Summary of World Output
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Summary of World Output (Annual Percent Change)
| Ten-Year Averages | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 1987-96 | 1997-2006 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| World | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| Advanced economies | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 3.0 |
| United States | 2.9 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Euro area | … | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 2.3 |
| Japan | 3.2 | 0.9 | 1.7 | -1.1 | …. | 2.4 | 0.2 | -0.3 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 1.9 |
| Other Advanced economics | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| Other emerging market and developing countries |
3.9 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 7.2 | 6.3 | 6.0 |
| Regional group | ||||||||||||
| Africa | 2.2 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.4 |
| Central and eastern Europe | 0.9 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 4.9 | 0.2 | 44.4 | 4.6 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Commonwealth of Independent States | … | 5.2 | 1.1 | -3.5 | 5.1 | 9.1 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 6.5 | 6.0 |
| Developing Asia | 7.8 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 4.1 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 7.0 |
| Middle East | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.9 |
| Western Hemisphere | 2.8 | 2.8 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 3.9 | 0.5 | -0.1 | 2.2 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 3.7 |
| Memorandum European Union |
2.2 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| Analytical groups | ||||||||||||
| By source of export earning | ||||||||||||
| Fuel | 2.6 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 6.2 |
| Nonfuel | 4.0 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 7.2 | 6.3 | 6.0 |
| of which primary products | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.3 |
| By exernal financing source | ||||||||||||
| Net debtor countries | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| of which, official financing | 4.4 | 3.4 | 5.0 | -0.5 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
| Net debtor countries by debt- servicing experience |
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| Countries with arrears and/or rescheduling during 1999-2003 |
4.0 | 3.9 | 5.3 | -0.5 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
| Memorandom | ||||||||||||
| Median growth rate | ||||||||||||
| Advanced economies | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| other emerging market and developing countries |
3.2 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| Output per capital | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| World growth based on market exchange rates |
2.6 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| Value of world output in billions of U.S. dollars |
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| At market exchange rates | 23,744 | 35,274 | 29,768 | 29,529 | 30,638 | 31,455 | 31,410 | 32,410 | 36,327 | 40,671 | 44,168 | 46,573 |
| At purchaseing power parties | 28,778 | 49,104 | 38,351 | 39,790 | 41,827 | 44,729 | 46,866 | 49,015 | 51,824 | 55,655 | 59,560 | 63,420 |
Source: World Development Indicators
- Real GDP.
- In this table,”other advanced economies” means advanced economies excluding the United States, euro area countries, and japan.
- Mongolia, which is not a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States, is included in this group for reasons of geography and similarities in economics structure.
