7. In 2001, 1.1 billion people lived on less $1 (CHF0.84) a day and 2.7
billion lived on less than $2 (CHF1.68) a day.
How much do you think you live on?
Could you live on $1,$2, $10?
8. The Rich Developed North and the Poor Less
Developed South
Is it simply a question of who has the most
money? Why is the north rich?
9. How wealthy is your country?
The average income of a person in the world is
$12,000
In Qatar, the average income is
$104,300
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the average
income is
$400
10. How do we work out how
wealthy a country is?
GDP - Gross Domestic Product
The total amount of money a country makes from
all of the goods and services it produces.
Goods = Things we buy and sell
Services = jobs people are paid to do
12. But there is a problem
China’s population = 1,343,239,923 people
(Over 1.3 billion people)
Switzerland’s population = 7,925,517
(Less than 8 million people)
Which country is going to
Which country is going to
produce the most goods
produce the most goods
and services?
and services?
13. GDP
China’s GDP = $11,440,000,000,000
(that’s $11.44 trillion dollars)
Switzerland’s GDP = $344,200,000,000
(only $344.2 billion)
That is a huge difference!
14. But that doesn’t mean that
China is the wealthiest country
GDP/Capita =
Gross Domestic Product
population
The money has
The money has
to go a long way
to go a long way
15. GDP/Capita
Is a much better way of showing how
wealthy a country is.
All the money a country makes
All the money a country makes
÷÷
The number of people in the
The number of people in the
country.
country.