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government agencies find lot of difficulties in the smooth
2 Luxembourg 43,940 2
implementation of e- government in Nepal because of low
3 Switzerland 39,880 4
literacy, low per capita income, insufficient infrastructure
4 United States 37,6!0
and limited financial resource. 5
5 Japan 34,510 7
5.1: Low literocy 6 United Kingdom 28,350 12
Literacy is defined as the ability to read and write with 7 Germany 25,250 22
understanding in any language. A person who can merely 8 Canada 23,930 24
read but cannot write is not classified as literate. Any 9 Australia 2L,650 27
formal education or minimum educational standard is not
10 Swaziland 1,350 127
necessary to be considered literate. Georgia is the country
L1 China L,100 133
having 100 percent literacy rate and at
12 Sri Lanka 930 L40
1st rank in the list of Iiteracy (Table: 2). Literacy level of
13 lndia 530 150
Nepal is 48.6 percent and ranked 1,62 in the list and Mali
L4 Pakistan 470 L66
,
is having literacy level 24 percent is the lowest rever in
literacy level (176). 15 Bangladesh 400 L74
16 Nepal 240 L92
Toble 2: Literocy rate of select countries. L7 Ethiopia 90 208
( So u r c e : htt p : //w w w. s u cce s s- o n d - c u I t u r e. n et/o rti c I e s/
1, Georgia 100.0 1, pe rco p ita i n co m e.shtm I )
2 Cuba 99.8 2
3 Russia 99.4 t2 5.3 : Limited finonciol Resource
4 Australia 99.0 18 The Gross Domestic Product (GDp) is one of the
measures of national income and output for a given
5 Canada 99.0 1_8
country's economy. GDP is defined as the total market
6 Germany 99.0 18
value of all final goods and services produced within the
7 Japan 99.0 18
country in a given period of time (usually a calendar year).
8 Switzerland 99.0 18
GDP of a country is the measure of its financial strength.
9 United Kingdom 99.0 18 United States is having the highest GDp in the world
10 United States 99.0 18 followed by China, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom
1,1 China 99.9 86 (Table 4) and lndia with GDP L,825,00O million US S is at
12 Sri Lanka 90.7 87 rank 10th (Table 4). Nepal with GDp 19,42Omillion US 5 is
13 Swaziland 79.6 124 at rank 108th (Table ).
L4 lndia 61.0 747
15 Pakistan 49.9 160 Tqble 4: GDP of select countries in 2072 given by the CIA
World Fqct book
1.6 Nepal 48.6 L62
t7 Mali 24.0 t76 Egll,
1 United States 15,690,000
( So u r ce : htt p : //e n.w i ki p e d i o. o r g /w i k i / Li st_of_co u nt r i e s
2 China 8,227,000 2
by_literocy_rote)
3 Japan 5,964,000 3
4 Germany 3,40L,000 4
5.2 : Low per copito income
5 France 2,609,000 5
Per capita income means how much each individual
6 United Kingdom 2,441",000
receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income 6
generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to 7 Brazil 2,396,OOO 7
receive if the yearly national income is divided equally 8 Russia 2,053,000 8
among everyone. Per capita income is usually reported 9 Canada l_,919,000 1,1
in units of currency per year. Globally Bermuda has the 10 lndia 1,925,000 10
highest per capita income followed by Luxembourg. lndia 'J,,542,000
17 Australia 12
is at 160th rank in with 530 USS average per capita income
L2 Switzerland 632,400 20
(Table 3).
13 Pakistan 23L,gOO 44
Toble 3: Notional Average per Copito lncome of select 1.4 Sri Lanka 59,4L0 71,
15 Nepal
countries t 19,420 108
( S o u rc e : htt p : //e n.w i k i p e d i o. o rg /w i k i / Li st_of_co u n t r i e s_
1 | Bermuda N/A L by_GDP_(nominol) )

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