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Nepal
World Bank is One of the Prominent Banks In Nepal Helping in its development.

South Asia Low Income
Population(millions) 23 Population growth(%) 2.3
Surface area(1000 sq.km) 147 Population per sq.km 164
GNI($ millions) 5,173 GNI per capita($) 220

  1990 1998 1999
People
Life expectancy(years) 54 57 58
Fertility rate(births per woman)   5.3 4.4 4.3
Infant mortality rate(per 1000 live births) 101 79 75
Under 5 mortality rate(per 1000 children) 138 117 109
Child malnutrition(% of children under 5)   47
Urban population(% of total) 9 11 12
Rural population density(per km2 arable land) 748 700
Illiteracy male(% of people 15 and above) 53 43 42
Illiteracy female(% of people 15 and above) 86 78 77
Net primary enrollment(% of relevant age group) 64
Net secondary enrollment(% of relevant age group) 23
Girls in primary school(% of enrollment) 36 41
Girls in secondary school(% of enrollment) 29 37

Environment
Forest(1000 sq.km) 47   39
Deforestration(% change 1990-2000)     1.8
Water use(% of total resources)     13.8
CO2 emissions(metric tons per capita) 0.0 0.1
Access to improved water sources
(% of urban pop.)
96   85
Access to sanitation(% of urban pop.) 68 34 75
Energy use per capita(kg of oil equivalent) 324 343
Electricity use per capita(kwh) 32 47

Economy
GDP ($ millions) 3628 4852 4995
GDP growth (annual %) 4.6 3.0 3.9
GDP implicit price deflator (annual % growth)       10.7 4.2 8.6
Value added in agriculture(% of GDP) 51.6 39.9 41.7
Value added in industry (% of GDP) 16.2 22.5 21.3
Value added in service (% of GDP) 32.1 37.6 36.9
Exports of goods and service (% of GDP) 10.5 22.8 23.0
Imports of goods and service (% of GDP) 21.1 33.9 30.0
Gross domestic investment (% of GDP) 18.4 24.8 20.2
Central government revenues (% of GDP) 8.5 10.5 10.3
Overall budget deficit (% of GDP) -6.8 -4.6 -3.9
Money and quasi money (annual % growth) 18.5 24.0 21.6

Technology and infrastructure
Telephone mainlines (per 1000 people)          3 10 11
Cost of 3 min local call($) 0.04 0.01 0.01
Personal computers( per 1000 people)     2.3 2.7
Internet users (thousands) 0 15 35
Paved roads (% of total) 38 42
Aircraft departures (thousands) 26 17 12

Trade and Finance
Trade as share of PPP GPD(%) 5.4 6.2 6.8
Trade growth less GPD growth
average%(1989-99)
    7.4
High tech.export
(%of manufactured exports)
       
Net barter terms of trade(1995=100)    
Foreign direct investment($ millions)       6 12 4
Present value of debt($ millions)     1654
Total debt service($ millions) 70 88 107
Short term debt($ millions) 24 31 43
Aid per capita($) 23 18 15


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