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Albania | 3% (2007 est.) | 2.4% (2005 est.) |
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Algeria | 4.6% (2007 est.) | 1.9% (2005 est.) |
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Andorra | 3.2% (2005) | 3.4% (2004) |
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Angola | 12.5% (2007 est.) | 23% (2005 est.) |
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Anguilla | 5.3% (2006 est.) | 5.3% |
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Antigua and Barbuda | 2.8% (2007 est.) | 0.9% (2005 est.) |
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Argentina | 8.5% official rate; actual rate may be double the official rate (2007 est.) | 9.6% (2005 est.) |
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Armenia | 6.6% (2007 est.) | 0.6% (2005 est.) |
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Australia | 3% (2007 est.) | 2.7% (2005 est.) |
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Austria | 1.9% (2007 est.) | 2.3% (2005 est.) |
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Azerbaijan | 16% (2007 est.) | 9.6% (2005 est.) |
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Bahamas, The | 2.4% (2007 est.) | 1.2% ( 2004) |
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Bahrain | 3.5% (2007 est.) | 2.7% (2005 est.) |
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Bangladesh | 8.8% (2007 est.) | 7% (2005 est.) |
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Barbados | 5.5% (2007 est.) | -0.5% (2003 est.) |
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Belarus | 8.3% (2007 est.) | 10.3% (2005 est.) |
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Belgium | 1.7% (2007 est.) | 2.8% (2005 est.) |
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Belize | 2.8% (2007 est.) | 3% (2005 est.) |
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Benin | 2.5% (2007 est.) | 3.5% (2005 est.) |
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Bhutan | 5.5% (2005 est.) | 7% (2005 est.) |
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Bolivia | 12% (2007 est.) | 5.4% (2005 est.) |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.5% (2007 est.) | 4.4% (2005 est.) |
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Botswana | 7.2% (2007 est.) | 8.6% (2005 est.) |
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Brazil | 4.1% (2007 est.) | 6.9% (2005 est.) |
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Brunei | 1.1% (2005) | 0.9% (2004) |
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Bulgaria | 7.8% (2007 est.) | 5% (2005) |
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Burkina Faso | 0.7% (2007 est.) | 6.4% (2005 est.) |
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Burma | 39.5% (2007 est.) | 20.2% (2005 est.) |
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Burundi | 7% (2007 est.) | 16% (2005 est.) |
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Cambodia | 4.4% (2007 est.) | 5.8% (2005 est.) |
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Cameroon | 2% (2007 est.) | 2% (2005 est.) |
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Canada | 2.4% (2007 est.) | 2.2% (2005 est.) |
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Cape Verde | 3% (2007 est.) | 0.4% (2005 est.) |
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Central African Republic | 4% (2007 est.) | 3.6% (2001 est.) |
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Chad | 4% (2007 est.) | 3% (2005 est.) |
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Chile | 6.5% (2007 est.) | 3.1% (2005 est.) |
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China | 4.7% (2007 est.) | 1.8% (2005 est.) |
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Colombia | 5.5% (2007 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 | 7% (2007 est.) | 2.2% (2005 est.) |
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Costa Rica | 9.3% (2007 est.) | 13.8% (2005 est.) |
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Cote d'Ivoire | 1.8% (2007 est.) | 3.9% (2005 est.) |
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Croatia | 2.2% (2007 est.) | 3.3% (2005 est.) |
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Cuba | 3.6% (2007 est.) | 7% (2005 est.) |
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Cyprus | area under government control: 2.3% (2007 est.)
