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GENDER - RELATED DEVELOPMENT INDEX (GDI) (1994) OF SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES

 Country  GDI Bank Share of Earned Income % Adult Literacy Rate (%) GDI Value (%)
F M F M  
Bangladesh 128 23.1 76.9 24.3 48.4 0.33
Bhutan - - - - - -
India 118 25.7 74.3 36.1 64.5 0.41
Maldives 94 35.4 64.6 92.9 93.1 0.60
Nepal 131 - - 12.8 39.7 0.32
Pakistan 120 20.8 79.2 23.3 49 0.39
Sri Lanka 70 34.5 65.5 86.9 93.2 0.69

Sources : UNDP, Human Development Report, 1997, OUP INDIA, 1997.

 
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