|
|
Growth Rates during 1980 – 97 (Averages
& Fluctuations)
Country
|
1980
– 89
|
1990
– 93
|
1994
– 97
|
|
Mean
|
SD
(CV)
|
Mean
|
SD
(CV)
|
Mean
|
SD
(CV)
|
Bangladesh
|
4.2
|
2.14
(0.51)
|
4.7
|
0.42
(0.09)
|
5.3
|
0.40
(0.08)
|
|
Bhutan
|
6.9
|
5.51
(0.80)
|
4.8
|
0.86
(0.18)
|
5.9
|
0.75
(0.13)
|
|
India
|
6.0
|
1.88
(0.32)
|
4.2
|
1.81
(0.43)
|
7.0
|
1.00
(0.14)
|
|
Maldives
|
8.9
|
0.31
(0.03)
|
9.1
|
4.79
(0.53)
|
6.6
|
0.42
(0.06)
|
|
Nepal
|
4.1
|
4.27
(1.04)
|
5.6
|
2.02
(0.36)
|
4.2
|
1.06
(0.26)
|
|
Pakistan
|
6.9
|
1.65
(0.24)
|
4.9
|
2.44
(0.50)
|
4.3
|
0.70
(0.16)
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
4.4
|
1.89
(0.43)
|
5.5
|
1.25
(0.23)
|
5.1
|
0.97
(0.20)
|
Note : SD
= Standard Deviation
CV = Coefficient
of Variation
Source : RIS on the basis of ADB, Asian Development Outlook 1998
& ESCAP, Economic & Social Survey of Asia & Pacific 1998,
United Nations.
SAARC Survey Of Development & Co-operation : 1998/99, RISNODC,
New Delhi 1999
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