APP.2-11 Growth Rate of GDP Per Capita
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators Database.     (%)
Country or Area 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
World 2.7 0.3 0.6 1.5 2.9 2.4
Low Income 1.9 2.7 1.5 5.1 5.5 5.6
 Least Developed Countries 1.8 2.7 2.1 2.7 3.7 3.7
 Countries 0.6 1.9 0.6 1.2 2.7 2.5
Middle Income 4.6 2.0 2.7 4.2 6.3 5.4
 Lower Middle Income 5.0 3.8 4.8 4.9 6.6 5.9
 Upper Middle Income 4.1 -0.2 0.1 3.3 6.1 5.0
Low and Middle Income 3.9 1.8 2.3 4.0 5.9 5.2
East Asia and Pacific 6.6 5.7 6.9 7.9 8.1 7.8
 Europe and Central Asia 7.0 2.0 4.7 5.8 7.1 5.9
 Latin America and Caribbean 2.4 -1.1 -2.2 0.6 4.5 3.1
 Middle East and North Africa 1.3 1.4 1.9 1.0 3.7 2.8
 South Asia 2.4 2.9 1.8 5.7 6.2 6.4
 Sub-Saharan Africa 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.7 2.9 3.1
High Income 2.8 0.4 0.7 1.4 2.6 2.1
 NonOECD Countries 4.4 -1.7 0.6 2.7 4.6 3.9
 OECD Countries 2.8 0.6 0.8 1.4 2.6 2.1
  Euro Area 3.3 1.5 0.5 0.2 1.6 0.9
China 7.6 7.5 8.4 9.3 9.4 9.2
Hong Kong, China 9.2 -0.3 0.9 3.0 7.3 6.3
Macao, China 2.8 0.7 9.2 14.2 27.0 7.2
Bangladesh 3.9 3.2 2.4 3.3 4.3 3.5
India 2.3 3.6 2.0 6.7 7.0 7.1
Indonesia 3.5 2.5 3.0 3.3 3.6 4.2
Iran 3.5 2.0 7.3 3.7 3.8 4.9
Israel 4.9 -2.6 -3.1 -0.1 2.8 3.5
Japan 2.2 -0.5 1.2 2.5 2.5
Kazakhstan 10.1 13.7 9.8 8.9 8.8 8.4
Korea, Rep. 7.6 3.1 6.4 2.6 4.2 3.5
Malaysia 6.4 -1.8 2.3 3.4 5.2 3.4
Mongolia 0.2 0.1 2.8 4.2 9.2 4.6
Myanmar 8.5 9.9 10.7 12.5 1.9 3.9
Pakistan 1.8 -0.6 0.8 2.5 3.9 5.2
Philippines 3.9 -0.2 2.5 2.6 4.1 3.3
Singapore 8.2 -5.0 3.0 2.6 7.3 3.7
Sri Lanka 4.3 1.8 2.5 4.7 4.5 4.4
Thailand 3.7 1.2 4.4 6.1 5.3 3.6
Turkey 5.6 -9.0 6.2 4.2 7.4 6.0
Viet Nam 5.4 5.6 5.8 6.2 6.6 7.4
Egypt 3.4 1.5 1.2 1.1 2.2 2.9
Nigeria 1.8 0.7 -0.7 8.3 3.7 4.7
South Africa 1.6 0.9 2.5 1.9 5.2 5.6
Canada 4.3 0.8 2.5 1.1 1.8 2.0
Mexico 5.1 -1.2 -0.2 0.4 3.1 1.9
United States 2.5 -0.3 0.8 2.2 3.2 2.5
Argentina -1.8 -5.4 -11.8 7.8 7.9 8.2
Brazil 2.8 -0.1 0.5 -0.8 3.5 0.9
Venezuela 1.8 1.5 -10.5 -9.3 15.8 7.5
Belarus 6.1 5.1 5.5 7.6 12.0 9.8
Bulgaria 7.3 6.1 5.4 5.1 6.5 5.8
Czech Republic 4.0 3.1 1.7 3.2 4.5 6.2
France 3.6 1.5 0.5 0.1 1.7 0.9
Germany 3.1 1.0 -0.1 1.6 0.9
Italy 2.9 1.7 0.4 0.3 1.4 0.2
Netherlands 2.7 0.7 -0.1 -1.3 1.1 0.8
Poland 4.2 2.2 1.5 3.9 5.3 3.3
Romania 2.2 7.2 6.7 5.5 8.7 4.4
Russian Federation 10.0 5.3 5.2 7.9 7.7 6.9
Spain 3.6 2.9 1.4 1.1 1.4 1.7
Ukraine 7.0 10.3 6.2 10.3 13.0 3.3
United Kingdom 2.1 2.7 2.1 1.7 2.6 1.2
Australia 0.8 2.5 2.0 2.6 1.8 1.5
New Zealand 1.7 2.9 3.1 1.8 3.1 0.7