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The economy of Nepal is a developing category and is largely dependent on agriculture and remittances. [6] Until the mid-20th century Nepal was an isolated pre-industrial society, which entered the modern era in 1951 without schools, hospitals, roads, telecommunications , electric power, industry, or civil service.
This is a sorted list of Asian countries according to their rank, with their factual and estimated gross domestic product data by the International Monetary Fund. [1] The top 3 largest economies in Asia are China, Japan and India.
This is a list of gross domestic product (GDP) at purchasing power parity (PPP) for the latest year. [1] All sovereign states with United Nations membership and territory in Asia or Oceania are included on the list apart from the transcontinental countries which are included in the lists for Europe (when they are current or suspended members of the Council of Europe) or Africa in the case of ...
The dollar had broadened its advance last week to sweep over sterling as well, driving it to an eight-month low of $1.2349. The pound was last looking none too steady at $1.2435.
The economy of Asia comprises about 4.7 billion people (60% of the world population) living in 50 different nations. [1] [2] Asia is the fastest growing economic region, as well as the largest continental economy by both GDP Nominal and PPP in the world. [11] Moreover, Asia is the site of some of the world's longest modern economic booms.
Nepal's foreign exchange remittances of US$8.1 billion in 2018, the 19th largest in the world and constituting 28.0% of GDP, [197] were contributed to its economy by millions of workers primarily in India, the Middle East and East Asia, almost all of them unskilled labourers.
Good news on the U.S. economy is back to being bad for Wall Street, and the stock market slumped Tuesday following better-than-expected reports on the job market and business activity. The S&P 500 ...
High foreign debt, economic mismanagement under the governments of Gotabhaya and Mahinda Rajapaksa, [150] and lower tourism revenue led to the country defaulting on its sovereign debt in April 2022. [151] The economy contracted 7.8% in 2022, and the percentage of the population earning less than $3.65 a day doubled to around 25% of the population.