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GDP per capitaGDPHighestvalue duringAverage annual changeAnnual growth ratein consumer price indexPPP US$2005 PPP1975–2005 Year ofUS$ billions billions US$ US$ a(%)2005 PPP highest(%)HDI rank2005 2005 2005 2005 1975–2005 1990–2005 US$ a value 1990–2005 2004–05160 Guinea 3.3 21.8 350 2,316 1.0 b 1.2 2,316 b 2005 .. ..161 Rwanda 2.2 10.9 d 238 1,206 d -0.3 0.1 1,358 1983 11.2 9.1162 Angola 32.8 37.2 d 2,058 2,335 d -0.6 b 1.5 2,335 b 2005 393.3 23.0163 Benin 4.3 9.6 508 1,141 0.4 1.4 1,141 2005 5.6 5.4164 Malawi 2.1 8.6 161 667 -0.2 1.0 719 1979 28.4 15.4165 Zambia 7.3 11.9 623 1,023 -1.8 -0.3 1,559 1976 40.0 18.3166 Côte d’Ivoire 16.3 29.9 900 1,648 -2.1 -0.5 3,195 1978 5.4 3.9167 Burundi 0.8 5.3 d 106 699 d -1.0 -2.8 1,047 1991 13.8 13.0168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 7.1 41.1 d 123 714 d -4.9 -5.2 2,488 1975 424.3 21.3169 Ethiopia 11.2 75.1 d 157 1,055 d -0.2 b 1.5 1,055 b 2005 4.2 11.6170 Chad 5.5 13.9 d 561 1,427 d 0.5 1.7 1,427 2005 5.3 7.9171 Central African Republic 1.4 4.9 d 339 1,224 d -1.5 -0.6 1,935 1977 3.9 2.9172 Mozambique 6.6 24.6 d 335 1,242 d 2.3 b 4.3 1,242 b 2005 22.1 7.2173 Mali 5.3 14.0 392 1,033 0.2 2.2 1,033 2005 3.8 6.4174 Niger 3.4 10.9 d 244 781 d -1.7 -0.5 1,293 1979 4.4 7.8175 Guinea-Bissau 0.3 1.3 d 190 827 d -0.6 -2.6 1,264 1997 20.2 3.3176 Burkina Faso 5.2 16.0 d 391 1,213 d 0.9 1.3 1,213 2005 4.1 6.4177 Sierra Leone 1.2 4.5 216 806 -2.1 -1.4 1,111 1982 19.7 12.1Developing countries 9,812.5 T 26,732.3 T 1,939 5,282 2.5 3.1 .. .. .. ..Least developed countries 306.2 T 1,081.8 T 424 1,499 0.9 1.8 .. .. .. ..Arab States 1,043.4 T 1,915.2 T 3,659 6,716 0.7 2.3 .. .. .. ..East Asia and the Pacifi c 4,122.5 T 12,846.6 T 2,119 6,604 6.1 5.8 .. .. .. ..Latin America and the Caribbean 2,469.5 T 4,639.2 T 4,480 8,417 0.7 1.2 .. .. .. ..South Asia 1,206.1 T 5,152.2 T 800 3,416 2.6 3.4 .. .. .. ..Sub-Saharan Africa 589.9 T 1,395.6 T 845 1,998 -0.5 0.5 .. .. .. ..Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS 1,873.0 T 3,827.2 T 4,662 9,527 1.4 1.4 .. .. .. ..OECD 34,851.2 T 34,076.8 T 29,860 29,197 2.0 1.8 .. .. .. ..High-income OECD 32,404.5 T 30,711.7 T 35,696 33,831 2.1 1.8 .. .. .. ..High human development 37,978.4 T 39,633.4 T 22,984 23,986 1.9 1.8 .. .. .. ..Medium human development 5,881.2 T 20,312.6 T 1,412 4,876 3.2 4.0 .. .. .. ..Low human development 236.4 T 544.2 T 483 1,112 -0.7 0.6 .. .. .. ..High income 34,338.1 T 32,680.7 T 34,759 33,082 2.1 1.8 .. .. .. ..Middle income 8,552.0 T 22,586.3 T 2,808 7,416 2.1 3.0 .. .. .. ..Low income 1,416.2 T 5,879.1 T 610 2,531 2.2 2.9 .. .. .. ..World 44,155.7 T 60,597.3 T 6,954 9,543 1.4 1.5 .. .. .. ..Human development indicatorsTABLE14 Economic performanceNOTESa. GDP values expressed in 2005 constant prices.b. Data refer to a period shorter than that specifi ed.c. Data refer to 2004.d. World Bank estimates based on regression.e. Data refer to 2003.f. Data refer to 2002.g. Estimate based on a bilateral comparisonbetween China and the United States (Ruoen andKai 1995).h. Data refer to 2000.i. Data refer to 2001.SOURCESColumns 1–4: World Bank 2007b; aggregatescalculated for HDRO by the World Bank.Columns 5 and 6: World Bank 2007b; aggregatescalculated for HDRO by the World Bank using the leastsquares method.Columns 7 and 8: calculated based on GDP percapita (PPP US$) time series from World Bank 2007b.Columns 9 and 10: calculated based on data on theconsumer price index from World Bank 2007b.280 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2007/2008