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SEPTEMBER 29, 2000 VOL. 26 NO. 38 | SEARCH ASIAWEEK
The Bottom Line
Ranked By Infant mortality
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| Singapore | 3 | 8.0% | $27,740 | $22,710 | 3.9 | 0.7% | 1.2% | $127b. | $20.7b. | $75.2b. | 50% | 2.0 | 78 | 667 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 10.8% | $21,830 | $23,597 | 7.0 | 2.3% | -3.2% | $185b. | $9.2b. | $96.3b. | 30% | 1.5 | 79 | 772 |
| Japan | 4 | 1.0% | $23,480 | $34,715 | 126.8 | 0.3% | -0.5% | $442b. | $117.5b. | $338.1b. | 30% | 1.5 | 80 | 522 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 5.4% | $17,495 | $13,248 | 22.1 | 0.8% | 1.5% | $130b. | $6.1b. | $113.1b. | 26% | 1.8 | 75 | 807 |
| Australia | 5 | 4.7% | $20,770 | $20,142 | 19.1 | 1.2% | 3.2% | $58.5b. | -$20.9b. | $16.0b. | 21% | 1.5 | 78 | 400 |
| France | 5 | 3.4% | $23,030 | $24,018 | 59.3 | 0.5% | 1.8% | $292b. | $36.7b. | $38.5b. | 21% | 1.5 | 78 | 320 |
| Germany | 5 | 3.1% | $22,140 | $25,488 | 82.6 | 0.3% | 1.8% | $541b. | -$21.1b. | $61.7b. | 23% | 1.8 | 76 | 286 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 3.4% | $26,420 | $37,145 | 7.2 | 0.6% | 1.3% | $93.9b. | $29.2b. | $30.1b. | 27% | 1.1 | 79 | 585 |
| Britain | 6 | 3.1% | $20,890 | $24,770 | 59.1 | 0.3% | 3.0% | $267b. | -$17.5b. | $30.1b. | 15% | 1.9 | 77 | 581 |
| Canada | 6 | 5.3% | $24,870 | $20,242 | 30.6 | 0.9% | 2.5% | $254b. | $2.2b. | $29.9b. | 21% | 1.3 | 79 | 446 |
| Italy | 6 | 3.0% | $20,840 | $20,115 | 57.8 | 0.1% | 2.7% | $232b. | -$1.6b. | $25.5b. | 22% | 1.9 | 78 | 195 |
| Macau | 6 | -2.9% | $17,500 | $14,145 | 0.4 | 2.0% | -1.5% | $2.2b. | $2.3b. | $2.3b. | 28% | 1.5 | 76 | 495 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 5.5% | $17,025 | $13,020 | 3.8 | 1.0% | 2.0% | $13.1b. | -$4.5b. | $3.7b. | 23% | 1.4 | 77 | 321 |
| U.S. | 7 | 5.3% | $33,872 | $33,799 | 274.6 | 1.0% | 3.4% | $730b. | -$393.5b. | $56.0b. | 17% | 1.3 | 77 | 387 |
| Brunei | 8 | 2.5% | $20,100 | $20,400 | 0.3 | 3.2% | 1.0% | $2.6b. | $0.8b. | $20.0b. | 35% | 3.8 | 76 | 1,133 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 8.8% | $7,370 | $3,248 | 23.0 | 2.4% | 1.5% | $88.0b. | $12.6b. | $33.4b. | 47% | 5.0 | 72 | 1,477 |
| South Korea | 8 | 9.6% | $12,445 | $8,581 | 47.1 | 0.9% | 2.7% | $167b. | $14.7b. | $91.3b. | 34% | 2.1 | 72 | 855 |
| Sri Lanka | 14 | 6.3% | $2,625 | $827 | 19.1 | 1.2% | 9.9% | $4.7b. | -$0.3b. | $1.4b. | 19% | 27.6 | 73 | 3,935 |
| Russia | 17 | 8.4% | $4,310 | $1,235 | 147.2 | -0.1% | 20.2% | $88.5b. | $31.5b. | $17.7b. | 25% | 5.1 | 68 | 220 |
| Fiji | 20 | 7.8% | $3,580 | $2,219 | 0.8 | 1.5% | -1.0% | $0.5b. | -$0.05b. | $0.4b. | 8% | 8.9 | 73 | 2,080 |
| Saudi Arabia | 21 | 0.5% | $10,265 | $6,648 | 20.9 | 2.8% | -1.0% | $48.5b. | -$1.7b. | $16.8b. | 30% | 7.0 | 70 | 698 |
| Mexico | 26 | 7.6% | $8,420 | $4,838 | 98.2 | 1.9% | 9.1% | $154b. | -$14.8b. | $31.9b. | 26% | 7.6 | 74 | 578 |
| Thailand | 26 | 5.2% | $6,020 | $1,949 | 62.6 | 1.5% | 2.2% | $63.5b. | $11.0b. | $31.1b. | 33% | 12.1 | 69 | 4,361 |
| Vietnam | 29 | 4.0% | $1,755 | $370 | 80.3 | 2.3% | -1.2% | $10.0b. | $0.7b. | $2.1b. | 25% | 38.8 | 68 | 2,298 |
| China | 31 | 8.3% | $3,275 | $783 | 1,275.0 | 1.0% | 0.3% | $219b. | $15.7b. | $158.0b. | 39% | 11.6 | 71 | 1,034 |
| Iran | 32 | 2.6% | $5,545 | $2,500 | 68.5 | 3.4% | 19.3% | $16.2b. | -$1.9b. | $5.0b. | 30% | 8.2 | 70 | 3,140 |
| Brazil | 34 | 3.9% | $6,400 | $4,710 | 165.9 | 1.9% | 6.3% | $52.6b. | -$23.8b. | $29.3b. | 18% | 6.6 | 68 | 847 |
| Philippines | 35 | 4.5% | $3,380 | $1,046 | 75.8 | 2.0% | 4.6% | $36.4b. | $8.0b. | $14.1b. | 15% | 27.0 | 68 | 1,016 |
| Egypt | 40 | 5.3% | $3,075 | $1,390 | 65.5 | 2.2% | 2.8% | $5.7b. | -$1.5b. | $14.0b. | 12% | 16.6 | 65 | 1,316 |
| Indonesia | 47 | 4.1% | $2,940 | $617 | 209.4 | 1.6% | 6.1% | $55.4b. | $4.7b. | $26.3b. | 26% | 34.4 | 65 | 6,786 |
| South Africa | 48 | 2.5% | $7,660 | $2,979 | 43.5 | 2.2% | 5.1% | $29.2b. | -$0.8b. | $6.4b. | 17% | 6.9 | 65 | 1,750 |
| Kenya | 50 | 1.8% | $1,135 | $325 | 32.2 | 3.4% | 5.5% | $2.0b. | -$0.4b. | $0.8b. | 13% | 62.7 | 59 | 9,851 |
| Mongolia | 52 | 3.5% | $1,520 | $396 | 2.5 | 1.7% | 4.4% | $0.5b. | -$0.1b. | $0.2b. | 19% | 24.2 | 65 | 364 |
| P. N. Guinea | 53 | 3.9% | $2,700 | $800 | 4.4 | 2.3% | 13.2% | $1.9b. | $0.09b. | $0.2b. | 29% | 49.0 | 57 | 12,500 |
| Maldives | 55 | 6.8% | $3,395 | $1,167 | 0.3 | 3.0% | -5.1% | $0.1b. | -$0.02b. | $0.1b. | 11% | 12.5 | 67 | 5,330 |
| Turkey | 62 | 5.8% | $6,655 | $2,820 | 65.5 | 2.1% | 53.2% | $30.0b. | -$5.5b. | $24.6b. | 18% | 4.0 | 68 | 955 |
| India | 71 | 7.2% | $1,760 | $436 | 1,000.0 | 1.9% | 5.0% | $39.2b. | -$4.2b. | $33.8b. | 22% | 45.5 | 62 | 2,165 |
| Bangladesh | 75 | 4.4% | $1,040 | $299 | 130.0 | 2.2% | 3.8% | $5.5b. | -$0.3b. | $1.6b. | 19% | 336.5 | 60 | 4,650 |
| Nigeria | 77 | 2.3% | $930 | $340 | 110.6 | 2.9% | -1.7% | $12.9b. | $0.5b. | $4.1b. | 24% | 257.8 | 53 | 5,882 |
| Myanmar | 79 | 4.5% | $1,200 | $765 | 48.9 | 2.1% | 3.6% | $1.2b. | -$0.4b. | $0.3b. | 12% | 194.1 | 60 | 12,500 |
| Nepal | 81 | 3.3% | $1,100 | $225 | 23.4 | 2.3% | 1.8% | $0.6b. | -$0.06b. | $1.0b. | 11% | 112.9 | 57 | 12,612 |
| Pakistan | 88 | 4.5% | $1,570 | $492 | 138.6 | 2.6% | 5.1% | $8.5b. | -$1.8b. | $1.4b. | 15% | 49.0 | 63 | 2,000 |
| Laos | 91 | 4.0% | $1,325 | $263 | 5.4 | 2.9% | 86.7% | $0.4b. | -$0.2b. | $0.1b. | 12% | 153.6 | 53 | 4,381 |
| Cambodia | 103 | 4.0% | $1,240 | $270 | 11.0 | 2.5% | -2.7% | $1.0b. | -$0.1b. | $0.5b. | 4% | 397.1 | 53 | 9,523 |
| Bhutan | 122 | 6.0% | $1,570 | $510 | 0.8 | 2.3% | 9.2% | $0.1b. | -$0.1b. | $0.3b. | 38% | 66.5 | 61 | 4,255 |
| Afghanistan | 164 | 6.0% | $720 | $150 | 21.9 | 1.9% | 14.0% | $0.2b. | -$0.1b. | $0.2b. | 10% | 390.0 | 46 | 7,358 |
Infant Mortality is the number of deaths under age one per 1,000 live births. These figures are the latest available from national and multilateral sources (telephone data from Intl. Telecom. Union). These statistics will appear only occasionally: GDP (PPP), savings, foreign debt, literacy rate, urban population, people per doctor, infant mortality, people per TV and calorie intake. Gross domestic product (GDP) is the value of all goods and services produced in one year. Purchasing Power Parity (PPP, based on World Bank ratios) takes into account price differences between countries, for a more accurate measure of national wealth. Gross National Product (GNP) is GDP plus payments from abroad from investments and labor, minus similar payments to foreigners.
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