate or suplente magistrates elected by popular vote from list of candidates pre-selected by Assembly for six-year terms; to rule on constitutional issues); Plurinational Electoral Organ (seven members elected by the Assembly and the president; one member must be of indigenous origin to six-year terms); Agro-Environmental Court (judges elected by popular vote from list of candidates pre-selected by Assembly for six-year terms; to run on agro-environmental issues); 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); BiH State Court (consists of 44 national judges and seven international judges and has three divisions - Administrative, Appellate and Criminal - having jurisdiction over cases related to state-level law and cases initiated in the entities that question BiH's sovereignty, political independence, or national security or with economic crimes that have serious repercussions to BiH's economy, beyond that of an entity or Brcko District); a War Crimes Chamber opened in March 2005 note: the entities each have a Supreme Court; each entity also has a number of lower courts; there are 10 cantonal courts in the Federation, plus a number of municipal courts; the Republika Srpska has five district courts and a number of municipal courts

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

Brazil Supreme Federal Tribunal or STF (11 ministers are appointed for life by the president and confirmed by the Senate); Higher Tribunal of Justice; Regional Federal Tribunals (judges are appointed for life); note - though appointed "for life," judges, like all federal employees, have a mandatory retirement age of 70

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 monarch for three-year terms; Judicial Committee of Privy Council in London is final court of appeal for civil cases; Sharia courts deal with Islamic laws (2006)

Bulgaria independent judiciary comprised of judges, prosecutors and investigating magistrates who are appointed, promoted, demoted, and dismissed by a 25-member Supreme Judicial Council (consists of the chairmen of the two Supreme Courts, the Chief Prosecutor, and 22 members, half of whom are elected by the National Assembly and the other half by the bodies of the judiciary for a 5-year term in office); three levels of case review; 182 courts of which two Supreme Courts act as the last instance on civil and criminal cases (the Supreme Court of Cassation) and appeals of government decisions (the Supreme Administrative Court)

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; High Court of Justice (composed of the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court)

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 six 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 Queen's Bench, Superior Court, Supreme Court, and Court of Justice)

Cape Verde Supreme Tribunal of Justice or Supremo Tribunal de Justia

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

Central African Republic Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; Constitutional Court (three judges appointed by the president, three by the president of the National Assembly, and three by fellow judges); Court of Appeal; Criminal Courts; Inferior 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 every three years by the 20-member court); Constitutional Tribunal (eight-members - two each from the Senate, Chamber of Deputies, Supreme Court, and National Security Council - review the constitutionality of laws approved by Congress)

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

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

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

Colombia four roughly coequal, supreme judicial organs; Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (highest court of criminal law; judges are selected by their peers from the nominees of the Superior Judicial Council for eight-year terms); Council of State (highest court of administrative law; judges are selected from the nominees of the Superior Judicial Council 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); Superior Judicial Council (administers and disciplines the civilian judiciary; resolves 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 Constitutional Court; Appeals Court or Cour de Cassation; Council of State; High Military Court; plus civil and military courts and tribunals

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 renewable 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 are appointed for eight-year terms by the Judicial Council of the Republic, which is elected by the Assembly

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

Curacao Common Court of Justice, Joint High Court of Justice (judges appointed by the monarch)

Cyprus Supreme Court (judges are appointed jointly by the president and vice president) note: there is also a Supreme Court in the area administered by Turkish Cypriots

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

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

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 appointed by the National Judicial Council comprised of the president, the leaders of both chambers of congress, the president of the Supreme Court, and an additional non-governing party congressional representative)

Ecuador National Court of Justice or Corte Nacional de Justicia (according to the Constitution, justices are elected through a procedure overseen by the Judiciary Council); Constitutional Court or Corte Constitucional (Constitutional Court justices are appointed by a commission composed of two delegates each from the Executive, Legislative, and Transparency branches of government)

Egypt Supreme Constitutional Court

El Salvador Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (15 judges are selected by the Legislative Assembly; the 15 judges are assigned to four Supreme Court chambers - constitutional, civil, penal, and administrative conflict)

