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ECONOMIC PARTICIPATION (WOMEN)
| India | Pakistan | Bangladesh | Nepal | Sri Lanka | Bhutan | Maldives | South Asia (weighted average) | |
| Female population number | 491 | 66 | 63 | 12 | 9.50 | 1.05 | 0.14 | 643 T |
| (millions) 2000 as a % of total | 48 | 46 | 49 | 50 | 50.00 | 50 | 47 | 48 |
| Female Labour force number | 138 | 14 | 27 | 5 | 3.00 | - | - | 187 T |
| (million) 1998 as a % of total | 32 | 28 | 42 | 41 | 36.00 | - | - | 33 |
| labour force (Percentage of female labour) in 1994-1997 | ||||||||
| * Agriculture | 78 | 66.4 | 41.7 | 93.7 | 41.50 | - | - | 73.1 |
| *Industry | 10.9 | 10.6 | 27.8 | 1.4 | 30.80 | - | - | 12.7 |
| *services | 11.1 | 23 | 30.5 | 4.5 | 27.70 | - | - | 14.4 |
| Women as (%of total ) 1990-99.* *Administrators and Managers | 2.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | - | 17.60 | - | 14 | 2.9 |
| *Professional & Technical workers | 20.5 | 21 | 34.7 | - | 30.70 | - | 34.6 | 21.7 |
| Female unemployment rate 1996 (as a % of total female labour force) | - | 13.7 | 2.3 | - | 17.60 | - | - | - |
| Women's share in economy female | ||||||||
| economy activity rate | ||||||||
| ( as a % of male ) -1997. | 50.3 | 40.3 | 77.2 | 69.6 | 55.40 | 66.7 | 78.2 | 52.4 |
| Real GDP Per capita (PPP$) 1997 | ||||||||
| Female | 902 | 701.0 | 767 | 763 | 1452.00 | 985 | 2698 | 874 |
| Female (as %of male) | 37.8 | 29.7 | 58.1 | 54.2 | 41.00 | 50.8 | 58.3 | 39.3 |
| Female unpaid family workers(as a % of total) 1990-97 * | - | 33
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71.0 | 61 | 53.00 | - | 29 | 12 |
Note; * =Latest
available year a= does not include the value of the invisible work done
by the women
Source : Human Development in South Asia 2000: The Gender Question
,Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre, OUP Karachi ;, 2000.