Compiled by: Government of Nepal National Planning Commission Secretariat Central Bureau of Statistics Ramshahpath, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal Website: http://www.cbs.gov.np
Introduction The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was established in 1985 with a broad objective of promoting the welfare of the people of South Asia through regional cooperation. Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are the founder members of the organization from its establishment. The number of member States reaches to eight when Afghanistan became a member of SAARC in 2007. The SAARC Group on Statistics (SAARCSTAT) was formed in 2004 to commence cooperation in the field of statistics among the member states. Four meetings of the heads of SAARC statistical organizations have so far been held in India (26-27 May 2005), Bangladesh (17 April 2008), Bhutan (18-19 November 2010) and Pakistan (24-25 October 2011) respectively with the view of sharing experiences and promoting statistical systems in South Asia. Various decisions and initiatives have been taken in the subsequent meetings to develop common concepts, classifications and standards for the production of comparable statistics and indicators of the region. As per the decision of the fourth meeting of the heads of SAARC statistical organizations, a leaflet "SAARC in Figures" has been initiated to publish by the Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal. The present issue "SAARC in Figures 2012", a concise leaflet attempts to present statistical facts and figures on various social and economic situations of the member countries under nineteen broad headings. Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Nepal is pleased to bring out this first issue of the "SAARC in Figures" and hopes that the leaflet would be helpful to briefly introduce the region. CBS would like to thank all the National Statistical Offices of the member states and other concerned agencies for supplying information for this issue. Comments and constructive suggestions that would be useful to improve future issues are heartily welcome. 1 Central Bureau of Statistics Kathmandu, Nepal September 2012
1. Population and Demography Population ('000) 25986 148692 720 (2012) Population growth rate (%) 2.03 1.10 1.70 1.60 Population density Per Km Square Sex ratio (Number of males per hundred females) 37.50 1033.00 104.70 103.00 18.80 (2012) 109.10 1210193 319 1.69 382.00 1053.00 94.00 103.00 26621 1.40 180.90 94.00 177100 20860 2.050 0.90 222.00 318.00 107.10 98 Crude Birth Rate (CBR) per 1000 population 20.30 20.40 22.10 22.00 24.30 27.50 18.20 Crude Death Rate (CDR) per 1000 population 6.10 6.90 7.20 3.00 8.30 7.30 6.60 Total Fertility Rate (TFR) per Woman 2.20 2.40 2.50 2.10 2.60 3.50 2.30 Life expectancy at birth, Males (Years) 67.40 64.10 62.60 (2002-06) 72.60 63.60 63.90 71.20 Life expectancy at birth, Females (Years) 68.30 67.80 64.20 (2002-06) 74.40 64.50 65.80 77.40 2
2. Urbanization and International Migration Urban population (% of total population) Absentee Population (Abroad) ('000) 23.30 28.10 34.70 31.20 35.00 17.00 1917 36.86 14.30 Foreign population ('000) 1085 40 73 340 3. Child and Maternal Health Infant mortality (per 1000 live births) 134.0 41.0 40.1 47.0 11.0 46.0 70.5 13.0 Under five mortality (per 1000 live births) 199.0 52.0 61.5 59.0 13.0 54.0 16.0 Underweight children under five year (%) 39.3 (2004) 46.3 18.7 42.5 (2005-06) 30.4 (2001) 28.8 29.4 (2000) Children under 1 year old immunized against measles (%) 76.0 89.0 98.0 69.6 (2007-08) 97.0 88.0 82.0 96.0 DPT3 immunisation (%) 83.0 94.0 96.0 55.3 (2005-06) 96.0 91.3 85.0 97.0 3