Equatorial Guinea Supreme Tribunal

Eritrea High Court - regional, subregional, and village courts; also have military and special courts

Estonia Supreme Court (chairman appointed for life by Parliament)

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)

European Union Court of Justice of the European Communities (ensures that the treaties are interpreted and applied uniformly throughout the EU; resolve constitutional issues among the EU institutions) - 27 justices (one from each member state) appointed for a six-year term; note - for the sake of efficiency, the court can sit with 13 justices known as the "Grand Chamber"; Court of First Instance - 27 justices appointed for a six-year term

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

Faroe Islands none

Fiji Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president); Court of Appeal; High Court; Magistrates' Courts

Finland general courts - deal with criminal and civil cases (include district courts, Courts of Appeal, and the Supreme Court or Korkein Oikeus, whose judges are appointed by the president); administrative courts

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 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 or chairman of the Supreme Court's recommendation); Constitutional Court; first and second instance courts

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 are 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 Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, consisting of a court of Appeal and a High Court of Justice (two High Court judges are assigned to and reside in Grenada); Itinerant Court of Appeal three judges; member of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)

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

Guatemala Constitutional Court or Corte de Constitucionalidad is Guatemala's highest court (five judges are elected by Congress for concurrent five-year terms); Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (13 members are elected by Congress to 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)

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

Guinea Court of First Instance or Tribunal de Premiere Instance; Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

Guinea-Bissau Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal da Justica (consists of nine justices 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 more than $1,000); 24 Sectoral Courts (judges are not necessarily trained lawyers; they hear civil cases valued at less than $1,000 and misdemeanor criminal cases)

Guyana Supreme Court of Judicature, consisting of the High Court and the Court of Appeal, with right of final appeal to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)

Haiti Supreme Court or Cour de Cassation

Holy See (Vatican City) there are three tribunals responsible for civil and criminal matters within Vatican City; three other tribunals rule on issues pertaining to the Holy See note: judicial duties were established by the Motu Proprio, papal directive, of Pope PIUS XII on 1 May 1946

Honduras Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (15 judges are elected for seven-year terms by the National Congress)

Hong Kong 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 Minister of Justice); eight district courts (justices are appointed for life by the Minister of Justice)

India Supreme Court (one chief justice and 25 associate justices are appointed by the president and remain in office until they reach the age of 65 or are removed for "proved misbehavior")

Indonesia Supreme Court or Mahkamah Agung is the final court of appeal but does not have the power of judicial review (justices are appointed by the president from a list of candidates selected by the legislature); in March 2004 the Supreme Court assumed administrative and financial responsibility for the lower court system from the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights; Constitutional Court or Mahkamah Konstitusi (invested by the president on 16 August 2003) has the power of judicial review, jurisdiction over the results of a general election, and reviews actions to dismiss a president from office; Labor Court under supervision of Supreme Court began functioning in January 2006; the Anti-Corruption Court has jurisdiction over corruption cases brought by the independent Corruption Eradication Commission

Iran The Supreme Court (Qeveh Qazaieh) and the four-member High Council of the Judiciary have a single head and overlapping responsibilities; together they supervise the enforcement of all laws and establish judicial and legal policies; lower courts include a special clerical court, a revolutionary court, and a special administrative court

Iraq the Iraq Constitution calls for the federal judicial power to be comprised of the Higher Judicial Council, Federal Supreme Court, Federal Court of Cassation, Public Prosecution Department, Judiciary Oversight Commission and other federal courts that are regulated in accordance with the law

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

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

Israel Supreme Court (justices appointed by Judicial Selection Committee - made up of all three branches of the government; mandatory retirement age is 70)

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; Privy Council in UK; member of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)

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)

Kazakhstan Supreme Court (44 members); Constitutional Council (seven 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 appointed by the president with consent of National Assembly); Constitutional Court (justices appointed by the president based partly on nominations by National Assembly and Chief Justice of the court)