area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 9.1% (2004 est.) |
Republic of Cyprus: 2.6% (2005 est.); north Cyprus: 9.1% (2004 est.) |
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Czech Republic | 2.6% (2007 est.) | 1.9% (2005 est.) |
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Denmark | 1.5% (2007 est.) | 1.8% (2005 est.) |
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Dominican Republic | 5.8% (2007 est.) | 4.2% (2005 est.) |
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East Timor | - | 1.4% (2005) |
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Ecuador | 3.3% (2007 est.) | 2.1% (2005 est.) |
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Egypt | 8.8% (2007 est.) | 4.9% (2005 est.) |
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El Salvador | 4.9% (2007 est.) | 4.7% (2005 est.) |
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Equatorial Guinea | 5.5% (2007 est.) | 5% (2005 est.) |
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Eritrea | 15.5% (2007 est.) | 15% (2005 est.) |
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Estonia | 6.3% (2007 est.) | 4.1% (2005 est.) |
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Ethiopia | 15.9% (2007 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 | 2.7% (2007 est.) | 0.9% (2005 est.) |
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France | 1.5% (2007 est.) | 1.7% (2005 est.) |
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French Guiana | - | 1% (2003) |
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Gabon | 5% (2007 est.) | -0.1% (2005 est.) |
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Gambia, The | 3.5% (2007 est.) | 8.8% (2005 est.) |
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Gaza Strip | 3.6% (includes West Bank) (2006) | 7% (includes West Bank) (2003) |
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Georgia | 11% (2007 est.) | 8.2% (2005 est.) |
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Germany | 2% (2007 est.) | 2% (2005 est.) |
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Ghana | 11% (2007 est.) | 15.1% (2005 est.) |
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Gibraltar | 2.9% (2005) | 1.5% (1998) |
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Greece | 2.6% (2007 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% (2007 est.) | 9.1% (2005 est.) |
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Guernsey | 3.4% (June 2006) | 4.9% (2004 est.) |
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Guinea | 20% (2007 est.) | 25% (2005 est.) |
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Guyana | 10.4% (2007 est.) | 6.9% (2005 est.) |
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Haiti | 8.9% (2007 est.) | 15.7% (2005 est.) |
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Honduras | 6.4% (2007 est.) | 8.8% (2005 est.) |
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Hong Kong | 2% (2007 est.) | 0.9% (2005 est.) |
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Hungary | 7.8% (2007 est.) | 3.6% (2005 est.) |
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Iceland | 4.9% (2007 est.) | 4% (2005 est.) |
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India | 5.9% (2007 est.) | 4.2% (2005 est.) |
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Indonesia | 6.3% (2007 est.) | 10.5% (2005 est.) |
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Iran | 17% (July 2007 est.) | 13.5% (2005 est.) |
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Iraq | 4.7% (2007 est.) | 33% (2005 est.) |
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Ireland | 4.7% (2007 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 | 0.4% (2007 est.) | 1.3% (2005 est.) |
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Italy | 1.7% (2007 est.) | 2% (2005 est.) |
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Jamaica | 7.1% (2007 est.) | 15.3% (2005 est.) |
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Japan | 0% (2007 est.) | -0.3% (2005 est.) |
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Jersey | 3.7% (December 2006) | 5.3% (2004) |
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Jordan | 5.4% (2007 est.) | 4.5% (2005 est.) |
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Kazakhstan | 9.5% (2007 est.) | 7.6% (2005 est.) |
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Kenya | 9.3% (2007 est.) | 10.3% (2005 est.) |
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Korea, South | 2.5% (2007) | 2.8% (2005 est.) |
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Kosovo | 2% (2007 est.) | - |
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Kuwait | 3.9% (2007 est.) | 4.1% (2005 est.) |
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Kyrgyzstan | 6.4% (2007 est.) | 5.2% (2005 est.) |
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Laos | 5% (2007 est.) | 7% (2005 est.) |
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Latvia | 9.6% (2007 est.) | 6.8% (2005 est.) |
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Lebanon | 5.6% (2007 est.) | 2.4% (2005 est.) |
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Lesotho | 12% (2007 est.) | 4.7% (2005 est.) |
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Libya | 3.3% (2007 est.) | 3.4% (2005 est.) |
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Lithuania | 5.4% (2007 est.) | 2.7% (2005) |
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Luxembourg | 2.1% (2007 est.) | 2.5% (2005 est.) |
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Macau | 7.2% (2006) | 3.8% (2nd quarter, 2005) |
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Macedonia | 2% (2007 est.) | 0% (2005 est.) |
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Madagascar | 10% (2007 est.) | 15% (2005 est.) |
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Malawi | 8% (2007 est.) | 15.4% (2005 est.) |
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Malaysia | 2.1%
note: approximately 30% of goods are price-controlled (2007 est.) |
3% (2005 est.) |
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Malta | 0.9% (2007 est.) | 3% (2005 est.) |
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Martinique | - | NA |
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Mauritius | 9.1% (2007 est.) | 5% (2005 est.) |
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Mayotte | 1.7% (2005) | NA% |
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Mexico | 3.8% (2007) | 4% (2005 est.) |
