The State of the World's Children 2000

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Statistical Tables

Table 6: Economic indicators

GNP per capita (US$) GNP per capita average annual growth rate (%) Annual rate of inflation (%) % of population below $1 a day % of central government expenditure allocated to (1992-98*) ODA inflow in millions US$ ODA inflow as a % of recipient GNP Debt service as a % of exports of goods and services

Under-5 mortality rank 1997 1965-80* 1990-97* 1990-97* 1990-96* health education defence 1997 1997 1970 1997

Afghanistan 4 250x 0.6 - - - - - - 279 5 - -

Albania 90 760 - 2.2 58 - 6 2 7 155 7 - 5

Algeria 88 1500 4.2 -1.6 24 2 - - - 248 1 3 24

Andorra 165 d - - - - - - - - - - -

Angola 2 260 - -10.0 1091 - 6x 15x 34x 436 14 - 15

Antigua and Barbuda 133 7380 - 1.8 3 - - - - 4 1 - 2x

Argentina 126 8950 1.7 4.2 12 - 3 6 5 222 0 22 54

Armenia 104 560 - -10.7 483 - - - - 168 8 - 5

Australia 175 20650 2.2 2.4 2 - 14 8 7 - - - -

Austria 175 27920 4.0 1.1 3 - 13 9 2 - - - -

Azerbaijan 80 510 - -16.0 448 - - - - 182 5 - 6

Bahamas 130 11830x - -2.0 3 - 15 19 3 4x 0x - -

Bahrain 133 8640x - 2.6 1 - 10 14 18 84 2 - 2x

Bangladesh 48 360 -0.3 3.3 4 - 5x 11x 10x 1009 2 0 9

Barbados 146 6590x - -0.9 1 - - - - 3 0 - 5x

Belarus 110 2150 - -5.6 561 2 4 5 4 - - - 2

Belgium 165 26730 3.6 1.3 3 - 2x 12x 5x - - - -

Belize 83 2670 - 0.3 4 - 8 20 5 14 2 - 8

Benin 22 380 -0.3 1.7 11 - 6x 31x 17x 225 10 2 8

Bhutan 41 430 - 2.0 10 - 10 11 - 70 8 - 5

Bolivia 57 970 1.7 2.0 10 7x 3 19 8 717 9 11 29

Bosnia and Herzegovina 137 a - - - - - - - 863 - - 0x

Botswana 77 3310 9.9 1.3 10 33x 5 26 8 125 2 1 5x

Brazil 85 4790 6.3 1.9 476 24 6 4 3 487 0 12 55

Brunei Darussalam 156 25160x - -2.1 2 - - - - 4x 0x - -

Bulgaria 144 1170 - -2.0 110 3 6 6 8 - - - 12

Burkina Faso 22 250 1.7 0.8 7 - 7 17 14 370 13 4 11

Burundi 17 140 2.4 -5.9 11 - 3 14 26 119 13 4 21

Cambodia 24 300 - 2.7 38 - - - - 372 12 - 1

Cameroon 27 620 2.4 -3.3 6 - 4 15 12 501 6 3 18

Canada 165 19640 3.3 0.8 1 - 5 3 6 - - - -

Cape Verde 65 1090 - 1.0 5 - - - - 110 25 - 5

Central African Rep. 18 320 0.8 -1.0 6 - - - - 92 8 5 2

Chad 13 230 -1.9 1.0 7 - 8x 8x - 225 13 4 8

Chile 148 4820 0.0 6.4 10 15 12 16 8 136 0 19 18

China 79 860 4.1 10.0 11 22 0 2 13 2040 0 0x 8

Colombia 104 2180 3.7 2.6 22 7 5 19 9 274 0 12 25

Comoros 53 400 - -3.1 4 - - - - 28 11 - 3

Congo 47 670 2.7 -2.9 9 - - - - 268 14 11 5

Congo, Dem. Rep. 9 110 -1.3 -9.6 2013 - 1 1 4 168 3 5 0

