INDICATORS | Algeria | Angola | Benin | Botswana | Burkina Faso |
Burundi | Cameroon | Cape Verde |
Central Afr Rep |
Chad | Comoros | Congo Dem. Rep. |
Congo Rep. |
Size of the economy | |||||||||||||
Population, millions (1999) | 29.95 | 12.36 | 6.11 | 1.59 | 11.00 | 6.68 | 14.69 | 0.43 | 3.54 | 7.49 | 0.54 | 49.78 | 2.86 |
Population density/sq km (1999) | 13 | 10 | 55 | 3 | 40 | 260 | 32 | 106 | 6 | 6 | 244 | 22 | 8 |
Gross National Income ($billions 1999) | 46.5 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 8.8 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.2 | ... | 1.6 |
Gross National Income Per Capita ($ 1999) | 1550 | 270 | 380 | 3240 | 240 | 120 | 600 | 1330 | 290 | 210 | 350 | ... | 550 |
% growth of GDP 1998-99 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 5.8 | -1.0 | 4.4 | 8.0 | 3.4 | -0.7 | -1.4 | ... | -3.0 |
Development progress | |||||||||||||
Prevalence of child malnutrition, weight for age, 1993-99 (% of children under 5) | 13 | 41 | 29 | 17 | 33 | 22 | 14 | 23 | 39 | 26 | 34 | ||
Prevalence of HIV, % ages 15-24 (1999) | |||||||||||||
Male | ... | 2.7 | 2.2 | 34.3 | 5.8 | 11.6 | 7.8 | ... | 14.1 | 3 | ... | 5.1 | 6.5 |
Female | ... | 1.3 | 0.9 | 15.8 | 2.3 | 5.7 | 3.8 | ... | 6.9 | 1.9 | ... | 2.5 | 3.2 |
Poverty, % population below $1 a day | <2 | ... | ... | 33.3 | 61.2 | ... | ... | ... | 66.6 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Daily per capita caloric intake (1997-99) | 2934 | 1879 | 2498 | 2278 | 2294 | 1660 | 2260 | 3156 | 1969 | 2120 | 1811 | 1712 | 2174 |
% of FAO recommended minimum req. | 125 | 80 | 107 | 97 | 98 | 71 | 97 | 135 | 84 | 91 | 77 | 73 | 93 |
Population dynamics | |||||||||||||
Population growth (annual average %) | |||||||||||||
1980-99 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.0 |
1999-2015 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.8 | ... | 1.4 | 2.8 | ... | 2.6 | 2.6 |
Agriculture labor force (1999) | |||||||||||||
Agriculture labor force in 000 | 2,470 | 4,177 | 1,518 | 297 | 4,968 | 2,987 | 3,605 | 40 | 1,268 | 2,672 | 237 | 12,879 | 498 |
% of total | 24.6 | 72.1 | 55.0 | 44.7 | 92.3 | 90.5 | 60.5 | 23.8 | 73.5 | 76.1 | 74.1 | 63.7 | 41.5 |
Rural population and land use | |||||||||||||
Rural population as % of total | |||||||||||||
1980 | 56.5 | 79.1 | 72.7 | 84.9 | 91.5 | 95.7 | 68.6 | 76.5 | 64.9 | 81.2 | 76.8 | 71.3 | 59.0 |
1999 | 40.4 | 66.4 | 58.5 | 50.2 | 82.0 | 91.3 | 51.9 | 39.4 | 59.2 | 76.5 | 67.4 | 70.0 | 38.3 |
Land area, 1999 (000 ha) | 238174 | 124670 | 11062 | 56673 | 27360 | 2568 | 46540 | 403 | 62298 | 125920 | 223 | 226705 | 34150 |
Arable land +perman. crops, 1999 (000 ha) | 8215 | 3500 | 1850 | 346 | 3450 | 1100 | 7160 | 41 | 2020 | 3550 | 118 | 7880 | 220 |
Arable land, 1999 (000 ha) | 7700 | 3000 | 1700 | 343 | 3400 | 770 | 5960 | 39 | 1930 | 3520 | 78 | 6700 | 175 |
Agricultural inputs | |||||||||||||
Arable land (ha per capita) | |||||||||||||
1979-81 | 0.37 | 0.41 | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.40 | 0.22 | 0.68 | 0.13 | 0.81 | 0.70 | 0.19 | 0.25 | 0.08 |
1997-99 | 0.26 | 0.24 | 0.29 | 0.23 | 0.31 | 0.12 | 0.42 | 0.10 | 0.54 | 0.48 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.06 |
