TABLE 1-1 Development Indicators: Low- and Middle-Income Countries and the United States
|
Region |
Population (millions) |
Life Expectancy (years) |
GNI per Capita |
% Population below $1 Poverty Line* |
R&D Expenditures % of GDP |
Fixed Line/Mobile Subscribersß (per 1000 people) |
Net Aid Flows ($ millions) |
|
East Asia & Pacific |
1,855 |
70 |
1,070 |
14.9 |
1.11 |
357 |
7,131 |
|
Europe & Central Asia• |
472 |
68 |
2,580 |
3.6 |
.9 |
438 |
10,465 |
|
Latin America & Caribbean |
533 |
71 |
3,280 |
9.5 |
.53 |
416 |
6,151 |
|
Middle East & N. Africa |
312 |
69 |
2,390 |
2.4 |
-- |
237 |
7,629 |
|
South Asia |
1,425 |
63 |
510 |
31.3 |
.75 |
61 |
6,171 |
|
Sub-Saharan Africa |
705 |
46 |
500 |
46.4 |
-- |
62 |
24,146 |
|
United Statesß |
296 |
78 |
41,400++ |
-- |
2.79 |
1117.9 |
-- |
|
Key Indicators: Regional Data from the WDI Database http://www.worldbank.org/data/databytopic/reg_wdi.pdf * World Development Indicators 2005 (World Bank): Poverty http://www.worldbank.org/data/wdi2005/pdfs/Table2_5.pdf ß CIA World Fact Book http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html + Fixed Line and Mobile Phone Subscribers http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/med_pho_sub ++ United States GNI per Capita: http://www.worldbank.org/data/databytopic/GNIPC.pdf • Europe & Central Asia: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia FYR, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovak Republic, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan |
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