In Chapter 19 we learned of the problems associated with defining poverty. To see how different measures can give different rankings, we can examine some data from the United Nations by going to a page with U.N. data on various measures of development.

Questions

1. Click on the link for "Income and Economic Activity" and find the 5 highest and 5 lowest ranking countries in the world in terms of per capita GDP. List these countries along with their per capita GDP.
2. Return to the previous page and click on the link for "Health". Find the 5 highest and 5 lowest ranking countries in the world in terms of life expectancy at birth for males. List the countries along with their male life expectancy.
3. Are there any common countries among the top 5 in GDP per capita and life expectancy? Are there any common countries among the bottom 5 of each category?
4. Based on your findings, would you recommend looking solely at GDP per capita as a basis for ranking countries in terms of their level of development?