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				Albania | 2.4% (2006 est.) | 2.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Algeria | 2.6% (2006 est.) | 1.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Andorra | 3.2% (2005) | 3.4% (2004) | 
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				Angola | 13.3% (2006 est.) | 23% (2005 est.) | 
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				Anguilla | 5.3% (2006 est.) | 5.3% | 
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				Argentina | 10.9% (2006 est.) | 9.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Armenia | 2.9% (2006 est.) | 0.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Australia | 3.5% (2006 est.) | 2.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Austria | 1.4% (2006 est.) | 2.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Azerbaijan | 8.3% (2006 est.) | 9.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Bahamas, The | 1.2% (2004) | 1.2% ( 2004) | 
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				Bahrain | 2.1% (2006 est.) | 2.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Bangladesh | 6.8% (2006 est.) | 7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Belarus | 7% (2006 est.) | 10.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Belgium | 1.8% (2006 est.) | 2.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Belize | 4.3% (2006 est.) | 3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Benin | 3.8% (2006 est.) | 3.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Bhutan | 5.5% (2005 est.) | 7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Bolivia | 4.3% (2006 est.) | 5.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.5% (2006 est.) | 4.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Botswana | 11.5% (2006 est.) | 8.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Brazil | 4.2% (2006 est.) | 6.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Brunei | 1.1% (2005) | 0.9% (2004) | 
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				Bulgaria | 7.3% (2006 est.) | 5% (2005) | 
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				Burkina Faso | 2.3% (2006 est.) | 6.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Burma | 20% (2006 est.) | 20.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Burundi | 2.8% (2006 est.) | 16% (2005 est.) | 
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				Cambodia | 4.7% (2006 est.) | 5.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Cameroon | 5.1% (2006 est.) | 2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Canada | 2% (2006 est.) | 2.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Cape Verde | 5.4% (2006 est.) | 0.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Chad | 8% (2006 est.) | 3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Chile | 3.4% (2006 est.) | 3.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				China | 1.7% (2006 est.) | 1.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Colombia | 4.3% (2006 est.) | 5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 18.2% (2006 est.) | 9% (2004 est.) | 
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				Congo, Republic of the | 5.5% (2006 est.) | 2.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Costa Rica | 11.5% (2006 est.) | 13.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Cote d'Ivoire | 2.4% (2006 est.) | 3.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Croatia | 3.2% (2006 est.) | 3.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Cuba | 6.2% (2006 est.) | 7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Cyprus | area under government control: 2.8% (2005 est.) 
 area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 9.1% (2004 est.) (2006 est.)  | 
				Republic of Cyprus: 2.6% (2005 est.); north Cyprus: 9.1% (2004 est.) | 
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				Czech Republic | 2.5% (2006 est.) | 1.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Denmark | 1.9% (2006 est.) | 1.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Dominican Republic | 7.6% (2006 est.) | 4.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				East Timor | - | 1.4% (2005) | 
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				Ecuador | 3.3% (2006 est.) | 2.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Egypt | 7.7% (2006 est.) | 4.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				El Salvador | 4% (2006 est.) | 4.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Equatorial Guinea | 5% (2006 est.) | 5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Eritrea | 15% (2006 est.) | 15% (2005 est.) | 
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				Estonia | 4.4% (2006 est.) | 4.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Ethiopia | 13.5% (2006 est.) | 11.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				European Union | 1.8% (2006 est.) | 2.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Faroe Islands | 1.8% (2005) | 5.1% (1999) | 
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				Finland | 1.6% (2006 est.) | 0.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				France | 1.7% (2006 est.) | 1.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				French Guiana | - | 1% (2003) | 
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				Gabon | 4% (2006 est.) | -0.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Gambia, The | 1.5% (2006 est.) | 8.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Gaza Strip | 1.2% (includes West Bank) (2005) | 7% (includes West Bank) (2003) | 
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				Georgia | 9.2% (2006 est.) | 8.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Germany | 1.7% (2006 est.) | 2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Ghana | 10.9% (2006 est.) | 15.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Greece | 3.2% (2006 est.) | 3.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Greenland | 1% (2005 est.) | 1.6% (1999 est.) | 
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				Guadeloupe | - | NA% | 
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				Guatemala | 6.6% (2006 est.) | 9.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Guernsey | 3.4% (June 2006) | 4.9% (2004 est.) | 
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				Guinea | 30% (2006 est.) | 25% (2005 est.) | 
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				Guyana | 7.2% (2006 est.) | 6.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Haiti | 13.1% (2006 est.) | 15.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Honduras | 5.6% (2006 est.) | 8.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Hong Kong | 2% (2006 est.) | 0.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Hungary | 4.1% (2006 est.) | 3.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Iceland | 6.7% (2006 est.) | 4% (2005 est.) | 
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				India | 6.2% (2006 est.) | 4.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Indonesia | 13.1% (2006 est.) | 10.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Iran | 12% (2006 est.) | 13.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Iraq | 53.2% (2006 est.) | 33% (2005 est.) | 
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				Ireland | 3.9% (2006 est.) | 2.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Isle of Man | 3.1% (December 2006 est.) | 2.7% (2003 est.) | 
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				Israel | 2.1% (2006 est.) | 1.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Italy | 2.1% (2006 est.) | 2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Jamaica | 8.6% (2006 est.) | 15.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Japan | 0.2% (2006 est.) | -0.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Jersey | 3.7% (December 2006) | 5.3% (2004) | 
