Union; in another Act of Union in 1707, England and Scotland
agreed to permanently join as Great Britain; the legislative union
of Great Britain and Ireland was implemented in 1801, with the
adoption of the name the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland; the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921 formalized a partition of
Ireland; six northern Irish counties remained part of the United
Kingdom as Northern Ireland and the current name of the country, the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, was adopted in
1927

United States
4 July 1776 (from Great Britain)

Uruguay
25 August 1825 (from Brazil)

Uzbekistan
1 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)

Vanuatu
30 July 1980 (from France and UK)

Venezuela
5 July 1811 (from Spain)

Vietnam
2 September 1945 (from France)

Wallis and Futuna
none (overseas territory of France)

Yemen
22 May 1990 (Republic of Yemen 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 had become
independent in November of 1918 (from the Ottoman Empire) and South
Yemen had become 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
2.7% (2003 est.)

Algeria
6% (2003 est.)

American Samoa
NA

Andorra
NA

Angola
1% (2000)

Anguilla
3.1% (1997 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda
6% (1997 est.)

Argentina
16.2% (2003 est.)

Armenia
15% (2002 est.)

Aruba
NA (2002 est.)

Australia
-0.1% (2003 est.)

Austria
1.9% (2003 est.)

Azerbaijan
6.1% (2003 est.)

Bahamas, The
NA (2002 est.)

Bahrain
2% (2000 est.)

Bangladesh
1.9% (2003 est.)

Barbados
-3.2% (2000 est.)

Belarus
5% (2003 est.)

Belgium
-1.5% (2003 est.)

Belize
4.6% (1999)

Benin
8.3% (2001 est.)

Bermuda
NA

Bhutan
9.3% (1996 est.)

Bolivia
3.9% (1998)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
5.5% (2003 est.)

Botswana
7.3% (2003 est.)

Brazil
0.4% (2003 est.)

British Virgin Islands
NA

Brunei
5% (2002 est.)

Bulgaria
6.3% (2003 est.)

Bu