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World General:
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| Did You Know?
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Per Capita Income Luxemburg has the highest per capita income ($55,100 in 2003), and East Timor has the lowest ($500 in 2001).
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Americans at age 65 or older. Today, about 13% of Americans, or 35 million people, are aged 65 and older. But between 2010 and 2030, this segment of the population is expected to swell to over 69 million, and one in five of us will be considered “elderly.” By 2050, the elderly population is projected to reach 79 million. (U.S. Census Bureau)
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Deaths from HIV/AIDS South Africa has the most people who died of AIDS (370,000 in 2003), compared to Svalbard (0 in 2001).
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Teen Pregnancy USA has the highest rate of teen pregnancy among the industrialized countries.
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$17 billion spent on pet food a year in Europe and USA According to the UN, Americans and Europeans together spend $17 billion a year on pet food, $4 billion more than the estimated yearly additional amount needed to provide everyone in the world with basic health and nutrition.
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| Per Capita Income
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This entry shows GDP on a purchasing power parity basis divided by population as of 1 July for the same year.
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GDP -
per capita (US Dollar)
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Afghanistan
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$800 (2008 est.)
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Albania
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$6,000 (2008 est.)
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| Algeria
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$7,000 (2008 est.)
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American Samoa
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$8,000 (2007 est.)
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Andorra
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$42,500 (2007)
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Angola
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$8,800 (2008 est.)
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Anguilla
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$8,800 (2004 est.)
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Antigua and Barbuda
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$19,000 (2008 est.)
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Argentina
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$14,200 (2008 est.)
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Armenia
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$6,400 (2008 est.)
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Aruba
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$21,800 (2004 est.)
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Australia
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$38,100 (2008 est.)
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Austria
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$39,200 (2008 est.)
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Azerbaijan
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$9,000 (2008 est.)
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Bahamas, The
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$28,600 (2008 est.)
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Bahrain
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$37,200 (2008 est.)
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Bangladesh
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$1,500 (2008 est.)
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Barbados
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$19,300 (2008 est.)
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Belarus
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$11,800 (2008 est.)
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Belgium
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$37,500 (2008 est.)
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Belize
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$8,600 (2008 est.)
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Benin
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$1,500 (2008 est.)
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Bermuda
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$69,900 (2004 est.)
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Bhutan
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$5,600 (2008 est.)
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Bolivia
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$4,500 (2008 est.)
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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$6,500 (2008 est.)
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Botswana
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$13,300 (2008 est.)
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Brazil
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$10,100 (2008 est.)
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British Virgin Islands
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$38,500 (2004 est.)
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Brunei
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$53,100 (2008 est.)
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Bulgaria
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$12,900 (2008 est.)
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Burkina Faso
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$1,200 (2008 est.)
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Burma
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$1,200 (2008 est.)
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Burundi
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$400 (2008 est.)
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Cambodia
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$2,000 (2008 est.)
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Cameroon
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$2,300 (2008 est.)
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Canada
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$39,300 (2008 est.)
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Cape Verde
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$3,800 (2008 est.)
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Cayman Islands
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$43,800 (2004 est.)
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Central African Republic
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$700 (2008 est.)
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Chad
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$1,600 (2008 est.)
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Chile
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$14,900 (2008 est.)
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China
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$6,000 (2008 est.)
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Colombia
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$8,900 (2008 est.)
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Comoros
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$1,000 (2008 est.)
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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$300 (2008 est.)
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Congo, Republic of the
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$4,000 (2008 est.)
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Cook Islands
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$9,100 (2005 est.)
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Costa Rica
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$11,600 (2008 est.)
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Cote d'Ivoire
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$1,700 (2008 est.)
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Croatia
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$16,100 (2008 est.)
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Cuba
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$9,500 (2008 est.)
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Cyprus
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$28,600 (2008 est.)
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Czech Republic
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$26,100 (2008 est.)
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Denmark
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$37,400 (2008 est.)
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Djibouti
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$3,700 (2008 est.)
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Dominica
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$9,900 (2008 est.)
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Dominican Republic
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$8,100 (2008 est.)
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Ecuador
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$7,500 (2008 est.)
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Egypt
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$5,400 (2008 est.)
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El Salvador
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$6,200 (2008 est.)
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Equatorial Guinea
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$31,400 (2008 est.)
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Eritrea
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$700 (2008 est.)
