Official Summary
The State of the World's Children 2002: Leadership

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Table 6: Economic indicators

  Under-5 mortality rank GNI per capita (US$) GDP per capita average annual growth rate (%) Average annual rate of inflation (%)
1990-2000 		% of population below $1 a day
1990-99*		 % of central government expenditure allocated to:
(1992-2000*) 		ODA inflow in millions US$
1999 		ODA inflow as a % of recipient GNI
1999 		Debt service as a % of exports of goods and services
2000 1960-90 1990-2000 health education defence 1990 1999
Afghanistan 4 250x 0.1 - - - - - - 142 - - -
Albania 96 1100 - 3.2 39 - 4 2 4 480 15 1 3
Algeria 70 1590 2.4 0.1 18 2 4 24 17 89 0 62 35
Andorra 160 d - . - - - - - - - - -
Angola 2 240 - -1.8 740 - 6x 15x 34x 388 12 7 20
Antigua and Barbuda 145 9190 - 2.1 3 - - - - 11 2 - -
Argentina 123 7440 0.6 3.0 5 - 2 6 4 91 0 30 68
Armenia 98 520 - -2.6 213 8 - - - 208 11 - 8
Australia 163 20530 2.1 2.9 1 - 15 8 7 - - - -
Austria 175 25220 3.2 1.6 2 - 14 9 2 - - - -
Azerbaijan 47 610 - -6.3 194 2 1 3 11 162 4 - 4
Bahamas 137 15010 1.2 0.2 3 - 15 19 5 - - - -
Bahrain 141 7640x - 0.8 0 - - 12 18 4 - - -
Bangladesh 55 380 0.5 3.1 4 29 5x 11x 10x 1203 3 19 8
Barbados 146 9280 3.0 1.6 3 - - - - -2 0 14 6
Belarus 129 2990 - -1.7 355 2 4 3 4 - - - 2
Belgium 163 24630 2.9 1.7 2 - 2x 12x 5x - - - -
Belize 83 2940 3.2 0.9 3 - 8 20 5 46 7 6 10
Benin 25 380 0.1 1.8 9 - 6x 31x 17x 211 9 7 9
Bhutan 51 550 - 3.4 10 - 10 16 - 67 17 5 5
Bolivia 57 1000 -0.1 1.6 9 29 4 20 8 569 7 31 25
Bosnia and Herzegovina 137 1260 - 27.4 0 - - - - 1063 23 - -
Botswana 50 3300 8.6 2.3 10 33x 5 26 8 61 1 4 2
Brazil 90 3570 3.6 1.5 208 9 7 4 4 184 0 19 105
Brunei Darussalam 160 24630x -1.8 -0.5 1 - - - - - - - -
Bulgaria 141 1510 - -1.5 103 2 6 5 8 - - 19 16
Burkina Faso 12 230 1.1 1.6 6 61 7 17 14 398 15 6 13
Burundi 14 110 2.0 -4.7 12 - 2 15 23 74 9 41 32
Cambodia 32 260 - 1.8 25 - - - - 279 9 - 2
Cameroon 25 570 2.5 -1.0 5 - 3 12 10 434 5 20 21
Canada 163 21050 2.3 1.9 1 - 1 2 6 - - - -
Cape Verde 84 1330 - 3.2 5 - - - - 136 24 5 10
Central African Rep. 19 290 -0.6 0.1 5 67 - - - 117 11 8 8
Chad 12 200 -1.2 -0.8 7 - 8x 8x - 188 12 2 8
Chile 148 4600 1.2 5.2 7 2 12 17 8 69 0 20 24
China 84 840 4.8 9.2 7 19 0 2 13 2324 0 10 9
Colombia 98 2080 2.3 1.0 19 11 9 21 13 301 0 39 42
Comoros 55 380 - -2.7 5 - - - - 21 11 2 15
Congo 45 630 3.1 -2.9 9 - - - - 140 9 32 1x
