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SOUTH ASIA: BASIC HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
| India | Pakistan | Bangladesh | Nepal | Sri Lanka | Bhutan | Maldives | South Asia (weighted average) | Developing Countries | |
| Total estimated population ( millions ) 2000 (a) | 1,014 | 138 | 129 | 24 | 19 | 2.10 | 0.30 | 1326 | 4867 |
| Annual population growth rate (%) 1995-2000 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| Life expectancy at Birth (years ) 1998 | 63 | 64 | 58 | 58 | 73 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 62 |
| Adult literacy rate (%) 1997 | 54 | 41 | 39 | 38 | 91 | 44 | 96 | 51 | 71 |
| Female literacy rate (%) | 39 | 25 | 27 | 21 | 88 | 30 | 96 | 37 | 63 |
| Combined 1st, 2nd, 3rd, level gross enrolment | |||||||||
| ratio (%) 1997 | 55 | 43 | 35 | 59 | 66 | 12 | 74 | 52 | 59 |
| GNP per capita ( US$ ) 1998 | 440 | 470 | 350 | 210 | 810 | 470 | 1130 | 436 | 1250 |
| GNP average annual growth rate (%) 1997-98 | 6.2 | 3 | 5.9 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 7.1 | 5.8 | 1 |
| GNP per capita average annual growth rate | |||||||||
| (%) 1997-98 | 4.3 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 4.4 | 3.8 | -0.5 |
| Real GDP per capita ( PPP $) 1997 | 1,670 | 1,560 | 1,050 | 1,090 | 2,490 | 1,467 | 3,690 | 1,600 | 3,240 |
| Human Development Index ( HDI ) 1997(b) | 0.545 | 0.508 | 0.440 | 0.463 | 0.721 | 0.459 | 0.716 | 0.532 | 0.637 |
| Gender Related development Index (GDI) (c) | 0.525 | 0.472 | 0.428 | 0.441 | 0.712 | 0.444 | 711 | 0.511 | 0.63 |
| 1997 Infant mortality rate ( Per 1000 live births)1998 | 69 | 95 | 79 | 72 | 17 | 84 | 62 | 72 | 64 |
Notes :
a: Population figures for 2000 are taken from UN: World Population Prospects
: The 1998 Revision (medium variant). Population figures for Pakistan
have been calculated using 1998 Population Census, GOP. The population
growth rate has been calculated by using the formula {[(new value/old
value)^1/n].1}*100 b : The Human Development Index (HDI) has three components
: life expectancy at birth ; educational attainment comprising adult literacy
with two thirds weight and a combined primary, secondary and tertiary
ratio (enrolment), with and third weight and Income. "Any significant
difference in the HDI for the South Asian Countries is due to the change
in methodology for calculating the Index. Please refer to the UNDP's Human
Development Report 1999. c:
The Gender Related Development Index (GDI) adjusts the HDI for gender
equality in life expectancy, educational attainment and income.
Source :Human Development in South Asia 2000 : the Gender
Question, Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre, OUP, Karachi,
2000.