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01. Human development index
Human development index value, 20050.534
Life expectancy at birth, annual estimates (years), 200562.6
Adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and older), 1995-200548.6
Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary education (%), 200558.11
GDP per capita (PPP US$), 20051,550
Life expectancy index0.626
Education index0.518
GDP index0.458
GDP per capita (PPP US$) rank minus HDI rank8
1a. Basic indicators for other UN member states
Life expectancy at birth, annual estimates (years), 2000-0562.6
Adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and older), 1995-200548.6
Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary education (%), 200558.1
GDP per capita (PPP US$), 20051,550
Population, total (thousands), 200427,094
Fertility rate, total (births per woman), 2000-053.7
Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 200574
Net primary enrolment rate (%), 200479
HIV prevalence (% aged 15-49), 20050.5 [0.3–1.3]
Population undernourished (% of total population), 2002/0417
Population using an improved water source (%), 200490
02. Human development index trends
Human development index (trends), 19750.301
Human development index (trends), 19800.338
Human development index (trends), 19850.380
Human development index (trends), 19900.427
Human development index (trends), 19950.469
Human development index (trends), 20000.502
Human development index (trends), 20050.534
03. Human and income poverty: developing countries
Human poverty index (HPI-1) rank84
Human Poverty Index (HPI-1) value (%)38.1
Probability at birth of not surviving to age 40 (% of cohort), 2000-0517.4
Adult illiteracy rate (% aged 15 and older), 1995-200551.4
Population not using an improved water source (%), 200410
Children underweight for age (% under age 5), 1996-200548
Population living below $1 a day (%), 1990-200524.1
Population living below $2 a day (%), 1990-200568.5
Population living below the national poverty line (%), 1990-200430.92
HPI-1 rank minus income poverty rank11
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), 2000-0532.2
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..2
Population living below $11 a day (1994 PPP US$), 1994-95..
Population living below $4 a day (1990 PPP US$), 2000-04..2
HPI-2 rank minus income poverty rank..
05. Demographic trends
Population, total (millions), 197513.5
Population, total (millions), 200527.1
Population, total (millions), 201532.8
Population, annual growth rate (%), 1975-20052.3
Population, annual growth rate (%), 2005-151.9
Population, urban (% of total population), 19754.8
Population, urban (% of total population), 200515.8
Population, urban (% of total population), 201520.9
Population under age 15 (% of total population), 200539.0
Population under age 15 (% of total population), 201534.1
Population aged 65 and older (% of total population), 20053.7
Population aged 65 and older (% of total population), 20154.2
Fertility rate, total (births per woman), 1970-755.8
Fertility rate, total (births per woman), 2000-053.7
06. Commitment to health: resources, access and services
Public expenditure on health (% of GDP), 20041.5
Private expenditure on health (% of GDP), 20044.1
Health expenditure per capita (PPP US$), 200471
One-year-olds fully immunized against tuberculosis (%), 200587
One-year-olds fully immunized against measles (%), 200574
Children with diarrhoea receiving oral rehydration and continued feeding (% under age 5), 1998-200543
Contraceptive prevalence rate (% of married women aged 15-49), 1997-200538
Births attended by skilled health personnel (%), 1997-200511
Physicians (per 100,000 people), 2000-04212
07. Water, sanitation and nutritional status
Population using improved sanitation (%), 199011
Population using improved sanitation (%), 200435
Population using an improved water source (%), 199070
Population using an improved water source (%), 200490
Population undernourished (% of total population), 1990-92202
Population undernourished (% of total population), 2002-0417
Children under weight for age (% under age 5), 1996-200548
Children under height for age (% under age 5), 1996-2005572
Infants with low birthweight (%), 1998-200521
08. Inequalities in maternal and child health
Survey year for inequality data in table 82001
Births attended by skilled health personnel, poorest 20% (%)4
Births attended by skilled health personnel, richest 20% (%)45
One-year-olds fully immunized, poorest 20% (%)54
One-year-olds fully immunized, richest 20% (%)82
Children under height for age, poorest 20% (% children under age 5)62
Children under height for age, richest 20% (% children under age 5)36
Infant mortality rate, poorest 20% (per 1,000 live births)86
Infant mortality rate, richest 20% (per 1,000 live births)53
Under-five mortality rate, poorest 20% (per 1,000 live births)130
Under-five mortality rate, richest 20% (per 1,000 live births)68
09. Leading global health crises and risks
HIV prevalence (% aged 15-49), 20050.5 [0.3–1.3]
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), 2005244
Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS (%), 200567
Tuberculosis cases cured under DOTS (%), 200387
Prevalence of smoking, women (% of adults), 2002-04242
Prevalence of smoking, men (% of adults), 2002-04492
10. Survival: progress and setbacks
Life expectancy at birth, quinquennial estimates (years), 1970-7544.0
Life expectancy at birth, quinquennial estimates (years), 2000-0561.3
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 1970165
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 200556
Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 1970250
Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 200574
Probability at birth of surviving to age 65, female (% of cohort), 2000-0561.3
Probability at birth of surviving to age 65, male (% of cohort), 2000-0558.4
Maternal mortality ratio, reported (per 100,000 live births), 1990-2004540
Maternal mortality ratio, adjusted (per 100,000 live births), 20008302
11. Commitment to education: public spending
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP), 19912.0
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP), 2002-053.4
Public expenditure on education (% of total government expenditure), 19918.5
Public expenditure on education (% of total government expenditure), 2002-0514.9
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), 2002-05533
Current public expenditure on education, secondary (% of all levels), 1991..
