South Asia will grow by $1.5T between 2020-2025.
Creating massive opportunities for startups and capital.
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harness this opportunity.
South Asia is the 4th largest region in Global GDP
With positive macro-economic trends
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Massive Consumption Growth
Driven by rising prosperity 400 million middle income consumers in South Asia are buying goods. Total consumer spending rose by 36% YoY in 2021. Rapid e-commerce adoption and mobile internet, is accelerating this trend.
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Export Growth
Exports in South Asia are rapidly rising and have grown 4x in the last decade. Currently, 18% of GDP in India and Bangladesh is from manufacturing exports. As companies move to “China+1” strategy to diversify manufacturing, South Asia is becoming the next destination. Globally, Bangladesh is now the second largest garments manufacturer, while India is the second largest manufacturer of mobile device and largest in generic pharmaceuticals.
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Large Infrastructure Spending
The governments in South Asia are investing in infrastructure. $7.5T will be spent in upgrading infrastructure 2020-2030 - a continuation of the last decade. Improved transportation, power, mobile, internet and other infrastructure is powering growth.
India & Bangladesh are
the growth engines of
South Asia
With a combined economy of $3.4T, India and Bangladesh are the growth engines of the region. Benefiting from strong growth and stable policies over the last decade, GDP/Capita in both countries are expected to approach $3000 by 2025.
Logistics & E-commerce
Logistics and E-commerce sectors are primary beneficiaries of the overall GDP growth. The total market size in these two sectors are expected to grow by 1.75x by 2025. 27 unicorns, out of a total of 105 over the last 5 years have come from these sectors.
