<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKwa mfano, katika kipindi cha mwaka wa 1980 hadi 1986, na tena kuanzia mwaka wa 1993 hadi 2000, kiwango cha kupungua kwa kila mwaka kilikuwa asilimia 1.7 tu.  <response>: In the period 1980 through 1986, for example, and again 1993 through 2000, the annual rate of decline was only 1.7 percent. 