The same $1 billion is the amount of gross domestic product (GDP) shared by 27,000 Norwegians - and by 10 million Ethiopians, according to the agency. It is the total in tariff revenues on manufactured product imports collected by Indonesia, Algeria or South Africa.
A billion dollars is the amount of foreign direct investment inflows to Argentina in 2002, as well as the annual level of trade among the 15 small members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). It is 0.6 per cent of the European Union's (EU) agriculture value added or 11 per cent of the value of Africa's total agriculture exports to the EU in 2001, UNCTAD said.
One billion dollars also represents 10 per cent of the estimated value of India's total remittances from abroad, or 10 per cent of that country's trade deficit, according to the Handbook.
UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2003
UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2003 provides a comprehensive collection of statistical data relevant to the analysis of international trade, investment and development, for individual countries and for economic and trade groupings. It is a consolidated reference for statistics considered by the UNCTAD secretariat to be of a particular importance for describing, in the context of the globalization, how developing and other countries have evolved during the last decades.
UNCTAD compiles statistics that are relevant for the analysis of international trade, foreign direct investment, commodities and development. The statistics are based on existing national and international data sources. Data are presented in a consistent framework and wherever possible in an analytical way so as to facilitate their interpretation. Time series of basic data cover periods as long as data available permit. A number of the series represent UNCTAD secretariat estimates.Unrestricted free access is provided in UNCTAD Statistics in brief on this site.
http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=1885&lang=1
For the users who require more detailed information or full time series, UNCTAD offers on-line databases.
http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=1888&lang=1
UNCTAD HANDBOOK OF STATISTICS 2003:
http://www.unctad.org/Templates/webflyer.asp?docid=4324&intItemID=1397&lang=1&mode=highlights
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development: http://www.unctad.org
A billion dollars is the amount of foreign direct investment inflows to Argentina in 2002, as well as the annual level of trade among the 15 small members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). It is 0.6 per cent of the European Union's (EU) agriculture value added or 11 per cent of the value of Africa's total agriculture exports to the EU in 2001, UNCTAD said.
One billion dollars also represents 10 per cent of the estimated value of India's total remittances from abroad, or 10 per cent of that country's trade deficit, according to the Handbook.
UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2003
UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2003 provides a comprehensive collection of statistical data relevant to the analysis of international trade, investment and development, for individual countries and for economic and trade groupings. It is a consolidated reference for statistics considered by the UNCTAD secretariat to be of a particular importance for describing, in the context of the globalization, how developing and other countries have evolved during the last decades.
UNCTAD compiles statistics that are relevant for the analysis of international trade, foreign direct investment, commodities and development. The statistics are based on existing national and international data sources. Data are presented in a consistent framework and wherever possible in an analytical way so as to facilitate their interpretation. Time series of basic data cover periods as long as data available permit. A number of the series represent UNCTAD secretariat estimates.Unrestricted free access is provided in UNCTAD Statistics in brief on this site.
http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=1885&lang=1
For the users who require more detailed information or full time series, UNCTAD offers on-line databases.
http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=1888&lang=1
UNCTAD HANDBOOK OF STATISTICS 2003:
http://www.unctad.org/Templates/webflyer.asp?docid=4324&intItemID=1397&lang=1&mode=highlights
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development: http://www.unctad.org