D3) What are Tibet's economic statistics?
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This article is from the Tibet FAQ, by Peter Kauffner Peter.Kauffner@bearsden.org and Nima Dorje tibet@acs.ucalgary.ca.
D3) What are Tibet's economic statistics?
Tibet (TAR) China (PRC) USA
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Per capita GDP in U.S.
dollars (1993) 242 462 24,700
Average annual growth in
real income (1985-91) 5.5 8.1 0.8
Telephone main lines per
100 population (1992) 0.01 1 56
Percentage of adults who
are literate (1990) 56 74 97
Percentage of adults who
are high school grads (1990) 2.12 8.04 77.6
Percentage of adults who
are college grads (1990) 0.57 1.42 21.3
Sources: [Bennett95], [Fiske94], [Overholt93], [US Census94], [World94],
[Poston92]
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