The 2008 CIA World Factbook

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Armenia total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2006)

Aruba total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)

Australia total: 20 years male: 20 years female: 21 years (2006)

Austria total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2006)

Azerbaijan total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2006)

Bahrain total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 16 years (2006)

Bangladesh total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 8 years (2004)

Barbados total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2001)

Belarus total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2006)

Belgium total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2006)

Belize total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2004)

Benin total: 7 years male: 9 years female: 6 years (2001)

Bermuda total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2005)

Bhutan total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2006)

Botswana total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2005)

Brazil total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2005)

British Virgin Islands total: 17 years male: 15 years female: 19 years (2005)

Brunei total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2006)

Bulgaria total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)

Burkina Faso total: 5 years male: 5 years female: 4 years (2006)

Burma total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 8 years (2001)

Burundi total: 7 years male: 8 years female: 7 years (2006)

Cambodia total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 9 years (2006)

Cameroon total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 8 years (2006)

Canada total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 17 years (2004)

Cape Verde total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2006)

Cayman Islands total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2001)

Chad total: 6 years male: 7 years female: 4 years (2005)

Chile total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2006)

China total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2006)

Colombia total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2006)

Comoros total: 8 years male: 9 years female: 7 years (2004)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 8 years (2003)

Congo, Republic of the total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 8 years (2003)

Cook Islands total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 10 years (2005)

Costa Rica total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2005)

Croatia total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)

Cuba total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 17 years (2006)

Cyprus total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)

Czech Republic total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2006)

Denmark total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2006)

Djibouti total: 4 years male: 5 years female: 4 years (2006)

Dominica total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2005)

Dominican Republic total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2004)

El Salvador total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2006)

Equatorial Guinea total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 9 years (2000)

Eritrea total: 5 years male: 6 years female: 4 years (2004)

Estonia total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 17 years (2006)

Ethiopia total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 7 years (2007)

Fiji total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2005)

Finland total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 18 years (2006)

France total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2006)

Gambia, The total: 7 years male: 7 years female: 7 years (2004)

Gaza Strip total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)

Georgia total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2006)

Germany total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2006)

Ghana total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 9 years (2007)

Greece total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 17 years (2006)

Grenada total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2005)

Guatemala total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2006)

Guinea total: 8 years male: 10 years female: 7 years (2006)

Guinea-Bissau total: 5 years male: 7 years female: 4 years (2001)

Guyana total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2005)

Honduras total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2004)

Hong Kong total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 13 years (2006)

Hungary total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2006)

Iceland total: 18 years male: 17 years female: 19 years (2006)

India total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 9 years (2005)

Indonesia total: 11 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2005)

Iran total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2005)

Iraq total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 8 years (2005)

Ireland total: 18 years male: 17 years female: 18 years (2006)

Israel total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2006)

Italy total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2006)

Jamaica total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2003)

Japan total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2006)

Jordan total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2006)

Kazakhstan total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2007)

Kenya total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 9 years (2004)

Kiribati total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2005)

Korea, South total: 17 years male: 18 years female: 15 years (2007)

Kuwait total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2006)

Kyrgyzstan total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2006)

Laos total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 8 years (2006)

Latvia total: 16 years male: 14 years female: 17 years (2006)

Lebanon total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2006)

Lesotho total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 10 years (2006)

Liberia total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 8 years (2000)

Libya total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2003)

Liechtenstein total: 15 years male: 16 years female: 13 years (2004)

Lithuania total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 17 years (2006)

Luxembourg total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)

Macau total: 15 years male: 16 years female: 14 years (2006)

Macedonia total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2005)

Madagascar total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 9 years (2006)

Malawi total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 9 years (2004)

Malaysia total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2005)

Maldives total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2006)

Mali total: 7 years male: 8 years female: 5 years (2005)

Malta total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2005)

Marshall Islands total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2003)

Mauritania total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 8 years (2006)

Mauritius total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 13 years (2005)

Mexico total: 13 years male: 14 years female: 13 years (2006)

Moldova total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2006)

Mongolia total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 14 years (2006)

Montserrat total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2006)

Morocco total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 9 years (2005)

Mozambique total: 8 years male: 9 years female: 7 years (2005)

Namibia total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2006)

Nauru total: 8 years male: 8 years female: 9 years (2006)

Nepal total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 8 years (2003)

Netherlands total: 16 years male: 17 years female: 16 years (2006)

