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				Afghanistan | 1% (2003) | 1.9% (2006 est.) | 
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				Albania | 1.49% (FY02) | 1.49% (2005 est.) | 
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				Algeria | 3.5% (2003) | 3.3% (2006) | 
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				Angola | 1.9% (2003) | 5.7% (2006) | 
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				Antigua and Barbuda | NA | NA (2006) | 
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				Argentina | 1.3% (FY00) | 1.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Australia | 2.8% (2003) | 2.4% (2006) | 
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				Austria | 0.85% (June 2004) | 0.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Azerbaijan | 2.6% (FY99) | 2.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Bahamas, The | NA | 0.5% (2006) | 
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				Bahrain | 7.5% (2003) | 4.5% (2006) | 
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				Bangladesh | 1.2% (2003) | 1.5% (2006) | 
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				Barbados | NA | 0.5% (2006 est.) | 
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				Belarus | 1.4% (FY02) | 1.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Belgium | 1.3% (2003) | 1.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Belize | 2% (2003) | 1.4% (2006) | 
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				Benin | 2.7% (2003) | 1.7% (2006) | 
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				Bermuda | 0.11% (FY00/01) | 0.11% (2005 est.) | 
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				Bhutan | 1.9% (2003) | 1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Bolivia | 1.6% (2003) | 1.9% (2006) | 
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				Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.5% (FY02) | 4.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Botswana | 3.6% (2003) | 3.3% (2006) | 
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				Brazil | 2.1% (2003) | 2.6% (2006 est.) | 
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				Brunei | 5.9% (2003) | 4.5% (2006) | 
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				Bulgaria | 2.6% (2003) | 2.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Burkina Faso | 1.6% (2003) | 1.2% (2006) | 
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				Burma | 2.1% (FY97) | 2.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Burundi | 6% (2003) | 5.9% (2006 est.) | 
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				Cambodia | 3% (FY01 est.) | 3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Cameroon | 1.4% (2003) | 1.3% (2006) | 
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				Canada | 1.1% (2003) | 1.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Cape Verde | 1.5% (2003) | 0.7% (2005) | 
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				Central African Republic | 1.1% (2003) | 1.1% (2006 est.) | 
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				Chad | 2.1% (2003) | 4.2% (2006) | 
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				Chile | 4% (2003) | 2.7% (2006) | 
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				China | 3.5-5.0% (FY03 est.) | 4.3% (2006) | 
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				Colombia | 3.4% (FY01) | 3.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Comoros | 3% (2003) | 2.8% (2006) | 
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				Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.4% (2003) | 2.5% (2006) | 
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				Congo, Republic of the | 2.8% (2003) | 3.1% (2006) | 
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				Costa Rica | 0.4% (2003) | 0.4% (2006) | 
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				Cote d'Ivoire | 1.2% (2003) | 1.6% (2005 est) | 
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				Croatia | 2.39% (2002 est.) | 2.39% (2005 est.) | 
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				Cuba | 1.8% (2003) | 3.8% (2006 est.) | 
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				Cyprus | 3.8% (FY02) | 3.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Czech Republic | 2.1% (FY01) | 1.46% (2007 est.) | 
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				Denmark | 1.6% (2003) | 1.5% (2006; 1.28% 2007 est.; 1.24% 2008 projected) | 
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				Djibouti | 4.4% (2003) | 3.8% (2006) | 
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				Dominica | NA | NA (2006) | 
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				Dominican Republic | 1.1% (1998) | 0.8% (2006) | 
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				East Timor | NA | - | 
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				Ecuador | 2.4% (2003) | 2.8% (2006) | 
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				Egypt | 3.6% (2003) | 3.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				El Salvador | 1.1% (2003) | 5% (2006) | 
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				Equatorial Guinea | 2.5% (2003) | 0.1% (2006 est.) | 
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				Eritrea | 11.8% (2003) | 6.3% (2006 est.) | 
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				Estonia | 2% (2002 est.) | 2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Ethiopia | 5.2% (2003) | 3% (2006) | 
