petroleum, bananas, cut flowers, shrimp, cacao, coffee, hemp, wood, fish
External Debt
$158,900,000,000 $
$20,030,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Emirati dirhams (AED) per US dollar - 3.673 (2008 est.), 3.673 (2007), 3.673 (2006), 3.6725 (2005), 3.6725 (2004) note: officially pegged to the US dollar since February 2002
the US dollar is used; the sucre was eliminated in 2000
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
6.400%
2.300%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0
1
Location
Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia
Western South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean at the Equator, between Colombia and Peru
Area
83,600 km sq
283,561 km sq
Coastline
1,318 km
2,237 km
Climate
desert; cooler in eastern mountains
tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higher elevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands
