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For each of the items given in Table 1.6, find out which country is at the top and which is at the bottom. Some Data Regarding India and its Neighbours for 2004

Country	Per Capita Income in US$	Life Expectancy at Birth	Literacy Rate for 15+ yrs Population	Gross Enrolment  Ratio –for Three Levels	HDI Rank in   the World
Sri  Lanka India Myanmar Pakistan Nepal Bangladesh	4390 3139 1027 2225 1490 1870	74 64 61 63 62 63	91 61 90 50 50 41	69 60 48 35 61 33	93 126 130 134 138 137

  Notes   1. HDI stands for Human Development Index. HDI ranks in above table are out of 177 countries in all.   2. Life expectancy at birth denotes, as the name suggests, average expected length of life of a person at the time of birth.    3. Gross Enrolment Ratio for three levels means enrolment ratio for primary school, secondary school and higher education beyond secondary school.   4. Per capita income is calculated in dollars for all countries so that it can be compared. It is also done in a way so that every dollar would buy the same amount of goods and services in any country.  

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Data	Top (Country)	Bottom (Country)
(a) Per Capita Income (b) Life Expectancy at Birth (c) Literacy Rate for 15 +years population (d) Gross Enrolment Ratio for three levels (d) HDI Rank in the World	Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lanka	Myanmar Myanmar Bangladesh Pakistan Nepal