Cook Islands 104 - - - - - - - - 10 16x - -

Costa Rica 145 2680 3.3 2.3 18 19x 22 17 - 0 0 10 11

Côte d'Ivoire 28 710 2.8 0.9 9 18x 4x 21x 4x 444 4 7 25

Croatia 156 4060 - 2.7 218 - 14 7 12 44 0 - 12

Cuba 160 1170x - - - - 23x 10x - 67 1 - -

Cyprus 156 10260x - 2.6 4 - 6 12 4 30x 0x - -

Czech Rep. 165 5240 - -0.3 17 3 18 11 5 - - - 13

Denmark 175 34890 2.2 2.5 2 - 1 9 4 - - - -

Djibouti 26 b - - 5 - - - - 87 - - 3

Dominica 133 3040 - 0.7 4 - - - - 14 6 - 7

Dominican Rep. 75 1750 3.8 3.5 12 20x 11 13 4 76 1 4 5

Ecuador 89 1570 5.4 0.9 33 30 11x 18x 13x 172 1 9 29

Egypt 68 1200 2.8 2.8 11 8 3 14 9 1947 2 26 8

El Salvador 97 1810 1.5 3.5 10 - 10 20 7 294 3 4 6

Equatorial Guinea 20 1060 - 12.1 15 - - - - 24 5 - 0

Eritrea 45 230 - 2.9 13 - - - - 123 15 - 0

Estonia 126 3360 - -2.8 92 6 16 10 5 - - - 1

Ethiopia 18 110 0.4 2.2 9 46x 5 14 9 637 10 11 9

Fiji 120 2460 - 0.4 4 - 9 18 6 44 2 - 3

Finland 175 24790 3.6 0.9 2 - 3 10 4 - - - -

France 175 26300 3.7 1.0 2 - 16x 7x 6x - - - -

Gabon 30 4120 5.6 -0.1 9 - - - - 40 1 6 12

Gambia 59 340 - -0.6 5 - 7x 12x 4x 40 10 1 8

Georgia 120 860 - -14.9 1033 - 4 6 10 246 6 - 5

Germany 175 28280 3.0x 0.7 3 - 17x 1x 7x - - - -

Ghana 49 390 -0.8 1.4 29 - 7 22 5 493 7 5 18

Greece 162 11640 4.8 1.0 12 - 7 10 7 - - 9 17x

Grenada 109 3140 - 1.3 3 - 10 17 - 8 3 - 5x

Guatemala 74 1580 3.0 1.5 12 53x 11 17 11 302 2 7 8

Guinea 14 550 1.3 2.7 6 26 3x 11x 29x 382 9 - 19

Guinea-Bissau 11 230 -2.7 1.0 45 88 1x 3x 4x 125 47 - 14

Guyana 60 800 - 12.9 27 - - - - 272 40 - 14

Haiti 36 380 0.9 -4.4 25 - - - - 332 11 5 13

Holy See - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Honduras 81 740 1.1 1.0 20 47 10x 19x 7x 308 7 3 20

Hungary 149 4510 5.1 0.2 23 2 6 2 2 - - - 29

Iceland 175 26470x - 0.4 3 - 23 13 - - - - -

India 49 370 1.5 4.3 9 47 2 2 15 1678 0 21 19

Indonesia 71 1110 5.2 5.9 9 8 3 9 7 832 0 7 28

Iran 100 1780 2.9 1.9 33 - 6 15 8 196 0 - 31

Iraq 37 b - - - - - - - 281 - - -

Ireland 162 17790 2.8 5.6 2 - 15 13 3 - - - -

Israel 165 16180 3.7 2.6 11 - 14 14 18 2217x 2x 3 -

Italy 165 20170 3.2 1.0 5 - 11x 8x 4x - - - -

Jamaica 149 1550 -0.1 0.8 33 4 7x 11x 8x 71 2 3 14

Japan 189 38160 5.1 1.4 1 - 2 6 4 - - - -

Jordan 93 1520 5.8x 2.8 3 3 9 14 17 462 5 4 10

Kazakhstan 83 1350 - -7.4 440 2 - - - 131 1 - 6

Kenya 40 340 3.1 -0.3 16 50 6 20 6 457 5 6 18

Kiribati 62 910 - -0.6 7 - - - - 16 22 - -

Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 104 970x - - - - - - - 202 1 - -

