Inequalities Within the World Which We Live

Inequalities within the world which we live

Throughout the world we live in today we have to deal with many inequalities which can be for good, but unfortunately are mostly for the worst. I am going to discuss the inequalities between the developed country of The United States of America and the developing country of Nigeria.

Gapminder (2008) shows that the life expectancy in The United States in 2009 was 78 years, in comparison with Nigeria which was 51 years. This difference is extremely substantial and very much portrays the inequalities between the two countries. The factor that stands out when comparing these two countries is that The United States is a developed country and Nigeria is a developing country. For the most The United States stand on their own two feet and have a reliable government and secure financial support. Unfortunately, Nigeria is financially unstable and relies on other countries to provide them with the resources to keep them fed and watered.

Without the proper resources to provide food, water and a reliable health system in an area, the life expectancy is clearly going to be lessened, as in Nigeria. People every day are dying of starvation and malnourishment. This is leaving children without parents, brothers and sisters, which adds to the torture they face every day. There is a shortage of education resulting in a shortage of employment and income, which finally results in an early death toll.

On the other hand, in a developed country like The United States, services and resources are much more reliable. The government have the money to provide better education, health and leisure facilities which results in the country having a higher life expectancy. The more educated a population is, the greater the chance of job prospects and earning a good living. Their salary will allow their children to hopefully benefit from the education they did and continue to help lives live longer.

People do not realise how education can save lives, but developing countries are a prime examples of this. Education provides jobs, which provides income, which provides food, water and medicine, leading to these educated people living longer lives. Due to this lack of education in our 3rd world countries, people die an early death.

The mean years women spent in school, between the ages of 15 and 44 in 2009, as shown by Gapminder (2008) was extremely different between The United States and Nigeria. This statistic once again leads back to the fact