Kosovo Supreme Court; district courts; municipal courts note: the Kosovo Constitution dictates that the Supreme Court of Kosovo is the highest judicial authority, and provides for a Kosovo Judicial Council (KJC) that proposes to the president candidates for appointment or reappointment as judges and prosecutors; the KJC is also responsible for decisions on the promotion and transfer of judges and disciplinary proceedings against judges; at least 15 percent of Supreme Court and district court judges shall be from non-majority communities

Kuwait High Court of Appeal

Kyrgyzstan Supreme Court; Constitutional Court (judges of both the Supreme and Constitutional Courts are appointed for 10-year terms by the Jogorku Kengesh on the recommendation of the president; their mandatory retirement age is 70 years); Higher Court of Arbitration; Local Courts (judges appointed by the president on the recommendation of the National Council on Legal Affairs for a probationary period of five years, then 10 years)

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); Constitutional 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 acting on the advice of the prime minister); Court of Appeal; Magistrate Courts; customary or traditional court

Liberia Supreme Court

Libya Supreme Court

Liechtenstein Supreme Court or Oberster Gerichtshof; Court of Appeal or Obergericht

Lithuania Constitutional Court; Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; judges for all courts appointed by the president

Luxembourg judicial courts and tribunals (three Justices of the Peace, two district courts, and one 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 Court of Final Appeal in Macau Special Administrative Region

Macedonia Supreme Court; Constitutional Court; Republican Judicial Council note: the Assembly appoints the judges

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 civil courts include Federal Court, Court of Appeal, High Court of Malaya on peninsula Malaysia, and High Court of Sabah and Sarawak in states of Borneo (judges are appointed by the king on the advice of the prime minister); sharia courts include Sharia Appeal Court, Sharia High Court, and Sharia Subordinate Courts at state-level and deal with religious and family matters such as custody, divorce, and inheritance only for Muslims; decisions of sharia courts cannot be appealed to civil courts

Maldives Supreme Court; Supreme Court judges are appointed by the president with approval of voting members of the People's Council; High Court; Trial Courts; all lower court judges are appointed by the Judicial Service Commission

Mali Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

Malta Constitutional Court; Court of First Instance; Court of Appeal note: magistrates and judges for the courts are appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister

Marshall Islands Supreme Court; High Court; Traditional Rights Court

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 Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nacion (justices or ministros 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 and approved by the president)

Montenegro Constitutional Court (five judges serve nine-year terms); Supreme Court (judges have life tenure)

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, Constitutional Court, customs courts, maritime courts, courts marshal, labor courts

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 (the president appoints the chief justice on recommendation of the Constitutional Council; the chief justice appoints other judges on the recommendation of the Judicial Council)

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

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

New Zealand Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; High Court; note - judges appointed by the governor general

Nicaragua Supreme Court or Corte Suprema de Justicia (16 judges elected for five-year terms by the National Assembly)

Niger State Court or Cour d'Etat; Court of Appeals or Cour d'Appel

Nigeria Supreme Court (judges recommended by the National Judicial Council and appointed by the president); Federal Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the federal government from a pool of judges recommended by the National Judicial Council)

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 judges who practice secular and sharia law

Pakistan Supreme Court (justices appointed by the president); Federal Islamic or Sharia Court

Palau Supreme Court; Court of Common Pleas; Land Court

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 (nine judges proposed by the Council of Magistrates or Consejo de la Magistratura, and approved by the Senate and president)

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

Philippines Supreme Court (15 justices are appointed by the president on the recommendation of the Judicial and Bar Council and serve until 70 years of age); Court of Appeals; Sandigan-bayan (special court for hearing corruption cases of government officials)

Pitcairn Islands Magistrate's Court; Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; judicial officers are appointed by the governor

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 (Supremo Tribunal de Justica); judges appointed for life by the Conselho Superior da Magistratura

Puerto Rico Supreme Court; Appellate Court; Court of First Instance composed of two sections: a Superior Court and a Municipal Court (justices for all these courts appointed by the governor with the consent of the Senate)

