Chart 1. GNP, Population, and GNP per Capita, 1995

1. Study Chart 1 which shows GNP, population, and GNP per capita for low- and middle-income and high-income countries. What does it show you about the differences in the production of goods and services between high-income countries and low- and middle-income countries?

2. Compare GNP per capita in low- and middle-income and high-income countries.

1. Refer to the Data Table and choose four countries—your own, one low-income, one middle-income, and one high-income.
2. Refer to column 5 in the Data Table and find the GNP per capita in 1995 for each country you selected.
3. How many times larger is GNP per capita in the high-income country than in the low-income and middle-income countries? (Divide GNP per capita in the high-income country by GNP per capita in each of the developing countries.)
4. How many times larger or smaller is the GNP per capita in your country than that in the middle-income country?

3. If a country slows down its population growth rate, is its GNP per capita likely to increase or decrease?

4. Based on the text and your own knowledge, list three possible social and three possible economic reasons for the difference in productivity between high-income and low- and middle-income countries.