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Afghanistan registers 3.6-percent economic growth in 2016

Xinhua, May 10, 2017 Adjust font size:

The annual report released by Afghanistan's Central Statistics Organization (CSO) revealed that the militancy-plagued country's economic growth rate was 3.6 percent in 2016, reported the English newspaper Afghanistan Times on Wednesday.

"Afghanistan's economic growth rate was 3.6 percent last year, while the country's population increased by 2 percent in 2016, reaching to 29.2 million," the paper quoted the report of the CSO as saying.

Quoting the report, the paper said the presence of women among universities is estimated at 11.8 percent.

However, women and girls make up 22.9 percent of university students across Afghanistan, said the report.

The CSO report also shows that there are three doctors for 10,000 people in Afghanistan and five beds at hospitals for 10,000 patients, the paper added. Endit