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SOUTH ASIA IN EMPLOYMENT TRENDS

  Year India Pakistan Bangla-desh Nepal   Sri Lanka Bhutan Maldives South Asia (Weighted avg.)
% of labour force in agriculture 1970 73 65 84 94 55 95 66 73.3
1990 64 52 65 94 49 94 32 63.1
% of labour force in Industry 1970 12 16 7 1 14 2 20 11.7
1990 16 19 16 0 21 1 31 16.1
% of labour force in Services 1970 16 19 10 4 30 4 14 15.8
1990 20 30 18 6 31 5 37 20.8

Data Sources :
UNDP 1998.
Report:
Human Development Report in South Asia : 2000 : The Gender Question,
Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre, (OUP Karachi, 2000)

 
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