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Global Report on Human Settlements 2007 TECHNICAL NOTES The Statistical Annex comprises 25 tables covering such Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra broad statistical categories as demography, households, Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan, Timor-Leste, Togo, housing, housing infrastructure, economic and social indica- Tuvalu, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Vanuatu, tors. Taking into account the theme of the 2007 Global Yemen, Zambia. Report, this Statistical Annex highlights as much as possible safety and security issues. The Annex is divided into three Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs): Afghanistan, sections presenting data at the regional, country and city Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina levels. Tables A.1 to A.5 present regional-level data grouped Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, by selected criteria of economic and development achieve- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, ments, as well as geographic distribution. Tables B.1 to B.13 Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mongolia, Nepal, Niger, Paraguay, contain country-level data and Tables C.1 to C.7 are devoted Republic of Moldova, Rwanda, Swaziland, Tajikistan, TFYR of to city-level data. Data have been compiled from various Macedonia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Zambia, international sources, from national statistical offices and Zimbabwe. from the United Nations. Small island developing states (SIDS):1 Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cape Verde, Comoros, EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Grenada, Guinea- Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kiribati, Maldives, Marshall The following symbols have been used in presenting data Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, throughout the Statistical Annex: Palau, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Singapore, Category not applicable .. Solomon Islands, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Data not available ... Suriname, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Magnitude zero – Vanuatu; American Samoa, Anguilla, Aruba, British Virgin Islands, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Guam, Montserrat, COUNTRY GROUPINGS AND Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Niue, Puerto Rico, STATISTICAL AGGREGATES United States Virgin Islands. World major groupings United Nations Regional Groups2 More developed regions: All countries and areas of Europe African States: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina and Northern America, as well as Australia, Japan and New Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Zealand. Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Less developed regions: All countries and areas of Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea- Latin America, Asia (excluding Japan) and Oceania (exclud- Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, ing Australia and New Zealand). Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome Least developed countries (LDCs): The United Nations and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, currently designates 50 countries as LDCs: Afghanistan, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Cambodia, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Asian States: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Democratic Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Lao People’s Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Republic, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall 330 Statistical annex Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Peru, Philippines, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Federation, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Thailand, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, United Arab Arab Republic, Tajikistan, TFYR Macedonia, Thailand, Timor- Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Yemen. Leste, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe. Eastern European States: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Low human development (HDI 0.500 and below):6 Angola, Republic, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia Republic, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, TFYR Macedonia, Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea- Ukraine. Bissau, Haiti, Lesotho, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Latin American and Caribbean States: Antigua and Sierra Leone, Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Yemen, Zambia. Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Countries in the income aggregates7 Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, The World Bank classifies all member economies and all Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, other economies with population of more than 30,000. In Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela. the 2006 World Development Report, economies are divided among income groups according to 2004 GNI per capita, Western Europe and other States: Andorra, Australia, calculated using the World Bank Atlas method. The groups Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, are: Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, High income: Andorra, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Bahrain, Belgium, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom. Cayman Islands, Channel Islands, Cyprus, Denmark, Faeroe Islands, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Greece, Countries in the Human Development Greenland, Guam, Hong Kong SAR of China, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, aggregates3 Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macao SAR of China, Malta, High human development (HDI 0.800 and above):4 Monaco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic Belgium, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Hong of Korea, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, Kong SAR of China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Kingdom, United States, United States Virgin Islands. Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Upper-middle income: American Samoa, Antigua and Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Chile, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Saint Kitts and Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominica, Estonia, Nevis, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Grenada, Hungary, Latvia, Sweden, Switzerland, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, United Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay. Mauritius, Mexico, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Palau, Panama, Poland, Russian Federation, Seychelles, South Medium human development (HDI 0.500–0.799):5 Africa, Slovakia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Uruguay, Venezuela. Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Cambodia, Cape Verde, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Dominica, Dominican Lower-middle income: Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, China, Colombia, Cuba, Djibouti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Iraq, Iran (Islamic Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Republic of), Jamaica, Jordan, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Kiribati, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Occupied Palestinian States of), Morocco, Namibia, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea,
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