Name: NudratFarid Date: 23rd August, 2011
Comparative Systems Worksheet
Geography
United States
North Korea
Chad
Natural Resources – How
many and what type of
natural resources are
available?
coal, copper, lead,
molybdenum, phosphates,
rare earth elements,
uranium, bauxite, gold,
iron, mercury, nickel,
potash, silver, tungsten,
zinc, petroleum, natural
gas, timber
coal, lead, tungsten,
zinc, graphite,
magnesite, iron ore,
copper, gold,
pyrites, salt,
fluorspar,
hydropower
petr oleum, urani um,
natr on, k aoli n, fish
(Lake Chad), gold,
limestone, s and and
gravel, s alt
Land Use – What
percentage of the land is
arable (capable of being
farmed)?
arable land: 18.01%
permanent crops: 0.21%
other: 81.78% (2005)
arable land: 22.4%
permanent crops:
1.66%
other: 75.94%
(2005)
arable l and: 2.8%
permanent crops:
0.02%
other: 97.18% ( 2005)
People
Life expectancy at birth –
How long are children
born today expected to
live?
total population: 78.37
years
male: 75.92 years
female: 80.93 years (2011
est.)
total population:
68.89 years
country
comparison to the
world: 149
male: 65.03 years
female: 72.93
years (2011 est.)
total populati on: 48.33
years
Total Fertility Rate –
How many children does
each woman have, on
average?
2.06 children born/woman
(2011 est.)
2.02 children
born/woman (2011
est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 126
5.05 chil dren
bor n/woman ( 2011
est.)
Literacy Rate – What
percentage of people
over the age of 15 can
read and write?
definition: age 15 and over
can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)
definition: age 15
and over can read
and write
total population:
99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (1991
definition: age 15
and over can read
and write French or
Arabic
total population:
25.7%
male: 40.8%
country comparison to
the worl d:218
mal e: 47.28 years
femal e: 49. 43 years
(2011 est.)
est.)
female: 12.8%
(2000 est.)
Constitution-based federal
republic; strong democratic
tradition, (elections)
$3.456 trillion/$14.66
trillion (2010 est.)
=24%
One man
dictatorship
Republic
3.3 billion/ 28billion
x100
=12%
$2. 928 billion/ $7. 848
billion X100
4.06% of GDP
Not available
1.7% of GDP ( 2009)
Economy Overview –
What are the most
serious economic
problems facing each of
these three nations?
Long-term problems include
inadequate investment in
economic infrastructure,
rapidly rising medical and
pension costs of an aging
population, sizable trade and
budget deficits, and
stagnation of family income in
the lower economic groups.
The global economic
downturn, the sub-prime
mortgage crisis, investment
bank failures, falling home
prices, and tight credit pushed
the United States into a
recession by mid-2008. GDP
contracted until the third
quarter of 2009, making this
the deepest and longest
downturn since the Great
Depression.
Industrial capital
stock is nearl y
beyond repair as a
result of years of
underinvestment,
shortages of spare
parts, and poor
mai ntenance. Largescale militar y
spendi ng dr aws off
resourc es needed
for investment and
civilian
consumpti on.
Chad's ec onomy has
long been
handicapped by its
landl ocked positi on,
high energy costs, and
a histor y of instabilit y.
Chad r elies on f orei gn
assistance and f orei gn
capit al for most public
and private sect or
investment projects.
GDP Per Capita – What is
the value of goods and
services produced per
person?
$47,200 (2010 est.)
$46,400 (2009 est.)
$48,100 (2008 est.)
$1, 800 ( 2009 est.)
$1, 800 ( 2009 est.)
$1, 900 ( 2008 est.)
not e:data are i n
2010 US dollars
$1, 600 ( 2010 est.)
$1, 600 ( 2009 est.)
$1, 600 ( 2008 est.)
not e:data are i n 2010
US doll ars
Population Below
Poverty Line – How
many people live in
poverty?
GDP Composition by
Sector – What
percentage of GDP is
industry and services?
12% (2004 est.)
Not available
80%
agriculture: 1.1%
industry: 22.1%
services: 76.8% (2010
est.)
agricult ure: 20.7%
industry: 47. 8%
services: 31. 5%
(2010 est.)
agricult ure: 52%
industry: 7%
services: 41. 1% (2010
est.)
