Statistics: Selected tablesAverage annual growth rates of real GDP (in%)
| ECONOMY |
1980-1990 |
1990-2000 |
1990-1995 |
1995-2000 |
2000-2005 |
2005-2006
|
| Developing economies: Africa |
2.6 |
2.4 |
0.8 |
3.3 |
4.7 |
5.5 |
| Northern Africa excluding Sudan |
2.6 |
2.8 |
1.9 |
3.5 |
4.9 |
5.2 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa 1 |
2.5 |
2.2 |
0.2 |
3.2 |
4.5 |
5.7 |
| African economic groupings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| CEPGL (3) |
1.8 |
-3.5 |
-8.1 |
-0.3 |
4.3 |
4.8 |
| COMESA (19) |
4.0 |
3.1 |
2.0 |
3.7 |
4.4 |
7.8 |
| ECCAS (11) |
2.7 |
1.0 |
-3.0 |
3.4 |
6.0 |
6.4 |
| ECOWAS (15) |
3.6 |
2.0 |
-1.6 |
3.7 |
5.1 |
4.6 |
| MRU (3) |
1.3 |
2.6 |
0.2 |
4.4 |
3.7 |
4.1 |
| SADC (14) |
1.9 |
2.1 |
0.4 |
2.7 |
3.9 |
5.6 |
| CEMAC (6) |
2.9 |
2.6 |
0.4 |
3.6 |
5.3 |
3.0 |
| UEMOA (8) |
2.8 |
3.7 |
1.7 |
4.5 |
3.3 |
3.2 |
| UMA (5) |
1.6 |
2.2 |
1.1 |
3.0 |
5.1 |
4.6 |
Source: UNCTAD secretariat computations based on UNDESA, Statistics Division
1 including Sudan
Regional shares of merchandise exports and imports
Percentage of world total
| ECONOMY |
1980 |
1985 |
1990 |
1995 |
2000 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
|
Export |
| World |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| Developing economies |
29.4 |
25.4 |
24.2 |
27.6 |
31.7 |
33.7 |
35.9 |
36.8 |
| Developing economies: Africa |
5.9 |
4.2 |
3.1 |
2.1 |
2.3 |
2.5 |
2.9 |
2.8 |
| Northern Africa excluding Sudan |
2.1 |
1.7 |
1.2 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa 1 |
3.7 |
2.5 |
1.9 |
1.4 |
1.5 |
1.7 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
| Developing economies: America |
5.5 |
5.5 |
4.1 |
4.4 |
5.6 |
5.1 |
5.4 |
5.7 |
| Developing economies: Asia |
18.0 |
15.6 |
16.9 |
21.0 |
23.8 |
26.0 |
27.6 |
28.3 |
| Developing economies excluding China |
28.5 |
24.0 |
22.4 |
24.7 |
27.9 |
27.2 |
28.6 |
28.7 |
|
Import |
| World |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
| Developing economies |
23.8 |
23.0 |
22.3 |
28.6 |
28.7 |
30.5 |
31.4 |
32.1 |
| Developing economies: Africa |
4.5 |
3.6 |
2.7 |
2.3 |
2.0 |
2.2 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
| Northern Africa excluding Sudan |
1.4 |
1.6 |
1.2 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa 1 |
3.1 |
2.0 |
1.5 |
1.4 |
1.3 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
| Developing economies: America |
6.0 |
4.1 |
3.5 |
4.8 |
5.9 |
4.7 |
4.8 |
5.0 |
| Developing economies: Asia |
13.1 |
15.1 |
15.9 |
21.4 |
20.8 |
23.4 |
24.2 |
24.8 |
| Developing economies excluding China |
22.8 |
20.9 |
20.8 |
26.1 |
25.3 |
24.5 |
25.2 |
25.6 |
Source: UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2006-07
Regional average annual growth of exports by product category, 1995-2005
| ECONOMY |
Total:
all products |
Primary
commodities
including fuels |
Non-fuel
primary
commodities |
Manufactured
goods |
| |
|
|
|
|
| World |
6.6 |
7.2 |
3.7 |
6.3 |
| Developed economies |
5.2 |
5.3 |
3.1 |
5.1 |
| Developing economies |
9.1 |
8.9 |
4.6 |
9.3 |
| Developing economies: Africa |
10.0 |
11.2 |
5.5 |
8.9 |
| Northern Africa excluding Sudan |
11.8 |
13.0 |
5.5 |
8.2 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa 1 |
9.2 |
10.2 |
5.5 |
9.4 |
| Developing economies: America |
7.9 |
7.4 |
5.1 |
8.5 |
| Developing economies: Asia |
9.3 |
9.0 |
4.3 |
9.4 |
Source: UNCTAD secretariat computations based on UNDESA, Statistics Division
1 including Sudan
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