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India: HumanDevelopment Indicators 2003 
According to the UNDP Human Development Report 2003

 

INDIA: HDI Rank 127

Adult literacy rate 
(% age 15 and above), 2001

58.0

Population living below $1 a day 
(%), 1990-2001

34.7

Population living below $2 a day 
(%), 1990-2001

79.9

Probability at birth of not surviving to age 60 
(% of cohort), 2000-05

27.9

Total population 
(millions), 2001

1,033.4

Annual population growth rate 
(%), 1975-2001

2.0

Annual population growth rate 
(%), 2000-2015

1.3

Urban population 
(as % of total), 2001

27.9

Population under age 15 
(as % of total), 2001

33.7

Population over age 65 
(as % of total), 2001

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5.0

Total fertility rate 
(per woman), 2000-05

3.0

Population with access to improved sanitation 
(%), 2000

28

Population with sustainable access to an improved water source (%), 2000

84

Population with sustainable access to affordable essential drugs (%), 1999

0-49

Contraceptive prevalence rate 
(%), 1995-2001

48

Public health expenditure 
(as % of GDP), 2000

0.9

Physicians 
(per 100,000 people), 1990-2002

48

Undernourished people 
(as % of total population), 1998/2000

24

Children underweight for age 
(% under age 5), 1995-2001

47

People living with HIV/AIDS, 
adults (age 15-49), 2001

1,500,000

Cigarette consumption per adult 
(annual average), 1992-2000

112

Life expectancy at birth 
(years), 2000-05

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63.9

Infant mortality rate 
(per 1,000 live births), 2001

67

Under-five mortality rate 
(per 1,000 live births), 2001

93

Public expenditure on education 
(as % of GDP), 1998-2000

4.1

Telephone mainlines 
(per 1,000 people), 2001

38

Internet users 
(per 1,000 people), 2001

6.8

Scientists & engineers in R&D 
(per million people), 1996-2000

157

GDP 
(US$ billions), 2001

477.3

GDP per capita annual growth rate 
(%), 1990-2001

4.0

GDP per capita 
(US$), 2001

462

Share of income or consumption 
(%) - Poorest 10%

3.5

Share of income or consumption 
(%) - Richest 20%

46.1

Share of income or consumption 
(%) - Richest 10%

33.5

Imports of goods and services 
(as % of GDP), 2001

15

Exports of goods and services 
(as % of GDP), 2001

14

Military expenditure 
(as % of GDP), 2001

2.5

Total debt service 
(as % of GDP), 2001

1.9

Electricity consumption per capita 
(kilowatt-hours), 2000

355

Carbon dioxide emissions - Share of world total 
(%), 1999

4.6

Refugees by country of asylum 
(thousands), 2001

170

Gender-related development index 
(GDI) rank, 2001

103

Female life expectancy at birth 
(years), 2001

64.0

Male life expectancy at birth 
(years), 2001

62.8

Female adult literacy rate 
(% age 15 and above), 2001

46.4

Male adult literacy rate 
(% age 15 and above), 2001

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69.0

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