The countries highlighted in the tables (Armenia, Barbados, etc.) are ones that most go against the general trend, which is generally higher GDP per capita among the more free-trade countries. The Bahamas might be the best example of a protectionist "success story." The sources of the data are Index of Economic Freedom and www.economist.com.

Countries ranked, from the most free-trade to the least.

TABLE 1: Ranked according to TRADE SCORE, column 4.

Ranked from lowest to highest (most free-trade to least). The scale is 1.0 - 5.0 (9 total rankings) -- countries are arranged alphabetically within each ranking -- each one in the same color group is of equal ranking to the others in that group. Farther down, in Tables 2 & 3, the countries are ranked according to the "weighted average tariff" for each.

1	2	3	4	5	6
Country	GDP per capita	quality-of-life index	Trade Score	weighted average tariff rate %	weighted average tariff rate %
Hong Kong	27,114	018	1.0	00.0	00.0
Singapore	25,186	011	1.0	00.0	00.0
Botswana (SACU)	03,532	104	1.5	03.6	03.6
Chile	05,872	031	1.5	02.9 (2003)	03.7 (2004)
Armenia	00,884	085	2.0	02.2	02.5
Canada	24,568	014	2.0	00.9	01.1
Cyprus	12,647	023	2.0	05.73	05.73
Czech Republic (EU)	06,133	034	2.0	04.1	04.1
Estonia (EU)	07,475	068	2.0	00.053	00.053
Hungary (EU)	05,333	037	2.0	07.5	07.5
Israel	17,014	038	2.0	04.0 (1993)	02.0 (2003)
Japan	39,941	017	2.0	02.2 (2002)	02.4 (2004)
Malta (EU)	09,568	028	2.0	04.64	04.64
Norway (EU)	39,259	003	2.0	00.7 (2002)	00.4 (2004)
Poland (EU)	04,885	048	2.0	02.9	02.9
Slovak Republic (EU)	04,235	045	2.0	06.1	06.1
Switzerland	34,369	002	2.0	01.5	00.8
Taiwan	13,569	021	2.0	03.3 (2002)	01.64 (2004)
Turkey	03,082	050	2.0	04.5 (1999)	02.0 (2003)
United States	36,067	013	2.0	02.6 (2002)	01.8 (2004)
Australia	22,103	006	2.5	03.9 (2002)	03.8 (2004)
Bosnia & Herzegovina	01,225	094	2.5	04.9	06.6
Costa Rica	04,410	035	2.5	03.8	05.8
Croatia	04,751	049	2.5	09.8 (2001)	03.3 (2004)
El Salvador	02,129	056	2.5	06.1 (2001)	04.3 (2004)
Guatemala	01,675	090	2.5	05.8 (2001)	04.9 (2004)
Haiti	00,467	110	2.5	02.9	09.0
Iceland	32,758	007	2.5	03.4	03.4
Kuwait	16,738	055	2.5	03.9 (2002)	03.6 (2003)
Kyrgyz Republic	00,305	103	2.5	07.8 (2002)	04.3 (2003)
Lesotho (SACU)	00,530	-----	2.5	03.6	03.6
Madagascar	00,233	-----	2.5	03.6	02.9
Malaysia	04,011	036	2.5	04.6 (2001)	04.2 (2003)
Mexico	05,877	032	2.5	04.9 (2002)	04.2 (2004)
Moldova	00,370	099	2.5	02.8	03.9
Mongolia	00,424	-----	2.5	04.0	04.0
Namibia (SACU)	01,845	-----	2.5	03.6	03.6
New Zealand	19,243	015	2.5	02.8 (2002)	02.9 (2004)
Nicaragua	00,767	076	2.5	02.3 (2002)	03.7 (2004)
Philippines	01,047	044	2.5	02.8 (2002)	02.6 (2003)
South Africa (SACU)	03,026	092	2.5	03.6	03.6
Swaziland (SACU)	01,358	----	2.5	03.6	03.6
Trinidad & Tobago (CARICOM)	07,520	051	2.5	02.9 (2002)	04.9 (2003)
