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SOCIAL INDICATORS
LESS POPULOUS COUNTRIES

The indicators used to construct the league tables in The Progress of Nations 1997 include: access to sanitation; per cent reduction in under-5 mortality, 1980-1995; and women at top levels of government. Using the same indicators, the following table shows the progress of those countries with populations of less than 1 million. The regional standing of these less populous countries can be assessed by comparing the figures given here with the relevant league tables. In addition, basic social indicators, also provided in this table, can be compared with the Statistical Profiles on the following pages.

 

  League tables                  
  Access to
sanitation		 % reduction
in under-5
mortality rate
1980–1995 		Women
at top
levels of
government
% 1996		 Total
population
(thousands)
1995		 Population
under 18
(thousands)
1995		 Annual no.
of births
(thousands)
1995		 Annual no. of
under-5 deaths
(thousands)
1995		 Under-5
mortality
rate
1995		 GNP
per capita
($)
1995		 % of
under-5 children
underweight
1981–94		 Primary school
enrolment
(%) a/
1984–94		 Maternal
mortality
rate b/
1990		 Total
fertility
rate
1995
Antigua and Barbuda 96 – 0 66 24 2 0.0 22 6770 10 – – 1.7
Bahamas 85 20 19 279 96 5 0.1 28 11940 – 94 100 2.0
Bahrain 100 52 0 557 203 12 0.2 20 7840 – 100 60 3.2
Barbados 100 65 31 261 73 3 0.0 10 6560 5 78 43 1.7
Belize 57 29 0 213 105 7 0.3 40 2630 – 97 – 3.9
British Virgin Islands 100 – – 19 7 0 0.0 28 8500 – – – –
Brunei Darussalam 99 56 0 293 116 6 0.1 10 14240 – 90 60 2.9
Cape Verde 24 23 13 386 187 12 0.9 73 960 19 100 – 3.7
Comoros 99 39 6 612 327 25 2.5 100 470 – 51 950 5.8
Cook Islands 100 18 – 19 8 1 0.0 28 1550 – – – –
Cyprus 98 50 8 745 224 12 0.1 10 10380 – 96 5 2.3
Djibouti 90 21 0 601 285 23 3.6 158 780 23 32 570 5.6
Dominica 99 – 18 71 25 2 0.0 21 2990 5 – – 2.4
Equatorial Guinea 34 28 5 400 197 16 2.8 175 380 – – 820 5.7
Fiji 100 40 5 784 327 18 0.5 25 2440 – 99 90 2.9
Grenada – – 21 92 33 2 0.1 33 2980 – – – 2.8
Guyana 81 33 6 830 315 19 1.1 59 590 18 – – 2.4
Iceland – 41 15 269 78 4 0.0 5 24950 – – 0 2.2
Kiribati 100 – – 78 36 2 0.2 77 920 – 99 – 3.7
Luxembourg – 43 29 407 86 5 0.0 9 41210 – 85 0 1.7
Maldives 66 37 6 254 135 10 0.8 77 990 39 60 – 6.8
Malta 98 32 0 367 98 5 0.1 12 7970 – 99 0 2.1
Marshall Islands – – 8 55 26 2 0.2 92 1680 – 100 – –
Micronesia (Fed. States of) 100 – 0 123 57 4 0.1 28 1890 – 85 – 4.7
Montserrat 84 – – 11 4 0 0.0 14 3330 – 100 – 2.3
Palau 96 10 10 17 8 1 0.0 35 790 – 100 – –
Qatar 99 58 0 548 172 10 0.2 23 11600 – 81 – 3.9
Saint Kitts and Nevis 100 – 0 41 15 1 0.0 40 5170 – – – 2.5
Saint Lucia – – 9 142 51 3 0.1 22 3370 – 90 – 3.1
Saint Vincent/ Grenadines 98 – 20 112 40 3 0.1 23 2280 – – – 2.4
Samoa 94 – 8 165 75 4 0.2 54 1120 – – 35 4.0
Sao Tome/Principe 11 – 0 133 70 6 0.5 81 350 17 – – 4.8
Seychelles 54 – 33 73 39 3 0.1 20 6620 6 – – 2.6
Solomon Islands 14 45 0 378 194 13 0.4 31 910 – – – 5.2
Suriname 54 39 0 427 172 10 0.3 32 880 – – – 2.5
Swaziland 70 29 0 857 430 32 3.4 107 1170 10 95 560 4.7
Tonga 99 – – 98 42 2 0.0 24 1630 – – – 3.5
Turks and Caicos Islands – – – 14 5 0 0.0 31 780 – – – –
Tuvalu 87 27 – 10 4 0 0.0 56 650 – 98 – –
Vanuatu 43 47 0 169 84 5 0.3 58 1200 20 74 280 4.5

a/ Enrolment is derived from net primary school enrolment rates as reported by UNESCO and national household survey reports of attendance at primary schools.

b/ Several of the maternal mortality rates vary substantially from government estimates. A review of these data will be part of a forthcoming revision of maternal mortality estimates.

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