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Afghanistan | 16.3% (2005 est.) | NA% |
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Albania | 2.4% (2005 est.) | 1% (2000 est.) |
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Algeria | 1.9% (2005 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) |
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Andorra | 3.4% (2004) | 1.62% (1998) |
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Angola | 23% (2005 est.) | 325% (2000 est.) |
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Anguilla | 5.3% | 2.5% (1998 est.) |
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Antigua and Barbuda | 0.9% (2005 est.) | 1.6% (1999 est.) |
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Argentina | 9.6% (2005 est.) | -0.9% (2000 est.) |
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Armenia | 0.6% (2005 est.) | 1% (1999 est.) |
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Aruba | 3.4% (2005) | 4.2% (2000 est.) |
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Australia | 2.7% (2005 est.) | 1.4% (2000 est.) |
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Austria | 2.3% (2005 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) |
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Azerbaijan | 9.6% (2005 est.) | 1.8% (2000 est.) |
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Bahamas, The | 1.2% ( 2004) | 1.9% (2000 est.) |
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Bahrain | 2.7% (2005 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) |
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Bangladesh | 7% (2005 est.) | 5.8% (2000 est.) |
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Barbados | -0.5% (2003 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) |
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Belarus | 10.3% (2005 est.) | 200% (2000 est.) |
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Belgium | 2.8% (2005 est.) | 2.2% (2000 est.) |
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Belize | 3% (2005 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) |
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Benin | 3.5% (2005 est.) | 3% (2000 est.) |
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Bermuda | 2.8% (November 2005) | 2.7% (2000 est.) |
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Bhutan | 7% (2005 est.) | 7% (2000 est.) |
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Bolivia | 5.4% (2005 est.) | 4.4% (2000 est.) |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.4% (2005 est.) | 8% (2000 est.) |
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Botswana | 8.6% (2005 est.) | 8.6% (2000 est.) |
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Brazil | 6.9% (2005 est.) | 6% (2000) |
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British Virgin Islands | 2% (2005) | 2% (2000) |
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Brunei | 0.9% (2004) | 1% (1999 est.) |
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Bulgaria | 5% (2005) | 10.4% (2000 est.) |
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Burkina Faso | 6.4% (2005 est.) | 1.5% (2000 est.) |
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Burma | 20.2% (2005 est.) | 18% (1999) |
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Burundi | 16% (2005 est.) | 22% (2000 est.) |
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Cambodia | 5.8% (2005 est.) | 1.6% (2000 est.) |
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Cameroon | 2% (2005 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) |
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Canada | 2.2% (2005 est.) | 2.6% (2000) |
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Cape Verde | 0.4% (2005 est.) | 4% (2000) |
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Cayman Islands | 4.4% (2004) | 3% (1998) |
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Central African Republic | 3.6% (2001 est.) | 3% (2000 est.) |
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Chad | 3% (2005 est.) | 3% (2000 est.) |
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Chile | 3.1% (2005 est.) | 4.5% (2000 est.) |
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China | 1.8% (2005 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% (2005 est.) | 9% (2000) |
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Comoros | 3% (2005 est.) | 3.5% (1999) |
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 9% (2004 est.) | 540% (2000 est.) |
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Congo, Republic of the | 2.2% (2005 est.) | 3.5% (2000 est.) |
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Cook Islands | 2.1% (2005 est.) | 1.6% (1999 est.) |
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Costa Rica | 13.8% (2005 est.) | 11% (2000 est.) |
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Cote d'Ivoire | 3.9% (2005 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) |
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Croatia | 3.3% (2005 est.) | 6% (2000 est.) |
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Cuba | 7% (2005 est.) | 0.3% (1999 est.) |
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Cyprus | Republic of Cyprus: 2.6% (2005 est.); north Cyprus: 9.1% (2004 est.) | Greek Cypriot area: 4.2% (2000 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 58% (1999 est.) |
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Czech Republic | 1.9% (2005 est.) | 3.8% (2000 est.) |
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Denmark | 1.8% (2005 est.) | 2.9% (2000 est.) |
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Djibouti | 3% (2005 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) |
