| GDP - real growth rate (2004) | GDP - real growth rate (2008) | ||
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				Afghanistan | 29% (2003 est.) 
 note: this high growth rate reflects the extremely low levels of activity between 1999 and 2002, as well as the end of a four-year drought and the impact of donor assistance  | 
				7.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Albania | 7% (2003 est.) | 5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Algeria | 7.4% (2003 est.) | 4.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				American Samoa | NA | 3% (2003) | 
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				Andorra | 3.8% (2000 est.) | 3.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Angola | 1.5% (2003 est.) | 16.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Anguilla | 2.8% (2001 est.) | 10.2% (2004 est.) | 
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				Antigua and Barbuda | 3% (2002 est.) | 3.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Argentina | 8.7% (2003 est.) | 8.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Armenia | 9.9% (2003 est.) | 13.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Aruba | -1.5% (2002 est.) | 2.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Australia | 3% (2003 est.) | 4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Austria | 0.7% (2003 est.) | 3.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Azerbaijan | 11.2% (2003 est.) | 31% (2007 est.) | 
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				Bahamas, The | 0% (2003 est.) | 2.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Bahrain | 4.9% (2003 est.) | 6.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Bangladesh | 5.3% (2003 est.) | 6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Barbados | 2.2% (2003 est.) | 4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Belarus | 6.8% (2003 est.) | 6.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				Belgium | 1.1% (2003 est.) | 2.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Belize | 3.7% (2002 est.) | 3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Benin | 5.5% (2003 est.) | 4.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Bermuda | 2% (2003 est.) | 4.6% (2004 est.) | 
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				Bhutan | 7.7% (2002 est.) | 8.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Bolivia | 2.5% (2003 est.) | 4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.5% (2003 est.) | 5.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Botswana | 7.2% (2003 est.) | 4.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Brazil | -0.2% (2003 est.) | 4.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				Brunei | 3% (2002 est.) | 0.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Bulgaria | 4.3% (2003 est.) | 6.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				Burkina Faso | 5.2% (2003 est.) | 4.2% (2007) | 
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				Burma | -0.5% (2003 est.) | 5.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Burundi | -1.3% (2003 est.) | 5.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Cambodia | 5% (2003 est.) | 9.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				Cameroon | 4.2% (2003 est.) | 3.2% (2007 est.) | 
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				Canada | 1.7% (2003 est.) | 2.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Cape Verde | 4% (2002 est.) | 7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Cayman Islands | 1.7% (2002 est.) | 0.9% (2004 est.) | 
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				Central African Republic | -7% (2003 est.) | 4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Chad | 15% (2003 est.) | -1.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Chile | 3.3% (2003 est.) | 5.2% (2007 est.) | 
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				China | 9.1% (official data) (2003 est.) | 11.4% (official data) (2007 est.) | 
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				Christmas Island | NA | - | 
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				Cocos (Keeling) Islands | NA | - | 
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				Colombia | 3.7% (2003 est.) | 6.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Comoros | 2% (2002 est.) | -1% (2007 est.) | 
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				Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 6.5% (2003 est.) | 7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Congo, Republic of the | 1.3% (2003 est.) | 2.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Cook Islands | 7.1% (2001 est.) | 0.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Costa Rica | 5.6% (2003 est.) | 6.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				Cote d'Ivoire | -1.9% (2003 est.) | 1.4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Croatia | 4.3% (2003 est.) | 5.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Cuba | 2.6% (2003 est.) | 7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Cyprus | Republic of Cyprus: 1.9% (2003 est.); north Cyprus: 2.6% (2003 est.) | area under government control: 3.9% 
 area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 10.6% (2007 est.)  | 
				
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				Czech Republic | 2.9% (2003 est.) | 5.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Denmark | 0% (2003 est.) | 1.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Djibouti | 3.5% (2002 est.) | 3.5% (2006) | 
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				Dominica | -1% (2003 est.) | 3.2% (2007 est.) | 
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				Dominican Republic | -0.7% (2003 est.) | 7.2% (2007 est.) | 
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				East Timor | -3% (2003 est.) | - | 
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				Ecuador | 2.5% (2003 est.) | 2.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Egypt | 3.1% (2003 est.) | 7.2% (2007 est.) | 
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				El Salvador | 1.4% (2003 est.) | 4.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Equatorial Guinea | 20% (2002 est.) | 12.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Eritrea | 2% (2002 est.) | 2% (2007 est.) | 
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				Estonia | 4.7% (2003 est.) | 7.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Ethiopia | -3.8% (2003 est.) | 9.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				European Union | 1% (2004 est.) | 3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | NA | NA% | 
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				Faroe Islands | 10% (2001 est.) | 2.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Fiji | 4.8% (2003 est.) | -3.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				Finland | 1.9% (2003 est.) | 3.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				France | 0.5% (2003 est.) | 1.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				French Guiana | NA | - | 
