ANNEX 5: CATEGORISATION OF COUNTRIES BY INCOME AND POPULATION DIMENSIONS (ONLY COUNTRIES FOR WHICH INFORMATION CONVENIENTLY FOUND)

Parameter & level	Countries/territories by range of per capita real GNP in 1995 (US$)
	Till $500	$501-1000	$1001-8000	>$8000
Population growth rate
>3.00% pa Increase		Maldives
2.00 to 2.99% pa Increase	Laos PR, Bhutan, Pakistan, Nepal	Solomon Is.	Vanuatu, Papua NG
1.50 to 1.99% pa Increase	Cambodia, Bangladesh	Kiribati, Samoa, Philippines	Mongolia, Malaysia, Fiji
< 1.5% pa Increase	Myanmar, India, Vietnam	Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Korea DPR, China PR	New Caledonia, Thailand, Tonga	Brunei, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Korea Rep., Hong Kong SAR, China, Japan
1994-2025 % change in rural population
>30% Increase	Bhutan, Nepal, Laos PR, Cambodia, Pakistan	Solomon Is., Maldives, Vanuatu, Samoa, Kiribati	Papua NG
10 to 30% Increase	Vietnam, Bangladesh, Myanmar, India
0 to 10% Increase		Sri Lanka	Fiji	Singapore
0 to -10% Decrease		Korea DPR	Mongolia, Thailand, Malaysia	Brunei, Australia
-10 to -30% Decrease		Philippines, Indonesia, China PR	New Caledonia, Tonga	New Zealand
Over -30% Decrease				Japan, Hong Kong SAR, China, Korea Rep.
Agriculture as % of GDP in 1995
> 30%	Bangladesh, Vietnam, Bhutan, Nepal, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos PR		Tonga
20 to 30%	India, Pakistan	Korea DPR, Philippines	Papua NG, Mongolia, Fiji
10 to 20%		Sri Lanka, China PR	Malaysia, Thailand
<10%				Korea Rep., Hong Kong SAR, China, Singapore, Taiwan Province of China
Average 1970-94 annual % change in area under permanent crops
> 3.00% Increase	Pakistan, Vietnam		Thailand
2.00 to 2.99%	Laos PR	Solomon Is., Indonesia	Malaysia
1.50 to 1.99%		Philippines, China PR	Vanuatu	New Zealand
0.00 to 1.49% Increase	Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Bangladesh	Samoa, Korea DPR, Kiribati	Papua NG, Tonga, Fiji	Korea Rep., Australia, Hong Kong SAR, China
0.00 to -1.99% Decrease	India	Sri Lanka	New Caledonia	Japan, Taiwan Province of China
>2.00% Decrease	Cambodia			Brunei