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				Fiji | 2.2% (FY02) | 2.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Finland | 2% (FY98/99) | 2% (2005 est.) | 
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				France | 2.6% (2003) | 2.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				French Guiana | NA | - | 
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				Gabon | 2% (2003) | 3.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Gambia, The | 0.3% (2003) | 0.5% (2006) | 
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				Georgia | 0.59% (FY00) | 0.59% (2005 est.) | 
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				Germany | 1.5% (2003) | 1.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Ghana | 0.6% (2003) | 0.8% (2006 est.) | 
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				Greece | 4.3% (2003) | 4.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Guatemala | 0.8% (2003) | 0.4% (2006) | 
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				Guinea | 1.7% (2003) | 1.7% (2006) | 
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				Guinea-Bissau | 2.8% (2003) | 3.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Guyana | 0.8% (2003) | 1.8% (2006) | 
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				Haiti | 0.9% (2003) | 0.4% (2006) | 
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				Honduras | 1.5% (2003) | 0.6% (2006 est.) | 
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				Hong Kong | NA (FY02) | NA | 
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				Hungary | 1.75% (2002 est.) | 1.75% (2005 est.) | 
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				Iceland | - | 0% (2005 est.) | 
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				India | 2.4% (2003) | 2.5% (2006) | 
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				Indonesia | 1.3% (FY98) | 3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Iran | 3.3% (2003 est.) | 2.5% (2006) | 
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				Iraq | NA | 8.6% (2006) | 
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				Ireland | 0.9% (FY00/01) | 0.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Israel | 8.7% (FY02) | 7.3% (2006) | 
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				Italy | 1.9% (2003) | 1.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Jamaica | 0.4% (2003) | 0.6% (2006 est.) | 
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				Japan | 1% (2003) | 0.8% (2006) | 
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				Jordan | 20.2% (2003) | 8.6% (2006) | 
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				Kenya | 1.8% (2003) | 2.8% (2006) | 
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				Korea, North | 22.9% (2003) | NA | 
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				Korea, South | 2.7% (FY03) | 2.7% (2006) | 
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				Kuwait | 5.8% (2003) | 5.3% (2006) | 
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				Kyrgyzstan | 1.4% (FY01) | 1.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Laos | 0.5% (2003) | 0.5% (2006) | 
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				Latvia | 1.2% (FY01) | 1.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Lebanon | 4.8% (FY99) | 3.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Lesotho | 2.6% (2003) | 2.6% (2006) | 
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				Liberia | 1.3% (2003) | 1.3% (2006 est.) | 
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				Libya | 3.9% (FY99) | 3.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Lithuania | 1.9% (FY01) | 1.2% (2006; 1.23% 2007 est.) | 
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				Luxembourg | 0.9% (2003) | 0.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Macedonia | 6% (FY01/02 est.) | 6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Madagascar | 1.2% (2003) | 1% (2006) | 
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				Malawi | 0.7% (2003) | 1.3% (2006) | 
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				Malaysia | 2.03% (FY00) | 2.03% (2005 est.) | 
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				Maldives | 8.6% (2003) | 5.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Mali | 1.3% (2003) | 1.9% (2006) | 
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				Malta | 0.7% (2003) | 0.7% (2006 est.) | 
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				Mauritania | 3.7% (2003) | 5.5% (2006) | 
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				Mauritius | 0.2% (2003) | 0.3% (2006 est.) | 
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				Mexico | 0.9% (2003) | 0.5% (2006 est.) | 
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				Moldova | 0.4% (FY02) | 0.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Mongolia | 2.2% (FY02) | 1.4% (2006) | 
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				Morocco | 4.8% (2003) | 5% (2003 est.) | 
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				Mozambique | 2.2% (2003) | 0.8% (2006) | 
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				Namibia | 2.5% (2003) | 3.7% (2006) | 
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				Nepal | 1.6% (2003) | 1.6% (2006) | 
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				Netherlands | 1.6% (2003) | 1.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				New Zealand | 1% (FY02) | 1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Nicaragua | 1.2% (2003) | 0.6% (2006) | 
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				Niger | 1.1% (2003) | 1.3% (2006) | 
