Table 3: Wages and Earnings, 1991 and 1996

Wages and earnings^a	1991	1996	Percentage decline
Self-employed, daily earnings^b Petty vending Unskilled laborer Taxi driver Average change	2.0 4.8 22.0	1.2 3.0 10.0	40 38 55 44
Monthly salaries Pensioner Army recruit Unskilled worker in public enterprise Unskilled worker in private enterprise Postman Middle ranking civil servant Army officer Skilled textile worker private Average change	22 34 52 70 72 80 88 120	9 12 20 40 16 16 48 100	60 65 62 43 78 80 45 17 56

Source: For 1991, Drèze and Gazdar (1992), for 1996, authors' survey.

^a All wages and earnings are in terms of kilogrammes of wheatflour.

^b Expected earnings for a full day's work in given activity.

Table 2: Iraq's Imports per Capita

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