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Table A2.9 Economic data for Bhutan and other South Asian countries, 2012
GDP per capita (PPP)
in US$
Unemployment
Labour force
Bangladesh 154 695 368 1 851 5.0% 71%
Bhutan 741 822 6 591 2.1% 72%
India 1 236 686 732 3 813 3.6% 56%
Maldives 338 442 8 925 28.0% 67%
Nepal 27 474 377 1 457 2.7% 59%
Sri Lanka 20 328 000 6 146 4.0% 55%
worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD (accessed 6 April 2014); unemployment=Unless stated otherwise: World
TOTL.IN (accessed 6 April 2014).
Table A2.10 Bhutanese nationals in refugee or asylum-seeker status, by host country
Refugees
Asylum seekers
Australia * *
Austria *
Belgium * 8
Brazil 20 12
Canada 19
Denmark 5
France 79
Germany 74 12
Ireland 9 45
Italy * *
Malaysia *
Nepal 40 971
Netherlands 211 6
Norway 10 *
Poland *
Spain *
Sweden 9
Switzerland * 6
United 100 7
United States 70
Note: * denotes where an exact number has been withheld in order to protect anonymity.
country of origin/country returned. Available from (accessed 6 April 2014).
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