Current public expenditure on education, secondary (% of all levels), 2002-0528
Current public expenditure on education, tertiary (% of all levels), 1991..
Current public expenditure on education, tertiary (% of all levels), 2002-0512
12. Literacy and enrolment
Adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and older), 1985-199533.0
Adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and older), 1995-200548.6
Youth literacy rate (% aged 15-24), 1985-199549.6
Youth literacy rate (% aged 15-24), 1995-200570.1
Net primary enrolment rate (%), 1991..
Net primary enrolment rate (%), 20057945
Net secondary enrolment rate (%), 1991..
Net secondary enrolment rate (%), 2005..
Children reaching grade 5 (% of grade 1 students), 199151
Children reaching grade 5 (% of grade 1 students), 2004614
Tertiary students in science, engineering, manufacturing and construction (% of tertiary students), 1999-2005..
13. Technology: diffusion and creation
Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people), 19903
Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people), 200517
Cellular subscribers (per 1,000 people), 19900
Cellular subscribers (per 1,000 people), 20059
Internet users (per 1,000 people), 19900
Internet users (per 1,000 people), 20054
Patents granted to residents (per million peole), 2005..
Receipts of royalties and license fees (US$ per person), 2005..
Research and development expenditure (% of GDP), 2000-20050.664691759592203
Researchers in R&D (per million people), 1990-200559
14. Economic performance
GDP (current US$ billions), 20057.4
GDP, PPP (current international $ billions), 200542.1
GDP per capita (US$), 2005272
GDP per capita, PPP (2005 international $), 20051,550
GDP per capita, annual growth rate (%), 1975-20052.0
GDP per capita, annual growth rate (%), 1990-20052.0
GDP per capita, highest value (2005 PPP US$), 1975-20051,550
GDP per capita, year of highest value2005
Consumer price index, average annual change in (%), 1990-20056.8
Consumer price index, average annual change in (%), 2004-056.8
15. Inequality in income or expenditure
Survey Year2003-046
Share of income or consumption, poorest 10% (%)2.6
Share of income or consumption, poorest 20% (%)6.0
Share of income or consumption, richest 20% (%)54.6
Share of income or consumption, richest 10% (%)40.6
Inequality measures, ratio of richest 10% to poorest 10%15.8
Inequality measures, ratio of richest 20% to poorest 20%9.1
Gini index47.2
16. Structure of trade
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP), 199021
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP), 200533
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP), 199011
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP), 200516
Primary exports (% of merchandise exports), 1990177
Primary exports (% of merchandise exports), 2005268
Manufactured exports (% of merchandise exports), 199083
Manufactured exports (% of merchandise exports), 2005748
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports), 1990..
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports), 20050.18
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), 2005427.9
Official development assistance received (net disbursements) per capita (US$), 200515.8
Official development assistance received (net disbursements) (% of GDP), 199011.7
Official development assistance received (net disbursements) (% of GDP), 20055.8
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP), 19900.2
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP), 2005(.)
Private flows, other (% of GDP), 1990- 0.4
Private flows, other (% of GDP), 2005(.)
