India

The Edmund Rice Mission has been established in India since 1841. The work is mainly in education and outreach, and spread across schools and projects across the entire country. India is the world’s largest democracy and second most populous country having emerged as a major power in the 1990s. However, India is still tackling huge social, economic and environmental problems.

Population: 1.241 billion
Life expectancy: 67.48 years
Infant mortality rate: 44.6 per 1000
Public Expenditure on health: 4.1% of GDP
HIV/AIDS: 2.4 million people or 0.3% population
Public Expenditure on Education: 3.3% of GDP
% of children primary school age not in school: 1%
Students in Post primary education: 15%
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24: 10.2%