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• Afghanistan

• Bangladesh

• Bhutan

• India

• Maldives

• Nepal

• Pakistan

• Sri Lanka

• SAARC comprises 3% of the world’s land area,

• 21% of the world’s population

• 5.21% (US$4.47 trillion) of the global economy, as of 2021.

Headquarters : Kathmandu, Nepal

• It launched the South Asian Free Trade Area in 2006.