Report of the Secretary-General Landlocked developing countries . . . . . . . . Small island developing States . . . . . . . . . . .
19 1990
1999
2005
21.9 14.4
20.2 12.3
15.5 11.9
a The poverty gap ratio measures the magnitude of poverty. It is the result of multiplying the proportion of people who live below the poverty line (at $1.25 ppp per day) by the difference between the poverty line and the average income of the population living under the poverty line. b High-income economies, as defined by the World Bank, are excluded.
Indicator 1.3
Share of poorest quintile in national consumption (Percentage) 2005a
Northern Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sub-Saharan Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Latin America and the Caribbean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eastern Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Southern Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South-Eastern Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Western Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commonwealth of Independent States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transition countries in South-Eastern Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6.1 3.6 2.9 4.3 7.4 5.7 6.2 7.0 8.2
a High-income economies, as defined by the World Bank, are excluded.
Target 1.B
Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people
Indicator 1.4 Growth rate of gross domestic product (GDP) per person employed
(a) Annual growth rate of GDP per person employed (Percentage) World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Developing regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Northern Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sub-Saharan Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Latin America and the Caribbean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eastern Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Southern Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South-Eastern Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Western Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oceania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commonwealth of Independent States . . . . . . . . . . . . Commonwealth of Independent States, Asia . . . . Commonwealth of Independent States, Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Developed regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transition countries in South-Eastern Europe . . . Least developed countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Landlocked developing countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Small island developing States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1998
2008
1.0 0.7 1.9 –0.7 –0.3 3.4 3.4 –8.6 –0.4 –5.5 –2.7 0.5
2.1 4.5 3.1 2.3 2.9 7.5 4.3 3.2 2.2 3.4 5.7 4.5
–2.7 1.7 0.5 1.0 –1.1 –2.1
6.1 1.6 7.1 3.7 3.4 0.8
(b) GDP per person employed (2005 United States dollars (PPP)) World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Developing regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Northern Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sub-Saharan Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Latin America and the Caribbean . . . . . . . . . . .
1998
2008
17 203 7 597 16 546 4 252 20 063
21 449 11 201 18 977 5 258 21 659
Eastern Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Southern Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South-Eastern Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Western Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oceania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commonwealth of Independent States . . . . . . . . Commonwealth of Independent States, Asia Commonwealth of Independent States, Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . Developed regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transition countries in South-Eastern Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Least developed countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Landlocked developing countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Small island developing States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1998
2008
5 307 4 873 6 835 34 676 5 645 12 547 6 354
11 097 7 427 9 336 43 021 5 434 22 191 11 897
14 264 25 563 60 181 71 301 14 267 24 971 2 065 2 910 3 438 4 973 18 320 23 528
Indicator 1.5
Employment-to-population ratio (a) Total (Percentage) World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Developing regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Northern Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sub-Saharan Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Latin America and the Caribbean . . . . . . . . Eastern Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eastern Asia excluding China . . . . . . . . . . Southern Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Southern Asia excluding India . . . . . . . . . South-Eastern Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Western Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oceania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commonwealth of Independent States . . . . . Commonwealth of Independent States, Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commonwealth of Independent States, Europe . . . . . . . . . . Developed regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transition countries in South-Eastern Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Least developed countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Landlocked developing countries . . . . . . . . . . . Small island developing States . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1991
2000
2008
62.5 64.6 42.7 64.4 55.0 74.8 60.1 58.8 58.2 67.8 48.3 67.7 58.0
61.6 63.3 42.3 64.0 58.5 73.7 59.1 56.5 55.9 66.5 46.2 68.3 53.8
61.1 62.5 45.1 64.3 61.3 71.3 60.2 55.9 57.5 65.8 44.5 68.3 57.7
57.1
55.6
58.4
58.3 56.5
53.3 56.6
57.5 56.1
52.4 70.7 65.9 53.5
51.7 69.2 65.8 56.1
47.9 69.1 67.8 57.3
Men Women
Youth
(b) Men, women and youth, 2008 (Percentage) World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Developing regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Northern Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sub-Saharan Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Latin America and the Caribbean . . . . . . Eastern Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eastern Asia excluding China . . . . . . . . Southern Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Southern Asia excluding India . . . . . . . South-Eastern Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Western Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oceania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commonwealth of Independent States . . . Commonwealth of Independent States, Asia . . . . . . . . . . . Commonwealth of Independent States, Europe . . . . . . . .
73.0 75.5 67.9 73.8 74.9 75.5 70.0 77.3 78.4 78.2 66.5 72.8 63.6
49.3 49.2 22.7 55.2 48.3 67.0 50.8 33.3 35.9 53.6 20.8 63.9 52.7
44.4 45.1 26.1 48.6 45.2 53.5 32.6 41.1 46.2 45.9 26.9 53.1 34.6
64.2
53.1
37.4
63.4
52.6
33.1