Maternal Mortlity ratio (per 100000 live births ) 1400.0 340.0 200.0 212.0 (2007-09) 112.0 281.0 260.0 39.0 Antenatal care coverage at least four visits (%) 21.0 62.5 37.0 (2005-06) 85.0 50.1 28.0 93.0 Birth attended by skilled health personnel (%) 24.0 24.0 69.5 52.6 (2007-08) 98.0 36.0 43.0 99.0 4. Contraceptive and HIV/AIDS Contraceptive prevalence rate 15-49 years female (%) 23.0 56.0 56.3 (2005-06) 35.0 49.7 27.0 (2007-08) 68.0 HIV prevalence rate (% of 15-49 years old) 0.10 0.20 0.30 0.01 0.40 0.10 0.10 Comprehensive correct knowledge of HIV/AIDS (% of 15-24 years old females) 16.0 17.3 (2005-06) 20.7 Comprehensive correct knowledge of HIV/AIDS (% of 15-24 year old males) 18.0 33.0 (2005-06) 29.5 4
5. Prevalence of Malaria and Tuberculosis Malaria per 100000 population 1375 49 70 139 0 450 3 Tuberculosis prevalence rate per 100000 population 337 425 190 256 47 240 101 Tuberculosis incidence rate per 100000 population 189 225 158 185 39 163 66 Tuberculosis detection rate under DOTS % 48 44 100 87 83 73 65 70 6. Health Care and Resources Doctors (Physicians) per 10000 population 2 3 3 16 2 (2004) 8 5 Hospital beds per 10000 population 5 4 17 23 6 31 (2004) Total health expenditure as % of GDP 7.40 3.40 5.50 4.10 8.00 5.80 0.27 4.00 5
7. Education and Literacy Net enrolment rate in primary education (%) Survival rate to last grade of primary education ( %) Literacy rate (6 years and over) ( %) Adult literacy rate (15 years and over) (%) Public expenditure on education as percent of GDP 77.2 85.5 66.6 95.0 94.0 6 98.3 (2009-10) 78.0 (2008-09) 95.5 116.0 93.8 8. Employment and Labour Force 55.9 52.8 2.4 4.8 66.0 (2007-08) 3.1 (2011-12) 95.8 95.1 82.8 60.9 56.9 8.1 3.8 56.0 49.0 55.0 1.8 99.5 88.7 90.6 Description/Country Afghanistan Bangladesh** Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri-Lanka** Labour force participation rate (%) Unemployment rate (%) Employment in agriculture (%) 54.2 7.0 69.6 (2004) 58.5 4.2 48.1 67.4 3.1 60.2 59.6 (2009-10) 2.6 (2009-10) 53.2 (2009-10) 53.8 11.7 4.2 83.4 2.1 73.9 45.7 6.0 45.1 48.6 4.9 32.5
9. Poverty and Inequality Population living below the national poverty line (%) Proportion of population below $ 1.25 (PPP) a day (%) Gini coefficient 42.0 40.0 49.60 0.310 26.20 (2003) 0.352 37.2 (2004-05) 15.0 8.00 0.370 25.2 55.10 0.328 22.3 21.04 0.312 22.7 (2002) 14.00 (2002) 0.411 (2002) Human development index 2011 # 0.398 0.500 0.522 0.547 0.661 0.458 0.504 0.691 HDI rank in 2011 # 172 146 141 134 109 157 145 97 10. Women and Empowerment Female headed household (%) 14.4 (2005-06) 56.1 14.9 (2001) Women in national Parliament % 27.0 19.0 13.9 11.0 7.0 33.0 22.2 6.0 7
11. National Accounts Description/Country Afghanistan Bangladesh** Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri-Lanka** GDP at PPP (USD, million) GDP per capita at PPP (USD) 34603 1352 245229 1677 3531 5167 3919 35506 105527 9332 1255 5098 GNI per capita (USD) 330.0 640.0 490.0 Growth rate of real GDP Private consumption expenditure (% of GDP) Gross domestic capital formation (% of GDP) Export of goods and services (% of GDP) Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) Gross domestic saving (% of GDP) 17.30 98.20 17.50 14.40 44.10 12.70 5.80 11.77 9.60 5.50 4.60 75.60 0.41 56.50 82.00 25.00 0.52 35.10 35.00 18.50 0.39 22.80 9.80 24.90 0.58 26.90 37.40 19.00 0.33 7.40 1258.0 3.00 84.10 13.10 14.20 19.20 9.50 2290.0 8.00 65.80 27.40 21.70 30.80 18.70 8
12. Money, Finance and Prices Description/Country Afghanistan Bangladesh** Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri-Lanka** Growth rate of CPI Index (%) Growth rate of food CPI Index (%) Money supply M2 (% of GDP) Government revenue as percent of GDP Government expenditure as percent of GDP Fiscal balance as % of GDP Official exchange rate (per USD, annual average) 3.90 7.30 1.00 8.50 9.46 11.40 6.61 5.23 9.70 14.90 22.60 52.40 25.10 59.80 14.10 8.70 21.80-13.10 11.50 15.90-3.90 46.45 69.65 25.60 46.50-0.20 45.73 24.06 15.00 41.39 20.40 13.70 18.00 37.10 12.50 19.10 5.90 6.80 37.30 14.60 22.10-16.04-2.30-7.90 12.80 73.15 85.50 113.07 9
