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				Afghanistan | 10.3% (2003) | NA% | 
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				Albania | 3.2% (2004 est.) | 1% (2000 est.) | 
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				Algeria | 3.1% (2004 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) | 
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				Andorra | 4.3% (2000) | 1.62% (1998) | 
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				Angola | 43.8% (2004 est.) | 325% (2000 est.) | 
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				Anguilla | 2.3% | 2.5% (1998 est.) | 
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				Antigua and Barbuda | 0.4% (2000 est.) | 1.6% (1999 est.) | 
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				Argentina | 6.1% (2004 est.) | -0.9% (2000 est.) | 
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				Armenia | 3.5% (2004 est.) | 1% (1999 est.) | 
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				Aruba | 3.2% (2002 est.) | 4.2% (2000 est.) | 
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				Australia | 2.3% (2004 est.) | 1.4% (2000 est.) | 
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				Austria | 1.8% (2004 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) | 
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				Azerbaijan | 4.6% (2004 est.) | 1.8% (2000 est.) | 
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				Bahamas, The | 1.2% (year ending September 2004) | 1.9% (2000 est.) | 
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				Bahrain | 2.1% (2004 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) | 
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				Bangladesh | 6% (2004 est.) | 5.8% (2000 est.) | 
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				Barbados | -0.5% (2003 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) | 
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				Belarus | 17.4% (2004 est.) | 200% (2000 est.) | 
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				Belgium | 1.9% (2004 est.) | 2.2% (2000 est.) | 
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				Belize | 2.9% (2004 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) | 
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				Benin | 2.8% (2004 est.) | 3% (2000 est.) | 
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				Bermuda | 3.3% (mid-2003 est.) | 2.7% (2000 est.) | 
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				Bhutan | 3% (2002 est.) | 7% (2000 est.) | 
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				Bolivia | 4.9% (2004 est.) | 4.4% (2000 est.) | 
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				Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.1% (2004 est.) | 8% (2000 est.) | 
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				Botswana | 7% (2004 est.) | 8.6% (2000 est.) | 
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				Brazil | 7.6% (2004 est.) | 6% (2000) | 
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				British Virgin Islands | 2.5% (2003) | 2% (2000) | 
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				Brunei | 0.3% (2003 est.) | 1% (1999 est.) | 
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				Bulgaria | 6.1% (2004 est.) | 10.4% (2000 est.) | 
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				Burkina Faso | 2.4% (2004 est.) | 1.5% (2000 est.) | 
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				Burma | 17.2% (2004 est.) | 18% (1999) | 
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				Burundi | 8.5% (2004 est.) | 22% (2000 est.) | 
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				Cambodia | 3.1% (2004 est.) | 1.6% (2000 est.) | 
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				Cameroon | 1% (2004 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) | 
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				Canada | 1.9% (2004 est.) | 2.6% (2000) | 
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				Cape Verde | 1.5% (2004 est.) | 4% (2000) | 
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				Cayman Islands | 2.8% (2002) | 3% (1998) | 
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				Central African Republic | 3.6% (2001 est.) | 3% (2000 est.) | 
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				Chad | 8% (2004 est.) | 3% (2000 est.) | 
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				Chile | 2.4% (2004 est.) | 4.5% (2000 est.) | 
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				China | 4.1% (2004 est.) | 0.4% (2000 est.) | 
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				Christmas Island | - | NA% | 
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				Cocos (Keeling) Islands | - | NA% | 
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				Colombia | 5.9% (2004 est.) | 9% (2000) | 
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				Comoros | 3.5% (2001 est.) | 3.5% (1999) | 
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				Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 14% (2003 est.) | 540% (2000 est.) | 
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				Congo, Republic of the | 1.8% (2004 est.) | 3.5% (2000 est.) | 
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				Cook Islands | 3.2% (2000 est.) | 1.6% (1999 est.) | 
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				Costa Rica | 11.5% (2004 est.) | 11% (2000 est.) | 
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				Cote d'Ivoire | 1.4% (2004 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 
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				Croatia | 2.5% (2004 est.) | 6% (2000 est.) | 
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				Cuba | 3.1% (2004 est.) | 0.3% (1999 est.) | 
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				Cyprus | Republic of Cyprus: 2.4% (2003 est.); north Cyprus: 12.6% (2003 est.) | Greek Cypriot area: 4.2% (2000 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 58% (1999 est.) | 
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				Czech Republic | 3.2% (2004 est.) | 3.8% (2000 est.) | 