Netherlands Antilles total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2002)

New Zealand total: 19 years male: 19 years female: 20 years (2006)

Nicaragua total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2003)

Niger total: 4 years male: 5 years female: 3 years (2006)

Nigeria total: 8 years male: 9 years female: 7 years (2004)

Niue total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2005)

Norway total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 18 years (2006)

Oman total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2006)

Pakistan total: 7 years male: 7 years female: 6 years (2006)

Palau total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2000)

Panama total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)

Paraguay total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2005)

Peru total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2006)

Philippines total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2006)

Poland total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2006)

Portugal total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2006)

Qatar total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)

Romania total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2006)

Russia total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)

Rwanda total: 9 years male: 8 years female: 9 years (2005)

Saint Kitts and Nevis total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2005)

Saint Lucia total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2005)

Samoa total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2001)

Sao Tome and Principe total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 10 years (2006)

Seychelles total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2007)

Sierra Leone total: 7 years male: 8 years female: 6 years (2001)

Slovakia total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2006)

Slovenia total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2006)

Solomon Islands total: 8 years male: 9 years female: 8 years (2005)

South Africa total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2004)

Spain total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2006)

Suriname total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 13 years (2002)

Swaziland total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 10 years (2005)

Sweden total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 17 years (2006)

Switzerland total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2006)

Tajikistan total: 11 years male: 12 years female: 10 years (2006)

Thailand total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)

Togo total: 9 years male: 11 years female: 7 years (2000)

Tokelau total: 11 years male: 10 years female: 11 years (2004)

Tonga total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2004)

Trinidad and Tobago total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2005)

Tunisia total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)

Turkey total: 11 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2006)

Turks and Caicos Islands total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2005)

Tuvalu total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2001)

Uganda total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2004)

Ukraine total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2006)

United Arab Emirates total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2003)

United Kingdom total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2006)

United States total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2006)

Uruguay total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 16 years (2006)

Uzbekistan total: 11 years male: 12 years female: 11 years (2007)

Vanuatu total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2004)

Venezuela total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2003)

Vietnam total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 10 years (2000)

West Bank total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)

Yemen total: 9 years male: 11 years female: 7 years (2005)

Zambia total: 7 years male: 7 years female: 7 years (2000)

Zimbabwe total: 9 years male: 9 years female: 9 years (2003)

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@2206 Education expenditures (% of GDP)

Afghanistan NA

Albania 2.9% of GDP (2002)

Algeria 5.1% of GDP (1999)

American Samoa NA

Andorra 2.3% of GDP (2006)

Angola 2.4% of GDP (2005)

Anguilla 4% of GDP (2005)

Antigua and Barbuda 3.9% of GDP (2002)

Argentina 3.8% of GDP (2004)

Armenia 3.2% of GDP (2001)

Aruba 4.8% of GDP (2005)

Australia 4.5% of GDP (2005)

Austria 5.4% of GDP (2005)

Azerbaijan 2.1% of GDP (2006)

Bahamas, The 3.6% of GDP (2000)

Bahrain 3.9% of GDP (1991)

Bangladesh 2.7% of GDP (2005)

Barbados 6.9% of GDP (2005)

Belarus 6.1% of GDP (2006)

Belgium 6% of GDP (2004)

Belize 5.3% of GDP (2004)

Benin 4.4% of GDP (2004)

Bermuda 1.2% of GDP (2006)

Bhutan 7% of GDP (2005)

Bolivia 6.4% of GDP (2003)

Bosnia and Herzegovina NA

Botswana 8.7% of GDP (2007)

Brazil 4% of GDP (2004)

British Virgin Islands 3.7% of GDP (2006)

Brunei 5.2% of GDP (2000)

Bulgaria 4.5% of GDP (2005)

Burkina Faso 4.2% of GDP (2006)

Burma 1.2% of GDP (2001)

Burundi 5.1% of GDP (2005)

Cambodia 1.7% of GDP (2004)

Cameroon 3.3% of GDP (2006)

Canada 5.2% of GDP (2002)

Cape Verde 6.3% of GDP (2006)

Cayman Islands 2.8% of GDP (2005)

Central African Republic 1.4% of GDP (2006)

Chad 1.9% of GDP (2005)

Chile 3.2% of GDP (2006)

China 1.9% of GDP (1999)

Colombia 4.7% of GDP (2006)

Comoros 3.8% of GDP (2002)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the NA

