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SOUTH ASIA: GENDER AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
| Country | Female Economic activity rate (age 15 and above) | UN Employment rate (%) (a) (total age 15-64) | Youth ( age 15-24 ) | Female unpaid family workers | ||||
| Rate (%) 1998 | Index ( 1985=100) 1998 | As % of male rate 1998 | Female 1998 | Male 1998 | Female 1998 | Male 1998 | (As % of Total ) 1997-98 | |
| Bangladesh | 65.8 | 99 | 76.2 | - | - | - | - | 74 |
| Bhutan | 57.9 | 100.1 | 64.5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| India | 41.8 | 98 | 49.3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maldives | 65.9 | 104.2 | 78.5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nepal | 56.8 | 100.4 | 66.5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pakistan | 34.4 | 123.3 | 40.5 | - | - | - | - | 36 |
| Sri Lanka | 41.9 | 117 | 54.4 | - | - | - | - | 56 |
Note : a= Data
refer the number of unemployed by the labour force; Age ranges vary slightly
among countries. b= Data refer to contributing family workers. Usually
people who work without pay in an economic enterprises operated by a related
person living in the same house hold; Age ranges vary slightly among countries.
c= Data refer the most recent year available during the period specified
in the column heading
Source: Human Development Report 2000 , UNDP , OUP, New York,
2000.