Congo, Dem. Rep. 9 100x -1.4 -8.1 1423 - 0 0 18 132 - 5 -
Cook Islands 117 - - - - - - - - 6 - - -
Costa Rica 148 3960 1.6 3.3 17 7 22 19 - -10 0 21 6
Côte d’Ivoire 22 660 1.0 0.5 7 12 4x 21x 4x 447 4 26 25
Croatia 153 4510 - 1.5 86 2 14 8 6 48 0 - 19
Cuba 153 1170x - - - - 23x 10x - 58 - - -
Cyprus 160 11950x 6.2 2.8 4 - 6 12 4 - - - -
Czech Rep. 175 4920 - 0.9 11 2 18 10 5 - - - 9
Denmark 175 32020 2.1 2.0 2 - 1 13 4 - - - -
Djibouti 27 840 - -2.3 2 - - - - 75 15 - -
Dominica 141 3260 - 1.7 3 - - - - 10 4 4 6
Dominican Rep. 75 2100 3.1 4.2 9 3 11 16 5 195 1 7 3
East Timor - - - - - - - - - 153 - - -
Ecuador 94 1210 2.9 -0.3 37 20 11x 18x 13x 146 1 27 23
Egypt 82 1490 3.5 2.6 8 3 3 15 9 1579 2 20 8
El Salvador 84 1990 -0.4 2.6 7 26 5 22 8 183 2 14 6
Equatorial Guinea 24 1170x - 17.2 13 - - - - 20 4 3 0
Eritrea 41 170 - 1.1 9 - - - - 148 19 - 2
Estonia 123 3410 - 0.5 53 2 17 9 4 - - - 12
Ethiopia 21 100 - 2.3 7 31 6 16 9 633 10 30 16
Fiji 120 1830 1.9 0.7 3 - 9 18 6 34 2 12 3
Finland 175 24900 3.4 2.4 2 - 3 10 4 - - - -
France 175 23670 2.9 1.3 2 - 16x 7x 6x - - - -
Gabon 54 3180 3.1 0.3 6 - - - - 48 1 4 17
Gambia 35 330 1.1 -0.3 3 54 7x 12x 4x 33 8 17 7
Georgia 103 590 - 5.4 12 2 2 5 5 239 7 - 9
Germany 175 25050 - 1.2 2 - 17x 1x 7x - - - -
Ghana 49 350 -1.2 1.7 27 39 7 22 5 607 8 20 16
Greece 163 11960 3.8 2.0 9 - 7 11 8 - - - -
Grenada 109 3520 - 2.3 3 - 10 17 - 10 3 2 3
Guatemala 72 1690 1.4 1.4 10 10 11 17 11 293 2 11 9
Guinea 20 450 - 1.7 5 - 3x 11x 29x 238 7 18 14
Guinea-Bissau 8 180 -0.5 -2.0 34 - 1x 3x 4x 52 27 21 15
Guyana 62 770 -0.3 4.7 13 - - - - 27 4 - 16x
Haiti 37 510 0.1 -2.7 21 - - - - 263 7 4 7
Holy See - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Honduras 84 850 1.1 0.3 19 41 10x 19x 7x 817 17 30 12
Hungary 153 4740 3.9 1.9 19 2 6 9 2 - - 30 26
Iceland 187 31090 3.6 2.0 4 - 25 10 - - - - -
India 53 460 1.6 4.2 8 44 2 3 15 1484 0 26 14
Indonesia 75 570 4.3 2.5 16 8 2 7 3 2206 2 31 28
Iran 80 1630 -3.5 1.9 26 - 6 16 8 161 0 1 21
Iraq 34 2170x -1.1 - - - - - - 76 - - -
Ireland 163 22960 3.1 6.5 4 - 16 14 3 - - - -
Israel 163 16310x 3.1 2.2 10 - 14 14 17 - - - -
Italy 163 20010 3.2 1.3 4 - 11x 8x 4x - - - -
Jamaica 129 2440 0.1 -0.7 25 3 7x 11x 8x -23 0 20 16
Japan 187 34210 4.8 1.0 0 - 2 6 4 - - - -
Jordan 91 1680 2.5 1.0 3 2 11 16 19 430 6 18 10
Kazakhstan 60 1190 - -3.7 206 2 3 4 5 161 1 - 16
Kenya 38 360 2.3 -0.4 14 27 6 20 6 308 3 26 23
