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Gender-Related Development Index (South Asia)
AGEHI Newsletter Editorial Team feels very proud of the fact that they have successfully managed to come to the end of the first term of this newsletter. However, we confess that we would not have been able to achieve such a positive outcome without encouragement from our readers, who have been a constant source of inspiration.
Our last three quarterlies have focused on Population and Gender issues. This last quarter's issue tried to bring together diverse information on various development issues that need to be addressed by us as Pakistanis.
As a nation we are today standing at a crucial junction of progress, which can take us forward towards an effective and democratic society that believes in social responsibility, individual freedom and rule of law. But to achieve all this, we have to work collectively as people sharing a vision for a sound a just country.
Gender-related Development Index (South Asia)
| Gender Related Development Index (GDI) |
Life Expectancy at Birth (years) 1999 |
Adulty literacy rate (% 15 & above) 1999 |
Estimated earned income (PPP US$) 1999 |
Gender inequality in economic activity |
| Pakistan |
| Rank |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
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| 117 |
59.5 |
59.8 |
30.0 |
58.9 |
826 |
2787 |
41 |
| Bangladesh |
| 121 |
59.0 |
58.9 |
29.3 |
51.7 |
1076 |
1866 |
76 |
| Sri Lanka |
| 70 |
75.0 |
69.3 |
88.6 |
94.3 |
2193 |
4305 |
55 |
| Nepal |
| 120 |
57.8 |
58.3 |
22.8 |
58.0 |
849 |
1607 |
67 |
| Maldives |
| 69 |
65.3 |
66.9 |
96.2 |
96.3 |
3256 |
5531 |
79 |
| Bhutan |
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62.8 |
60.3 |
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65 |
| India |
| 105 |
63.3 |
62.4 |
44.5 |
67.8 |
1195 |
3236 |
50 |
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