World Development Indicators - Country Notes Country_Code Source_Note AFG Afghanistan. South Asia. Low income. IDA. HIPC. Currency: Afghan afghani. National accounts base year: 2002/2003. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 1979. Latest demographic, household, or health survey: MICS, 2003. ALB Albania. Europe & Central Asia. Lower middle income. IBRD. Currency: Albanian lek. National accounts reference year: 1996. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 2001. Latest demographic, household, or health survey: MICS, 2005. DZA Algeria. Middle East & North Africa. Upper middle income. IBRD. Currency: Algerian dinar. National accounts base year: 1980. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 2008. Latest demographic, household, or health survey: MICS, 2006. ASM American Samoa. East Asia & Pacific. Upper middle income. Currency: U.S. dollar. Latest population census: 2000. ADO Andorra. High income: nonOECD. Currency: Euro. Latest population census: 2000. AGO Angola. Sub-Saharan Africa. Lower middle income. IDA. Currency: Angolan kwanza. National accounts base year: 1997. SNA price valuation: VAP. Latest population census: 1970. Latest demographic, household, or health survey: MICS, 2001. ATG Antigua and Barbuda. High income: nonOECD. IBRD. Currency: Eastern Caribbean dollar. National accounts base year: 1990. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 2001. ARG Argentina. Latin America & Caribbean. Upper middle income. IBRD. Currency: Argentine peso. National accounts base year: 1993. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 2001. ARM Armenia. Europe & Central Asia. Lower middle income. Blend. Currency: Armenian dram. National accounts reference year: 1996. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 2001. Latest demographic, household, or health survey: DHS, 2005. ABW Aruba. High income: nonOECD. Currency: Aruban florin. National accounts base year: 1995. Latest population census: 2000. AUS Australia. High income: OECD. Currency: Australian dollar. National accounts reference year: 2007. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 2006. AUT Austria. High income: OECD. Euro area. Currency: Euro. National accounts base year: 2000. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 2001. Note: A simple multiplier is used to convert the national currencies of EMU members to euros. The following irrevocable euro conversion rate was adopted by the EU Council on January 1, 1999: 1 euro = 13.7603 Austrian schilling. Please note that historical data before 1999 are not actual euros and are not comparable or suitable for aggregation across countries. AZE Azerbaijan. Europe & Central Asia. Lower middle income. Blend. Currency: Azeri manat (New). National accounts reference year: 2003. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 1999. Latest demographic, household, or health survey: DHS, 2006. BHS Bahamas, The. High income: nonOECD. Currency: Bahamian dollar. National accounts base year: 1991. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 2000. BHR Bahrain. High income: nonOECD. Currency: Bahrain dinar. National accounts base year: 1985. SNA price valuation: VAP. Latest population census: 2001. BGD Bangladesh. South Asia. Low income. IDA. Currency: Bangladesh taka. National accounts base year: 1995/1996. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 2001. Latest demographic, household, or health survey: MICS, 2006. BRB Barbados. High income: nonOECD. Currency: Barbados dollar. National accounts base year: 1974. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 2000. Country_Code Source_Note BLR Belarus. Europe & Central Asia. Upper middle income. IBRD. Currency: Belarusian rubel. National accounts reference year: 2000. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 1999. Latest demographic, household, or health survey: MICS, 2005. BEL Belgium. High income: OECD. Euro area. Currency: Euro. National accounts base year: 2000. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 2001. Note: Data include Luxembourg for balance of payments through 2001 and trade through 1998 unless otherwise noted. A simple multiplier is used to convert the national currencies of EMU members to euros. The following irrevocable euro conversion rate was adopted by the EU Council on January 1, 1999: 1 euro = 40.3399 Belgian franc. Please note that historical data before 1999 are not actual euros and are not comparable or suitable for aggregation across countries. BLZ Belize. Latin America & Caribbean. Lower middle income. IBRD. Currency: Belize dollar. National accounts base year: 2000. