For Each State the Average Interval Between Consideration of Reports

by any of the Treaty Bodies

19 January 1970 - 1 January 2000

The average interval for all states parties between consideration of reports is 1.85 years.

Prior to 1990, (19 January 1970 - 31 December 1989) the interval was 2.02 years.

Since 1990, (1 January 1990 - 1 January 2000) the interval has been 1.23 years.

Number of Years
Afghanistan	2.55
Algeria	1.65
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina	1.36
Armenia	0.89
Australia	1.46
Austria	1.42
Azerbaijan	1.07
Bahamas	2.80
Bangladesh	2.66
Barbados	2.75
Belarus	1.18
Belgium	1.87
Belize	2.80
Benin
Bolivia	2.71
Botswana	4.28
Brazil	3.24
Bulgaria	1.75
Burkina Faso	3.34
Burundi	3.48
Cambodia	6.18
Cameroon	1.97
Canada	1.23
Cape Verde	2.02
Central African Republic	3.99
Chad	5.03
Chile	1.30
China	1.48
Colombia	1.00
Congo
Costa Rica	2.09

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

had not been considered.

Côte d'Ivoire	6.61
Croatia	0.70
Cuba	1.87
Cyprus	1.49
Czech Republic	1.11
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	4.70
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2.68
Denmark	1.23
Dominican Republic	1.60
Ecuador	1.48
Egypt	1.75
El Salvador	1.79
Equatorial Guinea
Estonia
Ethiopia	2.54
Fiji	6.04
Finland	1.28
France	1.55
Gabon	5.48
Gambia	2.09
Georgia	1.27
Germany	1.34
Ghana	2.97
Greece	2.49
Guatemala	1.72
Guinea	7.14
Guyana	11.79
Haiti	4.16
Holy See	2.52
Honduras	1.83
Hungary	1.30
Iceland	1.47
India	2.29
Indonesia	4.98
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2.27
Iraq	1.64
Ireland	2.58
Israel	1.77
Italy	1.21
Jamaica	2.62
Japan	2.43
Jordan	1.59
Kenya	6.55
Kuwait	2.38
Kyrgyzstan	0.41
Lao People's Democratic Republic	9.58
Latvia	4.08
Lebanon	3.76

Lesotho	5.74
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	1.91
Liechtenstein	2.25
Lithuania
Luxembourg	1.21
Madagascar	2.01
Malawi
Maldives	4.40
Mali	4.08
Malta	3.03
Mauritania
Mauritius	1.79
Mexico	1.01
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Monaco
Mongolia	1.62
Morocco	1.51
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia	2.58
Nepal	2.98
Netherlands	1.25
New Zealand	1.35
Nicaragua	1.65
Niger	3.57
Nigeria	1.86
Norway	1.06
Pakistan	2.65
Panama	1.74
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay	0.69
Peru	1.40
Philippines	1.58
Poland	1.28
Portugal	1.22
Qatar	2.49
Republic of Korea	1.09
Romania	1.50
Russian Federation	1.16
Rwanda	1.34
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.43
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Senegal	1.39
Seychelles	3.00
Sierra Leone	1.95
Slovakia	0.94
Slovenia	1.25

Solomon Islands
Somalia	6.35
South Africa
Spain	1.23
Sri Lanka	1.45
Sudan	3.05
Suriname	14.40
Swaziland	8.85
Sweden	0.98
Switzerland	1.80
Syrian Arab Republic	2.33
Thailand	4.51
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	0.90
Togo	4.74
Tonga	3.13
Trinidad and Tobago	2.22
Tunisia	1.63
Turkey	3.48
Uganda	6.57
Ukraine	1.15
United Arab Emirates	3.00
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	0.78
United Republic of Tanzania	2.79
United States of America
Uruguay	1.53
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela	2.05
Viet Nam	1.80
Yemen	2.04
Yugoslavia	1.66
Zambia	4.19
Zimbabwe	0.52