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Dominica | -0.1% (2005 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) |
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Dominican Republic | 4.2% (2005 est.) | 7.9% (2000 est.) |
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East Timor | 1.4% (2005) | - |
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Ecuador | 2.1% (2005 est.) | 96% (2000 est.) |
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Egypt | 4.9% (2005 est.) | 3% (2000) |
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El Salvador | 4.7% (2005 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) |
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Equatorial Guinea | 5% (2005 est.) | 6% (1999 est.) |
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Eritrea | 15% (2005 est.) | 14% (2000 est.) |
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Estonia | 4.1% (2005 est.) | 4.1% (1999 est.) |
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Ethiopia | 11.6% (2005 est.) | 5% (2000 est.) |
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European Union | 2.2% (2005 est.) | - |
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Fiji | 3% (2005) | 0% (1999 est.) |
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Finland | 0.9% (2005 est.) | 3.4% (2000 est.) |
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France | 1.7% (2005 est.) | 1.7% (2000 est.) |
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French Guiana | 1% (2003) | 2.5% (1992) |
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French Polynesia | 1.1% (2006 est.) | 1.5% (1994) |
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Gabon | -0.1% (2005 est.) | 1.5% (2000 est.) |
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Gambia, The | 8.8% (2005 est.) | 3.4% (2000 est.) |
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Gaza Strip | 7% (includes West Bank) (2003) | 3% (includes West Bank) (2000 est.) |
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Georgia | 8.2% (2005 est.) | 4.1% (2000 est.) |
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Germany | 2% (2005 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) |
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Ghana | 15.1% (2005 est.) | 22.8% (2000 est.) |
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Greece | 3.5% (2005 est.) | 3.1% (2000 est.) |
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Grenada | 3% (2005 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) |
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Guadeloupe | NA% | NA |
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Guam | 2.5% (2005 est.) | 0% (1999 est.) |
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Guatemala | 9.1% (2005 est.) | 6% (2000 est.) |
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Guernsey | 4.9% (2004 est.) | 3.99% (2000 est.) |
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Guinea | 25% (2005 est.) | 6% (2000 est.) |
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Guinea-Bissau | 4% (2002 est.) | 3% (2000 est.) |
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Guyana | 6.9% (2005 est.) | 5.9% (2000 est.) |
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Haiti | 15.7% (2005 est.) | 19% (2000 est.) |
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Honduras | 8.8% (2005 est.) | 11% (2000 est.) |
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Hong Kong | 0.9% (2005 est.) | 3.7% (2000 est.) |
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Hungary | 3.6% (2005 est.) | 9.8% (1999 est.) |
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Iceland | 4% (2005 est.) | 3.5% (2000 est.) |
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India | 4.2% (2005 est.) | 5.4% (2000 est.) |
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Indonesia | 10.5% (2005 est.) | 9% (2000 est.) |
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Iran | 13.5% (2005 est.) | 16% (2000 est.) |
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Iraq | 33% (2005 est.) | 100% (2000 est.) |
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Ireland | 2.4% (2005 est.) | 5.6% (2000) |
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Isle of Man | 2.7% (2003 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) |
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Israel | 1.3% (2005 est.) | 0.1% (2000 est.) |
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Italy | 2% (2005 est.) | 2.5% (2000) |
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Jamaica | 15.3% (2005 est.) | 8.8% (2000 est.) |
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Japan | -0.3% (2005 est.) | -0.7% (2000 est.) |
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Jersey | 5.3% (2004) | 4.7% (1998) |
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Jordan | 4.5% (2005 est.) | 0.7% (2000 est.) |
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Kazakhstan | 7.6% (2005 est.) | 13.4% (2000 est.) |
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Kenya | 10.3% (2005 est.) | 7% (2000 est.) |
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Kiribati | 0.5% (2005 est.) | 2% (1999 est.) |
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Korea, South | 2.8% (2005 est.) | 2.3% (2000) |
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Kuwait | 4.1% (2005 est.) | 3% (2000) |
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Kyrgyzstan | 5.2% (2005 est.) | 18.7% (2000 est.) |
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Laos | 7% (2005 est.) | 33% (2000 est.) |
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Latvia | 6.8% (2005 est.) | 2.7% (2000) |
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Lebanon | 2.4% (2005 est.) | 0% (2000 est.) |