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				Denmark | 1.4% (2004 est.) | 2.9% (2000 est.) | 
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				Djibouti | 2% (2002 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) | 
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				Dominica | 1% (2001 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 
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				Dominican Republic | 55% (2004 est.) | 7.9% (2000 est.) | 
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				East Timor | 4% (2003 est.) | - | 
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				Ecuador | 2% (2004 est.) | 96% (2000 est.) | 
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				Egypt | 9.5% (2004 est.) | 3% (2000) | 
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				El Salvador | 5.4% (2004 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 
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				Equatorial Guinea | 8.5% (2004 est.) | 6% (1999 est.) | 
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				Eritrea | 10% (2004 est.) | 14% (2000 est.) | 
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				Estonia | 3% (2004 est.) | 4.1% (1999 est.) | 
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				Ethiopia | 2.4% (2004 est.) | 5% (2000 est.) | 
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				European Union | 2.1% (2004 est.) | - | 
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				Fiji | 1.6% (2002 est.) | 0% (1999 est.) | 
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				Finland | 0.7% (2004 est.) | 3.4% (2000 est.) | 
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				France | 2.3% (2004 est.) | 1.7% (2000 est.) | 
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				French Guiana | 1.5% (2002 est.) | 2.5% (1992) | 
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				French Polynesia | 1.5% (2002 est.) | 1.5% (1994) | 
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				Gabon | 1.5% (2004 est.) | 1.5% (2000 est.) | 
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				Gambia, The | 7% (2004 est.) | 3.4% (2000 est.) | 
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				Gaza Strip | 2.2% (includes West Bank) (2001 est.) | 3% (includes West Bank) (2000 est.) | 
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				Georgia | 5.5% (2004 est.) | 4.1% (2000 est.) | 
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				Germany | 1.6% (2004 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) | 
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				Ghana | 13% (2004 est.) | 22.8% (2000 est.) | 
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				Greece | 2.9% (2004 est.) | 3.1% (2000 est.) | 
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				Grenada | 2.8% (2001 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 
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				Guadeloupe | NA% | NA | 
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				Guatemala | 7.2% (2004 est.) | 6% (2000 est.) | 
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				Guernsey | 4.9% (2004 est.) | 3.99% (2000 est.) | 
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				Guinea | 18% (2004 est.) | 6% (2000 est.) | 
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				Guinea-Bissau | 4% (2002 est.) | 3% (2000 est.) | 
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				Guyana | 4.5% (2004 est.) | 5.9% (2000 est.) | 
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				Haiti | 22% (2004 est.) | 19% (2000 est.) | 
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				Honduras | 7% (2004 est.) | 11% (2000 est.) | 
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				Hong Kong | -0.3% (2004 est.) | 3.7% (2000 est.) | 
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				Hungary | 7% (2004 est.) | 9.8% (1999 est.) | 
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				Iceland | 4% (2004 est.) | 3.5% (2000 est.) | 
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				India | 4.2% (2004 est.) | 5.4% (2000 est.) | 
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				Indonesia | 6.1% (2004 est.) | 9% (2000 est.) | 
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				Iran | 15.5% (2004 est.) | 16% (2000 est.) | 
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				Iraq | 25.4% (2004 est.) | 100% (2000 est.) | 
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				Ireland | 2.2% (2004 est.) | 5.6% (2000) | 
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				Isle of Man | 3.6% (March 2003 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 
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				Israel | 0% (2004 est.) | 0.1% (2000 est.) | 
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				Italy | 2.3% (2004 est.) | 2.5% (2000) | 
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				Jamaica | 12.4% (2004 est.) | 8.8% (2000 est.) | 
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				Japan | -0.1% (2004 est.) | -0.7% (2000 est.) | 
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				Jersey | 5.3% (2004) | 4.7% (1998) | 
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				Jordan | 3.2% (2004 est.) | 0.7% (2000 est.) | 
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				Kazakhstan | 6.9% (2004 est.) | 13.4% (2000 est.) | 
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				Kenya | 9% (2004 est.) | 7% (2000 est.) | 
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				Kiribati | 2.5% (2001 est.) | 2% (1999 est.) | 
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				Korea, North | NA (2003 est.) | NA% | 
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				Korea, South | 3.6% (2004 est.) | 2.3% (2000) | 
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				Kuwait | 2.3% (2004 est.) | 3% (2000) | 
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				Kyrgyzstan | 3.2% (2004 est.) | 18.7% (2000 est.) | 
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				Laos | 12.3% (2004 est.) | 33% (2000 est.) | 