1 January 2000

Afghanistan	4	1	1	1	1	0
Albania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Algeria	16	2	2	1	9	1	1
Andorra	0	0	0
Angola	0	0	0	0	0
Antigua and Barbuda	1	0	1	0	0
Argentina	23	3	2	3	11	3	1
Armenia	5	1	1	1	1	1	0
Australia	15	1	2	3	7	1	1
Austria	19	2	3	2	9	2	1
Azerbaijan	6	1	1	1	1	1	1
Bahamas	3	0	3	0
Bahrain	0	0	0	0
Bangladesh	7	0	3	3	1
Barbados	10	2	2	5	0	1
Belarus	24	2	4	2	12	3	1
Belgium	12	3	2	5	1	1
Belize	3	1	0	1	1
Benin	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bhutan	0	0	0
Bolivia	11	2	1	6	0	2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Botswana	3	0	3	0
Brazil	9	0	1	0	8	0	0
Brunei Darussalam	0	0
Bulgaria	18	2	2	2	9	2	1
Burkina Faso	7	1	5	1
Burundi	6	0	1	0	5	0	0
Cambodia	3	0	1	0	2	0	0
Cameroon	14	1	3	0	8	2	0
Canada	23	2	4	4	9	3	1
Cape Verde	2	0	0	0	2	0	0
Central African Republic	4	1	0	3	0	0
Chad	5	0	0	0	4	0	1
Chile	21	2	4	2	10	2	1
China	12	2	1	4	4	0	1
Colombia	20	2	4	3	7	3	1
Comoros	0	0	0
Congo	1	1	0	0	0	0
Cook Islands	0	0
Costa Rica	15	0	4	0	9	1	1
Côte d'Ivoire	2	0	0	0	2	0	0
Croatia	5	2	0	1	1	0	1
Cuba	14	1	2	10	1
Cyprus	20	2	3	1	11	2	1
Czech Republic	4	1	0	1	1	0	1
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	4	1	2	1
Democratic Republic of the Congo	8	0	2	1	4	1	0

Denmark	22	3	3	3	10	2	1
Djibouti	0	0
Dominica	0	0	0	0	0
Dominican Republic	10	3	3	2	2	0
Ecuador	20	2	4	3	9	1	1
Egypt	17	3	2	2	9	0	1
El Salvador	8	0	2	2	2	1	1
Equatorial Guinea	1	0	1	0	0
Eritrea	0	0	0
Estonia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Ethiopia	8	0	0	1	6	0	1
Fiji	5	0	4	1
Finland	23	3	4	2	11	2	1
France	17	2	3	2	8	1	1
Gabon	4	1	1	2	0	0
Gambia	2	1	0	1	0	0
Georgia	3	1	1	1	0	0
Germany	22	2	4	1	11	3	1
Ghana	10	1	8	1
Greece	12	2	0	2	8	0	0
Grenada	0	0	0	0	0
Guatemala	9	2	1	1	3	1	1
Guinea	4	0	2	0	2	0	0
Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0	0
Guyana	2	0	1	1	0	0	0

Haiti	7	0	0	7	0
Holy See	11	10	1
Honduras	5	0	0	3	0	2
Hungary	22	3	3	3	11	1	1
Iceland	20	1	3	1	12	2	1
India	13	3	0	9	1	0
Indonesia	3	0	2	1
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	14	2	10	2	0
Iraq	18	4	1	10	2	1
Ireland	5	1	2	1	1
Israel	11	2	1	1	6	1	0
Italy	19	3	4	3	7	1	1
Jamaica	10	2	1	5	1	1
Japan	8	4	3	0	0	1
Jordan	15	1	3	0	7	3	1
Kazakhstan	0	0	0	0
Kenya	3	0	1	1	1	0
Kiribati	0	0
Kuwait	13	1	0	0	11	0	1
Kyrgyzstan	3	1	0	1	1	0	0
Lao People's Democratic Republic	3	0	2	1
Latvia	2	0	1	0	1	0	0
Lebanon	7	2	0	3	1	1
Lesotho	5	1	0	4	0	0
Liberia	0	0	0	0

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	16	3	3	1	7	1	1
Liechtenstein	3	2	1	0
Lithuania	1	0	1	0	0	0
Luxembourg	16	2	2	2	7	2	1
Madagascar	13	2	1	9	0	1
Malawi	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Malaysia	0	0	0
Maldives	3	0	2	1
Mali	7	1	1	4	0	1
Malta	10	2	1	0	7	0	0
Marshall Islands	0	0
Mauritania	1	1	0
Mauritius	15	2	3	1	7	1	1
Mexico	24	3	4	3	9	3	2
Micronesia (Federated States of)	1	1
Monaco	1	1	0	0	0	0
Mongolia	18	3	2	11	1	1
Morocco	19	2	4	1	10	1	1
Mozambique	1	0	0	1	0
Myanmar	1	0	1
Namibia	6	1	0	1	3	0	1
Nauru	0	0
Nepal	9	1	1	0	6	0	1
Netherlands	22	2	2	1	10	6	1
New Zealand	19	2	4	3	8	1	1

