Table 1.
| Indicator | Southern Africa |
East Africa |
West Africa |
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| Botswana | Mozambique | South Africa | Zimbabwe | Ethiopia | Nigeria | |
| 2005 population (million) | 1·8 | 20·5 | 47·9 | 13.1 | 79 | 141·4 |
| Gross domestic product per capita (US$) | 12,387 | 1,242 | 11,110 | 2,038 | 1,055 | 1,128 |
| Human development index | 0·654 | 0·384 | 0· 674 | 0·513 | 0·406 | 0·470 |
| Human poverty index (%) | 31·4 | 50·6 | 23·5 | 40·3 | 54·9 | 37·3 |
| % of population below the poverty-line (US$ 1 per day) | 28 | 36·2 | 10·7 | 56·1 | 23 | 70·8 |
| Adult literacy rate (%) | 81·2 | 38·7 | 82·4 | 89·4 | 35·9 | 69·1 |
| % not using improved water source | 5 | 57 | 12 | 19 | 78 | 52 |
| % of children aged less than 5 years—underweight-for-age | 13 | 24 | 12 | 17 | 38 | 29 |
| Life-expectancy at birth | 48·1 | 42·8 | 50·8 | 40·9 | 51·8 | 46·5 |
| Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 livebirths) | 87 | 100 | 55 | 81 | 109 | 100 |
| Rate of mortality of children aged less than 5 years (per 1,000 livebirths) | 120 | 145 | 68 | 132 | 164 | 194 |
| Adjusted maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 livebirths) | 380 | 520 | 400 | 880 | 720 | 1,100 |
| % of HIV sero-prevalence (15–49 years olds) | 24·1 | 16·1 | 18·8 | 20·1 | 0·9–3·5 | 3·9 |
| Public-health expenditure as % of gross domestic product | 4·0 | 2·7 | 3·5 | 3·5 | 2·7 | 1·4 |
| Private health expenditure as % of gross domestic product | 2·4 | 1·3 | 5·1 | 4·0 | 2·6 | 3·2 |
| Gini index | 60·5 | 47·3 | 57·8 | 50·1 | 30·0 | 43·7 |
* See Human Development Report for data sources and explanation of indicators