Table 1

Human development index, urban population and gross domestic product in 15 selected countries

Human Development Index (HDI) rankinga
 Percentage of urban populationb
 Urban population annual growth rateb
 Gross domestic product per capitac








Value
 Annual variation (%)


2000
(1)
 2000
(2)
 198s0–2000
(3)
 2000
(4)
 1980–2000
(5)
Central & Western Africa
     1. Burkina Faso
 46
 16.7
 6.4
 270
 1.2
     2. Cameroon
 16
 49.0
 5.1
 664
 -0.4
     3. Chad
 41
 23.8
 4.0
 205
 0.7
     4. Côte d'Ivoire
 28
 43.6
 4.4
 821
 -1.7
     5. Ghana
 12
 43.9
 4.7
 407
 0.3
     6. Nigeria
 25
 44.1
 5.5
 255
 -1.0
     7. Togo
 22
 33.4
 5.0
 320
 -1.9
Eastern & Southern Africa
     8. Kenya
 18
 35.9
 7.4
 328
 -0.1
     9. Madagascar
 20
 26.0
 4.6
 246
 -1.7
     10. Malawi
 37
 15.1
 5.7
 168
 0.2
     11. Mozambique
 42
 32.1
 6.6
 191
 0.9
     12. Tanzania
 30
 32.3
 7.2
 192
 0.5
     13. Uganda
 32
 12.0
 4.8
 339
 2.1
     14. Zambia
 27
 35.1
 2.2
 404
 -1.8
     15. Zimbabwe
 13
 33.6
 5.0
 619
 0.1






All 15 countries
 NApd
 35.6
 5.4
 323
 -0.7
Sub-Saharan Africa
 NAp
 34.0
 4.7
 572
 -0.8
Developing countries
 NAp
 40.5
 3.5
 NAve
 NAv

aRanking within 48 African countries. Countries are ranked in decreasing order of human development index. Source: United Nations Development Program, 2000.

bSource: United Nations, 2004.

cAt constant 1995 US$. Available data for Uganda and Tanzania start in 1982 and 1988 respectively. Source: World Bank, 2004.

dNAp: Not applicable;eNAv: Not available.

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