World Development Report 1984
World Development Report 1984
World Development Report 1984
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same order is used in all tables. The alphabetical measures are separately shown for China and<br />
list in the key shows the reference number of each India and for other low-income economies. And<br />
economy; italics indicate those economies placed because trade in oil affects the economic characterat<br />
the end of a group due to the unavailability of istics and performance of middle-income econo-<br />
GNP per capita figures. Countries with popula- mies, summary measures are also shown for oil<br />
tions of less than a million are not reported in the importers and for oil exporters. Moreover, the<br />
tables, largely for lack of comprehensive data. The group of middle-income economies is divided into<br />
technical note to Table I shows some basic indica- lower and upper categories to provide more meantors<br />
for 34 small countries that are members of the ingful summary measures.<br />
United Nations, the <strong>World</strong> Bank, or both. The weights used in computing the summary<br />
Summary measures-totals, median values, or measures are described in the technical notes. The<br />
weighted averages-were calculated for the econ- letter w after a summary measure indicates that it<br />
omy groups only if data were adequate and mean- is a weighted average; the letter m, that it is a<br />
ingful statistics could be obtained. Because China median value; the letter t, that it is a total. The<br />
and India heavily influence the overall summary median is the middle value of a data set arranged<br />
measures for the low-income economies, summary in order of magnitude. Because the coverage of<br />
Groups of economies<br />
The colors on the map show what<br />
group a country has been placed in on ,<br />
the basis of its GNP per capita and, in<br />
some instances, its distinguishing -~ - - ,<br />
economic characteristics. For example,<br />
all low-income economies, those with ..<br />
a GNP per capita of less than $410, are ;.<br />
colored yellow. The groups are the<br />
same as those used in the 28 tables ' ,,,,,,n.that<br />
follow, and they include only the<br />
126 countries with a population of i<br />
more than 1 million. I<br />
214<br />
Low-income economies<br />
2 Middle-income oil importers<br />
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Industrial market economies<br />
East European nonmarket economies<br />
Z Not included in the Indicators<br />
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Samoa<br />
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