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Annex Tables

Annex Table 4: Statistical Profiles of African Countries

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