How strong are we (the west) to control Iran?

Submitted by Syed Kasim (Canada), Jan 7, 2007 at 18:01

How strong are we(the west) to control Iran?

West - Top 10 Countries

Country Name - Business size(GDP-Purchasing Power Parity)- External Debt as a % of GDP size - Net business size

1. United States - $ 12.3 trillion - 8.8 trillion - 71% - 3.5 trillion
2. Germany - $ 2.5 trillion - 3.6 trillion - 140% - 1.1 trillion
3. United Kingdom - $ 1.8 trillion - 7.1 trillion 400% - 5.3 trillion
4. France - $ 1.8 trillion - 2.8 trillion 155% - 1.0 trillion
5. Italy - $ 1.7 trillion - 0.9 trillion 52% - 0.8 trillion
6. Brazil - $ 1.5 trillion - 0.2 trillion 13% - 1.3 trillion
7. Canada - $ 1.1 trillion - 0.5 trillion 45% - 0.6 trillion
8. Mexico - $ 1.1 trillion - 0.1 trillion 9% - 1.0 trillion
9. Spain - $ 1.05 trillion - 1.0 trillion 95% - 0.05 trillion
10.Australia $ 0.60 trillion - 0.3 trillion 50% - 0.3 trillion
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Total(West) - $25.45 trillion - 25.3 trillion - 0.15 trillion

East - Top 10 Countries

Country Name - Business size(GDP-Purchasing Power Parity)- External Debt as a % of GDP size - Net business size

1. China - $ 8.9 trillion - 0.25 trillion - 3% - 8.65 trillion
2. Japan - $ 4.0 trillion - 1.55 trillion - 38% - 2.45 trillion
3. India - $ 3.7 trillion - 0.12 trillion - 3% - 3.58 trillion
4. Russia - $ 1.6 trillion - 0.22 trillion - 13% - 1.38 trillion
5. Korea, South - $ 1.1 trillion - 0.15 trillion - 13% - 0.95 trillion
6. Indonesia - $ 0.9 trillion - 0.13 trillion - 14% - 0.77 trillion
7. Taiwan - $ 0.6 trillion - 0.08 trillion - 13% - 0.52 trillion
8. Turkey - $ 0.6 trillion - 0.17 trillion - 28% - 0.43 trillion
9. Iran - $ 0.6 trillion - 0.02 trillion - 3% - 0.58 trillion
10.Thailand - $ 0.6 trillion - 0.05 trillion - 8% - 0.55 trillion
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Total(East) - $22.6 trillion - 2.74 trillion - 19.86 trillion

The net Business size of East is 132 times of that of the West.

Difference between 1989 USA and present(2006) USA

How strong the USA is now (2006) compared to 1989 with respect to world economy?

Year - USA GDP - World GDP - USA economy as a percentage of world economy

1989 - $4.862 trillion - $18.5 trillion - 26.28 %
Current(2006) - $12.41 trillion - $59.59 trillion - 20.8 %

USA is in its weakest in the last 18 years when Iran is in its strongest in the last 18 years.

Data source: CIA World Factbook - http://www.theodora.com/wfb/

Syed Kasim

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