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Lesotho | 4.7% (2005 est.) | 6% (2000 est.) |
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Liberia | 15% (2003 est.) | 5% (2000 est.) |
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Libya | 3.4% (2005 est.) | 18.5% (2000 est.) |
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Liechtenstein | 1% (2001) | 0.5% (1997 est.) |
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Lithuania | 2.7% (2005) | 1% (2000 est.) |
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Luxembourg | 2.5% (2005 est.) | 7.8% (2000 est.) |
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Macau | 3.8% (2nd quarter, 2005) | -1.8% (2000 est.) |
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Macedonia | 0% (2005 est.) | - |
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Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | - | 11% (2000 est.) |
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Madagascar | 15% (2005 est.) | 10% (1999 est.) |
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Malawi | 15.4% (2005 est.) | 29.5% (2000) |
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Malaysia | 3% (2005 est.) | 1.7% (2000) |
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Maldives | 6% (2005 est.) | 3% (2000 est.) |
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Mali | 4.5% (2002 est.) | 0.8% (2000 est.) |
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Malta | 3% (2005 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) |
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Marshall Islands | 3% (2005 est.) | 5% (1997) |
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Martinique | NA | 3.9% (1990) |
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Mauritania | 7% (2003 est.) | 4.5% (2000 est.) |
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Mauritius | 5% (2005 est.) | 5.3% (2000 est.) |
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Mexico | 4% (2005 est.) | 9% (2000 est.) |
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Micronesia, Federated States of | 2.2% (2005) | 2.6% (FY98/99) |
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Moldova | 11.9% (2005 est.) | 32% (2000 est.) |
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Monaco | 1.9% (2000) | NA% |
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Mongolia | 9.5% (2005 est.) | 7.6% (1999) |
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Montenegro | 3.4% (2004) | - |
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Montserrat | 2.6% (2002 est.) | 5% (1998) |
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Morocco | 1% (2005 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) |
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Mozambique | 6.5% (2005 est.) | 11.4% (2000 est.) |
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Namibia | 2.3% (2005 est.) | 9.1% (2000) |
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Nepal | 7.8% (October 2005 est.) | 3.3% (FY99/00 est.) |
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Netherlands | 1.7% (2005 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 | 3% (2005 est.) | 2.4% (2000 est.) |
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Nicaragua | 9.6% (2005 est.) | 11% (2000 est.) |
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Niger | 0.2% (2004 est.) | 2.8% (2000 est.) |
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Nigeria | 13.5% (2005 est.) | 6.5% (2000 est.) |
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Niue | 4% (2005) | 1% (1995) |
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Norfolk Island | - | NA% |
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Northern Mariana Islands | -0.8% (2000) | 1.2% (1997 est.) |
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Norway | 1.6% (2005 est.) | 2.9% (2000 est.) |
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Oman | 1.2% (2005 est.) | -0.8% (2000 est.) |
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Pakistan | 9.1% (2005 est.) | 5.2% (2000 est.) |
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Palau | 2.7% (2005 est.) | NA% |
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Panama | 2.9% (2005 est.) | 1.8% (2000 est.) |
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Papua New Guinea | 1.7% (2005 est.) | 17% (2000 est.) |
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Paraguay | 6.8% (2005 est.) | 8% (2000 est.) |
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Peru | 1.6% (2005 est.) | 3.7% (2000 est.) |
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Philippines | 7.6% (2005 est.) | 5% (2000 est.) |
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Pitcairn Islands | - | NA% |
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Poland | 2.2% (2005 est.) | 10.2% (2000 est.) |
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Portugal | 2.3% (2005 est.) | 2.8% (2000 est.) |
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Puerto Rico | 6.5% (2003 est.) | 5.7% (2000 est.) |
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Qatar | 8.8% (2005 est.) | 2.5% (2000) |
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Romania | 9% (2005) | 45.7% (2000 est.) |
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Russia | 12.7% (2005 est.) | 20.6% (2000 est.) |
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Rwanda | 8% (2005 est.) | 4% (2000) |
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Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8.7% (2005 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) |
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Saint Lucia | 2.9% (2005 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1% (2005 est.) | 2% (1999 est.) |