Korea, Rep. of 175 10550 7.3 6.0 5 - 1 21 17 -160 0 20 7

Kuwait 147 20190x 0.6x 17.5 -1x - 8 11 23 6x 0x - -

Kyrgyzstan 69 480 - -9.7 199 19 - - - 240 11 - 4

Lao People's Dem. Rep. 41 400 - 3.9 12 - - - - 341 17 - 5

Latvia 126 2430 - -7.3 88 2 11 6 2 - - - 3

Lebanon 94 3350 - 4.9 28 - 2 6 10 239 2 - 13

Lesotho 33 680 6.8 2.5 8 49x 13 21 6 93 7 1 6

Liberia 6 490x 0.5 - - - 5x 11x 9x 95 7 8 3x

Libya 117 5540x 0.0 - - - - - - 9 0 - -

Liechtenstein 149 d - - - - - - - - - - -

Lithuania 120 2260 - -7.1 140 2 14 7 3 - - - 5

Luxembourg 175 44690x - 0.2 2 - 2 10 2 - - - -

Madagascar 25 250 -0.4 -1.6 24 72 7 9 5 838 22 32 25

Malawi 7 210 3.2 0.8 34 - 7x 12x 5x 350 16 8 9

Malaysia 153 4530 4.7 5.8 5 4 6 23 11 -241 0 4 6

Maldives 56 1180 - 4.3 9 - 11 17 18 26 8 - 7

Mali 5 260 2.1x 0.3 10 - 2x 9x 8x 455 16 1 9

Malta 162 9330 - 3.0 4 - 9 11 2 22 1 - 1

Marshall Islands 52 1610 - -4.0x 7 - - - - 63 65 - -

Mauritania 16 440 -0.1 1.5 6 31x 4x 23x - 250 22 3 22

Mauritius 120 3870 3.7 3.7 6 - 8 18 1 42 1 3 10

Mexico 97 3700 3.6 0.2 19 15 3 25 4 108 0 24 28

Micronesia, Fed. States of 117 1920 - -1.8 3 - - - - 96 44 - -

Moldova, Rep. of 94 460 - -10.8 223 7 - - - 63 3 - 8

Monaco 175 d - - - - - - - - - - -

Mongolia 28 390 - -1.4 89 - 4x 7x 12x 248 25 - 11

Morocco 67 1260 2.7 0.2 4 2 3 17 14 462 1 8 27

Mozambique 10 140 - 2.6 46 - 5x 10x 35x 963 36 - 15

Myanmar 44 220x 1.6 3.9x 24 - 4 12 36 45 0 18 8

Namibia 62 2110 - 1.1 9 - 10x 22x 7x 166 5 - -

Nauru 104 - - - - - - - - 3 - - -

Nepal 51 220 - 2.2 10 50 7 14 5 414 8 3 6

Netherlands 175 25830 2.7 1.9 2 - 15 10 4 - - - -

New Zealand 165 15830 1.7 1.2 2 - 16 16 3 - - - -

Nicaragua 77 410 -0.7 1.6 68 44 13 15 6 421 21 11 30

Niger 3 200 -2.5 -1.9 7 62 - - - 341 17 4 14

Nigeria 15 280 4.2 0.7 43 31 1x 3x 3x 202 1 4 8

Niue - - - - - - - - - 5 - - -

Norway 189 36100 3.6 3.8 2 - 4 7 7 - - - -

Oman 140 4940x 9.0 -0.4 -3 - 7 15 36 20 0 - 5

Pakistan 33 500 1.8 2.0 11 12 1x 2x 31x 597 1 22 30

Palau 97 c - - - - - - - 39 - - -

Panama 133 3080 2.8 3.0 3 26x 21 17 4 124 1 8 16

Papua New Guinea 45 930 - 2.5 7 - 9 18 3 349 8 1 15

Paraguay 100 2000 4.1 0.0 16 - 7 22 11 116 1 12 5

Peru 73 2610 0.8 4.6 40 49x 5x 16x 11x 488 1 12 26

Philippines 81 1200 3.2 1.6 9 27 3 20 8 689 1 8 8

Poland 149 3590 - 4.2 30 7 10 6 4 - - - 6

Portugal 156 11010 4.6 2.0 6 - 9x 11x 6x - - 7 16x

Qatar 140 11340x - -5.3 - - - - - 3x 0x - -

Romania 117 1410 - -0.1 124 18 7 10 6 - - 0x 14

Russian Federation 115 2680 - -7.9 299 2 2 2 12 - - - 5

Rwanda 21 210 1.6 -5.7 19 46x 5x 26x - 592 43 1 10

Saint Kitts and Nevis 90 6260 - 4.0 4 - - - - 7 3 - 4

Saint Lucia 130 3510 - 2.8 3 - - - - 24 5 - 3x

Saint Vincent/Grenadines 120 2420 - 1.8 3 - 11 14 - 6 2 - 5x

Samoa 110 1140 - 0.7 3 - - - - 28 14 - 4

San Marino 165 - - - - - - - - - - - -

Sao Tome and Principe 61 290 - -1.7 57 - - - - 33 81 - 44

Saudi Arabia 113 7150 4.0x -2.5 2 - 6x 14x 36x 15 0 - 1x

Senegal 38 540 -0.5 0.0 7 54 - - - 427 9 4 11

Seychelles 140 6910 - 1.7 1 - 8 12 4 15 3 - 4

Sierra Leone 1 160 0.7 -5.7 35 - 10x 13x 10x 130 18 11 20

Singapore 175 32810 8.3 6.7 3 - 7 19 29 16x 0x 1 -

Slovakia 153 3680 - 0.3 13 13 - - - - - - 10

Slovenia 175 9840 - 4.2 32 2 - - - 97 0 - 9x

Solomon Islands 113 870 - 1.0 10 - - - - 42 12 - 2

Somalia 8 110x -0.1 -2.3x 75x - 1x 2x 38x 104 10 2 25x

