The 2008 CIA World Factbook

Chapter 345

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Namibia 22.3% of GDP (2007 est.)

Netherlands 45.5% of GDP (2007 est.)

New Zealand 20.7% of GDP (2007 est.)

Nicaragua 62.9% of GDP (2007 est.)

Nigeria 14.4% of GDP (2007 est.)

Norway 83.1% of GDP (2007 est.)

Oman 3.7% of GDP (2007 est.)

Pakistan 50.6% of GDP (2007 est.)

Panama 53% of GDP (2007 est.)

Papua New Guinea 40.1% of GDP (2007 est.)

Paraguay 27% of GDP (2007 est.)

Peru 29.2% of GDP (2007 est.)

Philippines 55.8% of GDP (2007 est.)

Poland 43.1% of GDP (2007 est.)

Portugal 63.6% of GDP (2007 est.)

Qatar 11% of GDP (2007 est.)

Romania 13% of GDP (2007 est.)

Russia 5.9% of GDP (2007 est.)

Saudi Arabia 24.3% of GDP (2007 est.)

Senegal 22.9% of GDP (2007 est.)

Serbia 37% of GDP (2007 est.)

Seychelles 92.3% of GDP (2007 est.)

Singapore 96.3% of GDP (2007 est.)

Slovakia 35.9% of GDP (2007 est.)

Slovenia 23.6% of GDP (2007 est.)

South Africa 31.3% of GDP (2007 est.)

Spain 36.2% of GDP (2007 est.)

Sri Lanka 85.8% of GDP (2007 est.)

Sudan 105.9% of GDP (2007 est.)

Sweden 41.7% of GDP (2007 est.)

Switzerland 44.2% of GDP (2007 est.)

Syria 37.7% of GDP (2007 est.)

Taiwan 27.9% of GDP (2007 est.)

Tanzania 19.6% of GDP (2007 est.)

Thailand 37.9% of GDP (2007 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago 27.9% of GDP (2007 est.)

Tunisia 55.4% of GDP (2007 est.)

Turkey 38.9% of GDP (2007 est.)

Uganda 20.6% of GDP (2007 est.)

Ukraine 11.7% of GDP (2007 est.)

United Arab Emirates 21.2% of GDP (2007 est.)

United Kingdom 43.6% of GDP (2007 est.)

United States 60.8% of GDP (2007 est.)

Uruguay 64.8% of GDP (2007 est.)

Uzbekistan 18.7% of GDP (2007 est.)

Venezuela 19.3% of GDP (2007 est.)

Vietnam 42% of GDP (2007 est.)

Wallis and Futuna 5.6% of GDP (2004 est.)

Yemen 33.5% of GDP (2007 est.)

Zambia 28.1% of GDP (2007 est.)

Zimbabwe 218.2% of GDP (2007 est.)

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@2187 Current account balance

Afghanistan NA

Albania -$1.202 billion (2007 est.)

Algeria $32.05 billion (2007 est.)

Angola $13.58 billion (2007 est.)

Anguilla -$42.87 million (2003 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda $-211 million (2007 est.)

Argentina $7.438 billion (2007 est.)

Armenia -$571.4 million (2007 est.)

Australia -$56.78 billion (2007 est.)

Austria $12.03 billion (2007 est.)

Azerbaijan $9.019 billion (2007 est.)

Bahamas, The -$1.442 billion (2007 est.)

Bahrain $2.907 billion (2007 est.)

Bangladesh $804.7 million (2007 est.)

Barbados -$254 million (2007 est.)

Belarus -$2.876 billion (2007 est.)

Belgium $3.282 billion (2007 est.)

Belize -$43 million (2007 est.)

Benin -$441 million (2007 est.)

Bhutan $116 million (2007 est.)

Bolivia $1.796 billion (2007 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina -$1.939 billion (2007 est.)

Botswana $1.973 billion (2007 est.)

Brazil $1.712 billion (2007 est.)

British Virgin Islands $134.3 million (1999)

Brunei $7.101 billion (2007 est.)

Bulgaria -$8.53 billion (2007 est.)

Burkina Faso -$706 million (2007 est.)

Burma $1.427 billion (2007 est.)

Burundi -$101 million (2007 est.)

Cambodia -$506.3 million (2007 est.)

Cameroon -$325 million (2007 est.)

Canada $12.67 billion (2007 est.)

Cape Verde -$132.6 million (2007 est.)

Central African Republic -$77 million (2007 est.)

Chad -$171 million (2007 est.)

Chile $7.2 billion (2007 est.)

China $371.8 billion (2007 est.)

Colombia -$5.862 billion (2007 est.)

Comoros $8 million (2007 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the -$402 million (2007 est.)

Congo, Republic of the -$1.491 billion (2007 est.)

Cook Islands $26.67 million (2005)

Costa Rica -$1.499 billion (2007 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire -$146 million (2007 est.)

Croatia -$4.85 billion (2007 est.)

Cuba $240 million (2007 est.)

Cyprus -$2.144 billion (2007 est.)

Czech Republic -$4.534 billion (2007 est.)

Denmark $4.279 billion (2007 est.)

Djibouti -$212 million (2007 est.)

Dominica -$72 million (2007 est.)

Dominican Republic -$2.231 billion (2007 est.)

Ecuador $1.064 billion (2007 est.)

Egypt $500.9 million (2007 est.)

El Salvador -$1.119 billion (2007 est.)

Equatorial Guinea $415 million (2007 est.)

Eritrea -$205 million (2007 est.)

Estonia -$3.771 billion (2007 est.)

Ethiopia -$826.8 million (2007 est.)

European Union $NA

Fiji -$507 million (2007 est.)

Finland $11.4 billion (2007 est.)

France -$31.25 billion (2007 est.)

Gabon $1.552 billion (2007 est.)

Gambia, The -$71 million (2007 est.)

Georgia -$2.044 billion (2007 est.)

Germany $254.5 billion (2007 est.)

Ghana -$1.549 billion (2007 est.)

Greece -$44.4 billion (2007 est.)

Grenada -$138 million (2007 est.)

Guatemala -$1.663 billion (2007 est.)

Guinea -$424 million (2007 est.)

Guinea-Bissau -$6 million (2007 est.)

Guyana -$157 million (2007 est.)

Haiti -$467 million (2007 est.)

Honduras -$1.225 billion (2007 est.)

Hong Kong $28.04 billion (2007 est.)

Hungary -$8.018 billion (2007 est.)

Iceland -$3.189 billion (2007 est.)

India -$12.11 billion (2007 est.)

Indonesia $11.01 billion (2007 est.)

Iran $28.95 billion (2007 est.)

Iraq $6.025 billion (2007 est.)

Ireland -$14.12 billion (2007 est.)

Israel $5.197 billion (2007 est.)

Italy -$51.03 billion (2007 est.)

Jamaica -$1.83 billion (2007 est.)

Japan $210.5 billion (2007 est.)

Jordan -$2.767 billion (2007 est.)

Kazakhstan -$7.184 billion (2007 est.)

Kenya -$1.147 billion (2007 est.)

Kiribati -$21 million (2007 est.)

Korea, South $5.954 billion (2007 est.)

Kosovo -$58.3 million (2007)

Kuwait $47.5 billion (2007 est.)

Kyrgyzstan -$267.9 million (2007 est.)

Laos -$285 million (2007 est.)

Latvia -$6.231 billion (2007 est.)

Lebanon -$2.046 billion (2007 est.)

Lesotho $49 million (2007 est.)

Liberia -$224 million (2007)

Libya $26.38 billion (2007 est.)

Lithuania -$5.26 billion (2007 est.)

Luxembourg $4.921 billion (2007 est.)

Macedonia -$249 million (2007 est.)

Madagascar -$890 million (2007 est.)

Malawi -$318 million (2007 est.)

Malaysia $28.93 billion (2007 est.)

Maldives -$472 million (2007)

Mali -$446 million (2007 est.)

Malta -$424.5 million (2007 est.)

Mauritania -$184 million (2007 est.)

Mauritius -$408.3 million (2007 est.)

Mexico -$5.525 billion (2007 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of -$34.3 million (FY05 est.)

Moldova -$694.7 million (2007 est.)

Mongolia -$23 million (2007 est.)

Montenegro $NA

Morocco -$1.834 billion (2007 est.)

Mozambique -$795.1 million (2007 est.)

Namibia $805.2 million (2007 est.)

Nepal $58 million (2007)

Netherlands $47.31 billion (2007 est.)

New Zealand -$10.23 billion (2007 est.)

Nicaragua -$1.001 billion (2007 est.)

Niger -$321 million (2007 est.)

Nigeria $2.514 billion (2007 est.)

Norway $64.07 billion (2007 est.)

Oman $4.866 billion (2007 est.)

Pakistan -$8.255 billion (2007 est.)

Palau $15.09 million (FY03/04)

Panama -$1.577 billion (2007 est.)

Papua New Guinea $125.8 million (2007 est.)

Paraguay $119 million (2007 est.)

Peru $1.516 billion (2007 est.)

Philippines $6.351 billion (2007 est.)

Poland -$15.91 billion (2007 est.)