Turkmenistan	00,989	102	2.5	02.9	01.7
Ukraine	00,812	098	2.5	03.9	04.4
United Arab Emirates	19,717	069	2.5	04.0	05.0
Uruguay	05,235	046	2.5	06.5 (2001)	04.3 (2004)
Argentina	07,165	040	3.0	11.9 (2002)	06.3 (2004)
Azerbaijan	00,865	086	3.0	07.9 (2001)	06.2 (2002)
Bolivia	01,017	082	3.0	05.3	08.8
China	01,179	060	3.0	12.8 (2001)	06.0 (2004)
Indonesia	00,781	071	3.0	03.9 (2001)	05.2 (2003)
Lebanon	03,925	-----	3.0	06.3 (2002)	08.0 (2005)
Panama	04,167	047	3.0	06.9	05.7
Paraguay	01,407	074	3.0	12.5 (2001)	05.2 (2004)
Qatar	30,013	041	3.0	05.2	04.2
Rwanda	00,260	-----	3.0	06.6	06.6
Saudi Arabia	09,038	072	3.0	11.4 (2000)	07.3 (2004)
Sri Lanka	00,921	043	3.0	04.2 (2001)	06.8 (2004)
Tajikistan	00,208	107	3.0	07.1 (2002)	08.3 (2003)
Uganda	00,277	101	3.0	06.8 (2002)	05.5 (2004)
Uzbekistan	00,610	106	3.0	05.9	04.2
Angola	00,814	-----	3.5	08.5	08.5
Bahrain	10,889	062	3.5	07.7	07.7
Belarus	01,513	100	3.5	08.9	08.0
Brazil	03,510	039	3.5	09.9 (2002)	08.0 (2004)
Bulgaria	01,835	057	3.5	01.5 (2002)	09.6 (2004)
Colombia	02,017	054	3.5	10.1 (2002)	09.6 (2004)
Cuba	02,516	-----	3.5	09.9	09.4
Dominican Republic	02,413	079	3.5	10.1 (2001)	08.8 (2004)
Ecuador	01,368	052	3.5	10.5 (2002)	09.0 (2004)
Georgia	00,777	087	3.5	09.9 (1999)	08.7 (2004)
Honduras	00,927	091	3.5	07.3 (2001)	07.8 (2004)
Jamaica (CARICOM)	03,156	064	3.5	07.8 (2001)	09.8 (2003)
Kazakhstan	01,673	096	3.5	10.0 (2002)	07.9 (2004)
Korea, South	12,783	030	3.5	10.0	05.7
Macedonia	01,740	089	3.5	13.8 (2001)	08.1 (2004)
Mozambique	00,255	-----	3.5	09.4 (2002)	09.9 (2003)
Peru	02,131	053	3.5	12.6 (2000)	08.9 (2004)
Romania	01,963	058	3.5	08.3	07.3
Russia	02,138	105	3.5	08.7	08.4
Senegal	00,485	-----	3.5	08.4 (2002)	09.2 (2004)
Tanzania	00,309	109	3.5	15.4 (2000)	08.2 (2003)
Thailand	02,276	042	3.5	08.7 (2001)	08.3 (2003)
Togo (WAEMU)	00,292	-----	3.5	11.5 (2002)	14.0 (2004)
Zambia	00,354	-----	3.5	08.4 (2001)	09.4 (2003)
Albania	01,392	078	4.0	11.3	12.4
Algeria	01,916	081	4.0	15.3 (2002)	12.0 (2003)
Barbados (CARICOM)	09,256	033	4.0	16.5	16.5
Burkina Faso	00,253	-----	4.0	11.4	11.4
Cambodia	00,313	-----	4.0	15.8	16.5
Fiji	02,328	-----	4.0	12.4	12.4
Guyana (CARICOM)	00.942	-----	4.0	10.6	10.6
Ivory Coast (WAEMU)	00,597	-----	4.0	12.0 (2002)	10.7 (2004)
Jordan	01,801	075	4.0	11.3 (2002)	11.4 (2003)
Kenya	00,341	-----	4.0	14.4 (2002)	10.3 (2004)
Malawi	00,157	-----	4.0	10.2	12.5
Mali (WAEMU)	00,258	-----	4.0	11.4 (2002)	10.6 (2004)
Mauritania	00,372	-----	4.0	11.2	09.0
Suriname (CARICOM)	02,257	-----	4.0	11.7	11.7
Venezuela	04,009	059	4.0	11.3 (2000)	11.0 (2004)
Yemen	00,553	-----	4.0	11.7 (2000)	12.6 (2003)
Belize (CARICOM)	03,635	-----	4.5	13.3	13.3
Benin (WAEMU)	00,392	-----	4.5	12.7	15.5
Burundi	00,100	-----	4.5	14.5	23.5
Chad	00,218	-----	4.5	14.0	14.2
Egypt	01,622	080	4.5	13.7	13.4
Equatorial Guinea	03,716	-----	4.5	14.0	14.0
