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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$)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>30 907</td><td style='text-align:right;'>26 660</td><td style='text-align:right;'>24 935b</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>3.3</td><td style='text-align:right;'>-30.5</td><td style='text-align:right;'>2.1b</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>GDP per capita (current US$)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>1 334.8</td><td style='text-align:right;'>1 006.1</td><td style='text-align:right;'>855.1b</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>12.1</td><td style='text-align:right;'>18.2</td><td style='text-align:right;'>19b</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>38.7</td><td style='text-align:right;'>20.1</td><td style='text-align:right;'>20.5b</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>49.2</td><td style='text-align:right;'>61.7</td><td style='text-align:right;'>60.5b</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>Employment in agriculture (% of employed)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>24.1</td><td style='text-align:right;'>29.2e</td><td style='text-align:right;'>28.6e,d</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>Employment in industry (% of employed)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>19</td><td style='text-align:right;'>12.8e</td><td style='text-align:right;'>10e,d</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>Employment in services (% employed)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>56.9</td><td style='text-align:right;'>58e</td><td style='text-align:right;'>61.4e,d</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>Unemploymente (% of labour force)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>12.9</td><td style='text-align:right;'>13.4</td><td style='text-align:right;'>12.8d</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>Labour force participation ratee (female/male pop. %)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>10.0 / 68.8</td><td style='text-align:right;'>6.0 / 68.4</td><td style='text-align:right;'>5.7 / 70.2d</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>CPI: Consumer Price Indexe (2010=100)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>100</td><td style='text-align:right;'>158f</td><td style='text-align:right;'>...</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>101</td><td style='text-align:right;'>100</td><td style='text-align:right;'>98b</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>International trade: exports (million current US$)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>6 437</td><td style='text-align:right;'>510</td><td style='text-align:right;'>~0e,d</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>International trade: imports (million current US$)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>9 255</td><td style='text-align:right;'>6 573</td><td style='text-align:right;'>5 298e,d</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>International trade: balance (million current US$)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>- 2 818</td><td style='text-align:right;'>- 6 063</td><td style='text-align:right;'>- 5 298e,d</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>Balance of payments, current account (million US$)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>- 1 054</td><td style='text-align:right;'>- 3 026</td><td style='text-align:right;'>- 2 419g</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 rateh (average annual %)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>2.8</td><td style='text-align:right;'>2.7</td><td style='text-align:right;'>2.4d</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>Urban population (% of total population)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>31.8</td><td style='text-align:right;'>34.8</td><td style='text-align:right;'>37.3b</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>Urban population growth rateh (average annual %)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>4.6</td><td style='text-align:right;'>4.4</td><td style='text-align:right;'>...</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>Fertility rate, totalh (live births per woman)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>5</td><td style='text-align:right;'>4.4</td><td style='text-align:right;'>3.8d</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>Life expectancy at birthh (females/males, years)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>66.4 / 63.1</td><td style='text-align:right;'>67.7 / 64.3</td><td style='text-align:right;'>67.7 / 64.4d</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>42.7 / 4.3</td><td style='text-align:right;'>40.7 / 4.4</td><td style='text-align:right;'>38.4 / 4.7a</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>International migrant stocki,j (000/% of total pop.)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>288.4 / 1.2</td><td style='text-align:right;'>379.9 / 1.4</td><td style='text-align:right;'>387.1 / 1.3d</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>508.6k</td><td style='text-align:right;'>1 540.5</td><td style='text-align:right;'>4 010.0d</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>Infant mortality rateh (per 1 000 live births)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>48.6</td><td style='text-align:right;'>43.3</td><td style='text-align:right;'>43.2d</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>Health: Current expendituree (% of GDP)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>5.2</td><td style='text-align:right;'>4.9</td><td style='text-align:right;'>...</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>0.3l</td><td style='text-align:right;'>0.5f</td><td style='text-align:right;'>...</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>5.2m</td><td style='text-align:right;'>...</td><td style='text-align:right;'>...</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>82.3 / 100.9</td><td style='text-align:right;'>89.4 / 106.6n</td><td style='text-align:right;'>87.1 / 99.9g</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>33.6 / 54.2</td><td style='text-align:right;'>40.0 / 58.2n</td><td style='text-align:right;'>43.3 / 59.6g</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>24.6 / 41.8</td><td style='text-align:right;'>31.6 / 47.2n</td><td style='text-align:right;'>34.5 / 49.5g</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>4.7</td><td style='text-align:right;'>6.8n</td><td style='text-align:right;'>...</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>0.3</td><td style='text-align:right;'>0.3</td><td style='text-align:right;'>0.3o,p</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'><td>Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>12.4</td><td style='text-align:right;'>24.1e</td><td style='text-align:right;'>26.7e,q</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>Threatened species (number)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>269</td><td style='text-align:right;'>287</td><td style='text-align:right;'>329</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>Forested areae (% of land area)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>1</td><td style='text-align:right;'>1</td><td style='text-align:right;'>1r</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>22.4 / 1.0</td><td style='text-align:right;'>11.8 / 0.4</td><td style='text-align:right;'>8.0 / 0.3r</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>Energy production, primary (Petajoules)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>804</td><td style='text-align:right;'>173</td><td style='text-align:right;'>74r</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>14</td><td style='text-align:right;'>7</td><td style='text-align:right;'>5r</td> <tr class='pure-table-odd'><td>Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borderss (000)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>1 025</td><td style='text-align:right;'>367</td><td style='text-align:right;'>...</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>27.9</td><td style='text-align:right;'>27.9</td><td style='text-align:right;'>27.9d</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>64.3 / ...</td><td style='text-align:right;'>61.4 / ...</td><td style='text-align:right;'>60.6 / ...d</td> <tr class='pure-table'><td>Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)</td><td style='text-align:right;'>2.29</td><td style='text-align:right;'>4.99</td><td style='text-align:right;'>28.95r</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>Data refers to the urban agglomeration.</td></tr> <tr><td align='center'>d</td><td>    </td><td>2020</td></tr> <tr><td align='center'>e</td><td>    </td><td>Estimate.</td></tr> <tr><td align='center'>f</td><td>    </td><td>2014</td></tr> <tr><td align='center'>g</td><td>    </td><td>2016</td></tr> <tr><td align='center'>h</td><td>    </td><td>Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.</td></tr> <tr><td align='center'>i</td><td>    </td><td>Refers to foreign citizens.</td></tr> <tr><td align='center'>j</td><td>    </td><td>Including refugees.</td></tr> <tr><td align='center'>k</td><td>    </td><td>Data as at the end of December.</td></tr> <tr><td align='center'>l</td><td>    </td><td>2009</td></tr> <tr><td align='center'>m</td><td>    </td><td>2008</td></tr> <tr><td align='center'>n</td><td>    </td><td>2013</td></tr> <tr><td align='center'>o</td><td>    </td><td>Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.</td></tr> <tr><td align='center'>p</td><td>    </td><td>Corresponds to the composition of the House of Representatives elected in 2003.</td></tr> <tr><td align='center'>q</td><td>    </td><td>2017</td></tr> <tr><td align='center'>r</td><td>    </td><td>2018</td></tr> <tr><td align='center'>s</td><td>    </td><td>Including nationals residing abroad.</td></tr> </tbody></table></div><div id='fade' class='black_overlay'></div> <script> var modal = document.getElementById('myModal'); 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