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Comparative Systems Worksheet
United States
South Korea
coal, copper, lead,
molybdenum,
phosphates, rare
earth elements,
uranium, bauxite,
gold, iron, mercury,
nickel, potash, silver,
tungsten, zinc,
petroleum, natural
gas, timber
18.01%
coal, tungsten,
graphite,
molybdenum, lead,
hydropower potential
petroleum, uranium,
natron, kaolin, fish
(Lake Chad), gold,
limestone, sand and
gravel, salt
16.58%
2.8%
Life expectancy at birth –
How long are children born
today expected to live?
male: 75.92 years
female: 80.93 years
male: 47.28 years
female: 49.43 years
Total Fertility Rate – How
many children does each
woman have, on average?
Literacy Rate – What
percentage of people over
the age of 15 can read and
write?
2.06 children
born/woman
total population:
79.05 years
male: 75.84 years
female: 82.49 years
1.23 children
born/woman
male: 99%
female: 99%
total population:
97.9%
male: 99.2%
female: 96.6%
male: 40.8%
female: 12.8%
Constitution-based
federal republic
republic
republic
4.06% of GDP
2.7% of GDP
1.7% of GDP
Geography
Natural Resources – How
many and what type of
natural resources are
available?
Land Use – What percentage
of the land is arable (capable
of being farmed)?
Chad
People
5.05 children
born/woman
Government
Government Type – How are
leaders elected?
Government Spending as
Percent of GDP (Budget
Expenditures Divided by
GDP).
Military Spending as a
Percentage of GDP.
Economy
Economy Overview – What
are the most serious
long term challenges
include a rapidly aging
economic problems facing
each of these three nations?
GDP Per Capita – What is the
value of goods and services
produced per person?
Population Below Poverty
Line – How many people live
in poverty?
GDP Composition by Sector –
What percentage of GDP is
industry and services?
Labor Force by Occupation –
What percentage of workers
is in agriculture?
Industries – What are the
primary industries? Are they
primarily producing for
consumer or government
consumption?
Agriculture Products - What
are the primary agricultural
goods produced?
Industrial Production Growth
Rate
Electricity Production
Telephones – Main Lines in
Use
Internet Service Providers
Railways
Paved Highways
$47,200
population, inflexible
labor market, and
overdependence on
manufacturing
exports to drive
economic growth
$30,000
12%
15%
80%
agriculture: 1.1%
industry: 22.1%
services: 76.8%
0.7%
agriculture: 2.6%
industry: 39.3%
services: 58.2%
7.3%
agriculture: 52%
industry: 7%
services: 41.1%
80%
highly diversified,
world leading, hightechnology innovator,
second largest
industrial output in
world; petroleum,
steel, motor vehicles,
aerospace,
telecommunications,
chemicals,
electronics, food
processing, consumer
goods, lumber,
mining
wheat, corn, other
grains, fruits,
vegetables, cotton;
beef, pork, poultry,
dairy products; fish;
forest products
5.3%
electronics,
telecommunications,
automobile
production,
chemicals,
shipbuilding, steel
oil, cotton textiles,
meatpacking,
brewing, natron
(sodium carbonate),
soap, cigarettes,
construction
materials
rice, root crops,
barley, vegetables,
fruit; cattle, pigs,
chickens, milk, eggs;
fish
cotton, sorghum,
millet, peanuts, rice,
potatoes, manioc
(tapioca); cattle,
sheep, goats, camels
16.6%
3%
4.11 trillion kWh
141 million
417 billion kWh
19.289 million
100 million kWh
439 million
total: 224,792 km
4,374,784 km
(includes 75,238 km
291,329 million
total: 3,381 km
80,642 km (includes
3,367 km of
Airports with paved Runways
of expressways)
5,194
expressways)
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