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Third World vs First World Countries - What's The Difference? - YouTube
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According to the United Nations, it no longer
judges a country by a particular stage that
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it is at in its development.
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Nonetheless, countries are ranked higher in
terms of the comforts and opportunities afforded
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to its citizens.
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We now call this the Human Development Index.
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Back in the day, we would judge a country
by its stage of industrialization, and the
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first developed country in this sense was
the UK.
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Belgium followed, then Germany, then the USA,
and then France and other western European
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nations.
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If we look at todayâs Human Development
Index, the top ten countries in order are:
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Norway, Australia, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark,
Singapore, the Netherlands, Ireland, Iceland,
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Canada, and 10th, believe it or not, is the
USA.
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The UK, which was once in first place, now
stands in 16th place.
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Today weâll look at why, in this episode
of the Infographics Show, 3rd World vs 1st
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World Countries - What's The Difference?
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First of all, many people think we should
stop using these terms of first and third
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world.
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The terms are seen as insulting and vague,
and while some nations might not be economic
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powerhouses, whatâs to say the citizens
donât live a happy and safe life, even without
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a Big Mac and fries?
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If we go back some years to 1952, a French
demographer Alfred Sauvy wrote about âThree
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worlds, one planet.â
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It is he who is said to have coined the term.
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By first world, he meant the USA, Japan, South
Korea and Western Europe.
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By second world, he meant the Soviet Union,
China, Cuba and communist allies.
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At the bottom, in the third world, he meant
all the rest, societies that were mostly agrarian
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and poor.
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One of the reasons the term is decried is
because it was so vague.
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There wasnât really much analysis, and so
in spite of northern Brits living in industrial
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slums and working in inhumane conditions as
George Orwell wrote in âThe Road to Wigan
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Pierâ, because of Britainâs relative wealth,
it was deemed first world.
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In fact, these days a professor at Harvard
Medical School has used the term âFourth
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Worldâ, which includes the USA.
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This means a country of great wealth where
some parts of society live on the fringes,
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jobless, often drug-addicted, with no healthcare
and not so many opportunities to change things
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around.
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They are living in a first world with third
world standards.
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So, this is a rather confusing question we
have posed.
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Do we use the term developing?
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We can look at what has happened over many
parts of Asia in the last twenty years.
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While parts of China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia,
and Thailand still have pervasive abject poverty,
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there is a lot more money.
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It isnât exactly getting to everyone, though,
and one might ask if farming rice in China
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was any worse than making iPhone components
for hours on end in a factory in a polluted
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city.
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But with this new money, infrastructure has
improved, and so too has healthcare and education.
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We could say these countries are verily developing.
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But why is Norway the most developed?
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Is it still not developing?
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Does developed mean stasis?
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Not really, all countries are still developing,
but others could be said to be going through
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major changes.
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The U.S. Department of State explains why
Norway is so developed: âPer capita GDP
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is among the highest in the world,â we are
told, due to thriving industries in this nation
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of just 5.2 million people.
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Just take into account that Delhi has 18.6
million people.
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You only need to walk around Delhi to see
poverty all around you, you donât have to
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go looking for it.
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India is developing due to its fairly amazing
economic growth, but still, it was reported
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in 2014 that 58% of the Indian population
were living on less than $3.10 per day.
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India puts the poverty line at $1.90 a day.
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This may be enough not to starve to death,
but we can imagine that those people living
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on that amount donât have the freedom and
opportunities that Norwayâs less well-to-do
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people have.
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In fact, in Norway, the average income is
more than $35,000 a year.
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Only 3 percent of the population work very
long hours, and all Norwegians, according
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to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development, can expect good, âenvironment
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quality, jobs and earnings, income and wealth,
education and skills, housing, work-life balance,
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civic engagement, social connections, and
health status.â
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The same definitely cannot be said of any
developing nation.
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Nonetheless, anyone in India will tell you
about great transformations, more job opportunities,
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an easing of poverty, and how far the country
has come in terms of developing technology.
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Norway is top of the Human Development Index,
so we could say this is the first of the first
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world countries, even though we donât use
that term anymore.
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The top 51 nations fall in the âHighâ
Human Development bracket.
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Out of 188 countries, India comes in at 131st.
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Indeed, Indiaâs super rich wealth and massive
growth has yet to trickle down to many of
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the masses.
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The HDI has three main categories: Environmental
sustainability, economic sustainability and
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social sustainability.
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Right at the bottom of the HDI is the Central
African Republic.
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Again, while we donât use the term third
world anymore, you could say that this might
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be the bottom of the list in so far as we
have a term for not being developed.
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Why is that?
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For starters, life expectancy there is only
52, or thereabouts.
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It is tied with Angola, and only better than
one country, which is Sierra Leone.
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People there can expect to live to 50.1.
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By comparison, Norwegians on average can expect
to live about 30 years longer.
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In India, the life expectancy is 68, somewhere
in the middle.
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The 4.6 million people living in the Central
African Republic have faced extreme poverty,
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war, ethnic and religious cleansing, and political
violence.
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Itâs said to be the worst place in the world
to be young, and even if you get a job, the
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average wage per year is said to be $400,
although this might need updating.
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Half of the population is illiterate, and
if you go to school you might not do more
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than 4 or 5 years.
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It has one of the highest maternal mortality
rates in the world, and about a quarter of
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the women have undergone genital mutilation.
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If that isnât bad enough, human rights hardly
exist.
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Complain, and you might find yourself being
arrested summarily and sent to a terrible
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jail.
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Corruption is rife, and there is not much
anyone can do.
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The country has a history of labor rights
violations as well as child labor.
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Children and women regularly face violence
after being accused of being witches.
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One travel blogger talked of his experience
in the capital of Bangui, saying it was âa
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mess that is always teetering on the edge
of violence.â
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We are of course mentioning the very worse
things, and no doubt a lot of people live
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a happy life there.
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We just want to outline a kind of first, second
and third comparison.
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Thatâs why we have picked these three nations.
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We could also look at the country of Botswana,
which comes in 108th place.
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This is quite low, but if youâve read Malcom
Gladwellâs book, âOutliersâ, youâll
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know it's home to possibly some of the happiest,
laidback, self-sufficient people in the world.
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Or was, until recent times.
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According to Gladwell, they have a two hour
work day on average, and play around most
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of the time.
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They donât need iPhones or dinner sets made
by Hermes.
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They are the last Hunter/Gatherer tribe called
the ÇKung Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert.
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These wanderers also moved through Angola
(which is placed 150th on the HDI).
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Unfortunately, what they hunt and gather is
being destroyed by development.
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Anthropologists say they get over conflicts
in peaceful ways and generally are a happy
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lot.
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They provide for their kids with devotion,
and remain mostly monogamous.
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Wealth is shared with everyone.
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In more recent years, that has changed as
some were forced to settle in one place, and
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thatâs when the problems arose.
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As soon as they got doors, they started shutting
them and sharing less.
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They are also very much third world by western
standards.
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So, are they any worse off than an overworked,
overweight, diabetes and hypertension suffering
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rich first world man that takes pills to sleep
and often drinks to oblivion?
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Let us know in the comments!
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Also, be sure to check out our other video
called What Can You Buy with a Million Dollars?!
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