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01. Human development index
Human development index value, 20050.892
Life expectancy at birth, annual estimates (years), 200576.6
Adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and older), 1995-2005..12
Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary education (%), 200588.93
GDP per capita (PPP US$), 200517,29734
Life expectancy index0.861
Education index0.956
GDP index0.860
GDP per capita (PPP US$) rank minus HDI rank8
1a. Basic indicators for other UN member states
Life expectancy at birth, annual estimates (years), 2000-0576.6
Adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and older), 1995-2005..
Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary education (%), 200588.9
GDP per capita (PPP US$), 200517,297
Population, total (thousands), 2004292
Fertility rate, total (births per woman), 2000-051.5
Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 200512
Net primary enrolment rate (%), 200498
HIV prevalence (% aged 15-49), 20051.5 [0.8–2.5]
Population undernourished (% of total population), 2002/04..
Population using an improved water source (%), 2004100
02. Human development index trends
Human development index (trends), 1975..
Human development index (trends), 1980..
Human development index (trends), 1985..
Human development index (trends), 1990..
Human development index (trends), 1995..
Human development index (trends), 2000..
Human development index (trends), 20050.892
03. Human and income poverty: developing countries
Human poverty index (HPI-1) rank1
Human Poverty Index (HPI-1) value (%)3.0
Probability at birth of not surviving to age 40 (% of cohort), 2000-053.7
Adult illiteracy rate (% aged 15 and older), 1995-2005..5
Population not using an improved water source (%), 20040
Children underweight for age (% under age 5), 1996-2005667
Population living below $1 a day (%), 1990-2005..
Population living below $2 a day (%), 1990-2005..
Population living below the national poverty line (%), 1990-2004..8
HPI-1 rank minus income poverty rank..
04. Human and income poverty: OECD countries, Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS
Human poverty index (HPI-2) rank..
Human poverty index (HPI-2) value (%)..
Probability at birth of not surviving to age 60 (% of cohort), 2000-0511.1
Population lacking functional literacy skills (% aged 16-65), 1994-2003..
Long-term unemployment (% of labour force), 2006..
Population living below 50% of median income (%), 2000-2004..8
Population living below $11 a day (1994 PPP US$), 1994-95..
Population living below $4 a day (1990 PPP US$), 2000-04..8
HPI-2 rank minus income poverty rank..
05. Demographic trends
Population, total (millions), 19750.2
Population, total (millions), 20050.3
Population, total (millions), 20150.3
Population, annual growth rate (%), 1975-20050.6
Population, annual growth rate (%), 2005-150.3
Population, urban (% of total population), 197540.8
Population, urban (% of total population), 200552.7
Population, urban (% of total population), 201558.8
Population under age 15 (% of total population), 200518.9
Population under age 15 (% of total population), 201516.1
Population aged 65 and older (% of total population), 20059.2
Population aged 65 and older (% of total population), 201511.6
Fertility rate, total (births per woman), 1970-752.7
Fertility rate, total (births per woman), 2000-051.5
06. Commitment to health: resources, access and services
Public expenditure on health (% of GDP), 20044.5
Private expenditure on health (% of GDP), 20042.6
Health expenditure per capita (PPP US$), 20041,151
One-year-olds fully immunized against tuberculosis (%), 2005..
One-year-olds fully immunized against measles (%), 200593
Children with diarrhoea receiving oral rehydration and continued feeding (% under age 5), 1998-2005..
Contraceptive prevalence rate (% of married women aged 15-49), 1997-200555
Births attended by skilled health personnel (%), 1997-2005100
Physicians (per 100,000 people), 2000-041219
07. Water, sanitation and nutritional status
Population using improved sanitation (%), 1990100
Population using improved sanitation (%), 2004100
Population using an improved water source (%), 1990100
Population using an improved water source (%), 2004100
Population undernourished (% of total population), 1990-92..8
Population undernourished (% of total population), 2002-04..
