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Some Indicators from the Human Development Report, 2003
No Indicator Value
1 HDI Rank 127
2 Human Poverty Index (Rank) 53
3 Human Poverty Index (Value) 33.1
4 Population living below $1 a day (%), 1990-2001 34.7
5 Population living below $2 a day (%), 1990-2001 79.9
6 Population living below the national poverty line (%) 1987-2000 28.6
7 Human Poverty Indicators:  
Probability at birth of not surviving to age 40 (% of cohort) 2000-05 15.3
Adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and above) 2001 42.0
Population without sustainable access to an improved water source (%), 2000 16.0
Children under-weight for age (% below age 5), 1995-2001 47.0
8         Inequality in income or consumption (1997)  
Share of income or consumption (%) - Poorest 10% 3.5
Share of income or consumption (%) - Poorest 20% 8.1
Share of income or consumption (%) - Richest 10% 33.5
Share of income or consumption (%) - Richest 20% 46.1
9     Inequality Measures - Ratio of richest 10% to poorest 10% 9.5
Inequality Measures - Ratio of richest 20% to poorest 20% 5.7
Inequality Measures - Gini Index 37.8
Source: Human Development Indicators, 2003, UNDP  

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