South Africa 58 3210 3.2 -0.2 10 24 - - - 497 0 - 10

Spain 165 14490 4.1 1.3 5 - 6 4 3 - - - -

Sri Lanka 137 800 2.8 4.0 10 4 5 10 16 345 2 11 5

Sudan 43 290 0.8 3.7 82 - - - - 187 2 11 0

Suriname 94 1320 - -0.5 138 - - - - 77 14 - -

Swaziland 53 1520 - -0.6 13 - - - - 27 2 - 2

Sweden 189 26210 2.0 0.2 3 - 2 6 5 - - - -

Switzerland 175 43060 1.5 -0.5 2 - 16 3 6 - - - -

Syria 102 1120 5.1 3.3 9 - 4 10 26 199 1 11 7

Tajikistan 62 330 - -16.1 394 - - - - 101 5 - 4

Tanzania 32 210 0.8 0.9 25 11x 6x 8x 16x 963 14 1 10

TFYR Macedonia 110 1100 - -2.1 61 - - - - 149 7 - 8

Thailand 90 2740 4.4 5.9 5 2 9 22 12 626 0 3 13

Togo 30 340 1.7 -1.2 9 - 5x 20x 11x 124 8 3 6

Tonga 120 1810 - 1.4 4 - 7x 13x - 28 16 - 7

Trinidad and Tobago 140 4250 3.1 0.5 7 - 9 15 2 33 1 5 16

Tunisia 102 2110 4.7 2.0 5 4 7 19 6 194 1 18 15

Turkey 85 3130 3.6 2.3 79 - 2 11 8 -1 0 16 17

Turkmenistan 66 640 - -14.6 1074 5 - - - 11 0 - 32

Tuvalu 71 - - - - - - - - 10 - - -

Uganda 35 330 -2.2 4.4 18 69 2x 15x 26x 840 12 3 15

Ukraine 126 1040 - -12.6 591 2 - - - - - - 6

United Arab Emirates 153 18240x - -3.8 - - 7 17 37 8x 0x - -

United Kingdom 165 20870 2.0 1.9 3 - 14 5 8 - - - -

United States 160 29080 1.8 1.7 2 - 20 2 16 - - - -

Uruguay 137 6130 2.5 3.5 45 - 6 7 4 57 0 22 13

Uzbekistan 70 1020 - -5.6 443 - - - - 130 1 - 12

Vanuatu 76 1340 - -3.5 5 - - - - 27 11 - 1

Venezuela 115 3480 2.3 -0.2 50 12 10x 20x 6x 28 0 3 29

Viet Nam 85 310 - 6.1 20 - - - - 997 4 - 7

Yemen 38 270 - -1.5 27 - 4 18 17 366 8 - 2

Yugoslavia 130 b - - - - - - - 97 - - -

Zambia 12 370 -1.2 -0.9 72 85 10 18 5 618 19 6 19

Zimbabwe 55 720 1.7 -0.7 22 41 8x 24x 17x 327 4 2 19

Regional summaries

Sub-Saharan Africa 513 2.8 -0.1 62 39 5 14 10 13924 4 6 11

Middle East and North Africa 2078 3.1 0.4 15 - 5 14 19 5043 1 12 17

South Asia 385 1.4 3.9 9 42 2 4 17 4418 0 17 18

East Asia and Pacific 1273 4.9 7.7 9 19 2 11 14 6771 0 6 10

Latin America and Caribbean 3894 4.0 2.2 209 22 6 11 5 5266 0 13 32

CEE/CIS and Baltic States 2339 - -3.3 212 4 5 6 8 - - - 10

Industrialized countries 27146 2.9 1.4 2 - 13 4 9 - - - -

Developing countries 1299 3.7 4.1 86 28 4 11 11 38847 1 11 17

Least developed countries 256 -0.1 1.2 118 - 5 12 13 13544 9 6 9

World 5132 3.1 1.8 25 26 11 6 9 40337 1 11 16

Definitions of the indicators

Main data sources

GNP per capita - Gross national product (GNP), is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers, plus any taxes that are not included in the valuation of output, plus net receipts of primary income from non-resident sources. GNP is the gross national product, converted to United States dollars using the World Bank Atlas method, divided by the midyear population.

% of population below $1 a day - Percentage of population living on less than $1 a day at 1985 international prices, adjusted for purchasing power parity.

ODA - Official development assistance.

Debt service - The sum of interest payments and repayments of principal on external public and publicly guaranteed long-term debts.

GNP per capita - World Bank.

% of population below $1 a day - World Bank.

Expenditure on health, education and defence - International Monetary Fund (IMF).

ODA - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Debt service - World Bank.

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