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SOUTH ASIA: HUMAN DEPRIVATION PROFILE

	India	Pakistan	Bangladesh	Nepal	Sri Lanka	Bhutan	Maldives	South Asia ( weighted average )	Developing Countries
Population below poverty line (%) 1989-94
$ 1 a day	53	12	29	53	4	-	-	45	32
National poverty line	-	34	48	-	22	-	-	40	-
Population without access to health services 1995
Number ( millions )	143	63	68	-	1.3 (a)	0.6	0.1 (b)	276 (T)	910 (T)
as a % of total population	15	45	55	-	7 (c)	35	25 (d)	22	20
Population without access to safe water 1990-96
Number ( millions )	180	50	19	12	10	0.8	0.01	272 (T)	3292 (T)
as a % of total population	19	40	16	56	54	42	4	22	29
Population without access to sanitation 1990-96
Number ( millions )	797	87	79	21	9	0.57	0.09	994 (T)	3456 (T)
as a % of total population	84	70	65	94	48	30	34	80	71
Illiterate adults 1997 number ( millions )	446	87	76	14	1.7	0.95	0.01	630 (T)	1367 (T)
as a % of total adult population	46	59	61	62	9	56	4	49	29
Illiterate female adults 1997 number (millions)	285	54	45	9	1.1	0.6	0.01	386 (T)	856 (T)
as a % of total adult female population	61	75	73	79	12	70	4	63	37
Malnourished children under 5 1990-97*
Number ( millions )	59	9	8	2	0.54	0.1	0.002	79 (T)	167 (T)
as a % of total population	53	38	56	47	34	38	43	51	31
Under five mortality rate ( per 1000 live births ) 1998	105	136	106	100	19	116	87	107	95
Daily calorie supply 1997 Quantity	2415	2408	2105	2339	2263	-	2495	2379	2628
as a % of total requirements	114	107	97	108	99	-	82	111	115
People with disabilities 1992 number ( millions )	1.8	6.5	0.92	0.63	0.07	-	-	9.92 (T)	110 (T)
as a % of total population	0.2	4.9	0.8	3.00	0.4	-	-	0.87	2.6

Note : a , c : year 1985-95, b, d : year 1991 * : latest year (available)