Kuwaiti dinars (KD) per US dollar - 0.2679 (2008 est.), 0.2844 (2007), 0.29 (2006), 0.292 (2005), 0.2947 (2004)
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar 438.77 (2008 est.), 481.83 (2007), 522.89 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004) note: since 1 January 1999, the XOF franc has been pegged to the euro at a rate of 655.957 XOF francs per euro
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
5.300%
1.400%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
Location
Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iraq and Saudi Arabia
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania
Area
17,818 km sq
196,722 km sq
Coastline
499 km
531 km
Climate
dry desert; intensely hot summers; short, cool winters
tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind