Appendix 2-3 Gross Domestic Product and Its Growth Rate
Sources: International Monetary Fund Database.
Country		GDP Growth Rate over the Preceding Year (%)
	2003
	(national currency	2000	2001	2002	2003
	100 million)
World		4.7	2.4	3.0	3.9
China	117252	8.0	7.5	8.3	9.3
Bangladesh	31495	5.6	4.8	4.9	5.4
India	267826	5.4	4.0	4.7	7.4
Indonesia	17866909	4.9	3.5	3.7	4.1
Iran	11216936	5.9	5.4	7.2	5.9
Israel	4943	7.5	-0.9	-0.8	1.3
Japan	4987253	2.8	0.4	-0.3	2.7
Kazakhstan	43756	9.8	13.5	9.5	9.5
Korea,Rep.	7213459	8.5	3.8	7.0	3.1
Malaysia	3920	8.6	0.3	4.1	5.2
Mongolia	13622	1.1	1.0	3.9	5.0
Myanmar	86604	13.7	10.5	5.5	5.1
Pakistan	42085	3.4	2.7	4.4	5.5
Philippines	42945	4.4	3.0	4.4	4.5
Singapore	1591	9.7	-1.9	2.2	1.1
Sri Lanka	17866	6.0	-1.5	3.9	5.5
Thailand	59391	4.8	2.1	5.4	6.7
Turkey	3586996285	7.4	-7.5	7.9	5.8
Vietnam	5716290	5.5	5.0	5.8	6.0
Egypt	4150	5.1	3.5	3.2	3.1
Nigeria	72968	5.4	3.0	1.5	10.6
South Africa	12071	3.5	2.7	3.6	1.9
Canada	12146	5.3	1.9	3.3	1.7
Mexico	67548	6.6	-0.2	0.7	1.3
United States	109855	3.7	0.5	2.2	3.1
Argentina	3762	-0.8	-4.4	-10.9	8.7
Brazil	15223	4.4	1.3	1.9	-0.2
Venezuela	1365815	3.2	2.8	-8.9	-9.2
Belarus	359301	5.8	4.7	5.0	6.8
Bulgaria	347	5.4	4.1	4.8	4.3
Czech Republic	24101	3.3	3.1	2.0	2.9
France	15515	4.2	2.1	1.2	0.2
Germany	21302	2.9	0.8	0.2	-0.1
Italy	13009	3.0	1.8	0.4	0.3
Netherlands	4534	3.5	1.2	0.2	-0.8
Poland	8150	4.0	1.0	1.4	3.7
Romania	18907780	2.1	5.7	5.0	4.9
Russian Federation	133047	10.0	5.1	4.7	7.3
Spain	7430	4.2	2.8	2.0	2.4
Ukraine	2632	5.9	9.2	5.2	9.3
United Kingdom	11005	3.8	2.1	1.7	2.3
Australia	7797	3.2	2.5	3.8	3.0
New Zealand	1489	4.0	2.5	4.3	3.5