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| Population 2010 |
Life expectancy at birth 2009 |
GDP per capita 2009 |
General government debt 2010 |
Consumer Price Index 2010 |
Unemployment rate 2010 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | years | US$1 | % of GDP | annual % change | % | |
| OECD 2 countries | ||||||
| Australia | 22,342 | 81.6 | 39,918 | 25.3 | 2.8 | 5.2 |
| Austria | 8,388 | 80.4 | 38,814 | 78.6 | 1.8 | 4.4 |
| Belgium | 10,7963 | 80.0 | 36,300 | 100.7 | 2.2 | 8.3 |
| Canada | 34,109 | 80.74 | 37,808 | 84.2 | 1.8 | 8.0 |
| Czech Republic | 10,517 | 77.3 | 25,563 | 46.6 | 1.5 | 7.3 |
| Denmark | 5,544 | 79.0 | 37,680 | 55.5 | 2.3 | 7.4 |
| Finland | 5,363 | 80.0 | 35,229 | 57.4 | 1.2 | 8.4 |
| France | 62,6363 | 81.0 | 33,373 | 94.1 | 1.5 | 9.8 |
| Germany | 81,9023 | 80.3 | 36,332 | 87.0 | 1.1 | 7.1 |
| Greece | 11,2833 | 80.3 | 29,303 | 147.3 | 4.7 | 12.6 |
| Hungary | 10,000 | 74.0 | 20,275 | 85.6 | 4.9 | 11.2 |
| Iceland | 318 | 81.5 | 36,647 | 120.2 | 5.4 | 7.5 |
| Ireland | 4,471 | 80.0 | 39,562 | 102.4 | -0.9 | 13.7 |
| Italy | 60,1933 | 81.85 | 32,413 | 126.8 | 1.5 | 8.4 |
| Japan | 127,5103 | 83.0 | 32,018 | 199.7 | -0.7 | 5.1 |
| Korea | 50,516 | 80.3 | 27,133 | 33.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
| Luxembourg | 4943 | 80.7 | 84,848 | 19.7 | 2.3 | 4.5 |
| Mexico | 108,396 | 75.3 | 14,388 | .. | 4.2 | 5.4 |
| Netherlands | 16,5303 | 80.6 | 40,804 | 71.4 | 1.3 | 4.5 |
| New Zealand | 4,368 | 80.8 | 29,149 | 38.7 | 2.3 | 6.5 |
| Norway | 4,889 | 81.0 | 54,568 | 49.5 | 2.4 | 3.5 |
| Poland | 38,187 | 75.8 | 18,925 | 62.4 | 2.6 | 9.6 |
| Portugal | 10,6323 | 79.5 | 25,055 | 103.1 | 1.4 | 12.0 |
| Slovak Republic | 5,431 | 75.0 | 22,869 | 44.5 | 1.0 | 14.4 |
| Spain | 46,073 | 81.8 | 32,247 | 66.1 | 1.8 | 20.1 |
| Sweden | 9,379 | 81.4 | 37,155 | 49.1 | 1.2 | 8.4 |
| Switzerland | 7,822 | 82.3 | 44,840 | 40.2 | 0.7 | 4.2 |
| Turkey | 72,698 | 73.8 | 14,218 | .. | 8.6 | 10.6 |
| United Kingdom | 61,349 | 80.4 | 35,151 | 82.4 | 3.3 | 7.8 |
| United States | 309,051 | 78.2 | 45,674 | 93.6 | 1.6 | 9.6 |
| All OECD | 1,228,199 | 79.5 | 33,023 | 97.6 | 1.9 | 8.6 |
| Non-OECD countries | ||||||
| Brazil | 194,947 | 72.7 | 10,453 | .. | 5.0 | 6.7 |
| China | 1,341,335 | 73.3 | 6,786 | .. | 3.3 | .. |
| India | 1,224,614 | 64.1 | 3,039 | .. | 12.0 | .. |
| Indonesia | 239,871 | 71.2 | 4,155 | .. | 5.1 | 7.3 |
| Russian Federation | 142,958 | 68.7 | 19,023 | .. | 6.9 | 7.5 |
| .. not available for a specific reference period | ||||||
| Note: International comparisons should be used to gain a general impression only, as there are differences in definition, data collection and other factors. | ||||||
| 1. Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices using current exchange rates. | ||||||
| 2. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. | ||||||
| 3. 2009 data. | ||||||
| 4. 2007 data. | ||||||
| 5. 2008 data. | ||||||
| Source: Data based on OECD (2011), OECD Factbook 2011. | ||||||
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