Kiribati 64 950 -5.5 0.5 4 - - - - 21 26 - -
Korea, Dem. People’s Rep. 98 a - - - - - - - 201 - - -
Korea, Rep. of 175 8910 6.5 4.7 5 2 1 21 17 -55 0 10 17
Kuwait 151 19020x -6.2 - - - 9 14 23 - - - -
Kyrgyzstan 71 270 - -5.1 110 - - - 10 267 18 - 20
Lao People’s Dem. Rep. 47 290 - 3.8 27 26 - - - 294 20 8 6
Latvia 123 2860 4.1 -2.4 49 2 11 5 3 - - - 13
Lebanon 94 3750 - 4.1 18 - 2 7 11 194 1 1 8x
Lesotho 33 540 3.1 1.9 10 43 9 27 7 31 3 4 8
Liberia 5 490x -0.6 - - - 5x 11x 9x 94 - - -
Libya 129 5540x 0.2 - - - - - - 7 - - -
Liechtenstein 150 d - - - - - - - - - - -
Lithuania 123 2900 - -3.0 75 2 15 6 3 - - - 5
Luxembourg 175 44340 2.6 4.0 2 - 2 10 2 - - - -
Madagascar 30 260 -1.3 -0.9 19 63 7 9 5 358 10 32 15
Malawi 15 170 1.5 1.1 34 - 7x 12x 5x 446 23 23 7
Malaysia 153 3380 4.1 4.4 4 - 6 23 11 143 0 12 4
Maldives 57 1460 - 4.9 6 - 11 18 - 31 10 4 4
Mali 6 240 0.1 1.3 7 73 2x 9x 8x 354 14 8 11
Malta 163 9410x 7.1 4.1 3 - 10 12 2 25 1 - -
Marshall Islands 68 1970 - - 6 - - - - 63 64 - -
Mauritania 18 370 0.8 1.4 6 29 4x 23x - 219 22 24 24
Mauritius 129 3800 2.9 4.0 6 - 8 16 1 42 1 6 9
Mexico 98 5080 2.4 1.4 19 12 3 22 4 34 0 16 21
Micronesia, Fed. States of 117 2110 - -0.9 3 - - - - 108 51 - -
Moldova, Rep. of 92 400 - -9.5 120 11 5 5 2 102 7 - 14
Monaco 175 d - - - - - - - - - - -
Mongolia 59 390 - -0.3 58 14 2 8 8 219 24 - 4
Morocco 77 1180 2.3 0.4 3 2 3 17 14 678 2 18 24
Mozambique 11 210 - 4.0 33 38 5x 10x 35x 118 3 21 14
Myanmar 43 220x 1.4 5.1 26 - 3 8 32 73 - 9 5x
Namibia 67 2050 - 1.5 10 35 10x 22x 7x 178 6 - -
Nauru 98 - - - - - - - - 7 - - -
Nepal 51 220 0.5 2.3 8 38 5 14 6 344 7 10 7
Netherlands 175 25140 2.4 2.2 2 - 15 10 4 - - - -
New Zealand 163 13080 - 1.8 1 - 17 16 3 - - - -
Nicaragua 78 420 -1.5 0.7 33 - 13 15 6 675 34 2 15
Niger 3 180 -2.2 -0.9 6 61 - - - 187 9 12 14
Nigeria 17 260 0.4 -0.5 29 70 1x 3x 3x 152 0 22 6
Niue - - - - - - - - - 4 - - -
Norway 187 33650 3.4 3.0 2 - 5 7 6 - - - -
Occupied Palestinian Territories 113 1610 - -0.8 8 - - - - 512 10 - -
Oman 146 4940x 7.6 0.3 -3 - 7 16 32 40 - 12 10
Pakistan 43 470 2.9 1.2 10 31 1x 2x 31x 732 1 17 25
Palau 103 c - - 6 - - - - 29 - - -
Panama 109 3260 1.8 2.3 2 10 19 18 4 14 0 3 8
Papua New Guinea 42 760 1.1 1.7 8 - 7 22 4 216 6 37 8
Paraguay 96 1450 3.0 -0.5 13 20 7 22 11 78 1 12 5
Peru 74 2100 0.4 2.9 27 16 5x 16x 11x 452 1 6 27
Philippines 84 1040 1.5 1.0 8 - 3 19 5 690 1 23 13
Poland 151 4200 - 4.5 23 2 1 5 4 - - 4 20