Qatar Courts of First Instance, Appeal, and Cassation; an Administrative Court and a Constitutional Court were established in 2007; note - all judges are appointed by Amiri Decree based on the recommendation of the Supreme Judiciary Council for renewable three-year terms

Romania Supreme Court of Justice (comprised of 11 judges appointed for three-year terms by the president in consultation with the Superior Council of Magistrates, which is comprised of the minister of justice, the prosecutor general, two civil society representatives appointed by the Senate, and 14 judges and prosecutors elected by their peers); a separate body, the Constitutional Court, validates elections and makes decisions regarding the constitutionality of laws, treaties, ordinances, and internal rules of the Parliament; it is comprised of nine members serving nine-year terms, with three members each appointed by the president, the Senate, and the Chamber of Deputies

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

Rwanda Supreme Court; High Courts of the Republic; Provincial Courts; District Courts; mediation committees

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha Supreme Court; Court of Appeal

Saint Kitts and Nevis Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (consisting of a Court of Appeal and a High Court; based on Saint Lucia; two judges of the Supreme Court reside in Saint Kitts and Nevis); member of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)

Saint Lucia Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (consists of a High Court and a Court of Appeals; based on Saint Lucia; three judges of the Supreme Court reside in Saint Lucia); member of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)

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

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (consisting of a High Court and Court of Appeals; based on Saint Lucia; two judges of the Supreme Court reside in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

Samoa Court of Appeal; Supreme Court; District Court; Land and Titles Court

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

Serbia courts of general jurisdiction (municipal courts, district courts, Appellate Courts, the Supreme Court of Cassation); courts of special jurisdiction (commercial courts, the High Commercial Court, the High Magistrates Court, the Administrative Court)

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

Sint Maarten Common Court of Justice, Joint High Court of Justice (judges appointed by the monarch)

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); Special Court (judges elected by a council of judges and appointed by president)

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 the central government, most regions have reverted to local forms of conflict resolution, either secular, traditional Somali customary law, or sharia (Islamic) 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 Constitutional Court of nine justices; National Supreme Court; National Courts of Appeal; other national courts; National Judicial Service Commission will undertake overall management of the National Judiciary

Suriname Cantonal Courts and a Court of Justice as an appellate court (justices are nominated for life); member of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)

Swaziland High Court; Supreme Court; 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 Judicial Council (appoints and dismisses judges; headed by the president); national level - Supreme Constitutional Court (adjudicates electoral disputes and rules on constitutionality of laws and decrees; justices appointed for four-year terms by the president); Court of Cassation; Appeals Courts (Appeals Courts represent an intermediate level between the Court of Cassation and local level courts); local level - Magistrate Courts; Courts of First Instance; Juvenile Courts; Customs Courts; specialized courts - Economic Security Courts (hear cases related to economic crimes); Supreme State Security Court (hear cases related to national security); Personal Status Courts (religious; hear cases related to marriage and divorce)

Taiwan Judicial Yuan (justices appointed by the president with consent of the Legislative Yuan)

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 Constitutional Court, Supreme Court of Justice, and Supreme Administrative Court; all judges are appointed by the king; the king's appointments to the Constitutional Courtare made upon the advice of the Senate; the nine Constitutional Court judges are drawn from the Supreme Court of Justice and Supreme Administrative Court as well as from among substantive experts in law and social sciences outside the judiciary

Timor-Leste Supreme Court of Justice - constitution calls for one judge to be appointed by National Parliament and rest appointed by Superior Council for Judiciary; note - until Supreme Court is established, Court of Appeals is highest court

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 (Chief Justice and high court justices from overseas chosen and approved by Privy Council)

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 after consultation with 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); the highest court of appeal is the Privy Council in London; member of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)

Tunisia Court of Cassation or Cour de Cassation

Turkey Constitutional Court; High Court of Appeals (Yargitay); Council of State (Danistay); Court of Accounts (Sayistay); Military High Court of Appeals; Military High Administrative Court

Turkmenistan Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president)