13. Globalization Description/Country Afghanistan Bangladesh** Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri-Lanka** Trade in goods balance (% of GDP) Trade in services balance (% of GDP) Current account balance (% of GDP) Workers remittances received (USD, million) Workers remittances received (% of GDP) FDI net inflows (USD, million) FDI net inflows (% of GDP) International reserves (USD, million) Total external debt (USD, million) Total external debt (% of GDP) -58.2-2.60-3.90-8.30-0.25-38.40-25.40-10.50-1.90 0.01 22.26-1.20 3.70 0.15 22.29-2.40 10804 3507 10.9 21.9 185 1.5 968 164 88 1.0 198 11178 2.9 891 2328.0 23820.0 762.0 7.9 0.5 350 94 962.6 3683.0 24.0 57.7 46.4 28.7-0.90 0.10 11201 5.3 1635 0.8 18244 61844.0 29.5-1.30-2.90 4110 8.3 478 1.0 7197 17208.0 41.5 10
14. Tourism Description/Country Afghanistan Bangladesh** Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri-Lanka** International tourists ('000) Income from tourists (USD, million) 15. Transport 267 27 81 35 6290 16564 791 603 1970.2 388 914 363 Description/Country Afghanistan Bangladesh** Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri-Lanka** Total road networks (KM, '000) Total number of vehicles ('000) Total rail networks (KM) 42.2 780.4 239.2 (2003) 387.4 8.4 54.0 4109.6 114951.0 0.1 47.0 20.1 1178.9 2835 63273 59 261.5 9080.4 7791 654 576 97.3 (2003) 1223.9 1463 11
16. Environment Co 2 emissions (million tons) Consumption of Ozone depleting substances (grams per capita) Forest area as % of total land area 46.40 1585.80 1.03 3.30 12.20 1.60 1.50 12.00 0.0 0.50 2.10 11.10 84.60 21.10 3.30 25.40 4.19 29.70 17. Communications Fixed telephone lines per 100 population 0.40 1.00 3.80 2.80 15.00 3.17 1.90 16.60 Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 population 39.20 35.70 55.92 72.70 154.60 50.20 610.00 68.20 Internet user per 100 population 3.30 0.40 7.00 32.80 11.80 14.55 8.60 12
18. Water and Sanitation Access to improved water source percent of population Access to improved sanitation percent of population 19. Electricity 48.0 80.0 92.0 37.0 53.0 65.0 13 91.4 (2008-09) 47.6 (2008-09) 91.0 83.0 98.0 56.0 87.0 66.0 Description/Country Afghanistan Bangladesh** Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri-Lanka** Total electricity generation (billion kwh) Total electricity used (per capital kwh) Household with electrification (%) Household electricity consumption (Kwh per capita) 35.00 208.00 25.00 46.50 7.00 2392.90 (2009-10) 72.00 959.07 0.04 813.29 78.43 99.80 3.86 144.00 69.90 86.90 90.0 91.0 9.20 409.00 91.37 80.70 (2002) 72 32 162 Note: 1. Sources of data i. National Statistical Office of Corresponding Member States iii. ** = Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2011, ADB ii. * = Statistical Year Book for Asia and Pacific 2011, UNESCAP iv. # = Human Development Report 2011, UNDP 2. = Not available
SAARC Summits First SAARC Summit, Dhaka, 1985 Second SAARC Summit, Bangalore, 1986 Third SAARC Summit, Kathmandu, 1987 Fourth Summit, Islamabad, 1988 Fifth SAARC Summit, Male, 1990 Sixth SAARC Summit, Colombo, 1991 Seventh SAARC Summit. Dhaka, 1993 Eighth SAARC Summit, New Delhi 1995 Ninth SAARC Summit, Male, 1997 Tenth SAARC Summit, Colombo, 1998 Eleventh SAARC Summit, Kathmandu, 2002 Twelfth SAARC Summit, Islamabad, 2004 Thirteenth SAARC Summit, Dhaka, 2005 Fourteenth SAARC Summit, New Delhi, 2007 Fifteenth SAARC Summit, Colombo, 2008 Sixteenth SAARC Summit, Thimphu, 2010 Seventeenth SAARC Summit, Addu City, 2011 14