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 2000. Latest demographic, household, or health survey: MICS, 2006. BEN Benin. Sub-Saharan Africa. Low income. IDA. HIPC. Currency: CFA franc. National accounts base year: 1985. SNA price valuation: VAP. Latest population census: 2002. Latest demographic, household, or health survey: DHS, 2006. BMU Bermuda. High income: nonOECD. Currency: Bermuda dollar. National accounts base year: 1996. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 2000. BTN Bhutan. South Asia. Lower middle income. IDA. Currency: Bhutanese ngultrum. National accounts base year: 2000. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 2005. BOL Bolivia. Latin America & Caribbean. Lower middle income. Blend. HIPC. Currency: Boliviano. National accounts base year: 1990. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 2001. Latest demographic, household, or health survey: DHS, 2003. BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina. Europe & Central Asia. Upper middle income. Blend. Currency: Konvertible mark. National accounts reference year: 1996. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 1991. Latest demographic, household, or health survey: MICS, 2006. BWA Botswana. Sub-Saharan Africa. Upper middle income. IBRD. Currency: Botswana pula. National accounts base year: 1993/1994. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 2001. Latest demographic, household, or health survey: MICS, 2000. BRA Brazil. Latin America & Caribbean. Upper middle income. IBRD. Currency: Brazilian real. National accounts base year: 2000. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 2000. Latest demographic, household, or health survey: DHS, 1996. BRN Brunei Darussalam. High income: nonOECD. Currency: Brunei dollar. National accounts base year: 2000. SNA price valuation: VAP. Latest population census: 2001. BGR Bulgaria. Europe & Central Asia. Upper middle income. IBRD. Currency: Bulgarian lev. National accounts reference year: 2002. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 2001. BFA Burkina Faso. Sub-Saharan Africa. Low income. IDA. HIPC. Currency: CFA franc. National accounts base year: 1999. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 2006. Latest demographic, household, or health survey: DHS, 2003. BDI Burundi. Sub-Saharan Africa. Low income. IDA. HIPC. Currency: Burundi franc. National accounts base year: 1980. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 1990. Latest demographic, household, or health survey: MICS, 2000. Country_Code Source_Note KHM Cambodia. East Asia & Pacific. Low income. IDA. Currency: Cambodian riel. National accounts base year: 2000. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 2008. Latest demographic, household, or health survey: DHS, 2005. CMR Cameroon. Sub-Saharan Africa. Lower middle income. IDA. HIPC. Currency: CFA franc. National accounts base year: 2000. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 1987. Latest demographic, household, or health survey: MICS, 2006. CAN Canada. High income: OECD. Currency: Canadian dollar. National accounts base year: 2000. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 2006. CPV Cape Verde. Sub-Saharan Africa. Lower middle income. Blend. Currency: Cape Verde escudo. National accounts base year: 1980. SNA price valuation: VAP. Latest population census: 2000. CYM Cayman Islands. High income: nonOECD. Currency: Cayman Islands dollar. National accounts base year: 1987. Latest population census: 1999. CAF Central African Republic. Sub-Saharan Africa. Low income. IDA. HIPC. Currency: CFA franc. National accounts base year: 2000. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 2003. Latest demographic, household, or health survey: MICS, 2006. TCD Chad. Sub-Saharan Africa. Low income. IDA. HIPC. Currency: CFA franc. National accounts base year: 1995. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 1993. Latest demographic, household, or health survey: DHS, 2004. CHI Channel Islands. High income: nonOECD. Currency: Jersey pound and Guernsey pound. National accounts base year: 2007 and 2003. National accounts reference year: 2007. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 2001. CHL Chile. Latin America & Caribbean. Upper middle income. IBRD. Currency: Chilean peso. National accounts base year: 2003. SNA price valuation: VAB. Latest population census: 2002. CHN China. East Asia & Pacific. Lower middle income. IBRD. Currency: Chinese yuan. National accounts base year: 2000. SNA price valuation: VAP. Latest population census: 2000. Latest demographic, household, or health survey: NSS, 2006. Note: China has revised its national accounts data from 1993 onwards; data before 1993 are linked to the revised data on the basis of earlier growth rates. Revised expenditure data, however, are not available; data shown are based on earlier series. On 1 July 1997 China resumed its exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong; and on 20 December 1999 China resumed its exercise of