Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Something to think about

Wade sent me this. -

 If you could fit the entire population of the world into a village consisting of 100 people and maintain the proportions of all the people living on Earth, that village would consist of :

57 Asians
21 Eur
opeans
14 Americans (North, Central and South) 8 Africans

There would be:
52 
women and 48 men
30 
Caucasians and 70 non-Caucasians
30 
Christians and 70 non-Christians
89 
heterosexuals and 11 gay men or women

Of that 100:
6 people would possess 59% of the wealth and they would all come from the USA
80 would live in poverty
70 
would be illiterate
50 
would suffer from hunger and malnutrition
would be dying
would be being born
would own a computer
1 (yes, only onewould have a university degree

If you woke up this morning in good health, you have more luck than one million people, who won’t live through the week.
If you have never experienced the horror of war, the solitude of prison, the pain of torture, were not close to death from
starvation, you are better off than 500 million people in the world.

If you can go to your place of worship without fear that someone will assault or kill you, then you are luckier than 3 billion (you read that right) people.

If you have a full pantry, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep, you are wealthier than 75% of the world’s population.

If you currently have money in the bank, in your wallet and a few coins in your purse, you are only one of 8 of the 100 people in this village.

If you’re reading this message, thank a teacher - 2 billion adults in the world can’t read.

2 comments:

Ur-spo said...

I would be intrigued to see how these stats compare to 100 and 200 years ago viz. are things changing, any worse or better?

Harpers Keeper said...

Soberng numbers.