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<!DOCTYPE html><html lang='en'><head><meta charset='utf-8'> <title>UNData app</title> <meta name='UNData app' content='Mobile application includes 50+ statistical indicators for 229 countries/territories. 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style='font-size:3.3vmax;'>2010</td> <td style='text-align:right; style='font-size:3.3vmax;'>2015</td> <td style='text-align:right; style='font-size:3.3vmax;'>2021</td> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>1 969 815</td><td style='text-align:right;'>2 314 902</td><td style='text-align:right;'>2 460 599b</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>5.7</td><td style='text-align:right;'>2.8</td><td style='text-align:right;'>3b</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>GDP per capita (current US$)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>1 898.1</td><td style='text-align:right;'>1 960.4</td><td style='text-align:right;'>1 883.6b</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>Employment in agriculturec (% of employed)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>53.4</td><td style='text-align:right;'>50.4</td><td style='text-align:right;'>48.7d</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>Employment in industryc (% of employed)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>12.2</td><td style='text-align:right;'>13</td><td style='text-align:right;'>13.3d</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>Employment in servicesc (% employed)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>34.3</td><td style='text-align:right;'>36.7</td><td style='text-align:right;'>38.1d</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>Unemploymentc (% of labour force)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>6.5</td><td style='text-align:right;'>6.6</td><td style='text-align:right;'>6.8d</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>Labour force participation ratec (female/male pop. %)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>54.8 / 74.6</td><td style='text-align:right;'>54.0 / 72.8</td><td style='text-align:right;'>54.4 / 72.0d</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>86</td><td style='text-align:right;'>101</td><td style='text-align:right;'>110b</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>International trade: exports (million current US$)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>496 594</td><td style='text-align:right;'>402 988</td><td style='text-align:right;'>567 007d</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>International trade: imports (million current US$)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>468 435</td><td style='text-align:right;'>547 529</td><td style='text-align:right;'>601 399d</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>International trade: balance (million current US$)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>28 159</td><td style='text-align:right;'>- 144 542</td><td style='text-align:right;'>- 34 393d</td> </tbody></table></details> <details> <summary>Social indicators</summary> <table style='width:100%' class='pure-table'> <col style='width:25%'><col style='width:24%'><col style='width:24%'><col style='width:27%'> <thead> <tr class='pure-table'> <td></td> <td style='text-align:right; style='font-size:3.3vmax;'>2010</td> <td style='text-align:right; style='font-size:3.3vmax;'>2015</td> <td style='text-align:right; style='font-size:3.3vmax;'>2021</td> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class='pure-table'><td>Population growth ratee (average annual %)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>2.5</td><td style='text-align:right;'>2.6</td><td style='text-align:right;'>2.5d</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>Urban population (% of total population)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>38.9</td><td style='text-align:right;'>41.2</td><td style='text-align:right;'>43b</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>Urban population growth ratee (average annual %)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>3.6</td><td style='text-align:right;'>3.7</td><td style='text-align:right;'>...</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>Fertility rate, totale (live births per woman)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>4.9</td><td style='text-align:right;'>4.7</td><td style='text-align:right;'>4.4d</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>Life expectancy at birthe (females/males, years)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>58.3 / 55.2</td><td style='text-align:right;'>61.9 / 58.6</td><td style='text-align:right;'>64.4 / 60.9d</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>41.5 / 5.1</td><td style='text-align:right;'>41.1 / 5.3</td><td style='text-align:right;'>40.1 / 5.6a</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>17 806.7 / 1.7</td><td style='text-align:right;'>22 860.8 / 1.9</td><td style='text-align:right;'>25 389.5 / 1.9d</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>...</td><td style='text-align:right;'>17 067.3</td><td style='text-align:right;'>32 536.2d</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>Infant mortality ratee (per 1 000 live births)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>67.7</td><td style='text-align:right;'>55.9</td><td style='text-align:right;'>47.5d</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>Intentional homicide ratec (per 100 000 pop.)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>12.7</td><td style='text-align:right;'>12.8</td><td style='text-align:right;'>12.9f</td> </tbody></table></details> <details> <summary>Environment and infrastructure indicators</summary> <table style='width:100%' class='pure-table'> <col style='width:25%'><col style='width:24%'><col style='width:24%'><col style='width:27%'> <thead> <tr class='pure-table'> <td></td> <td style='text-align:right; style='font-size:3.3vmax;'>2010</td> <td style='text-align:right; style='font-size:3.3vmax;'>2015</td> <td style='text-align:right; style='font-size:3.3vmax;'>2021</td> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>Forested area (% of land area)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>22.7</td><td style='text-align:right;'>22</td><td style='text-align:right;'>21.6f</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>Energy production, primary (Petajoules)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>47 407</td><td style='text-align:right;'>44 689</td><td style='text-align:right;'>46 827f</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>27</td><td style='text-align:right;'>27</td><td style='text-align:right;'>26f</td> </tbody></table></details> </ul></div> <div id='light' class='white_content'><table width='100%'><tr><td width='90%' style='font-size: 4vw;'>Footnotes</td> <td width='10%' align='right'><a onclick='show_none()'>   </a></td> </tr></table><table class='pure-table-horizontal'><tbody> <tr><td align='center'>a</td><td>    </td><td>Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).</td></tr> <tr><td align='center'>b</td><td>    </td><td>2019</td></tr> <tr><td align='center'>c</td><td>    </td><td>Estimate.</td></tr> <tr><td align='center'>d</td><td>    </td><td>2020</td></tr> <tr><td align='center'>e</td><td>    </td><td>Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.</td></tr> <tr><td align='center'>f</td><td>    </td><td>2018</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><div id='fade' class='black_overlay'></div> </body></html>