India case study facts Flashcards
(25 cards)
How long is India’s coastline?
7500km
How many countries does India border?
6
e.g China
How many films does Bollywood produce each year?
Over 1200
How much has India’s GDP increased?
From $1.2 trillion in 1991 to $7.3 trillion in 2014
By what percentage did agriculture decrease?
From 37% in 1980 to 15% in 2011
By what percentage did services increase?
From 46% to 67%
How many seaports?
12 major and 185 minor
What percentage of India’s trade is carried out by ship?
95%
How many airports?
11 international and 86 domestic
Which ages is education free and compulsory?
6-14 years
How many of the world’s top 20 polluted cities are in India?
13 / 20
Air pollution reduces life expectancy by how many years in New Delhi?
8years and 5months
By how much has number of polluted rivers rose?
121 in 2010 to 275 in 2015
(due to extra sewage)
Which 3 groups is India a part of?
BRICS - more power, have 20% of world wealth, give money to other countries
G20 - top 20 economies in the world
UN - climate change talks
What percentage of world’s GDP does BRICS have?
20%
For how many deaths was air pollution responsible for in India in 2013?
586,788
What’s the most polluted city in the world (in India)?
New Delhi
How much has literacy rate increased?
65% in 2001 to 74% in 2011
For what percentage of India’s GDP did tourism account for in 2018?
9.2%
How many people did tourism employ in 2018?
42 million
How much money did India receive in FDI in 1995 and 2015?
$5.6 billion in 1995 and $63 billion in 2015
How much did Indian diaspora send back in remittances in 2015?
$83 billion
How much has death rate fallen?
10 in 1991 to 7.35 in 2014
How much has life expectancy increased since 1991?
3.2years
