That represented an improvement of 17 per cent compared with the rate for 2002 03.

It has the highest relative score of any country.

By August 2005, they had lost about 30 per cent compared to their peaks.

The 1997 total is 27 per cent lower than the peak of 7.3 billion reached in 1994.

Compared to the continental scale (with exception of Mauritius, which has more women Parliamentarians) and at the International level, Mozambican women in Parliament are fairly represented.

This compares favourably with other countries with high life expectancies.

Boys are 30 percent more likely than girls to drop out of school.

In addition, recent sums ruled upon have been relatively substantial.

A significant percentage of respondents, 37.6 per cent, smoke every day, and the percentage is high among the younger population.

VI.5 The Advisory Committee points out that when compared with that of other departments, the current senior post structure of OHCHR is lean.

The ratio of savings to gross domestic product has risen.

Despite the regular decrease in infant mortality, it is still high compared to highly developed countries.

By comparison with women in other Latin American countries, Panamanian women apos s level of economic participation is high.

In 2001 contraceptive prevalence was 69 per cent, reflecting a significant increase compared with 1998 (47 per cent).

University enrolment was high, with comparatively high rates of employment at executive levels.

459. The life expectancy of male infants increased in 1993 by 0.66 years, compared to 1992, and of female infants by 0.30 years.

Although the government s stimulus policies have increased the national debt, the debt GDP ratio remains relatively low, at roughly 37 . Public debt in Japan, by contrast, exceeds 220 of GDP.

This is a very high rate, but it should not be directly compared with the much lower rates estimated for Namibia by earlier surveys.

At the end of the academic year, females represented a higher percentage of the student body at all levels compared with the previous academic year.

(b) Unskilled labour accounted for a rather high percentage among the unemployed 52.8 per cent by the end of 1993

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7. Gross domestic investment in Africa has remained very low compared to the level required to achieve accelerated growth as well as in comparison with the high performing countries in South East Asia.

So it's overall performance and efficiency just exceeds standard mass produced products.

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proportionality the principle of proportionality requires that the collateral civilian losses resulting from a military action should not be excessive in relation to the expected military advantage.

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When the death rate of newborns of Bosnia and Herzegovina is compared with that of Western Europe, we can see that the former is twice as high.

Japan's present assessment of 19.468 per cent was very high in relation to its gross national income (GNI) share, which had stood at 14.7 per cent in 2003.

In both countries, the proportion of persons living in extreme poverty is significant, but the proportion in China (17 per cent) is about half that in India (35 per cent).

This is an increase compared to the previous year (2002) when 50 of A5 Parties reported zero MB consumption.

The proportion of women who have been elected is also higher as compared to the parliamentary elections.

9. In comparison with other German cities, Berlin has a modest rating for acts of violence directed against foreigners or asylum seekers.

Sierra Leone has a high proportion of renters as compared to home owners and the average rent constitutes about 67 per cent of household income.

Although the number of foreign trainees has been brought up considerably over the last few years, their training participation rate has not yet reached the level of the relevant German age group.

However, the percentage of women occupying senior positions in both public and political sectors is rather small.

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The private sector response to the tsunami is expected to bring in 430 million in 2005, a significant increase of 353 million compared to results for 2004.

Consider Italy, which has the highest ratio of private wealth to public debt of any G 7 country, and is some 30 to 40 higher than in Germany. Likewise, Italy and France share a private wealth GDP ratio of five to one, while Spain s at least before the crisis hit the country in full was six to one.

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348. Women aged 20 to 34 have achieved the highest levels of education compared with other age groups.

The accuracy of observations was expected to be improved in comparison with the Hipparcos mission.

That was partly offset by a weakening of local currencies compared with the United States dollar.

Increasing the proportion of permanent to non permanent members runs counter to this principle.

However, according to the report, this number can be assumed to be high, given the situation prevailing before the hostilities.

The Group notes that 38.12 per cent of its urgent appeals have been replied to and that there has been a 5 per cent increase in the response rate in comparison to the same period last year.