Table 1: Per Capita GDP Growth, 1960-2000

Table 1
PER CAPITA GDP GROWTH, 1960-2000
	Real Per Capita GDP (1985 U.S. Dollars)¹			Real per capita GDP, domestic currency²						Per capita GDP (1999 U.S. Dollars)⁴
Country	1960	1980	Percent increase 1960-1980	1980	2000	Percent increase 1980-2000	Change from (1960-80) to (1980-2000) [in percentage points³]		Increase foregone in per capita GDP	Per capita GDP	Rank	1999 per capita GDP if adjusted for forgone growth
							increase	decrease
LUXEMBOURG	7,921	11,893	50%	724,881	1,611,935	122%	72%			44,206	1
SWITZERLAND	9,409	14,301	52%	40,176	47,447	18%		34%	29%	36,254	2	46,660
JAPAN	2,954	10,072	241%	2,488,251	3,838,392	54%		187%	121%	34,402	3	76,039
NORWAY	5,610	12,141	116%	156,013	251,571	61%		55%	34%	34,214	4	45,919
U.S.A.	9,895	15,295	55%	21,531	33,599	56%				33,934	5
ICELAND	4,964	11,566	133%	1,213,356	1,738,479	43%		90%	63%	33,218	6	54,019
DENMARK	6,760	11,342	68%	132,479	197,648	49%		19%	12%	32,727	7	36,805
SWEDEN	7,592	12,456	64%	164,220	220,283	34%		30%	22%	26,870	8	32,865
AUSTRIA	5,143	10,509	104%	228,354	325,374	42%		62%	43%	25,793	9	36,990
FINLAND	5,291	10,851	105%	88,576	137,884	56%		49%	32%	25,195	10	33,193
NETHERLANDS	6,077	11,284	86%	34,174	50,162	47%		39%	27%	24,988	11	31,610
SINGAPORE	1,658	7,053	325%	14,388	38,718	169%		156%	58%	24,808	12	39,216
BELGIUM	5,495	11,109	102%	549,687	918,980	67%		35%	21%	24,760	13	29,941
U.K.	6,823	10,167	49%	8,961	13,899	55%	6%			24,633	14
FRANCE	5,823	11,756	102%	107,086	150,090	40%		62%	44%	24,594	15	35,426
IRELAND	3,311	6,823	106%	6,795	16,585	144%	38%			24,529	16
HONG KONG	2,247	8,719	288%	61,194	125,603	105%		183%	89%	23,640	17	44,690
CANADA	7,258	14,133	95%	21,794	29,322	35%		60%	45%	20,874	18	30,212
ITALY	4,564	10,323	126%	23,996,561	34,414,608	43%		83%	58%	20,734	19	32,701
AUSTRALIA	7,782	12,520	61%	21,462	32,632	52%		9%	6%	20,696	20	21,898
ISRAEL	3,477	7,895	127%	35,975	49,108	37%		91%	66%	15,584	21	25,922
SPAIN	3,123	7,390	137%	1,325,585	2,229,872	68%		68%	41%	15,369	22	21,619
NEW ZEALAND	7,960	10,362	30%	19,689	25,417	29%				14,597	23
CYPRUS	2,037	5,295	160%	2,597	5,769	122%		38%	17%	13,965	24	16,340
TAIWAN	1,256	4,459	255%	117,241	363,089	210%		45%	15%	12,700	25	14,559
GREECE	2,093	5,901	182%	839,688	1,126,566	34%		148%	110%	11,873	26	24,951
PORTUGAL	1,869	4,982	167%	1,062,458	1,929,098	82%		85%	47%	11,824	27	17,359
MALTA	1,374	4,483	226%	807	1,508	87%		139%	75%	10,425	28	18,195
BARBADOS	2,666	6,379	139%	9,826	12,432	27%		113%	89%	9,789	29	18,512
KOREA, REP.	904	3,093	242%	3,016,207	9,927,236	229%		13%	4%	8,712	30	9,056
ARGENTINA	4,462	6,506	46%	7,357	7,881	7%		39%	36%	7,793	31	10,609
