(2006 est.)

Sweden
1.4% (2006 est.)

Switzerland
1.2% (2006 est.)

Syria
7% (2006 est.)

Taiwan
1% (2006 est.)

Tajikistan
7.5% (2006 est.)

Tanzania
5.9% (2006 est.)

Thailand
5.1% (2006 est.)

Togo
2.8% (2006 est.)

Tokelau
NA%

Tonga
11.1% (2005 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago
8% (2006 est.)

Tunisia
4.6% (2006 est.)

Turkey
9.8% (2006 est.)

Turkmenistan
11% (2006 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands
4% (1995)

Tuvalu
3.9% (2005 est.)

Uganda
6% (2006 est.)

Ukraine
8.5% (2006 est.)

United Arab Emirates
10% (2006 est.)

United Kingdom
2.3% (2006 est.)

United States
2.5% (2006 est.)

Uruguay
6.5% (2006 est.)

Uzbekistan
7.6% (2006 est.)

Vanuatu
-1.6% (2005 est.)

Venezuela
15.8% (2006 est.)

Vietnam
7.5% (2006 est.)

Virgin Islands
2.2% (2003)

Wallis and Futuna
2.8% (2005)

West Bank
2.9% (includes Gaza Strip) (2005)

Western Sahara
NA%

World
developed countries 1% to 4% typically; developing countries
5% to 20% typically; national inflation rates vary widely in
individual cases, from declining prices in Japan to hyperinflation
in one Third World countries (Zimbabwe); inflation rates have
declined for most countries for the last several years, held in
check by increasing international competition from several low wage
countries (2005 est.)

Yemen
14.8% (2006 est.)

Zambia
8.8% (2006 est.)

Zimbabwe
976.4% official data; private sector estimates are much
higher (2006 est.)

This page was last updated on 8 February, 2007

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@2093 Waterways (km)

Afghanistan
1,200 km (chiefly Amu Darya, which handles vessels up to
500 DWT) (2005)

Albania
43 km (2006)

Angola
1,300 km (2005)

Argentina
11,000 km (2005)

Australia
2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and
Murray-Darling river systems) (2002)

Austria
358 km (2003)

Bangladesh
8,372 km
note: includes 5,635 km main cargo routes; network reduced to 5,200
km in dry season (2005)

Belarus
2,500 km (use limited by location on perimeter of country
and by shallowness) (2003)

Belgium
2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use) (2003)

Belize
825 km (navigable only by small craft) (2005)

Benin
150 km (on River Niger along northern border) (2005)

Bolivia
10,0