Country Groupings

Population

GDP at market prices

Merchandise exports

in 1998

As % of

in 1998

As % of

in 1980 as %

in 1998

As % of

in 1980 as %

(Million)

world pop

($ Million)

world GDP

of world GDP

($ Million)

world exports

of wld exports

LDCs

619

10,5

177498

0,6

1,1

25216

0,5

0,8

HIPCs

602

10,2

180908

0,6

1,7

44325

0,8

1,3

HIPCs+LDCs

804

13,6

239933

0,8

1,9

63354

1,2

2,8

SSAs

628

10,7

334144

1,2

2,5

66671

1,3

3,5

Memo:

All developing countries

5058

85,8

6201410

21,5

28,4

1712414

32,4

32,2

Note: See Table 1a-bis for the classifications of country groupings.

Sources: Population and GDP data from World Bank, World Development Indicator database and export data from UN COMTRADE Statistics.