Ethiopia	00,102	-----	4.5	16.5 (2001)	13.5 (2002)
Gabon (CEMAC)	03,865	-----	4.5	14.9	15.8
Gambia	00,324	-----	4.5	12.7	12.7
Ghana	00,276	095	4.5	09.5 (2000)	14.8 (2004)
Guinea-Bissau (WAEMU)	00,135	-----	4.5	14.3 (2001)	13.6 (2004)
Iran	01,715	088	4.5	03.1 (2000)	14.8 (2004)
Laos	00,352	-----	4.5	13.5	12.2
Mauritius	04,167	-----	4.5	13.0 (2002)	15.8 (2005)
Niger (WAEMU)	00,178	-----	4.5	14.1 (2002)	13.7 (2004)
Oman	07,876	067	4.5	13.6	06.7
Pakistan	00,546	093	4.5	15.2 (2002)	13.0 (2004)
Sierra Leone	00,141	-----	4.5	15.9 (2002)	13.3 (2004)
Vietnam	00,470	061	4.5	17.4 (2001)	13.7 (2004)
Bahamas	16,067	-----	5.0	34.0	34.0
Bangladesh	00,395	077	5.0	15.9	15.9
Burma (Myanmar)	00,154	-----	5.0	37.0 ?	03.9 or 04.55 ?
Cameroon	00,634	-----	5.0	15.1	15.8
Cape Verde	01,290	-----	5.0	31.0 (2002)	24.4 (2003)
Central African Rep.	00,229	-----	5.0	17.9	20.0
Congo Repub (CEMAC)	00,943	-----	5.0	17.8	18.0
Djibouti	00,848	-----	5.0	21.0	21.0
Guinea	00,431	-----	5.0	18.6	13.9
India	00,511	073	5.0	21.0 (2001)	28.0 (2004)
Korea, North	-----	-----	5.0	-----	-----
Libya	04,083	070	5.0	25.2	15.9
Morocco	01,278	065	5.0	28.2 (2002)	24.9 (2003)
Nepal	00,241	-----	5.0	14.3 (2002)	15.6 (2004)
Nigeria	00,357	108	5.0	16.9	15.8
Syria	01,135	097	5.0	15.5 (2002)	35.0 (2003)
Tunisia	02,214	083	5.0	23.2	27.4
Zimbabwe	00,351	111	5.0	12.0 (2001)	18.9 (2002)

Click here for a summary analysis of Table 1 (above) and numbers breakdown to better illustrate the relation of more free trade to higher GDP and higher quality of life.

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Miscellaneous non-rated countries:

1	2	3	4	5	6
Country	GDP per capita	quality-of-life index	Trade Score	weighted average tariff rate %	weighted average tariff rate %
Congo Dem. Rep.	00,087	-----	-----	12.6	15.6
Iraq	-----	-----	-----	05.0	05.0
Serbia & Montenegro	-----	094	-----	-----	-----
Sudan	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----
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Only seven European Union countries are ranked in tables 1-3. The others are listed here alphabetically for reference:

1	2	3	4	5	6
Country	GDP per capita	quality-of-life index	Trade Score	weighted average tariff rate %	weighted average tariff rate %
Austria (EU)	24,756	020	2.0	2.4	1.3
Belgium (EU)	23,211	024	2.0	2.4	1.3
Denmark (EU)	30,828	009	2.0	2.4	1.3
Finland (EU)	25,288	012	2.0	2.4	1.3
France (EU)	22,723	025	2.0	2.4	1.3
Germany (EU)	23,002	026	2.0	2.4	1.3
Greece (EU)	12,128	022	2.0	2.4	1.3
Ireland (EU)	28,762	001	2.0	2.4	1.3
Italy (EU)	18,932	008	2.0	2.4	1.3
Latvia (EU)	04,116	066	2.0	2.4	1.3
Lithuania (EU)	04,078	063	2.0	2.4	1.3
Luxembourg (EU)	47,505	004	2.0	2.4	1.3
Netherlands (EU)	23,319	016	2.0	2.4	1.3
Portugal (EU)	10,398	019	2.0	2.4	1.3
Slovenia (EU)	10,411	027	2.0	2.4	1.3
Spain (EU)	14,709	010	2.0	2.4	1.3
