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South Asia: Means & Levels
of Fluctuations in the Ratio of Central Government Expenditure to GDP
|
Country
|
1981
– 1990
|
1991
- 1997
|
|
|
Mean
|
Standard
Deviation
|
Coefficient
Of Variation
|
Mean
|
Standard
Deviation
|
Coefficient
Of Variation
|
Bangladesh
|
15.6
|
1.05
|
0.07
|
16.4
|
1.78
|
0.11
|
|
Bhutan
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
37.2
|
4.48
|
0.12
|
|
India
|
16.6
|
3.03
|
0.18
|
16.9
|
0.85
|
0.05
|
|
Maldives
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
53.5
|
6.67
|
0.12
|
|
Nepal
|
18.9
|
2.00
|
0.11
|
18.1
|
0.89
|
0.05
|
|
Pakistan
|
23.2
|
2.74
|
0.12
|
24.5
|
1.45
|
0.06
|
Sri
Lanka
|
33.3
|
2.73
|
0.08
|
28.0
|
1.96
|
0.07
|
Note: - = Data
not available
Data Sources: RIS Computation based on table 4.1
Report: SAARC Survey of Development & Cooperation
1998/99, RISNODC, New Delhi, 1999
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