om Soviet Union)

Vanuatu
30 July 1980 (from France and UK)

Venezuela
5 July 1811 (from Spain)

Vietnam
2 September 1945 (from France)

Virgin Islands
none (territory of the US)

Wallis and Futuna
none (overseas territory of France)

Yemen
22 May 1990 (Republic of Yemen was established with the merger
of the Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen] and the
Marxist-dominated People's Democratic Republic of Yemen [Yemen
(Aden) or South Yemen]); note - previously North Yemen became
independent in November 1918 (from the Ottoman Empire) and became a
republic with the overthrow of the theocratic Imamate in 1962; South
Yemen became independent on 30 November 1967 (from the UK)

Zambia
24 October 1964 (from UK)

Zimbabwe
18 April 1980 (from UK)

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@2089 Industrial production growth rate (%)

Afghanistan
NA%

Albania
4% (2007 est.)

Algeria
5% (2007 est.)

American Samoa
NA%

Andorra
NA%

Angola
23.9% (2007 est.)

Anguilla
3.1% (1997 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda
NA%

Argentina
7.5% (2007 est.)

Armenia
3.2% (2007 est.)

Aruba
NA%

Australia
4.1% (2007 est.)

Austria
5.7% (2007 est.)

Azerbaijan
25% (2007 est.)

Bahamas, The
NA%

Bahrain
5.2% (2007 est.)

Bangladesh
8.4% (2007 est.)

Barbados
-3.2% (2000 est.)

Belarus
5% (2007 est.)

Belgium
2.8% (2007 est.)

Belize
0.5% (2007 est.)

Benin
4.5% (2007 est.)

Bermuda
NA%

Bhutan
9.3% (1996 est.)

Bolivia
1.1% (2007 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
6.7% (2007 est.)

Botswana
4.2% (2007 est.)

Brazil
4.9% (2007 est.)

British Virgin Islands
NA%

Brunei
1.8% (2005 est.)

Bulgaria
14% (2007 est.)

Burkina Faso
5.2% (2007 est.)

Burma
9% (2007 est.)

Burundi
6.4% (2007 est.)

Cambodia
15% (2007 est.)

Cameroon
3.5% (2007 est.)

Canada
0.3% (2007 est.)

Cape Verde
7.5% (2007 est.)

Cayman Islands
NA%

Central African Republic
3% (2002)

Chad
2% (2007 est.)

Chile
11.1% (2007 est.)

China
13.4% (2007 est.)

Colombia
9.8% (2007 est.)

Comoros
-2% (1999 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
NA%

Congo, Republic of the
-12% (2007 est.)

Cook Islands
1% (2002)

Costa Rica
7.3% (2007 est