Sweden (EU)	28,471	005	2.0	2.4	1.3
United Kingdom (EU)	26,391	029	2.0	2.4	1.3
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TABLE 2: ranking of countries according to weighted average tariff (column 5)

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1	2	3	4	5	6
Country	GDP per capita	quality-of-life index	Trade Score	weighted average tariff rate %	weighted average tariff rate %
Hong Kong	27,114	018	1.0	00.0	00.0
Singapore	25,186	011	1.0	00.0	00.0
Estonia (EU)	07,475	068	2.0	00.053	00.053
Norway (EU)	39,259	003	2.0	00.7 (2002)	00.4 (2004)
Canada	24,568	014	2.0	00.9	01.1
Bulgaria	01,835	057	3.5	01.5 (2002)	09.6 (2004)
Switzerland	34,369	002	2.0	01.5	00.8
Armenia	00,884	085	2.0	02.2	02.5
Japan	39,941	017	2.0	02.2 (2002)	02.4 (2004)
Nicaragua	00,767	076	2.5	02.3 (2002)	03.7 (2004)
United States	36,067	013	2.0	02.6 (2002)	01.8 (2004)
Moldova	00,370	099	2.5	02.8	03.9
New Zealand	19,243	015	2.5	02.8 (2002)	02.9 (2004)
Philippines	01,047	044	2.5	02.8 (2002)	02.6 (2003)
Chile	05,872	031	1.5	02.9 (2003)	03.7 (2004)
Haiti	00,467	110	2.5	02.9	09.0
Poland (EU)	04,885	048	2.0	02.9	02.9
Trinidad & Tobago (CARICOM)	07,520	051	2.5	02.9 (2002)	04.9 (2003)
Turkmenistan	00,989	102	2.5	02.9	01.7
Iran	01,715	088	4.5	03.1 (2000)	14.8 (2004)
Taiwan	13,569	021	2.0	03.3 (2002)	01.64 (2004)
Iceland	32,758	007	2.5	03.4	03.4
Botswana (SACU)	03,532	104	1.5	03.6	03.6
Lesotho (SACU)	00,530	-----	2.5	03.6	03.6
Madagascar	00,233	-----	2.5	03.6	02.9
Namibia (SACU)	01,845	-----	2.5	03.6	03.6
South Africa (SACU)	03,026	092	2.5	03.6	03.6
Swaziland (SACU)	01,358	-----	2.5	03.6	03.6
Costa Rica	04,410	035	2.5	03.8	05.8
Australia	22,103	006	2.5	03.9 (2002)	03.8 (2004)
Indonesia	00,781	071	3.0	03.9 (2001)	05.2 (2003)
Kuwait	16,738	055	2.5	03.9 (2002)	03.6 (2003)
Ukraine	00,812	098	2.5	03.9	04.4
Israel	17,014	038	2.0	04.0 (1993)	02.0 (2003)
Mongolia	00,424	-----	2.5	04.0	04.0
United Arab Emirates	19,717	069	2.5	04.0	05.0
Czech Republic (EU)	06,133	034	2.0	04.1	04.1
Sri Lanka	00,921	043	3.0	04.2 (2001)	06.8 (2004)
Turkey	03,082	050	2.0	04.5 (1999)	02.0 (2003)
Malaysia	04,011	036	2.5	04.6 (2001)	04.2 (2003)
Malta (EU)	09,568	028	2.0	04.64	04.64
Bosnia & Herzegovina	01,225	094	2.5	04.9	06.6
Mexico	05,877	032	2.5	04.9 (2002)	04.2 (2004)
Iraq	-----	-----	-----	05.0	05.0
Qatar	30,013	041	3.0	05.2	04.2
Bolivia	01,017	082	3.0	05.3	08.8
Cyprus	12,647	023	2.0	05.73	05.73
Guatemala	01,675	090	2.5	05.8 (2001)	04.9 (2004)
Uzbekistan	00,610	106	3.0	05.9	04.2
El Salvador	02,129	056	2.5	06.1 (2001)	04.3 (2004)
Slovak Republic (EU)	04,235	045	2.0	06.1	06.1
Lebanon	03,925	-----	3.0	06.3 (2002)	08.0 (2005)
Uruguay	05,235	046	2.5	06.5 (2001)	04.3 (2004)
Rwanda	00,260	-----	3.0	06.6	06.6
Uganda	00,277	101	3.0	06.8 (2002)	05.5 (2004)
Panama	04,167	047	3.0	06.9	05.7
Tajikistan	00,208	107	3.0	07.1 (2002)	08.3 (2003)
