Dear readers,
This week I reached out to my international
contacts regarding poverty and children in their countries…
My contacts
Franchesca Ventura- From El Salvador- Has promised
to send me more information on poverty and children from El Salvador.
Wanda M.- From Germany—Has not replied to my email yet.
Deepa Joseph—United Arab Emirates— is unable to help me
with this topic as UAE seems to be a wealthy nation with little to no poverty.
According to Deepa, “In UAE, the population consists of the locals (who are
well supported by the government) and the expatriates (citizen of another
country employed here). Only with a job that meets the finacial critiria to
sponsor family, expatraites will be able to have their family here with them”
(D. Joseph, personal communication, May 16, 2012).
Therefore I researched online sources websites and
obtained a few statistics...
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El
Salvador
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Germany
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United
Arab Emirates
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United
States
|
|
Literacy
rate
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81.1%
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99%
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77.9%
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99%
|
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Population
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6,090,646
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81,305,856
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5,314,317
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313,847,465
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|
GPD
per capita
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7,600
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37,900
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48,500
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48,100
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Life
expectancy at birth (years)
|
72
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80.19
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76.7
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78.49
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Population
below poverty line %
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36.5%
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15.5%
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19.5%
(2003)*
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15.1%
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Unemployment
rate
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7%
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5.7%
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2.4%
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9.1%
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*Statistic
not updated. UAE financial growth indicates less poverty (http://www.emirates247.com)
Both Germany and UAE are rich countries with low
unemployment rate, and low poverty. UAE’s government is focused on providing an
advance welfare system to serve its people, investing in education and
healthcare (http://www.emirates247.com).
I am sure this could be a reason why my international contacts have been unable
to provide me with relevant information. I will update this blog once
Franchesca, from El Salvador, emails me more information.
I was also surprised that El Salvador has lower unemployment rate than the US, yet it has a higher poverty rate and lower Gross Domestic Product (GDP)... An estimate of resources per person.
Until next update,
Angie
Hey Angie,
ReplyDeleteI was surprised to see that the UAE's unemployment rate was so low. That is amazing. I was also equally surprised to see that their literacy rate was a low as it was, since their employment rate was so high. It would be interesting to see what information your contact from El Salvador provides. Thank you for sharing this information. I look forward to reading your next post!
Hi Angie,
ReplyDeleteI agree with Melinda. I was also surprised to see that UAE's unemployment is low as well as their literacy rate, however their employment rate is high. When you pulled the statistics did it say how current they were? I thought the unemployment percentage in the US was higher. Thank you for sharring this information.
Linda
The information came from the latest information on the CIA website: www.CIA.gov
DeleteI think the UAE's statistics are outdated for example the poverty rate was from 2003. I also looked into the WHO.org and UNICEF websites and I couldn't find any updated information for this country. It was a bit frustrating :/
You have some great contacts. Thanks for sharing the information with me. I have no idea who UAE are and where they are located. I am just curious who they are. By looking at the table I see that they have a low unemployment rate and have a high percentage of poverty.
ReplyDeleteThe United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a country located in the middle east. Here is the wikipedia information link on UAE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates
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