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Samoa | 3.3% (2005) | 0.8% (2000 est.) |
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San Marino | -1.7% (2001) | 2.2% (2000) |
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Sao Tome and Principe | 15.2% (2005 est.) | 5% (2000 est.) |
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Saudi Arabia | 0.4% (2005 est.) | 0.5% (2000) |
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Senegal | 1.7% (2005 est.) | 1.5% (2000 est.) |
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Serbia | 15.5% (2005 est.) | - |
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Seychelles | 1.6% (2005 est.) | 6% (1999 est.) |
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Sierra Leone | 1% (2002 est.) | 15% (2000 est.) |
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Singapore | 0.4% (2005 est.) | 1.4% (2000) |
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Slovakia | 2.7% (2005 est.) | 12.2% (2000 est.) |
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Slovenia | 2.5% (2005 est.) | 8.9% (2000 est.) |
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Solomon Islands | 6.6% (2005 est.) | 10% (1999 est.) |
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Somalia | NA%; note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be easily determined | over 100% (businesses print their own money) (2000 est.) |
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South Africa | 4% (2005 est.) | 5.3% (2000 est.) |
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Spain | 3.4% (2005 est.) | 3.4% (2000 est.) |
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Sri Lanka | 11.6% (2005 est.) | 8.5% (2000 est.) |
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Sudan | 9% (2005 est.) | 10% (2000 est.) |
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Suriname | 9.5% (2005 est.) | 78% (2000 est.) |
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Svalbard | - | NA% |
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Swaziland | 4% (2005 est.) | 6.4% (2000 est.) |
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Sweden | 0.5% (2005 est.) | 1.2% (2000 est.) |
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Switzerland | 1.2% (2005 est.) | 1.5% (2000 est.) |
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Syria | 5% (2005 est.) | 1.5% (2000 est.) |
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Taiwan | 2.3% (2005 est.) | 1.3% (2000 est.) |
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Tajikistan | 7.1% (2005 est.) | 33% (2000 est.) |
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Tanzania | 4.3% (2005 est.) | 6% (2000 est.) |
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Thailand | 4.5% (2005 est.) | 2.1% (2000 est.) |
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Togo | 6% (2005 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) |
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Tonga | 11.1% (2005 est.) | 7% (2000 est.) |
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Trinidad and Tobago | 6.9% (2005 est.) | 3.2% (2000 est.) |
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Tunisia | 2.1% (2005 est.) | 3% (2000 est.) |
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Turkey | 8.2% (2005 est.) | 39% (2000 est.) |
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Turkmenistan | 10.5% (2005 est.) | 14% (2000 est.) |
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Tuvalu | 3.7% (2003 est.) | 7% (1999 est.) |
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Uganda | 8.1% (2005 est.) | 6.5% (2000) |
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Ukraine | 13.5% (2005 est.) | 25.8% (2000 est.) |
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United Arab Emirates | 10.5% (2005 est.) | 4.5% (2000 est.) |
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United Kingdom | 2.1% (2005 est.) | 2.4% (2000 est.) |
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United States | 3.2% (2005 est.) | 3.4% (2000) |
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Uruguay | 4.7% (2005 est.) | 4.8% (2000 est.) |
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Uzbekistan | 6.9% (2005 est.) | 40% (2000 est.) |
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Vanuatu | -1.6% (2005 est.) | 2.5% (1999 est.) |
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Venezuela | 16% (2005 est.) | 13% (2000) |
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Vietnam | 8.3% (2005 est.) | -0.6% (2000 est.) |
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Virgin Islands | 2.2% (2003) | NA% |
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Wallis and Futuna | 2.8% NA% | NA% |
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West Bank | 7% (includes Gaza Strip) (2003 est.) | 3% (includes Gaza Strip) (2000 est.) |
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World | developed countries 1% to 4% typically; developing countries 5% to 20% typically; national inflation rates vary widely in individual cases, from declining prices in Japan to hyperinflation in one Third World countries (Zimbabwe); inflation rates have declined for most countries for the last several years, held in check by increasing international competition from several low wage countries (2005 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 | 11.8% (2005 est.) | 10% (2000 est.) |
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Yugoslavia | - | 42% (1999 est.) |
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Zambia | 18.3% (2005 est.) | 27.3% (2000 est.) |
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Zimbabwe | 266.8% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2005 est.) | 60% (2000 est.) |