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Sub-Sahara Africa (30 Economies)
Output Per Capita Input Per Capita Productivity
Group 1989 1995 2001 1989 1995 2001 1989 1995 2001
Benin 2.6 2.7 3.2 14.8 14.5 16.9 17.4 18.8 18.9
Botswana 21.0 22.6 28.4 32.6 37.1 44.7 64.4 60.8 63.5
Burkina Faso 3.0 3.1 3.4 13.6 14.8 16.9 21.8 20.7 20.2
Cameroon 7.3 5.2 6.0 15.4 15.5 15.8 47.2 33.7 38.1
Central African Republic 3.8 3.3 3.4 17.3 17.7 18.1 21.7 18.9 18.7
Chad 3.3 2.9 3.0 16.3 16.1 18.8 20.5 18.3 15.9
Congo, Rep. 3.4 2.9 2.8 13.0 13.2 13.4 26.5 22.3 21.3
Cote d’Ivoire 5.8 5.0 5.1 19.0 18.0 17.8 30.3 27.9 28.7
Ethiopia 2.0 1.9 2.3 11.4 11.7 12.3 17.8 16.4 18.8
Gabon 23.3 23.7 22.7 36.9 34.6 34.6 63.2 68.4 65.7
Gambia, The 5.6 5.1 5.7 15.0 16.4 17.9 37.4 31.2 31.6
Ghana 5.0 5.5 6.3 16.7 17.8 21.9 30.1 30.7 29.0
Guinea 6.8 7.2 7.9 19.9 20.6 21.9 34.0 34.9 36.3
Kenya 3.2 3.0 2.9 13.2 14.2 16.3 23.9 21.3 17.8
Madagascar 2.8 2.4 2.6 14.4 14.7 15.7 19.3 16.3 16.3
Malawi 1.5 1.6 1.7 14.2 14.0 13.0 10.5 11.7 12.7
Mali 2.7 2.6 3.1 14.6 15.0 16.0 18.3 17.2 19.1
Mauritius 21.9 27.8 35.8 35.8 43.3 50.4 61.0 64.2 71.0
Mozambique 1.6 1.7 2.5 9.4 10.2 12.3 17.3 16.8 20.2
Namibia 19.9 21.2 21.8 36.4 34.5 32.3 54.7 61.4 67.6
Niger 2.7 2.2 2.3 12.5 11.8 11.6 21.4 19.0 19.4
Nigeria 2.4 2.5 2.5 9.3 9.9 11.6 26.1 25.1 21.8
Senegal 4.9 4.7 5.5 17.0 18.0 20.2 28.9 26.2 27.2
South Africa 29.5 27.1 27.7 32.3 34.1 32.7 91.4 79.4 84.6
Swaziland 14.8 15.3 15.5 26.9 28.7 31.3 55.0 53.4 49.3
Tanzania 1.1 1.1 1.2 10.9 11.6 12.0 9.9 9.1 9.9
Togo 5.6 4.9 4.6 16.7 16.7 16.6 33.7 29.6 27.3
Uganda 3.3 4.0 4.9 16.6 17.6 19.4 19.8 22.9 25.3
Zambia 3.7 2.9 3.1 18.7 16.7 16.2 19.6 17.3 19.0
Zimbabwe 12.6 12.4 11.2 24.4 27.8 28.8 51.7 44.5 38.8
All Group 5.8 5.4 5.7 15.0 15.6 16.6 38.5 34.8 34.1