Country still to be considered.

Committed debt relief under the assumption of full participation of creditors.

Data Not Reported and Party has no Obligation under the Montreal Protocol to Report data for that year at the time of publication of the data.

Data refer to 1998-1999.

LAM is included as a traditional method.

Source: Congo DHS, 2005.

Source: Congo Demographic and Health Survey, 2005 (p. 25, table 2.10).

Source: DHS 2005.

Source: UNICEF/WHO JMP Water and Sanitation.

The decrease in the percentage of slum dwellers is mostly due to a change in the definition of adequate sanitation. In 2005, only a proportion of households using pit latrines were considered slum households, whereas in 1990 and 2001 all households using pit latrines were counted as slum households.

Age group is 0-59 mos.

Age group is 0-71 mos.

Figure for this year is reported for a different age group as other figures in the time series. Therefore it may not be comparable.

Source: DHS 2005, Final Report, Table 11.10, p. 173.

Source: MOH, et al, Situation nutritionelle des populations Congolaises, April 2000.

Source: Situation nutritionelle des populations Congolaises, Avril 2000, MOH, et al.

Data refers to 1998-2002.

Classified under the group of countries that lack complete registration of deaths, but have estimates based on direct sisterhood methods.

Source: DHS 2005, Final report.

Country reached decision point in April 2006.

Country that has reached decision point under the enhanced HIPC Initiative.

Country that has reached decision point under the enhanced HIPC Initiative. The HIPC decision point is the date at which a heavily indebted poor country with an established track record of good performance under adjustment programs supported by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank commits to undertake additional reforms and to develop and implement a poverty reduction strategy.

ITU estimate.

Area km2 (Value) is the area designated in that year as listed in the World Database on Protected Areas and may be generated from spatial (GIS) boundary data as outlined in series Metadata sheet in Treatment of Missing Values.

Expenditure base.

Estimated from Enquête Congolaise auprès des ménages pour l'évaluation de la pauvreté (ECOM); 2005; National coverage.

Refers to expenditure share by percentiles of population, ranked by per capita expenditure.

Debt service payments are adjusted to reflect debt relief under HIPC initiative.

Status as of March 2009.

Total HIPC assistance in end-2007 net present value (NPV) terms.

Economically active population in non-agriculture.

Source: ILO Economically Active Population Estimates and Projections: 1980-2020.

DHS 2005, Final report, Table 9.1, p. 128

Source:DHS

Survey 1990-1995 DHS

Survey 1995-2000 DHS

Survey 2001-2005 DHS

1990-1992

1995-1997

2003-2005

Sites are nationally designated. Designated is defined as the authority correspond to national legislation or common practice (e.g. by means of an executive decrees or the alike) officially endorses a document of designation

In estimating solid fuel use for a given year, the methods developed and implemented by the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation (WHO & UNICEF 2006 ) were followed. Solid fuel information is either extrapolated (single year data point), averaged (two or more years that are spaced four or fewer years apart) or a linear regression is performed when solid fuel use information is available for two or more years that are spaced at least five years apart.