Debt service, total (% of GDP), 19901.9
Debt service, total (% of GDP), 20051.6
Debt service, total (% of exports of goods, services and net income from abroad), 199015.7
Debt service, total (% of exports of goods, services and net income from abroad), 20054.6
19. Priorities in public spending
Public expenditure on health (% of GDP), 20041.5
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP), 19912.0
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP), 2002-053.4
Military expenditure (% of GDP), 19900.9
Military expenditure (% of GDP), 20052.1
Debt service, total (% of GDP), 19901.9
Debt service, total (% of GDP), 20051.6
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), 1996-2005178
Unemployment rate Total (% of labour force), 1996-20051.8
Unemployment rate (female rate as % of male rate), 1996-200585
Employment, total (thousands), 1996-20057,4592
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment), 1996-2005792
Employment in industry (% of total employment), 1996-200562
Employment in services (% of total employment), 1996-2005212
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), 200486
Electricity consumption per capita (% change), 1990-20041.0
Electrification rate (%)33
Population without electricity (millions)18.1
GDP per unit of energy use (2000 PPP US$ per kg of oil equivalent), 20044.0
GDP per unit of energy use (% change), 1990-20040.2
Forest area (% total land), 200525.4
Forest area (thousand sq km), 200536.4
Forest area change from 1990-2005 (thousand sq km), 1990-2005- 11.8
Forest area, average annual change (%), 1990-2005- 1.6
23. Energy sources
Total primary energy supply (TPES) (Mt of oil equivalent), 19905.8
Total primary energy supply (TPES) (Mt of oil equivalent), 20059.2
Coal (% of total primary energy supply), 19900.8
Coal (% of total primary energy supply), 20052.0
Oil (% of total primary energy supply), 19904.5
Oil (% of total primary energy supply), 20059.2
Gas (% of total primary energy supply), 19900
Gas (% of total primary energy supply), 20050
Hydro, solar, wind and geothermal power (% of total primary energy supply), 19901.3
Hydro, solar, wind and geothermal power (% of total primary energy supply), 20052.3
Biomass and waste (% of total primary energy supply), 199093.4
Biomass and waste (% of total primary energy supply), 200586.6
Nuclear power (% of total primary energy supply), 19900
Nuclear power (% of total primary energy supply), 20050
24. Carbon dioxide emissions and stocks
CO2 emissions, total (Mt CO2), 19900.6
CO2 emissions, total (Mt CO2), 20043.0
CO2 emissions, average annual change in (%), 1990-200427.3
CO2 emissions (% of world total), 1990(.)
CO2 emissions (% of world total), 2004(.)
CO2 emissions per capita (tonnes), 1990(.)
CO2 emissions per capita (tonnes), 20040.1
Carbon intensity of energy (kt CO2 per kt of oil equivalent), 19900.11
Carbon intensity of energy (kt CO2 per kt of oil equivalent), 20040.34
Carbon intensity of growth ( kt CO2 per million 2000 PPP US$), 19900.03
Carbon intensity of growth ( kt CO2 per million 2000 PPP US$), 20040.08
CO2 emissions/sequestration from forests (Mt CO2 per year), 1990-2005- 26.9
Carbon stocks in forests (living biomass) (Mt C), 2005485.0
25. Status of major international environmental treaties
Status of environmental treaties - Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (year of ratification/signature)20019
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)2005
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), 19881994
Status of environmental treaties - Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer (year of ratification/signature)1994
Status of environmental treaties - Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (year of ratification/signature), 20012007
Status of environmental treaties - UN Law of the Sea (year of ratification/signature)1998
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)1996
26. Refugees and armaments
Internally displaced people (thousands), 2006..
Refugees by country of asylum (thousands), 2006128
Refugees by country of origin (thousands), 20063
Conventional arms transfers, imports (1990 US$ millions), 19960
Conventional arms transfers, imports (1990 US$ millions), 20060
Conventional arms transfers, exports (1990 US$ millions), 2006..
Conventional arms transfers, exports (% of world total), 2002-06..