Portugal 163 11060 4.0 2.4 5 2 9x 11x 6x - - - -
Qatar 141 12000x - - - - - - - - - - -
Romania 120 1670 2.0 -0.4 98 3 7 9 7 - - 0 29
Russian Federation 120 1660 3.8 -4.6 162 7 1 2 12 - - - 8
Rwanda 16 230 1.1 -2.1 15 36x 5x 26x - 373 18 10 18
Saint Kitts and Nevis 113 6660 3.7 4.8 3 - - - - 5 2 3 12
Saint Lucia 135 4070 - 1.2 3 - - - - 26 4 2 4
Saint Vincent/Grenadines 113 2690 - 2.5 2 - 11 15 - 16 5 3 -
Samoa 109 1460 - 2.0 3 - - - - 23 13 5 4
San Marino 163 d - - - - - - - - - - -
Sao Tome and Principe 60 290 - -0.8 51 - - - - 38 95 28 26
Saudi Arabia 103 6900x 2.2 -1.1 1 - 6x 14x 36x 29 0 - -
Senegal 30 500 -0.6 0.9 5 26 - - - 534 11 14 13
Seychelles 139 7310 3.1 1.1 3 - 7 9 3 13 3 8 5
Sierra Leone 1 130 0.6 -6.8 29 57x 10x 13x 10x 74 11 5 10
Singapore 187 24740 6.9 4.7 1 - 7 18 28 - - - -
Slovakia 153 3700 - 1.9 11 2 19 11 5 - - - 13
Slovenia 175 10070 - 2.8 20 2 - - - 31 0 - -
Solomon Islands 113 630 2.4 -0.9 9 - - - - 40 13 10 5
Somalia 7 120x -1.0 - - - 1x 2x 38x 115 - 10 -
South Africa 64 3020 1.3 0.0 10 12 - - - 539 0 - 12
Spain 175 14960 3.2 2.2 4 - 6 4 3 - - - -
Sri Lanka 135 870 2.7 3.9 9 7 6 11 15 251 2 10 6
Sudan 45 320 -0.1 5.9 60 - - - - 243 3 3 1
Suriname 92 1350x -0.6 3.3 90 - - - - 36 - - -
Swaziland 28 1290 2.1 0.2 12 - - - - 29 2 6 2
Sweden 187 26780 2.2 1.4 2 - 2 7 6 - - - -
Switzerland 187 38120 1.6 0.1 1 - 20 2 5 - - - -
Syria 103 990 2.9 2.6 6 - 3 10 25 228 2 22 4
Tajikistan 63 170 - -3.3 115 - 2 3 16 122 7 - 5
Tanzania 23 280 - 0.2 22 20 6x 8x 16x 990 12 25 12
TFYR Macedonia 109 1710 - -0.9 77 - - - - 273 8 - 28
Thailand 103 2010 4.6 3.3 4 2 6 17 7 1003 1 14 20
Togo 28 300 1.1 -0.3 7 - 5x 20x 11x 71 5 8 5
Tonga 123 1660 - 2.2 2 - 7x 13x - 21 12 2 11
Trinidad and Tobago 129 4980 3.1 2.4 5 12 9 15 2 26 0 18 12
Tunisia 108 2090 3.3 3.0 4 2 6 18 5 244 1 22 15
Turkey 78 3090 2.0 2.1 76 2 4 11 8 -10 0 27 23
Turkmenistan 64 840 - -7.4 408 21 - - - 21 1 - 30
Tuvalu 73 - - - - - - - - 7 - - -
Uganda 36 310 - 3.9 12 - 2x 15x 26x 590 9 34 16
Ukraine 123 700 - -8.9 271 3 - - - - - - 12
United Arab Emirates 153 18060x -5.0 -1.6 2 - 7 17 30 - - - -
United Kingdom 163 24500 2.1 2.1 3 - 15 4 7 - - - -
United States 159 34260 2.2 2.2 2 - 20 2 15 - - - -
Uruguay 139 6090 0.9 2.6 31 2x 6 8 4 22 0 31 22
Uzbekistan 69 610 - -2.4 247 3 - - - 134 1 - 16
Vanuatu 80 1140 - -0.9 4 - - - - 37 16 2 1
Venezuela 119 4310 -0.5 -0.6 46 19 10x 20x 6x 14 0 22 21