Turks and Caicos Islands Supreme Court; Court of Appeal

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 Supreme Court of the UK (established in October 2009 taking over appellate jurisdiction formerly vested in the House of Lords); Senior Courts of England and Wales (comprising the Court of Appeal, the High Court of Justice, and the Crown Courts); Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland); Scotland's Court of Session and High Court of the Justiciary

United States Supreme Court (nine justices; nominated by the president and confirmed with the advice and consent of the Senate; appointed to serve for life); 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 Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (32 magistrates are elected by the National Assembly for a single 12-year term)

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

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

Wallis and Futuna 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; a court of appeal is located in Noumea, New Caledonia

Yemen Supreme Court

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

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Field Listing :: Labor force

This entry contains the total labor force figure. Country Comparison to the World Country

Labor force

Afghanistan 15 million (2004 est.)

Albania 1.1 million (2009 est.)

Algeria 9.877 million (2010 est.)

American Samoa 17,630 (2005)

Andorra 42,220 (2008)

Angola 7.977 million (2010 est.)

Anguilla 6,049 (2001)

Antigua and Barbuda 30,000 (1991)

Argentina 16.62 million note: urban areas only (2010 est.)

Armenia 1.481 million (2007 est.)

Aruba 41,500 (2004 est.)

Australia 11.62 million (2010 est.)

Austria 3.63 million (2010 est.)

Azerbaijan 5.874 million (2010 est.)

Bahamas, The 184,000 (2009)

Bahrain 611,000 note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2010 est.)

Bangladesh 73.87 million note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $10.9 billion in 2009-10 (2010 est.)

Barbados 175,000 (2007 est.)

Belarus 5 million (2009)

Belgium 5.02 million (2010 est.)

Belize 120,500 note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2008 est.)

Benin 3.662 million (2007 est.)

Bermuda 38,360 (2004)

Bhutan 299,900 note: major shortage of skilled labor (2008)

Bolivia 4.614 million (2010 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.863 million (2007)

Botswana 685,300 formal sector employees (2007)

Brazil 103.6 million (2010 est.)

British Virgin Islands 12,770 (2004)

Brunei 188,800 (2008 est.)

Bulgaria 2.61 million (2010 est.)

Burkina Faso 6.668 million note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2007)

Burma 31.68 million (2010 est.)

Burundi 4.245 million (2007)

Cambodia 8 million (2009 est.)

Cameroon 7.836 million (2010 est.)

Canada 18.59 million (2010 est.)

Cape Verde 196,100 (2007)

Cayman Islands 39,000 note: nearly 55% are non-nationals (2007)

Central African Republic 1.926 million (2007)

Chad 4.293 million (2007)

Chile 7.58 million (2010 est.)

China 819.5 million (2010 est.)

Christmas Island NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA

Colombia 21.27 million (2010 est.)

Comoros 268,500 (2007 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the 23.53 million (2007 est.)

Congo, Republic of the 1.514 million (2007)

Cook Islands 6,820 (2001)

Costa Rica 2.17 million note: this official estimate excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica (2010 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire 7.617 million (2010 est.)

Croatia 1.762 million (2010 est.)

Cuba 5.164 million note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2010 est.)

Curacao 63,000 (2008 est.)

Cyprus 400,000 (2010 est.)

Czech Republic 5.37 million (2010 est.)

Denmark 2.82 million (2010 est.)

Djibouti 351,700 (2007)

Dominica 25,000 (2000 est.)

Dominican Republic 4.498 million (2010 est.)

Ecuador 4.59 million (urban) (2010 est.)

Egypt 26.1 million (2010 est.)

El Salvador 2.94 million (2010 est.)

Equatorial Guinea 195,200 NA (2007)

Eritrea 1.935 million NA (2007)

Estonia 688,000 (2010 est.)

Ethiopia 37.9 million (2007)

European Union 225.2 million (2010 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,724 (1996) (1996)

Faroe Islands 34,680 (November 2008)

Fiji 335,000 (2007 est.)

Finland 2.68 million (2010 est.)

France 28.21 million (2010 est.)

French Polynesia 116,000 (2007)

Gabon 712,000 (2010 est.)