SEYCHELLES	1,258	2,906	131%	21,880	32,136	47%		84%	57%	7,378	32	11,605
SAUDI ARABIA	3,884	13,750	254%	38,113	21,206	-44%		298%	536%	6,699	33	42,626
URUGUAY	3,968	5,091	28%	94	88	-7%		35%	38%	6,357	34	8,750
MEXICO	2,836	6,054	113%	13,615	15,172	11%		102%	92%	4,748	35	9,096
MYANMAR	316	505	60%	1,317	1,933	47%		13%	9%	4,693	36	5,108
TRINIDAD&TOBAGO	5,627	11,262	100%	19,841	15,937	-20%		120%	149%	4,666	37	11,626
CHILE	2,885	3,892	35%	296,232	575,943	94%	60%			4,521	38
VENEZUELA	6,338	7,401	17%	29,174	23,877	-18%		35%	43%	4,321	39	6,166
MALAYSIA	1,420	3,799	168%	4,299	9,229	115%		53%	25%	3,640	40	4,536
GABON	1,789	4,797	168%	1,899,620	1,594,799	-16%		184%	219%	3,622	41	11,569
BRAZIL	1,784	4,303	141%	0	0	5%		137%	131%	3,437	42	7,927
MAURITIUS	2,862	3,988	39%	23,156	50,389	118%	78%			3,411	43
PANAMA	1,575	3,392	115%	2,180	2,586	19%		97%	82%	3,389	44	6,152
BOTSWANA	535	1,940	263%	2,750	6,970	153%		109%	43%	3,231	45	4,623
SOUTH AFRICA	2,191	3,496	60%	16,628	14,028	-16%		75%	89%	3,033	46	5,737
JAMAICA	1,773	2,362	33%	951	1,090	15%		19%	16%	2,894	47	3,363
TURKEY	1,662	2,874	73%	1,133,895	1,728,135	52%		25%	16%	2,890	48	3,360
COSTA RICA	2,096	3,717	77%	4,145	4,685	13%		64%	57%	2,877	49	4,513
FIJI	2,108	3,609	71%	1,179	1,538	30%		41%	31%	2,862	50	3,755
SURINAME	1,983	3,737	88%	4,667	4,133	-11%		100%	113%	2,474	51	5,265
TUNISIA	1,101	2,527	130%	1,192	1,864	56%		73%	47%	2,306	52	3,385
COLOMBIA	1,684	2,946	75%	1,484,407	1,853,936	25%		50%	40%	2,204	53	3,087
PARAGUAY	1,177	2,534	115%	222,635	230,565	4%		112%	108%	2,144	54	4,458
PERU	2,019	2,875	42%	210	193	-8%		51%	55%	2,097	55	3,259
THAILAND	943	2,178	131%	19,649	47,620	142%	11%			1,994	56
EL SALVADOR	1,427	2,014	41%	7,989	8,620	8%		33%	31%	1,901	57	2,487
IRAN	2,946	3,434	17%	235,492	276,022	17%				1,873	58
DOMINICAN REP.	1,195	2,343	96%	8,691	11,029	27%		69%	55%	1,795	59	2,773
NAMIBIA	1,790	2,904	62%	6,785	4,686	-31%		93%	135%	1,674	60	3,932
GUATEMALA	1,660	2,574	55%	449	441	-2%		57%	58%	1,615	61	2,546
ALGERIA	1,723	2,758	60%	12,383	11,020	-11%		71%	80%	1,552	62	2,792
ROMANIA	431	1,422	230%	36,533	30,911	-15%		245%	290%	1,507	63	5,878
JORDAN	1,162	3,384	191%	692	558	-19%		211%	261%	1,497	64	5,404
EGYPT	809	1,645	103%	2,965	4,740	60%		43%	27%	1,392	65	1,770
CAPE VERDE IS.	469	934	99%	66,457	83,033	25%		74%	59%	1,376	66	2,194
ECUADOR	1,461	3,238	122%	18,170	16,585	-9%		130%	143%	1,312	67	3,186
MOROCCO	815	1,941	138%	3,833	4,743	24%		114%	92%	1,247	68	2,400
SWAZILAND	1,248	3,057	145%	2,132	2,849	34%		111%	83%	1,177	69	2,157
BOLIVIA	1,148	1,989	73%	3,047	3,014	-1%		74%	75%	1,146	70	2,007
SYRIA	1,575	4,467	184%	8,285	8,939	8%		176%	163%	1,045	71	2,748
GUYANA	1,596	1,927	21%	5,852	7,018	20%				998	72