Congo, Republic of the 1.9% of GDP (2005)

Cook Islands 0.2% of GDP (2001)

Costa Rica 4.9% of GDP (2004)

Cote d'Ivoire 4.6% of GDP (2001)

Croatia 4.5% of GDP (2004)

Cuba 9.1% of GDP (2006)

Cyprus 6.3% of GDP (2004)

Czech Republic 4.4% of GDP (2004)

Denmark 8.3% of GDP (2005)

Djibouti 8.4% of GDP (2006)

Dominica 5% of GDP (1999)

Dominican Republic 3.6% of GDP (2006)

Ecuador 1% of GDP (2001)

Egypt 4.2% of GDP (2006)

El Salvador 3.1% of GDP (2006)

Equatorial Guinea 0.6% of GDP (2003)

Eritrea 2.4% of GDP (2006)

Estonia 5.1% of GDP (2004)

Ethiopia 6% of GDP (2006)

Fiji 6.5% of GDP (2004)

Finland 6.4% of GDP (2005)

France 5.7% of GDP (2005)

French Polynesia ( )

Gabon 3.8% of GDP (2000)

Gambia, The 2% of GDP (2004)

Gaza Strip NA

Georgia 3.1% of GDP (2006)

Germany 4.6% of GDP (2004)

Ghana 5.4% of GDP (2005)

Gibraltar NA

Greece 4.4% of GDP (2005)

Greenland NA

Grenada 5.2% of GDP (2003)

Guam NA

Guatemala 2.6% of GDP (2006)

Guernsey NA

Guinea 1.6% of GDP (2005)

Guinea-Bissau 5.2% of GDP (1999)

Guyana 8.3% of GDP (2006)

Haiti 1.4% of GDP (1991)

Honduras 3.8% of GDP (1991)

Hong Kong 3.9% of GDP (2006)

Hungary 5.5% of GDP (2005)

Iceland 7.6% of GDP (2004)

India 3.2% of GDP (2005)

Indonesia 3.6% of GDP (2006)

Iran 5.1% of GDP (2006)

Iraq NA

Ireland 4.7% of GDP (2005)

Isle of Man NA

Israel 6.9% of GDP (2004)

Italy 4.5% of GDP (2005)

Jamaica 5.3% of GDP (2005)

Japan 3.5% of GDP (2005)

Jersey NA

Jordan 4.9% of GDP (1999)

Kazakhstan 2.3% of GDP (2005)

Kenya 6.9% of GDP (2006)

Kiribati 17.8% of GDP (2002)

Korea, North NA

Korea, South 4.6% of GDP (2004)

Kuwait 3.8% of GDP (2006)

Kyrgyzstan 4.9% of GDP (2005)

Laos 3% of GDP (2006)

Latvia 5.1% of GDP (2004)

Lebanon 2.7% of GDP (2006)

Lesotho 13% of GDP (2006)

Liberia NA

Libya 2.7% of GDP (1999)

Liechtenstein NA

Lithuania 5% of GDP (2005)

Luxembourg 3.4% of GDP (1999)

Macau 2.4% of GDP (2005)

Macedonia 3.5% of GDP (2002)

Madagascar 3.1% of GDP (2006)

Malawi 5.8% of GDP (2003)

Malaysia 6.2% of GDP (2004)

Maldives 8% of GDP (2006)

Mali 4.5% of GDP (2006)

Malta 5.1% of GDP (2004)

Marshall Islands 11.8% of GDP (2004)

Mauritania 2.9% of GDP (2006)

Mauritius 3.9% of GDP (2006)

Mayotte NA

Mexico 5.5% of GDP (2005)

Micronesia, Federated States of 7.3% of GDP (2000)

Moldova 7.6% of GDP (2006)

Monaco 4.4% of GDP (2004)

Mongolia 5% of GDP (2004)

Montenegro NA

Montserrat 3.3% of GDP (2004)

Morocco NA

Mozambique 5% of GDP (2005)

Namibia 6.9% of GDP (2003)

Nauru NA

Nepal 3.4% of GDP (2003)

Netherlands 5.3% of GDP (2005)

Netherlands Antilles NA

New Zealand 6.2% of GDP (2006)

Nicaragua 3.1% of GDP (2003)

Niger 3.4% of GDP (2006)

Nigeria 0.9% of GDP (1991)

Niue NA

Norfolk Island NA

Northern Mariana Islands NA

Norway 7.2% of GDP (2005)