Gambia, The 777,100 (2007)

Gaza Strip 339,000 (2009)

Georgia 1.918 million (2007 est.)

Germany 43.35 million (2010 est.)

Ghana 10.56 million (2010 est.)

Gibraltar 12,690 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (2001)

Greece 5.05 million (2010 est.)

Greenland 28,240 (January 2009)

Grenada 42,300 (1996)

Guam 82,950 (2007 est.)

Guatemala 4.26 million (2010 est.)

Guernsey 31,470 (March 2006)

Guinea 4.392 million (2007 est.)

Guinea-Bissau 632,700 (2007)

Guyana 333,900 (2007 est.)

Haiti 3.643 million note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (2007)

Holy See (Vatican City) NA

Honduras 3.394 million (2010 est.)

Hong Kong 3.7 million (2010 est.)

Hungary 4.17 million (2010 est.)

Iceland 188,000 (2010 est.)

India 478.3 million (2010 est.)

Indonesia 114.9 million (2010 est.)

Iran 25.7 million note: shortage of skilled labor (2010 est.)

Iraq 8.5 million (2009 est.)

Ireland 2.18 million (2010 est.)

Isle of Man 39,690 (2001)

Israel 3.08 million (2010 est.)

Italy 25.05 million (2010 est.)

Jamaica 1.317 million (2010 est.)

Japan 65.64 million (2010 est.)

Jersey 53,560 (June 2006)

Jordan 1.719 million (2010 est.)

Kazakhstan 8.718 million (2010 est.)

Kenya 17.94 million (2010 est.)

Kiribati 7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001 est.)

Korea, North 12.2 million note: estimates vary widely (2009 est.)

Korea, South 24.62 million (2010 est.)

Kosovo NA (2009 est.)

Kuwait 2.154 million note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 60% of the labor force (2010 est.)

Kyrgyzstan 2.344 million (2007)

Laos 3.65 million (2009 est.)

Latvia 1.178 million (2010 est.)

Lebanon 1.481 million note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2007 est.)

Lesotho 854,600 (2007 est.)

Liberia 1.372 million (2007)

Libya 1.729 million (2010 est.)

Liechtenstein 32,440 of whom 16,200 commute from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (2008)

Lithuania 1.633 million (2010 est.)

Luxembourg 206,000 of whom 125,400 are foreign cross-border workers commuting primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2010 est.)

Macau 322,000 (2009 est.)

Macedonia 942,000 (2010 est.)

Madagascar 9.504 million (2007)

Malawi 5.747 million (2007 est.)

Malaysia 11.62 million (2010 est.)

Maldives 144,000 (2009)

Mali 3.241 million (2007 est.)

Malta 174,000 (2009 est.)

Marshall Islands 14,680 (2000)

Mauritania 1.318 million (2007)

Mauritius 597,000 (2010 est.)

Mayotte 44,560 (2002)

Mexico 46.99 million (2010 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of 16,360 (2008)

Moldova 1.203 million (2010 est.)

Monaco 44,000 note: includes workers from all foreign countries (2005 est.)

Mongolia 1.068 million (2008)

Montenegro 259,100 (2004)

Montserrat NA

Morocco 11.63 million (2010 est.)

Mozambique 9.87 million (2010 est.)

Namibia 729,000 (2010 est.)

Nepal 18 million note: severe lack of skilled labor (2009 est.)

Netherlands 7.86 million (2010 est.)

New Caledonia 102,600 (2007)

New Zealand 2.32 million (2010 est.)

Nicaragua 2.343 million (2010 est.)

Niger 4.688 million (2007)

Nigeria 48.33 million (2010 est.)

Niue 663 (2001)

Norfolk Island 978 (2006)

Northern Mariana Islands 38,450 total indigenous labor force; 28,717 foreign workers (2005 est.)

Norway 2.59 million (2010 est.)

Oman 968,800 note: about 60% of the labor force is non-national (2007)

Pakistan 55.77 million note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2010 est.)

Palau 9,777 (2005)

Panama 1.49 million note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2010 est.)