Honduras	00,927	091	3.5	07.3 (2001)	07.8 (2004)
Hungary (EU)	05,333	037	2.0	07.5	07.5
Bahrain	10,889	062	3.5	07.7	07.7
Jamaica (CARICOM)	03,156	064	3.5	07.8 (2001)	09.8 (2003)
Kyrgyz Republic	00,305	103	2.5	07.8 (2002)	04.3 (2003)
Azerbaijan	00,865	086	3.0	07.9 (2001)	06.2 (2002)
Romania	01,963	058	3.5	08.3	07.3
Senegal	00,485	-----	3.5	08.4 (2002)	09.2 (2004)
Zambia	00,354	-----	3.5	08.4 (2001)	09.4 (2003)
Angola	00,814	-----	3.5	08.5	08.5
Russia	02,138	105	3.5	08.7	08.4
Thailand	02,276	042	3.5	08.7 (2001)	08.3 (2003)
Belarus	01,513	100	3.5	08.9	08.0
Mozambique	00,255	-----	3.5	09.4 (2002)	09.9 (2003)
Ghana	00,276	095	4.5	09.5 (2000)	14.8 (2004)
Croatia	04,751	049	2.5	09.8 (2001)	03.3 (2004)
Brazil	03,510	039	3.5	09.9 (2002)	08.0 (2004)
Cuba	02,516	-----	3.5	09.9	09.4
Georgia	00,777	087	3.5	09.9 (1999)	08.7 (2004)
Kazakhstan	01,673	096	3.5	10.0 (2002)	07.9 (2004)
Korea, South	12,783	030	3.5	10.0	05.7
Colombia	02,017	054	3.5	10.1 (2002)	09.6 (2004)
Dominican Republic	02,413	079	3.5	10.1 (2001)	08.8 (2004)
Malawi	00,157	-----	4.0	10.2	12.5
Ecuador	01,368	052	3.5	10.5 (2002)	09.0 (2004)
Guyana (CARICOM)	00,942	-----	4.0	10.6	10.6
Mauritania	00,372	-----	4.0	11.2	09.0
Albania	01,392	078	4.0	11.3	12.4
Jordan	01,801	075	4.0	11.3 (2002)	11.4 (2003)
Venezuela	04,009	059	4.0	11.3 (2000)	11.0 (2004)
Burkina Faso	00,253	-----	4.0	11.4	11.4
Mali (WAEMU)	00,258	-----	4.0	11.4 (2002)	10.6 (2004)
Saudi Arabia	09,038	072	3.0	11.4 (2000)	07.3 (2004)
Togo (WAEMU)	00,292	-----	3.5	11.5 (2002)	14.0 (2004)
Suriname (CARICOM)	02,257	-----	4.0	11.7	11.7
Yemen	00,553	-----	4.0	11.7 (2000)	12.6 (2003)
Argentina	07,165	040	3.0	11.9 (2002)	06.3 (2004)
Ivory Coast (WAEMU)	00,597	-----	4.0	12.0 (2002)	10.7 (2004)
Zimbabwe	00,351	111	5.0	12.0 (2001)	18.9 (2002)
Fiji	02,328	-----	4.0	12.4	12.4
Paraguay	01,407	074	3.0	12.5 (2001)	05.2 (2004)
Congo Dem. Rep.	00,087	-----	-----	12.6	15.6
Peru	02,131	053	3.5	12.6 (2000)	08.9 (2004)
Benin (WAEMU)	00,392	-----	4.5	12.7	15.5
Gambia	00,324	-----	4.5	12.7	12.7
China	01,179	060	3.0	12.8 (2001)	06.0 (2004)
Mauritius	04,167	-----	4.5	13.0 (2002)	15.8 (2005)
Belize (CARICOM)	03,635	-----	4.5	13.3	13.3
Laos	00,352	-----	4.5	13.5	12.2
Oman	07,876	067	4.5	13.6	06.7
Egypt	01,622	080	4.5	13.7	13.4
Macedonia	01,740	089	3.5	13.8 (2001)	08.1 (2004)
Chad	00,218	-----	4.5	14.0	14.2
Equatorial Guinea	03,716	-----	4.5	14.0	14.0
Niger (WAEMU)	00,178	-----	4.5	14.1 (2002)	13.7 (2004)
Guinea-Bissau (WAEMU)	00,135	-----	4.5	14.3 (2001)	13.6 (2004)
Nepal	00,241	-----	5.0	14.3 (2002)	15.6 (2004)
Kenya	00,341	-----	4.0	14.4 (2002)	10.3 (2004)
Burundi	00,100	-----	4.5	14.5	23.5
Gabon (CEMAC)	03,865	-----	4.5	14.9	15.8
Cameroon	00,634	-----	5.0	15.1	15.8
Pakistan	00,546	093	4.5	15.2 (2002)	13.0 (2004)
Algeria	01,916	081	4.0	15.3 (2002)	12.0 (2003)
