Annex 1

Section C: THE PRODUCTION OF REPORTS

23. For Each State the Average Interval Between the Production of Reports for any of the Treaty Bodies

For Each State the Average Interval Between the Production of Reports

for any of the Treaty Bodies

19 January 1970 – 1 January 2000

The average interval for all states parties between production of reports is 1.76 years.

Prior to 1990, (19 January 1970 – 31 December 1989) the interval was 1.81 years.

Since 1990, (1 January 1990 – 1 January 2000) the interval has been 1.14 years.

STATE	# OF YEARS

Afghanistan	1.99

Algeria	1.64

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina	1.18

Armenia	0.68

Australia	1.26

Austria	1.31

Azerbaijan	0.97

Bahamas	2.64

Bahrain

Bangladesh	2.70

Barbados	2.48

Belarus	1.12

Belgium	1.56

Belize	2.77

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia	2.60

Botswana	3.87

Brazil	3.22

Bulgaria	1.67

Burkina Faso	2.86

Burundi	3.07

Cambodia	4.03

Cameroon	1.79

Canada	1.16

Cape Verde	9.20

Central African Republic	5.53

Chad	4.62

Chile	1.24

China	1.26

Colombia	0.94

Comoros

Congo	10.40

Costa Rica	1.88

Note: A blank space means by 1 January 2000 two or more reports from that state party had

not been produced.

Côte d'Ivoire	11.75

Croatia	1.01

Cuba	1.87

Cyprus	1.43

Czech Republic	1.04

Democratic People's Republic of Korea	4.10

Democratic Republic of the Congo	2.07

Denmark	1.04

Djibouti

Dominican Republic	1.38

Ecuador	1.41

Egypt	1.48

El Salvador	2.01

Equatorial Guinea	6.81

Estonia	4.47

Ethiopia	2.56

Fiji	5.66

Finland	1.09

France	1.47

Gabon	4.20

Gambia	2.48

Georgia	0.57

Germany	1.23

Ghana	2.82

Greece	2.24

Grenada

Guatemala	1.56

Guinea	5.25

Guyana	4.63

Haiti	4.16

Holy See	2.64

Honduras	2.27

Hungary	1.28

Iceland	1.36

India	2.07

Indonesia	5.45

Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2.05

Iraq	1.53

Ireland	2.32

Israel	1.82

Italy	1.12

Jamaica	2.45

Japan	1.87

Jordan	1.31

Kenya	6.98

Kuwait	2.18

Kyrgyzstan	0.20

Lao People's Democratic Republic	9.01

Latvia	2.08

Lebanon	3.34

Lesotho	3.73

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	1.77

Liechtenstein	1.38

Lithuania	1.15

Luxembourg	1.13

Madagascar	1.96

Malawi

Maldives	4.12

Mali	3.71

Malta	2.41

Marshall Islands

Mauritania

Mauritius	1.71

Mexico	0.94

Micronesia (Federated States of)

Monaco	5.24

Mongolia	1.37

Morocco	1.40

Mozambique

Myanmar	3.50

Namibia	2.58

Nepal	2.49

Netherlands	0.97

New Zealand	1.34

Nicaragua	1.48

Niger	3.44

Nigeria	1.77

Norway	0.99

Oman

Pakistan	2.70

Palau

Panama	1.65

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay	1.00

Peru	1.22

Philippines	1.58

Poland	1.20

Portugal	1.01

Qatar	3.14

Republic of Korea	1.05

Republic of Moldova

Romania	1.42

Russian Federation	1.11

Rwanda	1.64

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4.26

San Marino

Saudi Arabia

Senegal	1.28

Seychelles	2.41

Sierra Leone	12.34

Singapore

Slovakia	1.12

Slovenia	1.46

Solomon Islands

Somalia	6.11

South Africa	0.17

Spain	1.13

Sri Lanka	1.50

Sudan	2.47

Suriname	9.39

Swaziland	8.51

Sweden	0.95

Switzerland	1.58

Syrian Arab Republic	2.17

Tajikistan

Thailand	4.88

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	0.42

Togo	4.31

Tonga	2.93

Trinidad and Tobago	2.19

Tunisia	1.54

Turkey	4.15

Uganda	5.78

Ukraine	1.02

United Arab Emirates	3.05

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	0.71

United Republic of Tanzania	2.62

United States of America	5.21

Uruguay	1.41

Uzbekistan	0.39

Vanuatu

Venezuela	1.66

Viet Nam	2.52

Yemen	1.97

Yugoslavia	1.43

Zambia	4.07

Zimbabwe	1.11