Irrigated land (000 ha) | |||||||||||||
1979-81 | 258.3 | 75.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 10.0 | 53.0 | 14.7 | 2.0 | ... | 12.7 | ... | 6.3 | 1.0 |
1997-99 | 560.0 | 75.0 | 12.0 | 1.0 | 25.0 | 74.0 | 33.0 | 3.0 | ... | 20.0 | ... | 11.0 | 1.0 |
Fertilizer use/arable land (kg nutrients/ha) | |||||||||||||
1979-81 | 27.7 | 4.9 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 5.6 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | ... | 1.2 | 2.7 |
1999 | 18.9 | 1.1 | 33.4 | 13.4 | 14.9 | 5.2 | 8.4 | 5.2 | 0.3 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 28.6 |
INDICATORS | Côte d'Ivoire |
Djibouti | Egypt. | Equatorial Guinea |
Eritrea | Ethiopia | Gabon | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea -Bissau |
Kenya | Lesotho | Liberia |
Size of the economy | ||||||||||||||
Population, millions (1999) | 15.55 | 0.65 | 62.65 | 0.44 | 3.99 | 62.78 | 1.21 | 1.25 | 18.78 | 7.25 | 1.18 | 29.41 | 2.11 | 3.04 |
Population density/sq km (1999) | 49 | 28 | 63 | 16 | 40 | 63 | 5 | 125 | 83 | 30 | 42 | 52 | 69 | 32 |
Gross National Income ($billions 1999) | 10.4 | 0.5 | 86.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 6.5 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 7.5 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 10.7 | 1.2 | |
Gross National Income Per Capita ($ 1999) | 670 | 790 | 1380 | 1170 | 200 | 100 | 3300 | 330 | 400 | 490 | 160 | 360 | 550 | ... |
% growth of GDP 1998-99 | 2.8 | ... | 6.0 | 15.1 | 0.8 | 6.2 | -6.2 | 6.4 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 7.8 | 1.3 | 2.5 | ... |
Development progress | ||||||||||||||
Prevalence of child malnutrition, weight for age, 1993-99 (% of children under 5) | 24 | 18 | 11 | 44 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 16 | ||||||
Prevalence of HIV, % ages 15-24 (1999) | ||||||||||||||
Male | 9.5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.9 | 4.7 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 13 | 26.4 | ... |
Female | 3.8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.5 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1 | 6.4 | 12.1 | ... |
Poverty, % population below $1 a day | 12.3 | ... | 3.1 | ... | ... | 31.3 | ... | 53.7 | 38.8 | ... | ... | 26.5 | ... | ... |
Daily per capita caloric intake (1997-99) | 2566 | 2103 | 3317 | ... | 1709 | 1809 | 2517 | 2574 | 2547 | 2197 | 2301 | 1933 | 2308 | 2084 |
% of FAO recommended minimum req. | 110 | 90 | 142 | ... | 73 | 77 | 108 | 110 | 109 | 94 | 98 | 83 | 99 | 89 |
Population dynamics | ||||||||||||||
Population growth (annual average %) | ||||||||||||||
1980-99 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 0.8 |
1999-2015 | 1.7 | ... | 1.5 | ... | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.9 | ... |
Agriculture labor force (1999) | ||||||||||||||
Agriculture labor force in 000 | 3,199 | ... | 8,537 | 130 | 1,369 | 22,498 | 213 | 515 | 5,286 | 3,355 | 447 | 11,656 | 324 | 735 |
% of total | 50.3 | ... | 34.0 | 70.7 | 77.8 | 82.8 | 39.1 | 79.4 | 57.1 | 84.2 | 83.1 | 75.9 | 38.1 | 68.1 |
Rural population and land use | ||||||||||||||
Rural population as % of total | ||||||||||||||
