INDIA FACTSHEET

Economic and Human Development Indicators

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Demographic Indicators
Total Population (In Billions)
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)
Child Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)

Economic Indicators
Gross Domestic Product (Current US $) (millions)

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Contribution of Agriculture to GDP (%)

Contribution of Industry to GDP (%)
Contribution of Services to GDP (%)

GNI per capita (current international $)

GDP Growth Rate (%)

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Worker Population Ratio Male (usual principal status) (%)

Worker Population Ratio Rate Female (usual principal status)(%)

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Inflation, Consumer Prices (annual %)

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Human Development Indicators

Human Development Index Value (HDI)
HDI Rank (out of 187)
Inequality Adjusted Human Development Index Value
Loss in HDI due to Inequalities (%)

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Gender Inequality Index (GII)

GII Rank (out of 146)

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Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM)

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Literacy Rate (%)

Male Literacy Rate (%)
Female Literacy Rate (%)

Figure relates to GDI for the year 1999 from the 2001 Global HDR

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Year

2001
1.028
933
927

2011
1.21
940
914

2005-06
834035
2005-06

2010
1727111
2009-10
14.62
20.16
65.22
2009-10
3550
2009-10
8.0
2009-10
53.8
18.0
2010
11.99

2005-06
2280
2005-06
9.5
2004-05
53.6
21.5
2005
4.25
2000
0.461

2001
0.5531
1996
0.416
2001
64.8
75.3
53.7

2011
0.547
134
0.392
28.7
2011
0.617
129
2006
0.497
2011
74.04
82.14
65.46

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Human Development Indicators

Life Expectancy at Birth (in Years)

2001
63.3

2011
65.4

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Poverty and Hunger Indicators

Poverty Headcount Ratio (%)
Total Number of Poor (in millions)

2004-05
37.2
407.22

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Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)

Multidimensional Poverty Headcount (%)
Number of Multidimensional Poor (in millions)

2009-10
29.8
354.68
2005
0.283
53.7
612
2004-09
23.7
2005-07
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2004-09
43.5

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Global Hunger Index (GHI)

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Proportion of Undernourished in Population (%)

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Prevalence of Underweight Children under 5 years of age (%)

1988-92
30.4
1990-92
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1988-92
59.5

 The structure of the economy is service centric with over 55% of GDP being contributed by the services sector.
Agricultures contribution to GDP is around 14%.
 Progress seen on Human Development Index (HDI) with a 18.65% increase in index value between 2000 to 2011. However
inequality remains a concern with 28.7% loss in the HDI value on account of inequalities
 Improvements seen in literacy rates for both males and females. While male literacy rates improved by 6.84 Percentage
Points female literacy rates improved by 11.76 Percentage Points. Significant gender gap in outcomes however persists.
 Poverty levels remain high in the country, with almost 37.2% of the population deemed income poor and over 53.7%
multidimensional poor.

Indicator No. Source

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Census of India 2001 and 2011, RGI, GOI,

http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/prov_results_paper1_india.html

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Handbook of Indian Statistics 2011, RBI,

http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/AnnualPublications.aspx?head=Handbook+of+Statistics+on+Indian+Economy
World Development Indicators http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD
Economic Survey of India 2010-11, Ministry of Finance, Government of India
http://indiabudget.nic.in/survey.asp
NSSO 66th Round (Summary Table1),
http://mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/upload/Key_Indicators-HCE_66th_Rd-Report.pdf
World Development Indicators http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Global Human Development Report 2011, UNDP, http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2011/
Global Human Development Report 2011, UNDP, http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2011/
Global Human Development Report 2011, UNDP, http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2011/
Gendering Human Development Indices: Recasting GDI and GEM for India 2009, Ministry of Women and
Child Development, GOI and UNDP, http://undp.org.in/sites/default/files/GDI_and_GEM_Report.pdf
Census of India 2011
Global Human Development Report 2011, UNDP, http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2011/
Tendulkar Committee Report 2009, Planning Commission,
http://planningcommission.nic.in/reports/genrep/rep_pov.pdf
UNDP Computations based on Tendulkar Committee Report
Global Human Development Report 2011, UNDP, http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2011/
Global Hunger Index 2011, IFPRI, http://www.ifpri.org/publication/2011-global-hunger-index

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