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SOUTH ASIA: EDUCATION INPUTS
| YEAR | BANGLADESH | INDIA | NEPAL | PAKISTAN | SRI LANKA | |
| Expenditure per Student : Primary % of GNP per Capita | 1980 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1997 | - | 9.2 | 9.7 | - | - | |
| Secondary % of GNP per Capita | 1980 | 10.4 | - | - | - | - |
| 1997 | - | 17.7 | 12.6 | - | - | |
| Tertiary % of GNP per Capita | 1980 | 34.9 | 88.2 | 272 | - | 65 |
| 1997 | - | 99.8 | 115.3 | - | 85 | |
| Expenditure on Teachers | ||||||
| Compensation% of total current education expenditure | 1980 | 33.5 | - | 59.2 | - | - |
| 1997 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Primary Teachers with requir- ed academic qualifications % | 1992-98(a) | 68 | 88 | 96 | 99 | 100 |
| Primary pupil-teacher ratio Pupils per teacher | 1997 | - | 62 | 39 | 40 | 28 |
Note :
a Data are for the most recent year available.
Sources : The World Bank, World
Development Indicators, Washington, 2001.