The graphs illustrate the levels of participation in education and science in developing and industrialised countries in 1980 and 1990.
Overall, industrialised countries has given a remarkable contribution to science and education compared to the developing ones. Industrialsed countries display a significant increase in participation in the given three categories which are, Average years of schooling, Scientists and technicians per 1000 people and spending on research and development between 1980 and 1990. Whereas, that’s not the case with developing countries.
In developing nations, the average years of schooling ranges between 2 to 4 years during the given period. In contrast, the industrialised countries already noted an average of approximately 8 years in 1980, which then reached just above 10 years in 1990.
The amount of scientists and technicians observed minimum growth in developing countries, staying well below 2% (20 per 1000 people). On the other hand, the ratio in industrialised nations rose sharply from around 40 in 1980 to well above 60 per 1000 people in 1990.
From 1890 to 1990, the spending on research and development by developing countries dropped noticeably and recorded significantly lower than 100 billion US dollars. By contrast, the investment by industrialised countries had taken a surge from around 150 billion dollars to around 350 billion dollars by 1990.