LITERACY RATE AND STANDARD OF LIVING: EUROPE
Name: _____________________________ Date:_______
Compare literacy rates and standard of living among the five countries given here. What conclusions can you draw? What impact does literacy rate
have on standard of living? Do countries with low standards of living have high literacy rates? Write your findings/summary below.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
COUNTRIES
UNITED
KINGDOM
Urban pop80%
Germany
Urban pop.
____________%
France
Urban pop.
____________%
Spain
Urban pop.
____________%
Italy
Urban pop.
____________%
Russia
Urban pop.
____________%
LITERACY RATE STANDARD OF LIVING
CULTURAL ATTRIBUTES:
(TOTAL
POPULATION)
(Infant mortality rate = _____ deaths per
1,000 live births)
LANGUAGE(S) AND RELIGION
99% : Age:15+
completed 5+years
of schooling
1. Poverty rate: 14%
2. GDP Per capita $ 37,500
3. 4.5 deaths/1,000 live births
Religion: Christianity 71.6%
Muslim 2.7%
Language: English
_______%
Age ___ and over
can read and write
1. ______ deaths/1,000 live births Religion:
2. GDP Per capita $ ___________
Language:
3. Poverty rate: ________
_______ Age _____
and over can read
and write
1. ______ deaths/1,000 live births Religion:
2. GDP Per capita $ ___________
Language:
3. Poverty rate: _________
_______ Age _____ 1. ____ deaths/1,000 live births Religion:
and over can read
2. GDP Per capita $ ___________
and write
Language:
3. Poverty rate: _______
______ Age _____
and over can read
and write
1. ______ deaths/1,000 live births Religion:
2. GDP Per capita $ ___________
3. Poverty rate: ________
Language:
______ Age _____
and over can read
and write
1. ______ deaths/1,000 live births Religion:
2. GDP Per capita $ ___________
3. Poverty rate: ________
Language:
Electricity from:
Fossil fuels
75.4%
Nuclear
12.3%
Hydroelectric
1.9%
Other- renewable 7.3%
Fossil fuels
_______%
Nuclear
________%
Hydroelectric
________%
Other- renewable ________%
Fossil fuels
_______%
Nuclear
________%
Hydroelectric
________%
Other- renewable ________%
Fossil fuels
_______%
Nuclear
________%
Hydroelectric
________%
Other- renewable ________%
Fossil fuels
_______%
Nuclear
________%
Hydroelectric
________%
Other- renewable ________%
Fossil fuels
_______%
Nuclear
________%
Hydroelectric
________%
Other- renewable ________%
CONCLUSION: After investigating the literacy rates and standard of living of five countries, I discovered that
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Standard of living refers to the quality and quantity of goods and services available to people and the way these resources are distributed within a population. It is generally
measured by standards such as income inequality, poverty rate, real (i.e. inflation adjusted) income per person. It is the ease by which people living in a time or place are able to
satisfy their wants. Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country.
Literacy rate definition varies from country to country, but the general understanding is: "'Literacy' is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate, compute
and use printed and written materials associated with varying contexts…” Simply put, it is how well the citizens in each country can read and write. SS6G11.c
How does the
literacy rate of a
country affect its
standard of living?
How do people’s
educational choices
affect their
standard of living?
What role does
geography play in
a country’s
standard of living?