Economics • Comparative Country Data

LearnItWithMe Country Information

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Location in the world (Equal Earth projection)

Capital

💹 Economic

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Growth, purchasing power, and trade with the rest of the world.

Real GDP
Real GDP growth
Government debt — % of GDP & local currency
Inflation rate (CPI, annual %)
Structure of the economy
GDP by sector
GDP by end use (% of GDP)
Youth unemployment (ages 15–24)
Average household expenditure

👥 Demographic

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Population structure, life expectancy, education, and where people live.

Who lives here
Ethnic groups
Languages
Religions
Major urban areas (relative size)
People, health & wellbeing

🏛️ Political

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Government structure, leadership, and international commitments.

🌍 Geographic

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Size, terrain, climate, and other physical characteristics.

🌱 Environment

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Emissions, water, land use, and environmental commitments.

⚡ Energy

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Electricity, fuel production and consumption, and generation mix.

Electricity generation sources
Electricity (kWh)
Coal (metric tons)
Petroleum (bbl/day)
Natural gas (cubic meters)

📡 Communications

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Telephones, broadcast media, and internet access.

🚗 Transportation

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Airports, railways, ports, and merchant shipping.

🛰️ Military, Space & Other

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Defence forces, space programmes, terrorism, and cross-border issues.

Military and security
Space programme
Terrorism
Transnational issues

Country Information — Explanation

Search for any country and pull together a live profile: geography and demographics, the economy (GDP, growth, purchasing power, trade), government and politics, and physical geography — drawn straight from the World Bank, the CIA World Factbook's community-maintained successor, the UN Human Development Report, and The Economist's Big Mac Index.

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Country Information — Key Terms

Key concepts in English, with te reo Māori, Chinese (Simplified) and Korean.

EnglishTe reo Māori中文(简体)한국어What it means on this page
Nominal GDPno attested term名义GDP (Míngyì GDP)명목 GDP (Myeongmok GDP)The total value of goods and services produced in a country, measured in current prices — not adjusted for inflation or price-level differences between countries.
Real GDP Growthno attested term实际GDP增长率 (Shíjì GDP zēngzhǎnglǜ)실질 GDP 성장률 (Siljil GDP seongjangnyul)The annual percentage change in a country's GDP after removing the effect of inflation — the standard measure of how fast an economy is actually expanding.
GDP per Capitano attested term人均GDP (Rénjūn GDP)1인당 GDP (Il-indang GDP)A country's GDP divided by its population — a rough (but imperfect) measure of average material living standards.
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)no attested term购买力平价 (Gòumǎilì píngjià)구매력 평가 (Gumaeryeok pyeongga)An exchange-rate adjustment that accounts for differences in the cost of living between countries, so that GDP figures reflect what money can actually buy locally.
Gini Coefficientno attested term基尼系数 (Jīní xìshù)지니 계수 (Jini gyesu)A single number between 0 and 1 measuring income inequality: 0 is perfect equality, 1 is perfect inequality.
Human Development Index (HDI)no attested term人类发展指数 (Rénlèi fāzhǎn zhǐshù)인간개발지수 (Ingan gaebal jisu)A UN composite measure combining life expectancy, education, and income per capita into a single score between 0 and 1, used to compare overall wellbeing across countries.
Trade Balanceno attested term贸易差额 (Màoyì chā'é)무역수지 (Muyeok suji)The difference between the value of a country's exports and its imports over a given period.
Head of State / Head of Governmentno attested term国家元首/政府首脑 (Guójiā yuánshǒu/Zhèngfǔ shǒunǎo)국가원수/정부수반 (Gukga wonsu/Jeongbu suban)The head of state is a country's ceremonial or constitutional representative (e.g. a monarch or president); the head of government runs day-to-day policy (e.g. a prime minister) — in many countries these are two different people.
Legislaturerūnanga hanga ture立法机关 (Lìfǎ jīguān)입법부 (Ipbeobbu)The branch of government responsible for making laws, such as a parliament or congress.

On the te reo Māori column. Terms marked as gaps have no attested equivalent in the sources checked — Karaitiana Taiuru's Dictionary of Māori Computer and Social Media Terms, Paekupu, the Reserve Bank's te reo financial glossary, NZQA and Te Aka. No coinage is printed as though it were established; where a class needs one, commission it from Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori and credit the translator. Te reo Māori is not italicised and takes no plural "s".