1980 | 65.3 | 26.4 | 56.2 | 72.6 | 86.5 | 89.5 | 50.4 | 80.4 | 68.8 | 80.9 | 83.1 | 83.9 | 86.6 | 65.0 |
1999 | 54.2 | 16.9 | 55.0 | 53.0 | 81.6 | 82.8 | 19.7 | 68.2 | 62.1 | 67.9 | 76.7 | 67.8 | 72.8 | 55.7 |
Land area, 1999 (000 ha) | 31800 | 2318 | 99545 | 2805 | 10100 | 100000 | 25767 | 1000 | 22754 | 24572 | 2812 | 56914 | 3035 | 9632 |
Arable land +perman. crops, 1999 (000 ha) | 7350 | ... | 3300 | 230 | 500 | 10728 | 495 | 200 | 5300 | 1485 | 350 | 4520 | 325 | 327 |
Arable land, 1999 (000 ha) | 2950 | ... | 2834 | 130 | 498 | 10000 | 325 | 195 | 3600 | 885 | 300 | 4000 | 325 | 190 |
Agricultural inputs | ||||||||||||||
Arable land (ha per capita) | ||||||||||||||
1979-81 | 0.23 | ... | 0.05 | 0.59 | ... | ... | 0.42 | 0.26 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.34 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.07 |
1997-99 | 0.19 | ... | 0.04 | 0.30 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.28 | 0.16 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.26 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.08 |
Irrigated land (000 ha) | ||||||||||||||
1979-81 | 44.0 | 1.0 | 2453.3 | ... | ... | ... | 11.0 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 90.0 | 17.0 | 40.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
1997-99 | 73.0 | 1.0 | 3300.0 | ... | 22.0 | 190.0 | 15.0 | 2.0 | 11.0 | 95.0 | 17.0 | 67.0 | 1.0 | 2.7 |
Fertilizer use/arable land (kg nutrients/ha) | ||||||||||||||
1979-81 | 26.1 | ... | 286.4 | 0.5 | ... | ... | 2.0 | 13.4 | 10.4 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 16.0 | 15.0 | 36.3 |
1999 | 24.0 | ... | 419.1 | ... | 21.9 | 16.8 | 0.1 | 6.2 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 38.3 | 15.5 | ... |
INDICATORS | Libya | Madagascar | Malawi | Mali | Mauritania | Mauritius | Morocco | Mozambique | Namibia | Niger | Nigeria | Rwanda | Sao Tome & Principe |
Senegal |
Size of the economy | ||||||||||||||
Population, millions (1999) | 5.42 | 15.05 | 10.79 | 10.58 | 2.60 | 1.17 | 28.24 | 17.30 | 1.70 | 10.50 | 123.90 | 8.31 | 0.15 | 9.29 |
Population density/sq km (1999) | 3 | 26 | 115 | 9 | 3 | 579 | 63 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 136 | 337 | 151 | 48 |
Gross National Income ($billions 1999) | 3.7 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 4.2 | 33.7 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 31.6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | |
Gross National Income Per Capita ($ 1999) | ... | 250 | 180 | 240 | 390 | 3540 | ... | 220 | 1890 | 190 | 260 | 250 | 270 | 500 |
% growth of GDP 1998-99 | ... | 4.7 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | -0.7 | 7.3 | 3.1 | -0.6 | 1.0 | 6.1 | 2.5 | 5.1 |
Development progress | ||||||||||||||
Prevalence of child malnutrition, weight for age, 1993-99 (% of children under 5) | 5 | 40 | 30 | 27 | 23 | 15 | 26 | 50 | 39 | 27 | 22 | |||
Prevalence of HIV, % ages 15-24 (1999) | ||||||||||||||
Male | ... | 0.1 | 15.3 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0 | ... | 14.7 | 19.8 | 1.5 | 5.1 | 10.6 | ... | 1.6 |
Female | ... | 0 | 7 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0 | ... | 6.7 | 9.1 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 5.2 | ... | 0.7 |
