Debt and Hunger Index

• Chance that a child in Mozambique will die before age 5:
  1 in 4
• Ratio spent by the government of Mozambique on debt service to health care:
  4:1

(Source: UNICEF, United Nations Development Program)

• Per person annual income in Guyana:
  $829
• Guyana's foreign debt calculated per person:
  $2,039

(Source: World Bank, Oxfam International)

• Amount spent by Africa on debt service in 1996 for every dollar received in aid:
  $1.30

(Source: Africa Policy Information Center)

• Number of countries the World Bank classifies as Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC):
  40
• Number of countries who have received relief to date under the World Bank/IMF HIPC debt relief initiative:
  2

(Source: World Bank and US General Accounting Office)

• Amount the HIPC countries owe to the U.S.:
  $6.8 billion
• Value of international defense loans the U.S. has written off since 1990:
  $10 billion

(Source: GAO, World Policy Institute)

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