Pakistan in Financial Crisis
Foreign public debt – $84.5bn Foreign public debt is 30% of GDP. Got 13th bailout package from the IMF since…
39% Adults are Overweight
Preschool children (less than 5 years of age) Total population – 678 million Overweight – 40 million (5.9%) School-age children…
Undernourishment Rising in Africa and South America
(FAO) 2005 2010 2015 2016 2017 1018 Africa 21.2% 19.1% 18.3% 19.2% 19.8% 19.9% Northern Africa 6.2% 5% 6.9% 7%…
Number of Undernourished People on the Rise
(FAO) 2010 – 822.3 million 2011 – 814.4 million 2015 – 785.4 million 2016 – 796.5 million 2017 – 811.7…
Prevalence of Undernourishment in the World
(FAO) 2005 – 14.5% 2010 – 11.8% 2015 – 10.6% 2016 – 10.7% 2017 – 10.8% 2018 – 10.8% (projected…
Negative GDP Per Capita Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
(The World Bank, Most Recent Value) South Sudan -12.1 Equatorial Guinea -6.4 Angola -5.3 Sudan -4.6 Somalia -2.7 Namibia -1.9…
GDP Per Capita in Sub-Saharan Africa – The Group of Upper 20 Countries
(The World Bank, Current GDP in US$, 2018) Seychelles 16,433.90 Mauritius 11,238.70 Equatorial Guinea 10,174.00 Botswana 8,258.60 Gabon 8,029.80 South…
Number of Poor in Urban Areas in India – What the Last Official Estimation Says
The Planning Commission (now NITI Aayog), released the data on poverty estimates in July 2013.Officially, it is the latest poverty…
Tamil Nadu has Maximum Number of Registered Refugees/Stateless Persons in India
(As on December 31, 2014) Tamil Nadu 102478 Chhattisgarh 62890 Maharashtra 47663 Karnataka 34348 Uttarakhand 11768 Jammu & Kashmir 10538…
Refugees/Stateless Persons in India
Home Ministry – 2,89,394 persons (As on December 31, 2014) Bangladesh – 1,03,817 Sri Lanka – 1,02,467 Tibet – 58,155…
Number of Illegal Immigrants in India
No official figure. The Intelligence Bureau (IB) puts their number at 31,313. Hindus – 25,447 Sikhs – 5,807 Christians –…
Abandoned Children Living in Children Homes
(As in November 2019) Children Home Beneficiaries Andhra Pradesh 50 2667 Arunachal Pradesh 4 155 Assam 30 1633 Bihar 13…