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| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 25.2 | 30.7 | 33.8 | 36.4 | 39.7 | 41.0 | 42.5 | 44.1 | 46.1 | 47.5 | 49.4 | 48.4 | |
| Solomon Islands | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 21.4 | 49.6 | 53.2 | 55.5 | 63.1 | 69.3 | 66.3 | 72.3 | 73.1 | 70.8 | 68.6 | 67.0 | |
| Haiti | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 5.5 | 40.6 | 42.2 | 60.3 | 69.8 | 65.0 | 69.1 | 60.7 | 58.0 | 60.0 | 61.3 | 64.7 | 63.9 | |
| Yemen | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 10.7 | 44.8 | 45.8 | 53.0 | 62.4 | 61.6 | 52.7 | 56.1 | 51.1 | 49.7 | 48.3 | 47.0 | 46.0 | |
| Afghanistan | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 36.2 | 47.2 | 50.4 | 53.3 | 56.3 | 58.4 | 62.4 | 67.1 | 59.9 | 59.8 | 58.2 | 56.6 | |
| Central African Republic | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 23.9 | 28.3 | 24.1 | 25.8 | 25.5 | 23.5 | 25.1 | 30.6 | 34.3 | 33.6 | |
| Chad | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 24.2 | 29.8 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 38.3 | 38.7 | 38.3 | 42.2 | 44.8 | 47.5 | 52.2 | 60.2 | 68.2 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 17.8 | 22.8 | 28.3 | 38.4 | 48.8 | 48.0 | 35.5 | 42.0 | 41.9 | 41.3 | 43.9 | 48.9 | 50.3 |
| Burundi | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 18.4 | 20.2 | 22.9 | 25.0 | 30.4 | 46.6 | 49.1 | 53.1 | 55.0 | 55.0 | 54.3 | 61.7 | 58.0 |
| Guinea | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 38.9 | 46.2 | 51.8 | 67.3 | 76.6 | 92.6 | 93.1 | 95.6 | 95.7 | 100.0 | 104.5 | 101.9 | |
| Comoros | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 25.2 | 32.3 | 41.4 | 49.7 | 53.6 | 58.2 | 60.9 | 61.6 | 64.3 | 72.7 | 97.0 | 103.9 | 100.2 |
| Liberia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 4.9 | 39.1 | 48.3 | 54.9 | 57.6 | 71.4 | 79.2 | 66.2 | 55.5 | 38.9 | 32.5 | 31.8 | ||
| Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 12.4 | 73.9 | 80.4 | 82.2 | 86.3 | 96.1 | 107.7 | 113.4 | 127.8 | 132.6 | 142.9 | 149.5 | 162.2 | 174.0 |
| Guinea Bissau | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 43.2 | 45.5 | 63.5 | 55.4 | 63.6 | 69.2 | 70.1 | 76.3 | 76.9 | 80.7 | 94.9 | 108.5 | 125.9 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 56.4 | 61.8 | 64.3 | 64.7 | 65.1 | 92.0 | 87.0 | 83.6 | 76.9 | 77.2 | 79.7 | 84.8 | 86.8 |
| Sierra Leone | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 31.1 | 32.3 | 32.6 | 57.4 | 66.6 | 77.3 | 83.8 | 86.3 | 80.8 | 83.6 | 83.6 | 97.7 | ||
| Somalia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 14.7 | 18.5 | 40.3 | 41.3 | 42.4 | 46.5 | 47.9 | 49.7 | 51.5 | 53.5 | 51.8 | 50.3 |
| Togo | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 7.6 | 39.6 | 39.9 | 47.8 | 60.0 | 62.0 | 65.0 | 71.9 | 77.3 | 76.4 | 75.7 | 77.2 | 72.4 | 74.2 |
| Timor-Leste | 0.0 | 3.4 | 43.5 | 55.2 | 54.6 | 56.0 | 116.1 | 114.2 | 121.8 | 125.2 | 116.4 | 111.3 | 106.0 | 104.9 | 110.4 | ||
| South Sudan | 15.4 | 17.6 | 21.5 | 25.7 | 25.6 | 25.9 | 24.4 | 26.2 | 18.4 | 21.3 | 12.7 | 30.5 | 30.0 |