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DATA ON GDP AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION| Central bank |  | 78 | ||||||||||||||||
| Reserves of foreign exchange and gold | | 79 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gross Domestic Product - GDP | | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) | | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Real GDP growth | |
2009: 31.0% (estimate) 2010: 32.0% (forecast) | ||||||||||||||||
| GDP per capita - current prices | | 33 | ||||||||||||||||
| GDP per capita - PPP | | 34 | ||||||||||||||||
| GDP (PPP) - share of world total | | 35 | ||||||||||||||||
| GDP - composition by sector | |
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| Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP) | | 39 | ||||||||||||||||
| Inflation | | 40% (2008) 41% (2009) | ||||||||||||||||
| Unemployment rate | | 42 83 84 | ||||||||||||||||
| Household saving rates | | 43 | ||||||||||||||||
| Public debt (% of GDP) | | 44 | ||||||||||||||||
| Government bond ratings | | Standard & Poor's: 45 Moody's rating: 46 Moody's outlook: 47 (Foreign Currency Government Bond Ratings; Data last updated Nov 2009) | ||||||||||||||||
| Market value of publicly traded shares | | 48 | ||||||||||||||||
| Largest companies in Afghanistan | | 77 | ||||||||||||||||
| FT top 50 banks in the world by market value 2009 | |
DATA ON TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS| Current account balance | | 49 | ||||||
| Shares in world total merchandising export | | 51 | ||||||
| Shares in world total commercial services export | | 52 | ||||||
| Total exports | | 53 | ||||||
| Export commodities | | 54 | ||||||
| Total imports | | 55 | ||||||
| Import commodities | | 56 | ||||||
| Exports - major partners | | 57 | ||||||
| Imports - major partners | | 58 | ||||||
| FDI inflows | |
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| FDI outflows | |
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| Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser | |
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| Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2007 (Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal) | | 66(2009) (for a monthly update on M&A click here ) | ||||||
| Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2008 (Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal) | | 67(2009) (2009) (for a monthly update on M&A click here ) | ||||||
Best countries for doing business (ranking by country on a basis of 181, the first is the best) | | Overall ranking: 68(2009) (2009) Subcategories: Starting a business: 69 Employing workers: 70(2009) Registering property: 71(2009) Getting credit: 72 Protecting investors: 73(2008 estimate) Trading across border: 74(2009) (2009) | ||||||
| Global competitiveness ranking (ranking by country on a basis of 133, the first is the best) | | 75(2009) | ||||||
| Economic freedom index | | 76.0 (2009) (100=totally free 0=totally repressed ) |
COUNTRY AND POPULATION OVERVIEW| Time zone | | 1 |
| Total area | | 2 |
| Capital | | 3 |
| Currency | | 4 |
| Government type | | 5 |
| Languages | | 6 |
| Religions | | 7 |
| Total population | | 8 |
| Urban population as % of total population | | 9 |
| Population median age | | 10 |
| Population growth rate | | 11 |
| Life expectancy | | 12 |
| Adult literacy | | 13 |
| % of population living on less than $2 a day | | 14 |
| Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index) | | 15 (0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality) |
| Freedom House rating | | 16 (1 represents the most free, 7 the least free) |
| Total telephone subscribers as % of population | | 17 (sum of fixed telephone lines and mobile cellular subscribers) |
| Internet users as % of total population | | 18 |
| Cost of living - Mercer index (ranking by city on a basis of 143; the 1st is the most expensive and the 143rd is the least expensive; New York is the base city) | | New York - Index: 100 (Base) 19 |
| CO2 emissions | | 20 (metric tons of CO2 per capita) |
GLOBAL FINANCE RANKINGS AND AWARDSARTICLES AND COUNTRIES REPORTS FROM GLOBAL FINANCE ARCHIVE
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