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| Table 02 (Comparison) | |||||||||||||||||
| Social Indicators (1990-2007) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Indicator | Ref.Year | Sri Lanka | Afghanistan | Bangladesh | Bhutan | India | Maldives | Nepal | Pakistan | Indonesia | Malaysia | Philippines | Rep.of Korea | Singapore | Thailand | ||
| Human Development Index (a) (Max. : 1.000 ; Min.; 0.000) | 2006 | 0.742 | n.a. | 0.524 | 0.613 | 0.609 | 0.749 | 0.530 | 0.562 | 0.726 | 0.823 | 0.745 | 0.928 | 0.918 | 0.786 | ||
| literacy Rate (>15 Years) (%) | Male | 1996-2006 | 92.7 | 43.1 | 57.9 | 66.2 | 76.4 | 96.9 | 69.3 | 67.7 | 94.7 | 93.9 | 93.1 | n.a. | 97.2 | 95.7 | |
| Female | 89.1 | 12.6 | 46.8 | 40.5 | 53.4 | 97.0 | 42.0 | 39.6 | 87.4 | 89.1 | 93.5 | n.a. | 91.2 | 92.3 | |||
| labour Force (%) | Male | 2007 | 67.8 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | 70.0 | 83.7 | 79.5 | 78.3 | 74 | 76.5 | 81.1 | |
| Female | 33.4 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | 19.1 | 49.5 | 46.4 | 48.2 | 50.2 | 54.3 | 64.3 | |||
| Population below the Poverty Line (% ) | 1990-2004 | 25.0 | n.a. | 49.8 | 26.0 | 28.6 | 92.0 | 30.9 | 32.6 | 27.1 | 15.5 | 36.8 | 4.0 | n.a. | 13.6 | ||
| Physicians (/100,000 People) | 2005 | 55 | 20 | 30 | 5 | 60 | 92 | 21 | 80 | 13 | 71 | 115 | 157 | 150 | 37 | ||
| Hospital Beds (/100,000 People) | 2005 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 71 | 28 | 22 | ||
| Protein Supply (g/d/Capita) | 2003 | 56 | n.a. | 50 | n.a. | 63 | 109 | 65 | 64 | 67 | 82 | 60 | 101 | n.a. | 60 | ||
| Calorie Supply (Kcal/d/Capita) | 2003 | 2,390 | n.a. | 2,200 | n.a. | 2,470 | 2,600 | 2,430 | 2,320 | 2890 | 2880 | 2490 | 3030 | n.a. | 2400 | ||
| Daily News Papers (/d/1,000 Persons) | 2000 | 29 | n.a. | 9 | n.a. | 60 | n.a. | 12 | 39 | 23 | 95 | 67 | 393 | 273 | 197 | ||
| Television Sets (/1,000 Persons) | 2004 | 117 | n.a. | 59 | n.a. | 83 | n.a. | 8 | 150 | 153 | 210 | 182 | 458 | 303 | 300 | ||
| Radios (/1,000 Persons) | 2004 | 215 | n.a. | 49 | n.a. | 120 | n.a. | 39 | 105 | 159 | 420 | 161 | 1034 | 672 | 235 | ||
| Telephones (Main Lines) (/1,000 persons) | 2007 | 142 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 34 | 109 | 27 | 30 | 97 | 164 | 43 | 483 | 419 | 110 | ||
| Telephones (Mobile Phones) (/1,000 Persons) | 2007 | 413 | 172 | 217 | 172 | 200 | 1,040 | 42 | 481 | 353 | 879 | 508 | 902 | 1267 | 804 | ||
| © 2010, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) | Revised: 2010(y)/04(m)/30(d) | ||||||||||||||||
| Source: | Chief Editor: | ||||||||||||||||
| Economic and Social Statistics Of Sri Lanka | Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.) | ||||||||||||||||
| Key: n.a - Not available | The Former Head, Department of Management Studies | ||||||||||||||||
| (a) A composite index of life expectancy, education and income. | University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||
| Note : If estimates for the reference year available, data refer to most recent year. | |||||||||||||||||