Viet Nam 89 390 - 6.1 15 - 4 14 - 1421 5 7 9
Yemen 39 380 - 0.0 25 16 4 22 19 456 7 4 3
Yugoslavia 129 b - - - - - - - 638 - - -
Zambia 10 300 -1.2 -2.1 51 64 13 14 4 623 19 13 45
Zimbabwe 39 480 1.4 0.3 26 36 8 24 7 244 4 19 21
                           

Regional summaries
Sub-Saharan Africa   528 1.2 0.3 27 43 - - - 11246 3 17 13
Middle East and North Africa   1326 0.9 1.7 15 - 4 17 11 5045 1 20 17
South Asia   455 1.7 3.7 8 40 2 3 15 4254 0 22 14
East Asia and Pacific   1125 5.1 6.2 7 16 2 11 13 9567 0 14 13
Latin America and Caribbean   3713 2.4 1.8 95 12 6 11 5 4636 0 20 38
CEE/CIS and Baltic States   2038 3.4 -0.9 114 4 4 6 8 - - - 15
Industrialized countries   28077 3.1 1.7 2 - 12 4 9 - - - -
Developing countries   1175 2.9 3.6 41 26 4 11 10 36052 1 18 20
Least developed countries   290 0.0 1.6 45 35 - - - 11602 8 11 11
World   5192 3.1 2.0 12 24 10 6 9 38712 1 17 19
Countries in each region are listed here.
Definitions of the indicators Main data sources
GNI per capita - Gross national income (GNI) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. GNI per capita is gross national income divided by mid-year population. GNI per capita in US dollars is converted using the World Bank Atlas method. GNI per capita - World Bank.
GDP per capita - World Bank.
Rate of inflation - World Bank.
GDP per capita - Gross domestic product (GDP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output. GDP per capita is gross domestic product divided by mid-year population. Growth is calculated from constant price GDP data in local currency. % of population below $1 a day - World Bank.
Expenditure on health, education and defence - International Monetary Fund (IMF).
% 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 - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
ODA - Official development assistance. Debt service - World Bank.
Debt service - The sum of interest payments and repayments of principal on external public and publicly guaranteed long-term debts.
 
Notes a: Range $755 or less. - Data not available.
b: Range $756 to $2995. x Indicates data that refer to years or periods other than those specified in the column heading, differ from the standard definition or refer to only part of a country.
c: Range $2996 to $9265.
d: Range $9266 or more. * Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified in the column heading.


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