Countries' Indicators (Source: United Nations)
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Indicator 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Children under 5 moderately or severely underweight; per cent (UNICEF estimates) .. .. .. 13.90 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Education; primary completion rate; both sexes (UNESCO) .. .. .. .. 48 50 .. .. .. ..
Education; primary completion rate; boys (UNESCO) .. .. .. .. 49 51 .. .. .. ..
Education; primary completion rate; girls (UNESCO) .. .. .. .. 48 49 .. .. .. ..
Children under 5 severely underweight; per cent (UNICEF estimates) .. .. .. 3 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Nutrition; undernourished as percentage of total population (FAO estimates) 59 .. .. .. .. 38 .. .. .. ..
Nutrition; undernourished; number of people (FAO estimates) 1,791,721 .. .. .. .. 1,327,525 .. .. .. ..
Literacy rates; aged 15-24; both sexes; per cent (UNESCO) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 97.80 ..
Literacy rates; aged 15-24; women; per cent (UNESCO) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 97.30 ..
Literacy rates; aged 15-24; men; per cent (UNESCO) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 98.40 ..
Girls to boys ratio; primary level enrolment (UNESCO) .. .. .95 .92 .93 .93 .. .. .. ..
Girls to boys ratio; secondary level enrolment (UNESCO) .. .. .. .. .63 .71 .. .. .. ..
Girls to boys ratio; tertiary level enrolment (UNESCO) .. .. .. .31 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Women to men parity index; as ratio of literacy rates; aged 15-24 (UNESCO) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .99 ..
Women in parliamentary seats; per cent (IPU) .. 2 .. 12 12 12 12 9 9 9
Parliamentary seats; both sexes (IPU) .. 125 .. 75 75 75 75 129 129 129
Parliamentary seats occupied by women (IPU) .. 2 .. 9 9 9 9 12 11 11
Parliamentary seats occupied by men (IPU) .. 123 .. 66 66 66 66 117 118 118
Children under five mortality rate per 1;000 live births (UNICEF estimates) .. .. .. .. 108 .. .. 108 .. ..
Infant mortality rate (0-1 year) per 1;000 live births (UNICEF estimates) .. .. .. .. 81 .. .. 81 .. ..
Children 1 year old immunized against measles; per cent (UNICEF estimates) 42 18 21 23 34 35 37 50 .. ..
Maternal mortality ratio per 100;000 live births (WHO; UNICEF; UNFPA) .. .. .. .. 510 .. .. .. .. ..
HIV/AIDS prevalence rate for pregnant women 15-24 attending antenatal care in clinics in capital city .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 .. .. ..
HIV prevalence rate; aged 15-49; per cent (UNAIDS estimates) .. .. .. .. .. 5.30 .. 4.90 .. ..
AIDS estimated deaths (UNAIDS estimates) .. .. .. .. .. 10,000 .. 9,700 .. ..
AIDS orphans (one or both parents); currently living (UNAIDS) .. .. .. .. .. 87,000 .. 97,000 .. ..
Malaria prevalence; notified cases per 100;000 population (WHO) .. .. .. .. 5,880 .. .. .. .. ..
Malaria death rate per 100;000; ages 0-4 (WHO) .. .. .. .. 395 .. .. .. .. ..
Malaria death rate per 100;000; all ages (WHO) .. .. .. .. 78 .. .. .. .. ..
Tuberculosis prevalence rate per 100;000 population (WHO) .. .. .. .. 321 345 379 489 .. ..
Tuberculosis death rate per 100;000 (WHO) .. .. .. .. 35 40 40 57 .. ..
Tuberculosis; DOTS detection rate; per cent (WHO) .. .. 59 .. 86 81 88 57 .. ..
Tuberculosis; DOTS treatment success; per cent (WHO) .. .. .. 61 61 69 66 71 .. ..
Forested land area as percentage of land area (FAO estimates) .. .. .. .. 64.60 .. .. .. .. ..
Protected area ratio to surface area (UNSD calculated from UNEP) .09 .09 .11 .11 .11 .14 .14 .14 .14 ..
Protected areas; sq. km. (UNEP-WCMC) 32,070 32,070 36,460 36,460 39,260 48,740 48,740 48,740 48,740 ..
Energy supply (apparent consumption; Kg oil equivalent) per $1;000 (PPP) GDP (World Bank) 208 246 256 233 262 283 268 .. .. ..
Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2); metric tons of CO2 per capita(CDIAC) .60 .80 .70 .40 .. .20 .60 .. .. ..
Ozone-depleting CFCs consumption in ODP metric tons (UNEP-Ozone Secretariat) 13 9 7 9 11 2 .. .. .. ..
Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2); thousand metric tons of CO2 (CDIAC) 1,704 2,338 2,168 1,411 .. 754 2,346 .. .. ..
Air pollution; percentage of population using solid fuels (WHO) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 84 .. ..
Water; percentage of population with access to improved drinking water sources; urban (WHO-UNICEF) .. .. .. .. .. .. 72 .. .. ..
Water; percentage of population with access to improved drinking water sources; rural (WHO-UNICEF) .. .. .. .. .. .. 17 .. .. ..
Water; percentage of population with access to improved drinking water sources; total (WHO-UNICEF) .. .. .. .. .. .. 46 .. .. ..
Sanitation; percentage of population with access to improved sanitation; urban (WHO-UNICEF) .. .. .. .. .. .. 14 .. .. ..
Sanitation; percentage of population with access to improved sanitation; total (WHO-UNICEF) .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 .. .. ..
Sanitation; percentage of population with access to improved sanitation; rural (WHO-UNICEF) .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. .. ..
Slum population as percentage of urban (secure tenure index) (UN-HABITAT) .. .. .. .. .. 90.10 .. .. .. ..
Slum population in urban areas (UN-HABITAT) .. .. .. .. .. 1,851,634 .. .. .. ..
Total number of countries that have reached their HIPC decision points and number that have reached their HIPC completion points (cumulative) (IMF - World Bank) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Debt service as percentage of exports of goods; services and net income from abroad (WB) 18.30 5.50 1.70 .30 .50 3.70 .90 3.80 .. ..
Telephone lines and cellular subscribers per 100 population (ITU estimates) .86 .. .91 .94 3.13 5.53 7.39 9.63 .. ..
Personal computers per 100 population (ITU estimates) .. .. .32 .35 .37 .39 .39 .43 .. ..
Internet users per 100 population (ITU estimates) .02 .03 .03 .15 .43 .. ..
Telephone lines and cellular subscribers (ITU estimates) 23,000 .. 25,390 27,000 92,000 172,000 243,800 337,000 .. ..
Personal computers (ITU estimates) .. .. 9,000 10,000 11,000 12,000 13,000 15,000 .. ..
Internet users (ITU estimates) 100 100 100 500 800 1,000 5,000 15,000 .. ..