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. 2015 Feb 25;11:8. doi: 10.1186/s12992-015-0092-1

Table 2.

The impact of curtailing the leakage of resources on time to reach MDG4 in SSA

Country 2000 Actual mortality rates (2014 report) MDG goals Actual rates of reduction (%) Non-normalised IFF (%of GDP) Corruption perception index (Transparency International) Percentage of GDP lost corruption Potential rates of reduction (IFF and Corruption) Debt service (% of GDP) Potential rates of reduction (IFF, Corruption and debt service) Number of years to reach MDG4 (at actual rates) Number of years to reach MDG4 (potential rates-IFF and CORPN) Number of years to reach MDG4 (potential rates- IFF,COPRN and debt)
Angola 203 87 1.8 7 1.9 4.8 6.28 11.4 10.61 47 13 8
Benin 174 61 4.2 1 2.9 4.2 6.17 1.2 6.63 24 16 15
Botswana 85 17 3.9 10 5.7 2.5 8.66 0.7 8.93 40 18 17
Burkina Faso 186 67 5.0 3 3.4 3.9 7.62 1 8.00 20 13 12
Burundi 150 63 3.0 6 1.8 4.8 7.12 2.5 8.07 28 12 10
Cameroon 150 50 3.8 6 2.4 4.5 7.78 3 8.92 28 14 12
Central African Republic 164 59 2.0 5 2.0 4.7 5.69 1.5 6.26 51 17 16
Chad 189 67 1.9 20 1.6 5.0 11.38 1.7 12.03 54 9 8
Congo, DR 171 66 1.3 3 2.0 4.7 4.23 4.7 6.02 73 22 15
Congo, Rep 118 35 1.7 25 1.9 4.8 13.02 2.5 13.97 71 9 8
Cote d’Ivoire 145 51 2.5 6 2.1 4.7 6.55 4.4 8.22 41 15 12
Ethiopia 146 70 6.3 6 2.7 4.3 10.22 1 10.60 11 7 7
Gabon 86 31 2.7 11 2.9 4.2 8.47 7.2 11.21 37 12 9
Gambia 116 55 3.9 14 2.7 4.3 10.86 3.5 12.19 19 6 6
Ghana 103 39 3.0 2 4.0 3.5 5.11 3 6.25 32 19 15
Guinea 171 76 4.4 9 1.8 4.8 9.66 4.1 11.22 18 8 7
Guinea Bissau 174 80 2.5 7 2.0 4.7 6.95 1.7 7.60 31 11 10
Kenya 110 35 3.4 1 2.1 4.7 5.55 2.5 6.50 33 20 17
Lesotho 114 34 1.1 15 3.3 4.0 8.30 3.7 9.71 109 14 12
Madagascar 109 56 5.2 6 2.8 4.2 9.09 1.2 9.55 12 7 7
Malawi 174 75 7.5 10 3.2 4.0 12.82 1.7 13.47 11 6 6
Mali 220 83 4.5 3 2.9 4.2 7.23 1.8 7.92 21 13 12
Mauritania 111 43 2.3 12 2.5 4.4 8.54 3.5 9.87 41 11 9
Mozambique 166 83 5.1 5 2.6 4.4 8.66 1.3 9.15 13 8 7
Niger 227 102 5.8 3 2.8 4.2 8.55 1.3 9.05 13 9 8
Nigeria 188 77 3.5 12 2.5 4.4 9.74 2.8 10.81 25 9 8
Rwanda 182 58 10.0 5 3.4 3.9 13.38 0.9 13.72 11 8 8
Senegal 139 50 7.1 1 3.1 4.1 9.03 3 10.17 14 11 10
South Africa 74 19 4.2 4 4.7 3.1 6.91 2.4 7.82 32 19 17
Sudan 106 41 3.1 3 1.5 5.0 6.15 1.3 6.64 30 15 14
Swaziland 121 28 3.4 11 3.5 3.8 9.04 1.5 9.61 42 15 14
Tanzania 132 52 7.4 2 2.8 4.2 9.77 0.9 10.12 12 9 9
Togo 122 50 2.0 6 2.6 4.4 5.94 1.8 6.62 44 15 13
Uganda 147 62 6.3 3 2.5 4.4 9.12 1 9.50 13 9 9
Zambia 169 57 5.4 9 2.9 4.2 10.41 4.4 12.08 20 10 8
Zimbabwe 102 26 1.1 2.1 4.7 2.87 3.7 4.28 124 47 31
Total 146 56 4.0 5.9 6.19 6.19 24 15 15