Children under weight for age (% under age 5), 1996-200561011
Children under height for age (% under age 5), 1996-2005..8
Infants with low birthweight (%), 1998-200511
08. Inequalities in maternal and child health
Survey year for inequality data in table 8..
Births attended by skilled health personnel, poorest 20% (%)..
Births attended by skilled health personnel, richest 20% (%)..
One-year-olds fully immunized, poorest 20% (%)..
One-year-olds fully immunized, richest 20% (%)..
Children under height for age, poorest 20% (% children under age 5)..
Children under height for age, richest 20% (% children under age 5)..
Infant mortality rate, poorest 20% (per 1,000 live births)..
Infant mortality rate, richest 20% (per 1,000 live births)..
Under-five mortality rate, poorest 20% (per 1,000 live births)..
Under-five mortality rate, richest 20% (per 1,000 live births)..
09. Leading global health crises and risks
HIV prevalence (% aged 15-49), 20051.5 [0.8–2.5]
Condom use at last high-risk sex, women (% aged 15-24), 1999-2005..
Condom use at last high-risk sex, men (% aged 15-24), 1999-2005..
Children under age 5 using insecticide-treated bednets (%), 1999-2005..
Children under age 5 with fever treated with antimalarial drugs (%), 1999-2005..
Tuberculosis cases, prevalence (per 100,000 people), 200512
Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS (%), 200513512
Tuberculosis cases cured under DOTS (%), 200310012
Prevalence of smoking, women (% of adults), 2002-04..8
Prevalence of smoking, men (% of adults), 2002-04..8
10. Survival: progress and setbacks
Life expectancy at birth, quinquennial estimates (years), 1970-7569.4
Life expectancy at birth, quinquennial estimates (years), 2000-0576.0
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 197040
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 200511
Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 197054
Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 200512
Probability at birth of surviving to age 65, female (% of cohort), 2000-0588.3
Probability at birth of surviving to age 65, male (% of cohort), 2000-0579.0
Maternal mortality ratio, reported (per 100,000 live births), 1990-20040
Maternal mortality ratio, adjusted (per 100,000 live births), 2000168
11. Commitment to education: public spending
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP), 19917.8
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP), 2002-056.9
Public expenditure on education (% of total government expenditure), 199122.2
Public expenditure on education (% of total government expenditure), 2002-0516.4
Current public expenditure on education, pre-primary and primary (as % of all levels), 1991..
Current public expenditure on education, pre-primary and primary (as % of all levels), 2002-053513
Current public expenditure on education, secondary (% of all levels), 1991..
Current public expenditure on education, secondary (% of all levels), 2002-0533
Current public expenditure on education, tertiary (% of all levels), 1991..
Current public expenditure on education, tertiary (% of all levels), 2002-0533
12. Literacy and enrolment
Adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and older), 1985-1995..
Adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and older), 1995-2005..
Youth literacy rate (% aged 15-24), 1985-1995..
Youth literacy rate (% aged 15-24), 1995-2005..
Net primary enrolment rate (%), 19918014
Net primary enrolment rate (%), 200598
Net secondary enrolment rate (%), 1991..
Net secondary enrolment rate (%), 200596
Children reaching grade 5 (% of grade 1 students), 1991..
Children reaching grade 5 (% of grade 1 students), 200498
Tertiary students in science, engineering, manufacturing and construction (% of tertiary students), 1999-2005..
13. Technology: diffusion and creation
Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people), 1990281
Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people), 2005500
Cellular subscribers (per 1,000 people), 19900
Cellular subscribers (per 1,000 people), 2005765
Internet users (per 1,000 people), 19900
Internet users (per 1,000 people), 2005594
Patents granted to residents (per million peole), 2005..
Receipts of royalties and license fees (US$ per person), 20055.8
Research and development expenditure (% of GDP), 2000-2005..
Researchers in R&D (per million people), 1990-2005..
