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GENDER -RELATED DEVELOPMENT INDEX ( SOUTH ASIA)
| Country | HDI Rank | Gender related Development Index (1998) | Life Expectancy at birth (years) 1998 | Adult literacy rate (%age 15 and above ) 1998 | Combined Primary Secondary and tertiary gross enrolment ratio (%) 1997 | GDP Per capita ( PPP US $) 1998(a) | HDI rank minus GDI Rank (b) | |||||
| Bank | Value | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | male | Female | Male | |||
| Bangladesh | 146 | 121 | 0.441 | 58.7 | 58.6 | 28.6 | 51.1 | 30 | 40 | 744 | 1949 | 0 |
| Bhutan | 142 | - | - | 62.5 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| India | 128 | 108 | 0.545 | 63.3 | 62.5 | 43.5 | 67.1 | 46 | 61 | 1105 | 2987 | -2 |
| Maldives | 89 | 72 | 0.720 | 63.8 | 66.1 | 96 | 96 | 75 | 74 | 3009 | 5100 | 4 |
| Nepal | 144 | 119 | 0.449 | 57.6 | 58.1 | 21.7 | 56.9 | 49 | 69 | 783 | 1521 | 0 |
| Pakistan | 135 | 115 | 0.489 | 65.6 | 63.3 | 28.9 | 58 | 28 | 56 | 776 | 2594 | -3 |
| Sri Lanka | 84 | 68 | 0.727 | 75.6 | 71.1 | 88.3 | 94.1 | 67 | 65 | 1927 | 4050 | 4 |
Source: Human Development Report 2000 , UNDP , OUP, New York, 2000.