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Key Stats
k^{1/3} math ||= **Implied TFP** ||= **I/Y** ||= **K/Y** ||^  || ||> ||> 11.1974 ||>  ||> .08 || ||>  ||> 11.09236 ||>  ||> -0.01618 || (Notes: **Pop** is 2007 population in millions. **GDP/Pop** is 2007 per capita GDP in 2005 dollars using international prices. **y** is per capita GDP divided by US per capita GDP (i.e. normalized so that the US value is 1). **k^1/3** is capital per capita divided by the US value of capital per capita and then raised to the 1/3 power. **Implied TFP** is **y** divided by **k^1/3**. **I/Y** is the average savings rate from 1980-2007. **K/Y** is the 2007 capital-output ratio. **g** is the average growth rate from 1960-2007. Click here for links to the source data and tips for calculating.)
 * ~ Name ||~ Pop ||~ GDP/Pop ||~ y ||||= Prod Model (Ch 4) ||||= Solow Model (Ch 5) ||~ g ||
 * ^  ||^   ||^   ||^   ||= math
 * Nigeria ||> 143.3 ||> 2527 ||> .0589 ||> .0298 ||> 1.9765 ||> 8.27 ||> .61 ||> .0143 ||
 * Ghana ||> 22.9313 ||> 1652 ||> .0385 ||> .231 ||> .1667 ||> 1.22 ||> 1.01 ||> 1.76 ||
 * Cote d'Ivoire ||>  ||>   ||>   ||>   ||>   ||>   ||>   ||>   ||
 * Burkina Faso ||> 14.7972 ||> 1382 ||> 0.0322 ||> 0.2124 ||> 0.1516 ||> 13.55 ||> 1.11 ||> 0.0105 ||
 * Niger ||> 14.2147 ||> 860 ||> .0201 ||> .1976 ||> .1017 ||> 12.1 ||> 1.22 ||> -0.0073969 ||
 * Mali ||> 11.9954 ||> 1273 ||> .0296 ||> 0.20 ||> 0.148 ||> 8.3678 ||> 0.87 ||> 0.013 ||
 * Senegal ||> 12.9819 ||> 1901 ||> 0.04431 ||> 0.010763 ||> 0.201 ||> 5.74335 ||> 0.77 ||> -0.51 ||
 * Guinea ||> 9.5692 ||> 3585 ||> 0.08359 ||> 0.2378 ||> 0.3515 ||> 4.496 ||> 0.51 ||> -0.00189 ||
 * Benin ||> 8.2782 ||> 1412 ||> 0.0329 ||> 0.2299 ||> 0.1431 ||> 10.7955 ||> 1.17 ||> 0.011 ||
 * Togo ||> 5.7016 ||> 868 ||> 0.0202 ||> 0.3531 ||> 0.0572 ||> 12.4372 ||> 2.18 ||> .00089 ||
 * Sierra Leone ||> 6.1524 ||> 1884 ||> .0439 ||>
 * Liberia ||> 3.1959 ||> 386 ||> .009 ||>
 * Mauritania ||> 2.9815 ||> 2300 ||> .0536 ||> .3139 ||> .1707 ||> 15.11362 ||> 1.83 ||> .0232 ||
 * Gambia ||> 1.6884 ||> 1414 ||> .0330 ||> .2326 ||> .1419 ||> 10.47 ||> 1.21 ||> .01 ||
 * Guinea-Bissau ||> 1.4728 ||> 623 ||> .0145 ||> .23 ||> .06 ||> .202 ||> 2.63 ||> .016 ||