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 - - -