Poverty, % population below $1 a day | 35.7 | ... | 7.0 | |||||||||||
Daily per capita caloric intake (1997-99) | 3291 | 2004 | 2116 | 2239 | 2690 | 2951 | 3031 | 1924 | 2091 | 2009 | 2814 | 2018 | 2199 | 2284 |
% of FAO recommended minimum req. | 141 | 86 | 90 | 96 | 115 | 126 | 130 | 82 | 89 | 86 | 120 | 86 | 94 | 98 |
Population dynamics | ||||||||||||||
Population growth (annual average %) | ||||||||||||||
1980-99 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 2.7 |
1999-2015 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 | ... | 2.3 |
Agriculture labor force (1999) | ||||||||||||||
Agriculture labor force in 000 | 110 | 5,544 | 4,433 | 4,423 | 608 | 61 | 4,240 | 7,606 | 288 | 4,255 | 15,031 | 3,472 | ... | 3,019 |
% of total | 6.4 | 74.7 | 83.3 | 81.5 | 53.1 | 12.2 | 36.9 | 80.8 | 42.1 | 88.0 | 34.2 | 90.5 | ... | 74.0 |
Rural population and land use | ||||||||||||||
Rural population as % of total | ||||||||||||||
1980 | 30.7 | 81.7 | 90.9 | 81.5 | 72.6 | 57.6 | 58.9 | 86.9 | 77.2 | 87.4 | 73.1 | 95.3 | 69.3 | 64.3 |
1999 | 12.9 | 71.0 | 76.4 | 70.6 | 43.6 | 58.9 | 44.7 | 61.1 | 69.6 | 79.9 | 56.9 | 93.9 | 54.1 | 53.3 |
Land area, 1999 (000 ha) | 175954 | 58154 | 9408 | 122019 | 102522 | 203 | 44630 | 78409 | 82329 | 126670 | 91077 | 2467 | 96 | 19253 |
Arable land +perman. crops, 1999 (000 ha) | 2150 | 3108 | 2000 | 4650 | 500 | 106 | 9445 | 3350 | 820 | 5000 | 30738 | 1116 | 41 | 2266 |
Arable land, 1999 (000 ha) | 1815 | 2565 | 1875 | 4606 | 488 | 100 | 8500 | 3120 | 816 | 4994 | 28200 | 866 | 2 | 2230 |
Agricultural inputs | ||||||||||||||
Arable land (ha per capita) | ||||||||||||||
1979-81 | 0.58 | 0.28 | 0.25 | 0.29 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.39 | 0.24 | 0.66 | 0.61 | 0.43 | 0.15 | 0.01 | 0.42 |
1997-99 | 0.37 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.43 | 0.20 | 0.09 | 0.31 | 0.18 | 0.48 | 0.49 | 0.26 | 0.13 | 0.02 | 0.25 |
Irrigated land (000 ha) | ||||||||||||||
1979-81 | 223.3 | 645.7 | 18.0 | 91.7 | 49.0 | 16.0 | 1208.3 | 65.0 | 4.0 | 22.7 | 200.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 62.0 |
1997-99 | 470.0 | 1090.0 | 28.0 | 138.0 | 49.0 | 19.3 | 1282.3 | 107.0 | 7.0 | 66.0 | 233.0 | 4.3 | 10.0 | 71.0 |
Fertilizer use/arable land (kg nutrients/ha) | ||||||||||||||
1979-81 | 35.7 | 3.1 | 20.3 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 254.7 | 26.8 | 10.7 | ... | 1.0 | 5.9 | 0.3 | ... | 10.4 |
1999 | 34.4 | 1.8 | 24.2 | 4.9 | ... | 330.0 | 38.6 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 6.1 | 0.3 | ... | 12.6 |
INDICATORS | Seychelles | Sierra Leone |
Somalia | South Africa |
Sudan | Swaziland | Tanzania | Togo | Tunisia | Uganda | Western Sahara | Zambia | Zimbabwe |
Size of the economy | |||||||||||||
Population, millions (1999) | 0.08 | 4.95 | 9.39 | 42.11 | 28.99 | 1.02 | 32.92 | 4.57 | 9.46 | 21.48 | 0.24 | 9.88 | 11.90 |
Population density/sq km (1999) | 178 | 69 | 15 | 34 | 12 | 59 | 37 | 84 | 61 | 108 | 1 | 13 | 31 |
Gross National Income ($billions 1999) | 0.5 | 0.7 | ... | 133.6 | 9.4 | 1.4 | 8.5 | 1.4 | 19.8 | 6.8 | ... | 3.2 | 6.3 |
Gross National Income Per Capita ($ 1999) | 6500 | 130 | ... | 3170 | 330 | 1350 | 260 | 310 | 2090 | 320 | ... | 330 | 530 |
