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International Statistics

January 26, 2010

Country
Year
Retail Sales
(in US$)
Number of
Salespeople
Argentina***
2008
1.17 billion
714,000
Australia***
2008
844 million
420,000
Belgium
2007
87 million
14,231
Brazil***
2008
10.1 billion
2,028,093
Canada
2008
1.18 billion
608,778
Chile***
2008
464 million
259,000
Colombia***
2008
1.5 billion
867,000
Croatia
2008
42 million
48,800
Czech Republic***
2008
267 million
225,000
Dominican Republic
2007
75 million
89,250
Denmark
2008
60 million
60,000
Ecuador***
2008
400 million
380,000
Estonia
2008
27 million
20,300
Finland
2008
206 million
86,000
France
2008
2.4 billion
242,000
Germany*
2008
8.865 billion
778,000
Hong Kong
2008
191 million
115,500
Hungary
2008
263 million
323,352
India***
2008
586 million
1,920,000
Indonesia***
2008
726 million
6,089,187
Ireland
2008
62 million
12,850
Italy***
2008
3.368 billion
365,000
Japan***
2008
22.84 billion
2,700,000
Korea***
2008
7 billion
3,089,163
Latvia
2008
33 million
22,000
Lithuania
2008
56 million
29,210
Malaysia***
2008
1.03 billion
4,000,000
Mexico***
2008
4.400 billion
1,900,000
Netherlands
2008
121 million
37,218
New Zealand***
2008
136 million
140,000
Norway
2008
121 million
53,800
Panama
2008
66 million
438,900
Peru
2008
500 million
400,000
Philippines
2008
364 million
1,500,000
Poland***
2008
750 million
750,000
Portugal
2008
134 million
54,240
Romania
2008
227 million
200,000
Russia
2008
2.866 billion
4,413,918
Singapore***
2008
264 million
566,000
Slovenia
2008
35 million
38,000
South Africa
2007
708 million
934,000
Spain
2008
698 million
145,099
Sweden
2008
244 million
75,000
Switzerland
2007
237 million
6,918
Taiwan***
2008
1.64 billion
4,111,000
Thailand***
2008
1.583 billion
5,400,000
Turkey***
2008
817 million
847,000
Ukraine
2008
762 million
1,179,000
United Kingdom***
2007
3.564 billion
419,500
United States***
2008
29.6 billion
15,100,000
Uruguay
2008
47.5 million
49,000
Venezuela***
2006
887 million
980,000
Other**
379 million
83,610
Total
114 billion
65,320,417

Copyright WFDSA 2010

Sales figures exclude VAT
* Figures are from the German DSA and the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Home Service

** Other includes 2003 or prior figures from Austria, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Israel

***Retail sales include both DSA and non-member companies


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