DEVELOPING REGION COMPARISONS
Sub-Saharan LAC without
Indicator Africa Arab States South Asia East Asia SE Asia LAC Mex. & Braz.
Access to Health Services (%), 1987-90 60 89 59 86 83
Access to Sanitation (%), 1988-90 26 55 17 97 52 72 67
Newspaper Circulation (per 1000), 1988-90 11 41 38 94 110
Televisions (per 1000 people), 1990 23 107 29 38 60 164 139
Life Expectancy (years): 1960 40.0 46.7 43.8 47.5 45.3 56.0 56.6
1990 51.80 62.10 58.40 70.20 62.60 67.40 67.70
Infant Mort. (per 1000 live births): 1960 165 165 164 146 126 105 103
1991 103 67 93 28 58 49 48
Access to Safe Water (%): 1975-80 25 71 30 70 15 60 57
1988-90 41 82 71 72 53 81 70
Adult Literacy (%): 1970 28 30 33 67 76 81
1990 47 51 42 74 84 85 87
Prim. and Sec. Enrolment Ratio: 1970 26 46 45 66 59 69 73
1987-90 46 71 62 88 76 86 84
Real GDP Per Capita (PPP$): 1960 1310 700 730 1000 2140 2410
1990 3380 1250 2220 2590 4490 3630
Adult Literacy (%), 1990: Male 58 63 55 85 89 87 89
Female 36 39 29 63 79 83 85
Literacy at Age 15-19 (%), 1990 72 63 93 95 94 95
Mean Years of Schooling, 1990: Male 2.2 3.9 3.5 6.2 5.2 5.3 6.5
Female 1.0 1.7 1.3 3.7 3.6 5.1 6.2
Scientists & Technicians (per 1000), 1986-90 13.7 3.6 10.0 29.6 29.7
Maternal Mort. Rate (per 100000 live births), '88 690 320 570 130 340 210 210
Female-Male Gaps (female as % of male)
Literacy: 1970 42 36 41 85 72 91 91
1990 64 59 54 74 89 96 96
Mean Years of Schooling, 1990 46 57 36 60 69 96 96
Primary Enrolment: 1960 52 57 46 90 77 95 94
1988-90 85 81 90 100 96 99 100
Secondary Enrolment, 1988-90 64 71 59 79 91 99 100
Women with Prenatal Care (%), 1988-90 66 51 61 62 66 63
1-Year Olds Immunized (%), 1989-91 61 84 86 97 85 79 78
People per Doctor, 1984-89 24380 2850 3570 1010 6340 1220 1300
People per Nurse, 1984-89 2400 900 2900 1370 1230 990 860
Education Expenditure (% of GNP): 1960 2.40 3.50 2.10 2.10 2.50
1988-90 3.40 6.10 3.40 2.80 2.90 3.60 2.90
% of Total Public Expenditure, 1988-90 13.9 17.1 9.0 12.8 9.1 16.4 15.5
Labor Force in Agric. (%): 1965 79.0 63.0 72.3 44.0 41.6
1989-91 66.4 36.0 59.7 71.5 57.8 24.1 21.8
Labor Force in Industry (%): 1965 8.1 13.9 12.1 20.9 21.2
1989-91 9.4 18.3 12.3 14.4 11.3 26.2 25.5
Labor Force in Services (%): 1965 12.9 23.1 15.6 35.1 37.2
1989-91 24.2 45.7 28.0 14.1 30.9 49.7 52.7
ODA as % of GNP, 1991 10.0 4.3 1.2 .3 1.8 .4 1.3
ODA Per Capita, US$, 1991 31 42 6 2 12 11 22
Military Expend as % of GDP, 1990 3.80 3.60 3.30 2.70 1.70 2.70
Urban Pop. Growth Rate (%): 1960-91 5.2 4.6 3.9 2.0 1.7 3.7 3.3
1991-2000 5.3 3.9 4.1 3.1 2.1 2.5 2.5
Population Growth Rate (%): 1960-91 2.90 2.90 2.30 1.80 2.20 2.50 2.40
1991-2000 2.80 2.30 2.10 1.30 1.80 1.60 1.50
Population Doubling Date 2015 2025 2025 2050 2030 2025 2025
Contraceptive Prevalence (%), 1985-90 15 32 38 71 47 58 53
Annual Inflation Rate (%): 1980-90 22.30 7.70 8.30 5.80 8.30 171.60 128.30
1991 22.60 28.80 11.80 3.80 20.40 432.10 194.20
Debt Service Ratio (% of export s G&S), 1991 21.30 18.20 10.50 20.0 25.30 26.50
Export-Import Ratio, 1990 127 96 85 101 91 144 186
Energy Consumption P.C. (kg. oil equiv.): 1965 204 348 117 182 115 537 701
1990 282 1202 247 651 284 1035 1013
Source: UNDP "Human Development Report, 1993." Data are from latest available year within the range given.
Definitions: "Arab States" includes: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco,
Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, and Yemen; "East Asia" includes: China, Hong Kong,
N. Korea, S. Korea, and Mongolia; "SE Asia" includes: Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia,
Myanmar, PNG, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Isl., Thailand, Vanuatu, and Viet Nam; "South Asia"
includes: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.