PHILIPPINES	1,133	1,879	66%	12,619	12,442	-1%		67%	68%	975	73	1,641
PAPUA N.GUINEA	1,235	1,779	44%	683	845	24%		20%	16%	869	74	1,013
HONDURAS	1,039	1,519	46%	1,102	1,136	3%		43%	42%	854	75	1,211
SRI LANKA	1,259	1,635	30%	6,041	11,544	91%	61%			821	76
CONGO	1,123	1,931	72%	273,403	301,370	10%		62%	56%	796	77	1,242
CHINA	567	972	71%	791	3,810	382%	310%			791	78
INDONESIA	638	1,281	101%	1,052,283	1,839,714	75%		26%	15%	729	79	838
IVORY COAST	1,120	1,790	60%	319,893	243,502	-24%		84%	110%	689	80	1,447
CAMEROON	641	1,194	86%	277,831	251,088	-10%		96%	106%	616	81	1,270
HAITI	924	1,033	12%	987	628	-36%		48%	76%	570	82	1,002
GUINEA	559	817	46%	311,087	369,089	19%		28%	23%	511	83	629
SENEGAL	1,047	1,134	8%	217,813	222,389	2%		6%	6%	507	84	538
ANGOLA	931	675	-27%	0	0	-28%				500	85
NICARAGUA	1,606	1,853	15%	7,619	5,251	-31%		46%	67%	471	86	789
PAKISTAN	638	1,110	74%	3,193	5,206	63%		11%	7%	453	87	484
INDIA	766	882	15%	6,392	13,135	105%	90%			449	88
ZIMBABWE	989	1,206	22%	1,969	1,891	-4%		26%	27%	436	89	554
LESOTHO	313	994	218%	788	1,040	32%		186%	141%	394	90	948
GHANA	894	976	9%	153,602	155,478	1%		8%	8%	391	91	421
BENIN	1,100	1,114	1%	130,777	126,649	-3%				389	92
KENYA	659	911	38%	7,815	7,802	0%		38%	38%	353	93	488
BANGLADESH	952	1,085	14%	7,506	12,417	65%	51%			351	94
COMOROS	543	631	16%	160,584	117,247	-27%		43%	59%	349	95	556
MAURITANIA	780	885	13%	23,417	30,140	29%				330	96
GAMBIA	602	1,017	69%	2,815	2,618	-7%		76%	82%	330	97	599
ZAMBIA	965	971	1%	17,656	10,780	-39%		40%	65%	314	98	517
TOGO	367	731	99%	155,748	109,907	-29%		129%	182%	302	99	854
RWANDA	537	757	41%	33,231	29,091	-12%		53%	61%	287	100	462
NIGERIA	567	1,438	154%	3,601	2,811	-22%		176%	225%	279	101	906
CENTRAL AFR.R.	704	706	0%	143,883	125,476	-13%		13%	15%	277	102	318
TANZANIA	319	480	50%	32,307	33,572	4%		47%	45%	263	103	381
UGANDA	598	534	-11%	72,175	108,742	51%	61%			261	104
MALI	535	532	-1%	88,279	85,747	-3%				251	105
MADAGASCAR	1,191	984	-17%	498,306	356,898	-28%				245	106
MOZAMBIQUE	1,153	923	-20%	190,044	242,997	28%				240	107
NEPAL	628	892	42%	2,782	4,001	44%				222	108
CHAD	756	528	-30%	60,993	86,823	42%	73%			217	109
BURKINA FASO	456	457	0%	77,081	92,390	20%	20%			216	110
NIGER	532	717	35%	121,301	79,136	-35%		70%	107%	198	111	409
GUINEA-BISS	503	471	-6%	70,891	64,417	-9%				190	112
BURUNDI	640	480	-25%	30,426	28,354	-7%				168	113
MALAWI	380	554	46%	627	620	-1%		47%	47%	166	114	245
ZAIRE	489	476	-3%	0	0	-68%				115	115
ETHIOPIA	257	322	25%	395	408	3%		22%	21%	108	116	131

Average:			83%			33%		77%

¹Source, Penn World Table
²Source: IMF
³Only changes greater than five percentage points shown; countries with negative growth in both periods not shown.
⁴Source: IMF