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For each of the items give in Table, find out which country is at the top and which is at the bottom.

TABLE : 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	4390	74	91	69	93
India	3139	64	61	60	126
Myanmar	1027	61	90	48	130
Pakistan	2225	63	50	35	134
Nepal	1490	62	50	61	138
Bangladesh	1870	63	41	53	137

Answer:

Following points are worth noting from the following table relating to India and its neighbors for 2004.

(i) Sri Lanka has the highest per capita income and Myanmar has the lowest one.

(ii) Sri Lanka has highest life expectancy at birth and Myanmar the lowest.

(iii) Literacy rate is highest for Sri Lanka and lowest for Bangladesh.

(iv) Gross enrolment ratio is highest for Sri Lanka and Lowest for Pakistan.

(v) Overall, HDI rank is minimum in case of Sri Lanka and highest for Nepal.