| Indicators |
1996 |
- Poverty Measures
|
|
 | National Poverty line |
|
US$350 |
|
- Headcount index |
37.50% |
| Food Poverty line |
|
US$230 |
|
- Headcount index |
17% |
| US$ 1-a-day |
|
31% |
| Poverty gap ratio |
|
33% |
| Poverty severity index |
|
... |
- Development
Progress Indices
|
|
| HDI |
|
0.314 |
|
- PDMC rank |
12 |
| HPI |
|
522 |
|
- PDMC rank |
12 |
- Inequality Measures
|
|
| Gini coefficient |
|
0.484 |
| Income ratio (H20/L20) |
|
126 |
- Population and
Household
|
|
| Population size (1999 estimates) |
|
4.36M |
| Population net growth rate |
|
|
|
- annual average (1999-99) |
1.90% |
| Dependency ratio |
|
0.79 |
| Average household size |
|
5.9 |
|
- Poor |
6.9 |
|
- Non poor |
5.4 |
| Average per capita household income |
|
|
|
- H25 |
K2,127 |
|
- H25 |
K258 |
- The Economy
|
|
| Real GDP annual growth rate (1990-1998) |
|
4.60% |
| GDP per capita (1998) |
|
|
|
- In real terms (1983 purchasers' value) |
US$395 |
|
- In current prices |
US$878 |
| Sectoral shares (as % of GDP, 1998) |
|
|
|
- Agriculture |
31% |
|
- Industry |
36% |
|
- Services |
33% |
| Inflation rate (1999) |
|
14.90% |
| US$ exchange rate (31 Dec 2000) |
|
K3.0581 |
| % of labor force in: |
|
|
|
- Informal subsistence sector |
77% |
| Dept servicing (as of GDP, 1998) |
|
5% |
- Vulnerability
Indicators
|
|
| CVI |
|
6.308 |
|
- PDMC rank (out of 7 PDMCs) |
6 |
| Foreign grants (as % of GDP, 1998) |
|
6% |
| Exports (as % of GDP,1998) |
|
47% |
| Imports (as % of GDP, 1998) |
|
28% |
| Export: Import ratio |
|
01:00.6 |
| Out migration significant? Y/N |
|
N |
| Remittances significant? Y/N |
|
N |
- Basic Education
|
|
| Adult literacy rate |
|
52% |
| CGER |
|
29% |
| Expenditure on education (1998) |
|
|
|
- As % of GDP |
5.20% |
|
- Per pupil |
... |
- Primary Health
and Nutrition
|
|
| Life expectancy at birth |
|
54 |
| Infant mortality rate |
|
77 |
| Pop'n with access to safe water |
|
24% |
| Population per doctor |
|
17,200 |
| Reported TB cases (per 100,000 pop'n) |
|
250 |
| Immunization coverage rate (DPT) |
|
60% |
| Expenditure on health |
|
|
|
- As % of GDP (1990-1997) |
3% |
|
- Per capita (2000) |
US$22 |
- Gender Issues
|
|
| GDP |
|
0.536 |
|
- PDMC rank |
2 |
| Total fertility rate |
|
5.2 |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate |
|
20% |
| Maternal mortality rate |
|
930 |
| Life expectancy gender gap (F-M) |
|
-1 |
| Female literacy rate |
|
44% |
| Female CGER |
|
27% |
| Women in paid employment (%) |
|
39% |
| Women in gov't (# of seats held) |
|
2 |
- Governance
|
|
| Public sector (% of formal employment) |
|
... |
| Share in gov't spending |
|
|
|
- Education (1999) |
19% |
|
- Health (1998) |
4% |
|
- Agriculture (1994) |
8.20% |
| Education exp. on primary level (1998) |
|
35% |
| Private sector (as % of GDP) |
|
... |
| Public service wages (as % of medium wage) |
|
... |
| Participation in local gov't budget? Y/N |
|
Y |
| Published economic strategy plan? Y/N |
|
Y |
| Democratically elected nat'l gov't? Y/N |
|
Y |
| Democratically elected local gov't? Y/N |
|
Y |
| Ombudsman? Y/N |
|
Y |
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