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Basic statistics 1996
General statistics
European Development Fund

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• Economic statistics
• Asia
• African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
• Latin America

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• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-EUROSTAT
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• Langue: English
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AFRICA, CARIBBEAN, PACIFIC ACP
ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA ALA
MED MEDITERRANEAN
BASIC STATISTICS
1996
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aiowledged
inted in Belgium PREFACE
The European Union is the world's largest donor of public development aid. Every year the
European Commission manages a budget of over ECU 3 billion for development coopera­
tion with non-member countries. The EU strives to promote peace, democracy and social
progress through political and economic dialogue with its partners.
Cooperation is implemented via a range of international agreements with an increasing
movement towards associations of a regional nature. Almost all the developing countries,
containing 80% of the world's population, have concluded bilateral agreements with the EU.
These agreements in some cases provide for trade preferences and financial assistance
while others cover economic cooperation of a more general nature.
Development cooperation was given a legal basis in the Treaty on European Union at Maas­
tricht in 1991, with Article 130u of the Treaty stating 'Community policy in the sphere of de­
velopment cooperation ... shall foster sustainable economic and social development of the
developing countries, and more particularly the most disadvantaged among them ...'.
Eurostat, recognizing that timely and accurate information is vital for fuelling policies and pro­
grammes, has contributed to the development continuum. The statistical programme for
1993-97 outlines Eurostat's aims in the development of statistical systems in developing
countries: 'The aim of statistical cooperation with developing countries is to aid the develop­
ment of statistical information systems in those countries to provide them with the necessary
instruments to support analysis and the formulation of economic and social development
policies'.
Information, however, is also required by the concerned and/or casual reader to monitor
countries' progress across a number of fronts - economic, social, demographic, etc.
This publication, the third in an irregular series dating back to 1988, strives to provide that in­
formation. Expanding on the 1994 publication ACP basic statistics it now also includes coun­
tries from the Asian, Latin American and Mediterranean regions. All these countries have
signed far-reaching cooperation agreements with the European Community. The publication
provides data on short and long-term macroeconomic indicators under the standard group­
ings and offers the reader a snapshot view of almost 120 developing countries.
Yves Franchet TABLE OF CONTENTS
Methodological notes and sources vii
List of abbreviationsandsymbolsχ
PART I: ACP ALAMEDregions
ACP region3
ACP ( Africa)4
ACP (Caribbean)12
ACP (Pacific) 16
Asia20
LatinAmerica25
Mediterranean30
PART II: ACP ALA MED States
Algeria36
Angola 38
Antigua and Barbuda40
Argentina42
Bahamas44
Bangladesh46
Barbados48
Belize:50
Benin52
Bhutan54
Bolivia56
Botswana: 58
Brazil60
Brunei62
Burkina Faso64
Burundi 66
Cameroon68
CapeVerde70
CentralAfricanRepublic72
Chad74
Chile76
China78
Colombia80
Comoros82
Congo84
CostaRica86
Côted'Ivoire88
Cuba90
Cyprus92
Djibouti 94
Dominica96
DominicanRepublic98
Ecuador100Egypt 102
El Salvador4
Equatorial Guinea6
Eritrea8
Ethiopia 110
Fiji
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Grenada 12
Guatemala
Guinea4
Guinea-Bissau6
Guyana8
Haiti 130
Honduras2
India
Indonesia
Israel
Jamaica 14
Jordan
Kenya4
Kiribati
Laos
Lebanon 15
Lesotho2
Liberia
Madagascar6
Malawi8
Malaysia 160
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius 17
Mexico2
Morocco4
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia 180
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger6
Nigeria8
Pakistan 19
Panama
Papua New Guinea4
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines 20Rwanda 202
São Tomé and Príncipe4
Senegal6
Seychelles8
Sierra Leone 210
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Somalia
Sri Lanka
St Christopher and Nevis 22
St Lucia
St Vincent4
Sudan6
Surinam8
Swaziland 23
Syria2
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga 240
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Tuvalu
Uganda 25
Uruguay2
Vanuatu4
Venezuela6
Vietnam8
West Bank and Gaza Strip 26
Western Samoa
Zaire
Zambia
ZimbabweMETHODOLOGICAL NOTES AND SOURCES
The methodology and detailed sources used for the data contained in this publication may
be obtained from:
Mr B. Langevin
Eurostat A5
Jean Monnet Building
L-2920 Luxembourg
Tel. [phone]
Fax [phone]
The most important aspects are outlined below.
1. Demographic indicators
The demographic data are taken from the mean variant of the estimates and forecasts of the
total world population (1950-2050) produced by the population division of the United Nations
in 1994.
Certain of these indicators produced by the United Nations (age structure, life expectancy at
birth, fertility rate, infant mortality rate) have been estimated only for the larger countries (with
a population size of 150 000 or more in 1990). For this reason, no forecasts are available
for the following countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, São Tomé and
Principe, Seychelles, St Christopher and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent, Tonga, Tuvalu.
2. Labour force
The labour force indicators are taken from the 'Economically active population estimates and
projections 1950-2025', produced by the International Labour Organization in 1995.
3. Health and education
The illiteracy rate, number of inhabitants per doctor, number of inhabitants per nurse and
number of inhabitants per hospital bed are taken from the 'Social indicators of development',
produced by the World Bank in 1995.
The illiteracy rate is defined as the proportion of the population aged 15 years or over who
cannot, with understanding, both read and write a short simple statement on everyday life.
'Doctor' includes the total number of registered medical practitioners in the country. Note that
the definition of recognized medical practitioners differs between countries.
'Nurse' includes graduate, practical, assistant and auxiliary nurses, as well as para-
professional personnel such as traditional birth attendants. Inclusion of auxiliary and-ll provides a more realistic estimate of available nursing/health care
overall.
'Number of inhabitants per hospital bed' uses the number of hospital beds available in pub­
lic, private, general and specialized hospitals, and rehabilitation centres. Hospitals are
establishments permanently staffed by at least one physician.
The rates of enrolment in education are taken from the 'Enrolment estimates and projec­
tions', produced by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(Unesco) in 1993. The gross rate of enrolment used is defined as a ratio between the number of young people
enrolled for a given level of education (regardless of whether or not they are of the usual age
to attend) and the number of young people who belong, according to the national system, to
the age group for which the level is designed. This rate is expressed in percentages and may
be over 100% because of late admissions, pupils repeating a year or inconsistencies in the
data.
4. Foreign debt
The debt indicators are taken from the 'World debt tables 1994-95', produced by the World
Bankin 1995.
'Total foreign debt' consists of public and publicly guaranteed long-term debt, private non-
guaranteed long-term debt, the use of IMF credit and estimated short-term debt.
'Debt service payments' are the sum of principal repayments and interest payments for the
year specified.
The debt service to exports ratio is the ratio of total debt service to the export of goods and
services (including workers' remittances); this ratio is also called the debt service ratio.
5. Economic indicators
The economic indicators (GNP, demand structure and origin of GDP) are taken from the
'World tables', produced by the World Bank in 1995.
The GNP per capita at current purchaser values (market prices), is calculated according to
the World Bank atlas methodology.
The GDP calculated at market prices is broken down into:
(i) private sector consumption: the market value of all goods and services purchased
or received as income in kind by individuals and non-profit institutions;
(ii) public sector consumption which is