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SOUTH ASIA : HDI, HPI, GDI, GEM RANKINGS, 1998

Country HPI GDI GEM HDI
Bangladesh 70 121 67 146
Bhutan - - - 142
India 58 108 - 128
Maldives 43 72 - 89
Nepal 80 119 - 144
Pakistan 68 115 - 135
Sri Lanka 35 68 66 84

Note :  HPI = Human Poverty Index ; HDI = Human
 Development Index.
GDI= Gender Related Development Index.
GEM = The Gender Empowerment Measure.
Sources  
UNDP Human Development Report, 2000, UNDP, OUP, New York, 2000.

 
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