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Moldova | 12.5% (2007 est.) | 11.9% (2005 est.) |
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Morocco | 2.1% (2007 est.) | 1% (2005 est.) |
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Mozambique | 8% (2007 est.) | 6.5% (2005 est.) |
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Namibia | 6.7% (2007 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 | 1.8% (2007 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 | 2.5% (2007 est.) | 3% (2005 est.) |
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Nicaragua | 9.8% (2007 est.) | 9.6% (2005 est.) |
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Nigeria | 6.5% (2007 est.) | 13.5% (2005 est.) |
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Norway | 0.4% (2007 est.) | 1.6% (2005 est.) |
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Oman | 4% (2007 est.) | 1.2% (2005 est.) |
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Pakistan | 6.9% (2007 est.) | 9.1% (2005 est.) |
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Panama | 5.1% (2007 est.) | 2.9% (2005 est.) |
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Papua New Guinea | 1.8% (2007 est.) | 1.7% (2005 est.) |
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Paraguay | 6% (2007) | 6.8% (2005 est.) |
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Peru | 3.5% (2007 est.) | 1.6% (2005 est.) |
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Philippines | 2.8% (2007 est.) | 7.6% (2005 est.) |
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Poland | 2.1% (2007 est.) | 2.2% (2005 est.) |
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Portugal | 2.4% (2007 est.) | 2.3% (2005 est.) |
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Qatar | 12% (2007 est.) | 8.8% (2005 est.) |
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Reunion | - | NA% |
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Romania | 4.6% (2007 est.) | 9% (2005) |
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Russia | 11.9% annual average
note: 12% at year-end (2007 est.) |
12.7% (2005 est.) |
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Rwanda | 8% (2007 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 | 17% (2007 est.) | 15.2% (2005 est.) |
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Saudi Arabia | 3.4% (2007 est.) | 0.4% (2005 est.) |
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Senegal | 5.4% (2007 est.) | 1.7% (2005 est.) |
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Serbia | 8.9% (2007 est.) | 15.5% (2005 est.) |
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Seychelles | 2.9% (2007 est.) | 1.6% (2005 est.) |
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Singapore | 4.4% (2007) | 0.4% (2005 est.) |
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Slovakia | 2.7% (2007 est.) | 2.7% (2005 est.) |
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Slovenia | 5.6% (2007 est.) | 2.5% (2005 est.) |
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South Africa | 6.5% (2007 est.) | 4% (2005 est.) |
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Spain | 2.4% (2007 est.) | 3.4% (2005 est.) |
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Sri Lanka | 15.6% (2007 est.) | 11.6% (2005 est.) |
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Sudan | 5.3% (2007 est.) | 9% (2005 est.) |
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Swaziland | 6% (2007 est.) | 4% (2005 est.) |
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Sweden | 2% (2007 est.) | 0.5% (2005 est.) |
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Switzerland | 0.6% (2007 est.) | 1.2% (2005 est.) |
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Syria | 7% (2007 est.) | 5% (2005 est.) |
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Taiwan | 1.8% (2007 est.) | 2.3% (2005 est.) |
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Tajikistan | 9.8% (2007 est.) | 7.1% (2005 est.) |
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Tanzania | 7% (2007 est.) | 4.3% (2005 est.) |
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Thailand | 2.2% (2007) | 4.5% (2005 est.) |
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Timor-Leste | 5.4% (2007 est.) | - |
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Togo | 3% (2007 est.) | 6% (2005 est.) |
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Trinidad and Tobago | 7.6% (2007 est.) | 6.9% (2005 est.) |
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Tunisia | 2.9% (2007 est.) | 2.1% (2005 est.) |
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Turkey | 8.5% (2007 est.) | 8.2% (2005 est.) |
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Turkmenistan | 11.3% (2007 est.) | 10.5% (2005 est.) |
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Tuvalu | 3.9% (2005 est.) | 3.7% (2003 est.) |
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Uganda | 5.8% (2007 est.) | 8.1% (2005 est.) |
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Ukraine | 11.3% (2007 est.) | 13.5% (2005 est.) |
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United Arab Emirates | 12% (2007 est.) | 10.5% (2005 est.) |
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United Kingdom | 2.4% (2007 est.) | 2.1% (2005 est.) |
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United States | 2.7% (2007 est.) | 3.2% (2005 est.) |
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Uruguay | 8.5% (2007) | 4.7% (2005 est.) |
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Uzbekistan | 16% officially, but 38% based on analysis of consumer prices (2007 est.) | 6.9% (2005 est.) |
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Venezuela | 20.7% (Year ending November 2007) | 16% (2005 est.) |
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Vietnam | 8.3% (2007 est.) | 8.3% (2005 est.) |
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Wallis and Futuna | 2.8% (2005) | 2.8% NA% |
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West Bank | 3.6% (includes Gaza Strip) (2006) | 7% (includes Gaza Strip) (2003 est.) |
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Yemen | 10.7% (2007 est.) | 11.8% (2005 est.) |
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Zambia | 8.9% (2007 est.) | 18.3% (2005 est.) |
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Zimbabwe | 26,470% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2007) | 266.8% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2005 est.) |