Table: Literature ReviewExhibitA1 -Evaluation of data and methods used in the selected publications. Only a minority of the publications performed an accurate preprocessing of the database. The cells were left blank if the operation was not explicitly mentioned in the study. Country 1992 2009 Diff % Country 1992 2009 Diff % China 42'255 137'649 +95'394 +226% Nigeria 2'978 3'173 +195 +7% India 26'411 47'791 +21'380 +81% Laos 60 239 +179 +298% Brazil 36'694 57'926 +21'232 +58% Macedonia 250 422 +172 +69% Egypt 12'231 32'973 +20'742 +170% Ethiopia 151 301 +150 +99% Italy 41'167 57'662 +16'495 +40% Iraq 4'531 4'680 +149 +3% Iran 16'085 30'700 +14'615 +91% Nicaragua 295 441 +146 +49% Spain 25'768 40'191 +14'423 +56% Burkina Faso 118 256 +138 +117% Saudi Arabia 20'230 31'901 +11'671 +58% Botswana 158 295 +137 +87% South Korea 9'173 20'389 +11'216 +122% Armenia 204 338 +134 +66% Mexico 25'726 34'750 +9'024 +35% Mali 121 254 +133 +110% Argentina 11'607 19'906 +8'299 +71% Bulgaria 1'213 1'339 +126 +10% Thailand 5'320 12'682 +7'362 +138% Benin 86 194 +108 +126% Malaysia 3'120 10'422 +7'302 +234% Costa Rica 923 1'027 +104 +11% Portugal 4'208 10'709 +6'501 +154% Kosovo 90 194 +104 +116% France 35'514 41'569 +6'055 +17% Zambia 592 695 +103 +17% Poland 9'978 15'713 +5'735 +57% Malawi 186 285 +99 +53% United Arab Emirates 4'767 9'657 +4'890 +103% Montenegro 87 180 +93 +107% Turkey 6'896 11'617 +4'721 +68% Mauritania 60 150 +90 +150% Vietnam 417 4'784 +4'367 +1'047% Suriname 112 196 +84 +75% Indonesia 5'214 9'152 +3'938 +76% Uganda 97 178 +81 +84% Libya 2'748 6'272 +3'524 +128% Swaziland 67 142 +75 +112% Israel 4'971 8'026 +3'055 +61% Mongolia 245 311 +66 +27% Oman 1'757 4'548 +2'791 +159% Lesotho 34 92 +58 +171% Algeria 4'296 6'934 +2'638 +61% Namibia 235 287 +52 +22% Chile 2'664 5'128 +2'464 +92% Guinea 54 104 +50 +93% Greece 2'836 5'215 +2'379 +84% Tanzania 297 345 +48 +16% Taiwan 6'749 8'802 +2'053 +30% Cameroon 291 337 +46 +16% Romania 1'334 3'287 +1'953 +146% Gabon 169 215 +46 +27% Croatia 651 2'420 +1'769 +272% The Gambia 21 63 +42 +200% Morocco 2'350 4'113 +1'763 +75% Bahamas 221 262 +41 +19% Jordan 1'126 2'867 +1'741 +155% Belize 32 70 +38 +119% Ecuador 1'606 3'230 +1'624 +101% Haiti 68 97 +29 +43% Peru 1'823 3'436 +1'613 +88% Madagascar 72 98 +26 +36% Colombia 5'769 7'303 +1'534 +27% Chad 39 63 +24 +62% Pakistan 8'411 9'825 +1'414 +17% Togo 118 138 +20 +17% Australia 12'303 13'696 +1'393 +11% Djibouti 14 32 +18 +129% Switzerland 4'121 5'468 +1'347 +33% Sierra Leone 10 25 +15 +150% Kuwait 1'180 2'411 +1'231 +104% Guyana 34 47 +13 +38% Syria 2'241 3'389 +1'148 +51% Timor Leste 3 16 +13 +433% Austria 2'439 3'568 +1'129 +46% Niger 106 118 +12 +11% Serbia 1'268 2'373 +1'105 +87% Eritrea 33 41 +8 +24% Qatar 928 2'005 +1'077 +116% Vanuatu 9 14 +5 +56% Venezuela 10'770 11'800 +1'030 +10% Congo 247 249 +2 +1% Philippines 1'464 2'480 +1'016 +69% Fiji 26 24 -2 -8% Angola 228 1'211 +983 +431% Guinea-Bissau 7 0 -7 -100% Trinidad and Tobago 639 1'620 +981 +154% New Zealand 1'975 1'966 -9 -1% Yemen 577 1'483 +906 +157% Rwanda 70 61 -9 -13% Finland 11'059 11'937 +878 +8% Burundi 44 34 -10 -23% Ireland 1'706 2'493 +787 +46% Georgia 478 467 -11 -2% Tunisia 1'918 2'613 +695 +36% Latvia 542 525 -17 -3% Bolivia 861 1'547 +686 +80% Central African 33 14 -19 -58% Lebanon 530 1'203 +673 +127% Rep Nepal 146 126 -20 -14% Bosnia 11 639 +628 +5'709% North Korea 95 66 -29 -31% Paraguay 759 1'379 +620 +82% Kenya 467 437 -30 -6% Sudan 920 1'508 +588 +64% Jamaica 564 518 -46 -8% Cuba 510 1'060 +550 +108% Papua New 183 123 -60 -33% South Africa 13'297 13'834 +537 +4% Guinea Congo, DRC 557 479 -78 -14% Hungary 2'092 2'610 +518 +25% Lithuania 807 723 -84 -10% Slovenia 387 893 +506 +131% Kyrgyzstan 559 419 -140 -25% Uruguay 957 1'438 +481 +50% Netherlands 11'250 11'046 -204 -2% Guatemala 553 1'014 +461 +83% Iceland 616 397 -219 -36% Cyprus 634 1'094 +460 +73% Bangladesh 1'254 1'012 -242 -19% Czech Republic 4'827 5'249 +422 +9% Azerbaijan 1'306 1'009 -297 -23% Turkmenistan 1'091 1'498 +407 +37% Zimbabwe 868 494 -374 -43% Myanmar 268 673 +405 +151% Tajikistan 634 149 -485 -76% Honduras 396 792 +396 +100% Belarus 3'052 2'541 -511 -17% Estonia 687 1'073 +386 +56% Moldova 784 174 -610 -78% Ghana 688 1'072 +384 +56% Germany 34'373 33'505 -868 -3% Mozambique 170 532 +362 +213% Denmark 3'170 1'901 -1'269 -40% Dominican Republic 796 1'151 +355 +45% Slovakia 2'684 1'256 -1'428 -53% Afghanistan 189 499 +310 +164% Kazakhstan 6'811 5'366 -1'445 -21% Brunei 236 546 +310 +131% Japan 59'241 57'409 -1'832 -3% Albania 16 291 +275 +1'719% Belgium 14'195 12'166 -2'029 -14% Panama 520 788 +268 +52% Uzbekistan 5'603 2'606 -2'997 -53% Sri Lanka 517 758 +241 +47% Sweden 14'654 9'020 -5'634 -38% Norway 7'671 7'903 +232 +3% United States 438'324 432'008 -6'316 -1% Senegal 186 396 +210 +113% United Kingdom 43'746 36'220 -7'526 -17% Cote d'Ivoire 400 605 +205 +51% Ukraine 15'745 5'846 -9'899 -63% El Salvador 427 632 +205 +48% Russia 101'529 76'298 -25'231 -25% Cambodia 33 209 +176 +533% Canada 79'571 52'176 -27'395 -34%.