agricultural products, food products, oil products, chemical products, plastics and rubber, skins and leather, wood and cork, wood pulp and paper, textile materials, clothing, footwear, minerals and mineral products, base metals, machinery and tools, vehicles and other transport material, and optical and precision
External Debt
$5,330,000,000 $
$548,300,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
guarani (PYG) per US dollar - 4,337.7 (2008 est.), 5,031 (2007), 5,672.8 (2006), 6,178 (2005), 5,974.6 (2004)
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.000%
2.300%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0
2
Location
Central South America, northeast of Argentina
Southwestern Europe, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Spain
Area
406,752 km sq
92,090 km sq
Coastline
0 km
1,793 km
Climate
subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west
maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south