Portugal -$21.75 billion (2007 est.)

Qatar $10.41 billion (2007 est.)

Romania -$23.02 billion (2007 est.)

Russia $78.31 billion (2007 est.)

Rwanda -$147 million (2007 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis -$163 million (2007 est.)

Saint Lucia -$199 million (2007 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -$149 million (2007 est.)

Samoa -$24 million (2007 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe -$55 million (2007 est.)

Saudi Arabia $86.62 billion (2007 est.)

Senegal -$1.458 billion (2007 est.)

Serbia -$6.889 billion (2007 est.)

Seychelles -$272 million (2007 est.)

Sierra Leone -$63 million (2007 est.)

Singapore $46.39 billion (2007 est.)

Slovakia -$3.998 billion (2007 est.)

Slovenia -$2.181 billion (2007 est.)

Solomon Islands -$143 million (2007 est.)

South Africa -$20.63 billion (2007 est.)

Spain -$145.3 billion (2007 est.)

Sri Lanka -$1.019 billion (2007 est.)

Sudan -$3.447 billion (2007 est.)

Suriname $24 million (2007 est.)

Swaziland -$24 million (2007 est.)

Sweden $37.97 billion (2007 est.)

Switzerland $72.35 billion (2007 est.)

Syria $908 million (2007 est.)

Taiwan $32.88 billion (2007 est.)

Tajikistan -$351 million (2007 est.)

Tanzania -$1.856 billion (2007 est.)

Thailand $14.92 billion (2007 est.)

Timor-Leste $1.161 billion (2007 est.)

Togo -$159 million (2007 est.)

Tonga -$23 million (2007 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago $5.378 billion (2007 est.)

Tunisia -$905 million (2007 est.)

Turkey -$37.58 billion (2007 est.)

Turkmenistan $1.705 billion (2007 est.)

Tuvalu -$11.68 million (2003)

Uganda -$744.7 million (2007 est.)

Ukraine -$5.918 billion (2007 est.)

United Arab Emirates $34.53 billion (2007 est.)

United Kingdom -$119.2 billion (2007 est.)

United States -$731.2 billion (2007 est.)

Uruguay -$185.6 million (2007 est.)

Uzbekistan $4.615 billion (2007 est.)

Vanuatu -$60 million (2007 est.)

Venezuela $20 billion (2007 est.)

Vietnam -$6.993 billion (2007 est.)

Yemen -$362 million (2007 est.)

Zambia -$228 million (2007 est.)

Zimbabwe -$649 million (2007 est.)

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@2188 Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Albania $2.162 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Algeria $110.6 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Angola $11.2 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Argentina $46.12 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Armenia $1.657 billion (December 2007 est.)

Australia $26.91 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Austria $18.22 billion (2006 est.)

Azerbaijan $4.273 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Bahrain $4.101 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Bangladesh $5.278 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Barbados $620 million (2007)

Belarus $4.266 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Belgium $16.51 billion (2007 est.)

Belize $109 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Benin $1.209 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Bolivia $5.318 billion (31 October 2007)

Bosnia and Herzegovina $4.525 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Botswana $9.79 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Brazil $180.3 billion (31 December 2007)

Bulgaria $17.38 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Burkina Faso $1.029 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Burma $2.262 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Burundi $177.1 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Cambodia $2.143 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Cameroon $2.932 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Canada $41.08 billion (2007 est.)

Cape Verde $398 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Chad $969 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Chile $16.84 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

China $1.534 trillion (31 December 2007 est.)

Colombia $20.95 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Congo, Republic of the $2.206 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Costa Rica $4.114 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire $2.519 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Croatia $13.67 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Cuba $4.247 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Cyprus $6.507 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Czech Republic $34.59 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Denmark $34.32 billion (2006 est.)

Dominican Republic $2.562 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Ecuador $3.521 billion (30 November 2007 est.)

Egypt $31.37 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

El Salvador $2.199 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Equatorial Guinea $3.846 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Eritrea $23 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Estonia $3.27 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Ethiopia $1.294 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

European Union $NA

Finland $8.385 billion (2007)

France $115.7 billion (2006 est.)

Gabon $1.238 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Gambia, The $142.8 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Georgia $1.361 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Germany $136.2 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Ghana $2.204 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Greece $3.658 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Guatemala $4.139 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Guinea $119 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Guyana $313 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Haiti $444 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Honduras $2.546 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Hong Kong $152.7 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Hungary $24.05 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Iceland $2.436 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

India $275 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Indonesia $56.92 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Iran $69.2 billion (2007 est.)

Iraq $25.66 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Ireland $926.2 million (2006 est.)