Oman 4% of GDP (2006)

Pakistan 2.6% of GDP (2006)

Palau 10.3% of GDP (2002)

Panama 3.8% of GDP (2004)

Papua New Guinea NA

Paraguay 4% of GDP (2004)

Peru 2.5% of GDP (2006)

Philippines 2.5% of GDP (2005)

Poland 5.5% of GDP (2005)

Portugal 5.5% of GDP (2005)

Puerto Rico NA

Qatar 3.3% of GDP (2005)

Romania 3.5% of GDP (2005)

Russia 3.8% of GDP (2005)

Rwanda 3.8% of GDP (2005)

Saint Helena NA

Saint Kitts and Nevis 9.3% of GDP (2005)

Saint Lucia 6.6% of GDP (2006)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon NA

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8.1% of GDP (2005)

Samoa 4.3% of GDP (2002)

San Marino NA

Sao Tome and Principe NA

Saudi Arabia 6.8% of GDP (2004)

Senegal 5% of GDP (2006)

Serbia NA

Seychelles 6.5% of GDP (2006)

Sierra Leone 3.8% of GDP (2005)

Singapore 3.7% of GDP (2001)

Slovakia 3.9% of GDP (2005)

Slovenia 6% of GDP (2005)

Solomon Islands 3.3% of GDP (1999)

Somalia NA

South Africa 5.4% of GDP (2006)

Spain 4.2% of GDP (2005)

Sri Lanka NA

Sudan 6% of GDP (1991)

Suriname NA

Swaziland 7% of GDP (2005)

Sweden 7.1% of GDP (2005)

Switzerland 5.8% of GDP (2005)

Syria 3.9% of GDP (1999)

Taiwan NA

Tajikistan 3.4% of GDP (2006)

Tanzania 2.2% of GDP (1999)

Thailand 4.2% of GDP (2005)

Timor-Leste NA

Togo 2.6% of GDP (2002)

Tokelau NA

Tonga 5% of GDP (2004)

Trinidad and Tobago 4.2% of GDP (200)

Tunisia 7.3% of GDP (2005)

Turkey 4% of GDP (2004)

Turkmenistan 3.9% of GDP (1991)

Turks and Caicos Islands NA

Tuvalu NA

Uganda 5.2% of GDP (2004)

Ukraine 6.3% of GDP (2006)

United Arab Emirates 1.3% of GDP (2005)

United Kingdom 5.6% of GDP (2005)

United States 5.3% of GDP (2005)

Uruguay 2.9% of GDP (2006)

Uzbekistan 9.4% of GDP (1991)

Vanuatu 9.5% of GDP (2003)

Venezuela 3.7% of GDP (2006)

Vietnam 1.8% of GDP (1991)

Virgin Islands NA

West Bank NA

Yemen 9.6% of GDP (2001)

Zambia 2% of GDP (2005)

Zimbabwe 4.6% of GDP (2000)

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@2207 Central bank discount rate (%)

Afghanistan NA

Albania 6.25% (31 December 2007)

Algeria 4% (31 December 2007)

Angola 19.57% (31 December 2007)

Anguilla 6.5% (31 December 2007)

Antigua and Barbuda 6.5% (31 December 2007)

Argentina NA

Aruba 5% (31 December 2007)

Australia NA

Azerbaijan 13% (31 December 2007)

Bahamas, The 5.25% (31 December 2007)

Bangladesh 5% (31 December 2007)

Barbados 12% (31 December 2007)

Belarus 10% (31 December 2007)

Belize 12% (31 December 2007)

Benin 4.25% (31 December 2007)

Bolivia 6.5% (31 December 2007)

Botswana 14.5% (31 December 2007)

Brazil 17.85% (31 December 2007)

Bulgaria 4.58% (31 December 2007)

Burkina Faso 4.25% (31 December 2007)

Burma 12% (31 December 2007)

Burundi 10.12% (31 December 2007)

Cambodia 5.25% (31 December 2007)

Canada 4.5% (31 December 2007)

Cape Verde 8.5% (31 December 2007)

Central African Republic 5.25% (31 December 2007)

Chad 5.25% (31 December 2007)

Chile 6% (31 December 2007)

China 3.33% (31 December 2007)

Colombia 11.5% (31 December 2007)

Comoros 5.36% (31 December 2007)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5.25% (31 December 2007)

