the given bar graphs indicate the degree of invlovement in both education and science by developing and developed nations in 1980 and 1990.
As can be seen from the graph, people in developing countries spent slightly more than 2 years in school ,while those in industriaised countries spent 4 times more in schools persuing education on average in the year 1980. In 1990, although the figure for average years of schooling in developing countries remained more or less the same at 3 years, a noticable growth was experienced industrialised nations, with students going to school for as much as 10 years on average.
It is evident from the graph that developing countries had fewer scientists and technicians per 1000 people in the year 1980, which was only a fourth of the total figure in industrialised countries during the same year(40 per thousand people). The figures for industrialised ones had a significant escalation in the proceding year from 40 to almost 80 per 1000 people ,whilst the number of skilled workers in technology and science remained almost the same for developing regions at about 12 per 1000.
I t can be further apprehended from the graph that the amount spent by industrialised nations on research and development was just about 150 billion us dollars in 1980 as opposed to the mere 50 billion us dollars expended by their poorer counterparts. In the next decade, by 1990, the amount allocted by growing countries on research and development experienced a downward trend to 25 billion us dollars, but richer nations continued to disburse more on science and academic excellence, with figures reaching twice as much as their inital figure (320 billion us dollars).
Overall, it is clear from the graph that advanced countries put more effort in expanding people’s participation in science and education compared to the third world countries.