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Nepal - Economic and Social Indicators

Area                    - 147,181 sq.km.
Arable land             - 26,533 sq.km.
Population              - 18.46 million (1991)
Rate of Growth          - 2.08 percent (1981-91 average)
Density and Population  - 125 per sq.km.
Rural population        - 92 perent
Urban population        - 8 percent

LAND USE

                        Area sq.km.     Percent
Agriculture             - 26,533        18.0
Forest                  - 55,334        37.6
Snow                    - 22,463        15.3
Pasture                 - 19,785        13.4
Water                   - 4,000         2.7
Other                   - 19,066        13.0

Literacy                - 36.4 (1989 estimate)
Infant mortality        - 107 per 1000 (1986/87)
Life expectancy         - 54.0 (1990)
Crude birth rate        - 41 (1986/87 direct estimate)
Crude death rate        - 16 (1986/87 direct estimate)
Population per doctor   - 19,891 (1989/90)
Population per
hospital bed            - 4010 (1989/90)

1990/91
Gross Domestic Product  -       Rs. 30,745 million (constant prices)

Of which
- Agriculture           -       Rs. 18,998 mn.
- Non-Agriculture       -       Rs. 11,747 mn.
Rate of Growth of GDP
(Current prices)        -       4.01 percent
Per capita GDP          -       Rs. 4746
(current prices)
Exports                 -       Rs. 7,603.7 mn.
Imports                 -       Rs. 24,197.9 mn.
Trade Balance           -       Rs. 16,594.2 mn.
Balance of payments     -       Rs. 4,781 mn. surplus
Foreign Debt            -       Rs. 45.7 billion
Debt service ratio      -       8 percent
Foreign reserves        -       Rs. 21.3 billion (Jan. 1992)
Inflation rate          -       9.8 percent (based on national urban consumer price index)