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TRENDS IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

  Year India Pakistan Bangladesh Nepal Sri Lanka Bhutan Maldives South Asia (weighted average) Developing Countries
GNP Per capita 1973

1988

130 130 80 90 230 - - 126 880
  440 470 350 210 810 470 1130 436 1250
Real GDP per capita (PPP, US$ ) 1960

1997

617 820 621 584 1389 - - 648 790
  1670 1560 1050 1090 2490 1467 3690 1598 3240
Human Development Index 1960

1997

0.206 0.183 0.166 0.128 0.475 - - 0.204 -
  0.545 0.508 0.440 0.463 0.721 0.459 0.716 0.531 0.637
Life expectancy at birth 1960

 

1998

44 43 40 38 62 37 44 44 46
  63 64 58 58 73 61 65 63 62
Gross enrolment ratio for all levels                    
(%) age 6-23 ) 1980

1997

40 19 30 28 58 7 - 37 46
  55 43 35 59 66 12 74 52 59
Adult literacy rate (%) 1970

1997

34 21 24 13 77 - 91 32 43
  54 41 39 38 91 44 96 51 71
Infant mortality rate 1960 144 139 151 212 90 175 158 144 137
( per 1000 live births) 1998 69 95 79 72 17 84 62 72 65
Under weight Children ( % under 5 ) 1975

1990-97

71 47 84 63 58 - - 69 40
  53 38 56 47 34 38 43 51 31
Daily calorie supply                    
 ( as a % of requirement) 1986

 

1997 (b)

100 97 83 93 110 - 80 98 107
  114 107 97 108 99 - 82 111 115
Fertility rate 1960

1998

6 7 6.7 6 5.4 6 7 6.1 6
  3.1 5 3.1 4.4 2.1 5.5 5.3 3.3 3

Note :     Year 1995 has been used as base year for required calorie supply.
Source :Row 1 : World Bank 2000, World Bank 1995 b, Rows 2,3,5,8, : UNDP 1999 c, UNDP 1994 , Row 4 : UNICEF 2000, Row 7 :
Report : Human Development  in South Asia 2000 : The Gender Question , Mahbub Ul Haq Human Development Centre, OUP,Karachi,2000.
 
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