UN Policy Analysis Feature - The World Economy at the Beginning of 1998

Policy analysis feature
The World Economy at the Beginning of 1998

Table 2: Number of developing countries^a with GDP per capita growth of 3 per cent or more, 1991-1997

		1991		1992		1993		1994		1995		1996		1997
	No. of countries monitored	N	P	N	P	N	P	N	P	N	P	N	P	N	P
Developing countries of which:	95	26	44	32	45	28	49	34	72	31	69	38	74	37	73
Latin America	24	6	16	9	20	9	27	9	56	5	17	7	33	8	37
Africa	38	6	8	7	12	4	12	8	11	7	13	15	27	14	33
Eastern and Southern Asia (including China)	18	11	59	12	58	13	62	14	93	14	93	13	94	12	90
Western Asia	15	3	8	4	32	2	29	3	3	5	33	3	35	3	38
Least Developed countries	40	5	7	9	23	8	46	11	42	12	45	12	51	14	56

Source: UN/DESA, including population estimates and projections from World Population Prospects: The 1996 Revision.

Note: N: number of countries that achieved the specified per capita growth; P: percentage of total population of monitored countries in a given group accounted for by countries in this group that achieved the specified per capita growth.

a Comprises 95 countries which are regularly monitored.

Table 2: Number of developing countriesa with GDP per capita growth of 3 per cent or more, 1991-1997

Table 2: Number of developing countries^a with GDP per capita growth of 3 per cent or more, 1991-1997