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Bangalore
overall rank:
26
1998 rank:
27
country:
India
population:
5,200,000
snapshot: Bangalore at a glance |
rank |
overall score |
48 |
26 |
average income US$ |
1,467.20 |
36 |
educational spending 1 |
123.71 |
24 |
ratio of house price to income 2 |
93.68 |
31 |
hospital beds per 1000 people |
2.0 |
24 |
pollution 3 |
183 |
24 |
vehicles per km of road |
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- |
criminal cases per 10,000 |
18.5 |
16 |
TV sets per 1,000 people |
100 |
30 |
inflation |
3.25 |
- |
GDP growth |
6.7 |
7 |
unemployment rate |
4.00 |
13 |
average class size |
67.0 |
38 |
life expectancy |
66.5 |
27.0 |
commute time |
60 |
30 |
phones per 1,000 people |
15 |
39 |
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notes:
All monetary values are PPP adjusted
a estimates
b national figure
c officially, land cannot be bought or sold
1 state educational spending, per capita US$
2 average house price divided by average annual income
3 suspended particles, micrograms per cubic meter (µ/m3)
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