Table 1: Background Data

Country

Population (millions) mid-1995

Aid/GNP, 1995 (%)

Total
Bilateral
(all sources) 1995-96

Total Canadian Aid (all sources) 1995-96

Government - to - Government Aid (including bilateral food aid)

Index of
Economic Freedom 1997

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

Afghanistan

23.5

~

6.1

10.5

0.6

 

Albania

3.3

8.1

0.1

2.8

0.1

4.1

Algeria

28.0

0.8

3.9

4.1

3.6

4.2

Angola

10.8

10.2

4.1

10.5

0.4

 

Antigua & Barbuda

0.1

~

0.0

0.4

0.0

 

Argentina

34.7

0.1

2.1

5.8

0.3

8.7

Armenia

3.8

10.3

0

0.3

0.0

 

Australia

18.0

       

8.6

Austria

8.0

       

7.9

Azerbaijan

7.5

3.1

0.1

0.2

0.1

 

Bahamas

0.3

       

6.1

Bahrain

0.6

1.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

8.0

Bangladesh

119.8

4.4

74.2

112.2

73.0

4.4

Barbados

0.3

       

6.1

Belarus

10.3

na

na

na

na

 

Belgium

10.0

       

8.2

Belize

0.2

2.9

0.4

1.5

0.3

5.6

Benin

5.5

14.0

15.5

18.4

13.8

4.7

Bhutan

0.7

24.8

0.3

0.8

0.3

 

Bolivia

7.4

11.9

19.9

33.2

19.3

7.8

Bosnia Herzegovina

4.4

~

~

~

~

 

Botswana

1.5

2.2

1.9

3.1

1.8

6.6

Brazil

159.2

0.1

5.8

11.9

1.9

5.5

Bulgaria

8.4

na

na

na

na

5.1

Burkina Faso

10.4

21.1

11.7

20.1

10.6

 

Burma

45.1

~

0.2

1.2

0.0

 

Burundi

6.3

27.4

5.6

8.4

0.6

4.8

Cambodia

10.0

20.5

3.5

13.1

2.2

 

Cameroon

13.3

5.9

20.5

30.1

19.3

5.0

Cape Verde

0.4

~

0.6

1.5

0.6

 

Central African Republic

3.3

~

1.3

4.3

1.3

4.2

Chad

6.4

21.4

0.7

6.3

0.6

4.8

Chile

14.2

0.3

2.2

2.6

0.0

7.9

China

1200.2

0.5

70.9

139.4

62.2

5.6

Colombia

36.8

0.3

5.0

14.8

2.0

5.7

Comoros

0.5

17.9

0

1.2

0.0

 

Congo-Brazzaville

2.6

7.6

0.2

5.0

0.1

4.5

Congo-Kinshasa (Zaire)

43.9

~

1.0

2.7

0.4

3.2

Costa Rica

3.4

0.3

3.9

4.7

1.9

7.9

Côte d’Ivoire

14.0

16.1

31.7

67.5

12.2

5.2

Croatia

4.8

~

~

~

~

 

Cuba

0.8

~

1.9

2.1

0.4

 

Cyprus

11.0

       

6.2

Czech Republic

10.3

na

na

na

na

6.6

Denmark

5.0

       

8.3

Djibouti

0.6

~

0.2

0.6

0.2

 

Dominica

0.1

11.0

1.2

2.5

1.1

 

Dominican Republic

7.8

1.1

0.4

2.6

0.0

6.8

Ecuador

11.5

1.4

3.7

6.9

2.3

7.1

Egypt

57.8

4.3

89.2

93.2

12.2

5.9

El Salvador

5.6

3.2

2.5

5.6

1.7

8.2

Equatorial Guinea

0.4

22.5

0.1

0.4

0.1

 

Eritrea

3.6

21.8

5.2

5.8

4.7

 

Estonia

1.5

na

na

na

na

6.7

Ethiopia

56.4

17.0

18.5

29.5

16.2

 

Fiji

0.8

       

5.5

Finland

5.0

       

8.2

France

58.0

       

