| App. 2-11 Growth Rate of GDP Per Capita | ||||||
| Source: World Bank World Development Indicators Database. | (%) | |||||
| Country or Area | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| World | 2.8 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.8 |
| Low Income | 2.0 | 1.6 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| Least Developed Countries | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| Heavily Indebted Poor Countries | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.4 |
| Middle Income | 4.5 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 6.3 |
| Lower Middle Income | 5.3 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.9 |
| Upper Middle Income | 3.9 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| Low & Middle Income | 3.9 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 6.0 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 6.7 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.6 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 6.6 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 6.0 | 6.8 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 2.4 | -1.9 | 0.7 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
| Middle East & North Africa | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 3.6 |
| South Asia | 2.4 | 1.9 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 6.9 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| High Income | 3.0 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.6 |
| Non-OECD Countries | 4.6 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 4.3 | |
| OECD Countries | 3.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.6 |
| China | 7.6 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 10.1 |
| (7.6) | (8.4) | (9.3) | (9.4) | (9.8) | (10.5) | |
| Hong Kong, China | 9.2 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 7.3 | 6.6 | 5.9 |
| Bangladesh | 3.9 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.5 | -0.5 | ||
| Cambodia | 6.2 | 4.1 | 6.5 | 7.8 | 11.2 | 8.3 |
| India | 2.3 | 2.1 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| Indonesia | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| Iran | 3.6 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 4.4 |
| Israel | 4.9 | -3.2 | -0.1 | 2.7 | 3.3 | |
| Japan | 2.8 | -0.1 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| Kazakhstan | 10.1 | 9.8 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 9.4 |
| Korea, Rep. | 7.6 | 6.4 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
| Laos | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 5.8 |
| Malaysia | 6.4 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
| Mongolia | -0.3 | 3.0 | 4.8 | 9.2 | 5.5 | 7.1 |
| Myanmar | 8.5 | 10.7 | 12.5 | 1.9 | 3.9 | |
| Pakistan | 1.8 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
| Philippines | 3.9 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
| Singapore | 8.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 7.4 | 4.1 | 6.6 |
| Sri Lanka | 4.3 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 6.6 |
| Thailand | 3.7 | 4.4 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| Viet Nam | 6.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 6.9 |
| Egypt | 3.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 4.9 |
| Nigeria | 2.7 | -1.0 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| South Africa | 1.6 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| Canada | 4.3 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
| Mexico | 5.1 | -0.2 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 3.6 |
| United States | 2.5 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| Argentina | -1.8 | -11.8 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 7.4 |
| Brazil | 2.8 | 1.2 | -0.3 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 2.4 |
| Venezuela | 1.8 | -10.5 | -9.4 | 16.2 | 8.5 | 8.5 |
| Belarus | 6.1 | 5.5 | 7.6 | 12.0 | 9.8 | 10.8 |
| Czech Republic | 3.7 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 5.8 | 6.2 |
| France | 3.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 1.7 |
| Germany | 3.1 | -0.2 | -0.2 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 2.9 |
| Italy | 3.5 | 0.0 | -0.7 | 0.1 | -0.8 | 2.0 |
| Netherlands | 2.7 | -0.6 | -0.6 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 2.6 |
| Poland | 4.7 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 5.9 |
| Russian Fed. | 10.0 | 5.2 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 7.3 |
| Spain | 4.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 3.5 |
| Turkey | 5.6 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 8.3 | 6.0 | 4.8 |
| Ukraine | 7.0 | 6.3 | 10.3 | 13.0 | 3.5 | 8.3 |
| United Kingdom | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
| Australia | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| New Zealand | 1.5 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 |