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"I want to study to be a doctor and treat people."
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| Panjy was born in the village of Manachpuram in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. She is an excellent student and dreams of a career in medicine. It is likely, however, that she will leave school very soon. Her family's poverty may require that she take a job at the local fireworks factory, doing the same work that has already injured her brother and fatally poisoned her father. A decade after India ratified a UN convention pledging to defend human rights, the country continues to employ the world's largest number of child laborers, an estimated 10 percent of its work force. |
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| GNI, Rank (out of 207, 1999) |
163rd |
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| GNI per Capita (USD, 1999) |
$440 |
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| Percentage of Pop. Under 14 (2000, est.) |
33% |
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| Life Expectancy at Birth (in years, 1999) |
63 |
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| Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births, 1999) |
1 |
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| Child Malnutrition (% underweight, 1999) |
45% |
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| Access to Improved Water (% pop., 1999) |
88% |
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| Health Spending (% of GDP, 1997) |
5.2% |
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| Ratio, Doctors to People (1996) |
1:2,459 (1993) |
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Primary School Enrollment
(average for region, 1998) |
73% |
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| Female Net School Enrollment (1997) |
No data |
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| Education Spending (% of GDP, 1996) |
3.2% (1997) |
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| Compulsory Education |
8 yrs |
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| Literacy Rate (2000, est.) |
Men, 68% Women, 45% |
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