Israel $28.52 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Italy $94.33 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Jamaica $1.905 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Japan $954.1 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Jordan $7.929 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Kazakhstan $17.63 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Kenya $3.355 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Korea, South $262.2 billion (31 December 2007)

Kosovo $NA

Kuwait $16.78 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Kyrgyzstan $1.177 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Laos $540 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Latvia $5.758 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Lebanon $20.55 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Lesotho $852 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Libya $79.6 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Lithuania $7.721 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Luxembourg $205.5 million (2006 est.)

Macedonia $2.265 billion (31 December 2007)

Madagascar $846.7 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Malawi $217.2 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Malaysia $101.1 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Malta $3.798 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Mauritius $1.822 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Mexico $87.19 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Moldova $1.334 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Montenegro $NA

Morocco $24.72 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Mozambique $1.445 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Namibia $896 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Netherlands $26.98 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

New Zealand $17.25 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Nicaragua $1.103 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Nigeria $51.33 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Norway $60.84 billion (2006 est.)

Oman $9.524 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Pakistan $15.69 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Panama $1.935 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Papua New Guinea $2.087 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Paraguay $2.463 billion (31 December 2007)

Peru $27.78 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Philippines $33.75 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Poland $65.75 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Portugal $11.55 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Qatar $9.752 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Romania $39.96 billion (31 December 2007)

Russia $476.4 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Rwanda $552.8 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Samoa $70.15 million (FY03/04)

Sao Tome and Principe $34.6 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Saudi Arabia $34.01 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Senegal $1.66 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Serbia $14.22 billion (2007 est.)

Seychelles $40.8 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Singapore $163 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Slovakia $18.98 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Slovenia $5.682 billion (30 September 2007 est.)

South Africa $32.94 billion (31 December 2007)

Spain $19.05 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Sri Lanka $3.644 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Sudan $1.378 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Suriname $263.3 million (2006)

Swaziland $762.7 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Sweden $31.04 billion (2006 est.)

Switzerland $75.37 billion (2006 est.)

Syria $6.046 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Taiwan $275 billion (31 December 2007)

Tajikistan $242 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Tanzania $2.91 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Thailand $87.46 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Togo $438 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Tonga $40.83 million (yearend, FY04/05)

Trinidad and Tobago $6.745 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Tunisia $7.854 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Turkey $76.51 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Turkmenistan $5.172 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Uganda $2.56 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Ukraine $32.48 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

United Arab Emirates $77.24 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

United Kingdom $57.3 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

United States $70.57 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Uruguay $4.121 billion (December 2007 est.)

Uzbekistan $6.75 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Vanuatu $40.54 million (2003)

Venezuela $33.48 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Vietnam $23.87 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Yemen $7.76 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Zambia $1.09 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Zimbabwe $120 million (31 December 2007 est.)

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@2193 Major infectious diseases

Afghanistan degree of risk: high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne disease: malaria animal contact disease: rabies note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2008)

Angola degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: malaria, African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2008)

Argentina degree of risk: intermediate food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A water contact disease: leptospirosis (2008)

Bangladesh degree of risk: high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria are high risks in some locations water contact disease: leptospirosis animal contact disease: rabies note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2008)

Belize degree of risk: intermediate food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria water contact disease: leptospirosis (2008)

Benin degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: malaria and yellow fever respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis (2008)

Bhutan degree of risk: intermediate food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: malaria water contact disease: leptospirosis (2008)

Bolivia degree of risk: high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever water contact disease: leptospirosis (2008)

Botswana degree of risk: high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne disease: malaria (2008)

Burkina Faso degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne disease: malaria water contact disease: schistosomiasis respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2008)

Burma degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria water contact disease: leptospirosis animal contact disease: rabies note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2008)

Burundi degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne disease: malaria (2008)

Cambodia degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis, and malaria note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2008)

Cameroon degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: malaria and yellow fever water contact disease: schistosomiasis respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis animal contact disease: rabies (2008)

Central African Republic degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne disease: malaria respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis (2008)

Chad degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne disease: malaria water contact disease: schistosomiasis respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis (2008)

China degree of risk: intermediate food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever, Japanese encephalitis, and malaria water contact disease: leptospirosis animal contact disease: rabies note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2008)

Colombia degree of risk: high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever water contact disease: leptospirosis (2008)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: malaria, plague, and African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) water contact disease: schistosomiasis animal contact disease: rabies (2008)

Congo, Republic of the degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne disease: malaria and African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) animal contact disease: rabies (2008)

Costa Rica degree of risk: intermediate food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A vectorborne diseases: dengue fever (2008)