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Estonia
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$21,200 (2008 est.)
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Ethiopia
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$800 (2008 est.)
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European Union
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$33,400 (2008 est.)
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
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$35,400 (2002 est.)
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Faroe Islands
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$31,000 (2001 est.)
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Fiji
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$3,900 (2008 est.)
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Finland
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$37,200 (2008 est.)
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France
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$32,700 (2008 est.)
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French Polynesia
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$18,000 (2004 est.)
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Gabon
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$14,400 (2008 est.)
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Gambia, The
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$1,300 (2008 est.)
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Gaza Strip
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$2,900 (includes West Bank) (2008 est.)
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Georgia
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$4,700 (2008 est.)
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Germany
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$34,800 (2008 est.)
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Ghana
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$1,500 (2008 est.)
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Gibraltar
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$38,200 (2005 est.)
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Greece
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$32,000 (2008 est.)
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Greenland
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$20,000 (2001 est.)
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Grenada
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$13,400 (2008 est.)
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Guam
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$15,000 (2005 est.)
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Guatemala
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$5,200 (2008 est.)
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Guernsey
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$44,600 (2005)
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Guinea
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$1,100 (2008 est.)
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Guinea-Bissau
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$600 (2008 est.)
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Guyana
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$3,900 (2008 est.)
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Haiti
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$1,300 (2008 est.)
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Honduras
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$4,400 (2008 est.)
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Hong Kong
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$43,800 (2008 est.)
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Hungary
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$19,800 (2008 est.)
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Iceland
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$39,900 (2008 est.)
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India
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$2,800 (2008 est.)
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Indonesia
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$3,900 (2008 est.)
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Iran
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$12,800 (2008 est.)
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Iraq
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$4,000 (2008 est.)
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Ireland
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$46,200 (2008 est.)
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Isle of Man
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$35,000 (2005 est.)
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Israel
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$28,200 (2008 est.)
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Italy
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$31,000 (2008 est.)
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Jamaica
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$7,400 (2008 est.)
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Japan
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$34,200 (2008 est.)
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Jersey
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$57,000 (2005 est.)
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Jordan
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$5,000 (2008 est.)
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Kazakhstan
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$11,500 (2008 est.)
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Kenya
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$1,600 (2008 est.)
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Kiribati
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$3,200 (2008 est.)
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Korea, North
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$1,700 (2008 est.)
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Korea, South
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$26,000 (2008 est.)
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Kosovo
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$2,300 (2007 est.)
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Kuwait
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$57,400 (2008 est.)
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Kyrgyzstan
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$2,100 (2008 est.)
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Laos
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$2,100 (2008 est.)
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Latvia
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$17,800 (2008 est.)
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Lebanon
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$11,100 (2008 est.)
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Lesotho
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$1,600 (2008 est.)
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Liberia
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$500 (2008 est.)
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Libya
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$14,400 (2008 est.)
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Liechtenstein
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$118,000 (2007 est.)
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Lithuania
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$17,700 (2008 est.)
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Luxembourg
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$81,100 (2008 est.)
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Macau
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$30,000 (2007)
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Macedonia
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$9,000 (2008 est.)
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Madagascar
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$1,000 (2008 est.)
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Malawi
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$800 (2008 est.)
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Malaysia
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$15,300 (2008 est.)
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Maldives
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$5,000 (2008 est.)
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Mali
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$1,200 (2008 est.)
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Malta
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$24,200 (2008 est.)
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Marshall Islands
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$2,500 (2008 est.)
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Mauritania
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$2,100 (2008 est.)
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Mauritius
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$12,100 (2008 est.)
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Mayotte
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$4,900 (2005 est.)
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Mexico
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$14,200 (2008 est.)
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Micronesia, Federated States of
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$2,200 (2008 est.)
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Moldova
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$2,500 (2008 est.)
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Monaco
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$30,000 (2006 est.)
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Mongolia
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$3,200 (2008 est.)
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Montenegro
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$9,700 (2008 est.)
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Montserrat
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$3,400 (2002 est.)
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Morocco
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$4,000 (2008 est.)
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Mozambique
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$900 (2008 est.)
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Namibia
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$5,400 (2008 est.)
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Nauru
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$5,000 (2005 est.)
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Nepal
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$1,100 (2008 est.)
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Netherlands
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$40,300 (2008 est.)
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Netherlands Antilles
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$16,000 (2004 est.)
