This Activity is designed to help you compare Africa to the U.S. on 20 different topics.

Your task is to interpret the world map data by ;

1. Identifying how the U.S. ranks

2. Generalize how Africa ranks. To do this you must look to see how “most” countries rank or describe what you see by region.

Africa Online

Agriculture Share in GDP, 1999

Agriculture Share in GDP, 1999

Annual deforestation, 1990-2000

Carbon dioxide emissions per capita, 1997

Child malnutrition, 1993-99

Female net primary enrollment ratio, 1997

Freshwater resources per capita, 1999

GDP per capita growth, 1990-99

GNI per capita, 1999

Gross capital formation as a share of GDP, 1999

Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births, 1999

Irrigated land 1996-98

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1999

Military expenditure as a share of GNI, 1997

Mobile phones per 1,000 people, 1999

Nationally protected area, 1999 percentage of total land area

Net Aid Flows per Capita, 1999

Passenger Cars 1999, per 1,000 people

Paved roads as a share of total roads, 1995-99

Percentage of Total Land Area Covered by Forest, 2000

Personal computers per 1,000 people, 1999