Tanzania	00,309	109	3.5	15.4 (2000)	08.2 (2003)
Syria	01,135	097	5.0	15.5 (2002)	35.0 (2003)
Cambodia	00,313	-----	4.0	15.8	16.5
Bangladesh	00,395	077	5.0	15.9	15.9
Sierra Leone	00,141	-----	4.5	15.9 (2002)	13.3 (2004)
Barbados (CARICOM)	09,256	033	4.0	16.5	16.5
Ethiopia	00,102	-----	4.5	16.5 (2001)	13.5 (2002)
Nigeria	00,357	108	5.0	16.9	15.8
Vietnam	00,470	061	4.5	17.4 (2001)	13.7 (2004)
Congo Repub (CEMAC)	00,943	-----	5.0	17.8	18.0
Central African Rep.	00,229	-----	5.0	17.9	20.0
Guinea	00,431	-----	5.0	18.6	13.9
Djibouti	00,848	-----	5.0	21.0	21.0
India	00,511	073	5.0	21.0 (2001)	28.0 (2004)
Tunisia	02,214	083	5.0	23.2	27.4
Libya	04,083	070	5.0	25.2	15.9
Morocco	01,278	065	5.0	28.2 (2002)	24.9 (2003)
Cape Verde	01,290	-----	5.0	31.0 (2002)	24.4 (2003)
Bahamas	16,067	-----	5.0	34.0	34.0
Burma (Myanmar)	00,154	-----	5.0	37.0 ?	03.9 or 04.55 ?

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TABLE 3:

Ranked according to weighted average tariff, column 6, from lowest to highest (from the most free-trade to the least). The difference between this table and the previous is that Table 2 ranks countries according to the data from column 5, while the following table ranks them according to the data from column 6. The results are similar, but there are some discrepancies, Burma (Myanmar) being an extreme case.

1	2	3	4	5	6
Country	GDP per capita	quality-of-life index	Trade Score	weighted average tariff rate %	weighted average tariff rate %
Hong Kong	27,114	018	1.0	00.0	00.0
Singapore	25,186	011	1.0	00.0	00.0
Estonia (EU)	07,475	068	2.0	00.053	00.053
Norway (EU)	39,259	003	2.0	00.7 (2002)	00.4 (2004)
Switzerland	34,369	002	2.0	01.5	00.8
Canada	24,568	014	2.0	00.9	01.1
Taiwan	13,569	021	2.0	03.3 (2002)	01.64 (2004)
Turkmenistan	00,989	102	2.5	02.9	01.7
United States	36,067	013	2.0	02.6 (2002)	01.8 (2004)
Israel	17,014	038	2.0	04.0 (1993)	02.0 (2003)
Turkey	03,082	050	2.0	04.5 (1999)	02.0 (2003)
Japan	39,941	017	2.0	02.2 (2002)	02.4 (2004)
Armenia	00,884	085	2.0	02.2	02.5
Philippines	01,047	044	2.5	02.8 (2002)	02.6 (2003)
Madagascar	00,233	-----	2.5	03.6	02.9
New Zealand	19,243	015	2.5	02.8 (2002)	02.9 (2004)
Poland (EU)	04,885	048	2.0	02.9	02.9
Croatia	04,751	049	2.5	09.8 (2001)	03.3 (2004)
Iceland	32,758	007	2.5	03.4	03.4
Botswana (SACU)	03,532	104	1.5	03.6	03.6
Kuwait	16,738	055	2.5	03.9 (2002)	03.6 (2003)
Lesotho (SACU)	00,530	-----	2.5	03.6	03.6
Namibia (SACU)	01,845	-----	2.5	03.6	03.6
South Africa (SACU)	03,026	092	2.5	03.6	03.6
Swaziland (SACU)	01,358	-----	2.5	03.6	03.6
Chile	05,872	031	1.5	02.9 (2003)	03.7 (2004)
Nicaragua	00,767	076	2.5	02.3 (2002)	03.7 (2004)
Australia	22,103	006	2.5	03.9 (2002)	03.8 (2004)
Moldova	00,370	099	2.5	02.8	03.9
Mongolia	00,424	-----	2.5	04.0	04.0
Czech Republic (EU)	06,133	034	2.0	04.1	04.1
Burma (Myanmar)	00,154	-----	5.0	37.0 ?	03.9 or 04.55 ?
