| Country | GNP per Capita | Life Expectancy at birth | Adult Literacy rate | Labor force in Agriculture | Mortality per 1,000 life births | Size per sq kilometer & Population | Socialist/
Communist Democratic/capitalist |
Economic World |
| United States | $24700 | 75.95
male: 72.65 female: 79.41 |
97% | 2.9% | 6.7 | 9,372,610
263,814,032 |
democratic | |
| Russia | $4,820 | 69.1 | 98% | none given | 26.4 | 17,075,200
149,909,089 |
democratic | |
| China | $2,200 | 69.62 | 81.5% | 60% | 39.6 | 9,596,960
1,210,004,956 |
communist | |
| Cuba | $1,260 | 77.05 | 98% | 20% | 8.1 | 110,860
10,937,635 |
communist | |
| India | $1,360 | 59.04 | 52% | 65% | 76.3 | 3,287,590
936,545,814 |
democratic | |
| Ethiopia | $380 | 46.85 | 35.5% | 80% | 122.8 | 1,127,127
55,979,018 |
democratic
federal republic |
|
| Haiti | $800 | 44.77 | 35% | 66% | 107.5 | 27,750
6,539,983 |
democratic | |
| Japan | $20,400 | 79.55 | 99% | 7%, | 4.4 | 377,835
125,506,492 |
democratic | |
| Mexico | $8,200 | 73.34 | 88% | 28% | 26 | 1,972,550
93,985,848 |
democratic | |
| Bosnia
(New Country) |
no figures available | 75.47 | 9.0% | 11.6 | 51,233
3,201,823 |
democratic | ||
| Venezuela | $8,670 | 73.31 | 90% | 12% | 26.5 | 912,050
21,004,773 |
democratic | |
| Saudi Arabia | $9,510 | 68.5 | 62% | 16% | 48.9 | 1,960,582
18,729,576 |
monarchy | |
| Nigeria | $1,250 | 55.98 | 51% | 54% | 72.6 deaths | 923,770 101,232,251 | communist | |
| Lebanon | $4,360 | 69.69 | 80% | 11% | 38 | 10,400
3,695,921 |
unstable democracy | |
| Germany | $16,580 | 76.62 | 99% | 6% | 6.3 | 356,910
81,337,541 |
democratic | |
| South Korea | $11,270 | 70.89 years | 96% | 21% | 20.9 | 98,480
45,553,882 |
democratic | |
| Vietnam | $1,140 | 65.72 years | 88% | 65% | 44.6 | 329,560
74,393,324 |
communist | |
| North Korea | $920 | 70.05 | 99% | 36% | 26.8 | 120,540
23,486,550 |
communist | |
| Burundi | $600 | 39.86 | 50% | 93.0 | 111.9 | 27,830
6,262,429 |
monarchy | |
| Bangladesh | $1,040 | 55.46 | 35% | 65%, | 104.6 | 144,000
128,094,948 |
unstable
democracy |
|
| Somalia | $500 | 55.49 years | 24% | 89% | 121.1 | 9,639,151 | warlords | |
| World | $5,400 | 62 | 64 deaths | 510.072 million sq km
5,733,687,096 |
Now repeat these questions for the "poor" countries.
2. 3. 4.
1. Do rich nations or poor nations have a higher average
infant mortality rate? Why?
2. What is the relationship between mortality rate and
population growth?
3. Which countries do you think have a higher
population growth?
4. What do you think will probably happen to population
growth as nations become richer?
5. What is standard of living or quality of life?
6. How do you think availablity of resources and resource
protection relates to population growth?
7. What is the relationship between literacy and economic
level?
8. What is the relationship between life expectancy and
GNP per capita?
9. What is the relationship between infant mortality
and literacy?
10. What other significant relationships do you see?
Definitions for Indicators
-
Gross National Product (GNP)the total value
of a country's production, services, and goods for one year.
GNP per capita- GNP
divided by number of people in country to show an average value for each
person.
Life expectancy at birth-Average
number of years people live.
Infant mortality rate per 1,000-Out
of every 1,000 babies born, the number who will die before their first
birthday.
Daily per capita caloric supply as percentage of
requirement- A measure of whether the people
have enough to eat- the figure indicates through a percent the extent to
which, on an average, a person takes in enough calories to be healthy.
(Below 100% a nation runs the risk of wide spread malnutrition.)
Adult literacy rate-
the percentage of adults who are able to read and write.