Friday, February 11, 2005

Indian Punjab and Pakistani Punjab compared

From the Daily Times.

World Bank study compares Pakistani and Indian Punjabs

Population
Pakistani Punjab : 80 million
Indian Punjab is 25.3 million.

Their respective GDPs
Pakistani Punjab : $32 billion
Indian Punjab :$14.6 billion
So the GDP per capita in Indian Punjab is 577$ while that of Pakistani Punjab is 400$.

Literacy rate
Indian Punjab : 70 percent
Pakistani Punjab : 45 percent

Net primary enrolment
Indian Punjab : 94 percent
Pakistani Punjab : 42 percent.

Poverty rates
Indian Punjab : 6 percent
Pakistani Punjab : 34.1 percent

Female Employment
Indian Punjab : 35 percent
Pakistani Punjab : 17.5 percent