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SOUTH ASIA: HUMAN POVERTY
| Bangladesh | Bhutan | India | Maldives | Nepal | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | |
| Human Poverty Index ( HPI-1 ) 1998 | |||||||
| - Rank | 70 | - | 58 | 43 | 80 | 68 | 35 |
| - Value (%) | 43.6 | - | 34.6 | 25.4 | 51.3 | 40.1 | 20.3 |
| People not expected to service to age 40* (%) 1998 (a) | 20.8 | 19.6 | 15.8 | 13 | 21.9 | 14.3 | 5.2 |
| Adult literacy rate * (% age 15 and above ) 1998 | 59.9 | - | 44.3 | 4 | 60.8 | 56 | 8.9 |
| Population without access | |||||||
| - to safe water * (%) 1990-98 (b) | 5 | 42 | 19 | 40 | 29 | 21 | 43 |
| * - to health service (%) 1981-93 (b) | 26 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 90 | 15 | 10 |
| - to sanitation (%) 1990-98 | 57 | 30 | 71 | 56 | 84 | 44 | 37 |
| Under weight children under age five * (%) 1990-98 (b) | 56 | 38 (c) | 53 | 43 | 47 | 38 | 34 |
| Share of Income and consumption | |||||||
| - Poorest 20 % 1987-98 (b) | 8.7 | - | 8.1 | - | 7.6 | 9.5 | 8 |
| - Richest 20 % 1987-98 (b) | 42.8 | - | 46.1 | - | 44.8 | 41.1 | 42.8 |
| - Richest 20 % to Poorest 20 % 1987-98 (b) | 4.9 | - | 5.7 | - | 5.9 | 4.3 | 5.4 |
| Population below income poverty line (%) | |||||||
| - $ 1 a day (1993- PPP US$ ) 1989-98 (b) | 29.1 | - | 44.2 | - | 37.7 | 31 | 6.6 |
| - National poverty line 1987-1997 (b) | 35.6 | - | 35 | - | 42 | 34 | 35.3 |
Note :
*= Devotes indicators used to calculate the Human Poverty Index
(HPI) a= Data refer to the probability at birth of not surviving
to age 40, times 100. b= Data refer to the most recent year available
during the period specified in column heading, c= Data refer to a year
or period other than that specified in the column heading, differ from
the standard definition or refer to only part of the country.
Sources: Human Development Report : 2000, UNDP, OUP,
New Delhi , 2000.