Template talk:Infobox Economy
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Example of usage is to the right. Contact me if you have any problems. I think this is a pretty good listing of pertinent economic data; obviously not everything can be on here. The infobox is modeled after the old infobox for Germany and Canada's economies.LittleDantalk 19:07, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
| Economy of Canada | |
| Currency | Canadian dollar (CAD) |
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| Fiscal year | 1 April - 31 March |
| Trade organisations | NAFTA, OECD, WTO and others |
| Statistics | |
| GDP | $1.023 trillion (2004) |
| GDP growth | 2.4% (2004) |
| GDP per capita | $31,500 (2004) |
| GDP by sector | agriculture (2.3%), industry (26.4%), services (71.3%) (2004) |
| Inflation (CPI) | 1.9% (2004) |
| Population below poverty line |
15.5% (2004) [1] |
| Labour force | 17.37 million (2004) |
| Labour force by occupation |
agriculture (3%), manufacturing (15%), construction (5%), services (74%), other (3%)(2000) |
| Unemployment | 6.4% (July 2006) |
| Main industries | transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and unprocessed minerals, food products, wood and paper products, fish products, petroleum and natural gas |
| External | |
| Exports | $315.6 billion (2004) |
| Export goods | motor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery, aircraft, telecommunications equipment, chemicals, plastics, fertilizers, wood pulp, timber, crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity, aluminum |
| Main export partners | U.S. 85.2%, Japan 2.1%, UK 1.6% (2004) |
| Imports | $256.1 billion (2004) |
| Import goods | machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, crude oil, chemicals, electricity, durable consumer goods |
| Main import partners | U.S. 58.9%, the People's Republic of China 6.8%, Mexico 3.8% (2004) |
| Public finances | |
| Public Debt | $501,493 (millions of dollars 2004) |
| Revenues | $151 billion (2004) |
| Expenses | $144 billion (2004) |
| Economic aid | $2 billion (donor) (2004) |
| Main data source: CIA World Fact Book All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars |
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[edit] Inflated figures
The box on the right shows that the GDP (PPP) of India is over $5 trillion. This is far higher than the 2007 estimate of $2-3 trillion. I suspect someone inflated the figures, as India's GDP (PPP) simply did not double in a year. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.229.121.13 (talk) 22:15, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
I too second this opinion. The reference (cia.gov indicates a figure or $2.966 trillion (2007 est.) So this needs to be fixed. I couldn't do it myself, don't know why?
Me too. The GDP figures, including per capital, are completely wrong. The box claims to get its data from CIA world fact books, but after checking for figures there, I am puzzled as to how Wikipedia's info box could get virtually every figure so wrong. By78 (talk) 22:42, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
[edit] British spellings?
I'm just wondering why this uses British spelling? I wouldn't mind, really, except it looks kinda strange on the Economy of the United States page to have British spelling. David Fuchs (talk) 23:15, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
- It actually has a parameter for US spelling—just add "|spelling = US" to the infobox and it'll be changed automatically. I've just fixed the Economy of the United States. Mr. Absurd (talk) 00:43, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Extra space??
Can someone fix the extra space this template gives at the top of every article? Thanks. ☆ CieloEstrellado 02:54, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Reworking with Template:Infobox
I noticed that this template was adding extra space to the top of articles (see here, here, and here for examples). I went into the template code to fix it and I also saw that the template used old code and wasn't based off of Template:Infobox, so I rewrote it. I've checked it over as best as I could, but if you notice any minor mistakes, please change them right away. If there are any serious issues (I'll be checking the usage in actual articles, so there shouldn't be any), please revert immediately and leave a notice here or on my talk page.
Probably the biggest (and hopefully only) difference is that Template:Infobox adds a small "This box: view • talk • edit" link section at the bottom. It's either non-optional or I don't know how to remove it. In any case, I don't think it's a negative thing, so it can probably stay.
I removed the Template:Intricate template—if I understand its usage correctly, it's no longer needed. Mr. Absurd (talk) 01:06, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
- The view/talk/edit links are optional (wasn't originally but there were requests :), simply omit the "name" parameter entirely and it goes away. Bryan Derksen (talk) 21:12, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] nominal GDP
why isn't there a nominal GDP data line? does nobody care? Anatoly.bourov (talk) 14:55, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
I think that Anatoly is right, there should be nominal GDP as it gives you better estimate on the total economic power of a country. In my opinion PPP is more or less useless figure as nominal gives you values in raw monetary terms. I propose that GDP nominal should be added to template. --Gamepad (talk) 14:27, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Guinea Pigs
Come on guys we need to take this out this is ridiculous. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.104.106.204 (talk) 15:45, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
[edit] box needs to be fixed
all these numbers are wrong, there is no way the uk owes 865 trillion in debt —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.178.85.7 (talk) 22:01, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
[edit] "Rank"
The documentation for Template:Infobox Economy includes a line with "rank = " after "Trade organisations". This "rank" field does not show in the actual template and it is not included in the template code. Please fix. --Zlerman (talk) 03:15, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
[edit] the "German armies" joke
The "German armies" joke in the "Import goods" section (top-right box) might be considered funny. However, it might also be puzzling for non native English speakers or people not knowing French history. For example, a possible mistake is to understand that France imports military equipments from Germany, which is a serious nonsense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.178.72.57 (talk) 16:34, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