14. Economic performance
GDP (current US$ billions), 20053.1
GDP, PPP (current international $ billions), 2005..
GDP per capita (US$), 200511,465
GDP per capita, PPP (2005 international $), 2005..
GDP per capita, annual growth rate (%), 1975-20051.315
GDP per capita, annual growth rate (%), 1990-20051.515
GDP per capita, highest value (2005 PPP US$), 1975-2005..
GDP per capita, year of highest value..
Consumer price index, average annual change in (%), 1990-20052.2
Consumer price index, average annual change in (%), 2004-056.1
15. Inequality in income or expenditure
Survey Year..
Share of income or consumption, poorest 10% (%)..
Share of income or consumption, poorest 20% (%)..
Share of income or consumption, richest 20% (%)..
Share of income or consumption, richest 10% (%)..
Inequality measures, ratio of richest 10% to poorest 10%..
Inequality measures, ratio of richest 20% to poorest 20%..
Gini index..
16. Structure of trade
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP), 199052
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP), 200569
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP), 199049
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP), 200558
Primary exports (% of merchandise exports), 199055
Primary exports (% of merchandise exports), 200556
Manufactured exports (% of merchandise exports), 199043
Manufactured exports (% of merchandise exports), 200543
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports), 199020.216
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports), 200514.817
Terms of trade (2000=100), 2004-2005..
17. OECD-DAC country expenditures on aid
Official development assistance, net disbursed (US$ millions), 2005..
Official development assistance, net disbursed (% of GNI), 1990..
Official development assistance, net disbursed (% of GNI), 2005..
Official development assistance per capita of donor country (2005 US$), 1990..
Official development assistance per capita of donor country (2005 US$), 2005..
Official development assistance to least developed countries (% of total), 1990..
Official development assistance to least developed countries (% of total), 2005..
Official development assistance to basic social services (% of total allocable by sector), 1996-1997..
Official development assistance to basic social services (% of total allocable by sector), 2004-2005..
Untied bilateral ODA (% of total), 1990..
Untied bilateral ODA (% of total), 2005..
18. Flows of aid, private capital and debt
Official development assistance received (net disbursements) (US$ millions), 2005- 2.1
Official development assistance received (net disbursements) per capita (US$), 2005- 7.7
Official development assistance received (net disbursements) (% of GDP), 19900.2
Official development assistance received (net disbursements) (% of GDP), 2005- 0.1
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP), 19900.7
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP), 20052.0
Private flows, other (% of GDP), 1990- 0.8
Private flows, other (% of GDP), 2005- 0.3
Debt service, total (% of GDP), 19908.2
Debt service, total (% of GDP), 20053.1
Debt service, total (% of exports of goods, services and net income from abroad), 199015.1
Debt service, total (% of exports of goods, services and net income from abroad), 20054.7
19. Priorities in public spending
Public expenditure on health (% of GDP), 20044.5
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP), 19917.8
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP), 2002-056.9
Military expenditure (% of GDP), 19900.8
Military expenditure (% of GDP), 20050.818
Debt service, total (% of GDP), 19908.2
Debt service, total (% of GDP), 20053.1
20. Unemployment in OECD countries
Unemployed people (thousands), 2006..
Unemployment rate Total (% of labour force), 2006..
Unemployment rate, average annual (% of labour force), 1996-2006..
Unemployment rate Female (% of male rate), 2006..
Youth unemployment rate, total (% of labour force aged 15-24), 2006..
Youth unemployment rate (female rate as % of male rate), 2006..
Long-term unemployment, women (% of total unemployment), 2006..
Long-term unemployment, men (% of total unemployment), 2006..
21. Unemployment and informal sector work in non-OECD countries
Unemployed people (thousands), 1996-200514
Unemployment rate Total (% of labour force), 1996-20059.8
Unemployment rate (female rate as % of male rate), 1996-2005118
Employment, total (thousands), 1996-2005132
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment), 1996-20053
Employment in industry (% of total employment), 1996-200517
Employment in services (% of total employment), 1996-200570
Survey year, 1990-2004..
