Wont be for long. Last year India coverage increased from 55% to 65%. It is on track to reach 100% in about 2 - 3 years time.
65%?!!?!?!
It's barely 40% dude...majority of india still lacks toilets and basic sanitation...
It wouldn't be wrong to say that india is the biggest open-air sh!thole in the world as majority of its population lacks sanitation and majority of rural population doesn't even have toilets..
2015 stats on sanitation from world bank
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.ACSN
Again not by much and will probably be surpassed by India in 2020. The new world bank data series show India's absolute poverty was probably around 12% instead of 20% in 2011. This means its probably well under 10% currently.
I would also like to see the following income distribution for Pakistan for year 2015:
india has much, much more poverty than Pakistan. The intensity of indian poverty is even worse. I'll explain this in detail when I answer your fallacy about Pakistan having more "slums" than india (which is uttery ridiculous statement to even say!!)..
Tag along...
No, india hasn't "surpassed' us. 2% to 3% difference means nothing..
Situation remains better for Pakistan overall because we have much higher rates of pipe systems providing clean waters to households than india (You do know that piping infrastructure for water carriage is what really matters to have modern watering infrastructure!)
Here's the break down from your own source
[PAKISTAN]
TOTAL WATER coverage 2015 update
Year Total improved
Piped onto premises Other improved Other unimproved Surface water
1990 86% 22% 64% 6% 8%
1995 87% 25% 62% 6% 7%
2000 88% 28% 60% 7% 5%
2005 90% 32% 58% 6% 4%
2010 91% 35% 56% 6% 3%
2015 91%
39% 52% 7% 2%
[INDIA]
TOTAL WATER coverage 2015 update
Year Total improved
Piped onto premises Other improved Other unimproved Surface water
1990 71% 16% 55% 26% 3%
1995 76% 19% 57% 21% 3%
2000 81% 21% 60% 17% 2%
2005 85% 23% 62% 14% 1%
2010 90% 26% 64% 9% 1%
2015 94%
28% 66% 5% 1%
Significantly better for India now and the growth is much faster too:
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD?locations=IN-PK
LOL, significantly better?
Oh please...
Per capita GDP of Pakistan is most likely still better than india's when you compare two economies with 2010 as calculation base. Right now, wikipedia shows Pakistani GDP per capita with Pakistani economy based on 2000 as the base-calculation year, while india has 2010 as its base year, hence the difference.
True but look at the slum prevalence:
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.POP.SLUM.UR.ZS?locations=IN-PK
Comparing raw urbanisation rates means little without looking at the actual living conditions of those in urban areas.
Do you REALLY even believe that Pakistan has more slums than india--which is KNOWN for slums?!
Let me explain the situation to you..
There are no "slums" like that we have in india..Our "kachi abadis" are recorded as slums (bc of UN's broad definition of "slums") but they are more of suburbs which are lacking in something like clean water supply or gas supply etc. These so called "Slums" in Pakistan have concrete housing, proper sanitation, clean water, and hell really good schools as well.
That is why you must look at more nuanced measurements..For example, Multidimensional poverty Index (MPI) look at the intensity of poverty and makes accurate assessment than broad and irrelevant categories such as "slum"...which some indians want to use to soothe your soul..
One area has jhuggis...no toilets...they poop/pee in open together..full of
extreme poverty (indian slum) while one area has concrete houses, paved roads, schools, television sets in individual homes, proper sanitation, and basically a middle-class area
with name "kachi abadi" but lacking constant water supply and is regarded as "slum" (Pakistani "slum"). Both of the above areas fall under the broad U.N definition of "slum" lol...
But you think it's the same?
THAT is why UNDP (
most latest and most detailed U.N development measurement program) established MPI to measure the
actual levels of poverty in countries and also the
intensity of deprivation. (for example "american poor" is better than our middle class. Stating American poor and African poor in one line is factual fallacy and doesn't reveal the actual human condition. Similarly, stating Pakistani "slums" and indian slums together is the same exact thing).
So in MPI and extreme poverty measurement reports by world institutions..the reality was revealed. Pakistan was way, way ahead of india and had much, much better income levels, housing, sanitation, and life overall.
http://www.cgdev.org/blog/global-absolute-poverty-fell-almost-half-tuesday
Look at this, report on extreme poverty where humans suffer with
severe lack of resources, opportunity, sanitation, and so on (
actual slum conditions!)
Result:
20 times more indians live in absolute poverty than Pakistanis
An opinion that I do not share.....neither does the UN given India has always had a higher HDI than Pakistan.
It's not an opinion, but a fact. Overall, Pakistan has provided a better environment and life to its citizens than India in all previous decades post independence. From 1950-2008, Pakistan have had far less poverty, better access to clean water, much better access to sanitation, more rates of urbanization, less malnutrition, and higher levels of average incomes. That's just a fact.
HDI is just a one measure and not an overall measurement of life in a given country. India does better on HDI mainly bc of education. HDI is a measure which looks at GDP per capita, Education, and Healthcare services. That's all.
How about malnutrition? How about poverty rates (most important!)? How about sanitation access? And so on...
So don't try to catch straws. Denying facts wouldn't help your credibility.
Agreed! South Asia needs more development across the board. Comparisons are mostly semantics given how far behind we are overall as a region.
I agree