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New Caledonia
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$15,000 (2003 est.)
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New Zealand
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$27,900 (2008 est.)
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Nicaragua
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$2,900 (2008 est.)
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Niger
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$700 (2008 est.)
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Nigeria
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$2,300 (2008 est.)
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Niue
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$5,800 (2003 est.)
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Northern Mariana Islands
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$12,500 (2000 est.)
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Norway
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$55,200 (2008 est.)
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Oman
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$20,200 (2008 est.)
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Pakistan
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$2,600 (2008 est.)
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Palau
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$8,100 (2008 est.)
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Panama
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$11,600 (2008 est.)
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Papua New Guinea
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$2,200 (2008 est.)
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Paraguay
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$4,200 (2008 est.)
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Peru
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$8,400 (2008 est.)
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Philippines
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$3,300 (2008 est.)
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Poland
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$17,300 (2008 est.)
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Portugal
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$22,000 (2008 est.)
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Puerto Rico
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$17,800 (2008 est.)
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Qatar
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$103,500 (2008 est.)
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Romania
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$12,200 (2008 est.)
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Russia
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$15,800 (2008 est.)
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Rwanda
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$900 (2008 est.)
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Saint Helena
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$2,500 (1998 est.)
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
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$19,700 (2008 est.)
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Saint Lucia
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$11,300 (2008 est.)
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Saint Pierre and Miquelon
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$7,000 (2001 est.)
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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$10,500 (2008 est.)
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Samoa
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$4,900 (2008 est.)
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San Marino
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$41,900 (2007)
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Sao Tome and Principe
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$1,300 (2008 est.)
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Saudi Arabia
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$20,700 (2008 est.)
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Senegal
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$1,600 (2008 est.)
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Serbia
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$10,900 (2008 est.)
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Seychelles
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$17,000 (2008 est.)
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Sierra Leone
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$700 (2008 est.)
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Singapore
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$52,000 (2008 est.)
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Slovakia
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$21,900 (2008 est.)
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Slovenia
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$29,500 (2008 est.)
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Solomon Islands
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$1,900 (2008 est.)
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Somalia
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$600 (2008 est.)
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South Africa
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$10,000 (2008 est.)
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Spain
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$34,600 (2008 est.)
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Sri Lanka
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$4,300 (2008 est.)
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Sudan
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$2,200 (2008 est.)
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Suriname
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$8,900 (2008 est.)
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Swaziland
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$5,100 (2008 est.)
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Sweden
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$38,500 (2008 est.)
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Switzerland
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$40,900 (2008 est.)
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Syria
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$4,800 (2008 est.)
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Taiwan
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$31,900 (2008 est.)
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Tajikistan
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$2,100 (2008 est.)
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Tanzania
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$1,300 (2008 est.)
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Thailand
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$8,500 (2008 est.)
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Timor-Leste
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$2,400 (2008 est.)
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Togo
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$900 (2008 est.)
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Tokelau
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$1,000 (1993 est.)
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Tonga
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$4,600 (2008 est.)
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Trinidad and Tobago
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$18,600 (2008 est.)
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Tunisia
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$7,900 (2008 est.)
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Turkey
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$12,000 (2008 est.)
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Turkmenistan
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$6,100 (2008 est.)
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Turks and Caicos Islands
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$11,500 (2002 est.)
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Tuvalu
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$1,600 (2002 est.)
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Uganda
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$1,100 (2008 est.)
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Ukraine
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$6,900 (2008 est.)
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United Arab Emirates
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$40,000 (2008 est.)
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United Kingdom
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$36,600 (2008 est.)
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United States
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$47,000 (2008 est.)
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Uruguay
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$12,200 (2008 est.)
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Uzbekistan
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$2,600 (2008 est.)
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Vanuatu
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$4,600 (2008 est.)
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Venezuela
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$13,500 (2008 est.)
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Vietnam
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$2,800 (2008 est.)
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Virgin Islands
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$14,500 (2004 est.)
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Wallis and Futuna
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$3,800 (2004 est.)
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West Bank
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$2,900 (includes Gaza Strip) (2008 est.)
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Western Sahara
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$2,500 (2007 est.)
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World
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$10,500 (2008 est.)
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Yemen
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$2,400 (2008 est.)
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Zambia
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$1,500 (2008 est.)
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Zimbabwe
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$200 (2008 est.)
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This page was last updated on April 16, 2009
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