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| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 25.0 | 30.5 | 33.5 | 36.1 | 39.4 | 40.7 | 42.2 | 43.8 | 45.8 | 47.2 | 49.1 | 48.1 | 49.2 | 34.1 |
| Solomon Islands | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 21.7 | 49.7 | 52.7 | 54.3 | 61.1 | 66.4 | 62.9 | 67.9 | 68.0 | 65.7 | 63.7 | 62.2 | 62.1 | |
| Haiti | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 5.5 | 40.8 | 42.4 | 60.5 | 70.0 | 65.3 | 69.4 | 60.9 | 58.3 | 60.2 | 61.6 | 65.1 | 64.3 | 65.2 | |
| Yemen, Rep. | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 10.0 | 41.4 | 42.3 | 48.9 | 57.5 | 56.6 | 48.2 | 51.2 | 46.4 | 44.9 | 43.4 | 42.0 | 47.8 | 46.5 | 50.9 |
| Afghanistan | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 36.1 | 47.0 | 50.2 | 53.1 | 56.1 | 58.3 | 62.3 | 67.1 | 59.8 | 59.6 | 58.0 | 56.7 | 56.3 | 55.5 |
| Central African Republic | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 21.8 | 21.7 | 24.8 | 29.3 | 25.0 | 26.8 | 26.5 | 24.5 | 26.2 | 32.3 | 36.4 | 35.8 | 38.8 | |
| Chad | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 23.4 | 28.7 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 37.0 | 37.3 | 37.0 | 40.8 | 43.2 | 45.9 | 50.4 | 58.0 | 65.4 | 70.2 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 17.2 | 22.1 | 27.4 | 37.3 | 47.3 | 46.6 | 34.4 | 40.6 | 40.5 | 39.9 | 42.5 | 47.3 | 48.7 | 53.2 |
| Burundi | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 17.9 | 19.7 | 22.3 | 24.3 | 29.6 | 45.2 | 47.7 | 51.5 | 53.3 | 53.3 | 52.6 | 59.7 | 56.3 | 63.2 |
| Guinea | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 38.5 | 45.6 | 51.1 | 66.4 | 75.7 | 91.5 | 92.0 | 94.5 | 94.6 | 98.8 | 103.2 | 100.6 | 108.9 | |
| Comoros | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 25.2 | 32.4 | 41.6 | 49.9 | 53.8 | 58.5 | 61.3 | 62.0 | 64.7 | 73.1 | 97.4 | 104.3 | 100.5 | 109.9 |
| Liberia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 4.8 | 38.7 | 47.9 | 54.4 | 57.1 | 70.7 | 78.4 | 65.5 | 54.9 | 38.4 | 32.1 | 31.4 | 32.1 | ||
| Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 11.7 | 69.4 | 75.5 | 77.1 | 81.0 | 90.1 | 100.6 | 105.6 | 118.8 | 123.1 | 132.6 | 138.7 | 150.3 | 161.2 | 172.0 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 43.2 | 45.6 | 63.5 | 55.4 | 63.7 | 69.3 | 70.2 | 76.4 | 77.0 | 80.8 | 95.1 | 108.6 | 125.9 | 128.1 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 56.5 | 62.0 | 64.5 | 64.9 | 65.3 | 92.4 | 87.4 | 84.1 | 77.4 | 77.7 | 80.1 | 85.3 | 86.8 | 63.5 |
| Sierra Leone | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 32.1 | 33.5 | 33.7 | 59.6 | 69.2 | 80.4 | 87.1 | 89.8 | 84.1 | 87.0 | 87.0 | 101.6 | 107.9 | ||
| Somalia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 14.6 | 18.5 | 40.3 | 41.2 | 42.3 | 46.4 | 47.7 | 49.5 | 51.3 | 53.1 | 51.2 | 49.7 | 54.0 |
| Togo | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 7.4 | 38.7 | 39.0 | 46.6 | 58.5 | 60.4 | 63.4 | 70.1 | 75.3 | 74.4 | 73.7 | 75.2 | 70.4 | 72.2 | 75.8 |
| Timor-Leste | 0.0 | 3.5 | 43.6 | 55.3 | 54.7 | 56.1 | 116.4 | 114.2 | 121.5 | 124.4 | 115.1 | 109.6 | 103.9 | 102.7 | 108.2 | 112.6 | ||
| South Sudan | 15.4 | 17.5 | 21.4 | 25.6 | 25.6 | 26.1 | 24.9 | 27.2 | 18.9 | 21.3 | 30.2 | 48.5 | 46.6 |