US-UK-Ukraine-Rwanda
Grant Willis Ackerman-Mike Peretolchyn
SECTION 1
US GDP COMPOSITION-2013
VALUE
Personal Consumption Expenditures
PERCENT OF GDP
$11,490,000,000,000
68.44%
Gross Investment
$2,600,000,000,000
15.49%
Total Government Purchases
$3,080,000,000,000
18.35%
Total US Exports
$2,064,000,000,000
N/A
Total US Imports
$2,446,000,000,000
N/A
-$382,000,000,000
-2.28%
CALCULATED GDP
$16,788,000,000,000
100%
REPORTED GDP
$16,770,000,000,000
Net US Exports/Imports
US GDP GROWTH
2012 Nominal GDP
$16,160,000,000,000
2012 Deflator
105.82
2012 Real GDP
$15,271,215,271,215
2013 Nominal GDP
$16,770,000,000,000
2013 Deflator
107.3
2013 Real GDP
$15,629,077,353,215
PERCENT CHANGE-NOMINAL
+
3.77%
PERCENT CHANGE-REAL
+
2.34%
*All formulas and calculations can be found in Appendix A
SECTION 2
USA
1992
CPI
138.1 142.6 146.2
177 220.22
71.2 72.85 74.38
86 103.92
GDP Deflator
1993
1994
2002
CPI Change
3.3%
2.5%
Deflator Change
2.3%
2.1%
2011
PRODUCT
1987
2015
0.5
1
Doritos ($)
0.69
2
CPI
100
252
Coke ($)
*All formulas and calculations can be found in Appendix A
SECTION 3
1980
Real GDP (trillions of $)
Population (millions of people)
Real GDP Per Capita ($)
Growth
1990
1992
2000
2003
2010
2011
6.5
8.91
9.41
13
13.53
14.94
15.19
227.22
249.29
256.51
282
290.11
309.33
311.59
28,133.39
35,981.09
35,957.07
44,629
45,335.2
47,671.03
48,107.14
+
27.89%
+
24.03%
+
6.82%
*All formulas and calculations can be found in Appendix A
SECTION 4
NATION
(2013 DATA)
RGDP
/PC
LIT
LIFE EXPEC INFANT
(2012)
MORT/1K
PHYS
/1K
INCOME
TOP 0.1
INCOME
BOT 0.1
MOBILES
/PC
INTERNET
/100
TELEVISIONS
/PC
USA
$53,041.98
99%
79.8 YR
6.1
2.42
73.1%
< 0.1%
0.91
84.2
0.687
United Kingdom
$41,787.47
99%
81 YR
4
2.77
53%
< 0.1%
1.32
89.8
0.476
Ukraine
$3,900.47
99.7%
68 YR
8
3.52
22.04%
4.2%
1.18
41.8
0.397
Rwanda
$638.67
71.1%
60 YR
59.1
0.06
43.22%
2.13%
0.34
8.7 0.00008 (1997)
*All formulas and calculations can be found in Appendix A
A
nother method with which we might compare these countries in terms of standard of living could be the percent of the population living below the poverty line. These do vary from nation to nation, but still can provide a general estimate as to the proportion of impoverished individuals compared to the rest of the population. Using data from 2012,
Ukraine had the lowest poverty rate, with
9.1%. This was followed by the United
Kingdom with 15.2% and the US with
15.9%. Rwanda had the highest poverty rate, with a significantly large 44.9%.
However, Ukraine’s seemingly low poverty estimate has recently come into question.
The United Nations currently estimates their poverty rate to encompass roughly a quarter of their population.
This selected range of indicators provides a great deal of insight into the quality of life within these nations. By no means is this a comprehensive list, but the general
trends that emerge from the different indicators do give us a basic picture of quality of life.
life expectancy, less income inequality, and more mobile and internet connections. This overwhelming body of data earns the United Kingdom the top position in this ranking of quality of life.
Taking these emerging trends into account, a rough ranking in terms of quality of life becomes evident. Rwanda takes the last position, as it has far fewer physicians, mobile phones, and internet connections than the other nations, as well as having the lowest literacy rate and by far the highest infant mortality rate.
Ukraine, then, comes in third, after the
United States. With a real GDP per capita
13 times smaller than that of the US, as well as having a shorter average life span and far fewer internet connections, the
United States clearly is second in terms of quality of life.
However, as soon as we begin to look at the remaining three nations,