Appendix A Tables: Characteristics of the least developed economies in 1989

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Table A. 1 Characteristics of the least developed economies in 1989

  Population
(millions)		 GNP percapita
US$		 Share of
agriculture in
GDP
Percent		 Exports of
agricultural
products as a share
of agricultural GDP
Percent		 Share of
total
exports
in GDP
Percent		 Share of
total
imports
in GDP
Percent		 Share of
total
surplus
in GDP
Percent		 Share of
trade
deficit
in GDP
Percent
Average (or Total) 2948.4 330 32 9.0 12.6 13.8 37 1.2
India and China 1946.4 350 31 6.0 10.4 12.0 39 1.6
All others 1002.0 300 33 15.7 17.3 17.8 33 0.5
1 Mozambique 15.3 80 64 5.6 8.4 61.8 58 53.5
2 Ethiopia 49.5 120 42 17.5 7.7 20.3 39 12.5
3 Tanzania 23.8 130 66 12.2 10.2 33.1 33 22.8
4 Somalia 6.1 170 65 11.2 7.5 12.2 44 4.7
5 Bangladesh 110.7 180 44 4.1 6.4 17.4 20 11.0
6 Lao PDR 4.1 180         26  
7 Malawi 8.2 180 35 50.4 18.9 35.8 34 16.9
8 Nepal 18.4 180 58 1.2 5.6 20.6 30 15.1
9 Chad 5.5 190 36 33.9 13.4 42.6 30 29.2
10 Burundi 5.3 220 56 13.6 8.1 19.5 35 11.4
11 Sierra Leone 4.0 220 46 7.0 15.4 21.2 21 5.8
12 Madagascar 11.3 230 31 37.0 13.7 14.9 21 1.2
13 Nigeria 113.8 250 31 5.1 31.1 12.4 22 -18.7
14 Uganda 16.8 250 67 9.1 6.1 14.6 20 8.5
15 Zaire 34.5 260 30 4.9 24.0 20.7 23 -3.2
16 Mali 8.2 270 50 23.3 13.0 24.0 37 11.0
17 Niger 7.4 290 36   12.3 18.1 22 5.9
18 Burkina Faso 8.8 320 35 7.6 3.0 16.7 32 13.6
19 Rwanda 6.9 320 37 10.8 4.1 15.3 29 11.3
20 India 832.5 340 30 4.1 6.6 8.2 36 1.6
21 China 1113.9 350 32 7.5 12.6 14.2 42 1.6
22 Haiti 6.4 360 31 4.9 10.1 13.9 22 3.8
23 Kenya 23.5 360 31 42.7 15.6 29.5 44 13.9
24 Pakistan 109.9 370 27 15.8 13.0 19.9 35 6.9
25 Benin 4.6 380 46 10.8 6.9 26.9 17 20.0
26 Central African RE 3.0 390 42 9.8 8.8 8.4 24 -0.4
21 Ghana 14.4 390 49 25.0 19.4 17.9 21 -1.5
28 Togo 3.5 390 33 20.9 18.3 35.2 38 16.9
29 Zambia 7.8 390 13 6.5 28.7 18.6 19 -10.1
30 Guinea 5.6 430 30 3.2 15.6 16.9 28 1.3
31 Sri Lanka 16.8 430 26 40.5 24.5 35.2 31 10.6
32 Lesotho 1.7 470 24       85  
33 Indonesia 178.2 500 23 20.8 23.2 17.4 44 -5.8
34 Mauritania 1.9 500 37 57.3 39.6 40.7 28 1.1
35 Afghanistan                
36 Bhutan 1.4   45       53  
37 Kampuchea, Dem.                
38 Liberia 2.5              
39 Myanmar 40.8              
40 Sudan 24.5              
41 Viet Nam 64.8              

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