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				Latvia | 6% (2004 est.) | 2.7% (2000) | 
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				Lebanon | 2% (2004 est.) | 0% (2000 est.) | 
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				Lesotho | 5.3% (2004 est.) | 6% (2000 est.) | 
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				Liberia | 15% (2003 est.) | 5% (2000 est.) | 
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				Libya | 2.9% (2004 est.) | 18.5% (2000 est.) | 
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				Liechtenstein | 1% (2001) | 0.5% (1997 est.) | 
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				Lithuania | 1.1% (2004 est.) | 1% (2000 est.) | 
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				Luxembourg | 2.4% (2004 est.) | 7.8% (2000 est.) | 
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				Macau | 2% (3rd quarter, 2004) | -1.8% (2000 est.) | 
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				Macedonia | 0.4% (2004 est.) | - | 
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				Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | - | 11% (2000 est.) | 
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				Madagascar | 7.5% (2004 est.) | 10% (1999 est.) | 
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				Malawi | 12% (2004 est.) | 29.5% (2000) | 
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				Malaysia | 1.3% (2004 est.) | 1.7% (2000) | 
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				Maldives | 1% (2002 est.) | 3% (2000 est.) | 
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				Mali | 4.5% (2002 est.) | 0.8% (2000 est.) | 
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				Malta | 2.9% (2004 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 
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				Marshall Islands | 2% (2001 est.) | 5% (1997) | 
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				Mauritania | 7% (2003 est.) | 4.5% (2000 est.) | 
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				Mauritius | 4.5% (2004 est.) | 5.3% (2000 est.) | 
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				Mexico | 5.4% (2004 est.) | 9% (2000 est.) | 
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				Micronesia, Federated States of | 1% (2002 est.) | 2.6% (FY98/99) | 
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				Moldova | 11.5% (2004 est.) | 32% (2000 est.) | 
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				Monaco | 1.9% (2000) | NA% | 
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				Mongolia | 11% (2004 est.) | 7.6% (1999) | 
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				Montserrat | 2.6% (2002 est.) | 5% (1998) | 
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				Morocco | 2.1% (2004 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) | 
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				Mozambique | 12.8% (2004 est.) | 11.4% (2000 est.) | 
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				Namibia | 4.2% (2004 est.) | 9.1% (2000) | 
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				Nepal | 2.9% (2002 est.) | 3.3% (FY99/00 est.) | 
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				Netherlands | 1.4% (2004 est.) | 2.6% (2000 est.) | 
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				Netherlands Antilles | 2.1% (2003 est.) | 6.4% (2000 est.) | 
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				New Caledonia | -0.6% (2000 est.) | 1.5% (1998 est.) | 
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				New Zealand | 2.4% (2004 est.) | 2.4% (2000 est.) | 
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				Nicaragua | 9.3% (2004 est.) | 11% (2000 est.) | 
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				Niger | 3% (2002 est.) | 2.8% (2000 est.) | 
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				Nigeria | 16.5% (2004 est.) | 6.5% (2000 est.) | 
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				Norfolk Island | NA | NA% | 
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				Norway | 1% (2004 est.) | 2.9% (2000 est.) | 
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				Oman | 0.2% (2004 est.) | -0.8% (2000 est.) | 
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				Pakistan | 4.8% (FY03/04 est.) | 5.2% (2000 est.) | 
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				Palau | 3.4% (2000 est.) | NA% | 
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				Panama | 2% (2004 est.) | 1.8% (2000 est.) | 
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				Papua New Guinea | 4.2% (2004 est.) | 17% (2000 est.) | 
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				Paraguay | 5.1% (2004 est.) | 8% (2000 est.) | 
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				Peru | 3.8% (2004 est.) | 3.7% (2000 est.) | 
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				Philippines | 5.5% (2004 est.) | 5% (2000 est.) | 
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				Pitcairn Islands | NA | NA% | 
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				Poland | 3.4% (2004 est.) | 10.2% (2000 est.) | 
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				Portugal | 2.1% (2004 est.) | 2.8% (2000 est.) | 
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				Puerto Rico | 6.5% (2003 est.) | 5.7% (2000 est.) | 
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				Qatar | 3% (2004 est.) | 2.5% (2000) | 
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				Romania | 9.6% (2004 est.) | 45.7% (2000 est.) | 
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				Russia | 11.5% (2004 est.) | 20.6% (2000 est.) | 
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				Rwanda | 7% (2004 est.) | 4% (2000) | 
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				Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.7% (2001 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 
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				Saint Lucia | 3% (2001 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 
