Countries With The Highest Greenhouse Emissions Relative To Purchasing Power
High CO2 emissions relative to purchasing power in Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, and other countries suggests that
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Countries Earning The Most In Coal Rents Relative To GDP
Large differences in world market and domestic production costs for coal give South Africa and Kazakhstan major economic boosts.
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Countries Given The Longest Grace Periods On Foreign Loans
On average, government and private borrowers in Afghanistan are given 30 year grace periods on foreign debts.
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Countries With The Highest Interest Rates On New Foreign Loans
Countries in the developing world often see interest rates in excess of 5% on external debt.
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Countries With The Highest Interest Rates On Official Foreign Credit Lines
Zambia sees average interest rates of 6.4% on new external debt commitments, followed by Belarus and Cape Verde.
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Leading Countries In Fishing And Aquaculture Harvests
China is unparalleled in total fisheries' production for combined domestic and foreign markets, reeling in 76 billion kilograms in harvests per year.
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Countries Earning Large Shares Of GDP Through Natural Resource Rents
Natural resource rents contribute to more than half of the total GDP sourced from Kuwait.
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Countries With The Highest Water Usage Productivity
Luxembourg, Equatorial Guinea, and Denmark each garner GDPs in excess of $500 for every cubic meter of water used.
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Countries With The Worst Water Use Productivity
Some countries net only around $1 US in GDP for every cubic meter of water they use.
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National Economies With The Best Trade Account Balances
China's net balance of exports and income stood at $330.6 billion dollars at the end of 2015.
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National Economies With The Worst Trade Account Balances
The U.S. trade account balance stood at a deficit of almost half of One Trillion Dollars at the end of 2015.
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Major International Debt Buyback In The Last Decade
Several countries have bought back hundreds of millions of US Dollars worth of their own debt in the last decade.
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Largest Recent Reductions And Forgiveness Of International Debts
Mexico has, through the years, received debt reductions and forgiveness, net of buybacks, exceeding $7 Billion US.
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Major Interest Rescheduling Of National Debts In Recent Years
Multilateral organizations and other governments have given these countries a chance to have their large interest debts rescheduled.
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Countries With The Biggest Banks
Eleven banks in China are enlisted among the top 50 banks in the world by total assets (2015).
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Banks With The Highest Market Capitalization Values
Wells Fargo & Co has the highest market capitalization of over $250 billion USD.
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Highest Earning Insurance Brokers In The World
American firm Marsh & McLennan earned almost $13 Billion US in the last fiscal year, closely followed by AON from Britain.
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Countries Where The Majority Of External Debt Is Owed To Multilateral Entities
Many countries in the developing world have seen most of their external debt owed to multilateral organizations.
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Countries With The Most External Debt
Mexico's current external debt balance totals almost one quarter of a trillion US dollars.
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Rescheduling Of Principal On National Debts In Recent Years
Several nations have had millions of dollars of the principal on their respective loans rescheduled in the last several years.
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