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				French Polynesia | 4% (2001 est.) | 5.1% (2002) | 
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				Gabon | 1.2% (2003 est.) | 4.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Gambia, The | 3% (2003 est.) | 7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Gaza Strip | 4.5% (2003 est.) | -8% (includes West Bank) (2006 est.) | 
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				Georgia | 5.5% (2003 est.) | 12% (2007 est.) | 
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				Germany | -0.1% (2003 est.) | 2.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Ghana | 4.7% (2003 est.) | 6.2% (2007 est.) | 
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				Gibraltar | NA | 7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Greece | 4.7% (2003 est.) | 3.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Greenland | 1.8% (2001 est.) | 2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Grenada | 2.5% (2002 est.) | 0.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Guadeloupe | NA | - | 
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				Guam | NA | NA% | 
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				Guatemala | 2.1% (2003 est.) | 5.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Guernsey | 5.7% (1999 est.) | 3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Guinea | 3% (2003 est.) | 1.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Guinea-Bissau | -7% (2003 est.) | 3.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Guyana | 0.5% (2003 est.) | 4.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Haiti | 0% (2003 est.) | 3.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Honduras | 3% (2003 est.) | 6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Hong Kong | 3.3% (2003 est.) | 5.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Hungary | 2.9% (2003 est.) | 2.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				Iceland | 2.6% (2003 est.) | 1.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				India | 8.3% (2003 est.) | 8.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Indonesia | 4.1% (2003 est.) | 6.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				Iran | 6.1% (2003 est.) | 4.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Iraq | -21.8% (2003 est.) | 5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Ireland | 1.4% (2003 est.) | 5.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Isle of Man | 13.5% | 5.2% (2005) | 
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				Israel | 1.3% (2003 est.) | 5.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				Italy | 0.4% (2003 est.) | 1.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				Jamaica | 1.9% (2003 est.) | 1.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Japan | 2.7% (2003 est.) | 1.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				Jersey | NA | NA% | 
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				Jordan | 3.1% (2003 est.) | 5.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Kazakhstan | 9.2% (2003 est.) | 9.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Kenya | 1.5% (2003 est.) | 6.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Kiribati | 1.5% (2001 est.) | 0.3% (2005) | 
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				Korea, North | 1% (2003 est.) | -1.1% (2006 est.) | 
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				Korea, South | 3.1% (2003 est.) | 4.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				Kosovo | - | 2.6% (2007) | 
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				Kuwait | 4.6% (2003 est.) | 5.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Kyrgyzstan | 6.7% (2003 est.) | 6.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Laos | 5.5% (2003 est.) | 7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Latvia | 7.4% (2003 est.) | 10.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Lebanon | 3% (2003 est.) | 0.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Lesotho | 4% (2003 est.) | 4.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Liberia | 3% (2003 est.) | 8.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Libya | 3.2% (2003 est.) | 5.4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Lithuania | 9% (2003 est.) | 8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Luxembourg | 1.2% (2003 est.) | 5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Macau | 4% (2003 est.) | 16.6% (2006) | 
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				Macedonia | 2.8% (2003 est.) | 4.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Madagascar | 6% (2003 est.) | 6.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Malawi | 1.7% (2003 est.) | 5.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Malaysia | 5.2% (2003 est.) | 5.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Maldives | 2.3% (2002 est.) | 5.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Mali | 0.5% (2003 est.) | 4.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Malta | 0.8% (2003 est.) | 3.4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Marshall Islands | 1% (2001 est.) | 3.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Martinique | NA | - | 
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				Mauritania | 4.5% (2003 est.) | 1.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Mauritius | 4.1% (2003 est.) | 5.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Mayotte | NA | NA% | 
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				Mexico | 1.3% (2003 est.) | 3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Micronesia, Federated States of | 1% (2002 est.) | 0.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Moldova | 6.3% (2003 est.) | 6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Monaco | NA (2000 est.) | 0.9% (2000 est.) | 
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				Mongolia | 5% (2003 est.) | 8.4% (2006) | 
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				Montenegro | - | 6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Morocco | 6% (2003 est.) | 2.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				Mozambique | 7% (2003 est.) | 7.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Namibia | 3.3% (2003 est.) | 4.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Nauru | NA | NA% | 
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				Nepal | 3% (2003 est.) | 2.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Netherlands | -0.7% (2003 est.) | 2.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Netherlands Antilles | 0.5% (2003 est.) | 1% (2004 est.) | 
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				New Caledonia | NA | NA% | 
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				New Zealand | 3.5% (2003 est.) | 3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Nicaragua | 2.3% (2003 est.) | 2.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				Niger | 3.8% (2003 est.) | 4.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Nigeria | 7.1% (2003 est.) | 6.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				Niue | -0.3% (2000 est.) | 6.2% (2003 est.) | 
