The indicators used to construct the league tables in The Progress of Nations 1997 include: access to sanitation; per cent reduction in under-5 mortality, 1980-1995; and women at top levels of government. Using the same indicators, the following table shows the progress of those countries with populations of less than 1 million. The regional standing of these less populous countries can be assessed by comparing the figures given here with the relevant league tables. In addition, basic social indicators, also provided in this table, can be compared with the Statistical Profiles on the following pages.

 

	League tables
	Access to sanitation	% reduction in under-5 mortality rate 1980–1995	Women at top levels of government % 1996	Total population (thousands) 1995	Population under 18 (thousands) 1995	Annual no. of births (thousands) 1995	Annual no. of under-5 deaths (thousands) 1995	Under-5 mortality rate 1995	GNP per capita ($) 1995	% of under-5 children underweight 1981–94	Primary school enrolment (%) a/ 1984–94	Maternal mortality rate b/ 1990	Total fertility rate 1995
Antigua and Barbuda	96	–	0	66	24	2	0.0	22	6770	10	–	–	1.7
Bahamas	85	20	19	279	96	5	0.1	28	11940	–	94	100	2.0
Bahrain	100	52	0	557	203	12	0.2	20	7840	–	100	60	3.2
Barbados	100	65	31	261	73	3	0.0	10	6560	5	78	43	1.7
Belize	57	29	0	213	105	7	0.3	40	2630	–	97	–	3.9
British Virgin Islands	100	–	–	19	7	0	0.0	28	8500	–	–	–	–
Brunei Darussalam	99	56	0	293	116	6	0.1	10	14240	–	90	60	2.9
Cape Verde	24	23	13	386	187	12	0.9	73	960	19	100	–	3.7
Comoros	99	39	6	612	327	25	2.5	100	470	–	51	950	5.8
Cook Islands	100	18	–	19	8	1	0.0	28	1550	–	–	–	–
Cyprus	98	50	8	745	224	12	0.1	10	10380	–	96	5	2.3
Djibouti	90	21	0	601	285	23	3.6	158	780	23	32	570	5.6
Dominica	99	–	18	71	25	2	0.0	21	2990	5	–	–	2.4
Equatorial Guinea	34	28	5	400	197	16	2.8	175	380	–	–	820	5.7
Fiji	100	40	5	784	327	18	0.5	25	2440	–	99	90	2.9
Grenada	–	–	21	92	33	2	0.1	33	2980	–	–	–	2.8
Guyana	81	33	6	830	315	19	1.1	59	590	18	–	–	2.4
Iceland	–	41	15	269	78	4	0.0	5	24950	–	–	0	2.2
Kiribati	100	–	–	78	36	2	0.2	77	920	–	99	–	3.7
Luxembourg	–	43	29	407	86	5	0.0	9	41210	–	85	0	1.7
Maldives	66	37	6	254	135	10	0.8	77	990	39	60	–	6.8
Malta	98	32	0	367	98	5	0.1	12	7970	–	99	0	2.1
Marshall Islands	–	–	8	55	26	2	0.2	92	1680	–	100	–	–
Micronesia (Fed. States of)	100	–	0	123	57	4	0.1	28	1890	–	85	–	4.7
Montserrat	84	–	–	11	4	0	0.0	14	3330	–	100	–	2.3
Palau	96	10	10	17	8	1	0.0	35	790	–	100	–	–
Qatar	99	58	0	548	172	10	0.2	23	11600	–	81	–	3.9
Saint Kitts and Nevis	100	–	0	41	15	1	0.0	40	5170	–	–	–	2.5
Saint Lucia	–	–	9	142	51	3	0.1	22	3370	–	90	–	3.1
Saint Vincent/ Grenadines	98	–	20	112	40	3	0.1	23	2280	–	–	–	2.4
Samoa	94	–	8	165	75	4	0.2	54	1120	–	–	35	4.0
Sao Tome/Principe	11	–	0	133	70	6	0.5	81	350	17	–	–	4.8
Seychelles	54	–	33	73	39	3	0.1	20	6620	6	–	–	2.6
Solomon Islands	14	45	0	378	194	13	0.4	31	910	–	–	–	5.2
Suriname	54	39	0	427	172	10	0.3	32	880	–	–	–	2.5
Swaziland	70	29	0	857	430	32	3.4	107	1170	10	95	560	4.7
Tonga	99	–	–	98	42	2	0.0	24	1630	–	–	–	3.5
Turks and Caicos Islands	–	–	–	14	5	0	0.0	31	780	–	–	–	–
Tuvalu	87	27	–	10	4	0	0.0	56	650	–	98	–	–
Vanuatu	43	47	0	169	84	5	0.3	58	1200	20	74	280	4.5

a/ Enrolment is derived from net primary school enrolment rates as reported by UNESCO and national household survey reports of attendance at primary schools.

b/ Several of the maternal mortality rates vary substantially from government estimates. A review of these data will be part of a forthcoming revision of maternal mortality estimates.

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