TABLE A1.2: Economic and social data

Characteristic

Measure

Country

Angola

Botswana

Lesotho

Malawi

Mozambique

Namibia

South Africa

Swaziland

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Total

Population (2001) GDP:

million persons

13.5

1.6

2.1

11.6

18.6

1.8

43.8

0.9

10.6

12.9

117.4

1990

USD million

7 617

2 975

518

1 185

1 767

1 890

90 125

887

3 334

7 443

117 741

2001

USD million

9 471

5 196

797

1 749

3 607

3 100

113 274

1 255

3 639

9 057

151 145

GDP growth:

1980-1990

percent per year

3.6

11.0

4.6

2.5

-0.1

1.0

1.0

6.7

1.0

3.6

1990-2001

percent per year

2.0

5.2

4.0

3.6

6.7

4.6

2.1

3.2

0.8

1.8

2.3

GNI per person

USD

210

1 960

2 820

1 300

320

480

1 330

GNI per person

rank (among 208 countries)

158

89

156

199

194

104

92

125

176

160

HDI

rank (among 173 countries)

161

126

132

163

170

122

107

125

153

128

Population in poverty:

income < USD 1 per day

percent of total population

n.a.

33

43

n.a.

38

35

12

n.a.

64

36

income < USD 2 per day

percent of total population

n.a.

61

66

n.a.

78

56

36

n.a.

87

64

All population in poverty

percent below national poverty line

n.a.

49

54

71

67

n.a.

40

68

61

Rural population in poverty

percent below national poverty line

65

55

54

90

69

70

50

88

75

Undernourishment:

1998-2000

percent of total population

50

25

26

33

55

9

12

50

38

1998-2000

million persons

6.3

0.4

0.5

3.7

9.8

0.2

0.1

5.1

4.7

Increase in undernourishment

million persons (from 1990-92 to 1990-2000)

0.3

0.2

-1.1

0.1

1.4

0.2