rtification, underemployment, epidemics, and famine. Because of
their own internal problems, the industrialized countries have
inadequate resources to deal effectively with the poorer areas of
the world, which, at least from the economic point of view, are
becoming further marginalized. (For specific economic developments
in each country, see the individual country entries in this volume.)

GDP: GWP (gross world product) - purchasing power parity - $33.7
trillion (1995 est.)

GDP real growth rate: 3% (1995 est.)

GDP per capita: $5,900 (1995 est.)

GDP composition by sector:
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
all countries: 25%
developed countries: 2% to 6% typically
developing countries: 10% to 60% typically (1995 est.)
note: national inflation rates vary widely in individual cases, from
stable prices in Japan to hyperinflation in a number of Third World
countries

Labor force: 2.24 billion (1992)
by occupation: NA

Unemployment rate: 30% combined unemployment and underemployment
in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically
6%-12% unemployment (1995 est.)

Industries: dominated by the onrush of technology, especially in
computers, robotics, telecommunications, and medicines and medical
equipment; most of these advances take place in OECD nations; only a
small portion of non-OECD countries have succeeded in rapidly
adjusting to these technological forces; the rapid development of
new industrial (and agricultural) technology is complicating already
grim environmental problems

Industrial production growth rate: 5% (1995 est.)

Electricity:
capacity: 2,773,000,000 kW
production: 11.601 trillion kWh
consumption per capita: 1,937 kWh (1993)

Agriculture: the whole gamut of crops, livestock, forest products,
and fish

Exports: $4.3 trillion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities: the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods
and services
partners: in value, about 75% of exports from the developed countries

Imports: $4.4 trillion (c.i.f., 1995 est.)
commodities: the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods
and services
partners: in value, about 75% of imports by the developed countries

External debt: $2 trillion for less developed countries (1995 est.)

Economic aid: worldwide traditional foreign aid $50 billion (1995
est.)

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