2-11  Growth Rate of GDP per Capita
Source: World Bank Database. (%)
Country or Area 2000 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
             
 World 2.8 1.4 2.9 2.2 2.7 2.6
 Low Income 1.6 2.8 4.6 4.0 4.0 4.3
   Least Developed Countries 2.0 2.3 4.2 4.5 4.6 5.3
   Heavily Indebted Poor Countries 0.6 1.2 2.7 2.7 2.9 3.0
 Middle Income 4.2 4.4 6.5 5.8 6.7 6.9
   Lower Middle Income 4.7 6.4 7.1 7.2 8.3 8.6
   Upper Middle Income 3.9 2.5 6.0 4.4 5.1 5.1
 Low and Middle Income 3.9 4.1 6.1 5.4 6.3 6.5
   East Asia and Pacific 6.7 7.9 8.1 8.2 9.3 9.6
   Europe and Central Asia 6.7 6.0 7.9 6.5 7.3 6.7
   Latin America and Caribbean 2.4 0.8 4.8 3.3 4.2 4.5
   Middle East and North Africa 1.2 0.5 4.4 2.6 3.5 4.0
   South Asia 2.4 5.8 6.2 7.0 7.4 6.9
   Sub-Saharan Africa 0.8 1.6 3.4 3.1 3.3 3.7
 High Income 3.1 1.2 2.6 1.9 2.2 2.0
   Non-OECD Countries 4.4 3.3 5.5 4.4 4.0 4.2
   OECD Countries 3.1 1.2 2.5 1.8 2.2 1.9
 China 7.6 9.3 9.4 9.7 11.0 11.2
 Hong Kong, China 7.0 2.6 8.1 6.7 6.3 5.3
 Bangladesh 3.9 3.3 4.3 4.1 4.8 4.8
 Brunei Darussalam 0.4 0.6 -1.7 -1.8 2.9
 Cambodia 6.6 6.7 8.2 11.5 9.0 8.4
 India 2.3 6.8 6.7 7.8 8.2 7.7
 Indonesia 3.5 3.4 3.6 4.3 4.3 5.1
 Iran 3.4 5.5 3.5 3.1 4.4 6.2
 Israel 5.9 -0.3 3.0 4.6 3.3 3.4
 Japan 2.7 1.2 2.7 1.9 2.2 2.1
 Kazakhstan 10.1 8.9 8.8 8.7 9.5 7.3
 Korea, Rep. 7.6 2.6 4.2 3.7 4.9 4.7
 Laos 3.8 4.5 4.7 5.4 5.8 5.3
 Malaysia 6.4 3.7 4.8 3.1 4.0 4.0
 Mongolia -0.3 5.7 9.1 5.6 7.3 8.7
 Myanmar 8.7 12.8 2.1 4.1
 Pakistan 1.8 2.3 4.8 5.1 4.7 4.2
 Philippines 3.8 2.8 4.2 2.8 3.4 5.3
 Singapore 8.2 4.6 7.4 4.1 6.1 3.3
 Sri Lanka 4.3 4.6 4.3 5.1 6.5 6.5
 Thailand 3.8 6.4 5.6 3.8 4.4 4.1
 Viet Nam 6.6 5.8 6.3 7.0 6.9 7.2
 Egypt 3.5 1.3 2.3 2.6 4.9 5.2
 Nigeria 2.7 7.6 7.9 2.9 3.7 4.0
 South Africa 1.6 1.9 3.6 3.9 3.9 4.4
 Canada 4.3 1.0 2.1 1.9 1.7 1.7
 Mexico 5.1 0.3 3.1 1.8 3.7 2.3
 United States 2.5 1.6 2.9 2.2 1.9 1.4
 Argentina -1.8 7.8 8.0 8.1 7.4 7.6
 Brazil 2.8 -0.1 4.3 1.5 2.4 4.2
 Venezuela 1.8 -9.4 16.2 8.5 8.5 6.6
 Belarus 6.1 7.6 12.0 10.0 10.5 8.5
 Czech Republic 3.7 3.6 4.5 6.2 5.7 5.0
 France 3.4 0.2 1.9 1.1 1.2 1.6
 Germany 3.1 -0.2 1.3 1.0 2.9 2.6
 Italy 3.5 -0.7 0.2 -0.6 1.3 0.8
 Netherlands 3.2 -0.1 1.6 1.3 2.7 3.3
 Poland 4.8 4.0 5.4 3.7 6.3 6.7
 Russian Fed. 10.0 7.9 7.7 6.9 7.9 8.8
 Spain 4.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.2 2.0
 Turkey 5.0 3.6 8.7 7.0 5.6 3.2
 Ukraine 7.0 10.5 13.0 3.5 8.0 8.2
 United Kingdom 3.4 2.2 2.7 1.3 2.1 2.3
 Australia 2.7 1.9 2.8 1.3 1.3 2.9
 New Zealand 1.5 1.4 2.2 0.9 0.7 2.3