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Summary measures
Terminology and data coverage
The summary measures in the colored bands .on In these notes the term 'country does not imply
each table are totals (indicated by t), .- eighted aver- political independence but may refer to any tern-
: ages (wJ, or median values (in) calculated for groups tory whose authorities present for it separate social
of economies. Countries for which individual esti- or economic statistics.
mates are not shown, because of size, nonreporting, The unified Germany does not yet have a fully
or insufficient hlstory, have been implicitly incuded merged statistical system. Throughout the tables,
by assumig they follow the trend of reporting data for Gennany are footnoted to explain coverage;
countries during such periods. This gives a more most economic data refer to the former Federal Reconsistent
aggregate measure by standardizing public, but demographic and social data generally
country coverage for each period shown. Group ag- refer to the unified Germany. The data for China do
gregates include countries for which country- not include Taiwan, China, but footnotL to Tables
specific data do not appear in the tables. Where 13,14,15, and 17 provide estimates of international
missing information accounts for a third or more of transactions for Taiwan, China.
the overall estimate, however, the group measure is
reported as not available. The weightings used for
computing the summary measures are stated in The indicators in Tables I and la give a summary
each technical note.
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