Country or
area
1975-1980
1980-1985
1985-1990
1990-1996
Average annual
percentage
change
Asia Eastern Asia China
-35.3
-4.8
+5.0
-19.5a -2.5 Hong
Kong
-25.1
-28.6
-19.0
-2.5a -2.9 Japan
-9.8
0.0
-13.2
-2.6a -1.3 Macau
..
-12.3b
..
-17.1c -1.9 Rep. of
Korea
-16.4
-38.1
-5.4
+8.9a -2.5 South-eastern Asia Singapore
-17.5
-6.9
+6.2
+2.9d -0.8 Western Asia Armenia
-16.1
+9.0
-3.1
-38.0d -2.2 Cyprus
+22.4
-3.3
+1.7
-14.0 +0.2 Georgia
-12.3
+2.3
-2.7
-18.6e -1.7 Europe Eastern Europe Belarus
-9.1
+3.5
-7.7
-27.2d -1.8 Bulgaria
-8.5
-4.9
-7.2
-31.5 -2.1 Czech
Republic
-14.8
-5.8
-3.1
-37.6 -2.4 Hungary
19.3
-4.7
+0.5
-20.7 -1.8 Poland
+0.4
+2.2
-12.4
-21.6 -1.4 Rep. of
Moldova
-7.5f
+12.7g
-10.2h
-26.4d -1.5 Romania
-6.5
-7.8
-19.0
-29.0 -2.4 Russian
Federation
-5.0f
+9.0g
-8.3h
-29.1d -1.6 Slovakia
-9.0
-3.0
-7.1
-30.6 -2.1 Ukraine
-3.5
+3.6
-6.4
-25.9d -1.5 Northern Europe Denmark
-19.3
-6.5
+15.2
+8.4d -0.3 Estonia
1.0
+5.0
-3.3
-36.6 -1.7 Finland
-3.6
+0.6
+8.5
-1.1 +0.2 Iceland
-6.4
-22.2
+19.7
-8.2 -1.0 Ireland
-5.0
-22.6
-15.2
-9.9 -2.1 Latvia
-3.1
+10.0
-3.3
-42.6 -1.9 Lithuania
-9.1
+5.0
-4.8
-28.5 -1.7 Norway
-13.1
-2.3
+14.9
-2.1 -0.2 Sweden
-5.6
+3.0
+23.7
-24.8 -0.5 United
Kingdom
+4.4
-4.8
-1.7
-6.6 -0.3 Southern Europe Bosnia and
Herzegovina
-20.0
+0.5
-10.0
.. -1.8 Croatia
+0.5
-5.2
-10.4
-9.2d -1.1 Greece
-2.2
-24.7
-14.9
-8.4 -2.0 Italy
-24.0
-13.7
-6.2
-10.3i -2.4 Malta
-8.8
+0.5
+3.0
-2.0 -0.4 Portugal
-13.1
-21.0
-9.2
-8.3 -2.0 Slovenia
-2.3
-18.5
-14.0
-13.5 -1.9 Spain
-21.1
-25.8
-17.1
-15.4 -2.8 Yugoslavia
-2.2
-2.2
-5.9
-9.6d -0.9
Western Europe Austria
-
-10.9
-1.4
-2.1
-1.1 Belgium
-
-10.7
+7.3
-4.3d
-0.5 France
+1.0
-6.7
-2.2
-3.4
-0.5 German Dem. Rep
+26.0
-10.8
-12.1
-38.8
-1.9 Germany,
Fed. Rep. of
0.0
-11.7
-13.3
-4.1
-0.2 Germany
..
..
..
0.0j
0.0 Luxembourg
-
-8.0
+17.4
+8.6
+0.8 Netherlands
-
-5.6
+7.3
-5.6
-0.4 Switzerland
-
-1.9
-4.6
-5.7
-0.3 Latin America and the Caribbean Caribbean Bahamas
+13.0
-13.6
-18.1
-3.9
-1.4 Barbados
-15.7k
-16.5l
..
..
-2.5 Cuba
..
+15.9
-3.7
-7.7m
+0.3 Martinique
-42.0n
..
-5.6
-4.5
-2.6 Trinidad and
Tobago
+2.6
+0.3
-25.0
-15.4o
-1.9 Northern America Canada
-
-4.7
+4.9
-2.9o
-0.5 United States of
America
+3.5
+0.5
+13.0
+0.5a
+0.9 Oceania Australia
-
-1.6
+1.1
-3.1a
-0.9 New Zealand
-
-5.9
+13.0
-6.9d
-0.6
Source: Table 1.
aRefers to the period 1990-1994.
bRefers to the period 1981-1991.
cRefers to the period 1991-1995.
dRefers to the period 1990-1995.
eRefers to the period 1990-1992.
fRefers to the period 1974/75-1979/80.
gRefers to the period 1979/80-1984/85.
hRefers to the period 1984/85-1990.
iRefers to the period 1990-1994.
jRefers to the period 1992-1996.
kRefers to the period 1976-1980.
lRefers to the period 1980-1988.
mRefers to the period 1990-1991.
n Refers to the period 1974-1985.
oRefers to the period 1990-1993.
Note: Two dots (..) indicate that data are not available.