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				Nigeria | 0.9% (2003) | 1.5% (2006) | 
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				Norway | 1.9% (2003) | 1.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Oman | 11.4% (2003) | 11.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Pakistan | 3.9% (FY02/03) | 3.2% (2006; 3% 2007 est.) | 
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				Panama | 1.2% (2003) | 1% (2006) | 
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				Papua New Guinea | 1.4% (FY02) | 1.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Paraguay | 0.9% (2003) | 1% (2006 est.) | 
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				Peru | 1.3% (2003) | 1.5% (2006) | 
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				Philippines | 1.5% (FY98) | 0.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Poland | 1.71% (2002) | 1.71% (2005 est.) | 
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				Portugal | 2.3% (2003) | 2.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Qatar | 10% (FY00) | 10% (2005 est.) | 
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				Romania | 2.47% (2002) | 1.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				Russia | NA | 3.9% (2005) | 
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				Rwanda | 2.9% (2003) | 2.9% (2006 est.) | 
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				Sao Tome and Principe | 0.8% (2003) | 0.8% (2006) | 
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				Saudi Arabia | 10% (2002) | 10% (2005 est.) | 
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				Senegal | 1.5% (2003) | 1.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Serbia and Montenegro | NA | - | 
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				Seychelles | 1.8% (2003) | 2% (2006 est.) | 
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				Sierra Leone | 1.5% (2003) | 2.3% (2006) | 
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				Singapore | 4.9% (FY01) | 4.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Slovakia | 1.89% (2002) | 1.87% (2005 est.) | 
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				Slovenia | 1.7% (FY00) | 1.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Solomon Islands | NA | 3% (2006) | 
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				Somalia | 0.9% (2003) | 0.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				South Africa | 1.7% (2003) | 1.7% (2006) | 
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				Spain | 1.2% (2003) | 1.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Sri Lanka | 3.2% (2003) | 2.6% (2006) | 
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				Sudan | 2.5% (1999) | 3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Suriname | 0.7% (2003) | 0.6% (2006 est.) | 
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				Swaziland | 1.8% (2003) | 4.7% (2006) | 
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				Sweden | 2.1% (FY01) | 1.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Switzerland | 1% (FY01) | 1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Syria | 5.9% (FY00) | 5.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Taiwan | 2.7% (2003) | 2.2% (2006; to increase to 2.85% in 2007) | 
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				Tajikistan | 3.9% (FY01) | 3.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Tanzania | 0.2% (2003) | 0.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Thailand | 1.8% (2003) | 1.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Timor-Leste | - | NA | 
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				Togo | 1.9% (2003) | 1.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Tonga | NA | 0.9% (2006 est.) | 
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				Trinidad and Tobago | 0.6% (2003) | 0.3% (2006) | 
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				Tunisia | 1.5% (FY99) | 1.4% (2006) | 
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				Turkey | 5.3% (2003) | 5.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Turkmenistan | 3.4% (FY99) | 3.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				Uganda | 2.1% (2003) | 2.2% (2006) | 
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				Ukraine | 1.4% (FY02) | 1.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				United Arab Emirates | 3.1% (FY00) | 3.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				United Kingdom | 2.4% (2003) | 2.4% (2005 est.) | 
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				United States | 3.3% (FY03 est.) (February 2004) | 4.06% (2005 est.) | 
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				Uruguay | 2% (2003) | 1.6% (2006) | 
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				Uzbekistan | 2% (FY97) | 2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Venezuela | 1.3% (2003) | 1.2% (2005 est.) | 
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				Vietnam | 2.5% (FY98) | 2.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Western Sahara | NA | - | 
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				World | roughly 2% of gross world product (1999 est.) | roughly 2% of gross world product (2005 est.) | 
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				Yemen | 7.9% (2003) | 6.6% (2006) | 
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				Zambia | 0.9% (2003) | 1.8% (2005 est.) | 
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				Zimbabwe | 1.7% (2003) | 3.8% (2006) |