% growth of GDP 1998-99 | 1.5 | -8.1 | ... | 1.2 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 6.2 | 7.4 | ... | 2.4 | 0.1 |
Development progress | |||||||||||||
Prevalence of child malnutrition, weight for age, 1993-99 (% of children under 5) | 6 | ... | ... | 9 | ... | ... | 31 | 25 | 9 | 26 | ... | 24 | 16 |
Prevalence of HIV, % ages 15-24 (1999) | |||||||||||||
Male | ... | 2.9 | ... | 24.8 | ... | ... | 8.1 | 5.5 | ... | 7.8 | ... | 17.8 | 24.5 |
Female | ... | 1.2 | ... | 11.3 | ... | ... | 4 | 2.2 | ... | 3.8 | ... | 8.2 | 11.3 |
Poverty, % population below $1 a day | ... | 57.0 | ... | 11.5 | ... | ... | 19.9 | ... | <2 | ... | ... | 63.7 | 36.0 |
Daily per capita caloric intake (1997-99) | 2415 | 2079 | 1554 | 2837 | 2366 | 2551 | 1926 | 2512 | 3342 | 2185 | ... | 1936 | 2084 |
% of FAO recommended minimum req. | 103 | 89 | 66 | 121 | 101 | 109 | 82 | 107 | 143 | 93 | ... | 83 | 89 |
Population dynamics | |||||||||||||
Population growth (annual average %) | |||||||||||||
1980-99 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
1999-2015 | ... | 1.9 | ... | 0.5 | 2.1 | ... | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 2.4 | ... | 1.3 | 0.6 |
Agriculture labor force (1999) | |||||||||||||
Agriculture labor force in 000 | ... | 993 | 2,585 | 1,754 | 7,368 | 114 | 14,277 | 1,117 | 933 | 8,950 | 33 | 3,004 | 3,494 |
% of total | ... | 62.7 | 71.6 | 9.9 | 62.0 | 34.1 | 80.9 | 60.3 | 25.0 | 80.6 | 37.5 | 69.7 | 63.1 |
Rural population and land use | |||||||||||||
Rural population as % of total | |||||||||||||
1980 | 59.2 | 75.9 | 77.8 | 51.9 | 80.0 | 82.2 | 85.2 | 77.1 | 48.5 | 91.2 | 30.7 | 60.2 | 77.7 |
1999 | 37.1 | 64.1 | 72.9 | 49.8 | 64.9 | 73.9 | 68.3 | 67.2 | 35.2 | 86.1 | 4.9 | 60.5 | 65.4 |
Land area, 1999 (000 ha) | 45 | 7162 | 62734 | 122104 | 237600 | 1720 | 88359 | 5439 | 15536 | 19710 | ... | 74339 | 38685 |
Arable land +perman. crops, 1999 (000 ha) | 7 | 540 | 1065 | 15712 | 16900 | 180 | 4650 | 2300 | 5100 | 6810 | ... | 5279 | 3350 |
Arable land, 1999 (000 ha) | 1 | 484 | 1043 | 14753 | 16700 | 168 | 3750 | 2200 | 2850 | 5060 | ... | 5260 | 3220 |
Agricultural inputs | |||||||||||||
Arable land (ha per capita) | |||||||||||||
1979-81 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.43 | 0.64 | 0.30 | 0.15 | 0.77 | 0.50 | 0.33 | 0.01 | 0.87 | 0.35 |
1997-99 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.35 | 0.56 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.52 | 0.31 | 0.23 | 0.01 | 0.53 | 0.26 |
Irrigated land (000 ha) | |||||||||||||
1979-81 | ... | 20.3 | 133.3 | 1118.7 | 1800.0 | 58.0 | 116.7 | 6.0 | 232.0 | 6.0 | ... | 19.0 | 80.0 |
1997-99 | ... | 29.0 | 200.0 | 1344.7 | 1950.0 | 69.0 | 155.0 | 7.0 | 380.0 | 9.0 | ... | 46.0 | 117.0 |
Fertilizer use/arable land (kg nutrients/ha) | |||||||||||||
1979-81 | ... | 5.8 | 0.9 | 87.4 | 5.1 | 102.9 | 10.9 | 1.4 | 21.1 | 0.1 | ... | 14.5 | 61.1 |
1999 | ... | ... | 0.5 | 54.5 | 5.5 | 32.7 | 5.6 | 7.7 | 39.4 | 0.9 | ... | 10.1 | 57.5 |
Sources: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001 and Little Data Book 2001; Encyclopaedia Britanica, 2001 Book of the Year; UNCTAD LDC database; FAO