Chinese personal income grew by 6.6 percent a year from 1978 to 2004, four times as fast as the world average.

Air travel in the region is expected to grow 7.5 percent a year - nearly twice the world average.

Life expectancy is longer than the world average of 67 years, the report noted.

A figure below estimated world average of 90 per cent.

A total world average of 39% do not have access to sanitation facilities.

The rate of Ghana's population growth is slightly higher than the world average.

The world average was 5.7 pounds for every pound of shrimp.

Investment in research and development is less than one-seventh of the world average.

Fertilizer in Africa costs two to six times the world average.

Currently the energy intensity of the Russian economy is estimated to be about 2.5 times more than the world average.