SAARCs Economic Indicators

S. N.

Indicator

Afghanistan Bangladesh

Bhutan

1.

Population (million), 2007

--

159

0.7

2.

Population Average Annual

Growth Rate %,1990-2007,

--

2.0

--

3.

Urban Population as % of
Total Population, 2007

24

27

4.

PPP GNI US $ in billion,

2007

26.0

India

Nepal

Pakistan Sri Lanka

0.3

28

162

20

1.7

--

2.3

2.4

0.9

--

29

--

17

36

15

211.4

3.3

3082.5

1.5

29.8

412.9

84.0

--

1330

4980

2740

4910

1060

2540

4200

8.4

68.4

--

1176.9

--

10.3

142.9

32.3

6.4

19.1

9.1

6.6

3.2

6.0

6.8

PPP GNI Per Capita US $,

2007

1125

Maldives

5.

GDP US $ billion, 2007

5.

GDP Per Capita Annual

Growth %,2006-2007

7.

Exports of Goods &

services as % of GDP,
2007

12

20

--

21

--

13

14

29

8.

Imports of Goods & services

as % of GDP, 2007

56

27

--

24

--

31

21

40

9.

Total Debts Services

(As % of export of goods,
services & income), 2007

3.9

--

--

--

4.5

8.9

6.7

10.

11.

12.

5.3

--

Industry

24

28

--

30

--

17

27

30

Services

39

52

--

52

--

49

53

58

Agriculture

36

19

--

18

--

34

21

12

Manufacturing

15

18

--

16

--

19

19

Percentage of Population
Living on less than $1.25
a day, 2000-2007

--

49.6

26.2

41.6

--

55.1

22.6

14.0

288

653

--

22950

--

5333

603

1 Apr31 Mar

1 Oct30 Sep

%
Share
in GDP,
2007

Net Foreign Direct

Investment Inflow
In Million, 2007

13.

Fiscal Year Period

14.

Average annual Growth &

Consumer Price Index (%),
2000-2007

15.

1 US$ equivalent to
national currency, 2008

21 March20 March
-50.52

Source: World Development Indicator 2009.

1 Jul30 Jun

1 Jul30 Jun

16 Jul15 Jul

1 Jul30 Jun

1 Jan31 Dec

6.4

--

4.4

--

5.0

6.0

9.9

68.89

--

48.64

--

78.07

79.09

111.37

SAARC's Selected Indicators

S. N. Indicator

Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan

India

Maldives

Nepal

Pakistan Sri Lanka

1.

Life Expectancy at birth

(Years), 2007

--

64

66

65

68

64

65

72

2.

Infant Mortality rate / 1000

Live births, 2007

--

47

--

54

--

43

73

17

3.

Under 5 Mortality rate(per

1000 live birth), 2007

--

61

--

72

--

55

90

21

4.

Maternal Mortality ratio (per

100,000 live births),
1990-2006

--

322

--

301

--

281

533

43

--

30

--

60

--

20

80

60

----

1
22
0.3

----

4
21
7.2

----

2
12
1.4

3
39
10.8

14
40
3.9

--

146

--

503

--

80

480

400

5.
6.

7.

Physician (per 100,000

people), 2002-2007
Communication Facilities
(per 100 people), 2007 :
Telephone
-Cellular subscribers -Internet Users
-Electricity Consumption per
capita( kilowatt hours),
2006

8.

Adult Literacy rate

(age 15 + ),%, 1999-2007

28.0

53.5

52.8

66.0

97.0

56.5

54.2

90.8

9.

Public expenditure on
Health As % of GDP, 2006

9.2

3.2

--

1.03.6

--

5.1

2.0

4.2

10.

Public expenditure on Defense

As % of GDP, 2007

1.5

1.1

--

2.5

--

1.5

3.5

2.9

11.

Public expenditure on
Education, As % of GDP,
2007
Female
Rate %
Economic
Activity
As % of
(ages 15
Male rate
and older) ,
2007
AgricultureWoman
Employment Man
by
IndustryEconomic
Woman
Activity (%)
Man
2003-2006
ServicesWoman
Man
Human Development Index,
2007 Rank

--

2.6

--

3.2

--

3.8

2.9

--

--

39.2

--

28.2

--

45.2

18.7

37.2

--

57.0

--

34.0

--

59.0

21.0

43.0

---

59
50

---

---

---

---

67
38

---

---

18
12

---

---

---

---

15
21

---

---

23
38

---

---

---

---

18
41

---

181

146

132

134

95

144

141

102

652

144

47

3287

0.3

147

796

66

12.

13.

14.
15.

Area ('000 Sq. Km.)

Source: World Development Indicator 2009.