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.
=37%
Economy
Labor Force by
Occupation – What
percentage of workers is
in agriculture?
35%
farming, forestry, and
fishing: 0.7%
manufacturing,
extraction, transportation,
and crafts: 20.3%
managerial, professional,
and technical: 37.3%
sales and office: 24.2%
other services: 17.6%
agriculture: 80%
(subsistence
farming, herding,
and fishing)
industry and
services: 20% (2006
est.)
Industries – What are the
primary industries? Are
they primarily producing
for consumer or
government
consumption?
highly diversified, world
leading, high-technology
innovator, second largest
industrial output in world;
petroleum, steel, motor
vehicles, aerospace,
telecommunications,
chemicals, electronics, food
processing, consumer
goods, lumber, mining
(consumer consumption)
military products;
machine building,
electric power,
chemicals; mining
(coal, iron ore
limestone,
magnesite, graphite,
copper, zinc, lead,
and precious
metals),metallurgy;
textiles, food
processing; tourism
(most of it is for
government
consumption)
oil, cotton textiles,
meatpacking, brewing,
natron (sodium
carbonate), soap,
cigarettes,
construction materials
( consumer
consumption)
Agriculture Products What are the primary
agricultural goods
produced?
wheat, corn, other grains,
fruits, vegetables, cotton;
beef, pork, poultry, dairy
products; fish; forest
products
5.3% (2010 est.)
rice, corn, pot atoes,
soybeans, puls es;
cattle, pi gs, pork,
eggs
Not available
cotton, sorghum,
millet, peanuts, rice,
potatoes, manioc
(tapioca); cattle,
sheep, goats, camels
3% (2010 est.)
3.873 trillion kWh (2008
est.)
22. 5 billi o n kW h
(2008 est.)
100 million kWh (2007
est.)
141 million (2009)
1.18 milli on ( 2008)
13,000 (2009)
439 million (2010); note the US Internet total host
count includes the
following top level domain
host addresses: .us, .com,
.edu, .gov, .mil, .net, and
.org
total: 224,792 km
standard gauge: 224,792
3 hosts
5 (2010)
total: 5,242 km
standar d gauge:
5,242 km 1. 435-m
Not available
Industrial Production
Growth Rate
Electricity Production
Telephones – Main Lines
in Use
Internet Service
Providers
Railways
Paved Highways
Airports with paved
Runways
km 1.435-m gauge (2010)
gauge ( 3,500 km
electrified) (2009)
Not available
total: 5,194
over 3,047 m: 189
2,438 to 3,047 m: 235
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1,479
914 to 1,523 m: 2,316
under 914 m: 975 (2010)
Not available
total: 37
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m:
23
1,524 to 2,437 m:
7
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 4
(2010)
Not available
total: 8
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (2010)
Assessment:
Market-oriented economy: US is a great example of a market-oriented economy. These kinds
of economies have their own private businesses and they are the ones who decide what goods
and services are produced,what price they are sold at and how they are sold. The people answer
their own economic questions.The US meets the definition of this economy because its GDP
composition by sector shows us that its agricultural production is only 1.1% while its services are
76.8%. These kinds of economies are industrialized and we can see the US is industrialized as its
population below poverty line is only 12% while in Chad it is 80%. Its means of communication
and transportation are very developed with 141 million telephone lines and 439 million internet
providers.The government is not in charge of the country’s economy as it has a lower amount of
military and government spending shown by the percentage of GDP.
Command economy: In a command economy the individual has very little say in how the basic
economic questions are answered. The things that are produced and what a person does might be
controlled by a small group of individuals. North Korea is an example of this kind of an
economy because its government is a one man dictartorship. The government of Korea controls
basically everything and ofcouse its economy as well.
Developing Economies: These kinds of economies are not fully industrialized yet but they are
developoing. Chad is an example of this kind of economy because its GDP is low with only
$1,600 while in the US it is $47,200 . The GDP composition by sector shows us its mostly
dependent upon its agriculture, because it is 52 %. Chad has 80% of its population below
the line of poverty and the communication system and transportation system in chad are
not that good.