Statistical indicators

EconomyGDP (GWP) (gross world product): (purchasing power parity exchange rates) - $59.38 trillion (2005 est.), $51.48 trillion (2004), $49 trillion (2002)GDP (GWP) (gross world product) (IMF 179 countries ): (market exchange rates) - $43.92 trillion (2005 est.), $40.12 trillion (2004), $32.37 trillion (2002)GDP - real growth rate: 4.3% (2005 est.), 3.8% (2003), 2.7% (2001)GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $9,300 (2005 est.), $8,200 (92) (2003), $7,900 (2002)GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 4% industry: 32% services: 64% (2004 est.)Inflation rate (consumer prices): developed countries 1% to 4% typically; developing countries 5% to 60% typically; national inflation rates vary widely in individual cases, from declining prices in Japan to hyperinflation in several Third World countries (2003)Derivatives outstanding notional amount: $273 trillion (end of June 2004), $84 trillion (end-June 1998)Global debt issuance: $5.187 trillion (2004), $4.938 trillion (2003), $3.938 trillion (2002) (Thomson Financial League Tables)Global equity issuance: $505 billion (2004), $388 billion (2003), $319 billion (2002) (Thomson Financial League Tables)EmploymentUnemployment rate: 30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemploymentIndustriesIndustries: 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 deployment of new industrial (and agricultural) technology is complicating already grim environmental problems.Industrial production growth rate: 3% (2002 est.)EnergyYearly electricity - production: 15,850,000 GWh (2003 est.), 14,850,000 GWh (2001 est.)Yearly electricity - consumption: 14,280,000 GWh (2003 est.), 13,930,000 GWh (2001 est.)Oil - production: 79.65 million bbl/day (2003 est.), 75.46 million barrel/day (12,000,000 m³/d) (2001)Oil - consumption: 80.1 million bbl/day (2003 est.), 76.21 million barrel/day (12,120,000 m³/d) (2001)Oil - proved reserves: 1.025 trillion barrel (163 km³) 37257Natural gas - production: 2,569 km³ (2001 est.)Natural gas - consumption: 2,556 km³ (2001 est.)Natural gas - proved reserves: 161,200 km³ (1 January 2002)Cross-borderYearly exports: $6.6 trillion (f.o.b., 2002 est.)Exports - commodities: the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and servicesExports - partners: US 17.4%, Germany 7.6%, UK 5.4%, France 5.1%, Japan 4.8%, China 4% (2002)Yearly imports: $6.6 trillion (f.o.b., 2002 est.)Imports - commodities: the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and servicesImports - partners: US 11.2%, Germany 9.2%, China 7%, Japan 6.8%, France 4.7%, UK 4% (2002)Debt - external: $2 trillion for less developed countries (2002 est.)Gift economyYearly economic aid - recipient: Official Development Assistance (ODA) $50 billionCommunicationsTelephones - main lines in use: 843,923,500 (2003)1,263,367,600 (2005)Telephones - mobile cellular: 2,168,433,600 (2005)Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 10,350 (2000 est.)Internet users: 1,091,730,861 (December 30, 2006 est.), 604,111,719 (2002 est.)TransportMain article: TransportAirports Total: 49,973 (2004)RoadwayTotal: 32,345,165 kmPaved: 19,403,061 kmUnpaved: 12,942,104 km (2002)RailwaysTotal: 1,122,650 km includes about 190,000 to 195,000 km of electrified routes of which 147,760 km are in Europe, 24,509 km in the Far East, 11,050 km in Africa, 4,223 km in South America, and 4,160 km in North America. And India alone has the length of 63,940 km (39,230 miles) of routes which makes it the second largest rail network in Asia.Broad gauge: 251,153 kmStandard gauge: 710,754 kmnarrow gauge: 239,430 kmMilitaryMilitary expenditures - dollar figure: aggregate real expenditure on arms worldwide in 1999 remained at approximately the 1998 level, about $750 billion (1999)Military expenditures - percent of GDP: roughly 2% of gross world product (1999).