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Table 1 India at a glance

From: Sexual slavery without borders: trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation in India

Population*:

~1.13 billion

Under 5 mortality rate (2005)**:

74

Population under 14*:

32.1%

Infant mortality rate (under 1) (2005)**

56

Net migration*:

-0.3

Life expectancy at birth (2005)**:

64 yrs.

Total adult literacy rate 2000–2004*:

61

GNI per capita (US$ – 2005)***:

730

Human Development Index*:

127th/177

% of people living in poverty (99-05)***:

29

Gender-related Development Index*:

98th/140

Average annual growth GDP (2005)***:

9.2

TI – Corruption Perceptions Index*:

2.8/10

Average annual growth GDP/capita***:

7.7

WEF – Organized crime index*:

5.1/7

  
  1. Sources: *: United Nations (Office of Drugs and Crime): http://www.unodc.org/pdf/crime/trafficking_persons_report_2006-04_appendices.pdf
  2. **: Unicef: India: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/india_india_background.html
  3. ***: World Bank: http://devdata.worldbank.org/AAG/ind_aag.pdf