Table 1.
Growth per capita, by opportunity category and decade
| Decade | Overall |
Coastal |
Landlocked |
Resource-rich |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 SSA | 56 Other | Difference | 43 SSA | 56 Other | Difference | 43 SSA | 56 Other | Difference | 43 SSA | 56 Other | Difference | |
| 1960s | 1.04 | 2.29 | 1.25 | 1.36 | 2.25 | 0.89 | 0.16 | 0.74 | 0.58 | 2.08 | 3.85 | 1.77 |
| 1970s | 0.86 | 3.23 | 2.37 | 1.32 | 3.18 | 1.86 | −0.31 | 1.26 | 1.57 | 1.42 | 3.89 | 2.47 |
| 1980s | −0.79 | 4.32 | 5.11 | −0.85 | 4.68 | 5.53 | 0.14 | 1.56 | 1.42 | −1.67 | 1.50 | 3.17 |
| 1990–2000 | −0.46 | 4.46 | 4.91 | 0.27 | 4.74 | 4.47 | −1.30 | 1.91 | 3.21 | −0.42 | 2.47 | 2.89 |
| Total | 0.13 | 3.63 | 3.50 | 0.50 | 3.79 | 3.29 | −0.36 | 1.40 | 1.76 | 0.29 | 2.89 | 2.60 |
The sample includes all developing countries with full availability of data. Growth rates are population-weighted. The annual growth rates are population-weighted. Note that the country composition of the group averages changes as the group composition evolves. SSA, Sub-Saharan Africa.