8.1

Gabon

1.1

3.9

3.3

3.8

3.2

5.3

Gambia

1.1

~

0.7

1.6

0.4

 

Georgia

5.4

9.1

0.1

0.2

0.1

 

Germany

82.0

       

8.2

Ghana

17.1

10.6

30.9

43.4

29.7

6.0

Greece

0.1

       

7.5

Grenada

10.0

3.8

0.1

0.9

0.0

 

Guatemala

10.6

1.5

4.4

5.7

3.0

7.7

Guinea

6.6

11.7

6.0

13.2

5.7

 

Guinea-Bissau

1.1

46.9

0.7

2.1

0.7

3.1

Guyana

0.8

15.8

3.7

7.7

3.4

 

Haiti

7.2

36.1

30.8

35.8

25.8

 

Honduras

5.9

11.2

7.2

15.2

5.6

6.9

Hong Kong

6.5

       

9.6

Hungary

10.2

na

na

na

na

7.2

Iceland

0.3

       

7.7

India

929.4

0.5

51.7

100.0

43.9

5.3

Indonesia

193.3

0.7

22.3

23.9

17.2

7.2

Iran

64.1

~

0.0

0.5

0.0

5.1

Iraq

20.1

~

2.1

3.1

0.0

 

Ireland

4.0

       

8.6

Israel

6.0

       

6.0

Italy

57.0

       

7.9

Jamaica

2.5

3.4

7.5

9.6

6.7

7.2

Japan

126.0

       

8.3

Jordan

4.2

8.5

12.9

15.8

11.9

5.8

Kazakhstan

16.6

0.4

1.1

1.2

1.1

 

Kenya

26.7

9.7

7.7

17.3

5.8

7.0

Kuwait

1.7

0.0

0

0.1

0.0

7.6

Kyrghzstan

4.5

9.3

0.1

5.7

0.1

 

Laos

4.9

18.0

1.3

5.9

0.2

 

Latvia

2.5

na

na

na

na

6.1

Lebanon

4.0

1.6

4.2

5.8

2.6

 

Lesotho

2.0

7.8

1.0

1.9

0.8

 

Liberia

2.7

~

2.1

5.3

1.1

 

Libya

5.4

~

0

0.0

0.0

 

Lithuania

3.7

na

na

na

na

6.5

Luxembourg

0.4

       

8.6

Macedonia, FYR

2.1

~

~

~

~

 

Madagascar

13.7

10.0

1.5

4.9

1.2

4.2

Malawi

9.8

33.8

13.5

20.9

12.8

4.1

Malaysia

20.1

0.1

4.5

5.3

3.4

7.6

Maldives

0.3

22.3

0.0

0.5

0.0

 

Mali

9.8

23.4

19.9

29.6

18.9

5.0

Malta

0.4

       

6.0

Mauritania

2.3

22.8

1.1

7.2

1.1

 

Mauritius

1.1

~

0.3

1.1

0.1

7.9

Mexico

91.8

0.2

5.0

6.6

0.4

7.4

Moldova

4.3

na

na

na

na

 

Mongolia

2.5

24.9

0.0

1.3

0.0

 

Morocco

26.6

1.6

9.2

10.1

6.8

5.5

Mozambique

16.2

84.8

19.2

32.4

18.7

 

Myanmar

46.0

       

2.5

Namibia

1.5

6.2

1.4

1.8

1.1

5.2

Nepal

21.5

~

6.1

10.9

4.9

4.8

Netherlands

16.0

       

8.6

New Zealand

4.0

       

9.2

Nicaragua

4.4

42.0

18.3

25.7

17.8

6.5

Niger

9.0

15.1

4.9

8.6

4.9

5.0

Nigeria

111.3

0.9

2.2

6.1

0.9

4.6

North Korea

23.9

~

0.1

0.3

0.0

 

Norway

4.0

       