Nicaragua	12	2	3	4	1	2
Niger	9	0	1	8	0	0
Nigeria	16	1	2	11	1	1
Niue	0	0
Norway	27	3	4	4	12	3	1
Oman	0	0
Pakistan	11	0	10	1
Palau	0	0
Panama	17	3	2	2	8	1	1
Papua New Guinea	1	0	1	0
Paraguay	6	2	1	1	1	1
Peru	19	3	3	3	8	1	1
Philippines	18	1	1	4	9	2	1
Poland	24	2	4	3	11	3	1
Portugal	16	2	4	3	4	2	1
Qatar	7	7	0
Republic of Korea	18	1	2	4	9	1	1
Republic of Moldova	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Romania	19	1	4	2	9	2	1
Russian Federation	26	2	4	4	12	2	2
Rwanda	14	2	3	7	1	1
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	0	1
Saint Lucia	0	0	0	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3	1	1	1	0	0
Samoa	0	0	0

San Marino	1	1	0	0
Sao Tome and Principe	0	0
Saudi Arabia	0	0	0	0
Senegal	17	2	4	2	7	1	1
Seychelles	4	0	0	0	4	0	0
Sierra Leone	2	0	0	2	0	0
Singapore	0	0	0
Slovakia	2	0	1	1	0	0	0
Slovenia	3	0	1	1	0	0	1
Solomon Islands	1	1	0	0
Somalia	2	0	0	2	0
South Africa	1	1	0	0
Spain	25	3	4	4	11	2	1
Sri Lanka	11	1	3	2	3	1	1
Sudan	6	2	3	0	1
Suriname	2	1	0	0	1	0
Swaziland	4	4	0
Sweden	27	3	4	3	12	3	2
Switzerland	6	3	1	0	1	1	0
Syrian Arab Republic	13	1	10	1	1
Tajikistan	0	0	0	0	0
Thailand	3	0	2	1
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	3	1	1	0	1	0	0
Togo	4	0	2	0	1	0	1
Tonga	9	9	0

Trinidad and Tobago	11	2	0	7	1	1
Tunisia	18	2	4	1	8	2	1
Turkey	3	1	2	0
Turkmenistan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tuvalu	0	0
Uganda	3	0	0	1	1	0	1
Ukraine	25	3	4	3	12	2	1
United Arab Emirates	7	7	0
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	38	4	8	4	15	4	3
United Republic of Tanzania	9	3	2	4	0	0
United States of America	1	0	1	0
Uruguay	19	2	4	1	9	2	1
Uzbekistan	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Vanuatu	1	0	1
Venezuela	15	1	2	3	9	0	0
Viet Nam	6	1	1	2	1	1
Yemen	13	0	2	3	6	0	2
Yugoslavia	18	1	3	2	10	1	1
Zambia	6	0	2	1	3	0	0
Zimbabwe	5	1	1	1	1	1

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States That Have Never Had a Report Considered By Any Treaty Body

1 January 2000

Country

Number of Overdue Reports	Number of Treaties Ratified
Albania	13	6
Andorra	2	2
Angola	10	4
Bahrain	3	3
Bhutan	6	2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	12	6
Brunei Darussalam	1	1
Comoros	2	2
Cook Islands	1	1
Djibouti	1	2
Dominica	10	4
Eritrea	2	2
Grenada	8	4
Guinea-Bissau	8	3
Kazakhstan	3	4
Kiribati	1	1
Liberia	17	3
Malaysia	2	2
Nauru	1	1
Niue	1	1
Republic of Moldova	9	6
Saint Lucia	11	3
Samoa	3	2

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Number of Overdue Reports	Number of Treaties Ratified
Sao Tome and Principe	2	1
Saudi Arabia	2	3
Singapore	1	2
Tajikistan	5	6
Turkmenistan	7	6
Tuvalu	1	2

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