Employment in non-agricultural informal sector, both sexes (% of non-agricultural employment), 1990-2004..
Employment in non-agricultural informal sector, female (% of non-agricultural employment), 1990-2004..
Employment in non-agricultural informal sector, male (% of non-agricultural employment), 1990-2004..
22. Energy and the environment
Electricity consumption per capita (kilowatt-hours), 20043,304
Electricity consumption per capita (% change), 1990-20040.8
Electrification rate (%)..
Population without electricity (millions)..
GDP per unit of energy use (2000 PPP US$ per kg of oil equivalent), 2004..
GDP per unit of energy use (% change), 1990-2004..
Forest area (% total land), 20054.0
Forest area (thousand sq km), 2005(.)
Forest area change from 1990-2005 (thousand sq km), 1990-2005..
Forest area, average annual change (%), 1990-2005..
23. Energy sources
Total primary energy supply (TPES) (Mt of oil equivalent), 1990..
Total primary energy supply (TPES) (Mt of oil equivalent), 2005..
Coal (% of total primary energy supply), 1990..
Coal (% of total primary energy supply), 2005..
Oil (% of total primary energy supply), 1990..
Oil (% of total primary energy supply), 2005..
Gas (% of total primary energy supply), 1990..
Gas (% of total primary energy supply), 2005..
Hydro, solar, wind and geothermal power (% of total primary energy supply), 1990..
Hydro, solar, wind and geothermal power (% of total primary energy supply), 2005..
Biomass and waste (% of total primary energy supply), 1990..
Biomass and waste (% of total primary energy supply), 2005..
Nuclear power (% of total primary energy supply), 1990..
Nuclear power (% of total primary energy supply), 2005..
24. Carbon dioxide emissions and stocks
CO2 emissions, total (Mt CO2), 19901.1
CO2 emissions, total (Mt CO2), 20041.3
CO2 emissions, average annual change in (%), 1990-20041.3
CO2 emissions (% of world total), 1990(.)
CO2 emissions (% of world total), 2004(.)
CO2 emissions per capita (tonnes), 19904.1
CO2 emissions per capita (tonnes), 20044.7
Carbon intensity of energy (kt CO2 per kt of oil equivalent), 1990..
Carbon intensity of energy (kt CO2 per kt of oil equivalent), 2004..
Carbon intensity of growth ( kt CO2 per million 2000 PPP US$), 1990..
Carbon intensity of growth ( kt CO2 per million 2000 PPP US$), 2004..
CO2 emissions/sequestration from forests (Mt CO2 per year), 1990-2005..
Carbon stocks in forests (living biomass) (Mt C), 2005..
25. Status of major international environmental treaties
Status of environmental treaties - Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (year of ratification/signature)2002
Status of environmental treaties - Framework Convention on Climate Change (year of ratification/signature)1994
Status of environmental treaties - Kyoto Protocol to the Framework Convention on Climate Change (year of ratification/signature)2000
Status of environmental treaties - Convention on Biological Diversity (year of ratification/signature)1993
Status of environmental treaties - Vienna Convention for the protection of the Ozone Layer (year of ratification/signature), 19881992
Status of environmental treaties - Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer (year of ratification/signature)1992
Status of environmental treaties - Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (year of ratification/signature), 20012004
Status of environmental treaties - UN Law of the Sea (year of ratification/signature)1993
Status of environmental treaties - UN Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (year of ratification/signature)1997
26. Refugees and armaments
Internally displaced people (thousands), 2006..
Refugees by country of asylum (thousands), 2006..
Refugees by country of origin (thousands), 2006(.)
Conventional arms transfers, imports (1990 US$ millions), 1996..
Conventional arms transfers, imports (1990 US$ millions), 2006..
Conventional arms transfers, exports (1990 US$ millions), 2006..
Conventional arms transfers, exports (% of world total), 2002-06..