Armed forces (thousands), 200769
Armed forces, index (1985=100), 2007276
27. Crime and justice
Homicides (per 100,000 people), 2000-20043.4
Prison population total, 20077135
Prison population (per 100,000 people), 200726
Prison population (% female), 20078
Year in which countries have partially or completely abolished the death penalty1997
28. Gender-related development index
Gender-related development index (GDI) rank, 2005127
Gender-related development index (GDI) value, 20050.520
Life expectancy at birth, female (years), 200562.9
Life expectancy at birth, male (years), 200562.1
Adult literacy rate, female (% aged 15 and older), 200534.9
Adult literacy rate, male (% aged 15 and older), 200562.7
Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary education, female (%) , 200554
Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary education, male (%) , 200562
Estimated earned income, female (PPP US$), 20051,03810
Estimated earned income, male (PPP US$), 20052,07210
HDI rank minus GDI rank, 2005- 4
29. Gender empowerment measure
Gender empowerment measure (GEM) rank86
Gender empowerment measure (GEM) value0.351
Seats in parliament (% held by women)17.311
Legislators, senior officials and managers (% female), 1999-20058
Professional and technical workers (% female), 1994-200519
Ratio of estimated female to male earned income0.50
30. Gender inequality in education
Adult literacy rate, female (% aged 15 and older) , 200534.9
Adult literacy rate (ratio of female rate to male rate), 20050.56
Youth literacy rate, female (% aged 15-24), 200560.1
Youth literacy rate (ratio of female rate to male rate), 20050.75
Net primary enrolment rate, female (%), 2005741213
Net primary enrolment rate (ratio of female rate to male rate), 20050.871213
Gross primary enrolment ratio, female (%), 2005108
Gross primary enrolment ratio (ratio of female ratio to male ratio)0.91
Gross secondary enrolment ratio, female (%), 20054212
Gross secondary enrolment ratio (ratio of female ratio to male ratio), 20050.8612
Gross tertiary enrolment ratio, female (%), 2005313
Gross tertiary enrolment ratio (ratio of female ratio to male ratio), 20050.4013
31. Gender inequality in economic activity
Economic activity rate, female (% aged 15 and older), 200549.9
Economic activity index (1990=100), female (aged 15 and older), 2005104
Economic activity rate (female rate as % of male rate, aged 15 and older), 200564
Employment in agriculture, female (% of total female employment), 1995-2005..
Employment in agriculture, male (% of total male employment), 1995-2004..
Employment in industry, female (% of total female employment), 1995-2003..
Employment in industry, male (% of total male employment), 1995-2003..
Employment in services, female (% of total female employment), 1995-2003..
Employment in services, male (% of total male employment), 1995-2003..
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 vote1951
Year women received right to stand for election1951
Year first woman elected (E) or appointed (A) to parliament1952 A
Women in government at ministerial level (as % of total), 20057.4
Seats in lower house or single house (% held by women), 19906.1
Seats in lower house or single house (% held by women), 200717.314
Seats in upper house or senate (% held by women), 2007NA
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), 19481969
Status of human rights instruments: International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (year of ratification/signature), 19651971
Status of human rights instruments: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (year of ratification/signature), 19661991
Status of human rights instruments: International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (year of ratification/signature), 19661991
Status of human rights instruments: International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (year of ratification/signature), 19791991
Status of human rights instruments: Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (year of ratification/signature), 19841991
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)..
Status of labour rights conventions: Freedom of association and collective bargaining - Convention 98 (year of ratification/signature)1996
Status of labour rights conventions: Elimination of forced and compulsory labour - Convention 29 (year of ratification/signature)2002
Status of labour rights conventions: Elimination of forced and compulsory labour - Convention 105 (year of ratification/signature)..
Status of labour rights conventions: Elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation - Convention 100 (year of ratification/signature)1976
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)1997
Status of labour rights conventions: Abolition of child labour - Convention 182 (year of ratification/signature)2002

Notes:
1 - National or UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimate.
2 -
3 - National or UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimate.
4 - National or UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimate.
5 - Data refer to an earlier year than that specified.
6 - Data refer to expenditure shares by percentiles of population, ranked by per capita expenditure.
7 - One or more of the components of primary exports are missing.
8 - Data refer to an earlier year than that specified; from 2000 onwards.
9 - Signature not yet followed by ratification.
10 - 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.
11 - A transitional assembly was established in January 2007. Elections for the constituent assembly will be held in 2007.
12 - National or UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimate.
13 - Data refer to an earlier year than that specified.
14 - A transitional legislative parliament was established in January 2007. Elections for the Constituent Assembly will be held in 2007.