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OCTOBER 13 , 2000 VOL. 26 NO.40 | SEARCH ASIAWEEK

The Bottom Line
Ranked By Exports 12 months

country Exports GDP growth Per-capita GDP (PPP) Per-capita GNP (nom.) POP (m.)

Pop growth
%

Inflation Curr. acct. Reserves GDP (PPP) People/ Phone Life expect. Literacy Urban Pop.
U.S. $730b. 5.6% $33,872 $33,799 274.6 1.0% 3.4% -$393.5b. $56.0b. $9,256b. 1.3 77 95.5% 77%
Germany $541b. 3.1% $22,623 $25,488 82.6 0.3% 1.8% -$21.1b. $61.7b. $1,857b. 1.8 76 100.0% 87%
Japan $442b. 1.0% $23,780 $34,715 126.8 0.3% -0.8% $117.5b. $338.1b. $2,968b. 1.5 80 100.0% 79%
France $292b. 3.4% $21,897 $24,018 59.3 0.5% 1.8% $36.7b. $38.5b. $1,294b. 1.5 78 99.0% 75%
Britain $277b. 3.1% $20,890 $24,770 59.1 0.3% 3.0% -$17.5b. $28.3b. $1,227b. 1.9 77 100.0% 90%
Canada $254b. 5.3% $24,482 $20,242 30.6 0.9% 2.5% $2.2b. $30.5b. $746b. 1.3 79 99.0% 78%
Italy $232b. 2.6% $20,850 $20,115 57.8 0.1% 2.7% -$1.6b. $25.5b. $1,196b. 1.9 78 98.1% 67%
China $219b. 8.3% $3,291 $783 1,275.0 1.0% 0.3% $15.7b. $158.0b. $4,114b. 11.6 71 81.5% 33%
Hong Kong $185b. 10.8% $20,485 $23,597 7.0 2.3% -2.7% $9.2b. $96.3b. $146b. 1.5 79 92.2% 95%
South Korea $167b. 9.6% $14,806 $8,581 47.1 0.9% 3.9% $14.7b. $91.3b. $694b. 2.1 72 97.4% 84%
Mexico $154b. 7.6% $7,930 $4,838 98.2 1.9% 9.1% -$14.8b. $31.9b. $772b. 7.6 74 90.3% 76%
Taiwan $130b. 5.4% $17,495 $13,248 22.1 0.8% 1.5% $6.1b. $113.1b. $381b. 1.8 75 93.2% 58%
Singapore $127b. 8.0% $25,353 $22,710 3.9 0.7% 1.2% $20.7b. $75.2b. $99b. 2.0 78 94.0% 100%
Switzerland $93.9b. 3.4% $26,420 $37,145 7.2 0.6% 1.3% $29.2b. $30.1b. $188b. 1.1 79 100.0% 62%
Russia $88.5b. 8.4% $6,339 $1,235 147.2 -0.1% 20.2% $31.5b. $20.0b. $634b. 5.1 68 99.5% 77%
Malaysia $88.0b. 8.8% $8,513 $3,248 23.0 2.4% 1.5% $12.6b. $33.4b. $193b. 5.0 72 93.7% 56%
Thailand $63.5b. 6.6% $5,757 $1,949 62.6 1.5% 2.2% $11.0b. $31.1b. $368b. 12.1 69 93.8% 36%
Australia $58.5b. 4.7% $23,145 $20,142 19.1 1.2% 3.2% -$20.9b. $16.0b. $389b. 1.5 78 99.5% 86%
Indonesia $55.4b. 4.1% $2,685 $617 209.4 1.6% 6.1% $6.2b. $26.3b. $558b. 34.4 65 84.4% 38%
Brazil $52.6b. 3.9% $6,418 $4,710 165.9 1.9% 6.3% -$23.8b. $29.3b. $1,052b. 6.6 68 83.3% 78%
Saudi Arabia $48.5b. 0.5% $10,265 $6,648 20.9 2.8% -0.5% -$1.7b. $16.8b. $204b. 7.0 70 64.1% 85%
India $39.8b. 7.2% $2,167 $436 1,000.0 1.9% 5.2% -$4.2b. $33.8b. $1,710b. 45.5 62 52.1% 28%
Philippines $36.4b. 4.5% $3,622 $1,046 75.8 2.0% 4.6% $8.0b. $14.1b. $272b. 27.0 68 94.0% 57%
Turkey $30.0b. 5.8% $6,126 $2,820 65.5 2.1% 53.2% -$5.5b. $24.6b. $397b. 4.0 68 81.9% 73%
South Africa $29.2b. 2.5% $8,503 $2,979 43.5 2.2% 5.1% -$0.8b. $6.4b. $366b. 6.9 65 81.8% 51%
