In this episode rescue facts we're not comparing India and Pakistan however comparing to other amazing countries in South Asia
Bangladesh and Nepal how you guys doing my name is Leroy Kenton, and thanks for joining me on another episode
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Bangladesh first back in the year 1947 with the British partition of
India and with the support of India the Awami League fought for independence for Bangladesh
And that was achieved in the year 1971
Since then Bangladesh has continued to grow and it's interesting that more than half of Bangladesh is population is composed of
farmers the total population of Bangladesh sits at 160 5.7 million people, and it has a population density of
1,100 15.6 2 people per square kilometers Bangladesh also has a land area of one hundred and forty seven thousand
570 square kilometers, okay
So now I want to introduce Nepal Nepal is a beautiful country situated right between China and India and although it's very small in size
Nepal is rich in terms of culture religion and natural diversity
It's also home to the highest mountain in the world Mount Everest and what's interesting about Nepal's flag?
Is that it's the only national flag?
That's not rectangular or squared in shape
But it's actually made up of two triangles
the population of Nepal is a total of twenty-nine point three million people and it's population density is two hundred and
1.28 people per square kilometer its land area sits at 147 thousand one hundred eighty one square kilometers
And now I want to start comparing the money and economy of these two countries
The currency in Bangladesh is the Bangladesh taka and one Bangladeshi taka equals
0.01 two US dollars the currency in Nepal is in Nepalese rupee and one Nepalese rupee equals zero point zero
Zero nine seven US Dollars for Bangladesh the market-based economy is the 44th largest in the world in
nominal terms
And it's the 32nd largest in the world in terms of purchasing power parity and get this according to the IMF Bangladesh
Economy is the second fastest growing major economy of the year 2016 where it had a growth rate of 7.1%
Bangladesh is GDP is
195 billion u.s.. Dollars and its gdp per capita is three point three four thousand US dollars
Now Bangladesh is top exports include, non
Knit men's suits at 16 percent
Knit t shirts at fifteen percent and knit sweaters at twelve percent its top imports are heavy pur woven cotton at 3.5%
Refined petroleum at 3.3 percent in light pure woven cotton at two point nine percent
Now Nepal on the other hand is the one hundred and fiftieth
Largest export economy in the world so when you look at their stats their GDP is twenty-one point two billion
Dollars and their GDP per capita is two point to four thousand US dollars
Now their top exports are flavored water at nine point one percent
Knotted carpet at eight point two percent and non retail synthetic staple fiber yarns at six point one percent
Nepal's top imports are refined petroleum at eight point seven percent
Silver at four point three percent as well as planes helicopters and or spacecrafts at three point four percent
Okay, so now we saw a little bit of the numbers
So let's take a look at which country would be more expensive or cheaper to live in so I got the numbers right here
I'm gonna break them down right now
Let's look at the cost of living in Bangladesh compared to Nepal the food cost in Bangladesh is five percent higher
Housing is twelve percent higher, but clothing is thirty six percent cheaper
Transportation is two percent cheaper personal care is nine percent less expensive
But entertainment is sixty eight percent more expensive in Bangladesh so in total
It's ten percent more expensive to live in Bangladesh than is to live in Nepal now the final two pieces of information
I want to share in this episode is the
National debt and the debt per citizen looking at Bangladesh their national debt sits at sixteen nine point five eight billion u.s.
Dollars and their debt per citizen is at four hundred and thirty five dollars non-apology national
Debt is a lot less at five point eight billion dollars and their debt per citizen is at
$199 okay guys so that was your side-by-side comparison with Bangladesh and Nepal
So let me know down in the comments section, which country. Do you think is better here at up to the facts?
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