8.3

Oman

2.2

0.6

0

0.0

0.0

7.9

Pakistan

129.9

1.3

-0.1

17.3

-1.0

5.0

Panama

2.6

0.7

0.7

1.8

0.2

8.6

Papua New Guinea

4.3

8.2

0.1

0.6

0.0

5.5

Paraguay

4.8

1.9

0.3

2.2

0.2

7.6

Peru

23.8

0.8

25.8

29.0

22.6

7.6

Philippines

68.6

1.2

22.8

24.2

19.3

7.8

Poland

38.6

na

na

na

na

6.2

Portugal

0.6

       

7.7

Qatar

10.0

0.0

0

0.0

0.0

 

Romania

22.7

na

na

na

na

4.2

Russian Federation

148.2

na

na

na

na

5.1

Rwanda

6.4

62.9

17.5

20.8

9.3

3.5

São Tomé and Principe

0.1

~

0.2

0.7

0.2

 

Saudi Arabia

19.0

0.0

0

0.2

0.0

 

Senegal

8.5

~

19.6

32.7

17.0

5.0

Seychelles

0.1

2.7

0.6

1.6

0.6

 

Sierra Leone

4.2

26.9

0.6

5.0

0.2

4.1

Singapore

3.0

       

9.4

Slovak Republic

5.4

na

na

na

na

6.1

Slovenia

2.0

na

~

~

~

5.9

Somalia

9.5

~

1.6

2.7

0.1

 

South Africa

41.5

0.3

16.4

16.7

10.8

6.5

South Korea

46.0

       

7.5

Spain

39.0

       

7.8

Sri Lanka

18.1

4.3

7.7

12.3

4.6

6.1

St Kitts and Nevis

0.1

1.9

0.0

0.9

0.0

 

St Lucia

26.7

9.0

5.3

6.6

4.9

 

St Vincent/ Grenadines

0.4

19.2

0

0.9

0.0

 

Sudan

0.9

~

4.7

6.9

0.5

 

Suriname

9.0

21.7

0.1

0.1

0.1

 

Swaziland

7.0

5.3

0.9

1.6

0.9

 

Sweden

0.0

       

8.0

Switzerland

0.2

       

8.5

Syria

14.1

2.2

0

1.2

0.0

4.7

Taiwan

5.8

       

7.6

Tajikistan

21.7

3.4

0.0

0.1

0.0

 

Tanzania

29.6

~

12.0

22.9

10.8

5.2

Thailand

58.2

0.5

16.4

17.1

14.8

7.9

Togo

4.1

15.5

0.9

5.8

0.8

4.4

Trinidad and Tobago

1.3

0.5

1.6

2.1

1.1

7.7

Tunisia

9.0

0.4

0.0

7.6

-0.9

5.9

Turkey

61.1

0.2

4.9

5.3

2.9

6.3

Turkmenistan

4.5

0.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

Uganda

19.2

14.8

2.2

14.5

1.0

6.2

Ukraine

51.6

na

na

na

na

4.2

United Arab Emirates

2.5

0.0

0

0.0

0.0

 

United Kingdom

59.0

       

9.0

United States

265.0

       

9.1

Uruguay

3.2

0.5

1.9

2.5

0.3

7.7

Uzbekistan

22.8

0.4

0.0

0.2

0.0

 

Venezuela

21.7

0.1

1.3

1.6

0.3

6.1

Vietnam

73.5

~

12.4

27.7

7.8

 

Yemen

15.3

4.4

0.7

3.0

0.2

 

Yugoslavia*

10.5

~

19.5

28.4

6.9

 

Zambia

9.0

56.8

11.4

127.6

9.8

5.5

Zimbabwe

11.0

8.0

16.7

26.7

14.8

5.7

Note: na = not applicable
          ~ = not available
          * = borders since modified

Sources: Columns 1-5, Canadian Development Reports, 1996-1997, 1998 CD-Rom, Ottawa: The North-South Institute, 1998.
Column 1: Supplemented with data from the World Bank, http://www.worldbank.org, and Colombo, John Robert (editor), The 1999 Canadian Global Almanac (Toronto: Macmillan Canada, 1998).
Column 6: Gwartney and Lawson, Economic Freedom of the World 1998/1999 Interim Report (Vancouver: The Fraser Institute, 1998).