Papua New Guinea 3.809 million (2010 est.)

Paraguay 3.038 million (2010 est.)

Peru 10.58 million (2010 est.)

Philippines 38.91 million (2010 est.)

Pitcairn Islands 15 able-bodied men (2004)

Poland 17 million (2010 est.)

Portugal 5.57 million (2010 est.)

Puerto Rico 1.479 million (2007)

Qatar 1.254 million (2010 est.)

Romania 9.35 million (2010 est.)

Russia 75.55 million (2010 est.)

Rwanda 4.446 million (2007)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 2,486 note: 1,200 work offshore (1998 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis 18,170 (June 1995)

Saint Lucia 79,700 (2007)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3,450 (2005)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 57,520 (2007 est.)

Samoa 66,270 (2007 est.)

San Marino 22,660 (2008)

Sao Tome and Principe 52,490 (2007)

Saudi Arabia 7.337 million note: about 80% of the labor force is non-national (2010 est.)

Senegal 5.53 million (2010 est.)

Serbia 3.25 million (2010 est.)

Seychelles 39,560 (2006)

Sierra Leone 2.207 million (2007 est.)

Singapore 3.09 million (2010 est.)

Sint Maarten 23,200 (2008 est.)

Slovakia 2.673 million (2010 est.)

Slovenia 930,000 (2010 est.)

Solomon Islands 202,500 (2007)

Somalia 3.447 million (few skilled laborers) (2007)

South Africa 17.32 million economically active (2010 est.)

Spain 22.96 million (2010 est.)

Sri Lanka 8.1 million (2010 est.)

Sudan 11.92 million (2007 est.)

Suriname 165,600 (2007)

Svalbard 1,234 in Norwegian settlements (2003)

Swaziland 457,900 (2007)

Sweden 4.93 million (2010 est.)

Switzerland 4.13 million (2010 est.)

Syria 5.527 million (2010 est.)

Taiwan 11.03 million (2010 est.)

Tajikistan 2.1 million (2009)

Tanzania 21.86 million (2010 est.)

Thailand 38.7 million (2010 est.)

Timor-Leste 414,200 (2007)

Togo 2.595 million (2007)

Tokelau 440 (2001)

Tonga 39,960 (2007)

Trinidad and Tobago 631,000 (2010 est.)

Tunisia 3.83 million (2010 est.)

Turkey 24.73 million note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2010 est.)

Turkmenistan 2.3 million (2008 est.)

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

Tuvalu 3,615 (2004 est.)

Uganda 15.51 million (2010 est.)

Ukraine 22.06 million (2010 est.)

United Arab Emirates 3.908 million note: expatriates account for about 85% of the work force (2010 est.)

United Kingdom 31.45 million (2010 est.)

United States 153.9 million note: includes unemployed (2010 est.)

Uruguay 1.637 million (2010 est.)

Uzbekistan 16 million (2010 est.)

Vanuatu 115,900 (2007)

Venezuela 13.3 million (2010 est.)

Vietnam 47.49 million (2010 est.)

Virgin Islands 49,820 (2007 est.)

Wallis and Futuna 3,104 (2003)

West Bank 694,000 (2009)

Western Sahara 144,000 (2005 est.)

World 3.232 billion (2010 est.)

Yemen 6.832 million (2010 est.)

Zambia 5.524 million (2010 est.)

Zimbabwe 3.848 million (2010 est.)

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Field Listing :: Land boundaries

This entry contains the total length of all land boundaries and the individual lengths for each of the contiguous border countries. When available, official lengths published by national statistical agencies are used. Because surveying methods may differ, country border lengths reported by contiguous countries may differ. Country

Land boundaries(km)

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

Akrotiri total: 47.4 km border countries: Cyprus 47.4 km

Albania total: 717 km border countries: Greece 282 km, Macedonia 151 km, Montenegro 172 km, Kosovo 112 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 225 km is the boundary of discontiguous Cabinda Province), Republic of the Congo 201 km, Namibia 1,376 km, Zambia 1,110 km