Armed forces (thousands), 20071
Armed forces, index (1985=100), 200761
27. Crime and justice
Homicides (per 100,000 people), 2000-20047.5
Prison population total, 2007997
Prison population (per 100,000 people), 2007367
Prison population (% female), 20075
Year in which countries have partially or completely abolished the death penalty..8
28. Gender-related development index
Gender-related development index (GDI) rank, 200530
Gender-related development index (GDI) value, 20050.887
Life expectancy at birth, female (years), 200579.3
Life expectancy at birth, male (years), 200573.6
Adult literacy rate, female (% aged 15 and older), 200599.71920
Adult literacy rate, male (% aged 15 and older), 200599.71920
Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary education, female (%) , 20059421
Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary education, male (%) , 20058421
Estimated earned income, female (PPP US$), 200512,8682223
Estimated earned income, male (PPP US$), 200520,3092223
HDI rank minus GDI rank, 20050
29. Gender empowerment measure
Gender empowerment measure (GEM) rank30
Gender empowerment measure (GEM) value0.649
Seats in parliament (% held by women)17.6
Legislators, senior officials and managers (% female), 1999-200543
Professional and technical workers (% female), 1994-200552
Ratio of estimated female to male earned income0.63
30. Gender inequality in education
Adult literacy rate, female (% aged 15 and older) , 2005..
Adult literacy rate (ratio of female rate to male rate), 2005..
Youth literacy rate, female (% aged 15-24), 2005..
Youth literacy rate (ratio of female rate to male rate), 2005..
Net primary enrolment rate, female (%), 200598
Net primary enrolment rate (ratio of female rate to male rate), 20051.00
Gross primary enrolment ratio, female (%), 2005108
Gross primary enrolment ratio (ratio of female ratio to male ratio)1.00
Gross secondary enrolment ratio, female (%), 2005113
Gross secondary enrolment ratio (ratio of female ratio to male ratio), 20051.00
Gross tertiary enrolment ratio, female (%), 20055424
Gross tertiary enrolment ratio (ratio of female ratio to male ratio), 20052.4724
31. Gender inequality in economic activity
Economic activity rate, female (% aged 15 and older), 200564.9
Economic activity index (1990=100), female (aged 15 and older), 2005110
Economic activity rate (female rate as % of male rate, aged 15 and older), 200583
Employment in agriculture, female (% of total female employment), 1995-20053
Employment in agriculture, male (% of total male employment), 1995-20044
Employment in industry, female (% of total female employment), 1995-20038
Employment in industry, male (% of total male employment), 1995-200326
Employment in services, female (% of total female employment), 1995-200378
Employment in services, male (% of total male employment), 1995-200362
Contributing family workers, women (% of total), 1995-2005..
Contributing family workers, men (% of total), 1995-2004..
33. Women’s political participation
Year women received right to vote1950
Year women received right to stand for election1950
Year first woman elected (E) or appointed (A) to parliament1966 A
Women in government at ministerial level (as % of total), 200529.4
Seats in lower house or single house (% held by women), 19903.7
Seats in lower house or single house (% held by women), 200713.3
Seats in upper house or senate (% held by women), 200723.8
34. Status of major international human rights instruments
Status of human rights instruments: International convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (year of ratification/signature), 19481980
Status of human rights instruments: International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (year of ratification/signature), 19651972
Status of human rights instruments: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (year of ratification/signature), 19661973
Status of human rights instruments: International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (year of ratification/signature), 19661973
Status of human rights instruments: International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (year of ratification/signature), 19791980
Status of human rights instruments: Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (year of ratification/signature), 1984..
