rn 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 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]; previously North Yemen had become
independent on NA November 1918 (from the Ottoman Empire) and South
Yemen had become independent on 30 November 1967 (from the UK)

Yugoslavia:
27 April 1992 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia or FRY
formed as self-proclaimed successor to the Socialist Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia or SFRY)

Zambia:
24 October 1964 (from UK)

Zimbabwe:
18 April 1980 (from UK)

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@Industrial production growth rate

Albania:
9% (2000 est.)

Algeria:
7% (1999 est.)

American Samoa:
NA%

Andorra:
NA%

Angola:
NA%

Anguilla:
3.1% (1997 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda:
6% (1997 est.)

Argentina:
1% (2000 est.)

Armenia:
5% (2000 est.)

Aruba:
NA%

Australia:
1.5% (1999 est.)

Austria:
4.2% (2000)

Azerbaijan:
6.9% (2000 est.)

Bahamas, The:
NA%

Bahrain:
2% (2000 est.)

Bangladesh:
6.1% (2000 est.)

Barbados:
0.8% (1996)

Belarus:
5% (2000 est.)

Belgium:
5.5% (2000 est.)

Belize:
4.6% (1999)

Benin:
6.9% (2000 est.)

Bermuda:
NA%

Bhutan:
9.3% (1996 est.)

Bolivia:
4% (1995 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
10% (2000 est.)

Botswana:
6.2% (2000 est.)

Brazil:
6.9% (2000 est.)

British Virgin Islands:
4% (1985)

Brunei:
4% (1997 est.)

Bulgaria:
10.8% (2000 est.)

Burkina Faso:
4.2% (1995)

Burma:
NA%

Burundi:
6.3% (1999 est.)

Cambodia:
NA%

Cameroon:
4.2% (1999 est.)

Canada:
4.5% (2000 est.)

Cape Verde:
NA%

Cayman Islands:
NA%

Central African Republic:
NA%

Chad:
5% (1995)

Chile:
6% (2000 est.)

China:
10% (2000 est.)

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