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EDUCATION IN SOUTH ASIA
| INDIA | PAKISTAN | BANGLADESH | NEPAL | SRI LANKA | BHUTAN | MALDIVES | SOUTH ASIA (Weighted average) | |
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Combined 1st 2nd and 3rd level gross enrolment ratio (%) |
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| 1980 | 40 | 19 | 30 | 28 | 58 | 7 | n/a | 37 |
| 1997 | 50 | 43 | 55 | 59 | 66 | 12 | 74 | 52 |
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| 1970 | 34 | 21 | 34 | 13 | 77 | n/a | 91 | 32 |
| 1997 | 54 | 41 | 39 | 38 | 91 | 44 | 96 | 51 |
Source: Human Development in South Asia 2000, OUP, Karachi, 2000.