Status of human rights instruments: Convention on the Rights of the Child (year of ratification/signature), 19891990
35. Status of fundamental labour rights conventions
Status of labour rights conventions: Freedom of association and collective bargaining - Convention 87 (year of ratification/signature)1967
Status of labour rights conventions: Freedom of association and collective bargaining - Convention 98 (year of ratification/signature)1967
Status of labour rights conventions: Elimination of forced and compulsory labour - Convention 29 (year of ratification/signature)1967
Status of labour rights conventions: Elimination of forced and compulsory labour - Convention 105 (year of ratification/signature)1967
Status of labour rights conventions: Elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation - Convention 100 (year of ratification/signature)1974
Status of labour rights conventions: Elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation - Convention 111 (year of ratification/signature)1974
Status of labour rights conventions: Abolition of child labour - Convention 138 (year of ratification/signature)2000
Status of labour rights conventions: Abolition of child labour - Convention 182 (year of ratification/signature)2000

Notes:
1 - For purposes of calculating the HDI, a value of 99.0% was applied.
2 - In the absence of recent data, estimates from UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Institute for Statistics. 2003. Correspondence on adult and youth literacy rates. March. Montreal, based on outdated census or survey information, were used and should be interpreted with caution: Bahamas 95.8, Barbados 99.7, Comoros 56.8, Djibouti 70.3, Eritrea 60.5, Fiji 94.4, Gambia 42.5, Guinea-Bissau 44.8, Guyana 99.0, Haiti 54.8, Hong Kong, China (SAR) 94.6, Hungary 99.4, Lebanon 88.3, Poland 99.8 and Uzbekistan 99.4.
3 - Data refer to a year other than that specified.
4 - Heston, Alan, Robert Summers, and Bettina Aten. 2006. “Penn World Table Version 6.2.” University of Pennsylvania, Center for International Comparisons of Production, Income and Prices, Philadelphia. [http://pwt.econ.upenn.edu/]. Accessed June 2007. Data differ from the standard definition.
5 - In the absence of recent data, estimates from UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Institute for Statistics. 2003. Correspondence on adult and youth literacy rates. March. Montreal based on outdated census or survey information, were used and should be interpreted with caution: Barbados 0.3, Comoros 43.2, Djibouti 29.7, Eritrea 39.5, Fiji 5.6, Gambia 57.5, Guinea-Bissau 55.2, Guyana 1.0, Haiti 45.2, and Lebanon 11.7.
6 - Data refer to a year or period other than that specified, differ from the standard definition or refer to only part of a country.
7 - UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund). 2005. State of the World's Children 2006. New York.
8 -
9 - Data refer to a year between 1997 and 1999.
10 - Data refer to a year or period other than that specified, differ from the standard definition or refer to only part of a country.
11 - UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund). 2005. State of the World's Children 2006. New York.
12 - Data refer to a period other than that specified.
13 - National or UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimate.
14 - National or UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimate.
15 - Data refer to a period shorter than that specified.
16 - Data refer to the closest available year between 1988 and 1992.
17 - Data refer to an earlier year than that specified; from 2000 onwards.
18 - Data refer to an earlier year than that specified; from 1999 onwards.
19 - In the absence of recent data, estimates from UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Institute for Statistics. 2003. Correspondence on adult and youth literacy rates. March. Montreal, based on outdated census or survey information were used, and should be interpreted with caution.
20 - For the purpose of calculating the GDI, the female and male values appearing in this table were scaled downward to reflect the maximum values for adult literacy (99%), gross enrolment ratios (100%), and GDP per capita (40,000 (PPP US$)). For more details, see Technical note 1.
21 - Data refer to an earlier year than that specified.
22 - Heston, Alan, Robert Summers, and Bettina Aten. 2006. “Penn World Table Version 6.2.” University of Pennsylvania, Center for International Comparisons of Production, Income and Prices, Philadelphia. [http://pwt.econ.upenn.edu/]. Accessed June 2007. Data differ from the standard definition.
23 - No wage data are available. For the purposes of calculating the estimated female and male earned income, a value of 0.75 was used for the ratio of the female nonagricultural wage to the male nonagricultural wage.
24 - Data refer to an earlier year than that specified.