World issues

Question 1

How much does the uk spend on healthcare compared to Kenya and Nigeria?

Answer 1

Around 10% of their gdp compared to 4-6% in Kenya and Nigeria.

Question 2

How much is pakistans literacy rate?

Answer 2

58%

Question 3

How much is eritreas debt?

Answer 3

146% of annual GDP

Question 4

What is a statistic for poor infrastructure in Africa?

Answer 4

1/3rd Africans face water scarcity.

Question 5

What is an example for corruption?

Answer 5

Eswatinis king being corrupt

Question 6

What is the average school career in Africa compared to the uk?

Answer 6

5 years compared 13 years.

Question 7

How many deaths did India have due to Covid 19?

Answer 7

Over 533,200

Question 8

How many people were displaced as a result of the civil war in Sudan?

Answer 8

4 million

Question 9

What is an example of reinforcing gender inequalities?

Answer 9

Since the taliban take over in 2021,women have been excluded from public office and judiciary.

Question 10

How many individuals are living on $1.90 in sub Saharan Africa?

Answer 10

40%

Question 11

How many children are missing from education in developing countries?

Answer 11

263 million.

Question 12

What is an example for health as a cause (malaria)

Answer 12

WHO estimates that there are 216 million cases of Malaria worldwide with 90% of cases and 91% of deaths in Africa

Question 13

How many teachers are there per pupils?

Answer 13

1 teacher provided for every 130 pupils

Question 14

How much of eswatinis population in unemployment due to tuberculosis?

Answer 14

24.9% as of 2022

Question 15

Which country is ranked the highest corruption?

Answer 15

Nigeria

Question 16

How much of nigerias population lives in poverty?

Answer 16

63%

Question 17

How many Afghans live in poverty after the taliban takeover?

Answer 17

97% compared to 47% in 2020

Question 18

How many doctors are from Asia?

Answer 18

15%

Question 19

How many refugees have had to flee their homes?

Answer 19

70 million

Question 20

How many died in the U.K. from Covid?

Answer 20

73,299

Question 21

Factors for individuals and communities essay?

Answer 21

• stuck in a cycle of poverty + gender inequality
• poor education + poor healthcare
• stuck in conflict + victims of terrorism
• poor infrastructure

Question 22

Example for victims of terrorism?

Answer 22

Militants in Nigeria demanded $690,000 ransom after kidnapping 280 pupils from the town of Kuriga on 7 March 2024

Question 23

Example for poor infrastructure?

Answer 23

Zimbabwe has a debt of over $7 billion and suffer from 18 hour long power cuts as they were unable to pay bills

Question 24

Example for improved infrastructure?

Answer 24

UK invested £80 million in Ethiopia to create over 100,000 jobs in a new industrial park and in total provided jobs for 1 million refugees in the country.

Question 25

How much did the U.K. invest into gender inequality in Malawi?

Answer 25

£36 million

Question 26

What was said to be a wasted project?

Answer 26

£285 million spent building St Helens airport that didn’t work

Question 27

What was the UKs response to malaria?

Answer 27

£350 million into child friendly malaria treatment across 50 developing countries

Question 28

How did the U.K. help support Ethiopia for better governance?

Answer 28

A long standing tax programme to help be more transparent

Question 29

Factors for individual countries tackling the issue?

Answer 29

- gender inequality + improved healthcare - better governance + improved infrastructure - wastes money on projects + favours former colonies - money wasted

Question 30

How much aid did the U.K. give India?

Answer 30

£46 million

Question 31

Example for incompetent government?

Answer 31

* Monument of African Renaissance cost $27 million to build whilst 47% of Senegal suffer from living below the poverty line

Question 32

Factors for government essay?

Answer 32

- unable to provide education + at risk from disease - shunned + unable to protect human rights - reduced workforce + high levels of corruption - unfair trading practices