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Appendix II: Area Ratings for 1997 and Summary Ratings for 1990 and 1997 by Country

1997 Area Ratings

1997 Summary

1990 Summary

Country

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

Weighted

Unweighted

Weighted

Unweighted

Albania

7.5

3.0

2.3

3.4

5.5

3.1

4.1

4.1

N/R

N/R

Algeria

7.0

1.9

7.0

0.0

9.1

5.0

0.7

4.2

4.4

2.9

3.3

Argentina

8.1

9.5

8.4

10.0

9.1

7.6

8.1

8.7

8.7

4.8

4.7

Australia

6.7

6.3

9.1

10.0

10.0

8.5

9.3

8.6

8.6

8.2

8.1

Austria

4.8

4.3

9.3

10.0

10.0

8.8

7.6

7.9

7.8

7.3

7.2

Bahamas

8.7

6.7

9.2

0.0

8.3

4.3

6.9

6.1

6.3

5.8

6.0

Bahrain

6.0

6.0

9.2

10.0

9.1

8.3

7.0

8.0

8.0

7.6

7.6

Bangladesh

8.4

2.0

8.9

0.0

8.4

2.3

3.5

4.4

4.8

3.5

4.0

Barbados

8.5

6.1

8.7

0.0

8.3

6.5

5.9

6.1

6.3

5.7

5.9

Belgium

5.3

4.8

9.7

10.0

9.5

9.1

8.7

8.2

8.2

8.1

8.0

Belize

8.6

4.7

9.7

0.0

4.7

7.9

5.6

5.9

5.0

5.3

Benin

9.3

1.9

7.7

0.0

6.9

4.6

4.7

5.1

N/R

N/R

Bolivia

8.9

6.4

6.4

6.9

8.4

8.6

8.3

7.8

7.7

6.4

6.3

Botswana

5.1

6.2

8.7

3.4

8.6

7.6

6.6

6.6

6.6

5.5

5.5

Brazil

6.4

7.2

2.8

0.0

8.8

7.7

4.5

5.5

5.3

4.0

3.9

Bulgaria

7.7

3.3

0.0

3.4

7.3

7.3

4.8

5.1

4.8

3.6

3.7

Burundi

9.3

3.0

6.2

3.4

6.9

3.7

2.9

4.8

5.0

3.4

3.8

Cameroon

9.0

2.2

7.5

0.0

7.8

6.7

3.2

5.0

5.2

5.1

5.4

Canada

5.9

7.5

9.2

10.0

9.7

9.3

9.2

8.8

8.7

8.6

8.5

C. African Rep.

8.2

0.0

7.5

0.0

6.9

5.3

3.4

4.2

4.5

4.3

4.7

Chad

9.1

1.8

6.4

0.0

6.9

7.9

2.5

4.8

5.0

4.8

5.1

Chile

8.0

6.3

8.3

6.9

9.1

8.4

8.0

7.9

7.9

7.0

7.0

China

7.7

3.2

7.6

3.4

9.1

6.5

3.0

5.6

5.8

4.2

4.5

Colombia

8.3

4.5

6.9

0.0

6.2

7.5

7.1

5.7

5.8

4.7

4.8

Congo, Dem. R.

8.9

3.0

0.0

3.4

2.4

4.8

0.7

3.2

3.3

2.9

2.9

Congo, Rep. of

5.5

1.6

6.9

0.0

7.4

7.4

2.9

4.5

4.5

4.3

4.6

Costa Rica

7.6

8.1

7.5

6.9

7.9

8.0

9.1

7.9

7.9

7.1

7.2

Cote d' Ivoire

8.6

3.0

7.4

0.0

7.1

6.5

5.1

5.2

5.4

4.4

4.7

Croatia

5.5

2.6

3.5

6.9

4.0

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

Cyprus

7.1

4.3

9.6

0.0

9.5

7.4

6.4

6.2

6.3

5.4

5.6

Czech Rep.

3.9

5.2

8.1

3.4

10.0

9.1

5.4

6.6

6.4

N/R

N/R

Czechoslovakia

N/R

N/R

N/R

4.1

4.2

Denmark

4.0

6.1

9.5

10.0

10.0

8.6

9.0

8.3

8.2

7.8

7.7

Dominican Rep.