Malaysia	04,011	036	2.5	04.6 (2001)	04.2 (2003)
Mexico	05,877	032	2.5	04.9 (2002)	04.2 (2004)
Qatar	30,013	041	3.0	05.2	04.2
Uzbekistan	00,610	106	03.0	04.2	04.2
El Salvador	02,129	056	2.5	06.1 (2001)	04.3 (2004)
Kyrgyz Republic	00,305	103	2.5	07.8 (2002)	04.3 (2003)
Uruguay	05,235	046	2.5	06.5 (2001)	04.3 (2004)
Ukraine	00,812	098	2.5	03.9	04.4
Malta (EU)	09,568	028	2.0	04.64	04.64
Guatemala	01,675	090	2.5	05.8 (2001)	04.9 (2004)
Trinidad & Tobago (CARICOM)	07,520	051	2.5	02.9 (2002)	04.9 (2003)
Iraq	-----	-----	-----	05.0	05.0
United Arab Emirates	19,717	069	2.5	04.0	05.0
Indonesia	00,781	071	3.0	03.9 (2001)	05.2 (2003)
Paraguay	01,407	074	3.0	12.5 (2001)	05.2 (2004)
Uganda	00,277	101	3.0	06.8 (2002)	05.5 (2004)
Korea, South	12,783	030	3.5	10.0	05.7
Panama	04,167	047	3.0	06.9	05.7
Cyprus	12,647	023	2.0	05.73	05.73
Costa Rica	04,410	035	2.5	03.8	05.8
China	01,179	060	3.0	12.8 (2001)	06.0 (2004)
Slovak Republic (EU)	04,235	045	2.0	06.1	06.1
Azerbaijan	00,865	086	3.0	07.9 (2001)	06.2 (2002)
Argentina	07,165	040	3.0	11.9 (2002)	06.3 (2004)
Bosnia & Herzegovina	01,225	094	2.5	04.9	06.6
Rwanda	00,260	-----	3.0	06.6	06.6
Oman	07,876	067	4.5	13.6	06.7
Sri Lanka	00,921	043	3.0	04.2 (2001)	06.8 (2004)
Romania	01,963	058	3.5	08.3	07.3
Saudi Arabia	09,038	072	3.0	11.4 (2000)	07.3 (2004)
Hungary (EU)	05,333	037	2.0	07.5	07.5
Bahrain	10,889	062	3.5	07.7	07.7
Honduras	00,927	091	3.5	07.3 (2001)	07.8 (2004)
Kazakhstan	01,673	096	3.5	10.0 (2002)	07.9 (2004)
Belarus	01,513	100	3.5	08.9	08.0
Brazil	03,510	039	3.5	09.9 (2002)	08.0 (2004)
Lebanon	03,925	-----	3.0	06.3 (2002)	08.0 (2005)
Macedonia	01,740	089	3.5	13.8 (2001)	08.1 (2004)
Tanzania	00,309	109	3.5	15.4 (2000)	08.2 (2003)
Tajikistan	00,208	107	3.0	07.1 (2002)	08.3 (2003)
Thailand	02,276	042	3.5	08.7 (2001)	08.3 (2003)
Russia	02,138	105	3.5	08.7	08.4
Angola	00,814	-----	3.5	08.5	08.5
Georgia	00,777	087	3.5	09.9 (1999)	08.7 (2004)
Bolivia	01,017	082	3.0	05.3	08.8
Dominican Republic	02,413	079	3.5	10.1 (2001)	08.8 (2004)
Peru	02,131	053	3.5	12.6 (2000)	08.9 (2004)
Ecuador	01,368	052	3.5	10.5 (2002)	09.0 (2004)
Haiti	00,467	110	2.5	02.9	09.0
Mauritania	00,372	-----	4.0	11.2	09.0
Senegal	00,485	-----	3.5	08.4 (2002)	09.2 (2004)
Cuba	02,516	-----	3.5	09.9	09.4
Zambia	00,354	-----	3.5	08.4 (2001)	09.4 (2003)
Bulgaria	01,835	057	3.5	01.5 (2002)	09.6 (2004)
Colombia	02,017	054	3.5	10.1 (2002)	09.6 (2004)