Iran $16.2b. 2.6% $5,178 $2,500 68.5 3.4% 19.3% -$1.9b. $5.0b. $349b. 8.2 70 68.6% 61%
New Zealand $13.1b. 4.5% $17,025 $13,020 3.8 1.0% 2.0% -$4.5b. $3.4b. $65b. 1.4 77 99.8% 87%
Nigeria $12.9b. 2.3% $930 $340 110.6 2.9% -1.7% $0.5b. $4.1b. $99b. 257.8 53 57.1% 39%
Vietnam $10.0b. 4.0% $1,755 $370 80.3 2.3% -1.2% $0.7b. $2.1b. $137b. 38.8 68 91.9% 21%
Pakistan $8.5b. 4.5% $1,774 $492 138.6 2.6% 5.1% -$1.8b. $1.4b. $219b. 49.0 63 37.8% 35%
Egypt $5.7b. 5.3% $3,303 $1,390 65.5 2.2% 2.8% -$1.5b. $14.0b. $214b. 16.6 65 51.4% 45%
Bangladesh $5.5b. 4.4% $1,410 $299 130.0 2.2% 3.8% -$0.3b. $1.6b. $181b. 336.5 60 38.1% 20%
Sri Lanka $4.7b. 6.3% $3,105 $827 19.1 1.2% 9.9% -$0.3b. $1.4b. $59b. 27.6 73 89.3% 23%
Brunei $2.6b. 2.5% $20,100 $20,400 0.3 3.2% 1.0% $0.8b. $20.0b. $6.3b. 3.8 76 89.2% 67%
Macau $2.2b. -2.9% $17,500 $14,145 0.4 2.0% -1.5% $2.3b. $2.3b. $7.8b. 1.5 76 74.8% 94%
Kenya $2.0b. 1.8% $1,135 $325 32.2 3.4% 6.6% -$0.4b. $0.8b. $34b. 62.7 59 78.1% 31%
P. N. Guinea $1.9b. 3.9% $2,700 $800 4.4 2.3% 13.2% $0.09b. $0.2b. $12b. 49.0 57 72.2% 17%
Myanmar $1.2b. 4.5% $1,200 $765 48.9 2.1% 3.6% -$0.4b. $0.3b. $57b. 194.1 60 82.0% 27%
Cambodia $1.0b. 4.0% $1,240 $270 11.0 2.5% -3.3% -$0.1b. $0.5b. $14b. 397.1 53 37.8% 22%
Nepal $0.6b. 3.3% $1,100 $225 23.4 2.3% 1.8% -$0.06b. $1.0b. $25b. 112.9 57 27.5% 14%
Fiji $0.5b. 7.8% $3,580 $2,219 0.8 1.5% -1.0% -$0.05b. $0.4b. $3.0b. 8.9 73 90.1% 40%
Mongolia $0.5b. 3.5% $1,496 $396 2.5 1.7% 4.4% -$0.1b. $0.2b. $3.7b. 24.2 65 95.0% 62%
Laos $0.4b. 4.0% $1,726 $263 5.4 2.9% 86.7% -$0.2b. $0.1b. $9.1b. 153.6 53 56.6% 22%
Afghanistan $0.2b. 6.0% $720 $150 21.9 1.9% 14.0% -$0.1b. $0.2b. $14b. 390.0 46 31.6% 20%
Bhutan $0.1b. 6.0% $1,570 $510 0.8 2.3% 9.2% -$0.1b. $0.3b. $1.2b. 66.5 61 42.2% 7%
Maldives $0.1b. 6.8% $3,395 $1,167 0.3 3.0% 2.6% -$0.06b. $0.1b. $0.9b. 12.5 67 92.6% 32%

These figures are the latest available from national and multilateral sources (telephone data from Intl. Telecom. Union). These statistics will appear only occasionally: GDP (PPP), savings, foreign debt, literacy rate, urban population, people per doctor, infant mortality, people per TV and calorie intake. Gross domestic product (GDP) is the value of all goods and services produced in one year. Purchasing Power Parity (PPP, based on World Bank ratios) takes into account price differences between countries, for a more accurate measure of national wealth. Gross National Product (GNP) is GDP plus payments from abroad from investments and labor, minus similar payments to foreigners.


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