9.5

6.4

8.2

3.4

7.3

6.1

7.8

6.8

7.0

4.1

4.2

Ecuador

9.0

5.8

4.6

6.9

7.6

6.8

8.1

7.1

7.0

5.2

5.2

Egypt

8.3

2.5

8.6

3.4

8.6

5.3

5.7

5.9

6.1

4.8

5.2

El Salvador

9.3

7.6

9.0

10.0

8.4

7.4

6.7

8.2

8.3

4.5

4.8

Estonia

5.1

5.6

3.8

6.4

8.5

8.8

6.8

6.7

6.4

N/R

N/R

Fiji

8.6

5.3

9.1

0.0

7.3

4.7

5.5

5.8

5.1

5.4

Finland

4.8

5.4

9.2

10.0

10.0

8.5

8.7

8.2

8.1

7.3

7.3

 

1997 Area Ratings

1997 Summary

1990 Summary

Country

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

Weighted

Unweighted

Weighted

Unweighted

France

4.5

5.5

9.8

10.0

9.5

8.8

8.2

8.1

8.0

7.4

7.3

Gabon

8.0

2.9

7.0

0.0

8.4

7.7

4.0

5.3

5.4

4.8

5.0

Germany

5.4

5.2

9.4

10.0

10.0

8.8

8.1

8.2

8.1

8.3

8.2

Ghana

9.0

5.9

3.4

3.4

8.4

7.2

4.4

6.0

6.0

4.3

4.4

Greece

5.7

4.6

8.3

10.0

8.8

8.3

6.4

7.5

7.4

5.5

5.5

Guatemala

10.0

7.3

7.9

6.9

7.4

7.5

7.6

7.7

7.8

6.3

6.4

Guinea-Bissau

4.3

4.8

0.8

0.0

3.6

4.4

3.1

3.0

2.2

2.1

Guyana

6.6

4.0

3.6

8.3

3.8

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

Haiti

5.3

6.9

7.1

3.6

N/R

N/R

4.7

5.2

Honduras

8.8

6.2

6.0

6.9

7.4

7.9

5.4

6.9

7.0

5.8

6.0

Hong Kong

9.4

9.7

9.0

10.0

8.8

9.9

9.9

9.6

9.5

9.3

9.3

Hungary

6.0

4.9

7.3

6.9

10.0

8.1

6.2

7.2

7.1

4.4

4.5

Iceland

6.9

6.2

9.4

6.9

10.0

8.5

5.9

7.7

7.7

7.1

7.0

India

7.6

3.5

8.8

3.4

8.6

3.2

3.8

5.3

5.5

3.8

4.2

Indonesia

9.4

4.0

8.9

6.9

8.6

8.1

5.8

7.2

7.4

7.0

7.2

Iran

8.6

2.3

5.8

3.4

8.8

3.6

4.0

5.1

5.2

4.5

4.9

Ireland

6.1

7.3

9.4

10.0

10.0

8.9

8.3

8.6

8.6

6.6

6.6

Israel

4.9

3.3

8.3

3.4

9.1

8.0

4.9

6.0

6.0

4.6

4.5

Italy

4.7

4.2

9.6

10.0

9.7

8.7

7.8

7.9

7.8

7.1

7.0

Jamaica

8.4

5.5

4.2

6.9

9.1

7.3

7.7

7.2

7.0

5.4

5.5

Japan

7.7

5.0

9.5

10.0

10.0

8.0

7.9

8.3

8.3

8.4

8.4

Jordan

7.8

2.1

9.2

0.0

8.3

7.9

6.4

5.8

5.9

4.6

4.8

Kenya

8.5

5.3

7.1

6.9

7.6

6.6

7.0

7.0

7.0

4.8

5.0

Kuwait

6.4

5.8

8.7

10.0

9.3

8.2

5.2

7.6

7.7

N/R

N/R

Latvia

5.5

5.8

5.2

3.4

8.5

8.5

5.1

6.1

6.0

N/R

N/R

Lithuania

7.1

4.7

4.2

3.4

8.5

9.0

6.8

6.5

6.2

N/R

N/R

Luxembourg

5.2

6.6

9.4

10.0

10.0

9.0

9.2

8.6

8.5

8.4

8.2

Madagascar

9.0

0.1

6.0

0.0

5.7

5.8

4.3

4.2

4.4

3.5

3.9

Malawi

8.1

3.5

2.3

0.0

7.9

2.8

4.1