Rank code: 2195
Country Comparison :: GDP (official exchange rate)
This entry gives the gross domestic product (GDP) or value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. A nation's GDP at official exchange rates (OER) is the home-currency-denominated annual GDP figure divided by the bilateral average US exchange rate with that country in that year. The measure is simple to compute and gives a precise measure of the value of output. Many economists prefer this measure when gauging the economic power an economy maintains vis-a-vis its neighbors, judging that an exchange rate captures the purchasing power a nation enjoys in the international marketplace. Official exchange rates, however, can be artificially fixed and/or subject to manipulation - resulting in claims of the country having an under- or over-valued currency - and are not necessarily the equivalent of a market-determined exchange rate. Moreover, even if the official exchange rate is market-determined, market exchange rates are frequently established by a relatively small set of goods and services (the ones the country trades) and may not capture the value of the larger set of goods the country produces. Furthermore, OER-converted GDP is not well suited to comparing domestic GDP over time, since appreciation/depreciation from one year to the next will make the OER GDP value rise/fall regardless of whether home-currency-denominated GDP changed.
Rank country GDP (official exchange rate) Date of Information
1 European Union $ 18,140,000,000,000 2008 est. 2 United States $ 14,440,000,000,000 2008 est. 3 Japan $ 4,911,000,000,000 2008 est. 4 China $ 4,327,000,000,000 2008 est. 5 Germany $ 3,673,000,000,000 2008 est. 6 France $ 2,867,000,000,000 2008 est. 7 United Kingdom $ 2,680,000,000,000 2008 est. 8 Italy $ 2,314,000,000,000 2008 est. 9 Russia $ 1,677,000,000,000 2008 est. 10 Spain $ 1,602,000,000,000 2008 est. 11 Brazil $ 1,573,000,000,000 2008 est. 12 Canada $ 1,500,000,000,000 2008 est. 13 India $ 1,207,000,000,000 2008 est. 14 Mexico $ 1,088,000,000,000 2008 est. 15 Australia $ 1,013,000,000,000 2008 est. 16 Korea, South $ 929,100,000,000 2008 est. 17 Netherlands $ 877,000,000,000 2008 est. 18 Turkey $ 730,000,000,000 2008 est. 19 Poland $ 527,900,000,000 2008 est. 20 Indonesia $ 511,800,000,000 2008 est. 21 Belgium $ 506,200,000,000 2008 22 Switzerland $ 500,300,000,000 2008 est. 23 Sweden $ 479,000,000,000 2008 est. 24 Saudi Arabia $ 469,400,000,000 2008 est. 25 Norway $ 451,800,000,000 2008 est. 26 Austria $ 414,800,000,000 2008 est. 27 Taiwan $ 391,400,000,000 2008 est. 28 Greece $ 357,500,000,000 2008 est. 29 Denmark $ 340,000,000,000 2008 est. 30 Iran $ 335,200,000,000 2008 est. 31 Argentina $ 324,800,000,000 2008 est. 32 Venezuela $ 319,400,000,000 2008 est. 33 South Africa $ 276,800,000,000 2008 est. 34 Thailand $ 273,300,000,000 2008 est. 35 Finland $ 271,900,000,000 2008 est. 36 Ireland $ 267,600,000,000 2008 est. 37 United Arab Emirates $ 262,200,000,000 2008 est. 38 Portugal $ 244,600,000,000 2008 est. 39 Colombia $ 240,800,000,000 2008 est. 40 Malaysia $ 221,600,000,000 2008 est. 41 Czech Republic $ 216,400,000,000 2008 est. 42 Hong Kong $ 215,400,000,000 2008 est. 43 Nigeria $ 207,100,000,000 2008 est. 44 Israel $ 202,100,000,000 2008 est. 45 Romania $ 200,100,000,000 2008 est. 46 Singapore $ 181,900,000,000 2008 est. 47 Ukraine $ 179,600,000,000 2008 est. 48 Chile $ 169,500,000,000 2008 est. 49 Philippines $ 166,900,000,000 2008 est. 50 Pakistan $ 164,600,000,000 2008 est. 51 Egypt $ 162,600,000,000 2008 est. 52 Algeria $ 159,700,000,000 2008 est. 53 Kuwait $ 158,100,000,000 2008 est. 54 Hungary $ 155,900,000,000 2008 est. 55 Kazakhstan $ 135,600,000,000 2008 est. 56 New Zealand $ 128,400,000,000 2008 est. 57 Peru $ 127,500,000,000 2008 est. 58 Qatar $ 102,300,000,000 2008 est. 59 Slovakia $ 95,400,000,000 2008 est. 60 Iraq $ 91,450,000,000 2008 est. 61 Libya $ 89,920,000,000 2008 est. 62 Vietnam $ 89,830,000,000 2008 est. 63 Morocco $ 88,880,000,000 2008 est. 64 Puerto Rico $ 88,000,000,000 2008 est. 65 Angola $ 84,950,000,000 2008 est. 66 Bangladesh $ 84,200,000,000 2008 est. 67 Croatia $ 69,360,000,000 2008 est. 68 Belarus $ 60,300,000,000 2008 est. 69 Oman $ 59,950,000,000 2008 est. 70 Sudan $ 58,030,000,000 2008 est. 71 Syria $ 55,020,000,000 2008 est. 72 Luxembourg $ 54,970,000,000 2008 est. 73 Cuba $ 54,710,000,000 2008 est. 74 Ecuador $ 54,690,000,000 2008 est. 75 Slovenia $ 54,640,000,000 2008 est. 76 Serbia $ 50,060,000,000 2008 est. 77 Bulgaria $ 49,900,000,000 2008 78 Lithuania $ 47,300,000,000 2008 est. 79 Azerbaijan $ 46,380,000,000 2008 est. 80 Dominican Republic $ 44,440,000,000 2008 est. 81 Tunisia $ 40,840,000,000 2008 est. 82 Sri Lanka $ 39,600,000,000 2008 est. 83 Guatemala $ 38,980,000,000 2008 est. 84 Latvia $ 33,980,000,000 2008 est. 85 Uruguay $ 32,190,000,000 2008 est. 86 Costa Rica $ 29,660,000,000 2008 est. 87 Kenya $ 29,560,000,000 2008 est. 88 Lebanon $ 29,350,000,000 2008 est. 89 Turkmenistan $ 29,160,000,000 2008 est. 90 Uzbekistan $ 27,920,000,000 2008 est. 91 Yemen $ 26,910,000,000 2008 est. 92 Ethiopia $ 26,390,000,000 2008 est. 93 Burma $ 26,210,000,000 2008 est. 94 Korea, North $ 26,200,000,000 2008 est. 95 Trinidad and Tobago $ 25,930,000,000 2008 est. 96 Cyprus $ 24,920,000,000 2008 est. 97 Cameroon $ 23,730,000,000 2008 est. 98 Estonia $ 23,550,000,000 2008 est. 99 Cote d'Ivoire $ 23,510,000,000 2008 est. 100 Panama $ 23,090,000,000 2008 est. 101 El Salvador $ 22,120,000,000 2008 est. 102 Macau $ 22,040,000,000 2008 est. 103 Bahrain $ 21,240,000,000 2008 est. 104 Jordan $ 21,230,000,000 2008 est. 105 Tanzania $ 20,670,000,000 2008 est. 106 Equatorial Guinea $ 18,530,000,000 2008 est. 107 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 18,470,000,000 2008 est. 108 Iceland $ 16,790,000,000 2008 est. 109 Ghana $ 16,650,000,000 2008 est. 110 Bolivia $ 16,600,000,000 2008 est. 111 Paraguay $ 16,010,000,000 2008 est. 112 Zambia $ 14,650,000,000 2008 est. 113 Uganda $ 14,570,000,000 2008 est. 114 Brunei $ 14,550,000,000 2008 est. 115 Gabon $ 14,540,000,000 2008 est. 116 Jamaica $ 14,030,000,000 2008 est. 117 Honduras $ 14,000,000,000 2008 est. 118 Botswana $ 13,460,000,000 2008 est. 119 Senegal $ 13,350,000,000 2008 est. 120 Albania $ 12,960,000,000 2008 est. 121 Georgia $ 12,860,000,000 2008 est. 122 Nepal $ 12,280,000,000 2008 est. 123 Armenia $ 11,920,000,000 2008 est. 124 Afghanistan $ 11,710,000,000 2008 est. 125 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 11,630,000,000 2008 est. 126 Cambodia $ 11,250,000,000 2008 est. 127 Congo, Republic of the $ 10,770,000,000 2008 est. 128 Zimbabwe $ 10,580,000,000 2008 est. 129 Mozambique $ 9,897,000,000 2008 est. 130 Macedonia $ 9,569,000,000 2008 est. 131 Madagascar $ 9,463,000,000 2008 est. 132 Namibia $ 8,835,000,000 2008 est. 133 Mali $ 8,774,000,000 2008 est. 134 Mauritius $ 8,738,000,000 2008 est. 135 Chad $ 8,400,000,000 2008 est. 136 Malta $ 8,370,000,000 2008 est. 137 Burkina Faso $ 8,116,000,000 2008 est. 138 Papua New Guinea $ 8,092,000,000 2008 est. 139 Bahamas, The $ 7,564,000,000 2008 est. 140 Haiti $ 6,943,000,000 2008 est. 141 Benin $ 6,712,000,000 2008 est. 142 Gaza Strip $ 6,641,000,000 2008 est. 143 West Bank $ 6,641,000,000 2008 est. 144 Nicaragua $ 6,365,000,000 2008 est. 145 French Polynesia $ 6,100,000,000 2004 146 Moldova $ 6,047,000,000 2008 est. 147 Niger $ 5,382,000,000 2008 est. 148 Laos $ 5,374,000,000 2008 est. 149 Mongolia $ 5,243,000,000 2008 est. 150 Tajikistan $ 5,135,000,000 2008 est. 151 Jersey $ 5,100,000,000 2005 est. 152 Kyrgyzstan $ 5,050,000,000 2008 est. 153 Liechtenstein $ 4,993,000,000 2007 154 Montenegro $ 4,848,000,000 2008 est. 155 Guinea $ 4,517,000,000 2008 est. 156 Rwanda $ 4,459,000,000 2008 est. 157 Malawi $ 4,268,000,000 2008 est. 158 Barbados $ 3,670,000,000 2008 est. 159 Fiji $ 3,589,000,000 2008 est. 160 New Caledonia $ 3,300,000,000 2003 est. 161 Kosovo $ 3,237,000,000 2007 est. 162 Mauritania $ 3,161,000,000 2008 est. 163 Suriname $ 2,933,000,000 2008 est. 164 Togo $ 2,890,000,000 2008 est. 165 Swaziland $ 2,840,000,000 2008 est. 166 Guernsey $ 2,742,000,000 2005 167 Isle of Man $ 2,719,000,000 2005 est. 168 Somalia $ 2,600,000,000 2008 est. 169 Aruba $ 2,258,000,000 2005 est. 170 Central African Republic $ 1,997,000,000 2008 est. 171 Sierra Leone $ 1,953,000,000 2008 est. 172 Cape Verde $ 1,744,000,000 2008 est. 173 Faroe Islands $ 1,700,000,000 2005 est. 174 Greenland $ 1,700,000,000 2005 175 Lesotho $ 1,618,000,000 2008 est. 176 Eritrea $ 1,479,000,000 2008 est. 177 Bhutan $ 1,389,000,000 2008 est. 178 Belize $ 1,359,000,000 2008 est. 179 Maldives $ 1,261,000,000 2008 est. 180 Antigua and Barbuda $ 1,224,000,000 2008 est. 181 Guyana $ 1,154,000,000 2008 est. 182 Burundi $ 1,097,000,000 2008 est. 183 Gibraltar $ 1,066,000,000 2005 est. 184 San Marino $ 1,048,000,000 2004 185 Saint Lucia $ 987,000,000 2008 est. 186 Djibouti $ 982,000,000 2008 est. 187 Liberia $ 850,000,000 2008 est. 188 British Virgin Islands $ 839,700,000 2003 189 Seychelles $ 822,000,000 2008 est. 190 Gambia, The $ 810,000,000 2008 est. 191 Grenada $ 678,000,000 2008 est. 192 Solomon Islands $ 642,000,000 2008 est. 193 Northern Mariana Islands $ 633,400,000 2000 194 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 601,000,000 2008 est. 195 Vanuatu $ 573,000,000 2008 est. 196 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 546,000,000 2008 est. 197 Comoros $ 532,000,000 2008 est. 198 Samoa $ 500,000,000 2008 est. 199 Timor-Leste $ 499,000,000 2008 est. 200 American Samoa $ 462,200,000 2005 201 Guinea-Bissau $ 461,000,000 2008 est. 202 Dominica $ 364,000,000 2008 est. 203 Tonga $ 258,000,000 2008 est. 204 Micronesia, Federated States of $ 238,100,000 2008 205 Cook Islands $ 183,200,000 2005 est. 206 Sao Tome and Principe $ 175,000,000 2008 est. 207 Palau $ 164,000,000 2008 208 Marshall Islands $ 161,700,000 2008 est. 209 Kiribati $ 137,000,000 2008 est. 210 Anguilla $ 108,900,000 2004 est. 211 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) $ 105,100,000 2002 est. 212 Tuvalu $ 14,940,000 2002 213 Niue $ 10,010,000 2003
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Rank code: 2196
Country Comparison :: Trafficking in persons
Trafficking in persons is modern-day slavery, involving victims who are forced, defrauded, or coerced into labor or sexual exploitation. The International Labor Organization (ILO), the UN agency charged with addressing labor standards, employment, and social protection issues, estimates that 12.3 million people worldwide are enslaved in forced labor, bonded labor, forced child labor, sexual servitude, and involuntary servitude at any given time. Human trafficking is a multi-dimensional threat, depriving people of their human rights and freedoms, risking global health, promoting social breakdown, inhibiting development by depriving countries of their human capital, and helping fuel the growth of organized crime. In 2000, the US Congress passed the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), reauthorized in 2003 and 2005, which provides tools for the US to combat trafficking in persons, both domestically and abroad. One of the law's key components is the creation of the US Department of State's annual Trafficking in Persons Report, which assesses the government response (i.e., the current situation) in some 150 countries with a significant number of victims trafficked across their borders who are recruited, harbored, transported, provided, or obtained for forced labor or sexual exploitation. Countries in the annual report are rated in three tiers, based on government efforts to combat trafficking. The countries identified in this entry are those listed in the 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report as Tier 2 Watch List or Tier 3 based on the following tier rating definitions: Tier 2 Watch List countries do not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but are making significant efforts to do so, and meet one of the following criteria: 1. they display high or significantly increasing number of victims, 2. they have failed to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat trafficking in persons, or, 3. they have committed to take action over the next year. Tier 3 countries neither satisfy the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking nor demonstrate a significant effort to do so. Countries in this tier are subject to potential non-humanitarian and non-trade sanctions.
Rank country Trafficking in persons Date of Information