Standard Of Living Worksheet d3n38

Determining Standard of Living

Country

GDP

Population

Per Capita GDP

Life Expectancy

Literacy Rate

United States

$15.68 trillion (2012 est.) $3.25 trillion (2012 est.) $2.394 trillion (2012 est.) $1.788 trillion (2012 est.) $548.8 billion (2012 est.) $4.761 trillion (2012 est.)

316,668,567 (July 2013 est.) 81,147,265 (July 2013 est.) 201,009,622 (July 2013 est.) 116,220,947 (July 2013 est.) 85,294,388 (July 2013 est.) 1,220,800,359 (July 2013 est.)

$50,700 (2012 est.)

78.62 years

99%

$39,700 (2012 est.)

80.32 years

99%

$12,100 (2012 est.)

73.02 years

90.4%

$15,600 (2012 est.)

76.86 years

93.5%

$6,700 (2012 est.)

73.19 years

73.9%

$3,900 (2012 est.)

67.48 years

62.8%

Brazil Mexico Egypt India

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Which country has the highest GDP? The highest per capita GDP? India has a very high GDP but a low per capita GDP. Why do you think that is? Would you say the United States or has a higher standard of living? Why? Do you think Brazil or Mexico has a higher standard of living? Why? What is the link between literacy rate and life expectancy?