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				Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.4% (2001 est.) | 2% (1999 est.) | 
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				Samoa | 4% (2001 est.) | 0.8% (2000 est.) | 
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				San Marino | 3.3% (2001) | 2.2% (2000) | 
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				Sao Tome and Principe | 14% (2004 est.) | 5% (2000 est.) | 
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				Saudi Arabia | 0.8% (2004 est.) | 0.5% (2000) | 
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				Senegal | 0.8% (2004 est.) | 1.5% (2000 est.) | 
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				Serbia and Montenegro | 8.8% (2004 est.) | - | 
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				Seychelles | 5% (2004 est.) | 6% (1999 est.) | 
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				Sierra Leone | 1% (2002 est.) | 15% (2000 est.) | 
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				Singapore | 1.7% (2004 est.) | 1.4% (2000) | 
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				Slovakia | 7.5% (2004 est.) | 12.2% (2000 est.) | 
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				Slovenia | 3.3% (2004 est.) | 8.9% (2000 est.) | 
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				Solomon Islands | 10% (2003 est.) | 10% (1999 est.) | 
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				Somalia | note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be sensibly determined (2004 est.) | over 100% (businesses print their own money) (2000 est.) | 
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				South Africa | 4.5% (2004 est.) | 5.3% (2000 est.) | 
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				Spain | 3.2% (2004 est.) | 3.4% (2000 est.) | 
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				Sri Lanka | 5.8% (2004 est.) | 8.5% (2000 est.) | 
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				Sudan | 9% (2004 est.) | 10% (2000 est.) | 
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				Suriname | 23% (2003 est.) | 78% (2000 est.) | 
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				Svalbard | - | NA% | 
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				Swaziland | 5.4% (2004 est.) | 6.4% (2000 est.) | 
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				Sweden | 0.7% (2004 est.) | 1.2% (2000 est.) | 
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				Switzerland | 0.9% (2004 est.) | 1.5% (2000 est.) | 
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				Syria | 2.1% (2004 est.) | 1.5% (2000 est.) | 
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				Taiwan | 1.7% (2004 est.) | 1.3% (2000 est.) | 
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				Tajikistan | 8% (2004 est.) | 33% (2000 est.) | 
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				Tanzania | 5.4% (2004 est.) | 6% (2000 est.) | 
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				Thailand | 2.8% (2004 est.) | 2.1% (2000 est.) | 
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				Togo | 1% (2004 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 
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				Tonga | 10.3% (2002 est.) | 7% (2000 est.) | 
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				Trinidad and Tobago | 3.3% (2004 est.) | 3.2% (2000 est.) | 
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				Tunisia | 4.1% (2004 est.) | 3% (2000 est.) | 
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				Turkey | 9.3% (2004 est.) | 39% (2000 est.) | 
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				Turkmenistan | 9% (2004 est.) | 14% (2000 est.) | 
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				Tuvalu | 5% (2000 est.) | 7% (1999 est.) | 
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				Uganda | 3.5% (2004 est.) | 6.5% (2000) | 
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				Ukraine | 12% (2004 est.) | 25.8% (2000 est.) | 
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				United Arab Emirates | 3.2% (2004 est.) | 4.5% (2000 est.) | 
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				United Kingdom | 1.4% (2004 est.) | 2.4% (2000 est.) | 
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				United States | 2.5% (2004 est.) | 3.4% (2000) | 
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				Uruguay | 7.6% (2004 est.) | 4.8% (2000 est.) | 
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				Uzbekistan | 3% (2004 est.) | 40% (2000 est.) | 
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				Vanuatu | 3.1% (2003 est.) | 2.5% (1999 est.) | 
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				Venezuela | 22.4% (2004 est.) | 13% (2000) | 
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				Vietnam | 9.5% (2004 est.) | -0.6% (2000 est.) | 
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				Virgin Islands | 2.2% (2003) | NA% | 
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				West Bank | 2.2% (includes Gaza Strip) (2001 est.) | 3% (includes Gaza Strip) (2000 est.) | 
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				Western Sahara | NA | NA% | 
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				World | developed countries 1% to 4% typically; developing countries 5% to 60% typically; national inflation rates vary widely in individual cases, from declining prices in Japan to hyperinflation in several Third World countries (2004 est.) | all countries 25%; developed countries 1% to 3% typically; developing countries 5% to 60% typically (2000 est.)
 note: national inflation rates vary widely in individual cases, from stable prices in Japan to hyperinflation in a number of Third World countries  | 
				
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				Yemen | 12.2% (2004 est.) | 10% (2000 est.) | 
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				Yugoslavia | - | 42% (1999 est.) | 
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				Zambia | 18.3% (2004 est.) | 27.3% (2000 est.) | 
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				Zimbabwe | 133% (2004 est.) | 60% (2000 est.) |