Table 2: Iraq's Imports per Capita

Sources: Word Bank (1995), World Development Report, IMF (1994) International Financial Statistics Yearbook.

^a All comparative data for various country groups are for 1993.

^b As classified in the World Development Report 1995.

^c Ten poorest countries for which comparable data were available: Mozambique, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, Burundi, Uganda, Nepal, Malawi, Chad and Rwanda.

^d Mauritania, Egypt and Yemen were the three members of the Arab League in the Low Income Country group.

^e The food-for-oil (FFO) deal would allow Iraq to import humanitarian supplies upto the value of $2.6 billion a year.

	Population (millions)	GNP per capita (US $)	Imports per capita (US $)
Iraq 1987-90	17	-	584
Iraq 1991-94	19	-	20
Low Income Countries^b	3,039	380	61
Poorest 10 Countries^c	167	133	37
Low Income Arab Countries^d	84	650	157
Lower Middle Income Countries^b	1,096	1590	304
Upper Middle Income Countries^b	501	4370	781
Iraq under FFO^e	20	-	150

Table 2: Iraq's Imports per Capita

Some Comparisonsa

Some Comparisons^a