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SOUTH ASIA: SUMMARY OF KEY GENDER DATA
| India | Pakistan | Bangladesh | Nepal | Sri Lanka | Bhutan | Maldives | South Asia (weighted avg.) | |
| Female population 2000, ( as a % of total population) | 48 | 46 | 49 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 47 | 48 |
| Female literacy rate 1997 (as a % of total female population) | 39 | 25 | 27 | 21 | 88 | 30 | 96 | 37 |
| Female 1st,2nd,3rd,level gross enrolment ratio-1997 (as a % of Male)* | 76 | 50 | 75 | 71 | 103 | 71 | 101 | 74 |
| Female labour force ( as a % of total) -1998 | 32 | 29 | 42 | 41 | 36 | - | - | 33 |
| Adult female economic activity rate ( as a % of male )- 1997 ** | 50.3 | 40.3 | 77.2 | 69.6 | 55.4 | 66.7 | 78.2 | 52.4 |
| Female unemployment rate-1996 (as a % of female labour force ) | - | 13.7 | 2.3 | - | 17.6 | - | - | - |
| Share of earned income (female as a %of male)-1995 | 34 | 26 | 30 | 50 | 55 | 48 | 55 | 33 |
| Share of women in parliament( as a % of total parliamentarians (1999) | 8.7 | 2.6 | 12.4 | 7.9 | 4.9 | 2 | 6.3 | 7.3 |
| Women at administrative and managerial level(% 1992-97)a | 2 | 4 | 5 | - | 18 | - | 14 | 3 |
| Female life expectancy (number of Years)1997 | 63.9 | 62.59 | 58.2 | 57.1 | 75.4 | 62 | 68 | 63.2 |
| Maternal mortality rate (per 100000,live births) 1990-98 | 410 | 340 | 440 | 540 | 60 | 1600 | 202 | 405 |
| Female refugees (as a % of total ) 1997 | 52 | 49 | 51 | 49 | - | - | - | 50.7 |
| Gender related Development Index- 1997 | 0.525 | 0.472 | 0.428 | 0.441 | 0.712 | 0.444 | 0.711 | 0.511 |
| Gender Empowerment-1997-measure (GEM) | 0.24 | 0.176 | 0.304 | - | 0.321 | - | 0.342 | 0.236 |
Note : *=relevant
age group.
**= does not include the invisible work done by women.
a =atest available data.
Source : Human Development in South Asia 2000 : The Gender
Question , Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre, OUP, Karachi, 2000.