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Average Annual Changes in Real GDP, Population, and GDP Per Capita for Pacific Developing Member Countries, 1995-2002^a
(in local currency terms)

Country	Annual GDP Growth (%)	Annual Population Growth (%)	Annual GDP/Capita Growth (%)

Cook Islands	3.00	(3.10)	6.30
Fiji Islands	2.40	1.10	1.30
Kiribati	4.60	1.60	2.90
Marshall Islands	(2.50)	2.40	(4.80)
Micronesia, Federated States of	(0.50)	0.20	(0.70)
Palau	2.90	2.20	0.60
Papua New Guinea	(0.10)	3.20	(3.20)
Samoa	4.40	1.00	3.40
Solomon Islands	(2.20)	2.90	(4.90)
Timor-Leste	0.90	(0.20)	1.90
Tonga	2.10	0.50	1.60
Tuvalu	4.30	1.30	3.00
Vanuatu	0.80	2.60	(1.70)

PDMCs, weighted average	0.90	2.40	(1.20)
PDMCs excl. PNG, weighted average	2.00	1.10	0.90

GDP = gross domestic product, PDMC = Pacific developing member country.
^a Nauru is not included due to the unavailability of data.
Source: Asian Development Bank Pacific economic database.