Costa Rica 17% (31 December 2007)

Cote d'Ivoire 4.25% (31 December 2007)

Croatia 9% (31 December 2007)

Cuba NA

Cyprus 5% (31 December 2007)

Czech Republic 3.5% (31 December 2007)

Denmark 4% (31 December 2007)

Dominica 6.5% (31 December 2007)

Ecuador 10.72% (31 December 2007)

Egypt 9% (31 December 2007)

Equatorial Guinea 5.25% (31 December 2007)

European Union 5% note: This is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks from the Eurosystem (31 December 2007)

Fiji 9.25% (31 December 2007)

France NA

Gabon 5.25% (31 December 2007)

Gambia, The 10% (31 December 2007)

Germany NA

Ghana 13.5% (31 December 2007)

Greece NA

Grenada 6.5% (31 December 2007)

Guatemala NA (31 December 2007)

Guinea 22.25% (31 December 2005)

Guinea-Bissau 4.25% (31 December 2007)

Guyana 6.5% (31 December 2007)

Honduras NA (31 December 2007)

Hong Kong 5.75% (31 December 2007)

Hungary 7.5% (31 December 2007)

Iceland 15.25% (31 December 2007)

India 6% (31 December 2007)

Indonesia 8% (31 December 2007)

Iraq 20% (31 December 2007)

Ireland NA

Israel 4% (31 December 2007)

Italy NA

Jamaica NA (31 December 2007)

Japan 0.75% (31 December 2007)

Jordan 7% (31 December 2007)

Kazakhstan 11% (31 December 2007)

Korea, South 3.25% (31 December 2007)

Kuwait 6.25% (31 December 2007)

Laos 12.67% (31 December 2007)

Latvia 6% (31 December 2007)

Lebanon 12% (31 December 2007)

Lesotho 12.82% (31 December 2007)

Libya 4% (31 December 2007)

Lithuania 4.85% (31 December 2007)

Macedonia 6.5% (31 December 2007)

Malawi 15% (31 December 2007)

Maldives 12.5% (31 December 2007)

Mali 4.25% (31 December 2007)

Malta NA (31 December 2007)

Mauritania NA

Mexico NA

Mongolia 9.87% (31 December 2007)

Montserrat 6.5% (31 December 2007)

Morocco 3.25% (31 December 2007)

Mozambique 9.95% (31 December 2007)

Namibia 10.5% (31 December 2007)

Nepal 6.25% (31 December 2007)

Netherlands NA (31 December 2007)

Netherlands Antilles NA (31 December 2007)

New Zealand 8.25% (31 December 2007)

Nicaragua NA (31 December 2007)

Niger 4.25% (31 December 2007)

Nigeria 9.5% (31 December 2007)

Norway 6.25% (31 December 2007)

Oman 1.98% (31 December 2007)

Pakistan 10% (31 December 2007)

Papua New Guinea 7.38% (31 December 2007)

Paraguay 20% (31 December 2007)

Peru 5.75% (31 December 2007)

Philippines 4.28% (31 December 2007)

Poland 5% (31 December 2007)

Qatar NA

Romania NA

Russia 10% (31 December 2007)

Rwanda 12.5% (31 December 2007)

Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.5% (31 December 2007)

Saint Lucia 6.5% (31 December 2007)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.5% (31 December 2007)

Sao Tome and Principe 28% (31 December 2007)

Saudi Arabia NA

Senegal 4.25% (31 December 2007)

Serbia 9.57% (31 December 2007)

Seychelles 5.13% (31 December 2007)

Sierra Leone NA (31 December 2007)

Slovakia 4.25% (31 December 2007)

Slovenia NA (31 December 2007)

South Africa 11% (31 December 2007)

Spain NA

Sri Lanka 15% (31 December 2007)

Swaziland 11% (31 December 2007)

Sweden 3.5% (31 December 2007)

Switzerland 2.05% (31 December 2007)

Taiwan NA

Tajikistan 15% (31 December 2007)

Tanzania 16.4% (31 December 2007)

Thailand 3.75% (31 December 2007)

Togo 4.25% (31 December 2007)

Trinidad and Tobago 10% (31 December 2007)

Turkey 25% (31 December 2007)

Uganda 14.68% (31 December 2007)

Ukraine 8% (31 December 2007)

United Arab Emirates NA

United Kingdom NA

United States 4.83% (31 December 2007)

Uruguay 10% (31 December 2007)