Jamaica (CARICOM)	03,156	064	3.5	07.8 (2001)	09.8 (2003)
Mozambique	00,255	-----	3.5	09.4 (2002)	09.9 (2003)
Kenya	00,341	-----	4.0	14.4 (2002)	10.3 (2004)
Guyana (CARICOM)	00,942	-----	4.0	10.6	10.6
Mali (WAEMU)	00,258	-----	4.0	11.4 (2002)	10.6 (2004)
Ivory Coast (WAEMU)	00,597	-----	4.0	12.0 (2002)	10.7 (2004)
Venezuela	04,009	059	4.0	11.3 (2000)	11.0 (2004)
Burkina Faso	00,253	-----	4.0	11.4	11.4
Jordan	01,801	075	4.0	11.3 (2002)	11.4 (2003)
Suriname (CARICOM)	02,257	-----	4.0	11.7	11.7
Algeria	01,916	081	4.0	15.3 (2002)	12.0 (2003)
Laos	00,352	-----	4.5	13.5	12.2
Albania	01,392	078	4.0	11.3	12.4
Fiji	02,328	-----	4.0	12.4	12.4
Malawi	00,157	-----	4.0	10.2	12.5
Yemen	00,553	-----	4.0	11.7 (2000)	12.6 (2003)
Gambia	00,324	-----	4.5	12.7	12.7
Pakistan	00,546	093	4.5	15.2 (2002)	13.0 (2004)
Belize (CARICOM)	03,635	-----	4.5	13.3	13.3
Sierra Leone	00,141	-----	4.5	15.9 (2002)	13.3 (2004)
Egypt	01,622	080	4.5	13.7	13.4
Ethiopia	00,102	-----	4.5	16.5 (2001)	13.5 (2002)
Guinea-Bissau (WAEMU)	00,135	-----	4.5	14.3 (2001)	13.6 (2004)
Niger (WAEMU)	00,178	-----	4.5	14.1 (2002)	13.7 (2004)
Vietnam	00,470	061	4.5	17.4 (2001)	13.7 (2004)
Guinea	00,431	-----	5.0	18.6	13.9
Equatorial Guinea	03,716	-----	4.5	14.0	14.0
Togo (WAEMU)	00,292	-----	3.5	11.5 (2002)	14.0 (2004)
Chad	00,218	-----	4.5	14.0	14.2
Ghana	00,276	095	4.5	09.5 (2000)	14.8 (2004)
Iran	01,715	088	4.5	03.1 (2000)	14.8 (2004)
Benin (WAEMU)	00,392	-----	4.5	12.7	15.5
Congo Dem. Rep.	00,087	-----	-----	12.6	15.6
Nepal	00,241	-----	5.0	14.3 (2002)	15.6 (2004)
Cameroon	00,634	-----	5.0	15.1	15.8
Gabon (CEMAC)	03,865	-----	4.5	14.9	15.8
Mauritius	04,167	-----	4.5	13.0 (2002)	15.8 (2005)
Nigeria	00,357	108	5.0	16.9	15.8
Bangladesh	00,395	077	5.0	15.9	15.9
Libya	04,083	070	5.0	25.2	15.9
Barbados (CARICOM)	09,256	033	4.0	16.5	16.5
Cambodia	00,313	-----	4.0	15.8	16.5
Congo Repub (CEMAC)	00,943	-----	5.0	17.8	18.0
Zimbabwe	00,351	111	5.0	12.0 (2001)	18.9 (2002)
Central African Rep.	00,229	-----	5.0	17.9	20.0
Djibouti	00,848	-----	5.0	21.0	21.0
Burundi	00,100	-----	4.5	14.5	23.5
Cape Verde	01,290	-----	5.0	31.0 (2002)	24.4 (2003)
Morocco	01,278	065	5.0	28.2 (2002)	24.9 (2003)
Tunisia	02,214	083	5.0	23.2	27.4
India	00,511	073	5.0	21.0 (2001)	28.0 (2004)
Bahamas	16,067	-----	5.0	34.0	34.0
Syria	01,135	097	5.0	15.5 (2002)	35.0 (2003)

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