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				Norfolk Island | NA | - | 
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				Northern Mariana Islands | NA | NA% | 
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				Norway | 0.6% (2003 est.) | 4.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				Oman | 1.1% (2003 est.) | 5.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Pakistan | 5.5% (2003 est.) | 6.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Palau | 1% (2001 est.) | 5.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Panama | 4.1% (2003 est.) | 7.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Papua New Guinea | 1.4% (2003 est.) | 4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Paraguay | 1.8% (2003 est.) | 4.5% (2007) | 
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				Peru | 4% (2003 est.) | 7.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Philippines | 4.5% (2003 est.) | 7.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Pitcairn Islands | NA | - | 
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				Poland | 3.7% (2003 est.) | 6.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Portugal | -1.3% (2003 est.) | 1.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Puerto Rico | 1.6% (2003 est.) | -1.2% (2007 est.) | 
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				Qatar | 8.5% (2003 est.) | 7.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Reunion | 2.5% (2003 est.) | - | 
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				Romania | 4.9% (2003 est.) | 5.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				Russia | 7.3% (2003 est.) | 8.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				Rwanda | 3.5% (2003 est.) | 6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Saint Helena | NA | NA% | 
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				Saint Kitts and Nevis | -1.9% (2002 est.) | 6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Saint Lucia | 3.3% (2002 est.) | 5.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Saint Pierre and Miquelon | NA | NA% | 
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				Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.7% (2002 est.) | 4.4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Samoa | 5% (2002 est.) | 5.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				San Marino | 7.5% (2001 est.) | 4.6% (2004 est.) | 
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				Sao Tome and Principe | 5% (2003 est.) | 6.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Saudi Arabia | 5.3% (2003 est.) | 4.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Senegal | 5.5% (2003 est.) | 4.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Serbia | - | 5.9% for Serbia alone (excludes Kosovo) (2005 est.) | 
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				Serbia and Montenegro | 1.5% (2003 est.) | - | 
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				Seychelles | 1.5% (2002 est.) | 5.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Sierra Leone | 6.5% (2003 est.) | 6.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Singapore | 1.1% (2003 est.) | 7.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Slovakia | 3.9% (2003 est.) | 8.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Slovenia | 2.3% (2003 est.) | 5.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Solomon Islands | -10% (2001 est.) | 4.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Somalia | 2.1% (2003 est.) | 2.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				South Africa | 1.9% (2003 est.) | 5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Spain | 2.4% (2003 est.) | 3.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Sri Lanka | 5.5% (2003 est.) | 6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Sudan | 5.9% (2003 est.) | 12.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Suriname | 5% (2003 est.) | 5.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				Svalbard | NA | NA% | 
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				Swaziland | 2.2% (2003 est.) | 1.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Sweden | 1.7% (2003 est.) | 3.4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Switzerland | -0.5% (2003 est.) | 2.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Syria | 0.9% (2003 est.) | 3.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Taiwan | 3.2% (2003 est.) | 5.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Tajikistan | 7% (2003 est.) | 7.2% (2007 est.) | 
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				Tanzania | 5.2% (2003 est.) | 6.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				Thailand | 6.7% (2003 est.) | 4.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Timor-Leste | - | 24% (2007 est.) | 
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				Togo | 3.3% (2003 est.) | 2.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Tokelau | NA | NA% | 
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				Tonga | 3% (2001 est.) | 2.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Trinidad and Tobago | 3.7% (2003 est.) | 5.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Tunisia | 5.1% (2003 est.) | 6.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Turkey | 5.8% (2003 est.) | 5.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				Turkmenistan | 23.1% (2003 est.) | IMF estimate: 7% 
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				Tuvalu | 3% (2000 est.) | 1.2% (2002 est.) | 
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				Uganda | 4.4% (2003 est.) | 6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Ukraine | 9.4% (2003 est.) | 6.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				United Arab Emirates | 5.2% (2003 est.) | 8.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				United Kingdom | 2.2% (2003 est.) | 2.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				United States | 3.1% (2003 est.) | 2.2% (2007 est.) | 
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				Uruguay | 2.5% (2003 est.) | 7.2% (2007 est.) | 
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				Uzbekistan | 3.1% (2003 est.) | 8.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				Vanuatu | -0.3% (2002 est.) | 6.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Venezuela | -9.2% (2003 est.) | 8.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Vietnam | 7.2% (2003 est.) | 8.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Wallis and Futuna | NA | NA% | 
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				West Bank | -22% (2002 est.) | -8% (includes Gaza Strip) (2006 est.) | 
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				Western Sahara | NA | NA% | 
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				World | 3.8% (2003 est.) | 5.2% (2007 est.) | 
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				Yemen | 2.8% (2003 est.) | 3.2% (2007 est.) | 
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				Zambia | 4% (2003 est.) | 6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Zimbabwe | -13.6% (2003 est.) | -6% (2007 est.) |