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				Jordan | 6.2% (2006 est.) | 4.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Kazakhstan | 8.6% (2006 est.) | 7.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Kenya | 14.5% (2006 est.) | 10.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Korea, South | 2.2% (2006 est.) | 2.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Kuwait | 3% (2006 est.) | 4.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Kyrgyzstan | 5.6% (2006 est.) | 5.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Laos | 6.8% (2006 est.) | 7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Latvia | 6.5% (2006 est.) | 6.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Lebanon | 4% (2006 est.) | 2.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Lesotho | 6.1% (2006 est.) | 4.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Libya | 2.7% (2006 est.) | 3.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Lithuania | 3.8% (2006 est.) | 2.7% (2005) | 
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				Luxembourg | 2.7% (2006 est.) | 2.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Macau | 4.4% (2005) | 3.8% (2nd quarter, 2005) | 
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				Macedonia | 3.2% (2006 est.) | 0% (2005 est.) | 
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				Madagascar | 10.8% (2006 est.) | 15% (2005 est.) | 
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				Malawi | 14% (2006 est.) | 15.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Malaysia | 3.6% (2006 est.) | 3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Malta | 2.8% (2006 est.) | 3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Martinique | - | NA | 
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				Mauritius | 8.9% (2006 est.) | 5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Mayotte | 1.7% (2005) | NA% | 
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				Mexico | 3.6% (2006 est.) | 4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Moldova | 12.7% (2006 est.) | 11.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Morocco | 3.4% (2006 est.) | 1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Mozambique | 13.2% (2006 est.) | 6.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Namibia | 5.1% (2006 est.) | 2.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Nepal | 8.6% (November 2006 est.) | 7.8% (October 2005 est.) | 
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				Netherlands | 1.1% (2006 est.) | 1.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				New Caledonia | 1.4% (2000 est.) | -0.6% (2000 est.) | 
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				New Zealand | 3.4% (2006 est.) | 3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Nicaragua | 9.1% (2006 est.) | 9.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Nigeria | 8.2% (2006 est.) | 13.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Norway | 2.3% (2006 est.) | 1.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Oman | 3.2% (2006 est.) | 1.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Pakistan | 7.9% (2006 est.) | 9.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Panama | 1.1% (2006 est.) | 2.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Papua New Guinea | 2.9% (2006 est.) | 1.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Paraguay | 9.6% (2006 est.) | 6.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Peru | 2% (2006 est.) | 1.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Philippines | 6.3% (2006 est.) | 7.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Poland | 1% (2006 est.) | 2.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Portugal | 3.1% (2006 est.) | 2.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Qatar | 11.8% (2006 est.) | 8.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Reunion | - | NA% | 
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				Romania | 6.6% (2006 est.) | 9% (2005) | 
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				Russia | 9.7% (2006 est.) | 12.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Rwanda | 8.8% (2006 est.) | 8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 8.1% (2005) | 2.1% (1991-96 average) | 
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				San Marino | -1.5% (2006) | -1.7% (2001) | 
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				Sao Tome and Principe | 23.1% (2006 est.) | 15.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Saudi Arabia | 2.2% (2006 est.) | 0.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Senegal | 2.1% (2006 est.) | 1.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Seychelles | -0.4% (2006 est.) | 1.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Singapore | 1% (2006 est.) | 0.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Slovakia | 4.5% (2006 est.) | 2.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Slovenia | 2.5% (2006 est.) | 2.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				South Africa | 4.6% (2006 est.) | 4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Spain | 3.5% (2006 est.) | 3.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Sri Lanka | 13.7% (2006 est.) | 11.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Sudan | 7.2% (2006 est.) | 9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Swaziland | 5.7% (2006 est.) | 4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Sweden | 1.4% (2006 est.) | 0.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Switzerland | 1.1% (2006 est.) | 1.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Syria | 10% (2006 est.) | 5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Taiwan | 0.6% (2006 est.) | 2.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Tajikistan | 11.9% (2006 est.) | 7.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Tanzania | 6.1% (2006 est.) | 4.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Thailand | 4.6% (2006 est.) | 4.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Timor-Leste | 1.4% (2005) | - | 
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				Togo | 2.2% (2006 est.) | 6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Trinidad and Tobago | 8.3% (2006 est.) | 6.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Tunisia | 4.5% (2006 est.) | 2.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Turkey | 10.5% (2006 est.) | 8.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Turkmenistan | 11.5% (2006 est.) | 10.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Tuvalu | 3.9% (2005 est.) | 3.7% (2003 est.) | 
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				Uganda | 6.6% (2006 est.) | 8.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Ukraine | 9.1% (2006 est.) | 13.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				United Arab Emirates | 13.5% (2006 est.) | 10.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				United Kingdom | 2.3% (2006 est.) | 2.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				United States | 3.2% (2006 est.) | 3.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Uruguay | 6.4% (2006 est.) | 4.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Uzbekistan | 19.8% officially, but 38% based on analysis of consumer prices (2006 est.) | 6.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Venezuela | 13.7% (2006 est.) | 16% (2005 est.) | 
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				Vietnam | 7.5% (2006 est.) | 8.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Wallis and Futuna | 2.8% (2005) | 2.8% NA% | 
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				West Bank | 2.9% (includes Gaza Strip) (2005) | 7% (includes Gaza Strip) (2003 est.) | 
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				Yemen | 20.8% (2006 est.) | 11.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Zambia | 9% (2006 est.) | 18.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Zimbabwe | 1,033.5% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2006 est.) | 266.8% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2005 est.) |