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SOUTH ASIA: GENDER DISPARITIES PROFILE

	Year	India	Pakistan	Bangladesh	Nepal	Sri Lanka	Bhutan	Maldives	South Asia (Weighted avg.)	Developing Countries
Female Population 2000
- Number ( millions )		491	66	63	12	9.5	1.05	0.14	643	2395
- as a % of Male		94	92	95	100	102	98	93	94	97
Adult female literacy
( as % of Male )	1970	41	35	35	12	80	-	-	40	-
	1997	59	46	55	37	93	52	100	57	79
Female Primary School gross
enrolment ( as % of male )	1970	64	37	48	20	92	6	107	60	79
	1990-97*	82	61 (a)	86	71	98	77 (b)	97	80	94
Female 1st 2nd and 3rd level
gross enrolment ratio ( as % of male	1997	76	50	75	71	103	71	101	74	86
Mean years of Schooling
( female as % of male )	1980	32	25	29	33	79	33	77	32	53
	1992	34	23	29	71	79	33	76	33	55
Female life expectancy (as % of male)	1970	97	99	97	97	103	104	95	97	103
	1998	102	103	100	98	107	103	97	102	105
Real GDP per Capita ( PPP$)
( female as % of male )	1997	38	30	58	54	41	51	58	39	4.8
Earned income share (female as % of
male )	1995	34	26	30	50	55	48	55	33	48
Economic activity rate ( age 15+ )	1970	43	11	6	52	37	52	35	37	53
( female as % of male )	1997	50	40	77	70	55	67	78	52	68
Administrators and Managers
( as % Female )	1992-97	2	4	5	-	18	-	14	3	10
Share of females in Parliament( %)	1999	8.7	2.6	12.4	7.9	4.9	2	6.3	7.3	10
Gender Related Development Index
(GDI)	1997	0.525	0.472	0.428	0.441	0.712	0.444	0.711	0.511	0.630
Gender empowerment measure (GEM)	1997	0.240	0.176	304	-	0.321	-	0.342	0.236	-

Source : Human Development Report in South Asia : 2000 : The Gender Question, Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre, OUP Karachi, 2000.