Social and Economic Indicators Social and Economic Indicators Education Period Unit 2006 2007 2008 2009a Public spending on education as a percentage of GDP Year ending June Labour force participation rates and unit cost As at end of June 3.6 3.2 3.1 3.89 Labour force (including foreigners) Gross primary enrolment ratio • Total Year Percentage 102 101 101 101 • Male Year Percentage 102 101 101 100 • Female Year Percentage 101 101 101 101 Secondary enrolment ratio4 Unit 2006 2007 2008 2009a Both sexes Year 000’s 565.1 570.5 583.4 587.3 Male Year Percentage 63.7 64.1 63.5 63.2 Female Year Percentage 36.3 35.9 36.5 36.8 Total Year Percentage 59.7 58.9 59.2 59.1 Male Year Percentage 77.7 77.2 76.6 76.1 Female Year Percentage 42.2 41.2 42.4 42.6 Total Year Percentage 9.1 8.5 7.2 7.3 Male Year Percentage 5.5 5.3 4.1 4.4 Female Year Percentage 15.5 14.4 12.7 12.3 Percentage primary Year Percentage 9.4 9.1 8.7 n.a. Activity rate6 Unemployment rate7 • Total Year Percentage 75 74 74 73 • Male Year Percentage 73 72 71 71 • Female Year Percentage 77 77 76 76 Pupil-teacher ratio x Period Employment by sector • Primary Year No. 29 28 29 29 Percentage secondary Year Percentage 33.4 33.4 32.7 n.a. • Secondary Year No. 16 16 16 15 Percentage tertiary Year Percentage 57.2 57.5 58.6 n.a. Tertiary enrolment5 Year No. 16,773 18,224 18,466 21,569 • Male Year Percentage 47.1 42.1 42.2 n.a. • Female Year Percentage 52.9 57.9 57.8 n.a. Representation of women in the executive, parliament and the judiciary (2008) Men Judges (Chief Judge/Sr. puisne judge/all other judges) 8 5 13 38.46 Magistrates (Intermediate Court/Sr. District/District) 16 25 41 60.98 Permanent Secretaries (2007) 18 9 27 33.33 Ministers (May 2010) 22 3 25 12.00 Members of Parliament 58 12 70 17.14 Women Total Percentage of Women Unit labour cost (Rs) • Change over previous year n.a. • Economy Percentage 3 6.3 8.6 3.9 • Manufacturing Percentage -0.7 11.2 10.0 0.7 • Export processing zone (EPZ) Percentage -2.0 5.4 3.4 4.8 Industry Period Unit 2006 2007 2008 2009a Growth of ‘sugar’ sector Year Percentage -2.9 -13.6 3.7 21.1 Growth of EPZ/ export-oriented enterprise (EOE)8 Year Percentage 4.6 8.0 3.6 -0.8 Investment in EPZ/EOE Year Rs million 2,245 4,301 2,164 1,107 EPZ/EOE exports Year Rs billion 33.6 37.8 34.9 n.a. EPZ/EOE exports as a percentage of total exports of merchandise goods Year Percentage 45.4 54.2 51.3 n.a. xi