Industries:
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
Industrial production growth rate:
4.6% (2010 est.)
Electricity - production:
19.25 trillion kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - consumption:
17.93 trillion kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - exports:
615.4 billion kWh (2008 est.)